True Crime Reality

The clock is ticking in Florida after the state Supreme Court voted to pause the execution of former police officer, James Aren Duckett. Duckett was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-girl back in 1987. After nearly 40 years on death row, Duckett’s attorneys say the new testing could exonerate the client and the court gave prosecutors until 5 pm today to give a status update on res...

Houston police say they have finally solved a 36-year-old murder mystery, after a tip and DNA evidence led them to the man they say is the killer responsible for the “Lover’s Lane Murders.” 64-year-old Floyd Willis Parrott is charged with murder for viciously killing 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and 21-year-old Andy Atkinson back in 1990. The two young lovers were parked in a seclude...

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.

It took the pressure of an Easter vacation to get lawmakers to finally fund DHS and get long overdue paychecks to TSA workers.  Around 2am ET, the senate passed a version of a spending package that would fund the agency, minus ICE and border patrol.  The House still has to pass the senate’s version, but that’s expected later today.  This all comes after President Trump a...

70-year-old Howie Mandel called out Kelly and Mark this week for saying that he looks great, right after he told them his age. Mandel compared it to someone saying “You’re smart for a stupid person.”  It got us thinking about how many other backhanded compliments we’ve received over the years, and there are a plenty. Also, we go over a very simple way to avoid ever mak...

Remember when Tiger King  completely took over everyone’s life during COVID? Brian Van Holt was right in the middle of bringing that chaos to life in Joe vs. Carole , playing one of the only grounded people in a world full of extremes. He gets into what made Joe Exotic so unsettling, how someone could be charming one second and dangerous the next, and why people stayed even as things go...

Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie sat down with Hoda Kotb for her first interview since her 84-year-old mom Nancy went missing 54 days ago. Savannah talked about the disbelief and chaos in the first few days after Nancy disappeared, and the almost immediate conclusion she and her siblings came to: that Nancy was likely kidnapped for ransom. Savannah goes on to say she believes the two ransom notes...

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.

The House Oversight Committee has called the prison guard who last saw Jeffrey Epstein alive to answer several outstanding questions surrounding the events leading up to his death.  Lawmakers wanted Tova Noel to testify today on Capitol Hill, but her attorney announced she would not be testifying this week and is  negotiating now with Congress.   Lawmakers have specific questions th...

Even Usher himself knew what he was about to say would cause an uproar, when he couched his comments on Sean “Diddy” Combs with “This might be a bit controversial….”  Usher sat down with Forbes in a new interview where he said that he has nothing negative to say about Sean Combs because that was not his experience, and said that Diddy has been “misrepresen...

Prosecutors have charged 40-year-old mom Shannon Tufuga with child kidnapping and aggravated child abuse after police say she snatched an 11-year-old off his bike and took him to her home.  Police say Tufuga then forced the child to apologize to her son for allegedly bullying him and threatened him with violence if he did it again. It appears Tufuga has lost her job with Provo City as a cross...

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Police confirm they are now investigating a third allegation of domestic violence connected to Taylor Frankie Paul.  This alleged incident was reported by Paul’s ex, Dakota Mortenson.  It reportedly happened in 2024 and there are multiple videos according to police.  The DA is now deciding what, if any charges to bring against Paul in both  the February 2026 allegations a...

We now know exactly what happened after the cell phone video showing the violent argument between Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex Dakota Mortenson ended. Body camera video from police begins the moment Taylor and Dakota open the door and ends with Dakota begging police to let him go to jail in place of Taylor.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A shocking story out of Maryland, where a young man who spent most of his life inspiring the sports world, is now behind bars charged with fatally shooting his front seat passenger. Police say 27-year-old Dayton Webber, a quadruple amputee, was driving when he was able to pull out a handgun and shoot his passenger in the head during a heated argument. Two witnesses in the backseat fled the vehicle...

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.

Emily and Shane are diving into some of the biggest cases right now… Laken Snelling gave birth alone in her college bedroom and has been charged with killing her newborn. Did she know she was pregnant? How did they find her baby? Then, high school teacher Jason Hughes was killed after a student prank gone wrong. Though it’s obvious the teenagers didn’t intend to harm him, should...

A California jury found 88 year old Billy Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman back in 1972.  Donna Motsinger was awarded $19.25 million for her pain and suffering and another $40 million in punitive damages.  Cosby plans to appeal the verdict and continues to deny ever assaulting anyone.  Even though his only criminal conviction was overturned for procedural re...

President Trump made several appearances today, touting the talks he says the U.S. has had with Iran. Trump says they went so perfectly that if Iran carries through, it will end the conflict. However, Iran is maintaining that “no talks have taken place” and reports to the contrary are fake news.  Despite the confusing messaging, the markets rallied and the price of oil dropped bel...

This story just keeps escalating! It began over the weekend when Brazilian soccer player Jorginho Frello first publicly accused Chappell Roan’s “extremely aggressive” security team of being rude to his 11-year-old daughter.  Roan took to instagram to defend herself, saying she never saw any child and it wasn’t her security team that was involved. Then, his wife, singer...

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.

New York City’s LaGuardia Airport has been shut down until further notice.  Just before midnight last night an Air Canada flight arriving from Montreal collided with an emergency vehicle on the tarmac.  Officials say both the pilot and the co-pilot of the plane were killed in the crash and two Port Authority police officers along with 41 passengers suffered injuries.  ”...

A 14-year-old girl is taken from her bedroom and held captive for nine months; a case that still feels impossible to process. Skeet Ulrich almost didn’t take the role of her captor, saying he couldn’t justify stepping into someone that dark until he understood the bigger story. What followed clearly stayed with him: from scenes so intense crew members walked off set, to the moment Eliz...

The Guthrie children have released another plea to the public, saying they cannot grieve, they “can only ache and wonder.”  Meantime the embattled sheriff overseeing the case spent nearly an hour with local reporters insisting that the case to find missing 84 year old Nancy Guthrie is “not even close” to a cold case yet.    See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

President Trump has been on a social media tear, and we’re not sure which post is more concerning.  First Trump has tripled down on Truth Social, writing that ICE agents will be taking over security at our nation’s airports starting Monday.   He’s given Iran 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz, or else.  And he put out a short and not so sweet post saying he was...