Criminally Obsessed

He took diligent notes. He seemed to laugh along with Kevin Reddington's courtroom moments. And when Lindsay Clancy's jury became deadlocked 11-1, almost no one who watched him in that courtroom expected he'd be the one holding out for guilty. In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson speaks with Sierra Gillespie, host of Law & Crime's "Scandal," who covered the t...

It's the second week of the Caleb Flynn murder trial. He's a former pastor and American Idol contestant who is accused of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, and then staging the scene to make it look like a burglary.   The defense and prosecution have rested.  Prosecutors have been piecing their circumstantial evidence together for the jury:  an extramar...

After the Netflix documentary "Death of the Pastor's Wife", Mica Miller's loved ones began to publicly speak out more – sharing new details and demanding justice. Investigative journalist Robbie Harvey, who has spoken with many of Mica's friends and family, says they are opening up because they are no longer afraid, and he says more charges and more allegations are on their way.  30-year-old...

Convicted murderer Richard Allen wants a new trial in the Delphi murders case. .  A jury convicted Allen in 2024 in the deaths of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German. The teens' bodies were found near the Monon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana after being dropped off for a day of hiking. Investigators released a grainy image from Libby German's phone...

Caleb Flynn, a former American Idol contestant and worship pastor, is on trial for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn — a middle school volleyball coach and mother of two who was shot twice while sleeping in their Tipp City, Ohio home. Caleb Flynn told 911 an intruder broke in and shot her; prosecutors say he staged the scene and killed her himself. In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, invest...

Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on September 30, which would make her the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Her legal team says the jury that sentenced her to death in 1996 never heard the full story of her life. Pike was 18 years old in 1995 when she and two fellow Job Corps students, including her then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, lured 19-year-ol...

In the Netflix documentary "Death of the Pastor's Wife", Mica Miller's friends, family and her divorce attorney say she was a victim of coercive control. But what does that mean? And what are the red flags? In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson speaks with Dr. Joni Johnston, a clinical and forensic psychologist, who explains what coercive control actually look...

Sam Rickman played bass beside Mica Miller nearly every Sunday for years, watched her marriage to pastor John Paul "JP" Miller unravel from the inside, and was at Solid Rock church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina when JP delivered the announcement of her death to their congregation in April 2024. He has never fully told his story — until now. In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative r...

Before Mica Miller became the subject of the Netflix documentary “Death of a Pastor’s Wife” - which was watched around the world - she was just a bubbly, big-hearted woman leading worship at a small Myrtle Beach, South Carolina church.  Today’s exclusive interview is with one of her closest friends, Alexx Altman-Devilbiss. In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Em...

After weeks of testimony, the Lindsay Clancy trial ended not with a verdict, but with a deadlocked jury 11-1 in favor of finding her not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.  Due to this hung jury, Judge William F. Sullivan had no choice but to declare a mistrial — or did he?  As the case heads toward a September 29th status hearing, defense attorney Kevin Reddington is p...

What really happened to Saylor Hayes?  The five-year-old was nonverbal, autistic, and known to wander toward water — which is why her family says she wore a $35 tracking device designed to help find her if she ever got away. But when Saylor vanished from a Pawleys Island, South Carolina vacation rental on August 30th 2026, investigators say that the device wasn't on her. It was later found hu...

Days after Mica Miller filed for divorce from John Paul "JP" Miller in April 2024, she called 911 to say she was going to end her life and wanted her family to be able to find her body — but is there something else that 911 call can tell us?  In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson speaks with Regina Ward, the attorney who represented Mica Miller in her div...

After the Massachusetts jury deadlocked in the Lindsay Clancy trial, the question isn't just what happens next in the case — it's how the prosecution let this case slip away in the first place. In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson speaks with Allison Weiner, a former attorney, Senior Producer at NewsNation, and author of Murder and the Media: Behind the Scene...

