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When Michael Blagg arrived home from work on November 13, 2001, he expected to find his wife Jennifer and six-year-old daughter Abby waiting for him. Instead, he stepped into a nightmare. Jennifer's purse was overturned on the floor, blood stained the couple's bed, and both Jennifer and Abby had vanished without a trace. As investigators searched for answers, they uncovered a growing list of red f...

A jury convicted him of murdering his 5-year-old daughter. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Now, that murder conviction has been overturned. A case where 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery was beaten to death, her body hidden for months, and her remains disposed of so thoroughly that she has never been found. A jury heard the evidence, found Adam Montgomery guilty, and many b...

Few things are more terrifying than the thought of something happening to your child. And that's why the case of Grant and Gracie Solomon hits so hard. What began as allegations that their father abused Gracie and may have been responsible for Grant's mysterious death, quickly became one of the most divisive cases we've ever covered. But since our original deep dive, everything has changed. New wi...

When 27-year-old newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was found beaten, shot, and left dead on the floor of her own home, police believed they were looking at a burglary gone horribly wrong. The crime scene was violent, the evidence was confusing, and for years investigators chased the wrong theory while the case slowly went cold. But Sherri's family never stopped believing there was more to the story. What...

When 11-year-old Gannon Stauch vanished during a freezing Colorado winter, his family and an entire community desperately searched for answers. But almost immediately, something about his stepmother Letecia Stauch didn’t sit right. The interviews, the stories, the strange behavior…none of it added up. And as investigators started uncovering disturbing evidence, the case took a horrifying turn that...

A 24-year-old bartender leaves work to meet up with members of one of America’s most notorious outlaw motorcycle gangs… and is never seen alive again. What begins as a missing persons case quickly spirals into a horrifying investigation filled with secret clubhouses, alleged coverups, hidden relationships, and a murder trial that shocked Illinois. Prosecutors say Katie Kearns was brutally killed a...

Join Annie as she reopens the chilling case of Sierah Joughin, the 20 year old who vanished during a quiet summer bike ride just minutes from home, setting off a frantic search that quickly turned into something far more disturbing than anyone imagined. What first looked like a tragic disappearance soon unraveled into a dark investigation filled with buried evidence, a secluded property no one wan...

April 8th, 2009 started out like any other school day for 8 year old Tori Stafford. She left class excited for a movie night with friends, wearing butterfly earrings she had secretly borrowed from her mom, and began the short two block walk home. But Tori never made it back. Within hours, a quiet town in Ontario was thrown into panic. Then came the surveillance footage. Grainy video showing Tori c...

On May 11, 2022, 25-year-old cyclist Moriah Wilson was found shot to death inside an Austin home, pulling investigators into a case tied to a love triangle with cyclist Colin Strickland and Kaitlin Armstrong, who soon vanished and triggered a global manhunt after evidence pointed in her direction. Join Annie as she reopens this case, digging into the moments leading up to that night, what the tria...

When 17-year-old Candace Hiltz was found brutally murdered inside her Colorado trailer home, she left behind her infant daughter, a devastated family, and a crime scene that raised more questions than answers. What should have been a straightforward search for justice quickly unraveled into a disturbing story of mishandled evidence, corruption, and the haunting possibility that Candace’s killer wa...

Seven-year-old Athena Strand was supposed to be safe at home in December 2022, just days away from going back to live with her mom, when a delivery driver dropping off a Christmas present changed everything. At the time, authorities said she was abducted and likely killed within an hour, her body found miles away. But what’s come out since then tells a far more disturbing story. Newly revealed evi...

On a summer afternoon in Circleville, a small city in Ohio, police surrounded 32-year-old Tara Lambert in a Walmart parking lot as she calmly pushed a cart full of dog food, showing almost no reaction as she was arrested for conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. But what shocked investigators even more was that she already knew exactly why they were there. Behind her picture perfect life, a bitt...

