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Reid Carter concludes the Jeffrey Dahmer special with the trial that captivated America. January 1992: Dahmer pleaded guilty but insane to 15 murders. Defense claimed necrophilia and multiple personalities made him kill. Prosecution argued he was calculating, organized, and in complete control. February 15, 1992: Jury deliberated 10 hours—guilty but sane on all counts. Sentenced to 957 years in pr...

Reid Carter exposes how Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 young men between 1978 and 1991 while Milwaukee police ignored every warning sign. Convicted in 1988 for molesting a 13-year-old Laotian boy, served just 10 months. May 1991: Three police officers returned the victim's 14-year-old brother—naked, bleeding, and drugged—to Dahmer's apartment. Thirty minutes later, Konerak Sinthasomphone was dead. Jul...

Reid Carter takes a break from courtrooms to examine celebrities treading on the wrong side of the law. Luigi Mangione allegedly beaten by seven transgender women in Thailand months before assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO - journal reveals planning. Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups arrested by FBI in massive sports betting investigation linked to mafia. Mark Sanchez trial date set for December...

Reid Carter covers day three testimony in New Hampshire where Marine veteran Dustin Duren claims self-defense after shooting girlfriend Caitlyn Naffziger in front of their daughters - prosecutors say rage, defense says rescue. Three-time MVP Mike Trout testifies he saw no drug use from teammate Tyler Skaggs who died from fentanyl overdose in 2019 - widow suing Angels for $118 million claiming team...

Reid Carter covers White House denying TMZ report Trump considering commuting Diddy's sentence - calls it "fake news" but Trump previously said rapper is "sort of, half-innocent." Rebecca Grossman trying to block daughter Alexis from testifying in civil case after Grossman killed two boys racing her MLB lover - daughter has chronic PTSD. Wall Street financier Howard Rubin's estranged wife shows up...

Reid Carter covers Delbert Cornish planning to plead guilty to murdering daughter Onyx after son Lucian disarmed him and escaped - Cornish told police he planned to kill both children then himself. Detroit mother Charla and son Jalen Pendergrass charged with murdering Jalen's teen girlfriend London Thomas - body found in sealed plastic bin in SUV parked two weeks. Alicia Andrews on trial today for...

Reid Carter covers Darius McCrary denied bail after bizarre court appearance where Family Matters star represented himself saying "I'm here on special appearance" repeatedly - judge appointed public defender saying McCrary "unable to understand legalities." Twin sisters Samantha and Sarah Petersen sentenced - Samantha killed two Amish children while high on meth, tried to get twin to take the fall...

Reid Carter concludes the two-part John Wayne Gacy special timed with Peacock's "Devil in Disguise." After confessing to 33 murders, Gacy pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming multiple personalities made him kill. The jury didn't buy it - guilty on all counts. February 1980: sentenced to death. Fourteen years on death row painting clowns, giving interviews, showing zero remorse. May 1...

Reid Carter presents Part 1 of a two-part series on John Wayne Gacy, timed with Peacock's new series "Devil in Disguise." Gacy was a successful Chicago contractor, Democratic precinct captain, and community pillar who dressed as Pogo the Clown for children's parties. He was also one of America's most prolific serial killers. Between 1972-1978, he murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men, bu...

Reid Carter covers Diddy's strict post-release conditions - five years supervised probation, drug testing, mental health treatment, domestic violence programs, probation officer can search him anytime. Begging to serve sentence at low-level New Jersey prison instead of Brooklyn's MDC. Charles Crawford executed Wednesday after 30 years on death row for raping and murdering college student Kristy Ra...

Reid Carter covers Daisy Link's murder trial - claims self-defense after shooting her husband Pedro Jimenez who she says pistol-whipped her, but prosecutors say she was the aggressor in their violent relationship. Link got pregnant by another inmate while in jail awaiting trial. Adam Montgomery's appeal hearing today - convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter Harmony, beating her to death th...

Reid Carter covers Aaron Spencer, Arkansas father running for sheriff while awaiting murder trial for shooting his 13-year-old daughter's abuser - 67-year-old Michael Fosler who was out on bond for 40+ sexual offenses when Spencer found his missing daughter in Fosler's truck. Ellen Greenberg stabbed 20 times including 10 to the back of head - Philadelphia rules it suicide AGAIN despite pathologist...

Reid Carter covers Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez booked after being stabbed multiple times by a 69-year-old truck driver in self-defense - now facing felony battery and civil suit claiming Fox knew about his "propensity for drinking and harmful conduct." Luigi Mangione's attorneys seek to dismiss federal charges and death penalty, arguing he wasn't read Miranda rights and stalking isn't a "crime...

