Murder with Millennials

Los Angeles in the 70s and 80s was plagued with serial killers. So many killers called California home that it was often hard for detectives to distinguish one murder from other. In 1984, a new killer prowled the streets looking for some of the most vulnerable and undervalued women in the community. This monster, like many before him, preyed on sex workers. He became known to the media as The .25...

Barry and Honey Sherman were known in Toronto - and all across Canada - as successful, savvy entrepreneurs and generous philanthropists. They were a power couple. Barry founded and ran a wildly successful pharmaceutical manufacturing company that made him one of the wealthiest men in Canada. Honey was a wonderful mother to their four kids, and in her free time, she did everything she could to give...

On April 28, 2007, Kate and Gerry McCann and their three children were arriving to start their Spring Break vacation in Portugal with some family friends. The tiny resort town they were staying at was a safe and quiet spot for families and a very popular spot for British tourists like themselves, so the family felt right at home. They checked into their ground-floor apartment across the street fro...

On August 8, 1980, a 16-year-old girl named Joyce McLain, waved goodbye to her mom and started on a run in the small town of Millinocket, Maine. It was evening, but she was determined to get back into shape after summer break for her upcoming soccer season. Before she could make it home, Joyce was brutally murdered in the woods behind the high school. Listen to hear as the case unfolds to discover...

On March 14, 1960, three best friends from Riverside, Chicago - Frances Murphy, Mildred Linquist, and Lillian Oettin - checked into the Starved Rock Lodge at Starved Rock National Park. It was an average winter day for Illinois, but the cold didn't slow the women down. They were determined to get the most out of their long weekend together. So that afternoon, they took off together for their first...

On Christmas Eve, 2008, the Ortega family was gathered at the home of Joe and Alicia Ortega in Covina, California. It was getting late and the night was winding down after a day full of Christmas fun. Right before midnight, as the kids were playing with toys and the parents gathered at the table to play cards, a man dressed as Santa knocked on the front door. What happened next would change the Or...

Edward Wayne Edwards was a reformed criminal who after years of crime decided to change his ways. He met a woman, got married and started a family. He became a motivational speaker, wrote an autobiography titled The Metamorphosis of a Criminal: The True Life Story of Ed Edwards, and he seemed to be using his dark past to rebuild a more meaningful and respectable life for himself. He was well-liked...

Serial killers are a scary breed of people. Serial killers who blend in and even thrive in the world as charming and successful people are a special kind of evil. Rodney Alcala was positively connected to 8 murders, but experts believe his victim count to be much, much higher. Preying on young, hopeful, ambitious people by using his photography skills as an excuse to get them alone, over 130 peopl...

On November 2, 2016, a 34-year-old wife and mother of two was out on a run when she seemingly vanished from a quiet road in Redding, California. A chilling 911 call came in that evening when she wasn’t at home and her children were still at daycare. Her worried husband Keith had called when he found her iPhone and headphones on the side of the road nearby. She was a beautiful, blonde “super mom” w...

On May 2, 1995, a 15 year old girl named Kiplyn Davis disappeared in Spanish Fork, Utah. She had gotten to school early that morning and made it to her first few classes. But after eating lunch with her friends, she was never seen again. She seemed to have vanished without a trace. Listen to hear the small town rumors, tireless work, and the eventual convictions made as her family continues to fig...

On February 13, 2017, two best friends, Abigail Williams and Liberty German, were exploring the woods in their hometown of Delphi, Indiana. It was a warm, sunny winter day and they were excited to hang out and enjoy their day off school. A few hours later, when Libby’s dad came to pick them up, the girls were nowhere to be found. The town quickly organized a search and what they found the next day...

In November 1978, the town of Speedway, Indiana was changed forever when a group of four young Burger Chef employees were taken from the restaurant during their closing shift. Their names were Jayne Friedt, Danny Davis, Mark Flemmonds, and Ellen Shelton. Listen to hear the decades-long unsolved mystery that has captured a nation. Sources: https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/in/speedway/K...

In September 1978, a 15-year-old girl was hitchhiking home from her grandpa's house in Berkeley, California when an older man in a blue van offered her a ride. She was traveling with a few other young hitchhikers but even though the van was empty, the man said he only had room for one. Mary was exhausted and ready to be home so she climbed in and soon fell asleep. When she woke up, she realized th...