After Netflix dropped Trust Me: The False Prophet, a chilling story is back in the spotlight, and it’s even more disturbing than you might remember. At the center is Samuel Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet who built a secretive cult within a cult, hiding shocking abuse, manipulation, and a network of followers willing to do whatever he asked. As new details emerge, including guilty pleas, kidnap...

In Seminole County, Florida, an anonymous tip set off an investigation that quickly escalated from a possible school threat into something far more disturbing. At the center of it all were 15-year-old Isabelle Valdez and her friend Lois Lippert, two teens investigators soon discovered were connected to a chilling plan already in motion. What made the case even more unsettling was a disturbing obse...

In 2013, Danvers, Massachusetts was rocked by the brutal murder of beloved teacher Colleen Ritzer, at the hands of her 14-year-old student, Philip Chism. What made this case so chilling wasn’t just the violence, but the disturbing behavior that followed and the questions around what could drive someone so young to commit something so horrific. Join Annie as she reopens this case to revisit the ful...

In a quiet neighborhood in Great Baddow, a routine welfare check by Essex Police was sparked by a doctor’s growing concern over two patients who seemed to have quietly disappeared. There were no emergency calls, no obvious signs of trouble, just a lingering feeling that something wasn’t right. When officers arrived at the home of John McCullough and Lois McCullough, they were met by their daughter...

He was just 13 years old when police in Hialeah, Florida received a late-night 911 call that no one could have been prepared for. On the line was Derek Rosa, calmly telling dispatchers that his mother, Irina Garcia, had been stabbed to death while sleeping beside her newborn. What followed stunned investigators and ignited national headlines, including a confession, chilling interrogation footage,...

Imagine reuniting with your high school crush decades later and finally getting the love story you always wondered about. That was Carol and Reggie Sumner’s second chance. After surviving abusive pasts and years of heartbreak, they found each other again and built a quiet life together in Florida. But in the summer of 2005, their fresh start turned into a nightmare. What began as a trusted friend’...

In March 2022, what appeared to be a tragic fentanyl overdose left Eric Richins dead and his family shattered. At the time, investigators believed it was a devastating accident. But a year later, everything changed when his wife, Kouri Richins, a grieving widow, mother of three, and author of a children’s book about coping with a father’s death, was arrested and charged with his murder. Since then...

Few cases have left a mark quite like the murders of Abby Williams and Libby German. Two best friends, just 13 and 14 years old, went out for a simple afternoon walk on the trails in Delphi, Indiana and never returned. What followed was a mystery that gripped the nation for years, filled with haunting audio, chilling images, endless speculation, and five agonizing years before an arrest was finall...

In the middle of the afternoon, while a little girl played quietly downstairs on her iPad, something unthinkable was unfolding upstairs. A frantic 911 call reported that an intruder had broken in and stabbed a mother in her own bedroom. By the time police arrived, one person was dead, another was fighting for her life, and the two adults in the home were left trying to explain what had just happen...

In part 1 of this exclusive collaboration with Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, I help introduce a chilling murder-for-hire scheme orchestrated by Brenda Delgado, who targeted Kendra after she began dating her former boyfriend. What unfolded was a carefully planned crime driven by jealousy, obsession, and control. After the story, I sit down with forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels to an...

After Bryan Kohberger admitted to murdering University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, this case is once again sending shockwaves through the true crime world. Newly unsealed records are exposing chilling new details about the brutality of the killings, while fresh debate is erupting over possible motive, whether parts of the crime scene could ha...

At a busy shopping centre in Kent, a young woman climbed into her car after the gym, unaware she was being watched. Minutes later, 23-year-old Molly McLaren was dead, killed in an attack so brutal it stunned even seasoned investigators. Her ex-boyfriend had been watching, waiting, and when the moment came, everything changed in an instant. What led a young man to such a frenzied act? And how could...

In March 2018, 25-year-old Samantha Sperry disappeared in rural Kentucky after spending time with her boyfriend and his father. What began as an ordinary outing quickly spiraled into a baffling mystery. Conflicting stories about an argument, a night spent in the woods, and the last moment Samantha was seen walking in a different direction left investigators searching for answers. Her abandoned car...