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Reid Carter covers the trial that shocked America. December 1969: Susan Atkins confessed to cellmate—described stabbing Sharon Tate, tasting her blood. August 1970: Trial began with Manson carving X into forehead—"I have X'd myself from your world." His three female followers carved matching X's. Girls giggled during testimony, sang Manson's songs, disrupted proceedings daily. President Nixon decl...

Reid Carter examines the murders that ended the 1960s. August 9, 1969: Charles Manson sent four followers to 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon with orders to kill everyone inside. Sharon Tate, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, begged for her baby's life—stabbed sixteen times. Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski also murdered. Eighteen-year-old Steven Parent shot in his car trying to...

Reid Carter concludes the Ted Bundy series with his January 24, 1989 execution at Florida State Prison. Bundy spent final night chain-smoking, refusing last meal, meeting with his mother for last time. 7:00 AM: Strapped into Old Sparky—Florida's electric chair. Last words: "Jim and Fred, I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends." 7:16 AM: 2,000 volts sent through his body for one minu...

Reid Carter examines Ted Bundy's nine years on death row where he weaponized victim information for execution delays. 1980: Married Carole Ann Boone who smuggled his sperm from prison—daughter Rosa born October 1982. 1984: Bundy started confessing to detectives, revealing burial sites and murder details only the killer would know. Admitted to 30 murders but investigators believe actual count excee...

Reid Carter covers Ted Bundy's 1979 trial for murdering two Florida State University sorority sisters. June 25, 1979: Bundy acted as his own attorney—cross-examining witnesses, making objections, addressing the jury directly. Prosecution presented Nita Neary who saw Bundy leaving Chi Omega sorority house at 3 AM. Forensic odontologist Richard Souviron testified bite marks on Lisa Levy's buttock ma...

Reid Carter examines Ted Bundy's transformation from law student to serial killer who murdered at least 30 young women across seven states. January 1974: Linda Ann Healy vanished from her Seattle basement bedroom—blood-soaked pillowcase left behind. Bundy targeted college women who resembled his ex-girlfriend with long dark hair parted in middle. July 1974: Janice Ott and Denise Naslund abducted f...

Reid Carter covers North Carolina jury awarding wife $1.75 million after TikTok influencer Brenay Kennard with 3 million followers had affair with her husband—one of only six states allowing "alienation of affection" lawsuits. Wild trial featured Kennard representing herself, cross-examining victim about her miscarriage while gallery gasped. Husband arrested for bringing gun to courthouse. Plus: J...

Reid Carter covers the crimes that have us all asking what the hell is going on. Quick Diddy update: caught drinking prison moonshine despite claiming sobriety. Florida teen Jarrell Jones ran over pedestrian's head repeatedly, then Googled "ways to cover up a hit n run." Pennsylvania lawyer's son Dalton Janiczek mowed down police officer with $186,000 Mercedes G-Wagon—struck him four times includi...

Reid Carter covers explosive testimony in Las Vegas where Deviere Willette, 29, testifies against his wife Devyn Michaels—accused of beheading his father Johnathan while Deviere slept upstairs. Defense blames Deviere for the murder. Prosecutors say Michaels wanted future with stepson, killed father to clear path. Victim's bloody phone found in driveway, daughter handed it to mom saying "here's dad...

Reid Carter covers three major developments. Ashlee Buzzard arrested on false imprisonment charge as nine-year-old daughter Melodee remains missing—investigators discovered mother changed wigs during cross-country road trip, switched license plates to avoid detection. Former NFL star Antonio Brown arrested in Dubai on attempted murder charge—accused of shooting man after celebrity boxing event in...

Reid Carter exposes how Christopher Scholtes killed himself Tuesday night rather than face 20-30 years for leaving two-year-old Parker to die in hot car while watching porn and playing video games. Found dead Wednesday morning hours before surrendering to custody. His 17-year-old daughter wasn't surprised. Monday, Arizona vegan chef Anthony Milan Ross found guilty of murdering wife Iris and childr...

Reid Carter concludes the Aileen Wuornos special with the betrayal that sealed her fate. January 1991: Police offered Tyria Moore full immunity to testify against Aileen—she took it immediately. Recorded eleven phone calls manipulating Aileen to confess. January 1992: Trial for Richard Mallory's murder. Jury never heard he was convicted rapist. Guilty verdict in two hours. Six death sentences tota...

Reid Carter exposes how Aileen Wuornos became America's first female serial killer targeting adult male strangers. Born February 1956 to teenage mother who abandoned her at four. Raped starting at seven. Pregnant at fourteen. Homeless at fifteen. November 1989: killed first victim Richard Mallory—claimed self-defense after he raped her. Then kept killing. Seven middle-aged men dead in thirteen mon...

