Dark Deeds

Most of us have a sibling we’d do anything for. We grow up sharing toys, secrets, and eventually, the stresses of adulthood, but for Ken and Kari Allen, that bond took a sharp, lethal turn. It wasn't just 'us against the world'—it was 'us against anyone in our way.'Kenneth Allen, Jr. had spent most of his life away from his family, particularly his sister, Kari who was 11 years his junior, back in Indiana due to his parents, Sharon and Kenneth Allen, Sr divorcing when he was 14. Ken grew up in Florida while Kari lived with her mother in Noblesville, Indiana. After a life of counterfeiting, forgery, and theft, Ken decided to move home with his sister and mother at the age of 29 after doing a 14 month stint in prison in Arizona. He and 18-year-old Kari concocted a plan to kill their grandparents and take their money they had saved. Since their mother, Sharon, refused to help them, she had to die, too. After their killing spree, the pair buried the remains of all three victims under the basement floor at their grandparents' Indianapolis home and headed for Vegas, but a routine traffic stop uncovered their heinous crimes. SourcesJustia (2008)WTHR (2005)Los Angeles Times (2005)Sun Journal (2005)Find A Grave (2005)Find A Grave (2005)Find A Grave (2005)Audio/DocsEvil Kin Season 1 Episode 1 Thicker Than BloodKiller Kin Podcast Thicker Than BloodBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

In February 2010, the quiet town of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was shaken by a crime so senseless it defied logic. Jennifer Daugherty, a 30-year-old woman known for her kind heart and trusting nature, thought she was spending time with friends. Instead, she walked into a trap that would lead to one of the most harrowing cases of group-think and depravity in modern history. A group of six people she met and befriended at a place called West Place Clubhouse held Jennifer hostage in an apartment they all shared on North Pennsylvania Avenue for almost 2 days while they brutally tortured and humiliated her due to one group member's jealousy. The group ultimately decided to kill Jennifer, dismember her, and place her remains in a trash can which they placed in the parking lot of a nearby middle school. This case brought to light the frequent exploitation and abuse that individuals with intellectual disabilities often face and helped push a law into effect that allows witnesses of crimes to be charged if they don't report the crimes. SourcesSupremecourt.gov PAcourts.us (2020)Pittsburgh Post Gazette (2022) NBC News (2010) r/TrueCrime (2022) Audio/Docs Very Local |YouTube| Hometown Tragedy: The Twisted Horror of the Greensburg 6Cruel Intentions: Frenemies: Loyalty Turned Lethal (2013) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

In 1997, a house fire in Oakland, California, captured the hearts of the community. Emerging from the smoke was Stevie Allman, a beloved alleged anti-drug activist who claimed local dealers had firebombed her home in retaliation for her neighborhood watch efforts. As she lay in the hospital with severe burns, the city rallied behind her, even receiving a sympathy letter from the White House.But as police looked closer at the woman in the hospital bed, the story began to fracture. Fingerprints revealed a horrifying truth: the woman being hailed as a hero wasn’t Stevie Allman at all—it was her sister, Sarah Mitchell.While Sarah Mitchell was being treated for her burns and basking in public sympathy, investigators returned to the charred remains of the Allman home. They weren't just looking for arson evidence anymore; they were looking for the real Stevie.The search ended at a large, chest freezer located in the basement. It was securely padlocked and wrapped in heavy chains. When investigators finally cut the locks, they made a discovery that halted the investigation in its tracks: the body of Stevie Allman, dismembered and frozen, hidden in plain sight while her sister lived just feet away.Forensic analysis later revealed a haunting timeline. Stevie hadn't died in the fire; she had been murdered earlier. Sarah had been living in the house with her sister’s body, cashing Stevie's checks and perfecting her impersonation, using the "firebombing" as a final, desperate act to cover her tracks and explain Stevie's permanent disappearance.SourcesLuminol Pod (2022)SF Gate (1997)LA Times (1997)SF Gate (2000)Audio/DocsOxygen- YouTube: Destroyed House Reveals Sister's Shocking Secret (2022) Crime Zone-YouTube: They Called Her a Hero...UNTIL They Went Inside Her Home (2026) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

