Unlawful Acts

On Halloween afternoon in 2010, a 16-year-old boy returned to his family's home in rural Ohio and discovered a horrifying scene. At first, he thought it was an elaborate Halloween prank. But what he found was no decoration. Three members of his family had been murdered. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examine the Liske Family Murders, a shocking triple homicide that devastated...

Los Angeles thought it was hunting a single serial killer. The truth was even more disturbing: there were two—and they were cousins. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examine the crimes of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, the two men who became known as the Hillside Stranglers. During the late 1970s, women and girls were murdered across the Los Angeles area, with several victim...

On Halloween night in 2004, three roommates in Napa, California, returned home after an evening together. By morning, two of them—Leslie Mazzara and Adriane Insogna—had been brutally murdered inside their home. Their third roommate survived, but investigators were left with a terrifying question: who entered the house that night, and why? In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examin...

For decades, the murders of four women in Northern California remained separated by time, geography, and unanswered questions. But investigators would eventually uncover a disturbing connection—and a suspect hiding in plain sight. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examine the case of Joseph Naso, the convicted serial killer whose victims included Roxene Roggasch, Carmen Colon, P...

Behind the doors of 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester, England, investigators uncovered one of the most disturbing crime scenes in British history. Human remains were discovered buried beneath the garden, cellar, and floors of the home shared by Fred and Rose West. What appeared from the outside to be an ordinary family home would become infamous as the “House of Horrors.” But finding the victims w...

Behind the glamour of Hollywood and the neon lights of the Sunset Strip, a terrifying series of murders was unfolding. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examine the disturbing case of the Sunset Strip Killers, Douglas Clark and Carol Bundy, whose crimes terrorized Los Angeles in 1980. What began as a relationship between two seemingly ordinary people descended into a dark world...

Labor Day weekend in 1990 turned into a nightmare in Starkville, Mississippi, when a brutal attack left a community searching for answers. For years, the case remained unresolved. Then, decades later, advances in DNA evidence would lead investigators to Michael Wayne Devaughn—and finally provide a breakthrough in a crime that had haunted Starkville for years. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Conn...

The Snowtown Murders became one of the most disturbing serial murder cases in Australian history. What investigators eventually discovered inside barrels stored in a former bank building would expose a years-long killing spree built around manipulation, torture, murder, and fear. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examine the shocking story of the Snowtown murders, also known as...

Today we’re sharing something a little different: it’s the first episode of a new podcast from our friends at ABC Audio and 20/20 called “What Happened to the McStays?” In 2010, in a quiet suburb of San Diego, a family of four seemingly vanished into thin air. When investigators searched their home, they found the family’s two beloved dogs unattended outside, rotting food left around the house and...

Audrey Marie Hilley appeared to be a devoted wife and mother. But when members of her own family began suffering from mysterious illnesses, investigators uncovered a disturbing pattern of poisoning, deception, and murder. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examine the bizarre story of Audrey Marie Hilley, the Alabama woman who poisoned her husband, Frank Hilley, and later attempt...

On February 16, 1988, former ESL Incorporated employee Richard Farley entered his former workplace in Sunnyvale, California, heavily armed. By the time the attack ended, seven people had been killed and four others injured. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, we examine the Richard Farley case, the years of stalking and harassment of coworker Laura Black that preceded the attack, and the events that...

Simon Leviev convinced women around the world that he was the billionaire heir to a diamond empire. Private jets, luxury hotels, designer clothes, security teams, and seemingly unlimited wealth helped create the perfect illusion—but almost everything was fake. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn break down the extraordinary rise of the man known as the Tinder Swindler. They explor...

A routine traffic stop became one of the most disturbing serial killer investigations in American history. When police pulled over Randy Kraft in 1983, they weren't looking for a serial killer. But what they discovered inside his car would unravel a decade of brutal murders and expose a cryptic "scorecard" believed to document dozens of victims. Known today as The Scorecard Killer, Kraft is suspec...

