Day By Day: True Crime Stories

This episode explores the harrowing story of Michael Morton, who was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife, Christine, and spent nearly 25 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA evidence. The podcast delves into the details of the crime, the flawed investigation, the trial that led to his conviction, and the eventual breakthrough that cleared his name. It also highlights the legal reforms that followed his exoneration and the personal journey of Michael as he rebuilt his life after prison.#MichaelMorton #WrongfulConviction #DNAExoneration #InnocenceProject Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode explores the life and tragic end of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a French explorer whose ambition led him to chart new territories in North America. Despite his significant achievements, including claiming the Mississippi River for France, La Salle's journey ended in betrayal and murder at the hands of his own men. The podcast delves into the complexities of his character, the challenges he faced, and the legacy he left behind, serving as a cautionary tale about the dual nature of ambition.#LaSalle, #truecrime, #history, #Frenchempire, #onthisdayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Before it was a bestselling book or a horror movie, it was a crime scene.On November 13, 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found shot to death inside their Amityville, Long Island home. The killer? Their eldest son, Ronald DeFeo Jr.In this episode of Day by Day: True Crime Stories, we revisit the brutal murders, the eerie unanswered questions that followed, and the trial that led to six convictions. We also explore how a deeply tragic case became overshadowed by ghost stories, legal drama, and one of the most controversial paranormal narratives in pop culture history.Over fifty years later, what remains are two very different stories: the true crime—and the legend it left behind.#Amityville #TrueCrimePodcast #AmityvilleMurders #DeFeoFamilyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 12, 1976, 36‑year‑old Renée MacRae and her three‑year‑old son, Andrew, vanished after leaving Inverness, Scotland. That night, Renée’s BMW was found burned in a lay‑by off the A9 — but the mother and child were gone.Their disappearance sparked one of the most haunting and enduring mysteries in UK criminal history. Decades of searches, shifting alibis, new forensic breakthroughs, and persistent family hope ultimately led to a conviction in 2022 — though the bodies have never been found.In this episode, we explore the last known hours of Renée and Andrew’s lives, the investigation that uncovered a hidden relationship and a web of suspicious actions, and the cold‑case work that spanned nearly fifty years.The question that still lingers: Where are Renée and Andrew MacRae?#RenéeMacRae #ScottishCrime #ColdCase #TrueCrimePodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 11, 1969, 20-year-old Joyce Helen Malecki left her Baltimore home to go Christmas shopping at Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie, Maryland. She never came home.Two days later, her body was found on the grounds of Fort George G. Meade, a U.S. Army installation between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. An autopsy determined that she had been strangled.More than fifty years later, Joyce’s case remains unsolved. But in December 2023, the FBI exhumed her remains as part of a renewed effort to extract DNA evidence — a sign that investigators are still searching for answers after more than half a century.This episode traces Joyce’s final known movements, the jurisdictional handoff that shaped her investigation, and the modern forensic efforts that could finally unlock a breakthrough.#TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #JoyceMalecki #MarylandMystery Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 10, 2014, 47-year-old Las Vegas hiker and YouTuber Kenny Veach set out alone into Nevada’s Sheep Mountains — and never came back.Searchers would later find only one clue: his cell phone, discovered near the edge of a mine shaft in the high desert north of Las Vegas.In the years since, Kenny’s disappearance has become the subject of intense online speculation — tied to an “M-shaped” cave he once mentioned in a YouTube video. But behind the mystery is a human story: a man who loved solitude, pushed himself into extreme terrain, and vanished without a trace.#TrueCrimePodcast #MissingPerson #KennyVeach Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 9, 1971, Westfield, New Jersey accountant John Emil List methodically murdered his wife, mother, and three children inside their 18-room home, Breeze Knoll.He then turned off the heat, left the lights on, mailed letters explaining absences, and vanished.For nearly 18 years, the devout father and respected businessman lived under a new name — Robert P. Clark — hundreds of miles away.When a new TV show, America’s Most Wanted, aired an age-progressed bust of what he might look like, one phone call ended his double life.Convicted in 1990 and sentenced to five consecutive life terms, List would die in prison still describing his crimes as a “mercy” for his family — a justification that only deepened the horror of what he’d done.