Deep in the woods of North Georgia, Dr. Charles Scudder and his partner, Joseph "Joey" Odom sought a peaceful, off-grid life in a hand-built brick mansion they called Corpsewood Manor.  Rumors always swirled about the lovers and their quaint handbuilt home in the woods. The fact that they were "homosexual devil worshippers" was often the talk of the area, but these men were kind, welcoming, and enjoyed the simple life with the occassional wild party.     But in 1982, their castle became the site of a grisly double homicide that shocked the nation when two young men devised a plot to rob the men, thinking they must be millionaires due to their extravagant home. Dr. Scudder and Joey invited a 17-year-old hunter in the area, Avery Brock to parties at their home when he stumbled upon it while hunting, asking if he could hunt on the property. Avery then discussed the men and their "so-called fortune" with his troubled roommate, 30-year-old Tony West.      On the night of December 12, 1982, Avery and Tony decided to put their robbery plan in motion by attending a party at Corpsewood Manor. They brought along two unsuspecting friends, as well, Tony's nephew, Joey Wells, and his friend, Teresa Hudgins. The pair weren't aware of the robbery plan. At the party, Avery shot and killed Joey Odom in his kitchen along with their two English Mastiffs when he tried to explain to them that there was no large fortune hidden in the home. Avery and Tony then tied up and tormented Dr. Scudder, and when he also gave them no fortune, the men shot him 5 times in the head before fleeing the scene with only silver jewelry and Dr. Scudder's black jeep.     To this day, Corpsewood Manor sits in ruins after a fire destroyed everything but the bricks. Many say it still has an eerie and sad air about it, with people claiming to hear the dogs barking, gunshots, and other unsettling noises. SourcesAbandoned Georgia (2023) Abandoned Southeast Atlanta Magazine (2022)Oxford American (2024) Atlas Obscura Church of Satan Justia Law- Supreme Court of Mississippi (1985)Books/DocumentariesThe Corpsewood Manor Murders In North Georgia by Amy PetullaDead Silent S01E2: Welcome to the Devil HousePodcast by ID: Deadly Nightmares: Welcome to the Devil HouseMystery Archives YouTube: The Untold Story of Corpsewood Manor-Georgia (2025)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

On a crisp Halloween morning in 1999, Dr. Dirk Greineder—a world-renowned allergist and pillar of the elite Wellesley community in Massachusetts—placed a frantic 911 call from the banks of Morses Pond. His wife of 31 years, Mabel "May" Greineder, had been brutally beaten, stabbed, and almost decapitated during their morning walk. Dirk told investigators that May had stopped to rest and he went on ahead, but when he returned to her, he found she had been attacked. As investigators looked past the doctor’s grief, they discovered a tangled web of secret identities, sex addiction, digital obsessions, and a "perfect" marriage that was anything but. Dirk has been incarcerated for almost 26 years and still maintains his innocence to this day.SourcesHistory (2009)Justia (2009)Vance Holmes (2010)Cape Cod Times (2001)Metro West Daily News (2010)Medium (2025)Audio/DocumentariesCBS Boston YouTube- I-Team: Dirk Greineder in Wife's Murder After 20 Years (2021)Court TV YouTube- 'The Good Doctor' Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall (2024)Prisoners' Legal Services YouTube- Dirk Greineder Testimony (2024)Dateline on ID- Season 2 Episode 14: Murder at Morses PondBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

For over two decades, a shadow loomed over West Germany, Joachim Kroll, from 1955 to 1976, children and young women vanished without a trace, leaving a trail of terror that spanned cities, but the monster wasn’t hiding in the woods—he was living in a cramped apartment in Duisburg, working as a restroom attendant and living a life of quiet, dull routine. Children in Duisburg loved visiting Joachim as he often gave them candy and toys. He was known by neighbors to be a polite, pleasant guy to everyone, although a bit odd. How could a man dismissed by society as "dim-witted" manage to outsmart the police for 21 years until the gruesome discovery involving a neighbor's plumbing? SourcesThe Serial Killer Magazine Murderpedia All That's Interesting (2020)Utterly Interesting DocumentariesReal Crime-YouTube-Joachim Kroll: Serial Killer Who Owned a Manor | World's Most Evil Killers (2021) Bizarre Bazaar- YouTube- He MURDERED Them Because MEAT WAS EXPENSIVE (2024)Evil Among Us-YouTube-The Horrific Crimes of Joachim Kroll [True Crime Documentary] (2024) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

