Bang to Rights

Cheryl Christensen’s disabled son was found dead on her bathroom floor. She had been his sole carer for over thirty years. What she told police about his final days was disturbing enough — but years later, just weeks before she was due in court, something happened that nobody could have predicted. This is the case of Cheryl Christensen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Austin Metcalf and his twin brother arrived at a school track meet together on April 2nd 2025. Only one of them went home. A four minute argument over a tent ended with Austin stabbed through the heart — his last words were "I've been stabbed." This is the case of Austin Metcalf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preston Davey was thirteen months old when he was placed with two men for adoption in Blackpool. Everyone who met him described him as a happy, smiley little boy. Four months later he was dead. The lead detective called it the most harrowing case of his career. This is the murder of baby Preston Davey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He had a Cambridge degree, a respected lecturing job, and a Twitter feed full of awkward selfies and dinosaur photos. To anyone who knew him, Matthew Falder seemed completely harmless.But behind that ordinary appearance, he was secretly operating on the dark web under the name “666devil”. What investigators eventually uncovered was so disturbing it took authorities from five countries four years t...

Sonia Exelby was struggling when she posted online looking for someone to torture and kill her. A man in Florida answered. She flew from England to meet him, handing over $1,200 before he led her to a remote property. A week later, she was found dead in a shallow grave.This is the case of Sonia Exelby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cati Blauvelt was 22 years old when her husband John disappeared the same day her body was found. He was an Army recruiter. He had a 17-year-old girlfriend. And for six years he lived under a series of fake names while investigators searched for him. This is Cati's story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Katie Lee called 911 she told the dispatcher she couldn’t get her son to stop breathing. Austin was 17. What happened in that house before she picked up the phone is something nobody could have predicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the night of December 3rd 2025, 18-year-old Henry Nowak was walking home through Southampton after a night out with his university football team. Hours earlier he had filmed the man who would kill him. When police arrived after the stabbing, they handcuffed Henry. What the bodycam captured in those final minutes has shocked the entire country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Justin and Amber Hicks called it their dream home. Matthew Lanz lived on the other side of their back fence. 73 days after they moved in, police found their two-year-old son still inside - and what that little boy had witnessed is something no child should ever have to endure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mother was pulled deep into cult beliefs and severe delusions - and her baby paid the ultimate price.This is the disturbing case of Chloe Driver, where faith, fear and mental collapse ended in tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gabbi Doolin was seven years old and cheering for her brother at a youth football game when she vanished. Hundreds of people were there. The game was stopped and her name was called over the PA. She was found 25 minutes later. The man responsible had been in those same stands, watching his own son play. This is Gabbi’s story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Park was days away from becoming a mother when she disappeared. Her body was found three weeks later in a national forest. Her baby was not with her. What Cortney Bartholomew did - and why - defies every human instinct imaginable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jovanni Sierra was celebrating his 13th birthday with a sleepover when one of the guests decided it was time to act. He had already bought the knife. The FBI had been watching him for over a year. And what he did after the attack is something nobody in that house will ever forget. This is Jovanni’s story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

138 pages. That's how much Elena Bardin wrote to one of her teenage students. What those letters contained would shock the court, end her career, and reveal a plan that nobody saw coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nia Glassie was three years old. What happened to her inside her own home over the months before her death is almost impossible to comprehend. And the person who could have stopped it at any moment? She came home, saw what was happening, and threw a party instead. This is Nia's story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tammy Jo Blanton changed the locks, ended the relationship by text, and called the police when he tried to kick her door down. The next morning she didn’t show up for work. Officers came to check on her. A cannibal answered the door. This is the case of Joseph Oberhansley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the night of August 21 2022, 28 year old council worker Ashley Dale was at home in Liverpool watching TV with her dog while her boyfriend was out with friends. For weeks she had been sending voice notes to her friends telling them she had a bad feeling about everything. That her nerves were gone. That she felt like she was constantly looking over her shoulder. At midnight, gunmen kicked her fro...

A trailer in flames. A babysitter dead under a mattress. A 5-year-old girl gone. Jacob Kinn didn’t just want a child - he wanted a clean getaway. He manipulated his own girlfriend, Melissa Norby, into a sick kidnapping plot against her best friend’s daughter. But in the world of monsters, there is no honor. Kinn turned on his accomplice and lit a match he thought would erase his past. This is the...

Adopted into what should have been a safe home… but for Nubia Barahona, it became something far darker. At just 10 years old, she was found dead in the back of a truck—after months of reported abuse, warning signs, and missed chances to save her. What really happened behind closed doors - and how was it allowed to continue? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December 2012, college freshman Jerrod Murray offered his classmate Generro Sanchez $20 for a ride to Walmart. Generro said yes. He had no idea Murray had spent weeks planning to kill someone - just to know what it felt like. Not rage. Not revenge. No reason at all. When it was over, Murray flagged down a police car, confessed everything, and told investigators the only thing he regretted was g...

What started as a normal night between a couple quickly turned into something unimaginable. By the time police arrived, the scene was already disturbing - but it was the details that followed that truly shocked investigators. This is the chilling case of Fidel Lopez and Maria Nemeth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He killed his girlfriend. He hacked his daughter to death. He stabbed his 8 year old son and set him on fire. Then he waited outside for the police. This is the Ronnie Oneal case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It started with a stolen bank account and ended with an Amazon Prime delivery. When 71-year-old Margaret Craig confronted her daughter, she didn't realize she was living with her own executioners. What followed was a sickening 10-day "family project" involving a backyard grill and a chainsaw... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She was 3 feet away from her own "Missing" poster. For 273 days, Elizabeth Smart was a "living ghost." Forced to watch her parents sob on the nightly news while her captor laughed, she survived a 9-month descent into total dehumanization. From the stomach-turning rituals to the near-rescues that failed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It started as a normal night out.But by morning, a young woman was missing — and a quiet investigation was already underway. As the truth began to surface, what really happened that night shocked an entire country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices