Crimes and Consequences

In 2018, Ronnie O'Neal mercilessly assaulted his family, in a prolonged and brutal attack using a gun, knife, ax, and fire. Three 911 phone calls captured the terror of what would later be described by a judge as "the worst case I have ever seen." At trial, Ronnie served as his own lawyer which allowed him to cross-examine the only survivor, his 9-year-old son. Listen to this episode to hear the 9...

Molly Miller and Colt Haynes went out to a house party at Colts on the night of July 7, 2013. The night took a turn for the worst when Molly and Colt agreed to get into a car with a mutual acquaintance, Conn Nipp who took them on a high-speed trip through two counties in Oklahoma. The car ride ended in the middle of the woods and for the next eight hours, Molly and Colt repeatedly called their fri...

In 2011, two young sisters from Anaheim, California woke up on Christmas morning excited to open the presents. In the living room by the tree, their mother, Za' Zelle Preston, sat propped on the couch with her sunglasses on. Their step-father, William Wallace, told the girls, "Mommy got drunk and ruined Christmas" as he videotaped them opening their gifts. Listen to this episode to learn the truth...

23-year-old Michael Van Eck left his home on a Saturday night in 2011 to meet a woman he had been messaging on a dating app. His body was found the next morning in a graveyard missing its head, arm, and foot. Who murdered Michael? Was he catfished? A victim of "muti" murders? Or could the pretty, petite young girl he met for a date be responsible for his morbid death? Listen to this week's episode...

On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, Sharon Cave received a phone call from her daughter, Jennifer Cave’s, new employer. Jennifer had just started a job at a law firm in Austin, Texas, the day prior—a job she was really excited to start. When the employer said Jennifer didn’t show up for work, and Sharon couldn’t get a hold of Jennifer on the telephone, she knew her daughter had to be in some trouble. S...

Riley Fox was only 3 years old when she was abducted from her home in the middle of the night while her father, Kevin, was sleeping in the next room. Her brutalized body was found approximately 12 hours later floating in a creek. After tremendous pressure from the police, Kevin confessed to accidentally killing Riley and staging the crime to look like a stranger abduction. However, five years late...

When 21-year-old Misty McGugin failed to pick up her son as scheduled on February 2, 1998, her family knew something was very wrong. They reported her missing two days later when they found her abandoned car at a nearby bar. Misty had been working as an escort with Abigail’s Escort Service in Baldwin County, Alabama, and had gotten a call to go to Woody’s Motel on January 31st and was never seen a...

Warning: This episode is very disturbing. In 2011, Carina Saunders, an intelligent and gifted 19-year-old, was found dismembered and decapitated behind a grocery store near Oklahoma City. Was her death a pre-planned snuff video made to serve as a warning to other young victims of a sex-trafficking ring? Listen to this episode to hear the tragic details of the shocking murder of Carina Saunders. __...

18-year-old Gina Hall was taking summer classes at Radford University in 1980. On June 28th, Gina finished her last exam for the semester and wanted to go out dancing. She usually went with her older sister Dlana, or with friends, but that night she went out alone. While dancing at the Mariott Hotel she met a man named Stephen Epperly, who invited her over to his friend's parent's lakehouse. Aroun...

Marie Moore, a 35-year-old mother from New Jersey, convinced a group of young teens to submit to systemic torture and sexual abuse for months. One of the teens, a 14-year-old boy named Ricky, was given the role of enforcer whose job was to dole out the punishments. Marie played mind games with the teens, claiming to be the embodiment of singer/songwriter Billy Joel, who had an insatiable appetite...

On the evening of August 28, 1986, college student Katy Hawelka was celebrating the start of a new school year with friends at local bars near the college campus of Clarkson University, where she went to school. She and a friend left the bar around 2:30 am and her friend walked with her until they got on campus, and they parted ways near the hockey arena. After they said their goodbyes, Katy was s...

It’s one of the most haunting murder cases you’ll ever hear about, and it takes place in a small town in Israel. Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a locked bathroom stall. She was viciously murdered during a school day, and yet no one saw or heard a thing. The police arrested the janitor, Roman Zadorov, and he eventually confessed, but this was far from being the end o...