In October 2012, 58-year-old Gail Spencer arrived at her office in Macon, Gerogia expecting another routine day as a legal secretary and office manager at Calder Pinkston & Associates Law Firm. At this time, she had no idea that a coworker had already set a lethal plan in motion to embezzle funds from the firm using her to obtain them.      On October 5, 2012, 38-year-old Tracy Jones (Gail's coworker), Tracy's 18-year-old boyfriend, Michael Brett Kelly, and their friend, 23-year-old Keith Anthony Dozier entered the home of Gail Spencer after Tracy lured her to the front door by knocking and asking to use her phone saying her car broke down nearby. When Gail let Tracy into her home, the two men entered behind her where they went into Gail's bedroom as she was getting ready for work, held a gun to Gail, tied her up, and took her work credentials that would allow Tracy to access the law firm's financial accounts.      The two men held Gail hostage while Tracy and Michael's sister, Courtney Kelly returned to the law firm so Tracy could transfer just under $1.3 million to accounts Courtney had opened at various banks. While this was happening, Michael assaulted and strangled Gail Spencer and took off in her car, leaving her body lying across her bed with a black trash bag over her face.       Gail's body was discovered the next morning when her neighbors who had asked her to let their dog out came home to find their dog in their yard and Gail not answering the door. All four perpetrators in the crime were given life sentences, with Courtney being the only one to have a chance at parole.SourcesFindLaw (2019)13WMAZ (2019) 41NBC (2013)Justia (2020) Documentaries and AudioCrime Circus YouTube - Confessions of a Monster in Macon, Georgia- police INTERROGATION of Keith Dozier- MUST SEE VIDEO 2 (2022)BamaMike YouTube- The Full Interrogation of Michael Brett Kelly, The Grandma Killer (2022)Crime Circus Cult YouTube- Tracy Jones 1st Police Interrogation in Macon, Georgia- Interview with a Criminal Mastermind- USA (2022) The Killer Beside Me Season 3 Episode 2: Hostage to Greed (2020)Your Worst Nightmare Season 4 Episode 9: Twisted Plan (2018) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

Lisa Solomon,a 22-year-old newlywed living in Huntington, New York had a beautiful dinner planned for her and her husband, Matthew Solomon on Christmas Eve 1987, but the dinner did not go according to plan. After dinner, the two got into an argument ending with Lisa being murdered. The next morning, on Christmas day, Matthew contacted relatives to start a search, maintaining that Lisa had gotten upset and went for a walk, never returning home. For 6 days, Matthew played the concerned, distraught husband, lying and tricking everyone until her body was found dumped in garbage bags in a field just a mile from their home on December 30th. Matthew eventually cracked and admitted to strangling Lisa during their Christmas Eve argument. He served 31 years in prison before being released at age 55 in 2019, much to the disagreement and dismay of Lisa's family. SourcesLong Islander News (2019)US District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Justia)(1992)NY Senate (2019)New York Times (1988)News 12 (2017)Audio and Docs FilmRise True Crime: Missing on Christmas Eve: Lisa Solomon's Story | The Christmas Killings Hosted by Nancy Grace (Youtube) (2025)   (Original Release Date: February 2024)Twisted Tales (YouTube, 2024): Bloody Christmas- The Brutal Kidnapping of Lisa Solomon | Happily Never After: Ice Cold Heart (Original Release Date: 2012)The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade- The Newlywed Murder (2017)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

