Invisible Choir

In 2011 the Capital Gazette daily newspaper out of Annapolis, Maryland published a revealing exposé on the dangers of social media entitled, “Jarrod Wants to Be Your Friend.” The piece recounted one man’s relentless cyber harassment of a former high school acquaintance through Facebook. Though the article was originally intended to warn readers of the false sense of intimacy social media provides...

We rarely see the critical warning signs of someone suffering from a debilitating mental illness until the symptoms have entirely consumed the individual to the point of noticeable change or decline. 26 year-old Buckey Wolfe of Seattle, WA was one of these people. His escalating reclusion & his growing obsession with the dark corners of the internet compounded his sickness. There were surely warni...

The school bus is usually a mode of transportation we associate with the word “safe.” Most of our memories riding the school bus as youth are attributed to laughs, field-trips, & fun- but for some kids, the school bus doesn’t represent any of those things. For a select unlucky few, the school bus represents something much worse. A darkness that most of us will never be able to fully comprehend. Ye...

On November 18th, 2012, 13-year-old Dylan Redwine traveled to Durango, Colorado for a court ordered visit with his father. After getting off of the plane, Dylan’s father Mark told the young teenager he had to run errands early the next morning. This prompted Dylan to make plans to meet with a friend early in the morning before his dad left the house. When Mark awoke the next morning, Dylan was sti...

On Christmas Eve of 2013, Patricia Burns of Lake Luzerne, NY would face the wrath of her  crazed ex-husband - a violent offender she had been trying to evade for years. When Clifford Burns, a man with failed aspirations of once becoming a U.S. Marine, decided to go hunting dressed in full camouflage, his targets would not be sitting ducks or deer in the Adirondack Mountains. Instead, his prey woul...

(Part 2/2) No one lives forever. We’re all familiar with the cliché, “life is short.” But have you ever wondered just exactly how short? Have you ever considered the manner in which you might leave this earth when it’s your time to go? Death by fire, drowning, or being shot & killed are only some of the greatest fears held by many that have contemplated their own mortality. It’s very rare that the...

No one lives forever. We’re all familiar with the cliché, “life is short.” But have you ever wondered just exactly how short? Have you ever considered the manner in which you might leave this earth when it’s your time to go? Death by fire, drowning, or being shot & killed are only some of the greatest fears held by many that have contemplated their own mortality. It’s very rare that these worst ca...

In July of 2013, 59 year-old Charles Parker and his wife, 51 year-old Gretchen Parker, were found brutally murdered inside their Jonesville, South Carolina home. Police couldn’t seem to make sense of who might want the couple dead... until researching their backgrounds. A lot of us have skeletons in our closets- some darker than others- but the secrets Charles Parker was hiding were beyond anyone’...

A 7-year-old cheerleader mysteriously vanishes from a Saturday evening youth all-star football game in rural Scottsville, Kentucky. She went to the bathrooms and concession stand with friends, but never returned. After the game is halted and those in attendance form search parties, she is quickly located within just a few hundred yards of the field, after a volunteer searcher stumbles into one of...

On July 30, 2008, 38-year-old unemployed Army veteran Scott J. Johnson sexually assaulted a 24-year-old woman off a remote bike path in the woods of East Kingsford, MI. Along the Menominee River, teetering the Michigan/Wisconsin border, Johnson aggressively forced himself upon his unwilling victim, but the sexual assault committed that afternoon was only the precursor for one man’s murderous reign...

On October 20, 2007, just outside of Toronto’s city limits, 26 year old Brett Ryan would rob his first bank. Disguised in hospital bandages, he handed the teller a note that read “Stay calm. I have a gun in the sling,” referencing the fake arm cast he wore, fastened from a strap around his neck. This is the story of a seemingly average college student that had every opportunity to reach true succe...

On August 10, 2018 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, a lone gunman decided to take aim at residents down below using a long barrel rifle from his 3rd story apartment window. But he didn’t know that these people were his neighbors, he thought they were demons disguised as human beings sent to take over the world. In this episode we unravel one man’s layered reality of serpents, shapeshifters, and frin...

New Bedford, MA - or, “The Whaling City,” is a quaint fishing town that is one of the most multicultural & diverse in the United States. With large Portuguese, Black, and several other various ethnic communities occupying the close knit neighborhoods, New Bedford would be the last place anyone would expect to witness a horrifically violent hate crime. Yet in 2006, that’s exactly what its residents...

