Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

A would-be bank robber uses his hand as a poor imitation of a gun. Woman points out house where has been held captive for more than month.  Security at a restaurant is beefed up after a liquor robbery, but nobody considered the roof.  For more crime and justice news, go to https://www.crimeonline.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eliza Fletcher, a Memphis teacher and mother, is reported missing the morning of September 2, 2022 after she doesn't return home from her morning jog. A search is launched shortly thereafter and comes to an end on September 5th when her body is found by police. Suspect, Cleotha Abston has been arrested and charged for her murder.  In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan...

Fake German heiress, Anna Sorokin conned her way into Manhattan society. Posing as Anna Delvey, a German heiress, she swindled banks, hotels, and friends out of more than $200,000 dollars. She forged checks to get money from banks and charmed people into paying for extravagant meals, and travel. Sorokin was convicted on a handful of grand larceny and theft of services charges. After serving her ti...

Will there ever be justice for the three little girls murdered at a girl scout camp in Oklahoma? The only person charged in this case has been acquitted. Could new DNA testing methods pinpoint a killer? Today, in the conclusion of our week-long investigation, hear from one of the girl's mothers. Joining Nancy Grace Today: Sheri Farmer - Lori Lee Farmer's Mother Dr. Kristen Mittelman - Chief Develo...

Both of these robberies come down to one finger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Gene Hart is charged but acquitted in the murder of three little girls, the question of his guilt or innocence is still debated. Today, in the fourth installment of "The Girl Scout Murders,"  Hart's family weighs in. Joining Nancy Grace Today: Herb Weaver - Sheriff Weaver’s son Meg Baker - Great Niece of Murder Suspect Gene Hart, M.S. in Clinical Psychology, Ph. D. Graduate Student at Oklaho...

A domestic argument turns deadly. This woman's clothing is very ironic.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Faith Phillips' personal investigation into the murders of three Girl Scouts at a camp in Oklahoma continues, new suspects come from a revelation of a confession and recollections from individuals in the community.  Also a box of evidence from the case is recovered. What's inside?  Today on Crime Stories, part three off our Girls Scout Murders investigation.  Joining Nancy Grace Today: Herb Wea...

A favor is taken advantage of. This Arkansas man makes extreme attempts to avoid cops. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As our investigation into "The Girl Scout Murders" continues, evidence points to Gene Hart as the person who murdered three little girls, but not everyone thought so. In fact, a jury acquits the convicted rapist and prison escapee. Why? Part two of  "The Girl Scout Murders" today on Crime Stories.  Joining Nancy Grace Today: Kent Frates - Attorney (Oklahoma City, OK), Former Minority Leader Oklaho...

Drug bust nets enough fentanyl to kill millions.  Unruly football fan stopped mid-field.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three little girls are raped and murdered at Camp Scott, a Girl Scout camp outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their bodies are left on a trail leading to the campsite's showers. Gene Leroy Hart is arrested for the murders but is acquitted at trial. Did Hart commit the crimes? Did he have help, or was someone else responsible?  Joining Nancy Grace for part one of our five-part series: Carla Wilhite - Former...

Boyfriend turns himself in to police after leaving girlfriend's dead body in yard.  Wild raccoons are not welcome in North Dakota bars.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the morning of March 31st, 2020. A jogger finds Dr. Beth Potter and her husband Robin Carre shot in the head execution-style in University of Wisconsin Arboretum. Carre is pronounced dead on the scene by police while his wife, who was still alive, was rushed to the hospital where she also dies. Initially the police believed this to be a random homicide, but after reviewing video surveillance...

The verdict is in the murder of 21-year-old Regan Simmons Hancock, found by her mother lying face down in her bloody living room.   Hancock nearly 8 months pregnant with her second child, has a large slice across her stomach and the baby is gone.  On a nearby roadway, a Texas State Trooper pulls over a car for speeding, and inside he finds Taylor Parker giving CPR to a newborn. Parker tells the tr...

Edward Goodwin went missing in June 2015. For more than two years, his family didn't know what happened to their son. Eventually, witnesses say Goodwin had been beaten to death, his body dumped into a pond.  The sheriff’s department partially drained the pond and found human hip bones, a femur bone, and some ribs. Edward Goodwin's body had been found, but the rest of his body was never recovered....

Man uses his girlfriend's baby as a human shield against police.    The back of a semi is no way to travel.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty-three children, teens, and young adults—mostly boys—were kidnapped and murdered from inner city Atlanta, between 1979 and 1981. At first, no one put together the links between the crimes, but soon the common details were noted, and Atlanta Police realized a serial killer stalked Atlanta. One man became the prime suspect, Wayne Williams. Williams is charged and convicted in two of the killin...

Pervert teacher charged for seeing student out of class. These porch pirates do not take kindly to a family's attempt to ward them off.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What was supposed to be a fun-filled weekend with his son, turned tragedic as a New York father is killed at his hotel. Paul Kutz, 53, died after a man opens fire in the hotel lobby. Two men with reported gang ties have been arrested for the shooting, Roy Johnson Jr. and Devin Taylor. J Johnson Jr. is believed to be the shooter. He’s now facing felony charges of second-degree murder and second-deg...

Escaped convict heads straight for a bus station. Ohio man is warned against misusing 911. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New interrogation videos show Keith Papini's shock at finding out his wife's kidnapping was actually a hoax. Keith Papini described himself to investigators as "the idiot husband that stayed around the whole time."  The 39-year-old mom was reported missing on November 2, and told investigators when she was found 22 days later that a pair of Hispanic women kidnapped her at gunpoint.  Papini said he...

Pamela Hargan and her daughter Helen were found dead in their home in McLean, Virginia, the victims of an apparent murder-suicide, in July 2017. Once police investigated further, they realized that the crime scene had been staged and this was a homicide that they were looking at. Eventually, police narrowed it down to one prime suspect - Pamela’s oldest daughter Megan.  In this episode of Body Bag...

Woman runs down man she accuses of trying to hit a cat. Thief stumbles upon a real-life "Bat-Mobile". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia police say the murder of Athens mom Debbie Collier is not a random event. Detectives say this is a targeted event. Collier went missing after sending a bizarre text to her daughter.  The bizarre message reportedly sent by Debbie Collier to her daughter, Amanda Bearden, along with $2,385 through Venmo says, “They are not going to let me go love you there is a key to the house in the blue fl...