Crime and Conjure

There’s some cases where one might say you are putting yourself in harm's way. Whether that means saying yes to a stranger, going on a date with someone you never met, or leaving your doors unlocked. In today's case I want to tell you about 10 women who did nothing other than be polite and that led to them being attacked in their own homes.

The case we have for you today is one that is easy to get lost in. Nothing is what it seems and no one is telling the whole truth. Somehow everyone is at fault and no one can be trusted. In this case a family goes through the unimaginable but is then given a miracle beyond belief. Only to have their joy ripped away from them once again.

Everyone who's gone to public school knows that most of the dances that are thrown aren’t the main event. The most exciting experiences happen before and after the dance itself. Today I want to tell you a story about a beautiful young lady that didn’t make it home from what should have been a normal high school experience. This case takes the saying a night to remember, way too far.

In the early 1900’s someone was breaking into homes in the dead of the night in New Orleans and viciously attacking people. No one felt safe. Many died and those that survived were left with the terrifying image of a dark figure looming over them with a heavy ax, burned into their memories for the rest of their lives. Just as suddenly as he appeared, he vanished and no one has ever solved the myst...

One thing we talk about a lot on this podcast is the vulnerability of being taken advantage of. As if it isn’t bad enough harming or murdering someone who didn’t see it coming, imagine if you dedicated your life to manipulating them? Today we talk about two men that teamed up with a sick goal they were determined to reach. 

Sometimes the kindest, happiest people are actually hiding a darkness no one could imagine about them. Can anyone snap if pushed far enough? In this case we may never learn the true motives behind a double murder, suicide that shocked an entire community.

Most of us are just trying to live the American Dream which includes the perfect partner, the perfect family, the perfect home and the perfect lifestyle. What if despite having all of that from the outside, looking in secrets were held tight to the chest, secrets that could put you and your loved ones in immense danger. Today I want to tell you about one suburban family's disappearance that no one...

We talk a lot on this podcast about being vigilant. I stand by that advice, but how are we supposed to really know who to watch out for? How do we stay vigilant of the monsters when they are so often disguised as heroes?

When you hear about a robbery taking place, we usually think of a bank, a gas station or possibly someone's home. Well today we share 5 victims' stories because some of them can’t. It’s a case that should’ve never happened, that could’ve been stopped. And just when you think it's gone too far it goes another step further.

This case is so wild, it sounds more like a movie than real life. It’s got all the plot points of a major blockbuster, secrets, love triangles, betrayals, fake identities, blackmail and of course murder. In this case, the killer came so close to getting away with murder but no secrets stay buried forever.

These days we are in a constant state of fear whether it's grocery shopping, going to the movie theater, or sending our little ones off to school. Anyone with a weapon is capable of taking another's life in an instant, it seems nowhere is safe. Today's story is one of many we have all heard over and over. A beautiful teenage girl, robbed of the rest of her life by two twisted individuals whose goa...

We, like so many others, are outraged by the recent supreme court leaked draft decision regarding Roe v Wade. This is not a debate about pro-choice vs pro-life, it is an attack on women plain and simple. No one should have the right to make your medical decisions without your consent. This attack on our bodies and our rights has been raging for more than a century. Today we are going to highlight...

Do you remember the image that went viral of the little boy with a top hat, in Portland at a Michael Brown protest giving a police officer a hug while appearing to be extremely emotional? Some have speculated that those tears were beyond what was going on that day. After I share with you the Hart children's circumstances you might feel the same.

On a hot July day in Cheshire Connecticut, a light rain fell softly on Jennifer Petit and her 11 year old daughter Michaela as they left their local stop and shop with some groceries. Completely unaware of the creepy stranger that followed them out, they took their groceries home and happily went about their day. The innocent family had no idea they had just been marked for death.

If you were on the internet in 2018 there’s no way you missed the memes and videos of the man with the crazy hair representing himself in his own murder trial. For the majority, it was a good laugh watching him shout at the jurors but buckle up conjurers because the true story behind those internet memes is about to leave you enraged.

Some believe a blue moon can wreak havoc with all magical forces, causing witches' powers to become erratic and unpredictable. In 2015, Pensacola Florida police shocked everyone when they claimed the murder of a mother and her two sons was the work of witchcraft, and more specifically the forces of the Blue Moon.

The holidays can be the best time for some and the hardest for others. Crime is at an all time high during the holidays but not usually for murder. It’s usually burglary, theft, and sadly suicide. One small town in Washington went from petty crimes to having their world turned upside down by two people who certainly did not make the nice list in 2007.

The holidays are often a time of joy and community, but for people in abusive relationships, the holidays can be stressful and dangerous. For many couples the night before Thanksgiving is spent double checking the pantry and preparing for family to arrive for a joyous day of gratitude. For one couple in 2006 it was spent fighting, and ended with one woman’s desperate attempt at escape.

Happy Halloween! What could be better on Halloween than a spooky ghost story? Cultures all over the world have been fascinated by ghosts for as long as people have existed. In the 19th century ghost stories became especially popular and widely believed as fact, shaping much about the era. But what happens when people take ghost stories too far? Come along as we share three real life ghost stories...

The blue wall of silence is an informal code among police officers not to report on a fellow cop’s misconduct or crimes. Any officers who refuse to lie to protect a corrupt cop may be threatened and ostracized by their fellow police officers. This glorified corruption goes back as far as we can tell to at least the 1800’s. In Los Angeles California, that blue code allowed a murderer to escape just...

The Vatican City is known as the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot within the Vatican walls and nearly died. This assassination attempt led to panic and was linked to one of the most famous disappearance in the Vatican with growing theories even now, 38 years later.

Have you ever had a dream that felt so real you weren’t sure whether or not it really happened? Some believe dreams are an uninhibited connection to our natural psychic abilities. Dreams are at the very least a central source of the knowledge of the unconscious. Then of course there are those who seem to have full control of their psychic abilities in the waking hours. This case is a wild tangle o...

Once upon a time adopting a baby was as easy as going to the local corner store and checking out a bag of potatoes. It was a practice called baby farming, that led to England's most Infamous baby killer, who earned the name "The Reading Baby Farmer".

It’s a common tale we have all heard, a woman meets a handsome and charming man in a bar and sparks instantly fly. But for at least four women in the 1990’s, meeting that handsome man in a bar was the beginning of their end. He was no prince charming, he was a monster in disguise. 

In 2004, one Fresno family kept a thinly veiled secret that was about to be exposed. The case we talk about today covers some very sensitive and controversial topics like polygamy, incest, and domestic abuse that led to the horrific murder of an innocent family.