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With the Clancy trial blowing up, there is another case of a husband framing his wife for suicide and it’s going viral… Coincidentally, they share the same name: Lindsey and Patrick.   Why did Patrick Barnett stage his wife’s suicide and where did he go wrong? Are there similarities between this case and what the public is allegedly assuming happened between the Clancy&rsqu...

We continue to be on verdict watch as 9 women and 3 men continue a second day of deliberations, with no verdict as of yet. Earlier today, Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, told reporters the jurors asked to see the bag of empty pill bottles found in Clancy’s nightstand, as well as the bloody knife she used in her suicide attempt. Reddington also let the press know ho...

These last few weeks of August have felt unusually heavy, with daily headlines of celebrity deaths.  We’ve been waking up this summer to an onslaught of announcements that some of our favorite, most beloved entertainers have passed. We were shocked when we actually looked at the legends we have lost beginning back in January with Catherine O’Hara to the news we lost both Dolly Par...

Honolulu police have confirmed their homicide division is leading the investigation into the death of 50 year old Jenny Lupton, whose body was found after falling from a 24th floor hotel balcony in Waikiki.  Lupton’s family insists the loving mom to a 15 year old son would never take her own life; she had been enjoying her layover with a flight attendant friend and had just gotten a tat...

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial continues deliberating today, after spending 3 and a half hours on Thursday.  After 21 days of testimony and 85 witnesses, the 12 jurors will have five potential verdicts to consider, including manslaughter, that could leave the Massachusetts mom who admitted to killing her three young children in prison for the rest of her life, committed to...

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Jordyn Ashley Olson, who portrays Tanya Kach in The Girl Locked Upstairs, breaks down one of the most chilling parts of Tanya’s story: why she was the perfect target for a predator. At just 14, Tanya was isolated, vulnerable, and desperate for connection. Jordyn explains how a school security guard recognized those vulnerabilities and systematically exploited them until Tanya became dependen...

The prosecution began its closing arguments by acknowledging Lindsay Clancy was mentally ill, but pointed out that she had an “abundance of help” and was in a privileged position. Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague told jurors that Clancy lied to health care providers, lied to her husband, friends and family., telling them she was getting better. Sprague at one point, even made a comparison t...

As expected, the jury heard a dramatic and powerful closing argument from Lindsay Clancy defense attorney Kevin Reddington. Reporters inside the courtroom described both Clancy and several jurors wiping tears from their eyes as Reddington showed pictures of the once happy family that he said was ripped apart because “of the damn medicine and the lousy medical care that she got." Reddington t...

Yes, their crimes are horrifically linked: Andrea Yates and Lindsay Clancy both claim they were “commanded” to kill their children one by one, both were former nurses, both were raised Catholic and both pleaded guilty by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis. But 25 years later, turns out one of the state’s star witnesses, Dr. Avram Mack, who testified Clancy knew right...

After listening to 85 witnesses over the past five weeks, it appears Lindsay Clancy’s fate will be in the hands of the jury by mid-day, in a trial that has captivated the country. This morning, we will hear closing arguments from both the defense and prosecution and then jurors will be able to choose one of five verdicts, including manslaughter. Testimony concluded on Wednesday with an FBI f...

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Kevin Harper was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of killing his 6-month-old son. Investigators claimed the cause of death was shaken baby syndrome.   Kevin was sentenced to prison, unable to grieve the loss of his son, and forced into survival mode for 13 years while he remained behind bars.    He is here to tell his story about being wrongfully convicted,...

Testimony has wrapped in the case against Massachusetts mom, Lindsay Clancy, and closing arguments are set for Thursday. The final witness was one of three rebuttal witnesses called by the prosecution, all of whom testified that Clancy was not suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time she strangled her three young children to death. The defense spent hours attempting to discredit the senior...

Why are we so obsessed with the lawyers behind true crime’s biggest cases? Elisa Donovan and Jennifer Fessler dive into our fascination with courtroom stars lie Johnny Cochran, Marcia Clark, and Camille Vasquez – and why Kevin Reddington has become a standout in the Lindsay Clancy trial.  They break down how charisma, confidence and courtroom presence can turn lawyers into celebri...

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer gave Ghislaine Maxwell a verbal spanking while ruling against her bid to overturn her sex trafficking convictions for her role in the Jeffrey Epstein saga. Judge Engelmayer wrote a 67 page ruling where he calls Maxwell’s claims meritless and frivolous and said the Epstein file release not only didn’t exonerate her, it further incriminated her and reinforced the...

This is a disturbing trend that is happening weekly, if not daily: a man kills his entire family and then himself. 44-year-old Alan Smith was reportedly kicked out of his Billings, Montana home, but came back with a gun during dinner and murdered his sister, her four children, his parents and his 90-year-old grandmother in a wheelchair. He then set the home on fire and took his own life as police...

It was another contentious day in court that once again, ended abruptly after the state’s rebuttal witness began to testify to children’s inherent “strong will to survive’. The defense immediately objected and, after a sidebar,  the judge told the witness to step down and called it a day for the jury.  This, after defense attorney Kevin Reddington continued to agg...

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Christa Pike was just 18 years old when she murdered her fellow classmate, Colleen Slemmer, and carved Satanic pentagrams into her body. Was this a calculated murder? Did Christa and her accomplices try to hide their involvement? Christa became the youngest woman in modern history to be sentenced to death for her crimes. On September 30, 2026, she is scheduled for execution... Is there a way out?&...

WOW. Not only did the dethroned Miss North Carolina NOT apologize for using the N-word, or any other offensive previous social media posts, she claimed her right to use the racist slurs because her great grandfather identified as black AND because it’s popular slang used by Beyonce and other artists. In her new lawsuit, which is a hell of a read, Brittany Boltinhouse claims pageant officials...

A horrific story out of Pennsylvania: an 18-year-old college freshman brutally stabbed to death in her own vehicle, by her own boyfriend. 18-year-old Royce Moser told police a demon took over him and told him to stab Karoline Heintz after a late night argument. Moser then called his mom, who reportedly admitted to helping her son cover up the crime, cleaning up blood from the car and her son&rsquo...

We are learning more about the most recent, horrific mass murder involving a man taking out an entire family, and then taking his own life. Police say 36-year-old Benjamin Parker murdered his girlfriend, her mother, her grandmother, her best friend and boyfriend, along with the family’s pets and then drove 200 miles and killed himself. Parker had been living with the group in rural Oregon an...

The forensic psychologist who set off a firestorm in the courtroom on Monday will be back on the stand today.  The judge ultimately ruled against a mistrial, but admonished the prosecution and instructed the jury to disregard Dr. Helibrun’s testimony about “mortal sin”.   Testimony resumes today, first with Helibrun - and we can’t wait to hear how defense attorney...

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