On Friday, May 24th, 2019, Jennifer Dulos, a Connecticut mother of five, dropped off her children at school and began her trek into New York for a day full of doctor appointments. Jennifer was seen arriving back at home, and after two hours, departing again for her trip. But after the family’s nanny arrived with the children in New York later that day for their appointments, Jennifer was nowhere t...

The world of Esports (“Electronic Sports”) has become one of the fastest growing communities of our lifetime. Professional video game tournaments clock in over 500 million views from the biggest competitions on streaming platforms such as YouTube and Twitch. But what happens when something goes wrong at one of these events and the whole world is watching, live? No one could have anticipated the ho...

19-year-old Serena “Serenity” McKay is reported missing on Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 in the Sagkeeng Anicinabe First Nations reserve in Manitoba, CA. After just two hours of searching, a community elder comes across her badly beaten and mutilated body. Police are slow to release details of the investigation - but the existence of a horrific video clip of the teen’s murder suddenly appears on Facebo...

On Saturday, February 23rd - 2019, Jassy Correia was out celebrating her upcoming birthday at the popular Venu nightclub in Boston, MA. The following Wednesday, an alert went out that she was now officially considered a “missing person.” Family and friends hadn’t heard from her in days, and whilst Boston Police promptly posted the club’s surveillance video the night Jassy disappeared, they noticed...

On May 26, 2017, 35-year-old Jeremy Christian boarded a train in Portland, Oregon - heavily intoxicated and armed with his “right to free speech” and a knife. What happened next aboard the TriMet MAX Light Rail would forever alter the course of every single passenger onboard. As investigators eventually pieced together what led up to one of Oregon’s most horrific attacks, they discovered several a...

A 30-year-old Irving, TX man is accused of sexually assaulting his 14-year-old babysitter in 2011. After a lengthy preparation, his trial is eventually scheduled for October of 2012. But after realizing that no matter how many lies or intimidation tactics he deployed - his victim was ready and willing to courageously testify against him, he began plotting an alternative path to cover up the truth....

(Part 2/2) 18-year-old Corona, CA high school baseball prospect Brandon Willie Martin was signed by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2011 Major League draft. His talent and incredible promise was worth an estimated $860,000 cash signing bonus. But after signing the contract, renting a posh 6,700 square foot mansion, and hosting massive alcohol and drug fueled parties - something changed in Brandon. Over...

18-year-old Corona, CA high school baseball prospect Brandon Willie Martin was signed by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2011 Major League draft. His talent and incredible promise was worth an estimated $860,000 cash signing bonus. But after signing the contract, renting a posh 6,700 square foot mansion, and hosting massive alcohol and drug fueled parties - something changed in Brandon. Over the next fo...

(Part 2/2) 31-year-old Ashley Young of Kalamazoo, MI mysteriously vanishes after a night out on the town in Grand Rapids with an old friend in 2018. Police are slow to begin investigating her missing persons report, so Ashley’s mother Kristine sets off on an investigation of her own. One that eventually sets into motion a series of events that will ultimately reveal a grisly crime scene - and a pu...

31-year-old Ashley Young of Kalamazoo, MI mysteriously vanishes after a night out on the town in Grand Rapids with an old friend in 2018. Police are slow to begin investigating her missing persons report, so Ashley’s mother Kristine sets off on an investigation of her own. One that eventually sets into motion a series of events that will ultimately reveal a grisly crime scene - and a purported mul...

(Part 2/2) U.S. Air Force Major Karl Hoerig was looking for a fresh start and a new love in 2005, when he met his future wife Claudia on Match.com. The pair had only met in person a handful of times before an impulsive wedding ceremony in Las Vegas, NV forever connected them in tragedy. In a case layered with lies, deceit, and a worldwide manhunt - the truth would eventually be revealed nearly 12...

U.S. Air Force Major Karl Hoerig was looking for a fresh start and a new love in 2005, when he met his future wife Claudia on Match.com. The pair had only met in person a handful of times before an impulsive wedding ceremony in Las Vegas, NV forever connected them in tragedy. In a case layered with lies, deceit, and a worldwide manhunt - the truth would eventually be revealed nearly 12 years after...