America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring

A week after seven people died from poisoned Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson received a handwritten letter demanding one million dollars. It was the first real break in the case, and it raised more questions than it answered. In the second of three episodes on the Tylenol murders, Katie Ring follows the investigation as it begins to fracture from within. As FBI agents, Chicago detectives, and subur...

On a single night in 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Tylenol. They didn't know each other, they weren't targeted, and the killer never had to get close to a single one of them. In the first of three episodes on the Tylenol murders, Katie Ring takes you back to the night it began: the Janus family, struck down one by one in their own home; the twelve-year-old who took two p...

Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and sentenced to death. The case against him had no murder weapon, no DNA, and no witnesses. Just circumstantial evidence and a jury that was convinced. In the third and final episode on the murder of Laci Peterson, Katie Ring covers the trial, the verdict, and the developments that have kept the case alive ever since: a van that burned t...

On Christmas Eve 2002, Laci Peterson vanished. She was eight months pregnant. Her husband Scott said he'd been out fishing. And almost immediately, something about his story didn't add up. In part two of three episodes on the murder of Laci Peterson, Katie Ring breaks down the investigation that followed: the mistress who came forward, the boat purchased on a deeply suspicious date, and the moment...

When Scott Peterson met Amber Frey in November 2002, he told her he was a widower. His wife Laci was eight months pregnant and very much alive. In the first of three episodes on the murder of Laci Peterson, Katie Ring traces who Laci really was: a warm, outgoing woman from California's Central Valley who fell hard for a charming man with a talent for deception. From the earliest red flags in Scott...

On May 27th, 1991, two police officers escorted a dazed, injured teenager back into Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment after he escaped, ignoring the pleas of the women who had called for help. That teenager was dead within the hour. In the third and final episode on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Katie Ring covers the last chapter of his killing spree: the victims who slipped through every crack in the sy...

In 1987, Jeffrey Dahmer sat down for Thanksgiving dinner with his family while a dismembered body was hidden in his grandmother's basement below them. Nobody suspected a thing. In part two of three episodes on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Katie Ring traces the decade between his first murder and the beginning of his full-blown killing spree. As Dahmer's crimes escalated and his methods grew more...

In June 1978, eighteen-year-old Steven Hicks had no way of knowing that a chance encounter would cost him his life. It was Jeffrey Dahmer's first murder, and a crime that had been years in the making. In part one of three episodes, Katie Ring traces the origins of one of America's most notorious serial killers: Dahmer's troubled childhood, his parents' volatile marriage, and the escalating obsessi...

With a mountain of forensic evidence and a documented history of abuse, the prosecution had what looked like an unbeatable case. Then, O.J. tried on the gloves. In the third and final episode on the O.J. Simpson case, Katie Ring breaks down the trial that divided a nation: the Dream Team's strategy, the courtroom twists that changed everything, and the not guilty verdict that stunned half the coun...

On June 12th, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found murdered outside her Brentwood home. Within days, the investigation had a prime suspect. Within a week, that suspect had vanished. In part two of three episodes on the O.J. Simpson case, Katie Ring covers the months leading up to Nicole's final night, the devastating discovery that followed, and the moment the story bec...

Before the trial that divided a nation, there was a woman. Nicole Brown grew up in Southern California with dreams of modeling, a close-knit family, and a future full of possibility…until a chance encounter with football legend O.J. Simpson at a Beverly Hills restaurant changed everything. In the first of three episodes on the O.J. Simpson case, Katie Ring goes back to the beginning: Nicole's chil...

After nearly a decade of dead ends, investigators finally had a conviction in the murder of Chandra Levy. Then the case took one final, unexpected turn. In the third and final episode on the Chandra Levy case, Katie Ring traces the long road from a discovery in the woods of Rock Creek Park to a courtroom verdict, and the twist that no one saw coming. It's the story of a case that seemed solved, th...

When detectives began looking into Chandra Levy's disappearance, they quickly found themselves at the center of one of the biggest political scandals Washington had seen in years. In part two of three episodes on the Chandra Levy case, Katie Ring follows the investigation as it zeroed in on Congressman Gary Condit: his secret affairs, his attempts to control the narrative, and a television intervi...

In May 2001, 24-year-old Chandra Levy vanished from Washington D.C. She was a government intern with a bright future, a prestigious job, and a secret she hadn't told anyone: she was having an affair with a sitting U.S. Congressman. In the first of three episodes on the Chandra Levy case, Katie Ring traces her journey from a small California town to the halls of power in Washington D.C.: the ambiti...

The break in the Idaho murders came down to something the killer left behind without knowing it: a knife sheath, and a single strand of DNA. In the third and final episode on the Idaho student murders, Katie Ring follows the investigation to its conclusion: how cell phone data, genetic genealogy, and surveillance footage led detectives to Bryan Kohberger. After his arrest, the case moved toward tr...

When one of the surviving roommates described what she saw in the hallway that night, it sent chills through the entire investigation: a masked man, moving through the dark, just feet away from where her friends had been killed. In part two of three episodes on the Idaho student murders, Katie Ring follows the investigation as it began to take shape. From the knife sheath left behind at the scene...

In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death inside their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. They had no idea anyone was coming. In the first of three episodes on the Idaho student murders, Katie Ring traces who Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were, and what happened on the last night of their lives. From r...

In this episode of America’s Most Infamous Crimes, Katie Ring breaks down the final chapter of the Gabby Petito case: from the discovery of her body to the nationwide manhunt for Brian Laundrie, and the unanswered questions that remain. As investigators followed digital clues, a crucial break came from an unexpected source: travel YouTubers who unknowingly captured Gabby’s van on camera near Sprea...

In this episode of America’s Most Infamous Crimes, Katie Ring continues with part two of our three-part series on Gabby Petito and how her disappearance turned into a nationwide investigation. When Gabby's mom received suspicious text messages from Gabby's phone, it amplified her concern for her daughter's wellbeing. Meanwhile, Brian Laundrie returned home to Florida alone, driving Gabby’s van......

In this episode of America’s Most Infamous Crimes, Katie Ring explores the early warning signs in the Gabby Petito case and the relationship between Gabby and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, before her disappearance. Their van life journey across the United States looked perfect on social media, but behind the scenes, troubling patterns of control, isolation, and emotional tension were beginning to em...

Welcome to America’s Most Infamous Crimes. Katie Ring takes you deep into cases that have left a lasting imprint on society, and still haunt us today. In this final chapter, Katie follows the unraveling of Ted Bundy: from a routine traffic stop to a nationwide manhunt, courtroom spectacle, and two shocking prison escapes. As his identity becomes public and pressure mounts, his violence escalates,...

Welcome to America’s Most Infamous Crimes. Katie Ring takes you deep into cases that have left a lasting imprint on society, and still haunt us today. In part two of our three part series, Katie examines the escalation of Ted Bundy’s killing spree in 1974, as he used a fake arm sling, calculated charm, and his understanding of police procedure to abduct young women in plain sight across the Pacifi...

Welcome to America’s Most Infamous Crimes. Katie Ring takes you deep into cases that have left a lasting imprint on society, and still haunt us today. Ted Bundy didn’t fit the image of a killer. He was educated, ambitious, and outwardly composed, the kind of man people trusted without hesitation. In this first episode, Katie traces the early fractures that shaped him: family secrets, rejection, mo...

Some crimes are so shocking, they don’t just make headlines, they change a nation. Serial killers. Unsolved murders. Investigations that gripped America. If you think you know these cases, think again. Each week on America’s Most Infamous Crimes, Katie Ring goes deep on one of the most notorious true-crime cases in American history. Not the quick recap version, but the full story told across multi...