Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Tiffany Valiante, 18, has graduated high school and is on her way to Mercy College in New York. Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall, Valiante is a star athlete, earning a volleyball scholarship. On July 12, 2015, Valiante left her cousin's graduation party. A few hours later, the family learns Valiante has been struck and killed by a train traveling 80mph in a secluded, wooded area just four miles from...

Teen girl saves little sister from mom's attempt to drown her. Inmate tunnels through a wall, not to escape but to attack someone else.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two murders, weeks apart. Teen cheerleader Amie Hoffman vanished after leaving her part-time job. Two days later,  her body is found floating in a retention tank at a local reservoir. Hoffman has been sex assaulted and stabbed repeatedly.  Twelve days later 25-year-old Deirdre O’Brien, 25, bangs on a truck driver’s door at a desolate rest stop pleading for help. She also has been stabbed. Before O...

Man who started car fire refuses to let firefighters put it out. Felon climbs tree to avoid cops.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An aging Holocaust survivor living alone in New York City signs up for an online dating service, where he meets Peaches Stergo, a 36-year-old Florida woman. The two chat back and forth nearly every day and Stergo opens up to him about her money problems, so the man writes her a check. Stergo continues to have problems. Then, over four years later, the man sends Stergo his life savings and loses hi...

A stranger greets a homeowner with a gun as he's pouring morning coffee. A simple traffic stop turns into an explosion risk.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 In this episode of 'Body Bags,' hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack unravel the case of Lawrence Anderson, a parolee who committed a horrifying triple murder. They discuss the gray areas of the justice system, his history of drug abuse, the controversial circumstances of his premature release from prison, and the disturbing implications of Anderson's physiological responses at the crime scene...

Three-year old Sara Krauseneck was home alone for hours. Her money  29-year-old, dead in her bed with an axe lodged in her head.  James Krauseneck, Cathy's husband,  returned from work, walking in on the grisly scene.  Forty years later, the retired business executive arrested for the 1982 murder of his wife. Police say James Krauseneck used the axe to hack his sleeping wife.  Krauseneck convicted...

On March 31st, 2023 Madeline Kingsbury and her ex-boyfriend, Adam Fravel, drop their two children off at daycare just after 8 a.m. That afternoon, Kingsbury fails to pick up the children from daycare and she's reported missing. On June 7th, police find Kingsbury's body in a culvert off of a public gravel road near a property owned by the Fravel family. Adam Fravel is arrested on suspicion of secon...

A 93-year-old man is rushed to the hospital when he becomes unresponsive, and he's rescued with Narcan--indicating he's overdosed on opioids. The elder hasn't been prescribed any narcotic pain medication, so where did it come from? All eyes turn to the man's in-home caregiver, Mallory Giles. Giles admits she regularly mixes opioids into the man's daily medications to keep him from noticing the per...

Fired employee kills manager's daughter. Elderly man with his lap dog in tow sets a car on fire.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shannon O'Connor throws wild parties for her teenage sons at their Los Gatos, California mansion. O'Connor pressures teens as young as 13 to binge drink, smoke marijuana, and perform sex acts with each other, 'consensual' or not, while she watches. O'Connor keeps the parties a secret from other parents and her own husband, even continuing them at a new address in Idaho. O'Connor now awaits trial o...

Man shoots into a crowd of children, injuring two. Trespasser breaks into a high school twice.   For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BUNDY & MOSCOW: Two of a kind? Since the November 13th attack on four coeds in Idaho, there have been many comparisons between alleged murderer Bryan Kohberger and notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. Bundy's attack on the Florida State University Chi Omega sorority house in 1978 is eerily similar to what happened on King Road. Be sure to join us for our investigation into the similarities betwe...

Man calls maid service to clean up scene of hammer murder. Oklahoma cops follow up on a potential call, relieved to discover it isn't bad.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Six women in and around the Portland area disappear, then turn up dead. Each victim is under 40 years old, petite, and has similar features. While only one victim's death is currently being investigated as a homicide, the potential that these cases are connected and a serial killer may be in the area is inducing panic, especially after we learn two victims knew each other well.  Joining Nancy Grac...

Teen girl looking to buy collectibles strangled to death by seller. Florida public pool-goer gets a little too comfortable.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joran van der Sloot will soon be on his way to the U.S. to face extortion and wire fraud charges after demanding Natalee Holloway's family pay him $250,000 in exchange for the location of Holloway's body. Van der Sloot, who is serving a 28-year sentence in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores, will be sent to the U.S. under a "temporary surrender" from the Peruvian government. The surrender is s...

Environmentally conscious man threatens dumpers at gunpoint. Man steals rare books, comics, and tortoises? For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A young Instagram model, Esmeralda Gonzalez, disappears in Las Vegas. In this episode of Body Bags, hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine this chilling case reminiscent of old school "Mob justice,"  but this is a cover-up involving a U-Haul, 300 pounds of Quickcrete, lime, and a large water tank.  All-in-all the set up reveals the peculiarities of a crime scene that mirrors a Hollywood t...

Utah mom Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband. After he died the mom self-published  a book about helping her children through grief.  Shockingly, a report suggests that Richins hosted a lavish party at her new $2 million home the day after her husband died. Legal commentator Nancy Grace and psychoanalyst Dr. Bethany Marshall provide insightful reactions.   See omnystudio.com/list...

Casey White, the Alabama inmate freed by corrections officer Vicky White, reached a plea deal in connection with his escape.  White pleaded guilty to first-degree escape in exchange for no prosecution for felony murder, meaning he will not be tried for his lover’s death. Jailer Vicky White commits suicide as cops close in on her and fellow fugitive Casey White.   Authorities tracked down the Alaba...

The Utah mom who allegedly killed her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl mixed into a Moscow Mule throws a party less than 24 hours after Eric Richins is found dead in their home. Kouri Richins hosts the celebration at a $2 million home the couple planned to flip, after a busy day of closing on the home and deleting all of her text messages inviting friends to the party. The acquaintance who s...

Homicide detective arrested for sex assaulting victims' family members. Infectious disease center has a pest! For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ten women have come forward accusing a Denver cardiologist of rape. Stephen Matthews, 35, was first charged with drugging and raping a woman he met on the dating app "Hinge." Matthews was later charged again as the nine additional victims revealed similar stories. Matthews is facing 16 felony counts. Three of the cases allege that Matthews drugged and subsequently raped the “helpless” victim. The...