Signal 51 Chronicles

In this episode of Signal 51 Chronicles, hosts John Henry and Jake White dive deep into the tragic death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, uncovering how a culture of drug use within professional baseball led to a devastating fentanyl overdose in a Southlake hotel room. The duo breaks down the criminal case against Angels communications director Eric Kay, who received a 22-year federal prison senten...

In this episode of Signal 51 Chronicles, hosts John Henry and Jake White, a retired Fort Worth Police Department sergeant, dive into the tragic 2019 death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who was found unresponsive in his Southlake, Texas hotel room during a road series against the Texas Rangers. The duo explores Skaggs' promising career, his battle with opioid addiction, and the sinist...

Join hosts John Henry and Jake White as they dive deep into one of North Texas's most shocking family annihilation cases from 2009 Kennadale. When John Hummel's affair with a convenience store clerk led to the brutal murders of his pregnant wife, five-year-old daughter, and father-in-law, followed by burning their house down, investigators uncovered a crime that would shake the community to its co...

Retired police sergeant Jake White and journalist John Henry investigate the shocking 2009 Kennedale murders where a father allegedly killed his pregnant wife, young daughter, and father-in-law before setting their home on fire. The hosts explore John Hummel's suspicious behavior, his bizarre alibi about Christmas shopping at midnight, and the chilling evidence that led investigators from a house...

Join this explosive remote podcast episode from Bronc's Tack Room, as true crime podcasters from Signal 51 Chronicles dive into one of Fort Worth's most chilling unsolved cases from 1971. Hosts John Henry and Jake White, alongside music veteran Steve Helms, unpack the brutal murder of Jay Harry Wynn, a trash reform crusader who was bludgeoned to death just months after pushing through controversia...

Join John Henry and retired Fort Worth Police Sergeant Jake White as they uncover the chilling conclusion to the 1970 murder of TCU football player Barry Leatherman at a high school basketball game. This episode reveals how witnesses changed their stories, causing murder charges to be dropped, and follows the shocking criminal paths of the key suspects - including William Sylvester Clark's later c...

Jake White and John Henry investigate a shocking 1970 murder that rocked the racially charged atmosphere of high school basketball in Fort Worth, Texas. When TCU football players Barry Leatherman and Dave McGinnis attended a game at the Public Schools Gymnasium, a parking lot fight turned deadly, claiming Leatherman's life and forever changing McGinnis, who would later become an NFL coach. This gr...

Dive deep into Fort Worth's criminal underworld of the 1950s-60s as hosts John Henry and retired Fort Worth Police Sergeant Jake White uncover the bloody saga of outlaw kingpin Garrett Ramsey and the murder of Bobby Ray Foote. This episode reveals shocking connections to Willie Nelson's drummer Paul English, traces a killer from Texas to California, and explores how these notorious "hoodlums" terr...

Discover the dark underbelly of 1950s Fort Worth in this gripping true crime deep-dive with retired Fort Worth Police Sergeant Jake White and host John Henry. Explore the violent gang warfare on infamous Jacksboro Highway, learn about the city's notorious "10 Most Undesirable Hoodlums" list from 1960, and follow the brutal murder of gangster Bobby Ray Foote that left a 14-year-old girl caught in d...

A routine stop at a Fort Worth grocery store turned into one of the most chilling cases the city has ever seen. In Case 5 of Signal 51 Chronicles, John Henry and retired Fort Worth Police Sergeant Jake White break down the abduction and murder of Laura Lee Crane—a beloved TCU professor who vanished in broad daylight. What began as a missing persons report quickly escalated into something far more...

A routine stop at a Fort Worth grocery store turned into one of the city’s most chilling cases. In this episode of Signal 51 Chronicles, John Henry and retired Fort Worth Police Sergeant Jake White break down the abduction and murder of Laura Lee Crane—a beloved TCU professor who vanished in broad daylight. What began as a missing persons case quickly escalated into something far more serious, as...

The mystery of the Poisoned Heiress continues — and the suspect list gets even darker. In the final episode of the Patsy Wright case, hosts John Henry and Jake White return to one of the most baffling unsolved murders in Texas true crime history. Patsy Bolton Wright — a wealthy Dallas heiress and co-owner of the Palace of Wax Museum empire — was found dead in her Arlington home in October 1987 aft...

