Serialously with Annie Elise

In the quiet Texas suburb of Wylie in the summer of 1980, two families were living side by side, sharing church pews, backyard conversations, and what looked like a simple, ordinary life. But beneath the surface, secrets were simmering. When Betty Gore was found brutally killed in her home, struck dozens of times with a wood-splitting axe, suspicion quickly turned toward someone no one expected: C...

In the early morning hours of August 5, 2020, a quiet Denver neighborhood was jolted awake by an inferno so intense it could be seen from blocks away. Inside the burning home were two Senegalese immigrant families who were hard-working, close-knit, and building new lives in America. As firefighters worked frantically and investigators sifted through the aftermath, it became clear this was no accid...

This week on Headline Highlights new claims in the D4vd case allege a burn-cage incinerator was found inside the Hollywood Hills rental he occupied. In the Rebecca Park case, her sister now claims Rebecca’s fiancé confessed to killing her after she admitted lying to police to protect him. A 32-year-old doctor and mother of two was found dead inside a Dollar Tree freezer in Miami, a case police say...

*I apologize for misspeaking. Lilie was born 2002. Not 2022.  Lilie James was a bright, beloved 21-year-old whose future seemed limitless, until one October night inside St Andrew’s Cathedral School shattered everything. Now, the coroner’s newly released findings are pulling back the curtain on a far more chilling and calculated reality than anyone first understood. What happened to Lilie wasn’t r...

This week on Headline Highlights: Brian Walshe’s trial ended with a guilty verdict. In the Kristina Joksimovic case, her husband is now in custody, accused of dismembering her body. The family of the victim in the Jesse Butler case has filed a motion claiming his plea deal violated constitutional rights. Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first‑degree murder in the stabbing deaths of...

Ajike “A.J.” Owens was a devoted 35-year-old mother of four. She was the kind of woman who fought for her kids without hesitation. But on a June evening in Ocala, Florida, what began as one of many neighborhood disputes, turned into a national flashpoint. After an argument involving her children and the woman next door, A.J. walked to her neighbor’s home seeking answers. Moments later, a single gu...

The trial of Brian Walshe is surprisingly almost over now, 4 weeks earlier than expected. A lot of people are now wondering if they’ve actually done enough to convict Brian of murder. . If you’re new here, don’t forget to subscribe for weekly deep dives into the darkest true crime cases: youtube.com/@annieelise . Week 1 Recap: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serialously-with-annie-elise/id15...

This week on Headline Highlights: New developments shake the Rebecca Park case as her biological mother, now charged with her murder, asks the court for reduced bond or home confinement to care for her 14-year-old son. In Massachusetts, the trial for Brian Walshe is underway, and prosecutors are coming in strong with graphic physical evidence. The father of the 16-year-old accused in Anna Kepner’s...

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They called themselves vegans, tech-savvy anarchists, idealistic rationalists, but beneath the coded language of AI fears, vegan ethics, and brain-hemisphere theories lurked something far darker. The Zizians began as an obscure fringe community online, but. when members of this online collective began turning up dead, vanishing without explanation, or popping up in the background of bizarre, viole...

The trial of Brian Walshe has officially begun and the courtroom is already pulsing with the kind of tension only a true crime saga can deliver. Prosecutors are unveiling a trail of chilling digital searches, suspicious errands, and a timeline they say exposes Walshe as the man behind his wife Ana’s disappearance. The defense is pushing back hard, painting a very different picture. Each witness, e...

This week on Headline Highlights: Alex Murdaugh is back in the spotlight as major developments emerge in his fight for a new trial. The family of Anna Kepner is speaking out, voicing growing frustration over stalled progress of the investigation after her body was found aboard a Carnival cruise. In a shocking turn, 44-year-old Darius Hazard is accused of turning on his own parents and setting thei...

When 22-year-old Nathan Carman was miraculously “found” after a week lost at sea, his survival made headlines. But as investigators took a closer look, questions about his too-perfect rescue, and the disappearance of his mother during that same trip, quickly spiraled into something far darker. With a murdered grandfather, a sinking boat, a massive inheritance, and a suspect who insisted he was inn...