From the outside, 1426 F Street in Sacramento, California, looked like a respectable Victorian boarding house run by a kind, grandmotherly woman with a reputation for helping the community's most vulnerable. But beneath Dorothea Puente's sweet facade lay a cold, calculating killer with a lifetime of deceit and fraud.This episode delves into the chilling story of the "Death House Landlady." Tracing Dorothea's decades-long criminal history—from check forgery and running a brothel to eventually targeting her own tenants: the elderly, the disabled, and those with no one to look after them.The motive was not pleasure, but profit. She would drug her boarders, steal their government benefit and Social Security checks, and when they disappeared, she would simply tell concerned parties that they had moved on. Her deadly operation only came to light when an investigation into a missing tenant led police to an unthinkable discovery: seven bodies buried in shallow graves right in the backyard.SourcesWorst Roomate Ever Season 1: Call Me GrandmaID Crimefeed Sactown Magazine (2009)OAC (1982-1992)All that's Interesting (2024)Los Angeles Times (2011)AudioMass Murderabilia YouTube- Police interview with Dorothea Puente (Part 01)Mass Murderabilia YouTube- Police Interview with Dorothea Puente (Part 02)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

Rebecca ParkOn the night of November 3, 2025, 22-year-old Rebecca Park's biological mother, Cortney Bartholomew, and her step-father, Bradley Bartholomew lured her to their home. Since Rebecca was due to give birth soon, it was assumed they lured her there on the premise of having a baby shower for her, but they threw her in a car where they took her to the Manistee National Forest in Michigan. It is here that they brutally tortured and stabbed Rebecca, even cutting her baby from her womb. Rebecca was considered a missing person until November 25, when her body was found. Her baby has still yet to be found, and this case is still ongoing. Oninda RomelusOninda Romelus, a 31-year-old mother of 4 living in the Porter area of Texas put her 4 children into her vehicle on the early morning hours of October 4, 2025 and took them to a location near a gas station in Angleton, Brazoria County where she then pulled a weapon and shot all of them. She then drove to the gas station and called 911, stating that her children were going to kill her so she had to "do it to them" first. She told police at the scene that her children were "dead to her" and "with the devil." Two of her children passed away and two of them were flown by helicopter and are still recovering. This case is currently still ongoing.           O'Karreo Covington: A 13-year-old boy who died from a gunshot wound to the head.           Amourra Chapell: A 3-year-old girl who died in the backseat of the car.           Kylee Romelus: A 9-year-old girl who was shot in the side and arm and survived.           Traviel Downer: An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the arm and survivedSourcesPeople (2025)Fox 26 Houston (2025)ABC 13 (2025)Click2Houston (2025)Michigan Department of Attorney General (2025)9 & 10 News (2025)News Nation (2025)AudioUpNorthLive YouTube: Court hears details in murder and torture of pregnant Rebecca Park in Wexford County (2025)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

In the glamorous, smoky underworld of 1950s London, Ruth Ellis was a platinum-blonde trailblazer: a young, ambitious nightclub manager who quickly became the star of her own complicated life. But her world of glitz and aspiration was violently shattered by a toxic, abusive affair with wealthy racing driver David Blakely.      On Easter Sunday, 1955, Ruth stalked Blakely to a Hampstead pub and shot him. Her immediate, chilling confession—"It is obvious when I shot him I intended to kill him"—sealed her fate. Ruth was the last woman to be hanged in the UK, and it sparked much controversy as her severe abuse at the hands of David Blakley was not thoroughly taken into account. Now, 70 years later, her grandchildren have applied to have her posthumously conditionally pardoned for her crimes. While it will not completely quash her record as she had admitted to killing David, it will show that her being hanged was a gross miscarriage of justice. SourcesMishcon De Reya (2025) Luxury London (2025)The Guardian (2025)Wikapedia Real Crime YouTube- The Last Woman to be Executed in Britain (2022)BBC (2025)AudioThis Morning YouTube- "I'm Finally Proud to be Ruth Ellis' Grandaughter (2025)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

