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Rudy Kurniawan rose to fame as a rare wine prodigy, dazzling collectors with his knowledge of vintage Burgundy. But behind the prestige was a counterfeit operation worth tens of millions. For today's first episodes, Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien uncover how Kurniawan blended cheap wine in his kitchen and sold it as priceless French vintages in one of the biggest luxury fraud cases in history...

In today's second episode, Carter Roy examines the final days of Selena Quintanilla’s life and the devastating events that followed when a trusted relationship fractured beyond repair. As Selena attempts to distance herself from someone she once relied on, a private conflict escalates into public tragedy. This episode walks through the confrontation that ended her life, the immediate aftermath, an...

In today's first episode, Carter Roy traces the rise of Selena Quintanilla from a gifted child performer in a family band to one of the most influential figures in Tejano music. As Selena’s fame grows, she inspires millions with her talent, warmth, and ambition, while quietly navigating the pressures of success and trust. The episode explores Selena’s close-knit world, the devoted fan base that su...

Join Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels for today's second episode as they unravel the shocking aftermath of Elizabeth Short’s 1947 murder, exploring how the "Black Dahlia" case became one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in Los Angeles history. From the media frenzy and investigative failures to the disturbing suspects and later revelations tied to Dr. George Hodel, this true crime dee...

For today's first episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels explore the tragic life and unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, the aspiring actress who the press labeled as the "Black Dahlia." From her difficult childhood and Hollywood dreams to the final days before her 1947 killing, this true crime deep dive examines the mystery, media frenzy, and chilling unanswered questions behind one o...

In 1948, an unidentified man was found dead on an Australian beach with no wallet, no ID, and a cryptic message hidden in his clothing. Despite decades of investigation, his identity, and cause of death, remained a mystery. Was he a spy, a poisoned lover, or something else entirely? For today's second episode, Carter Roy unpacks one of the world’s most enduring cold cases, filled with coded messag...

In the 1960s, residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia reported sightings of a strange, winged figure with glowing red eyes, a creature that would become known as the Mothman. As encounters spread, so did fear, with witnesses describing eerie experiences and unexplained phenomena surrounding the sightings. In today's first episode, Vanessa Richardson examines the origins of the Mothman legend, t...

For today's second episode, Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole examine the case Tara Leigh Calico, who disappeared on September 20, 1988, after leaving her New Mexico home for a routine bike ride. What followed was a search filled with unsettling possibilities and one of the strangest clues in missing person history: a Polaroid photo discovered months later that some believed showed Tara alive. Dec...

On June 23, 2021, twenty-four-year-old geologist Daniel Robinson drove his Jeep out to a work site in the Arizona desert near Buckeye and vanished. His vehicle was found weeks later, rolled down a ravine miles from where he'd last been seen. His remains were never discovered. Daniel was Black, and his father David spent years doing the searching that authorities seemed reluctant to do driving the...

By the late 1970s, John Wayne Gacy seemed untouchable; a pillar of his community who charmed neighbors and entertained children. But when police began closing in, the façade cracked, revealing one of the most horrific crime scenes in history. In part 2 of today's Killer of the Week, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels follow investigators as they uncover Gacy’s terrifying secrets: 33 victims...

Before he became one of America’s most notorious serial killers, John Wayne Gacy was a respected businessman, community volunteer, and beloved party clown in suburban Chicago. But behind the makeup of “Pogo the Clown” hid a deeply disturbed man shaped by abuse, trauma, and rage. For today's first episode of Killer of the Week, Vanessa Richardson and forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels trace G...

Three tropical destinations, three true crimes: in Aruba, 35-year-old Robyn Gardner vanishes from a beach with a travel companion who later tries to collect her life insurance... and is never charged. On Thailand's Koh Tao, British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller are found murdered at dawn, and the convictions that follow are disputed worldwide. In Bali, nine young Australians are a...

