True Crime with Elli Mac

It was the final days of the year, that quiet stretch between Christmas and New Year’s when the city usually slowed down. Instead, Edmonton was about to face one of the worst crimes in its history. On the evening of Monday, December 29, 2014, police were called to a home in southwest Edmonton for a weapons complaint. Inside, they found a woman dead. At first, it appeared to be a single homicide. B...

When David Cass arrived to collect his daughters, Ellie, three, and Isobelle, just 14 months old, it seemed like a normal custody visit. Kerrie Hughes kissed them goodbye, never imagining it would be the last time she saw them alive. The following day, he called Kerrie, out of breath, and said: “They’re sleeping.” When she asked what he meant, he replied: “They’re sleeping forever.” Moments later,...

This family photograph, taken just days before Christmas, appears ordinary at first. A father stands among his children. A mother holds her baby. Everyone dressed up, wearing new dresses, and all arranged perfectly for the camera. Nothing seems out of place. On the day the picture was taken, no one except Charlie Lawson knew why he had suddenly spent money he could barely afford. Just days later,...

Christmas in rural Oklahoma had always been a magical time for Jack and Elaine. Their little home on Iron Post Road glowed with decorations, and a small wooden manger stood proudly in the yard. Inside, on December 23rd, 2007, Elaine spent the day doing what she loved most: cooking. Fresh loaves of her holiday bread cooled on the counter, and batches of her famous peanut brittle waited to be gifted...

In December 1997, police arrived at the Daniels family home on Dasher Street, in the tiny Christmas-themed town of Santa Claus, Georgia. The front door was ajar. Inside, the house was pitch dark and eerily silent. Deputies called out, but no one answered. When they reached the master bedroom, the deputies froze. Forty-three-year-old Danny Daniels lay sprawled beside his thirty-three-year-old wife,...

On the morning of December 21st, 2015 — just four days before Christmas — neighbours in the quiet village of Rupperswil, a small community in the Swiss canton of Aargau, noticed smoke rising from a single-family home on Hintergasse. At first, people assumed it was just a kitchen fire or some kind of accident. But when firefighters forced their way inside, what they found shocked even the most seas...

On Christmas Eve 2001, in the quiet suburb of Pleasant Grove, Texas, Kevin Butler was getting ready to meet a friend for dinner. But he never arrived. When his friend went to his home to check on him, he walked into a nightmare—Kevin had been bound, beaten, stabbed, and brutally murdered. When police arrived, it was immediately clear that a violent struggle had taken place. Feathers were scattered...

On November 3rd, 2003, a 911 call came from Mark Center in Defiance County, Ohio. The caller was 10-year-old Corey Breininger. Corey was hysterical and told the dispatcher that his father had been shot in the head after a gun went off accidentally. He said he didn’t know there was a bullet in the chamber. Corey then confirmed that his stepmother, Judith, wasn’t home and that he hadn’t contacted he...

It was December 2020 — deep in the middle of France’s COVID lockdown — when 33-year-old Delphine Jubillar vanished from her home in the small town of Cagnac-les-Mines. Her husband, Cédric, said she had simply disappeared in the night. But investigators quickly began to suspect otherwise. But there was no body. No blood. No confession. No witness. Just a husband who insisted he was innocent. By Oct...

When a parcel was fished from the River Thames in the spring of 1896, no one expected what was inside. Wrapped in brown paper, tied with white tape, and weighted with a brick… was the tiny body of a baby girl. The discovery would set detectives on the trail of a woman once known as kind, gentle — even motherly. A trained nurse and midwife who dedicated her life to caring for others. Her name was A...

When 32-year-old Joanne Hill finished her day at work in Chester, England, her mind was already set on what she was going to do. After leaving the office, she collected her four-year-old daughter, Naomi, from the childminder in Connah’s Quay and drove them home. Once inside, she poured herself a glass of wine and drank it. A few minutes later, Joanne ran her daughter a bath while little Naomi sat...

On the 7th of January 2006, 26-year-old Jody Galante — three months pregnant and the mother of a two-year-old daughter — was reported missing. Her family, including her husband, Mark, appeared on national television, weeping and begging for help in finding her. But as the days passed, darker questions began to surface. Had Jody run away? Had she fallen victim to a random attack? Or was the danger...

On the night of April 26, 2016, thirty-year-old Tricia Todd went to meet her ex-husband, Steven Williams. She was dropping off medication for their two-year-old daughter, Faith. Faith had been struggling to sleep, and Steven asked Tricia to bring the medicine over. Steven, who was living in North Carolina, had rented a place in Hobe Sound, Florida, to spend time with Faith as part of his custody a...

