Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present

Every Saturday and Sunday we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits.  There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each weekend day we’ll highlight our top movies within that category.  Today’s sub-genre is one of our absolute favorites: horror comedy.  Who doesn’t like to laugh and screa...

Every Saturday and Sunday we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits.  There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each weekend day we’ll highlight our top movies within that category.  Today’s sub-genre is one of our absolute favorites: horror comedy.  Who doesn’t like to laugh and screa...

A woman is murdered, her body dumped in the Mississippi River, and nearly 30 years later, her ghost may help lead investigators back to her killer. Jennifer Fessler sits down with writer and director Philip Cairney to unpack HBO’s  The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story , a chilling true-crime investigation filled with mob ties, buried secrets, shocking twists, and eerie encounters tha...

The first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years actually…survived.  Christa Pike was given two lethal injections and has since recovered. According to her attorneys, she is now speaking and walking.  This is not the first botched lethal injection in Tennessee this year. So, what happens next?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Halloween season everyone! The horror genre has been exploding on the big screen and we would argue, these days, there’s a horror movie for everyone. Do you love a horror comedy? Think ‘The Blackening’ or ‘Hell Of A Summer.’ Or do you prefer a supernatural horror, Sci-Fi Horror, or how about a creature-feature, like ‘Jaws’? We are going to spend the...

56-year-old Curtis Flowers has died just a few years after being released from death row and exonerated by the state of Mississippi. Flowers was tried six times by the same prosecutor and spent more than 2 decades behind bars for a quadruple murder he did not commit. It was a podcast, and ultimately the Supreme Court of the United States that set Flowers free after 23 years of protesting his innoc...

After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the public would be able to watch a firing squad execute Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan, the Pentagon got specific, saying the execution would be live-streamed. Hassan’s planned, public execution is scheduled for December 3rd at 1pm, on the same day of the week and the same time Hasan killed 13 and wounded 30 others back in 2009.  Hasan...

After an hours long manhunt, 22-year-old Ryan Hanafin is in custody and believed to be responsible for shooting and killing his own mother. Hanafin was arrested after his father found his wife, 49-year-old Andria in the kitchen, dead. Their 13-year-old son was unharmed  inside the home, and their older daughter was away at college, but Ryan was missing along with his vehicle. Police tracked R...

Denise Brown recounts the terrifying night she says she watched O.J. Simpson grab Nicole by the throat and lift her off the ground as Denise desperately tried to pull him away. Nicole left with her that night but returned the next day. Denise explains why she once blamed herself and what she now understands about why victims go back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the past year, Michigan police say the violent deaths of five white men along a popular river trail appear to be connected. Lansing’s police chief acknowledged that the city may have a serial killer on its hands and have asked for help from the community, setting up a tip line. Four of the victims were brutally beaten in the head, suffering facial injuries, all eventually dying from the...

A Texas man was executed after a nearly two hour delay on Wednesday using the exact same, single dose method of pentobarbital that Tennessee administered to Christa Pike. The outcome was very different for 46-year-old Jamaal Howard, who was pronounced dead within 15 minutes. Howard apologized to his victim’s family in his final words, after being convicted in the shooting death of convenienc...

You may remember Jenny Lupton, the Southwest Flight Attendant who allegedly jumped off of a 24th floor hotel room in Honolulu, HI. Emily and Shane are sitting down with two of Jenny’s best friends to discuss this mysterious case and WHY the alleged suicide attempt doesn’t make sense… How was her body conveniently found in a dumpster? Why is her family not getting any answers? Wo...

In a press conference following an emergency hearing called by the attorneys of Christa Pike, we learned more details about how and when Pike regained consciousness. Her attorneys say they believed Pike was brain dead Monday evening and was going to be taken off life support Tuesday, when she suddenly woke up and asked, “Where am I? And who are you?” To the medical staff. A judge ruled...

Three friends of Nolan Wells, the college student who went missing during a Fourth of July celebration in Mississippi, have sued NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation. Owens reposted a video, with pictures of three boys’ faces, accusing them of murdering Wells and adding the caption “ARREST THEM IMMEDIATELY!!” Owens post came after a grand jury did not recommend any crim...

New Jersey police made a horrific discovery inside a multimillion dollar mansion: three members of the same family, all fatally shot. But police now believe it was the father, 61-year-old insurance executive David Grodnick who shot and killed his 62-year-old wife, Lora and their 24-year-old daughter, Sloane before turning the gun on himself. We discuss the details of this case, one that follows a...

After nearly a week of being unconscious and on a ventilator following Tennessee’s botched execution attempt, Christa Pike is conscious and speaking according to her attorneys. They say Pike is the only known person to have survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital, but her long term prognosis remains unclear. Later today, Pike’s attorneys will be back in court, asking for evidence to...

46 year old Jamaal Howard is scheduled to die exactly one week after Christa Pike’s failed execution.  Howard is headed to Texas’s death row chamber on Wednesday to be administered the exact same single, lethal dose of pentobarbital.  The spiritual advisor to Howard is revealing his last conversation with him in the wake of the Christa Pike botched execution, sharing Howard&r...

Emily and Shane are joined by psychologist Dr. Hillary Goldsher to discuss the case between Jane Doe and “The Cornell 7”.  This episode will discuss alleged sexual assault, drug, and alcohol use which may be triggering to some listeners.  If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, support is available 24/7 through the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotlin...

It was a heartbreaking and dramatic afternoon in court as Caleb Flynn heard directly from his two young daughters who wrote letters to him read aloud by his wife, Ashley’s family members.  Alyssa and Ava Flynn told their father how much pain he’s caused them and begged him to tell the truth about killing their mother.  Other members of Ashely’s family spoke directly to...

The former American Idol contestant who was convicted of the murder of his wife will learn how long he will remain behind bars.  40 year old Caleb Flynn must first sit through victim impact statement from his wife Ashley’s family.  Ashley’s mother, father, sister and brother-in-law are all in court, along with Flynn’s mother and father who already provided their stateme...

As Christa Pike remains hospitalized, unconscious, on a ventilator in critical condition after a failed execution attempt, the man in charge of Tennessee prisons has announced his resignation.  Governor Bill Lee did not directly reference the situation with Pike, or with this spring’s botched execution of Tony Carruthers, but said Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada stepp...

Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister Denise reveals the warning signs of abuse her family missed, including a shocking photo of Nicole’s battered face that she explained away as 'movie makeup.' More than 30 years later, Denise opens up about what Nicole was hiding from the people closest to her, and what she wishes she had understood before it was too late. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

29 year old Nathalie Belizaire was taken off a Carnival Cruise ship in handcuffs after police say she went on a 4 day cruise while leaving her 4 kids home, unsupervised.  Belizaire has been charged with four counts of felony child abuse after the father of her infant called 911 after hearing kids’ voices and the tv on at her residence.  When police burst through the front door, the...

Drew Peterson collected wives, then collected murders… As a decorated police officer, Peterson flew under the radar when things started to look suspicious. What finally implicated him?   Did Peterson allegedly kill TWO of his wives? Did his children testify against him? Is he still in prison to this day? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The attorneys for 50 year old Christa Pike filed an emergency order to preserve all evidence from her botched execution attempt on Wednesday night. Pike’s attorneys detail her conditions, saying she is intubated , unconscious and on a ventilator with her arms swollen, blistered and burned.  The filing alleges the medical team improperly placed the IV and both lethal doses of pentobarbit...