On the morning of July 4th, 1954, 31-year-old Marilyn Sheppard was found beaten to death in her lakeside home in Bay Village, Ohio. On the morning of July 4th, 1954, 31-year-old Marilyn Sheppard was found beaten to death in her lakeside home in Bay Village, Ohio. She was four months pregnant. Her husband, prominent osteopathic surgeon Sam Sheppard, claimed a bushy-haired intruder had knocked him u...

In December 2022, 21-year-old Liberty Mitchell had held her UK driver's license for less than three weeks. In that time, she'd filmed herself on Snapchat going 100 miles an hour. Then, on a country road in Gloucestershire, she tried to overtake three cars at once at nearly 100 mph and hit a taxi head-on. She killed the taxi driver, Octavian Codreanu, and his passenger — 35-year-old teacher Moyra W...

In the summer of 1912, an entire family and two young overnight guests were murdered inside their home in Villisca, Iowa. Eight people, killed with an axe in their sleep, in one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in American history. In Part 1, Vanessa and forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels trace what unfolded that night — the horror the community woke up to the next morning, the bizarre c...

In November 2022, four University of Idaho students — Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin — were stabbed to death in their off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho. Bryan Kohberger, a criminology PhD student, was arrested six weeks later. Last summer, he pleaded guilty to all four murders and was sentenced to four consecutive life terms. On Monday, July 27th, he filed a petit...

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 39 years old. The killing triggered unrest in more than a hundred American cities and altered the course of the civil rights movement. Two months later, a small-time criminal named James Earl Ray was arrested in London and charged with the murder. He pleaded guilty, t...

On July 18th, U.S. Marshals arrested Andrew and Tristan Tate in Miami on a sealed warrant tied to a United Kingdom extradition request. The brothers — dual American-British citizens and two of the most-argued-about names on the internet — are facing 59 combined criminal charges in the UK, including rape, human trafficking, and offenses involving indecent images of a child. Separately, they've been...

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you an episode from another Crime House show: The Final Hours, hosted by Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole. Each week, they cover a different missing persons case, tracing the final moments before the disappearance. In this episode: the 2015 case of Asha Kreimer, who vanished from a café near Point Arena, California, while in the grip of a mental health crisis a...

In January 2012, 32-year-old Irasema Chavez-Sanchez was stabbed more than 100 times inside her Arlington, Texas apartment. Investigators had a single droplet of the killer's blood — but no match. The case went cold for 14 years. This month, Arlington police arrested 42-year-old Mayra Velasquez, a real estate agent and one of Irasema's close friends. The break came from FBI genetic genealogy and a...

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another Crime House show: America's Most Infamous Crimes, hosted by Katie Ring. Each week, Katie dives into a three-part story on some of the most notorious crimes in American history. In this episode: the Rajneesh movement. In 1981, a spiritual leader known as the "sex guru" moved thousands of followers to an abandoned ranch in rural Oregon a...

In February 2023, 35-year-old Matthew Overby — a Chattanooga father of six — was shot nine times as he sat in his own pickup truck. Prosecutors say the man who killed him, Jamal Adams, had stabbed Overby months earlier — and murdered him to keep him from testifying in that case. On July 17th, a Hamilton County jury convicted Adams of first-degree murder and sentenced him to life without parole. Th...

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another Crime House show: Murder: True Crime Stories, hosted by Carter Roy. In this episode, Carter traces the story of Gordon Stewart Northcott — a 19-year-old who, in 1926, convinced his parents to buy him three acres outside Los Angeles under the pretense of raising chickens. What he actually built there became one of the most disturbing cr...

In April 2011, 27-year-old real estate agent Ashley Okland was alone at an open house in West Des Moines, Iowa when someone walked in, shot her twice, and walked out. The case stayed cold for nearly 15 years. This spring, a grand jury indicted 53-year-old Kristin Ramsey — a longtime local who worked for the developer that built the townhome. Ramsey has pleaded not guilty. Last Friday, her attorney...

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another one of her shows: Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, co-hosted with forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels. In this episode, they're joined by Andrea Gunning of the podcast Betrayal Weekly to dig into serial killer Ed Kemper — who murdered at least six young women in the 1970s and then killed his own mother. This is Part 1. For Pa...