For millions, the screen is a window into a world of connection, entertainment, and shared experiences. These people are the content creators; artists, comedians, gamers, storytellers. But in today’s hyperconnected world of modern media, the line between admiration and obsession is becoming dangerously thin. On this episode, I use two cases to pull back the curtain on the chilling reality of the parasocial paradox- where a one sided relationship blooms into toxic fixation that ultimately culminates into unimaginable violence.               Sana Yousaf, a Pakistani social media influencer with over a million combined followers on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, known for content promoting cultural pride and girls' education was fatally shot in her home after an obsessed follower, 22-year-old Umar Hayat who had been attempting to message her and meet up for months, broke into her home on June 2, 2025.This sparked an outcry in Pakistan to change the way women who are independent and have their voices heard are treated.              Bianca Michelle Devins, a 17-year-old girl who was active in online communities such as 4Chan met 21-year-old Brandon Clark online. The two began a friendship, and Bianca was clear to Brandon that she did not want a relationship with him, as she was about to start college. On the night of July 13, 2019, Brandon and Bianca attended a Nicole Dollanganger concert. A third person attended with them, a creator named Ouipo. Brandon left to get something, and when he returned, he allegedly spotted Bianca kissing Ouipo.       The next morning around 6:03 AM, an image was posted to Bianca's discord server. The image featured Bianca with blood on her face and her throat slashed as well as a chilling message. Brandon later called 9-1-1 discussing what he had done. He attempted to commit suicide and laid on a tarp that was covering Bianca's body. He ultimately survived and was charged with her murder. SourcesGirlsNotBrides (2025)Dunya News (2025)The Current (2025)Aljazeera (2025)CNN (2025)CBS News (2021)BBC (2019)Rolling Stone (2019)Law and Crime (2019)Huffington Post (2019)Dark Case Documentaries-YouTube- GRAPHIC:17yo Vlogger Finds Stalker in Her Bedroom-True Crime Documentary (2025) AudioSyracuse.com YouTube- Bianca Devins' mother remembers the night of her daughter's murder (2020)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

After returning to Urbana, Ohio, attempting to repair her relationship with her mother, and getting a small apartment on Light Street, 21-year-old Jessica Rae Sacco felt as though things may be looking up in her life, but she was missing one thing, companionship. She took to the internet to meet someone and it was here that she met 25-year-old fellow Juggalo, Matthew Puccio. In the Fall of 2011, Matthew came from Texas to Ohio to meet Jessica and ultimately moved into her small apartment with her against her mother's wishes. It didn't stop here, however, as Matt moved in two friends, Andrew and Candace Forney. Tensions rose in such a small toxic space with Jessica feeling as though she was a stranger in her own home having everyone against her. Two more people who the group met at the local library came to the apartment to stay, Chris Wright and Sharon Cook. This only worsened the tension, and the group decided they needed to get rid of Jessica, even though it was her home.       On the morning of March 30, 2012, Jessica's landlord made entry into the apartment to check on her, as her mom, Sue, had not been able to make contact with her for 8 days. Jessica's decomposing, partially dismembered body was located in the bathtub of the apartment. Her limbs had been scattered in various areas around Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Matthew and his four accomplices had fled to a city 85 miles away. SourcesSpringfield News Sun (2013) supremecourt.ohio.gov ABC7 (2012)Fox8 (2012)Oxygen (2017)DocumentariesWeb of Lies S02E4: Crowded House (documentary)Misery Machine- Online Juggalo BF Brings All His Squatter Friends to Rip Her Limbs Off-YouTube (2025)Sword and Scale Episode 257Audio#killerpost: Episode 9 Bonus Clip - Interview with Sue Taynor | Oxygen Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

Glenna Susan "Sue" Sharp and her five children, Sheila, Greg, Richard, Tina, and John lived in Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort in Keddie, California. On the morning of April 12, 1981, Sheila Sharp (who was staying with a nearby family, The Seabolts) returned home at 7:45 AM to find her brother, John, his friend, Dana Wingate, and her mother, Sue Sharp all murdered. Sue had been beaten and stabbed in the neck and chest, John had been beaten and his throat was slashed, and Dana was strangled. The other three boys at the home, Greg, Ricky, and their friend, Justin Eason had all been unharmed. Tina Sharp had been missing from the home. Tina's remains were found three years later in Feather Falls, a two a hour trip from Keddie.    While there have been some developments,  suspects, and many theories over the years, these murders still remain unsolved, 44 years later.  Sourcesr/UnresolvedMysteries- Uistreel(2021)ThoughtCo (2025)ABC10 (2021)allthatsinteresting (2021)CBS News (2016)Keddie Truth Keddie28 (D. McNarie, 2022)ABC10 YouTube: Murder in Cabin 28: A look back on the Keddie Murders | Unsolved California (2021) Feather River Bulletin (1981)Feather River Bulletin (1981)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