As the Lindsay Clancy trial brings postpartum psychosis into the national spotlight, one question remains: what happens when the trial is over?  Despite informing Judge William F. Sullivan that the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on both Tuesday and Wednesday, the jury returned to begin their sixth day of deliberations. After a full day of discussions, the jury still has not rea...

As the Lindsay Clancy jury continues deliberating without a verdict in the trial, one question looms over the courthouse: what happens if they simply can't agree? On day five of deliberations, Judge William F. Sullivan addressed a jury intimidation incident from Tuesday after court adjourned that led to the arrest of 56-year-old Dawn Light. He questioned all 12 jurors and 6 alternates one-by-one t...

As deliberations continue in the Lindsay Clancy trial, the crowd of supporters dressed in pink outside the Plymouth courthouse keeps growing — can the jury really stay untouched by it all? In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson sits down with NBC10 reporter Nicole Moeder, who has covered the Lindsay Clancy case from day one through jury selection and nearly eve...

The Lindsay Clancy jury has entered another day of deliberations, and 12 jurors must now reach a unanimous decision on three separate counts in the Lindsay Clancy trial — with five possible verdicts for each.  What are their actual options, and what happens if they can't agree?  Investigative Reporter Anne Emerson is back from vacation and speaks with Family and Criminal Defense Attorney...

At 22, Sophia Maddox discovered the grandfather she'd never known was Charles Manson — one of history's most notorious criminals. In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, Kristin Thorne — filling in for Anne Emerson this week — sits down with Sophia Maddox, co-director of the new documentary My Grandfather, Charles Manson, to talk about the DNA discovery that upended her family and the years-long i...

The Lindsay Clancy trial jury has been living with the evidence day in and day out while the rest of us watch from a distance. As they head toward deliberations, three issues are likely weighing heaviest: the voice Lindsay Clancy allegedly heard, the takeout Patrick Clancy picked up the night of the crime, and the "mortal sin" comments that angered the judge and prompted the defense to ask for a m...

The Lindsay Clancy trial in Duxbury, Massachusetts is nearing its end, and the jury will soon be deliberating. What will the jury decide? Today in court, forensic psychologist Dr. Kirk Heilbrun wrapped up his testimony after proceedings resumed following Monday’s interruption, when the defense’s mistrial request over religious references in earlier testimony was denied. Heilbrun testified that the...

As the Lindsay Clancy trial gets closer to a verdict, the prosecutor who convicted Susan Smith breaks down how you prosecute a mother accused of taking the lives of her own children. Former Prosecutor Tommy Pope prosecuted Susan Smith back in 1995, and he said the biggest issue he had to overcome was the defense painting the defendant as a victim. Smith was convicted and sentenced to life for the...

Mica Miller devoted her life to her church and her God — no surprise, since her husband was the pastor at Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. On the surface, it looked like a perfect marriage. The director of the new Netflix docuseries Death of a Pastor's Wife, Mike Gasparro, sits down with Valerie Bauerlein to talk about his investigation into the events leading up to the tragedy o...

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE MURDAUGH CASE, YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS. At the August 14 motions hearing, Alex Murdaugh's defense attorney, Jim Griffin, dropped a bombshell tied to reporting from FITSNews: a possible connection between the shell casings found next to Maggie Murdaugh's body in 2021 and an execution-style murder just a few miles away in April 2026.  Valerie Bauerlein sits down with...

Lindsay Clancy was under the care of several mental health professionals — so why couldn't they connect the dots? She went from "a loving mother" to a defendant on trial,  and the psychiatric care leading up to this case is under a microscope. Today, Kevin Reddington, Clancy's defense attorney, called Dr. Donald Condie, a clinical and forensic psychiatrist, to the stand. He showed jurors some...

If you’ve fallen behind on the Murdaugh case, this is the catch-up before the retrial. Valerie Bauerlein was in court Friday as Alex Murdaugh walked in to his motions hearing without shackles or an orange jumpsuit — dark sport coat, baby-blue tie. What unfolded played like a preview of the defense's case for next year's retrial. Former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon helps break dow...