Unstable Table After Dark

When the "Zoo Man" was finally caught, the legal battle that followed became even more bizarre than the crimes themselves. Thomas Huskey’s defense claimed he wasn't responsible for the murders; instead, they pointed the finger at "Kyle," a violent, British-accented alter ego who allegedly emerged during the killings. Join us as we examine the controversial use of Dissociati...

To her neighbors in Sacramento, California, Dorothea Puente was a sweet, grandmotherly figure. She wore floral dresses, baked homemade cookies, and ran a boarding house for the unhoused, elderly, and the mentally ill. She was looked at as a neighborhood saint - until the stench of death began wafting from her immaculate rose garden. This week, we dive into the chilling story of one of America’s mo...

For decades, Richard Cottingham was convicted of only a handful of murders, but the true scale of his trail of blood is only now coming to light. From his initial arrest in 1980 to his shocking 2026 confession regarding the 1965 murder of Alys Jean Eberhardt, Cottingham has spent his life in prison slowly doling out the truth to investigators. Join us as we explore his unique "cat-and-mouse&q...

In late 2007, a shadow fell over the national forests of Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. When 24-year-old Meredith Emerson went hiking with her dog on New Year’s Day and never returned, a massive manhunt revealed a predator hiding in plain sight. Gary Hilton wasn't just a drifter; he was a cold-blooded killer who stalked the trails he knew by heart. This week, we follow the harrowing sea...

How did an unlicensed "doctor" get away with killing dozens of people in plain sight? Linda Hazzard exploited a legal loophole to practice her lethal brand of alternative medicine for decades. Behind her claims of "ridding the body of toxins" lay a calculated scheme of forgery, greed, and psychological manipulation. Join us as we dissect the investigation into Hazzard’s clinic,...

In 1961, Portland was rocked by a crime so gruesome it felt like a horror movie: a woman’s remains found scattered in a swamp, meticulously dismembered. The man responsible, Richard Marquette, became the first person ever added as the "11th name" to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. He was caught, convicted, and sentenced—but the story didn't end there. Twelve years later, Marquette wa...

In 1946, Chicago was a city gripped by a unique kind of terror. A killer was stalking the streets, leaving behind a signature that would haunt the headlines for decades: a plea scrawled in red lipstick on a victim’s wall that read, "For heavens sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself." When 17-year-old University of Chicago student William Heirens was arrested for a rout...

Nannie Doss spent her life searching for the "perfect man" she read about in her favorite romance magazines. When reality failed to live up to the fantasy, she didn’t just file for divorce—she reached for the arsenic. For nearly three decades, husbands, sisters, mothers, and even her own children fell ill and died, leaving Nannie with a trail of insurance payouts and a smile on her face. In this e...

On a frigid November night in 1986, flight attendant Helle Crafts returned to her Newtown, Connecticut home and vanished into a blinding snowstorm. Her husband, airline pilot Richard Crafts, claimed she had left to visit family in Denmark. But as the snow began to melt, a chilling story emerged—one involving a rented industrial woodchipper, a chainsaw found in the Housatonic River, and a forensic...

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