In late July of 2018, a 54-year-old Akron, Ohio woman named Martha Freitag called police to see if the restraining order she previously had on her on-again-off-again, live-in boyfriend, 53-year-old David Callaghan could be reinstated. Her pleas for help went ignored, as she had been struggling with paranoid Schizophrenia and often called police on her boyfriend. Little did police know, this would be the last time Martha was heard from or seen alive again. Later that year in September, Martha's daughter Kim pressured police to investigate her disappearance. Police did not take her calls seriously, leaving Kim to do her own investigation until one day when the family recieved a strange text message explaining that David would bury someone in the fire pit in the back yard. Upon investigating, the body of Martha Freitag was uncovered in the fire pit, wrapped in plastic, bedding, burnt, and showing signs of blunt force trauma with a rope still tied around her neck. SourcesSummit County Prosecutor (2019)Akron Beacon Journal (2019) Akron Beacon Journal (2018) Fox 19 (2018)Fox 8 CLE+ (2018, 2019)Some information and body cam footage obtained from:Dr. Insanity- Daughter Finds Mother's Decapitated Body in Backyard (2025) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

In the early morning hours of December 25, 1945, the Sodder family which included George and Jennie Sodder along with their 10 children (one of which was away in war) awoke to a house fire in their Fayetteville, West Virginia home. George, Jennie, and four of their children escaped. The other five children did not. After an investigation, it was determined that the other five children must have perished in the fire, despite their remains not being uncovered. For the next 20+ years for George and 40+ years for Jennie, the family frantically chased every lead believing their children were kidnapped and may still be alive. To this day, no trace of the five missing children has ever been found. Was it grief that led the Sodders to exhaust themselves, never putting the case to rest, or were they onto something and the children were truly kidnapped?SourcesSmithsonian Magazine (2012)Legends of America r/UnsolvedMysteries The Encylopedia of Unsolved CrimesDocumentariesNexpo- What Happened to the Sodder Children? (2025)MysteriousWV- Sodder Family: CASE STUDY (2022)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

On February 9, 2023, 43-year-old mother of 2, Crystal McCrory Jones was found deceased inside her Louisiana home with a pillow over her face and a gunshot wound to the head. Less than 2 hours later, her death was ruled a suicide even though circumstances were very shady and almost no investigation had been conducted. Her husband, Tony Jones, was an ex deputy for the police department in charge of investigating Crystal's death. Tony had a history of verbally abusing Crystal as well as cheating, but the police department insists that does not make him a killer.     Inconsistencies in the investigation piled up, with a botched autopsy report (Crystal's name was not spelled correctly, her time of death was scratched out and rewritten as a different time, her hair color, eye color, previous surgeries, and health conditions were all listed incorrectly), lies about the crime scene photos (the sheriff insisted the spent shell casing was seen in the photos but it was not found by Tony until 8 days after Crystal's death), important testing on the weapon and bullets was not even conducted until months after her death, and it just seemed as though Tony had all investigating parties as well as others in Oak Grove wrapped around his finger.     Despite all of this, Crystal's sister, Jana, and brother, Dane have not given up on trying to have Crystal's case heard and properly investigated. The case remains open despite the lack of follow up investigations from the police department.This is where we come in. Please sign Jana's petition and help get the word out there. Crystal needs justice!! All sources used in this episode can be found through Jana's linktree below. Crystal McCrory Jones LinkTreeJustice for Crystal Instagram Petition to Reopen Investigation into Crystal's DeathJana's book about Crystal's death and her fight for justice           Justice Denied: Book 1 Reverie True Crime Episodes (you can listen to Jana's calls with the Sheriff and DA on these)Reverie True Crime Part 1Reverie True Crime Part 2Reverie True Crime Part 3Reverie True Crime Part 4Reverie True Crime Part 5Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