When Rose answered the door around 10:00 pm on Halloween night in 1986, she expected to be greeted by kids trick-or-treating. Instead, she was ambushed by two men wearing spooky masks, wigs, long black capes, and brandishing guns. One of these men had already committed a grisly murder earlier that day and was out for more blood. Rose was pushed to the floor and during the ensuing scuffle, one of h...

In the early morning hours of November 15, 2004, attorney Peter Porco stumbled out of bed and went about his morning routine completely oblivious to the horror that surrounded him. Only a few hours earlier two people had been savagely attacked in his home with an ax, yet Peter failed to see the telltale signs of murder that shrouded him until it was too late... ____________________________________...

In March 1986, two high school friends, Amy and Diana decided to skip school and spend the day hanging out. As they were waiting for Diana’s boyfriend to pick them up at a nearby 7-11, a man pulled up and asked the girls if they wanted to make $1000.00 and help him harvest some marijuana in a field he had found. The girls got in his car and that was the beginning of a nightmare that only one of th...

It was a squally Monday during their school break when 16-year-old Marianne Schmidt and her best friend, Christine Sharrock, hopped a train with Marianne's four younger siblings and headed from West Ryde, Australia, to Wanda Beach. As the younger children sat in the sand and listened to the radio, Marianne and Christine went for a walk. The next day their violated bodies were found in the sand dun...

In 1992, Suzanne Capper, from Manchester, England, was a 16-year-old wayward child desperate to fit in and belong. Her kind nature and naiveté led to seven days of unspeakable torture at the hands of six people she thought were her friends. When word got out to her tormentors that Suzanne's family was filing a Missing Persons Report, they decided it was time to end their fun and dispose of Suzanne...

Kelsey Berreth was last seen alive on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2018. She seemed to disappear without a trace after going to the grocery store with her baby daughter. It was only when a "friend" of Kelsey's fiance came forward, did the brutal truth of what happened to Kelsey come to light. Listen to this week’s episode to hear more about the murder of Kelsey Berreth. Get Ad-Free, Early Releas...

For over 30 years the murders of mother and daughter, Mary and Brenda Parsh remained unsolved, along with the murders of seven other women in Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri. It wasn't until advancements and the creation of the CODIS DNA database, that serial killer Timothy Krajcir was unmasked as the murderer responsible for not only the murders of these nine women but the attempted murder of an...

Victoria “Tori” Stafford was a happy 8-year old, who on April 8, 2009, was starting at a new elementary school in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. She and her older brother, 10-year-old Daryn, were supposed to walk home from school for the first time. Tori ended up walking home alone and was never seen again. Video from the high school down the street from the elementary school showed Tori being led aw...

Susie Jaeger's family woke up in the middle of the night to find a hole in their tent and Susie missing. Four years earlier in the same camping spot, a Boy Scout was murdered while sleeping in his tent. Not long after Susie's abduction, her family began receiving phone calls from her kidnapper. Then local Montana teen, Sandra Smallegan, went missing. In the first active FBI investigation to use cr...

In 1978, 15-year-old Mary Vincent was hitchhiking from Northern California to Los Angeles to visit her grandpa. At Hitchhiker’s Corner on the campus of Berkley, the naive teen accepted a ride from a seemingly harmless stranger named Larry. Mary didn't know about Larry's dubious intentions or the hatchet he hid in his van until it was too late. But Mary wouldn't be the only person to fall prey to t...

On August 10, 1993, Pamela and Bill Richards lived in an RV on five acres of property in the Mojave Desert where they were constructing their dream home. Bill pulled up to the camper just before midnight after leaving work and was surprised to see all the lights off at the home. As he was walking to start the generator, he tripped over something on the ground. Looking down, he saw the mutilated co...

In 1985, Katie Eastburn and her two young daughters, Kara and Erin, were savagely murdered in their Fayetteville, North Carolina home. An acquaintance named Tim Hennis was tried and convicted of the slayings. On appeal, he was granted a new trial and acquitted of the murders. Twenty years later, DNA testing revealed the killer's true identity -- and the results will shock you! Listen to this week'...

For almost two years Ray's Sausage Company was blamed for the awful stench that permeated the Imperial Avenue neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. But after a woman showed up at the hospital with a terrifying tale of rape and attempted murder, police discovered the true origin of the horrid smell: 11 rotting bodies in the home of serial killer Anthony Sowell. Check out this week's episode to learn all...