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Two best friends retell stories about murders, mysteries, and all the spine chilling things in between. Expect laughter, tears, and some chills along the way.
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In March 1960, a quiet day trip to Starved Rock State Park ended in tragedy. Three women set out to hike the trails and never came home.What followed was a confession, a conviction, and decades of lingering doubt. The man who admitted to the crime later recanted, raising unsettling questions about how the case was handled and whether the truth was ever fully uncovered.In this episode, we walk through what happened that day, the investigation that followed, and why the Starved Rock murders still feel unresolved more than 60 years later.
Daisy De La O was nineteen years old when she was murdered outside her Compton apartment in February 2021. Her killer, Victor Sosa, was identified quickly. Then nothing happened. In this episode, Marina tells the story of who Daisy was, the relationship that killed her, and how the people who loved her refused to let her case go cold.
In August 2017, Swedish journalist Kim Wall boarded a homemade submarine in Copenhagen for an interview with Danish inventor Peter Madsen. She was supposed to be back in two hours. She never returned.This is the story of Kim Wall - an accomplished journalist who traveled the world telling stories about people others overlooked. It's about the investigation that followed her disappearance, the trial that exposed the truth, and how her family made sure she would be remembered not as a victim, but as the fearless reporter she was.
In this episode, Marina examines the case of Brittany Smith, who was charged with murder after shooting a man in her Alabama home in 2018. Brittany claimed she acted in self-defense after being raped and beaten, and that the man was strangling her brother when she pulled the trigger. Alabama's stand your ground law was designed to protect people who defend themselves in their own homes—but would it protect her? Marina breaks down the legal framework, the evidence presented at the hearing, and the complicated aftermath that followed.
In the finale of our Robert Durst series, The Jinx airs and millions of people hear what Bob said in that bathroom. As the episode goes live, the FBI is already tracking Bob—he's on the run again. They arrest him in New Orleans and charge him with Susan Berman's murder.At trial, prosecutor John Lewin builds his case while Bob's defense team fights back with everything they have. Bob takes the stand for a grueling cross-examination. We follow the trial through to the verdict, Bob's death in prison, and the civil lawsuit that finally forces his wife Debrah to answer questions under oath about what she really knew.
In this episode, Marina examines some medieval torture devices including the Pear of Anguish, the Rack, the Iron Maiden, the Catherine Wheel, and the Judas Cradle. These instruments were used across Europe for interrogation, punishment, and execution, designed to inflict severe pain and maintain social control through fear.
In Part 2, Bob flees to Galveston, Texas disguised as a mute woman named Dorothy Ciner. When his neighbor Morris Black is found dismembered in Galveston Bay, Bob admits to cutting up the body—but claims it was self-defense. With the best lawyers money can buy, he faces a Texas jury.Years later, filmmaker Andrew Jarecki convinces Bob to sit for interviews for the HBO documentary The Jinx. Bob says things that don't add up. Then Susan Berman's relative discovers a letter that ties Bob directly to her murder. When confronted with the evidence, Bob asks to use the bathroom. His microphone is still on.
The Appalachian mountains have a rich history and are infamous for containing things that go bump in the night. In this episode, we discuss “The Mimic.”
Before he became one of America's most infamous suspects, Robert Durst was the eccentric son of a New York real estate dynasty. In this first installment of our three-part series, we explore the 1982 disappearance of his wife Kathie Durst, the 2000 execution-style murder of his best friend Susan Berman, and Robert's flight to Galveston, Texas, where he lived disguised as a mute woman.What connects these deaths? And who is the dismembered neighbor whose body parts washed up in Galveston Bay?
In 1983, Tracey Thurman did everything she was supposed to do. She reported threats from her estranged husband, Charles “Buck” Thurman, sought restraining orders, and pleaded for help. Police refused to act—until a brutal attack shocked the nation and reshaped how the law handles domestic violence.
In 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper boarded a flight out of Portland, handed a note to a flight attendant, and calmly claimed he had a bomb. What followed became one of the most famous hijackings in American history — a ransom drop, a midnight parachute jump into rough wilderness, and a suspect who vanished without a trace.Over the next five decades, theories multiplied, evidence surfaced and disappeared, and a mysterious bundle of cash washed up along the Columbia River. Despite one of the longest and most exhaustive investigations the FBI ever launched, the true identity — and fate — of D.B. Cooper remains one of the country’s most enduring unsolved mysteries.
The horrors inside the Knotek home escalate as Shelly’s cruelty consumes everyone around her—family, friends, and anyone who dares to care. In Part 2, Marina covers the final years of Shelly’s reign of abuse and the shocking truth that finally brought it all to light.
From the outside, the Knotek home looked ordinary, just another farmhouse tucked behind the trees on the Washington coast. Inside, though, things were different. Part I traces Shelly Knotek’s path from troubled daughter to abusive wife and mother, as her control and cruelty escalate—ending with the death of family friend Kathy Loreno.
In the fall of 1982, a wave of sudden deaths swept through the Chicago area — healthy people collapsing just hours after taking Extra Strength Tylenol. As panic spread, shelves were cleared, public trust shattered, and investigators raced to find out who had poisoned one of America’s most trusted products.
In 1987, a 911 call from a Philadelphia payphone led police to a row house on North Marshall Street—and to horrors they could barely comprehend. Women chained in a basement. Human remains in the freezer. A pot boiling on the stove. At the center of it all was Gary Heidnik, a preacher and self-styled investor whose neighbors thought he was eccentric but harmless. In this episode, we unravel Heidnik’s disturbing childhood, his twisted church, the pit in his basement, and the crimes that made him one of the most notorious killers in American history.
In September 1989, Annamaria Phelps and Daniel Lauer set out on what should have been a short drive. Days later, their car turned up miles off course, and their bodies were discovered in the woods nearby. Their murders added new complexity to the string of Colonial Parkway cases and shifted how investigators viewed the pattern. This episode explores the final couple connected to the parkway, the evolving investigation, and the many theories that have surrounded the case ever since.
Between 1986 and 1989, four young couples were killed along Virginia’s Colonial Parkway. Isolated turnouts and quiet overlooks became crime scenes, and investigators struggled to connect the cases.In this first part, we look at the early victims, their lives, and how the investigation began to take shape.
A family vacation in the Caribbean should have been nothing more than a week of sun, music, and memories. For the Bradleys, it began that way—laughter over dinner, dancing late into the night, and plans for the next day’s adventures. But before the ship could reach its next port, their 23-year-old daughter, Amy, was gone. In the years since, sightings, rumors, and unsettling leads have pointed in every direction—from chance encounters on remote beaches to the shadowy world of human trafficking. More than two decades later, the question remains: what happened to Amy Lynn Bradley?
When 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten vanished just a few hundred feet from home, her small Missouri town sprang into action—searching woods, knocking on doors, and hoping for the best. But the truth behind her disappearance would stun even seasoned investigators. In this episode, we walk through the heartbreaking case that raised difficult questions about justice, rehabilitation, and the capacity for violence in the very young.
When Somerset staff dug into Charles Cullen’s medication logs, the pieces finally started falling into place. In Part 2, Lisa takes us through the investigation that exposed Cullen’s pattern of quiet killings, the legal fallout, and the staggering number of lives he may have claimed—while hospitals looked the other way.
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Who cares! Tiffany was a thief and a liar. Call it suicide, call it murder, either way she was absolutely expendable. Who needs a liar and a thief around taking up space 😂