Sinners Among Saints

Send us Fan Mail Shana Grice was a 19-year-old woman from Brighton, England, who was murdered in August 2016 after months of escalating stalking by her ex-boyfriend. After their breakup, Michael Lane repeatedly harassed Shana—sending messages, showing up uninvited, and vandalizing her car. Shana reported his behavior to Sussex Police multiple times, but officers minimized the threat. In one instan...

Send us Fan Mail Abby Choi was a Hong Kong socialite, model, and influencer whose murder in February 2023 shocked the world. She was reported missing after failing to meet her former husband, and days later police discovered her dismembered remains at a rural house linked to his family. Investigators allege the killing was motivated by a financial dispute over property, with multiple members of he...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Hoffman is an Ohio man whose crimes became known nationwide after a brutal triple homicide in 2010. On November 10, Hoffman broke into the rural home of Tina Herrmann in Apple Valley, killing Tina, her son Kody Maynard, and family friend Stephanie Sprang. He later dismembered the victims and hid their remains inside a hollowed-out tree in the nearby Kokosing State Wildlife...

Send us Fan Mail Laurie Dann was a 30-year-old woman from Illinois whose long-standing mental health issues escalated into a series of violent attacks on May 20, 1988. After years of erratic behavior, stalking, and troubling interactions with family and acquaintances, Dann set several small fires, delivered poisoned snacks to people she knew, and ultimately drove to Hubbard Woods Elementary School...

Send us Fan Mail Demetrius Terrence Frazier was an Alabama death row inmate whose crimes span decades and involve a series of brutal sexual assaults and the murder of 13-year-old Crystal Kendrick in Birmingham. Beginning in the mid-1990s, Frazier targeted women and girls—often breaking into homes and attacking his victims while they slept. For years, the cases remained unsolved until advances in D...

Send us Fan Mail James Marlow and Cynthia Coffman—a deadly duo whose 1986 crime spree left a trail of terror across California. Marlow, a career criminal fresh out of prison, met Coffman, a young mother searching for belonging. But their bond quickly turned dark. Together, they kidnapped, robbed, and murdered multiple young women, including Sandra Neary and Lynell Murray, luring them from shopping...

Send us Fan Mail This case  centers on the horrific abuse and death of 15-year-old Timothy Ferguson , in Muskegon, Michigan. Timothy, who had autism and special needs, died in July 2022 after enduring months of starvation, physical abuse, and neglect at the hands of his mother, Shanda Vander Ark, and her older son, Paul Ferguson. Investigators found that Timothy had been forced to eat hot sauce an...

Send us Fan Mail Utah is known for its red canyons, sacred desert silence, and breathtaking mountain ranges—but hidden within that beauty are stories that chill the bone. In this episode, we dig into four of Utah’s most unsettling legends and the eerie truths that may lurk beneath them. We start deep in Escalante National Forest , where locals whisper that the Petrified Forest is cursed—those who...

Send us Fan Mail The Exorcism of Michael Taylor is one of Britain’s most disturbing and infamous cases of alleged demonic possession. Michael Taylor was a 31-year-old man from Ossett, West Yorkshire , living a quiet life with his wife Christine and their five children. In 1974, he became deeply involved in a local Christian fellowship group led by Marie Robinson , a young, charismatic pastor. Chri...

Send us Fan Mail The Eriksson twins , Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, are Swedish twin sisters whose bizarre and disturbing behavior in 2008 became the subject of worldwide attention and speculation. In May 2008, the twins traveled unexpectedly from Ireland to England for reasons that remain unclear. While on the M6 motorway near Stoke-on-Trent, they were filmed by a BBC camera crew for the show Motor...

Send us Fan Mail The Redhead Murders were a series of unsolved killings that took place across several Southern states in the U.S. during the early to mid-1980s. The victims—at least six women, possibly more—were all young, light-complexioned, and had reddish or strawberry-blonde hair. Their bodies were discovered along highways in states like Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Miss...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 155: The Kičevo Monster Vlado Taneski, a Macedonian journalist, became infamous after linking several murders in a small town of Kičevo, Macedonia and helping police uncover a serial killer.  He covered the murders of several elderly women in the area, worked closely with police, and tried to help the families uncover the monster.  Support the show Thanks for all the suppo...