Reid Carter covers Drake's defamation lawsuit dismissed - judge rules Kendrick Lamar calling him a pedophile in "Not Like Us" was opinion, not fact, in the context of a heated rap battle. Twenty-three bodies found in Houston bayous this year spark serial killer fears, but officials insist there's no connection - retired detectives disagree, calling it "unlikely" to be coincidence. Mark Sievers ret...

Reid Carter concludes the Ed Gheen special with the psychology behind the Butcher of Plainfield. Augusta Gein raised Ed in fanatical religious isolation, teaching him women were sinful and disgusting. After her death in 1945, Ed tried to resurrect her through grave robbing, murder, and wearing a "woman suit" made from real skin. Found incompetent in 1957, eventually ruled not guilty by insanity in...

Reid Carter begins a two-part weekend special on Ed Gein, timed with Netflix's Monster series. November 16, 1957: Sheriff Art Schley enters Ed Gein's Wisconsin farmhouse looking for missing hardware store owner Bernice Worden and finds her headless body hanging from the ceiling. Then the inventory begins: lampshades made of human skin, skulls turned into bowls, furniture upholstered in human flesh...

Reid Carter covers Jonathan Rinderknecht's arrest for starting the Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and destroyed 6,000 homes. The 29-year-old Uber driver's ChatGPT searches reveal months of fire obsession: burning Bibles, creating images of burning cities, asking "Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes?" He listened to a French rap song about setting fires nine times, l...

Reid Carter covers Mark Sanchez's escalating nightmare: prosecutors reveal charges could be upgraded to Level 3 felony carrying sixteen years in prison, and FOX insiders confirm his broadcasting career is over. Diddy asks Trump for a presidential pardon while requesting New Jersey prison with drug treatment. Bionca Ellis trial witnesses describe her walking away from stabbing 3-year-old Julian Woo...

Reid Carter covers Perry Tole's lawsuit against Mark Sanchez and FOX Corporation, claiming permanent disfigurement and loss of function after the parking space brawl. The 69-year-old oil collector wants millions for injuries to his mouth, jaw and face. Darriynn Brown gets life for snatching 4-year-old Cash Gernon from his crib and murdering him. Bionca Ellis goes on trial for randomly stabbing 3-y...

Reid Carter covers Mark Sanchez's Indianapolis disaster where the FOX analyst got stabbed fighting a 69-year-old oil collector over a parking space. Surveillance shows drunk Sanchez doing wind sprints in an alley before attacking, getting pepper sprayed, then stabbed in self-defense. Charges upgraded to felony battery carrying five years in prison. Ghislaine Maxwell's Supreme Court appeal denied,...

Reid Carter returns from Eight Days of OJ to find celebrity chaos everywhere. Judge Subramanian calls Cassie Ventura a "brave survivor" after Diddy's sentencing, while she reveals moving her family out of New York fearing "swift retribution." Tyrese Gibson's four Cane Corsos mauled a neighbor's spaniel to death while he wasn't home. Fifteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's body found decomposing...

Reid Carter presents a purely fictional, speculative episode imagining the OJ Simpson trial in 2025. With Ring cameras, Find My iPhone, TikTok detectives, and Google searches, could the Juice still get loose? From the Bronco chase livestreamed on Instagram to Reddit solving the case before police, Reid reimagines the Trial of the Century with modern technology. This entertainment-only thought expe...

 Reid Carter concludes the O.J. series examining thirty years of aftermath from the verdict that divided America. The immediate chaos that followed acquittal, O.J.'s promise to find "real killers" on golf courses, and the Dream Team's fractures. The civil trial where different rules meant different justice. The fates of every key player - Clark's retreat, Darden's breakdown, Cochran's death, Ito's...

Reid Carter breaks into regular OJ anniversary coverage with breaking news from Manhattan Federal Court. Sean "Diddy" Combs was just sentenced to 50 months for transportation to engage in prostitution after calling his actions "disgusting, shameful and sick." The judge rejected both the prosecution's request for 11 years and the defense's plea for time served. With credit for 13 months already in...

Reid Carter concludes Eight Days of O.J. with September-October 1995 - the closing arguments and four-hour deliberation that shocked the world. Darden's desperate final plea for justice meets Cochran's masterful appeal to "send a message" to the LAPD. Clark's last attempt to refocus on victims gets overshadowed by jury nullification politics. September 29th - the jury gets the case. October 2nd -...