When a 911 call came in from a man saying he had found a woman and a young boy bludgeoned to death inside a home on Redstone Drive, police braced themselves for a horrific scene. But what they didn't expect… was how calmly he said it. But the real shock came when they asked his connection to the victims and who had been responsible, and he responded very matter of fact… By the time officers arrive...

On the evening of March 24th, 2012, a 911 call came in from a quiet stretch of rural Iowa. On the other end of the line was a 13-year-old boy. He told the dispatcher he had just shot his mom. Just before the call, he had texted his father, saying, "Dad, this is Noah. I killed Mom accidentally. I regret it. Come home now please." His dad assumed it was some kind of twisted joke and texted back, "Ok...

00:00 Case 1 - Carol Wardell 22:53 Case 2 - Stephen Searle 45:11 Case 3 - Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo 01:05:27 Case 4 - Tiana Notice 01:19:41 Case 5 - Carol Jarvis 01:37:18 Case 6 - Cheryl Hooper 02:06:03 Case 7 - Jordan Monaghan 02:44:41 Case 8 - Wendi Andriano 03:05:05 Case 9 - Samantha Parker 03:23:04 Case 10 - Jan Moffatt 03:44:00 Case 11 - Trish Willoughby

On August 29, 2013, a woman named Kiki Muddar dialed 999 from a house on Broomfield Road in Chadwell Heath, East London. She reported that her 33-year-old roommate, Polly Chowdhury, had attempted to take her own life in the bath - and that Polly's daughter, eight-year-old Ayesha Ali, was dead. When paramedics arrived, they found Ayesha in her bedroom, unresponsive and already cold. She was nak...

On July 15, 2023, Erin Patterson extended an invitation for lunch to several members of her estranged husband's family. The guest list included her ex-partner Simon Patterson — the father of her two children — his elderly parents, Don and Gail Patterson (both aged 70), Gail's sister, 66 year old Heather Wilkinson, and Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson, a respected local pastor. The lunch was schedu...

On the 19th of February 2024, six-year-old Joshlin Smith disappeared from her home in Saldanha Bay — a small, windswept coastal town near Cape Town, South Africa. One moment she was there. The next, she was gone. In the hours and days that followed, confusion turned to panic. Her face appeared on posters, across social media, and in news bulletins. Search teams scoured the dunes, the sea, and the...

On the 5th of October, 2021,  Matthew Boorman  arrived home after a long day at work. He had no idea what was waiting for him. As he stepped out of his car, his neighbour of 12 years,  Can Arslan , suddenly lunged at him. Can stabbed Matthew repeatedly — brutally, and without mercy. Then, with Matthew dying on the ground, Can sat down… lit a cigarette… and calmly walked away. But he wasn’t finishe...

When a strange 999 call came in on 1st November 2010 from Robert Brown—claiming he wanted to come into the police station to speak with officers—red flags were immediately raised. He refused to share much information, claiming his lawyer had advised against it. But he did admit it involved his ex-wife, Joanna Brown. Joanna had been reported missing earlier that morning after she didn’t drop her ch...

In 1986, the brutal murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall sent shockwaves through Birkenhead. She had been beaten, and left in a dark alleyway — a horrifying crime that triggered the largest manhunt Merseyside had ever seen. 29-year-old Peter Sullivan was arrested, and soon after, convicted. Despite an initial series of apparent confessions and retractions during intense police questioning, Peter in...

On the weekend of March 1st, 2019, Dr. Preethi Reddy, a respected dentist attended a dental conference in St Leonards, Sydney. After the conference, Preethi met up with her ex-partner, Dr. Harshwardhan Narde, a man from her past who had struggled to accept their breakup. The two spent the evening together, and in the hours that followed, Preethi disappeared without a trace and her family immediate...

When sisters Mildred Bowman, 62, and Alice Wardle, 68, flew to Benidorm on July 30, 2005, they were ready for a sun-soaked holiday in the Costa Blanca. Staying at the Levante Club Apartments, they made plans to meet Alice's daughter and her family the next day. But when the sisters never showed up, concern quickly turned to panic. Their loved ones searched tirelessly, retracing their steps through...

When a 999 call came in from Penelope Jackson's residence, claiming she had just stabbed her husband and was planning to stab him a bit more, the police were left horrified by her chillingly calm demeanour. Upon arriving at the scene, officers found David Jackson lying on the floor, bleeding to death. Despite the urgency of the situation, Penelope seemed unfazed, even urging paramedics not to...