Bang to Rights

In 2021, a 15-year-old Ivan "Nick" Vetecnik went to his friend's house in Taylorsville, Utah. He never came home. CCTV captured his friend walking out of the house covered in blood, carrying garbage bags. When asked what happened, he said he was cutting up ribs for a BBQ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laila Daniel was two years old when she was placed with foster parents. Four months later she was dead. What investigators found when they looked closer at what happened inside that home told a very different story. This is the case of Laila Daniel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russell Williams was one of Canada’s most decorated Air Force officers. He commanded the country’s largest military base, flew the Prime Minister, and had even piloted the Queen of England. Nobody had any idea what he was doing when he went home at night. This is the case of Russell Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He travelled 30 miles on two buses with a knife. He followed her for 45 minutes. Then he stabbed her outside a pizza shop. This is the case of Holly Newton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She went through 17 rounds of IVF to have her three daughters. Then one night she put cable ties around all three of their necks. This is the case of Lauren Dickason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She sent 3 men to her ex husband's house. They ambushed him on his own driveway, dragged him inside and tortured him for over 2 hours. 61 injuries. Stabbed. Strangled. Boiling water poured on his genitals. And the person who organised the whole thing? His own ex wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Cahalane was doused in sulphuric acid at his own home in Plymouth in February 2025. He survived for ten weeks before dying from his injuries. When investigators looked at who had set him up, the answer was closer to home than anyone expected. This is the case of Danny Cahalane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica Parsons was adopted as a baby by Casey and Sandy Parsons in North Carolina. Nobody reported her missing for nearly two years. When her adoptive brother finally walked into a police station in 2013 and told them what he believed had happened, investigators began one of the most disturbing cases the state had ever seen. This is the case of Erica Parsons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Shannon O’Connor became known as the “Los Gatos Party Mom” after opening her California home to her teenage son and his friends. At first, she seemed like the parent who allowed them to get away with almost anything — but what was really happening inside her home would eventually lead to her arrest and a case that shocked the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Matthew Hertgen called 911 himself. “I’m not going to go into any more details right now,” he told the operator. When police arrived at his home and saw what he’d done to his own brother — and what had been left arranged on the dining table — the details were ruled too disturbing to be played in full in court. This is the case of Matthew Hertgen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Martina Esqueda lived with her husband and five boyfriends under one roof. When a dog fight left her with a broken arm she blamed one of them. What she ordered the others to do next shocked even the judge. This is the case of Martina Esqueda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tristan Roberts spent weeks planning his mother's murder. He bought weapons, announced his plans online and bought a dictaphone so he could record every second of what he was about to do. The recording was so disturbing it couldn't be played in court. This is the case of Tristan Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 2022 twelve year old Lola Daviet was walking home from school in Paris when she was lured into an apartment. Days earlier her killer had been searching online for something nobody could have predicted. What happened inside that apartment shocked an entire country. This is the case of Lola Daviet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvey Marcelin had already been convicted of murder twice — spending over 50 years behind bars across two separate sentences. Each time he was released, he killed again. In 2022 at 83 years old, investigators received a tip about a shopping cart abandoned on a Brooklyn street. What they found inside led them straight to Marcelin — and what surveillance cameras had already captured was unlike anyt...

China Arnold was a mother from Dayton, Ohio. In August 2005 she brought her 28-day-old daughter Paris to hospital — unconscious. Doctors couldn’t explain what had happened. Then the coroner’s findings pointed to something so disturbing it had barely been seen before in a criminal case. This is the case of China Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anggy Diaz moved to America from Nicaragua dreaming of a better life. She was working two jobs to pay for her mother’s cancer treatment back home. Three months after her wedding she was found dead in the home she shared with her husband — the scene described by the sheriff as one of the most gruesome he had ever seen. This is the case of Anggy Diaz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

In November 2020 something happened in a Houston apartment that nobody reported. Nobody called for help. Nobody came. For almost a year three young boys were left completely alone inside — until the eldest finally picked up the phone in October 2021 and told police what had been in that apartment with them the entire time. This is the case of Kendrick Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

In September 2024 Paul Scott tried to break up a fight. He walked away thinking nothing of it. Nine months later a mother arrived at his door at 3am with her son and daughter — armed with knives — and her daughter filmed the whole thing. This is the case of Paul Scott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At her own gender reveal Nicole Blain stormed off clutching a pink knife after finding out she was having a girl. Nineteen days after her daughter Thea was born, she was dead. Blain blamed another child for the injuries. A pathologist ruled that was impossible. This is the case of Nicole Blain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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...

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