Sinners Among Saints

Send us Fan Mail To the outside world, Betty Broderick had the perfect life. Living in an affluent San Diego suburb, she was the ultimate high-society housewife, mother to four children, and the rock behind her husband Dan’s meteoric rise to becoming one of the city's top medical-malpractice attorneys. For years, Betty sacrificed everything to support his dreams, expecting to finally enjoy th...

Send us Fan Mail What begins as an online fantasy spirals into one of the most shocking family annihilation cases in recent memory. Grant Amato seemed to have everything going for him—a supportive family, a nursing career, and a promising future. But behind closed doors, he became consumed by an obsession with a Bulgarian webcam model he had never met. As his fixation deepened, he drained his fami...

Send us Fan Mail Timothy Ray Jones Jr. was a South Carolina father who murdered his five children—Merah (8), Elias (7), Nahtahn (6), Gabriel (2), and Abigail (1)—in August 2014 in one of the most disturbing family homicide cases in recent U.S. history. Prosecutors said Jones killed the children at his home in Lexington County after becoming enraged and abusing them. He later admitted to killing al...

Send us Fan Mail The Von Richthofen family murder was a notorious 2002 case in Brazil involving 18-year-old Suzane von Richthofen, who helped plan the murders of her wealthy parents, Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen, in São Paulo. Suzane, along with her boyfriend Daniel Cravinhos and his brother Cristian, arranged the killings while her parents slept in their home. The brothers beat the couple t...

Send us Fan Mail In January 2013, David Renz was just another name on a federal docket, facing disturbing charges for the possession of child pornography. He was fitted with an electronic monitoring bracelet and sent home to Cicero, New York, to await trial under the "watchful eye" of the U.S. Probation Office. He was supposed to be a man trapped within four walls. But behind the scenes,...

Send us Fan Mail On February 19, 2020, an act of calculated violence in a quiet Brisbane suburb brought the reality of domestic abuse into the living rooms of every Australian. Hannah Clarke and her three children, Aaliyah, Laianah, and Trey, were taken in an event that shook the nation to its core. In this episode, we move beyond the headlines to examine the patterns of coercive control that led...

Send us Fan Mail Marcus Wesson was a self-proclaimed religious leader whose twisted beliefs masked years of control, abuse, and unimaginable violence. In 2004, authorities in Fresno uncovered a horrific scene inside his home—nine members of his own family dead in a mass killing that shocked the nation. Behind closed doors, Wesson ruled through fear, manipulation, and isolation, creating a dangerou...

Send us Fan Mail Marcus Wesson was a self-proclaimed religious leader whose twisted beliefs masked years of control, abuse, and unimaginable violence. In 2004, authorities in Fresno uncovered a horrific scene inside his home—nine members of his own family dead in a mass killing that shocked the nation. Behind closed doors, Wesson ruled through fear, manipulation, and isolation, creating a dangerou...

Send us Fan Mail In the quiet, upscale neighborhood of Tweed, Ontario, a shadow was moving through the darkness. For years, someone had been breaking into homes, stealing intimate items, and escalating toward a violence that would eventually shock an entire nation. But when the police finally closed in on a suspect, the face staring back at them wasn't a career criminal or a social outcast. S...

Send us Fan Mail In the quiet, upscale neighborhood of Tweed, Ontario, a shadow was moving through the darkness. For years, someone had been breaking into homes, stealing intimate items, and escalating toward a violence that would eventually shock an entire nation. But when the police finally closed in on a suspect, the face staring back at them wasn't a career criminal or a social outcast. S...

Send us Fan Mail In April 2006, a 17-year-old girl named Ashley Reeves was left for dead in a dark, wooded park in Illinois. For thirty hours, she lay undiscovered, having survived a brutal attack and a night in the elements. While the police began a frantic search and a suspect began to spin a web of lies, Ashley was fighting a silent, miraculous battle for her life. Support the show Thanks for a...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. John Schneeberger, a respected small-town physician in Saskatchewan whose reputation was as polished as his clinical skills. When a patient came forward with a harrowing allegation, the medical community rallied behind him. The evidence seemed to back him up: DNA tests—the gold standard of forensic science—repeatedly proved his innocence. But as one persistent investigator and...