#TrueCrime #JohnList #ListfamilymurdersAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 8, 1983, Bloomington, Illinois police entered a quiet suburban home and uncovered a horrific scene.Inside were Susan Hendricks and her three young children — Rebekah, Grace, and Benjamin — brutally murdered in their beds.With no signs of forced entry and no clear motive, investigators turned their attention to the family’s patriarch, David Hendricks, a respected businessman who had been away on a work trip.What followed was one of Illinois’ most debated murder cases — a conviction built largely on circumstantial evidence, a controversial use of forensic science, and a courtroom narrative that blurred the line between proof and perception.Years later, after a higher court ruled that improper motive testimony had tainted the trial, Hendricks was retried and acquitted. The murders of his wife and children remain unsolved to this day.#TrueCrime #ColdCase #HendricksFamily #onthisdayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the night of November 7, 1994, 13-year-old Lindsay Jo Rimer left her home in the small town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, to buy a box of cornflakes. It was a short, familiar walk to the local SPAR shop — one she had made many times before.CCTV captured her at 10:22 p.m., paying for her purchase. Minutes later, she vanished.Five months later, canal workers found her body in the Rochdale Canal, a mile from where she was last seen. She had been strangled and weighed down with a stone.For more than three decades, Lindsay’s family and investigators have sought answers. In 2025, police made a new arrest in connection with her murder — proof that even after 31 years, her case remains active, and her memory has not been forgotten.#TrueCrime #ColdCase #LindsayJoRimer #UKCrimeAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In the days following the 1980 presidential election, 44-year-old political fundraiser Nancy Marleine Snow returned home to Maryland — and vanished.A multilingual world traveler and political professional, Nancy had spent the fall working on a Senate campaign in St. Louis. On November 4, she flew to Baltimore, attended an election party, and the next morning, was picked up by a man she trusted — her housesitter, Paul T. Collins III. That was the last confirmed time she was seen alive.Days later, Collins told police that Nancy had met a mysterious man called “Captain Jay,” who offered her a job crewing a yacht from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean. He claimed she left Annapolis with $1,000 in cash and would be home by Christmas.But investigators never found a “Captain Jay.” No boat, no records, no passport use — nothing to support the story.As weeks passed, Nancy’s daughters in California grew frantic. When her oldest daughter’s birthday came and went with no call, they knew something was wrong. They filed missing-person reports, searched Florida marinas, and pushed police in Maryland to investigate.Decades later, detectives would call Nancy’s disappearance what they believe it truly was — a homicide. The man who last saw her, Paul Collins, remains a person of interest.The supposed boat trip? Still unverified.Nancy’s remains? Still missing.Forty-four years later, her daughters continue to fight for answers.#TrueCrimePodcast #NancySnow #ColdCase #UnsolvedAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the night of November 5, 1975, 22-year-old logger Travis Walton vanished from a remote stretch of forest near Snowflake, Arizona, after he and his crew saw an unusual light in the trees.For five days, Walton was missing. When he reappeared, his story became one of the most famous — and most debated — accounts in modern American history.Was it a genuine unexplained encounter, a case of mistaken perception, or something else entirely?This episode examines what’s verifiably known about the Travis Walton disappearance, the multi-day search that followed, and the way a single night in the woods grew into a story that’s still argued about fifty years later.#UFO #TravisWalton #Paranormal #onthisdayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 4, 1979, student militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seizing dozens of American diplomats and staff. Their protest—sparked by the U.S. decision to admit the exiled Shah of Iran for medical treatment—quickly became a geopolitical standoff that lasted 444 days.In this episode, Kona Gallagher revisits the tense beginnings of the Iran Hostage Crisis, tracing how a small group of students reshaped world politics and upended American life.From President Carter’s economic sanctions and the failed Operation Eagle Claw rescue attempt to the hostages’ eventual release on January 20, 1981, this story reveals how one event transformed diplomacy, media, and public trust.The crisis outlasted one presidency, launched a nightly television ritual, and left emotional and political scars that endure to this day.#IranHostageCrisis #HistoryPodcast #JimmyCarter #OnThisDayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 3, 1979, a march against the Ku Klux Klan in Greensboro, North Carolina, turned into a deadly confrontation. Members of the Klan and the American Nazi Party opened fire on anti-Klan demonstrators from the Communist Workers Party, killing five people and wounding several others. The entire attack — just 88 seconds of gunfire — was captured on live news cameras.The massacre shocked the nation and ignited years of controversy, investigations, and trials. Despite televised footage and eyewitnesses, two separate criminal juries acquitted all of the shooters. Only a later civil trial would assign responsibility — not for murder, but for the city’s failure to protect its citizens.In this episode, host Kona Gallagher revisits how a city’s divisions, informants, and missed warnings led to tragedy — and how Greensboro spent decades confronting its own past.