Send us Fan Mail Krystal Lynn Beslanowitch was a 17-year-old who had moved from Spokane, Washington, to Utah in hopes of starting fresh. On December 15, 1995, her body was discovered along the Provo River near Midway, Utah. She had been brutally beaten to death with large rocks, which were found bloodstained nearby. The case went cold for nearly two decades, despite investigators collecting DNA fr...

Send us Fan Mail After the bodies of three eight-year-old boys—Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers—were discovered in a wooded area of West Memphis, Arkansas, in May 1993, police launched a high-profile investigation. The brutal nature of the crime led authorities to suspect it was connected to satanic ritual activity, a theory influenced by the ongoing “Satanic Panic” of the era....

Send us Fan Mail After the bodies of three eight-year-old boys—Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers—were discovered in a wooded area of West Memphis, Arkansas, in May 1993, police launched a high-profile investigation. The brutal nature of the crime led authorities to suspect it was connected to satanic ritual activity, a theory influenced by the ongoing “Satanic Panic” of the era....

Send us Fan Mail After the bodies of three eight-year-old boys—Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers—were discovered in a wooded area of West Memphis, Arkansas, in May 1993, police launched a high-profile investigation. The brutal nature of the crime led authorities to suspect it was connected to satanic ritual activity, a theory influenced by the ongoing “Satanic Panic” of the era....

Send us Fan Mail  After the bodies of three eight-year-old boys—Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers—were discovered in a wooded area of West Memphis, Arkansas, in May 1993, police launched a high-profile investigation. The brutal nature of the crime led authorities to suspect it was connected to satanic ritual activity, a theory influenced by the ongoing “Satanic Panic” of the era....

Send us Fan Mail On May 5, 1993, three eight-year-old boys— Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers —were reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. The boys were last seen riding their bikes together in the early evening, near their neighborhood by the Robin Hood Hills wooded area. When they didn’t return home, their parents contacted police, and a search began. The following day, Ma...

Send us Fan Mail  Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochran in 1864, was a pioneering American journalist best known for her fearless investigative reporting. She gained fame in 1887 when she went undercover in a New York City asylum, feigning insanity to expose the brutal conditions patients endured—her exposé, Ten Days in a Mad-House , led to major mental health reforms. In 1889, she made headlines aga...

Send us Fan Mail The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) is a conservative Christian organization founded in 1961 by Bill Gothard, promoting strict biblical living through homeschooling, rigid gender roles, and obedience to authority. Its teachings emphasize large families, courtship over dating, and avoiding mainstream culture. The Duggar family, made famous by TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting ,...

Send us Fan Mail Jaycee Dugard is an American woman who was abducted in 1991 at the age of 11 while walking to a school bus stop near her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. She was held captive for 18 years by Phillip and Nancy Garrido in their backyard in Antioch, California. During her captivity, she endured abuse and gave birth to two daughters. Jaycee was discovered in August 2009 when Garr...

Send us Fan Mail  Sierra Mae LaMar, a 15‑year‑old freshman from Morgan Hill, California, went missing on the morning of March 16, 2012, while walking to her school bus. Within days, her cellphone and pink backpack containing her clothes were found in rural areas nearby. Forensic evidence showed signs she may have been abducted. DNA testing matched genetic material on her jeans and belongings to An...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Cochran, a 38‑year‑old from Beckley, West Virginia, died unexpectedly in February 2019, initially believed to be from a medical condition after exhibiting severe brain swelling and dangerously low blood sugar. Subsequent investigation revealed his wife, Natalie Cochran—a former pharmacist—had been running a $2 million Ponzi scheme through a fake government contracting comp...

Send us Fan Mail In 1978, 15-year-old Barbara Nantais was brutally murdered on Torrey Pines State Beach in San Diego, California, while camping with her boyfriend, Jim Alt, who was severely injured but survived. She was beaten, strangled, sexually assaulted, and mutilated. The case went cold due to insufficient evidence. Six years later, in 1984, 14-year-old Claire Hough, visiting from Rhode Islan...

Send us Fan Mail Judy Buenoano (born Judias Anna Lou Welty in Texas on April 4, 1943) was an American serial killer, infamously dubbed “the Black Widow.” She was convicted of murdering her first husband, son, and attempting to kill her fiancé—primarily for financial gain through life insurance payouts.  Her crimes culminated in a trio of convictions—including two murders and one attempted murder—a...