Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide

For two months, no one even knew 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell was missing. When the Amber Alert finally went out, her mother, Megan, gave investigators a maze of lies—sending them chasing shadows while precious time slipped away. This is an update episode. What happened after Megan was sentenced to live in prison with the possiblity of parole? Listen to the original full case here: Midweek Mini | A...

On May 26, 2025, a 911 call out of Punta Gorda, Florida, sent deputies racing to the Cecil Webb Wildlife Management Area. In the woods, they found a 12-year-old girl bleeding from multiple stab wounds, barely alive. What happened next left even veteran investigators speechless. The girl survived long enough to whisper who had attacked her—and the name she gave stunned everyone. Her account of how...

When 911 operators in Liberty Township picked up the call on April 25, 2024, they heard the frantic voice of someone begging for help. A ten-year-old boy lay unresponsive, and nothing paramedics tried could bring him back. His name was Dakota Levi Stevens. He was bright, affectionate, and only ten years old — a foster child who had already lived through more than most adults ever will. But what un...

A fire, a ransom note, and a missing ten-year-old girl. What unfolded in Hickory, North Carolina in 2010 wasn’t just a disappearance—it was the unraveling of a family built on lies. Zahra Clare Baker had already fought cancer and survived more than most children ever should.  But the worst battle came from inside her own home. ***********************************************************************...

A hotel pool. A father asleep on the steps. A three-year-old drifting silently into the deep end. By the time anyone realized what was happening, it was already too late. A housekeeper’s desperate screams, frantic attempts to resuscitate, and a shocking refusal to help—all caught the attention of investigators who would later uncover a disturbing history behind the man who was supposed to protect...

A grandmother calls 911 over loud video games—hours later, her son is bleeding from a gunshot wound. Then, in another state, a teenager bursts out of his home screaming that his father has killed his sister. Two families, two homes, two stories of violence that no one saw coming. This week on Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide, we look at the case of 72-year-old Hazel Benson in Mesa, Arizona—...

A mother rushed to the hospital, bleeding and in denial. Doctors knew she had given birth, but she swore she hadn’t. Days later, investigators went to her home… and found something hidden that changed the entire course of the case. This week I tell you the story of Monique Burton — a case of secrets, lies, and a discovery no one was prepared for. ***************************************************...

A Colorado dentist, a devoted wife, and a plan that prosecutors said was “absolutely stunning” in its cruelty. Angela Craig thought she was drinking protein shakes. Behind the scenes, James Craig was ordering poisons, searching how to make murder look like a heart attack, and carrying on multiple affairs. When Angela collapsed and doctors couldn’t explain why her condition kept getting worse, susp...

A toddler found unresponsive in a bathtub. A mother with too many stories that don’t add up. And a confession that turned a drowning into something far more sinister. When two-year-old O’Rhyan Moore was rushed to the hospital, doctors said his brain had already suffered irreversible damage. Four days later, he was gone. But what really happened inside that apartment in Tallahassee? And why did his...

On a spring morning in Tennessee, a frantic phone call set off a chain of events no one in Rocky Top could have imagined. A beloved mother was found dead in her bed, her life cut short in the most violent way. At first, the Shawn Willis' story didn’t add up. The details kept shifting. And behind the walls of the family’s home, investigators soon uncovered the kind of truth that leaves scars for ge...

Two women walked into California’s Mule Creek State Prison on separate visits, hoping for connection, maybe even healing. Neither walked out alive. What began as routine family visits ended in tragedy and exposed disturbing cracks in a system designed to keep families close while keeping the public safe. Why were violent offenders granted this kind of access? And how did two women, loved and cheri...

One of Florida’s most trusted doctors by day… a shadowy figure hiding online by night. When a 13-year-old girl was found dead in her bathroom, it seemed at first like a tragedy with no clear answers. But behind the screen, investigators say, someone had been pulling the strings—someone who knew exactly how to stay hidden. What they uncovered led straight to a man no one expected, and the truth wou...