On Halloween night, 1974, an 8-year-old boy named Timothy O'Bryan suddenly died after eating a piece of candy from his trick-or-treat pile. Urban legends of sick people drugging kids or slipping razor blades in candy sent the town into a frenzy. What unfolded was much scarier and sadistic than anyone could've imagined. Listen to hear the story of the real life Candyman. Sources: https://www.upi.co...

On Saturday morning, February 10, 1990, in the quiet town of Las Cruces, New Mexico, two men with guns walked into the Las Cruces Bowling Alley. They forced the employees into the back office and shot all seven victims multiple times at close range. These victims included three adults and four children. Listen to hear the chilling details of the still unsolved case of the Las Cruces Bowling Alley...

Marlene Warren was home the morning of May 26, 1990 with her son and his friends having breakfast together. There was a knock at the door and Marlene rushed to answer it. Standing on her porch was a colorful clown holding balloons and flowers. In just a moment, the clown pulled a gun they had hidden at their side and fatally shot Marlene in her doorway before calmly walking to their car and drivin...

This week, Steph dives into what happens after Laci and Conner's bodies are found on a beach in San Francisco Bay just a day apart. Police hone in on Scott, and the evidence mounts against him. Listen to hear the detective's findings, the trial details from both the prosecution and the defense, and ultimately the sentencing hearing. *This research was done a week before the new miniseries release...

On Christmas Eve 2002, Laci Peterson disappeared while walking her golden retriever, McKenzie, in her quiet Modesto neighborhood. She was eight months pregnant with the couple's first child, Conner. Her husband, Scott, decided because of the rainy weather to change his plans that morning from a round of golf to a day on the bay - breaking in his new fishing boat. By 6:30 that night, police wer...

On August 1, 1999, two 17-year-old best friends - Tracie Hawlett and J.B. Beasley - went out to meet some friends. It was J.B.’s birthday and there was a party planned outside of the city of Dothan, Alabama. The girls got lost on their way and called home from a pay phone to check in with Tracie’s parents. That was the last time their families heard from them. Sources: 20/20 Season 46, Episode 27:...

On September 6, 2006, Susan Walters returned to her home after a long shift at the Providence Portland Medical Center. She was an ER nurse. Her normally well-lit house was dark and the curtains were drawn. When she walked into her bedroom, a stranger leapt at her from the shadows. On a normal Wednesday night, Susan found herself fighting for her life.    Sources: https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/08...

Missy Bevers was setting up for an early morning Camp Gladiator fitness class she taught at the Creekside Church in Midlothian, Texas on April 19, 2016. She walked into what should have been a safe, familiar space and instead was ambushed by a figure dressed head to toe in a heavy, black Police SWAT uniform. She was brutally murdered, and her body was left in a puddle of her own blood on the churc...

In July 1999, Lynette Quast Craft left her two young sons with her husband, Tom, while she went out to get groceries and run errands. Her father called the family home a few hours later to speak with Lynette, and Tom told him she still hadn't come home. He grew more and more concerned as the hours passed and decided to drive over night to his daughters home in Swanton, Ohio from Whitewater, Wi...

On March 1, 2008 in the small town of Alba, Texas, two men broke into the Caffey family home. They killed the family’s 38-year-old mother, Penny, and her two sons Matthew, 13, and Tyler, 8. Police responded to a 911 call from a neighbor who called for help after the family’s father, Terry, crawled bloodied and dying to their door for help. When police arrived the family home was up in flames and t...

On the night of April 11th into the early morning of April 12, 1981 a horrible scene unfolded in a small family cabin. In Keddie, California, a family running from an abusive father and husband were having a perfectly normal weekend at home. The next morning, the family’s 14-year old, Sheila, came home from a sleepover at a friend’s cabin nearby. She found two of her family members and a close fam...

In 1986, a 17-year-old boy named Daniel LaPlante broke into the home of a classmate, Tina Bowen, through a 6-inch hole in the family's crawl space. He lived there without anyone knowing for weeks, tormenting the family, stealing food, and sleeping in their cellar. After this disturbing series of events, he was imprisoned, and quickly released. He went on to escalate his criminal acts and found...