In Episode 11 of Signal 51 Chronicles , John Henry and Jake White take you deep into one of the most chilling and perplexing true crime cases in Texas history — the 1987 strychnine poisoning of Dallas heiress Patsy Bolton Wright. Born into wealth and legacy, Patsy Wright was the daughter of Texas oilman Tom Bolton and heir to the Palace of Wax Museum empire in Arlington, Texas. A Highland Park soc...

On July 5, 2019, in the small lakeside community of Lake Bridgeport, Texas, Chasen and Helen Capehart woke up to the smell of burning plastic. What they didn’t know was that their neighbor, Lauren Whitener, had been stabbed 18 times inside the adjoining duplex — and her home was set on fire. In this gripping interview, the Capeharts recount what they heard on the night of July 4th… the arguments b...

A locked door. Blood found outside the scene. An arrest… then a dismissal. In Case 3 – Part 3 of Signal 51 Chronicles (“The Fire Next Door”), the murder investigation into Lauren Whitener comes to an unexpected conclusion. Charges once brought are dropped. DNA exclusions reshape the case. And five years later, the questions haven’t gone away. 📺 Watch the full episode: 👉 https://youtu.be/uv_fzxhp...

In Part 2 of Case 3, Signal 51 Chronicles continues its deep dive into the homicide of Lauren Whitener, a 32-year-old Army veteran, surgical nurse, and single mother found stabbed inside her Lake Bridgeport duplex after a suspicious fire. As investigators return to the crime scene days—and even weeks—after it was cleaned, new questions emerge. Trace blood evidence appears outside the home. Consent...

In Case 3 of Signal 51 Chronicles, John Henry and retired sergeant Jake White travel to Lake Bridgeport, Texas, where a quiet Fourth of July morning turned into a homicide that still haunts Wise County. 📂 Documents, photos, and case materials referenced in this episode can be found here: 👉 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DOZr_6W4Bg_CkJjjiUpeuHezGaqDwcoI?usp=sharing ★ Support this podcast...

In Case 2, Part 3, the Baylor basketball scandal reaches its uneasy conclusion — not with clean answers, but with consequences that linger decades later. With Patrick Dennehy dead and Dave Bliss disgraced, attention turns to the man who pulled the trigger: Carlton Dotson. His story is strange, unsettling, and deeply fractured. Jailhouse interviews, claims of self-defense, hallucinations, and spiri...

In Case 2, Part 2, the Baylor basketball scandal takes a darker turn — because the murder wasn’t the only crime unfolding behind closed doors. With Patrick Dennehy gone and the investigation closing in, Baylor head coach Dave Bliss didn’t focus on justice. He focused on survival. What followed was an audacious and chilling plan: convince players and staff to tell authorities that the victim was a...

Welcome back to The Signal 51 Chronicles, where “just one more question” turns into an entire investigation. In Case 2, Part 1, John Henry & Jake White open the door to one of the darkest chapters in college athletics — the 2003 Baylor basketball scandal. What begins as a missing player quickly spirals into murder, institutional panic, and a moral standoff no playbook could prepare anyone for....

In this special Christmas edition of Signal 51 Chronicles, John Henry and retired Fort Worth police sergeant Jake White dive into one of the most infamous Texas true crime cases: the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery in Cisco, Texas. A man in a Santa suit—ex-con Marshall Ratliff—walks down Main Street with kids in tow… then steps into the First National Bank of Cisco and detonates chaos. What follows...

The Koslow case comes to a close in Part 3 as John Henry and retired Fort Worth PD sergeant Jake White wrap up the River Crest murder saga—from the moment the investigation pivots away from Jack Koslow to the domino-effect arrests of Jeffrey Dillingham, Brian Salter, and Kristi Koslow. Along the way, the guys detour through a classic Police Blotter: an “atom bomb in the attic” insurance-fire fiasc...

In Part 2 of Signal 51 Chronicles: Murder in Rivercrest – The Koslow Case, John Henry and retired Fort Worth police sergeant Jake White settle into their new home on The Sunset Lounge network and pick up where they left off in one of Fort Worth’s most shocking murders. After a brief detour through the Police Blotter—featuring a botched carbon monoxide attempt and the world’s slowest electric-cart...

After a long hiatus (yes, we heard you), Signal 51 Chronicles is back—this time on the Sunset Lounge DFW platform alongside Mike Rhyner, Norm Hitzges, and Mac Engel. John Henry and retired Fort Worth PD sergeant Jake White ease back into things the only way they know how: with a drink, a new Police Blotter segment, and some truly ridiculous reports featuring runaway tractors, cow-assisted arrests,...