CRIME STANDS STILL

Black Dahlia & 1940s Los Angeles: Lessons from America's Most Dangerous City In this episode, we step back into 1940s Los Angeles—the city once dubbed the most dangerous in America—where the brutal murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, gripped the nation. We explore the volatile mix of postwar crime, corruption, and desperation that fueled L.A.'s deadly reputation, and why this era remains...

Black Dahlia Crime Scenes Revisited: Macabre Clues from L.A.'s Most Infamous Murder In this episode, we revisit the haunting crime scenes of the Black Dahlia murder, exploring how these locations—decades later—still hold macabre fascination and vital clues. Through preserved photographs, archival records, and on-site details, we uncover what the state of preservation tells us about the investigati...

Black Dahlia & Cleveland Torso Murders: Chilling Parallels in America's Darkest Mysteries In this gripping true crime episode, we explore the eerie connections between two of America's most infamous unsolved cases—the brutal 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, and the gruesome Cleveland Torso Murders of the 1930s. Both crimes involved extreme mutilation, surgical precision,...

Inside the Mind of Bryan Kohberger: Idaho Murders, Criminal Profiling & the Hunt for a Killer This episode investigates the biggest unanswered question in the 2022 University of Idaho murders:  why Bryan Kohberger allegedly killed four college students. Through criminal profiling, forensic evidence, and psychological analysis, we explore his background, behaviors, and the possible motives hidden w...

In the quiet suburbs of Tokyo's Setagaya ward, the Miyazawa family's life ended in a crime as shocking for its brutality as for its enduring mystery. On the night of December 30, 2000, an intruder entered their home—slipping in through a small bathroom window—and murdered father Mikio (44), mother Yasuko (41), and their children, eight-year-old Niina and six-year-old Rei. The killer used a combina...

On December 6, 1991, a fire broke out in a quiet Austin strip mall. Inside the I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop, firefighters discovered a horrifying scene: four teenage girls—Eliza Thomas, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison, and Amy Ayers—bound, gagged, and brutally executed, their bodies burned beyond recognition. The Yogurt Shop Murders shook the city to its core and launched one of the most ha...

3 Girls. Matching Initials. One Unsolved Serial Murder Case. In this gripping episode of Crime Stands Still , true crime author and criminal pathology expert Kerrie Droban investigates the chilling mystery of The Alphabet Killer —a predator who terrorized Rochester, New York in the 1970s. Each victim shared a haunting pattern: first and last names with matching initials , and each body dumped in a...

8 Victims. 4 Couples. 1 Killer Still Unknown. In this chilling episode of Crime Stands Still/Deep Cuts , true crime author and criminal pathology expert Kerrie Droban dives deep into the unsolved Colonial Parkway Murders , one of America's most disturbing and underreported serial killer cases. Between 1986 and 1989, four young couples vanished or were brutally murdered along a secluded stretch of...

A six-year-old beauty queen, a chilling ransom note, and a crime scene that left more questions than answers—the murder of JonBenét Ramsey has haunted the American psyche for nearly three decades. On Christmas night 1996, in the quiet affluence of Boulder, Colorado, JonBenét was reported missing. Hours later, her body was discovered in the basement of her own home. The case ignited a media firesto...

Step into the shadows of Victorian London in this chilling episode of Crime Stands Still: Deep Cuts as we dissect the world's most infamous unsolved serial murder case: Jack the Ripper. With graphic crime scene details, suspect theories, and modern forensic insights, we peel back the layers of mystery that have haunted investigators and true crime enthusiasts for over 130 years. Explore the lives...

He called himself the Zodiac. He hunted in the shadows of San Francisco. And he wanted the world to read his words. In this gripping episode of Crime Stands Still: Deep Cuts , we examine the infamous letters and ciphers that terrified a nation—and left behind more questions than answers.  What was the Zodiac trying to say—and why did he need the world to listen? Was he a narcissist craving control...

She said someone was watching. Following. Torturing. But no one believed her. What happened to Cindy James? In the suburbs of Vancouver, nurse Cindy James reported nearly a hundred incidents of stalking, threatening calls, and violent attacks over seven years. Then, in 1989, her body was found—hogtied, drugged, and dumped behind an abandoned house. The coroner called it "death by unknown event." T...

He slipped through ceilings, lived in the rafters, and robbed with military precision. When the perfect criminal finally cracked—Crime Stands Still: Deep Cuts with Kerrie Droban. 🎧 Watch now: https://youtu.be/msivTHoroL4?si=yu6qEhZ1wpFnkp0s   He didn't break in—he dropped in. Meet Jeffrey Manchester, the charming, clean-cut Army reservist who earned the nickname The Roofman for his nearly flawles...

Episode 3: Zombie Hunter – The Brian Patrick Miller Case In this chilling episode of Crime Stands Still , we dive into the twisted mind of Brian Patrick Miller, the infamous Zombie Hunter and the man behind the brutal Canal Murders that terrorized Phoenix in the early 1990s. With shocking details about Miller's disturbing past, his fascination with violence, and the long trail of evidence that fin...

🎙️ Crime Stands Still: Deep Cuts — Unmasking Darkness, Revealing Truth The Black Dahlia murder case remains one of Hollywood's most infamous unsolved crimes. In January 1947, the body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was discovered brutally mutilated and posed in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Short's body had been cut in half and drained of blood, with eerie precision suggesting the killer had medica...

🎙️ Crime Stands Still: Deep Cuts — Unmasking Darkness, Revealing Truth Winnie Ruth Judd, known as the "Trunk Murderess," became infamous in 1931 when she was accused of murdering her two roommates, Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig Samuelson, in Phoenix, Arizona. The gruesome crime shocked the nation after their dismembered bodies were discovered in trunks shipped by train to Los Angeles. Judd's sensati...

When "Justice" is "Just Us." 

The "Making of Crime Stands Still," a behind the scenes peek into the monumental investigation and voluminous record.

With Marjorie's life in the balance, her lawyers fight for her release in this stunning climax.

Pigs, freezers and jigsaws. Experts theorize how the victim's butchered body could have been so well preserved in the desert for seven weeks without decomposing. And was it even plausible that someone of Marjorie's petite build could have lifted the heavy torso into a plastic container?  

EPISODE 3: SABOTAGE After Marjorie's arrest, the prosecution's case was fast unraveling.  With several of their jail house snitches, eager to rat on Marjorie in exchange for leniency, the police and State ignore or overlook crucial evidence, some of which it releases to members of the victim's family before trial.

The police's investigation heats up and after several curious discoveries, they begin to narrow in on Marjorie's hot-headed boyfriend. They want to know more about the plastic sheeting found in his car and the mysterious hair on the victim's remains. They want to know about his guns and the trash bags he dumped at his daughter's house….

What You See Is All There Is…. Or is it? When the victim's torso is discovered in the desert stuffed into a plastic rubber maid tub, police are initially perplexed. Where was the rest of him? And what kind of person chops up a body? With few leads (and even less evidence) they focus on the one person closest to him….his beautiful, former showgirl, ex -wife.

ABOUT SEASON ONE: FIREFLY   Kerrie Droban is the host and creator of the "CRIME STANDS STILL" podcast, a docuseries that follows one case every Season.   Season One features the sensational Arizona story of Marjorie Orbin, a woman wrongfully convicted of the brutal and shocking beheading of her former husband and currently serving a life sentence.   Season One, "Firefly," was written and produced...