Criminal

Christopher Goffard, the Los Angeles Times writer, to the show to discuss his new hit podcast Dirty John. This episode covers the first three episodes of the program which is a six part podcast. Debra Newell and her on line love John Meehan are introduced. John was the beau who was too good to be true and it turns out he wasn't.

In June 2011, UK author Helen Bailey began writing a blog after the death of her husband as a way to deal with her grief and to provide comfort and a voice to the bereaved.She openly chronicled her journey following her loss - the ins and outs, the highs and lows, and eventually revealed that things were, indeed, getting better for her - she’d met someone: a man she called “The Gorgeous Grey-Haired Widower.”

There are high profile cases you think you know, but the truth is far more nuance, complicated and terrible than anything the media could ever cover during a headline making trial. On the evening of June 20th 1989, Lyle Menendez (21) and his brother Erik Menendez (18) shot their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez to death in their Beverly Hills home. Of that there is no dispute. In 1996, the brothers were each finally convicted (after a first trial ended in deadlock) of two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

From the very start of her life, Natalia Grace has been passed around like a human football and exploited. From the moment of her birth in Ukraine when doctors encouraged her mother Anna Volodymyrivna Gava to give her baby up due to her diagnosis of dwarfism, Natalia has been denied a stable, loving home and instead been placed with people who had no business caring for her and had no capacity for loving her. Today we examine Natalia’s complex and convoluted case, made only more confusing by the docu-series “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace”.

Jo Rogers and her two daughters disappeared after taking their first vacation together.. Tragically it would be their last. Their bodies were later discovered floating in Tampa Bay with all signs horrifically pointing to the probability they’d been thrown overboard alive - bound and weighed down with cinder blocks.It would be a crime that would go unsolved for three years. That's until a group of determined cold case investigators decided to take another look at the case - a case that would make it to the famous TV show "Unsolved Mysteries", and onto billboards, all in a desperate attempt to track down a man they suspected was a serial killer.

First and foremost, we extend our deepest sympathy and sorrow for the 21 victims who lost their lives on May 24th, 2022 at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. We are holding their families and community in our hearts along with the other victims who were injured and survived.

We continue our analysis of Anthony Templet, the 17 year old boy who shot and killed his father, Burt - some would say in cold blood, others would argue it was manslaughter. Turning to focus on Theresa, his mother, whom Anthony was stolen from when he was five years old, Laura and Jim discuss the massive problems in the family court system. Lisa asks about law enforcment's deliberations between self defense and second degree murder charge in this case.

We conclude their breakdown of the body cam footage in the Sonya Massey case

Andrew Tate, a former kickboxer and failed reality tv contestant, is someone who has tried to ingratiated himself with, indoctrinate and monetize impressionable young men and boys by proselytizing his own brand of misogyny and toxic masculinity — is now sitting unhappily in a Romanian prison under suspicion of rape, sex trafficking and organized crime.

“Who are you and what have you done with my wife?” It's the kind of rhetorical question asked in jest, expressing pleasant surprise when someone has a change in behavior or attitude.But what if this wasn’t a rhetorical question? What if someone believed their spouse had actually been replaced by someone else? An imposter.

this part 2 for analysis of the FACTS that led to the Homicide of Sonya Massey. Some of what they discovered will shock you…

In the early morning hours of June 23rd, 2016, special agents followed a set of tire tracks in a rural field in Bigfork, Minnesota. In the distance, a camper squatted ominously against the treeline. The agents had no idea what they would find inside the camper; they hoped for the best, but were prepared for the worst…

Jim and Kathy do a deep analysis of the FACTS that led to the Homicide of Sonya Massey. Some of what they discovered will shock you…

In the early morning hours of May 7th, 2017, in the small town of Carlisle, Ohio, a high school cheerleader quietly gave birth to a full-term infant while the rest of her family lay fast asleep.Little did she realize all her fears of becoming a teenage mom would soon be overshadowed by the consequences of her choices in the hours that followed the birth of her child.

Jim describes why, despite the horrible crimes Sandusky committed, he should not be considered a "Predator" but rather a "Nice Guy Acquaintance Offender."Sorry about some of the sound issues as there was problems with the VOIP during recording".

We are illuminating discussion with retired FBI profiler and forensic linguist James "Fitz" Fitzgerald who worked on the original case when he was in the FBI. More profiling, detailed analysis and insight about he bank heist, the 9 page letter and the murder of Brian Wells.

In 2006, an unlikely couple living two worlds apart found love over the internet and ventured into a marriage together that would later be mired in suspicion and deceit, ending with a woman missing and police conducting an experiment using two pig carcasses to determine what might have happened to her.

Early in the morning hours of Sunday November 13th, Ethan Chapin, 20; and roommates Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21 were brutally murdered in the Moscow Idaho home shared by the young women. Since that day, this case has been in the news nonstop as the speculations about the murderer, the why’s and how’s of the crime captured our national attention.

In fact, he told his original group of students to be “prepared” to fail because top law enforcement officials had “worked on this for years and they haven’t gotten anywhere,” Campbell told The Post Wednesday. Jim and High School teacher, Alex Campbell, conclude their discussion on how his class identified a Serial Killer no one knew existed.

We continue our conversation with Kathryn Miles about her book “Trailed: One woman’s quest to solve the Shenandoah murders” about the murders of Lollie Winans and Julie Williams in Shenandoah National Park in May of 1996. We start by talking about the FBI’s response to the case and how they profiled the possible murderer.