This week on Headline Highlights: Melodee Buzzard’s mom is no longer facing false imprisonment charges in the unrelated case against her. Major developments in the D4vd investigation, as he’s now officially named a suspect in the death of Celeste Hernandez. Morgan Geyser, who said she killed her friend because Slenderman told her to, briefly went missing after disappearing from her group home. Tra...

Just after 6 a.m. on November 9th, 2005, a terrified Texas woman called 911, sobbing that her husband, Keith Gentry, had been shot in his sleep and was making “a god-awful sound,” with pink foam coming from his mouth. What first looked like a brutal home invasion that shattered a seemingly wholesome family quickly unraveled under investigation, revealing a motive more unbelievable than anyone expe...

This week on Headline Highlights: a major update in Bryan Kohberger’s restitution hearing, an important development in the Sandra Birchmore case, and Brian Walshe’s trial officially kicks off. A retired Ohio State professor is caught in a sextortion scheme. A woman is accused of attempting to kill her husband and son as part of a disturbing pact. And a man allegedly kills his girlfriend with a cha...

In a crowded neighborhood just outside New Delhi, children started vanishing one by one. Their families begged the police for help, only to be ignored. So the parents decided to take matters into their own hands, and what they uncovered led to one of the most horrifying discoveries in India’s criminal history. As shocking new details come to light nearly two decades later, the question remains: Di...

This week on Headline Highlights: Major updates emerge in the disappearance of Michael Vaughan as 33-year-old Stacey Wondra is charged with multiple offenses. The mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been arrested on charges unrelated to her daughter’s disappearance. In Kuala Lumpur, influencer Iris Hsieh was found dead in a bathtub. A former news anchor has been charged with murder af...

In the still hours before dawn, a 911 call pierced the silence of a quiet Houston neighborhood. On the line was a teenage boy, his voice shaking as he confessed to something unthinkable. Moments earlier, he had stepped into his twin sister Meghan’s bedroom. It was something he’d done countless times before, but this time, everything was different. What unfolded inside that house would leave an ent...

In this week’s episode, we cover several devastating cases shaking communities across the country — a mother who killed her son the day before his 18th birthday in what she called a “death wish,” a Chicago attorney charged after his wife was found “pulverized” in their high-rise condo stairwell, and the latest updates in the heartbreaking disappearance of baby Emmanuel Haro, whose father has now p...

When 15-year-old Eloá Pimentel decided to end things with her ex-boyfriend, she had no idea she was stepping into a nightmare. What began as a teenage breakup quickly turned into a shocking hostage standoff that played out live on national television. For days, the world watched in disbelief, but behind the cameras, fear, obsession, and fatal mistakes were unfolding in real time… If you’re new her...

This week on Headline Highlights: new updates have surfaced in the Bryan Kohberger case as he tries to weasel out of paying restitution to the victims’ families. A French woman who was held captive by a couple for five years has finally escaped, shocking investigators with the details of her confinement. Police are investigating the murder of 25-year-old Chloe Henry, whose body was found dumped in...

When 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts laced up her running shoes for her nightly jog through the small town of Brooklyn, Iowa, she had no idea she was being watched. When she vanished without a trace, the peaceful community was thrown into chaos. For weeks, search teams scoured cornfields and rivers, her smiling face plastered across every screen in America. What began as a d...

This week on Headline Highlights: Shocking turns in both the Emmanuel Haro and Donna Adelson cases. A decades-old mystery unravels when a teen who vanished in the 1990s is discovered to have never been missing at all. A teenager allegedly abducted by the cartel sparks more questions than answers. In Brazil, a self-proclaimed glamorous serial killer reveals her chilling love for murder. A terrifyin...

This week on Serialously with Annie Elise, Mike Miske was a wealthy and well-connected Hawaii businessman, but beneath the surface, he ran what authorities describe as a violent criminal empire. After his teenage son died in a tragic car accident, Miske became consumed with rage. Not at the crash itself, but at the friend who had survived. That young man, once like family, became the target of a m...