#greensboromassacre #onthisday #truecrimeAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 2, 2016, 34-year-old Sherri Papini vanished while out for a jog near her home in Redding, California. For three weeks, her disappearance gripped the nation — until she reappeared on Thanksgiving morning, claiming she’d been abducted by two women and held captive.Her story sparked sympathy, fundraising, and a multi-agency investigation. But years later, DNA evidence and digital records revealed the truth: Papini had staged her own disappearance and spent those missing weeks with an ex-boyfriend hundreds of miles away.In this episode, host Kona Gallagher revisits the twists, the investigation, and the aftermath of a hoax that deceived a community, wasted public resources, and left behind a lasting scar of mistrust.#sherripapini #hoax #truecrimeAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On November 1, 1955, United Air Lines Flight 629 exploded eleven minutes after taking off from Denver’s Stapleton Airport, killing all forty-four people on board. At first, investigators suspected a mechanical failure. But what they found among the scattered wreckage north of Denver would change aviation history — a pattern of destruction that could only mean one thing: sabotage.As agents followed the evidence, they uncovered a shocking truth. The bomb that destroyed Flight 629 wasn’t an act of terror or politics — it was planted by a son to kill his own mother for insurance money.In this episode, we revisit the night Colorado’s skies lit up over Longmont, tracing how patient forensic work, grid-by-grid reconstruction, and an ordinary piece of wire helped investigators expose one of the first airline bombings in U.S. history.#TrueCrime #AviationHistory #Flight629Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode explores the tragic case of Clifford Smith, who disappeared on Halloween night in 1982. After decades of uncertainty and a cold case, new investigative efforts led to the arrest of his brother-in-law, Ronald Jack Anderson, in 2023. The story highlights the long journey to justice and the impact of unresolved cases on families and communities.#TrueCrime #ColdCase #Halloween #clliffordsmithAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the night before Halloween in 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley spent “Mischief Night” with neighborhood friends in the quiet, gated community of Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut. By morning, she was dead—her body discovered beneath a tree in her own backyard, bludgeoned and stabbed with a broken golf club traced to a set at the house across the street.For decades, the murder of Martha Moxley haunted Greenwich and captivated the country. The investigation moved through false starts, media frenzies, and years of speculation surrounding the wealthy and well-connected Skakel family—relatives of the Kennedys.It would take 25 years before an arrest: Michael Skakel, Martha’s neighbor and a cousin of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was charged and convicted in 2002. But appeals, reversals, and legal battles continued for nearly two more decades, ultimately leaving the case without a standing conviction.In this episode, Kona Gallagher traces the tangled timeline of one of America’s most enduring true crime mysteries—from the night of the murder to the courtroom dramas that followed.#MarthaMoxley #TrueCrimePodcast #MichaelSkakelAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In the early hours of October 29, 1995, a series of frantic 911 calls shattered the quiet of Hartford, Connecticut. Witnesses reported something horrific: a woman being dragged by a moving car, heading south toward Wethersfield. Within minutes, police traced the trail to Jordan Lane, where they found 24-year-old Leah Ulbrich—beyond saving.Nearly three decades later, Leah’s murder remains unsolved. Investigators believe someone saw or heard something that could still make a difference.In this episode, we revisit the timeline of that predawn pursuit, the heartbreaking discovery, and the years of unanswered questions that followed. We’ll also hear how Leah’s case became a focus for Connecticut’s Cold Case Unit, which continues to ask for the public’s help today.#TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #LeahUlbrich #HartfordCT #UnsolvedMysteryAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On October 28, 1971, nineteen-year-old Gloria Ann Gonzales disappeared from her Houston neighborhood. Three weeks later, her skeletal remains were found near the Addicks Reservoir — the same remote area where another missing girl’s body had been discovered. Gloria’s death, ruled a homicide by blunt-force trauma, became one of the earliest cases in what would later be known as the Texas Killing Fields — a decades-long series of unsolved murders and disappearances of young women along the I-45 corridor between Houston and Galveston.In this episode, Kona Gallagher traces Gloria’s final hours, the discovery of her remains, and the long shadow her case cast over Texas law enforcement. #TrueCrimePodcast #TexasKillingFields #ColdCase #HoustonHistory #JusticeForGloriaAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On October 27, 2018, a quiet Shabbat morning in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood was shattered by gunfire. Inside the Tree of Life synagogue, where three congregations gathered for worship, a gunman opened fire, killing 11 worshippers and injuring several others, including police officers who ran toward danger.It remains the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.Host Kona Gallagher revisits the morning’s events, the people we lost, the investigation and trial that followed, and the resilience of a community that responded to hate with compassion, courage, and faith.#TrueCrime #Pittsburgh #TreeOfLife Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy