True Crime Reality

The man who pleaded guilty last summer of the brutal campus killings of four Idaho college students, now claims he was coerced into pleading guilty for the crimes. Bryan Kohberger, who is currently serving four life sentences, filed a handwritten petition to the court on Monday asking for a trial, after he claims he was forced by his attorneys into making a false plea to avoid death row. It’...

Investigators are trying to piece together what happened in a Michigan home that led to 47-year-old Kris Karolkiewicz shooting and killing his six children, his wife and then himself after setting the family home on fire. We know Kris recently lost his job as a Vice President with the American Heart Association, but it’s still unclear if that played a role in the unthinkable tragedy. Investi...

The final and fifth day of the D4vd preliminary hearing brought even more surprising evidence to light, and gave more insight into David Anthony Burke’s defense. A judge ruled the prosecution brought forward enough evidence to bring the singer to trial, but several, shocking text messages from 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to D4vd, paint a much different picture about their relationshi...

The murder of Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Conner, was one of the most talked about crime cases in the early 2000’s.  Scott Peterson: the husband, soon-to-be father & convicted murderer was picked apart by the media… But was it well deserved? The truth is, Scott didn’t do himself any favors by having an affair, looking particularly uninterested in finding his wife,...

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It’s day one of testimony in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial, the 35-year-old mother who strangled her three young children, but blames postpartum psychosis for the killings. The first witness was Clancy’s ex-husband Patrick, also father to 5-year-old Clara, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan. Patrick Clancy described his wife’s declining and confusing mental state i...

Jenn Fessler and Elisa Donovan revisit the infamous Pamela Smart case, unpacking the scandalous relationship with her 15-year-old student that set the stage for one of the most controversial murder convictions in modern American history. They unpack the latest developments and court hearing in Smart's decades-long fight for freedom, debate whether she received a fair trial, and ask the question th...

A sad and disappointing back and forth continues to rage online between the attorney for Nolan Wells’ family and the volunteer search team that found the 18-year-old 2 days after disappearing from a Fourth of July celebration. The Cajun Navy, along with the Governor of Mississippi have called Ben Crump a liar for repeating what a member of the Navy said during a Nancy Grace interview about w...

A horrific story out of Oklahoma has left two children without their mother. 43-year-old Sara Gilson joined in on a TikTok trend pretending to sit down for a Netflix documentary, that she said would be about her “soon to be ex-husband who I just found out is a pedophile.” Two weeks later, her young son called 9-1-1 to say his stepdad shot his mom. Police found Gilson dead, shot in the...

Day 4 of the D4vd, aka David Anthony Burke, preliminary hearing was the most disturbing day of testimony so far. There were audible gasps in the courtroom as the medical examiner showed photos from the autopsy of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, detailing how the young teen was stabbed twice and then dismembered. We also heard testimony from a police detective who went over the sexually graphi...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As “The Odyssey” continues to dominate the box office for the second weekend in a row, Elon Musk has renewed his vow to create an AI version of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”. Musk maintains that Nolan cast non-white characters in his movie in order to be considered for the Academy Awards.  Musk, telling his followers, “Before this year ends, Grok Imagin...

Most murders aren't committed by serial killers or lifelong criminals. They're carried out by ordinary people whose emotions, relationships, and decisions spiral out of control. Elisa Donovan talks with David Lascher about starring alongside Melissa Joan Hart in  Twisted Desire , a true crime drama inspired by real events that explores how teenage obsession, manipulation, and emotional turmoi...

A tragedy … and a mystery in Michigan. A family of 8 — including 6 kids — was found dead after fire crews responded to reports of smoke at a home in Grand Haven Township. But authorities say “some” of the dead were shot.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colt Gray was only 14-years-old when he brought an assault rifle to school September 4th, 2024, killing 2 fellow students, 2 teachers and injuring 8 others. Friday, he pleaded guilty, avoiding a trial scheduled for October and heard victim impact statements from his victims’ family members. One by one, they expressed the pain and horror they each live with and asked the judge to sentence the...

We continue our series on Sundays, offering some inspiration and guidance from some of the most brilliant spiritual leaders around the world. Today, hear our fascinating conversation with Dr. Chris Palmer, the Dean of the Barnett College of Ministry and Theology at Southeastern University in Florida. Dr. Chris is also the author of 10 books and has traveled the world searching for the meaning of l...

Kristine Bunch was sentenced to prison at just 21-years-old for killing her son, Tony. She was sentenced to a maximum security prison while being pregnant with her second son.   Kristine trusted the justice system, but the prosecution presented an altered report and junk science that led her jury to believe she was guilty.    She was imprisoned for 17 years. She lost time with her s...

The President spent roughly an hour on the dais, finally giving that much anticipated speech to the very group he spars with daily, the members of the White House correspondents association. Even though he said last night’s speech wasn’t as much of a “doozy” as his original speech he planned to give back in April, he still delivered cutting, offensive remarks aimed at some...

Director Margaret Brown joins Killer Thriller Docu  to discuss HBO's The Yogurt Shop Murders , the gripping documentary series exploring the 1991 murders of four teenage girls in Austin, Texas, and the decades-long search for justice. Margaret shares what drew her to one of Texas' most haunting unsolved cases, the emotional responsibility of telling a story rooted in unimaginable loss, and ho...

A Baltimore mom came home from a 12 hour work shift to find her 15-year-old daughter shot and killed in her own bed, and her 9-year-old son shot and killed in the hallway. It took a few weeks, but police now say they have their killer in custody: a 16-year-old boy who had apparently only recently begun to talk with her daughter. We go over the mountain of evidence that led police to the teen and a...

After months of dancing around the subject, the Trump administration has officially submitted a proposal to the Senate to change the name of New York’s storied train station, Penn Station. Notably, the request was slipped in the middle of a request for additional funding to rebuild and transform the station into a “world class” facility, and there was no specification as to what...

Prosecutors called two more criminalists and the medical examiner to the stand in Day 3 of the preliminary hearing for singer D4vd, charged with the first degree murder and dismemberment of his underaged girlfriend, Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Before testimony even began, things got testy as a reporter and a private investigator were removed from the courtroom, while the prosecutor was heard threaten...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donna Yaklich alleged that her police detective husband repeatedly abused her, threatened her life and left her believing there was nowhere she could safely turn. Then she recruited two young men to kill him. David Lascher joins Elisa Donovan to revisit the shocking case behind Cries Unheard , why the movie was far more brutal than he remembered, and the complicated question at its center: What ha...

Two weeks ago, a federal judge ordered President Trump to pay E. Jean Carrol the money a jury unanimously awarded her for Trump’s alleged 1991 sexual assault, and so he finally did. But this week, Trump wants it all back. His legal team has filed an emergency injunction to force Carrol to return the money to the escrow account it had been in for the past three years, as they continue to figh...