Many people are aware how organ transplantation is handled in the United States, but what most people aren't aware of is just how flawed the system is for handling body donation and brokerage. In this episode, a dive is taken into some of the commonly known and lesser known cases involving illegal body brokerage within the US. The Biological Resource Center was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 2003 by Stephen Gore and is responsible for the most widely known instance of illegal body brokerage. In the facility, agents found 10 tons of frozen human remains which equates to 20,000 pounds. 1,755 body parts were found that included 281 heads, 241 shoulders, 337 legs and 97 spines. Family members of the victims were informed that "the donations, if accepted, would be used solely for medical and/or scientific research ... that donor bodies would be treated with dignity and respect; and that donor bodies would not be dismembered and/or sold for profit," They were also told that the unused remains of their family members would be cremated and returned to them. Many did recieve boxes with ashes in, but it is hard to tell if the ashes recieved were even their family members since the parts were all commingled and not labeled. Federal authorities had actually began investigating the BRC in 2011 when a Detroit body broker from a company called International Biological Inc was stopped by US customs agents as he crossed the border from Ontario. He had 10 human heads with him. Sunset Mesa Funeral Foundation Inc. was a funeral home and body brokerage that was purportedly organized for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes and claimed it was a non-profit. It was ran by Megan Hess and her mother, Shirley Koch. During it's time of operation from 2009 to 2018, the pair devised and carried out a plan to defraud families by selling donated bodies and parts. During this time, the pair forged consent forms and stole bodies for which no donation authorizations were signed and sold them. After bodies were stolen and sold, the pair then delivered false cremains to the families of the deceased. There were 811 bodies or parts sold of which 560 of those were stolenOther body brokerages known as Restore Life USA and Science Care Inc. were involved in questionable and often fradulent body brokering practices but were never charged with anything official. Sources:Courthouse News (2020)Sunset Mesa Timeline9News (2025)9news (2023)9news (2024)Reuters (2017)Reuters (2017)Reuters (2017)Reuters (2017)Reuters (2017)CBS News (2019)BBC (2019)Washington Post (2019)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

When Angela Craig, a devoted mother of six and wife to Colorado dentist James Craig, began experiencing mysterious symptoms after drinking her morning protein shakes, no one suspected the true horror unfolding behind closed doors. In a matter of 10 days in March of 2023, Angela had been hospitalized three times with no one able to figure out the case of her mysterious symptoms, that is until lethal amounts of Cyanide, Arsenic, and Tetrahydrozoline (eye drops) were found in her system. Tragically, Angela passed away on March 18, 2023 and this is when James Craig's web of secrets came to light. SourcesCourtTV (2025) BBC (2025) CNN (2025)CNN (2025)CBS (2025)Colorado Public Radio (2025) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.

Yaser Abdel Said, who was born in Egypt, ruled his family with an iron fist due to his extreme religious and cultural beliefs. His family, who lived in Texas, consisted of his wife, Patricia Owens, 17-year-old daughter Sarah Said, 18-year-old daughter Amina Said, and 19-year-old son, Islam Said. One of Yaser's most strict rules consisted of his daughters not being allowed to date or even talk to boys. He was to pick their husbands from Egypt and they would go there to marry them, but the girls held secret relationships while in school. Yaser found out about Amina's secret relationship with her boyfriend, Joseph Moreno through methods of surveillance he had placed on his daughters and threatened to kill her. Sadly, he made good on his promise on January 1, 2008 when he took his daughters out in his taxi and fatally shot both of them, leaving their bodies in his taxi while he fled. Yaser evaded capture for 12 years before being arrested on August 26, 2020. He had been on the FBI's Most Wanted list for 6 years. SourcesAudio:Patricia Owens' Statement: Court TV (2023)- Victims' Mom: "You are the devil." | Texas Honor Killing Trial9-1-1 Call: Associated Press (2014)- Texas Teen 911 Call: 'I'm Dying.' NY Post (2022)Documentary: Devil in Suburbia- Under His Eye (2022)NBC News (2022)United States Attorney's Office Northern District of Texas (2020)Documentary: The Price of Honor (2014)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.