The Rot Beneath WV

They called Harrisonburg The Friendly City . But behind the murals, the bagel shops, and the billion-dollar college town glow—four women were murdered, wrapped in sheets, and dumped behind a budget motel. And no one noticed. This is the story of Anthony Eugene Robinson—the so-called Shopping Cart Killer . But this isn’t just about him. It’s about Allene, Tonita, Stephanie, and Cheyenne. It’s about...

They called Harrisonburg The Friendly City . But behind the murals, the bagel shops, and the billion-dollar college town glow—four women were murdered, wrapped in sheets, and dumped behind a budget motel. And no one noticed. This is the story of Anthony Eugene Robinson—the so-called Shopping Cart Killer . But this isn’t just about him. It’s about Allene, Tonita, Stephanie, and Cheyenne. It’s about...

He was quiet. A line cook. A guy who kept to himself. Then, over Labor Day weekend in 2006, Christian Nielsen murdered four people in rural Maine—including his landlord, her daughter, her boyfriend, and her friend. What followed was a gruesome scene straight out of a nightmare: dismemberment, arson, and a calm confession that left everyone asking—why? In this episode, we unravel: Who Christian Nie...

She wore scrubs. She took vitals. She smiled at the families. Then she murdered seven American veterans in cold blood. Reta Mays was supposed to be a caregiver at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Instead, she became one of the deadliest serial killers in state history. But this isn’t just a story about a killer nurse—it’s about the system that let her kill. In t...

They called him the Boston Strangler. But what if the real story isn’t about just one man? In this episode, we pull apart the mythology, the fear, and the failures surrounding one of America’s most infamous serial cases. From the string of brutal murders that terrorized Boston’s women in the 1960s, to the media frenzy, to the police’s desperate need to close the case — we follow the trail not just...