Crime House 24/7

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. In this special extended discussion, Vanessa Richardson takes a closer look at the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of TODAY co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie. She was last seen at her Tucson, Arizona home and her case has drawn national attention after investigators labeled it suspicious. Vanessa is joined by Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole, hosts of...

In Part 3 of Night Watch ’s three-part series on the Golden State Killer, we follow the case beyond Sacramento as the violence spreads across California and turns deadly. This episode traces the transition from serial assault to murder, the fragmentation of the case across jurisdictions, and the decades-long search for answers. We examine how advances in DNA and genetic genealogy finally identifie...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. In Delaware, the former husband of First Lady Jill Biden is indicted on first-degree murder charges in the death of his second wife, after investigators say weeks of evidence led a grand jury to move forward. We then head to Montana, where a man is sentenced to 100 years in prison for a brutal campsi...

In Part 2 of Night Watch ’s three-part series on the Golden State Killer, the violence escalates as the offender begins targeting couples inside their homes. This episode focuses on the period when fear spread across Sacramento County, examining how Joseph James DeAngelo used control, intimidation, and psychological terror to dominate entire households. Through survivor accounts and police reports...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Opening statements are now underway in the long-cold murder case of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker, as a jury hears evidence for the first time more than 25 years after her body was found inside her Athens apartment. We then head to Florida, where attorneys for Charlie Adelson are askin...

In Part 1 of Night Watch ’s three-part series on the Golden State Killer, we trace the origins of one of the most prolific predators in American history. Beginning with the early burglaries of the Visalia Ransacker, this episode examines how Joseph James DeAngelo’s crimes evolved from prowling and break-ins into calculated acts of control and terror. Using survivor accounts and investigative recor...

Police confirm the body of missing 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee has been found and a suspect is in custody, after investigators say an online gaming connection led to a fatal encounter in rural Ohio. We then head to the closely watched “Au Pair Affair” in Northern Virginia, where Brendan Banfield faces a life sentence after a guilty verdict for his wife's murder. Back to Ohio, jury selection begins i...

In this Night Watch episode, we examine the case of Mica Miller, a young woman whose marriage to a South Carolina pastor appeared rooted in faith but later became the center of disturbing allegations. Drawing from police reports, court records, and federal filings, the episode explores claims of grooming, coercive control, stalking, and repeated attempts by Mica to seek help as she tried to leave...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. A dramatic legal shift in New York removes the federal death penalty from the case against Luigi Mangione, as a judge dismisses key firearm counts and court records reveal a bizarre outside attempt to interfere with his detention. We then head to suburban Chicago, where a judge has denied pretrial re...

During the week of February 2nd in 1974, a militant group kidnapped media heiress Patty Hearst from her apartment. But after she helped them rob a bank, people wondered if she was a victim... or an accomplice. The same week in 2003, the investigation into the kidnapping of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart took a drastic turn when her parents released a sketch of her abductor, sparking a nationwide manh...

In this episode of Night Watch, Katie Ring examines the career of Alan Jackson—the defense attorney who shows up in some of the most controversial criminal cases of our time. From Karen Read to Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and the brief but shocking moment he entered the current Nick Reiner case, this episode breaks down how Jackson challenges investigations, attacks testimony, and forces court...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Charges filed in New Jersey are shedding disturbing light on the deaths of David and Jean Lin, after investigators say a handwritten “wishlist” found in their son’s bedroom is now central to the double-murder case. We then head to Southern California, where a federal judge has sentenced an Orange Cou...

A $55 million Netflix deal was supposed to launch an ambitious sci-fi series. Instead, it unraveled into a federal fraud case. Director Carl Erik Rinsch was handed unprecedented creative control and millions to finish his show—but prosecutors say the money was quietly diverted into risky stock trades, cryptocurrency bets, and an extravagant personal spending spree while the series remained unfinis...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. An Idaho judge is set to sentence Delbert Cornish after he admitted to killing his daughter, with court records detailing a chilling plan prosecutors say nearly led to even more deaths inside the family home. We then move to Wisconsin, where a son is charged with first-degree intentional homicide aft...

Billionaire banker Edmond Safra was found dead inside his locked Monaco penthouse after a fire broke out in one of the safest buildings in the world. What initially appeared to be a mysterious attack quickly unraveled into a far more disturbing story centered on trust, access, and a man hired to protect him. Katie breaks down the fire, the investigation that followed, the shocking courtroom revela...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Newly unsealed court filings are revealing disturbing details about the final moments of four University of Idaho students killed in a brutal stabbing attack more than three years ago, as prosecutors release portions of autopsy summaries tied to the case of Bryan Kohberger, who is already serving fou...

Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that stunned the nation and launched one of the most intense missing-child searches in U.S. history. Katie walks through the night Elizabeth disappeared, the early missteps and breakthroughs in the investigation, and how the case ultimately reshaped how law enforcement — and the public — understand coercion, cont...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Prosecutors are preparing to arraign a former Bay Area mayoral candidate charged nearly a decade after his wife’s death was first ruled a suicide, as a cold case review leads to a murder charge. We also follow a second case in Southern California, where another husband is set to be arraigned in the d...

Former Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic was found dead inside her family’s home in a quiet Swiss suburb with her remains pureed in a blender — a discovery that launched a disturbing murder investigation and a legal battle that’s still unfolding. Prosecutors allege her husband killed her and attempted to conceal the crime, while he insists he acted in self-defense. Katie breaks down wh...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Today, a former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cocaine kingpin is captured in Mexico after years on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, facing sweeping federal charges tied to international drug trafficking and murder conspiracies. In Missouri, a decorated U.S. Marine veteran is fatally shot during a...

This week on True Crime This Week, Vanessa Richardson revisits two courtroom battles that defined true crime in the 1990s. First, the sensational Menendez brothers trial, where Lyle and Erik’s confession to murdering their parents collided with shocking abuse claims and a defense strategy that split the jury and ended in a mistrial. Then, the trial of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, whose claims of...

Rick Singer didn’t just bend the college admissions process. He sold a way around it. He is as con-man as they come: promising wealthy families guaranteed acceptance to elite universities through a secret “side door” powered by fake athletic profiles, bribed coaches, rigged test scores, and a nonprofit used to move millions without raising alarms. For years, he and his clients thought they could g...

Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you breaking crime news as stories develop. In the U.K., a jury finds a mother of ten guilty after prosecutors say she held a woman captive for more than 20 years and forced her into unpaid labor starting at age 16. Meanwhile, in Florida, a resentencing trial begins for a man convicted of kidnapping a five-year-old girl and leaving her to die...

A fellow pledge begged for help. No one called 911. By morning, a 19-year-old freshman was dead on a fraternity couch. Inside the Beta Theta Pi house at Penn State, cameras and messages recorded every missed chance to act: the drinking, the falls, the fear, and the silence. Katie walks through the night Timothy Piazza went to a bid event and never came home, the evidence that led prosecutors to ch...

Welcome to  Crime House 24/7 . Vanessa Richardson brings you breaking crime news as stories develop. In Utah, a woman takes the stand against her own brother in a murder conspiracy trial, accusing him of being in on her plot to kill her husband, while he claims self-defense. In Europe, authorities announce the largest synthetic drug bust in the continent’s history, arresting dozens and dismantling...