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Send us Fan Mail In October 1980, Marlene Oakes, a 25-year-old mother of two from Lancaster, Kentucky, disappeared from her home in Verona after a fight with her husband, Bill Major. Bill told police she had simply left. But Marlene had written down a very different story in her diary. She had seen Bill abusing their son, she was planning to divorce him, and she had told her sister that if anythin...

Send us Fan Mail 👻  Happy Halloween 🎃   On Halloween night, a community was shaken by a crime almost too horrifying to believe. In this episode of Dead Serious , we examine the case of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, the man who became known as "The Candy Man" after the poisoning death of his eight-year-old son, Timothy. We break down the investigation, the evidence, the trial, and the shoc...

Send us Fan Mail In this heartbreaking episode of Dead Serious , we examine the mysterious disappearance of Robert Byrne , a California man who vanished without a trace. As the years have passed, hope for answers has faded, and many believe Roberty was the victim of foul play. Joining me for an emotional and deeply personal conversation is Robert's sister, who shares the devastating impact hi...

Send us Fan Mail A revenge demon, a fake cancer diagnosis, twins drawn in blue marker, and a deputy U.S. Marshal receiving threatening emails, all within a mile of Disneyland. Like, seriously? In this minisode, Amy breaks down the 2026 Netflix documentary A Toxic Love Story , which follows the bizarre Anaheim case of Michelle Hadley, her ex-fiancé Ian Diaz, and his new wife, Angela. When a series...

Send us Fan Mail In 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike lured fellow Knoxville Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer to the University of Tennessee's Agricultural campus and murdered her. The crime was so brutal that Pike became the only woman on Tennessee's death row, where she would spend the next three decades. Then, on September 30, 2026, the State of Tennessee finally tried to carry out her...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Like, Seriously? , Ames dives into a mix of true crime headlines, court outcomes, and bizarre developments that leave us all asking, "Like, seriously?" First up is the recent 60 Minutes interview with Patrick Clancy , where viewers were expecting a much deeper conversation but instead got a brief segment that revealed little new information beyond the announ...

Send us Fan Mail In April 2001, 31-year-old Gabrielle Mueller left her Toms River, New Jersey home on what should have been a routine trip to McDonald's. After leaving her two young children with a babysitter, she set out to buy them McFlurries, but she never returned. Two days later, her body was discovered in a wooded area in nearby Lakewood. Investigators determined that Gabrielle had been...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I dive into the documentary The Murder of Rachel Nickell — a case that shook the UK, exposed catastrophic investigative failures, and left a family shattered while the real killer walked free for years. We’ll break down the police tunnel vision, the disastrous undercover operation that became a case study in what not to do, and how one of Britain’s most notorious...

Send us Fan Mail In 1840s France, a young woman with aristocratic dreams married a man she didn’t want… and he didn’t live long enough to fix it. When Charles LaFarge fell violently ill, his symptoms made no sense — until a dead dog, a suspicious cake, and a trail of arsenic pointed straight at his new bride. This episode dives into the life and crime of Marie LaFarge, the woman whose scandalous t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re diving into the documentary Death of the Pastor’s Wife — the unsettling, infuriating, and deeply complicated story of Mica Miller, whose death was quickly labeled a suicide… while absolutely nothing about the surrounding circumstances feels straightforward. I break down the documentary’s biggest revelations, the timeline that makes your eyebrows hit the ceil...

Send us Fan Mail First up: the Lindsay Clancy trial. The jury has officially headed into deliberations, and while we’re not talking verdicts yet, we are talking about what this means, how we got here, and why this case continues to emotionally drain everyone involved, including me, you, and probably the courthouse janitorial staff. It’s the final stretch, and the tension is thick enough to cut wit...

Send us Fan Mail On December 27, 1989, ten‑month‑old Nicole Lee Hattamer was reported missing from her family’s home in Holcombe, Wisconsin. Hours later, she was found face‑down in the snow, just yards from the house — still alive long enough to grasp a blade of grass before dying from exposure and blunt‑force trauma. Inside the home were multiple adults and children. All of them said they didn’t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Like, Seriously?, where we break down the latest developments in the Massachusetts vs. Lindsay Clancy trial — a case that’s equal parts devastating, complicated, and emotionally exhausting. Each week, we’re unpacking what happened in court: the testimony, the evidence, the legal strategy, and the moments that made everyone collectively lose the will to function. Th...

Send us Fan Mail On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy, a 32‑year‑old labor and delivery nurse from Duxbury, Massachusetts, was accused of killing her three children — Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (7 months) — before attempting suicide. The case centers on whether Lindsay acted with premeditation, as the prosecution argues, or whether she was experiencing postpartum psychosis, as the defense cla...

Send us Fan Mail On April 25, 2000, Janet Acosta sat in her van at Watson Island during her lunch break, reading a book in the shade. She was 49 years old, a production worker at the Miami Herald, and she was minding her own business in a way that she absolutely should have been allowed to keep doing. She wasn't. What followed was 140 miles of highway — Miami to the Florida Keys — that ended...

Send us Fan Mail Fifteen‑year‑old Sharon Thor left her Franklin Township, New Jersey home on October 26, 1982 after receiving a phone call from someone she seemed to know. She told her mother she’d be right back, climbed into a car with two men, and vanished. Three days later, her body was found in a wooded area near her home. Sharon had been beaten to death, suffering severe blunt‑force trauma to...

Send us Fan Mail Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo were Canada’s worst couple, and not in the “we fight in IKEA” way — in the “we commit unspeakable crimes together” way. Between 1990 and 1992, three teenage girls were tortured and murdered while Karla insisted she was just a helpless bystander who happened to participate in everything. Convenient. For a while, the courts even believed her. Then the...

Send us Fan Mail The homicide of Christian Obumseli inside a Miami luxury high‑rise became one of the most polarizing true‑crime cases in recent memory — and not just because the defendant is influencer and OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney. This episode of Dead Serious breaks down the relationship, the timeline, the evidence, and the courtroom battles that have kept this case in headlines for years...

Send us Fan Mail In April 2023, 55‑year‑old Michael Dale died during a high‑risk fetish session with OnlyFans creator Michaela Brashaye Rylaarsdam in Escondido, California. What began as a consensual encounter escalated into a dangerous situation involving extreme restraint and restricted breathing. Video evidence later showed Dale struggling while unable to free himself. He was declared brain‑dea...

Send us Fan Mail On June 6, 1996, five-year-old Damon, and six-year- old Devon Routier were stabbed to death in their Rowlett, Texas home. The mother, Darlie Routier was found injured on the living room couch and claimed an intruder attacked her and the boys. Investigators quickly came a to a different conclusion, arguing the crime scene was staged, and her wounds were self-inflicted.  What follow...

Send us Fan Mail Maternal Instinct tells the story of Taylor Parker, a woman who faked a pregnancy for months, murdered her friend Reagan Simmons‑Hancock, and cut her unborn baby from her womb in an attempt to pass the child off as her own. On October 9, 2020, Reagan — eight months pregnant and just 21 years old — was attacked in her New Boston, Texas home by someone she believed was a friend. Par...