Criminally Listed Presents: Into the Killing

Rachel Kosum was brutally murdered at work in 1983. Could a dream hold the key to solving the case?

In 1991, 21-year-old Taylor Courtney was brutally murdered. The young man seemingly had no enemies and stayed out of trouble. It turned out that a disturbing package and a single fingerprint were the keys to solving the disturbing murder.

Alison Parrott was a smart and careful girl. But she was lured out of her home by a mysterious phone call. A strange chain of unseemly events came together to finally solve her murder.

Seventeen-year-old Jessica Dishon's was brutal and senseless. Unfortunately, the investigation devastated more lives than it needed to before the real killer was caught.

Lucille Johnson was brutally murdered in her home in 1991. It was would take an unusual clue to uncover the horrifying truth about this murder.

On a very cold morning, 20-year-old Gail Miller was found brutally murdered in an alley in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It would take 28 years to bring her killer to justice. Unfortunately, there was a tremendous amount of tragedy and heartbreak during those 28 years. 

On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had plenty of enemies. She left behind a trail of men she’d scammed, and she had a volatile relationship with Christian Brando, the troubled son of movie star Marlon Brando. Not since the O.J. Simpson case...

In the two tragic cases we’re covering today, the cases were solved, but there is still a major tragic mystery surrounding them. The families are still hoping that they’ll be solved.

For years these murders shocked the people of Minnesota. People were scared and they wanted swift justice. But unfortunately, an arrest wasn't made soon enough, and a serial killer was allowed to roam.

Over 12 days in January 1984, a man attacked eight people in their homes in the Aurora, Colorado, area. Four people were left dead. The citizens want the killer brought to justice, but that wouldn't happen for over three decades.

It appeared that Angela Samota had a bright future. She was a smart, attractive and outgoing university student. But tragically, someone decided to snuff her out in a very brutal manner. The police had no shortage of suspects, but it still went cold. It would take a dedicated friend of the victim to finally get the case solved. When it was solved, it was shocked to everyone associated with the cas...

On the night of September 28,1993, 27-year-old Mandy Steingasser went out partying with friends. Tragically, she never made it home. For decades, the police had a suspect, but is the real killer?

In March 1980, 18-year-old Marilyn McIntyre, a mother and wife, was brutally murdered in her apartment. For decades, one of the suspects in her case was husband. He had the means, the motive and the opportunity... but did he do it? This week's epsiode features the song, "Cocoon," "Chrysalis," "Lucid," and "Longing" by Paul St. Laurent. Find more of his music at:  https://www.soundcloud.com/paulstl...

In this episode we look at two brutal murders, where the police had a suspect, but they just couldn't close the case.

In this episode, we discuss the murders of two people who worked in the music business. Adding to the tragedy of the murders is the fact that it took over 10-years for the cases to be solved.

For over nearly 15 years, the murders of several woman were cold. Little did the police know, but they let the killer slip through their fingers. 

In this episode, we look at two cases of women who were murdered at work. For decades their cases were unsolved. Despite great, and to be honest, at times not so great police work, they were both solved, and their killers were brought to justice.

In this episode, we discuss two cases. In the first, a teenager is killed in a small city in North Carolina in 1984. For decades, the police had a prime suspect, but are they really the killer? Then, in 1992, a popular teacher was murdered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. What shocked the people of Lancaster more than the murder, was the man who was convicted of committed it. 

From December 1978 to October 1979, a man was breaking into the apartments of women and viciously attacking them. Unfortunately, because he wasn't identified immediately, a man named Kevin Green had to live through a nightmare. 

In 1985, just before Christmas, the owners of a Christmas tree farm were brutally murdered. For 30-years, the case was cold. Little did the police know that someone was hiding a deep, dark secret.

For over two decades, nine murders that no one realized were connected went unsolved. It would take dedicated detectives and advances in DNA technology to solve them.

In October 2006, the woman of a body was found on fire. No one knew who she was. She was given the name Jane Doe. It would take a group of strangers to identify her.

In December 1980, John Riggins and his girlfriend, Sabrina Gonsalves, were brutally murdered. Were their murders the work of copycat killers trying to make a serial killer couple look innocent?

In this week's episode, we look at two cases that went cold, and then with the help of a special group of people called The Vidocq Society, the cases were eventually solved.

In 1968, 22-year-old Wendy Jo Halison was murdered in Los Angeles, California. Had her killer been caught right away, several lives probably would have been saved. In our second case, we look at the 1983 murder of 40-year-old Priscilla Strole. The identity of her killer would shocked her entire city.