In the late 1970s, two men traveled the highways of Southern California in a battered van they called the "Murder Mac." To those who crossed their path, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris appeared unremarkable. In reality, they were responsible for one of the most infamous serial murder cases in American history. Known as the Toolbox Killers, Bittaker and Norris targeted teenage girls, carrying out...

What do Amil Dinsio, Jimmy Hoffa, Richard Nixon, and one of the most audacious bank vault burglaries in American history have in common? In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Connie and Jocelyn examine the remarkable California vault heist that stunned investigators in 1972. While America was consumed by the Nixon administration, political turmoil, and the growing influence of organized crime, a crew...

The summer of 1979 turned Richmond, Virginia into a city living in fear. What began as isolated acts of violence quickly escalated into one of the most brutal murder sprees in American history. The killers weren't strangers or drifters—they were brothers. Linwood, James "J.B.," and Anthony Briley hunted victims across Richmond with a level of violence that shocked investigators and terrified an en...

For years, freight trains carried one of America's most terrifying serial killers from state to state without anyone realizing it. Known as The Railroad Killer, Ángel Maturino Reséndiz used the nation's rail system to move undetected, committing brutal murders across Texas, Kentucky, Florida, Illinois, and beyond. Living off the rails and operating under multiple aliases, he evaded authorities for...

What happens when a relationship ends, but one person refuses to let go? In this episode of Unlawful Acts, we examine the case of Michael David McKee and the murder of his ex-wife, Amy McKee. What began as a troubled relationship eventually escalated into a tragedy that left a family devastated and investigators searching for answers. Through witness testimony, forensic evidence, and courtroom pro...

Dorothea Puente appeared to be the last person anyone would suspect of murder. In 1980s Sacramento, she was known as a kind, grandmotherly woman who opened her home to society's most vulnerable people—elderly residents, disabled individuals, and those with nowhere else to go. To neighbors, she seemed caring and generous. To the people living under her roof, she offered shelter, meals, and support....

On August 28, 2003, a pizza delivery driver walked into a bank in Erie, Pennsylvania carrying a cane gun, a handwritten demand note, and a metal collar locked around his neck. Minutes later, he was surrounded by police in a parking lot, desperately claiming that the bomb attached to him was real. Then it exploded. What followed became one of the most bizarre and disturbing criminal investigations...

October 20, 1981. What began as a carefully planned armored truck robbery outside a shopping center in Rockland County, New York quickly became one of the most infamous crimes in American history. Armed members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground ambushed a Brink’s armored truck, stealing $1.6 million in cash. Within minutes, the robbery erupted into deadly gunfire that left a Bri...

America, 1974. Young women begin disappearing from college campuses across multiple states. Witnesses describe the same man over and over — charming, clean-cut, injured, and asking for help before victims vanished without a trace. In this episode of Unlawful Acts, we uncover the terrifying rise of Ted Bundy, one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. From his manipulative tactics...

In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Susan Davis and Jocelyn Frankhuizen examine the shocking 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr., the son of legendary singer Frank Sinatra. What began as a quiet night at a Lake Tahoe hotel quickly became one of the most infamous celebrity crimes in American history. Armed kidnappers abducted the 19-year-old at gunpoint, launching a nationwide manhunt filled with ra...

In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Susan Davis and Jocelyn Frankhuizen break down the horrifying case of the Gilgo Beach murders and the arrest of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann. For years, the discovery of multiple victims along a remote stretch of Long Island left investigators and the public searching for answers. The case became one of the most infamous unsolved serial killer investigation...

In this episode of Unlawful Acts, Susan Davis and Jocelyn Frankhuizen examine the shocking murder of fashion icon Gianni Versace and the nationwide manhunt for serial killer Andrew Cunanan. Before the world knew his name, Cunanan had already left a trail of violence across multiple states. But on July 15, 1997, everything changed when Versace was gunned down outside his Miami Beach mansion in one...