Killer Destinations

In the summer of 2020, Morgan Fox and her daughter had just moved in with her boyfriend and she had a good job that enabled her to provide for her family. But just four months later, a 911 call reported that Morgan had been found deceased in the driveway of her home. Tragically, someone in her life had decided that if they couldn't have her, no one could. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcirc...

In 2002, Ali Kemp was home for the summer from college. She was working at a local pool with her boyfriend and her only plans were to spend time with friends and have fun. But her summer job turned into the place where she would fight for her life. Her father refused to let the case go cold and did everything he could to help catch her killer. And along the way, he changed the way the public was m...

In 2003, a call came into police dispatch in Altrincham, England. It was a teenage boy named Mark who said that his friend John had been stabbed in an alley. John was rushed to the hospital in critical condition while police brought Mark to the station for an interview. And then Mark told investigators an unbelievable story that was like nothing they'd ever heard. Advertising Inquiries: https:...

In 1986, Cara Knott called her parents to let them know she was on her way home... but when she was more than an hour late, they knew something was horribly wrong. To make matters worse, four different law enforcement agencies declined to look for her citing department policies that she hadn't been missing long enough. When her family took matters into their own hands, their worst nightmare ca...

Our latest episode takes us back to 1931, where 38-year-old Benjamin Collings, his 29-year-old wife Lillian and their five-year-old daughter Barbara are spending the summer aboard their 30-foot cabin cruiser, Penguin. It's an idyllic time for this small close-knit family; until late one night, two men board their boat. What happens next will cause this family of three to become a family of two...

In 2012, UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth was found murdered in an off-campus apartment. She was well-liked by all who met her, so the community was stunned when the alleged perpetrator was finally revealed. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On an August night in 1961, Valerie Storie and her married paramour Michael Gregston were sitting together in a car on a country road. A man with a gun came up to them, inflicting a life-ending injury to one and left the other with a life-altering injury. Many celebs and the public believed an innocent man was convicted. It would take 60 years to learn the truth. Advertising Inquiries: https://red...

In 2003, Brian Wells walked into a bank with a note demanding $250K. With the bank manager away in meetings, the money couldn't be accessed. So, he left with only what was in the tellers’ cash drawers. When police pulled him over shortly after he left the bank, he admitted that he was the bank robber, but said he did it because he was forced to. However, there would be many twists and turns be...

In 1998, Judith Johnson and her six-year-old granddaughter Brooke were having a sleepover. A noise in the middle of the night woke Brooke up, and what she saw was her worst nightmare. Her grandma was unconscious on the living room floor... and Brooke thought the perpetrator looked like someone she knew. The investigation would divide the entire family. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/...

In 2017, the affluent enclave of McLean, VA experienced a horrific crime that sent shockwaves across the region. The deaths of two women - a mother and her daughter - looked like the daughter ended her mother's life before taking her own. What could've happened to make this young woman snap? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privac...

In the summer of 2013, Omaha, Nebraska residents were horrified by the brutal slayings that took place within a span of 10 days. Detectives were able to quickly link three of the four slayings, but the fourth was an outlier. It was through the help of other family members arrested in connection with these crimes that revealed the insidious history that set the stage for these tragic deaths. Advert...

In 1997, Janie Louise Pang was a stay-at-home mom of three living in the affluent Orange County suburb of Villa Park, CA. When her life was ended by a man who knocked on her door, police were at a loss for suspects. It took years for police to arrest someone... and when they did, was it the actual perpetrator or someone the killer set up to be the scapegoat? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircl...

The rural town of Fernley, NV was shocked by horrifying crimes that happened on May 13, 2013. One 911 call after the other came into sheriff's dispatch and neighboring communities sent officers to assist. This close-knit community never imagined the day would end with five of their friends and neighbors gone. Did they have a serial killer stalking their small town? Advertising Inquiries: https...

Anastasia King was just 18 when she decided she wanted to live the American dream and signed up for an online matchmaking service. Within just a few months she moved from her home country of Kyrgyzstan and was living with her new husband in Washington State. But when she disappeared after missing a flight home from Kyrgyzstan, police uncovered secrets that shocked everyone. Advertising Inquiries:...

In 1970, Nancy Harwood’s body was found along a desolate stretch of the Ajo Highway in southern Arizona. To everyone’s horror, her young children were found playing in the sand next to the car. The victim was the second of two females killed two months apart – and it showed all the markings of a possible serial killer. With no witnesses, would detectives be able to solve the case before the person...

We're kicking off the new year by bringing you updates on three of our most noteworthy cases over the past 12 months. Our updates include Episode 71 - the murders of four young University of Idaho students; Episode 81 - the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and conviction of Olympian Oscar Pistorius; and Episode 112 - the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew and the discovery of her remains. Advertising I...

This week's episode is a flashback to one of our earliest episodes! It was the second episode we dropped more than two years ago (!!) and is one of our all-time favorites. It takes place in 1983 and is about Sidney Merrick, a young woman found stabbed to death in her car on the side of a major interstate freeway. Thanks to numerous witnesses coming forward, not only were police able to solve h...

In 1989, 18-year-old Mandy Stavik was home from college to spend Thanksgiving with her family. She was from a small town in Washington, where everyone knew each other and looked out for each other. Mandy was an avid athlete and went for a run with her dog... but only her dog returned home. After several days of searching, her body was found. And it would take an unlikely reunion to provide police...

In 2002, Elizabeth Garcia was working hard to create a better future for herself and her children. To keep her afternoons free for her kids, she took a part time job working overnight at a convenience store. It was during her second shift that she disappeared and was found deceased in a field. The case went cold until another murder happened in the small town a year later. The cases didn’t seem to...

In December 1996, Juli Busken had just completed her studies at the University of Oklahoma and was packing up to go back to her native Arkansas and begin graduate school. The day she was scheduled to leave, she did an early morning airport run to drop off a friend… and disappeared. Police contacted almost every person they could find who had ever known her, but the DNA was never a match. It took y...

In 2007, Rhoni Reuter and her longtime boyfriend, former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle, were awaiting the birth of their first child. But one morning when Rhoni opened her front door to leave for work, someone was waiting for her. Police scoured the scene for clues, but when all of the suspects had alibis, investigators had to dig deeper to find the secrets that had been hidden from almost ever...

In December 2004, Johnia Berry was ready to start her life after college. She was applying to graduate school and was four months away from her dream wedding to her dream guy. And then her life was brutally taken. There were very few clues and even fewer suspects. How would detectives solve her murder? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...

In an upscale suburb of Brownsville, TX an urgent call came into 911. Prominent businessman Bill Mowbray was dead, and the coroner didn't know if it was by his own hand or if someone else was involved. Bill's wife Susie said it was the former, but law enforcement didn't agree. She was arrested and went to trial. Bit was justice served or did they get it wrong? Advertising Inquiries: ht...

In 1981, Linda Slaten was found by her sister lying on the bed. She’d been dead for several hours. The window in Linda's bedroom was wide open and the screen was on the grass outside. Despite an extensive investigation, the case went cold. With renewed attention to the case decades later, it was finally solved. And the perpetrator's name had been in their case files the entire time. Advert...

We couldn't let a Halloween episode - especially one that has 13 in the number! - go past without telling a creepy story. This one takes us to Long Beach in 1976 - but the tale starts well before then, at a time when the public's fascination with all things macabre reached a fever pitch. You'll never go to a funhouse again without wondering just who's in there with you... Advertisi...