In the early hours of a February morning, a 911 call broke the quiet in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A man, Michael McCoy, had woken from sleep with blinding pain and realized he couldn’t see. His girlfriend, well-known local judge Sonya McKnight, told dispatchers she had no idea what happened. But as investigators dug deeper, the story inside that house began to change. What they uncovered would...

The historic Snowden House in Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas, had seen its share of tragedy from the first murders in the town - by 16 year old Travis Lewis. But in March 2020, another emergency call brought deputies racing to the mansion. Inside, they found its owner, Martha McKay, dead—and the scene told a story that was as disturbing as it was unclear. ************************************************...

At 3:40 a.m. in the quiet town of El Portal, Florida, a 911 call reported a child drowning in a backyard pool. Four-year-old Aria Talathi was pulled from the water and rushed to the hospital, but the autopsy would later reveal something far more disturbing than an accident. In this episode, we tell you about the investigation that turned a grieving mother, Dr. Neha Gupta, into a murder suspect, an...

Two 911 calls. Two families. And one gunman who knew exactly who he was looking for. On a quiet Saturday morning in March 2024, the calm in Levittown, Pennsylvania, was shattered by gunfire, and it started with a stolen car and a ghost gun. Within minutes, three people were dead, including a mother and her 13-year-old daughter. But this wasn’t random. And this wasn’t over. In this episode, we foll...

Just after 3 a.m. on December 31, 1989, Collier Boyle heard the sound of raised voices, followed by two loud thuds, and then nothing. By morning, his mother, Noreen, was missing. His father, John Boyle Jr., claimed she’d left for a trip, but the suitcase she always used was still there, untouched. So was her purse. Collier asked questions that no one seemed willing to answer. As suspicion grew, so...

When a mother left for work one May morning in Ocala, FL she thought her two-year-old daughter was in safe hands. Just 25 minutes later, she got a call from her ex, Travis Thompson, that would unravel everything she thought she knew. Jacklyn Schwingel was unresponsive—barely breathing—and nothing about the story added up. Doctors suspected abuse. The timeline didn’t make sense. And what came next...

Jacob Williamson thought it was a first date. Instead, it turned out to be the last night of his life. The 18-year-old had been chatting online with a man named Joshua Newton for weeks. On June 30, 2023, he left a Waffle House parking lot in South Carolina and got into Joshua’s car. He never came home. Days later, his body was found dumped on the side of a rural road just past the state line. The...

Claire Chick had done everything right. She ended the relationship. She filed police reports. She told friends she was scared. Just days before her death, she even warned that she believed her estranged husband might kill her. On the night of January 22, 2025, in a quiet neighborhood in Plymouth, her worst fears came true. As she stepped out to meet someone new, the man she’d been trying to escape...

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“She didn’t have social media. She didn’t even take her phone. One minute she was watching TV, the next—vanished.” Twelve-year-old Lori Paige disappeared from her home in Tallahassee, Florida in the early morning hours of June 3, 2023. Her father claimed he left for work and came home to find her gone. But investigators quickly realized… something didn’t add up. In this episode, we dig into the se...

Just weeks before graduating, U.K. student, Tamilore Odunsi called her mom from her Houston apartment. Her last words were a scream—then the line went dead. When police arrived, the door was open, and Tamilore was gone. Her roommate, a man with a violent past, had vanished too. What happened behind that door… and why was she ever placed there? ************************************** Do you have tho...

A quiet Georgia farm. A glowing burn pile. A 911 call. And then—skeletal remains. What happened to 58-year-old Gary Farris on July 3, 2018? Who moved his phone after he was already dead? And why did his own wife point the finger at their son? This wasn’t just a murder. It was a fire that burned through an entire family. ******************************** Past Cases Mentioned in this Episode: “World’...

It happened in seconds. A white Jeep. A masked gunman. A child taken from his bike. His father? Ran and hid while all this went down. By the time the Amber Alert went out, The 7-year-old was gone. No phone. No witnesses. Just his neon backpack left behind. What followed was a race against time— This is the abduction of Jamal White. ****************************** Past Cases Mentioned in this Episod...