Reid Carter breaks down the robbery of the decade - thieves stole eight pieces of French Crown Jewels worth $100 million from the Louvre in broad daylight, spending only four minutes inside. Used truck-mounted lift to access second-floor balcony. Escaped on motor scooters. Left behind helmet, gloves, circular saw, walkie-talkie. DNA on those items led police to three suspects in less than a week u...

Reid Carter exposes the master identity thief nobody can name—cycled through 15 aliases over 33 years committing deed fraud, drug trafficking, and assault across seven states. Started as Elvis Teller in 1992, stole Carl Avinger's identity in 2003, ran Queens real estate scam with pregnant girlfriend Autumn Valeri in 2023. Caught March 2025 when real Carl Avinger called prosecutors from Tennessee....

Reid Carter starts with an apology about the John Wayne Gacy Part 2 mix-up from October, then covers two disturbing cases. Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard missing since October 9th after mother Ashlee took her on three-day road trip to Nebraska, switched license plates to avoid detection, returned home without her daughter. FBI searching. Mother uncooperative. Last seen near Colorado-Utah border wea...

Reid Carter exposes day four testimony in Abby Zwerner's $40 million lawsuit where the shot teacher told jurors "I thought I was dying, I thought I had died" after her six-year-old student shot her—bullet still lodged near her heart. Former assistant principal ignored four warnings about gun. Colorado trial starts for Darin Thrailkill accused of strangling girlfriend's six-year-old son Martin Osin...

Reid Carter covers Sean 'Diddy' Combs photographed for first time since arrest at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institute working laundry detail - beard gray and untamed, appeals sentence while Trump mulls pardon request. Friday verdict: Alicia Andrews found guilty of manslaughter in Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio's murder - jury rejected first-degree murder and conspiracy charges, sentencing De...

Reid Carter concludes the Selena special on Dia de los Muertos with the October 1995 trial that gripped the nation. Moved from Corpus Christi to Houston, Yolanda Saldívar's defense claimed accident and suicide attempt while prosecutors proved cold-blooded murder. Bullet trajectory showed Selena running for her life. Jury deliberated less than three hours—guilty of first-degree murder. Life in pris...

Reid Carter begins a Dia de los Muertos weekend special on Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, murdered at 23 by her fan club president. March 31, 1995, Corpus Christi—Selena confronted Yolanda Saldívar about $60,000 in embezzled funds at the Days Inn. Yolanda shot her in the back. Selena ran to the lobby bleeding, named her killer—"Yolanda Saldívar, room 158"—and died an hour later. Nine-and-a-half-hour st...

Reid Carter examines America's most famous unsolved murder on Halloween. August 4, 1892, Fall River, Massachusetts—someone took an axe to Andrew Borden and his wife Abby. Eleven blows crushed Andrew's skull. Seventeen mutilated Abby's head. Daughter Lizzie claimed she found them. Burned a dress three days later. Changed her story. Had no alibi. June 1893 trial: all-male jury acquitted her in one h...

Reid Carter updates Jessica Quintana case with disturbing revelations - Texas mother tried to drown three kids with tequila and Nyquil because husband Domingo trapped her on 300-acre estate, took phone and car keys. Children desperate to see mother but terrified of father. New Hampshire jury finds Marine veteran Dustin Duren guilty on all counts after three-hour deliberation - shot girlfriend Cait...

Reid Carter covers Diddy getting May 2028 release date after 50-month sentence for prostitution charges - convicted mogul currently at MDC Brooklyn awaiting transfer. Bionca Ellis, 34, sentenced Monday to life without parole for stabbing stranger's three-year-old son Julian Wood to death in Cleveland grocery store parking lot - schizophrenic stalked mother and child through store holding stolen bu...

Reid Carter delivers updates from two explosive murder trials. In Tampa, Alicia Andrews' alleged role coordinating rapper Julio Foolio's birthday ambush unravels as prosecutors reveal her 2021 text: "he need to die." Friend testifies about gang war discussions three years before the murder. Cell phone data tracks Andrews and boyfriend driving 200 miles to execute the hit. In New Hampshire, Marine...

Reid Carter exposes what's really happening inside Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center where Luigi Mangione cleans toilets, receives 115 fan letters daily, and has raised $1.15 million for his defense. The alleged assassin's diary reveals chilling murder planning alongside bizarre Thailand stories about losing a bar fight to seven transgender women. Alec Baldwin's malicious prosecution lawsui...