Send us Fan Mail Kimberly Cargill was a mother from Texas whose life became the center of a shocking murder case in 2010. After hiring 39-year-old babysitter Cherry Walker to care for her young son, Cargill became worried Walker might testify against her in an ongoing child custody dispute. Prosecutors say Cargill lured Walker to a remote area outside Amarillo, where she murdered her and later bur...

Send us Fan Mail In February 2010, the town of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the discovery of the body of Jennifer Daugherty, a 30-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities. Her remains were found in a plastic garbage can left in a middle school parking lot, leading to an investigation that uncovered a harrowing story of betrayal and cruelty. Support the show Thanks for all the suppo...

Send us Fan Mail In May 2008, Brandon Swanson, a 19-year-old college student from Minnesota, vanished after crashing his car in a rural area near Lynd, Minnesota. Believing he was closer to home than he actually was, Brandon called his parents for help and stayed on the phone with them for nearly an hour as he tried to walk toward nearby lights he thought were a town. During the call, he suddenly...

Send us Fan Mail Banita Jacks is a Washington, D.C. resident who was convicted in 2009 for the murder of her four daughters: Brittany (17), Tatianna (11), N'Kiah (6), and Aja (5). The case gained national attention due to the tragic circumstances of the girls' deaths and the systemic failures of local social services. In January 2008, U.S. Marshals arrived at Jacks’ southeast D.C. rowhou...

Send us Fan Mail Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, A.K.A. The Milwaukee Monster, A.K.A. The Milwuakee Cannibal, was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the first of two sons. His childhood was marked by family instability, frequent moves, and emotional neglect. He showed early signs of withdrawal, fascination with dead animals, and difficulty forming relationships. His parents’ volatile marriage e...

Send us Fan Mail Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, A.K.A. The Milwaukee Monster, A.K.A. The Milwuakee Cannibal, was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the first of two sons. His childhood was marked by family instability, frequent moves, and emotional neglect. He showed early signs of withdrawal, fascination with dead animals, and difficulty forming relationships. His parents’ volatile marriage e...

Send us Fan Mail In October 2019, Wade Wilson, a 25-year-old from Fort Myers, Florida, committed the brutal murders of two women in Cape Coral. On October 6, Wilson met 35-year-old Kristine Melton at a local bar and accompanied her home. The following morning, he strangled Melton to death in her residence. Later that day, Wilson encountered 43-year-old Diane Ruiz as she walked to work. After lurin...

Send us Fan Mail Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, A.K.A. The Milwaukee Monster, A.K.A. The Milwuakee Cannibal, was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the first of two sons. His childhood was marked by family instability, frequent moves, and emotional neglect. He showed early signs of withdrawal, fascination with dead animals, and difficulty forming relationships. His parents’ volatile marriage e...

Send us Fan Mail Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, A.K.A. The Milwaukee Monster, A.K.A. The Milwuakee Cannibal, was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the first of two sons. His childhood was marked by family instability, frequent moves, and emotional neglect. He showed early signs of withdrawal, fascination with dead animals, and difficulty forming relationships. His parents’ volatile marriage e...

Send us Fan Mail Mary Vincent is an American woman known for surviving a brutal assault in 1978 when she was attacked by Lawrence Singleton while hitchhiking in California. Singleton severed both of her arms and left her for dead, but Vincent miraculously survived by crawling to safety and later identified her attacker. She became a powerful symbol of resilience and courage, testifying against Sin...

Send us Fan Mail Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was an American serial child abuser and murderer who targeted young boys in the 1970s–1990s, most notably in Montana. He was convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault and later suspected in multiple child murders, including the killing of six-year-old Zachary Rarick, before dying in prison in 2008.  Book: Eat the Evidence (The Bar Jonah Trilogy) by John E. Esp...

Send us Fan Mail  Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was an American serial child abuser and murderer who targeted young boys in the 1970s–1990s, most notably in Montana. He was convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault and later suspected in multiple child murders, including the killing of six-year-old Zachary Rarick, before dying in prison in 2008.  Book:  Eat the Evidence (The Bar Jonah Trilogy) by John E. E...

Send us Fan Mail Join us this week as we talk to Australia's Nikki Justice. She's lived 100 lives but through all the chaos she found herself through comedy and shares an open and honest look into her life and who she has become. We truly loved speaking with her and if you get a chance go check out one of her shows or follow her on social media! https://www.instagram.com/nikkijusticecome...