At first, Jessyca Mullenberg’s father wasn’t concerned when she was late arriving home. She was with someone he’d known for years who was also a teacher’s aide at his daughter’s school. But her mother – who was divorced from Jessyca’s dad – was frantic. Why?? Because the teacher’s aide had been stalking her daughter for years.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
A night out with playing pool with friends led to the worst night of Jessica Cox's life. After her friends left the bar, she got a ride home from a guy she'd seen around the bars she and her friends frequented. But she wasn't aware of his extensive RAP sheet, nor did she know what he had planned.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It began on a scenic overlook in Scotland. Multiple parcels were seen trapped in the water under tree branches and dotting the landscape. And it ended with a newspaper headline that left its readers gobsmacked. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
After the deaths of their parents, seven siblings – ranging in age from their mid-teens to mid-20s – suddenly found themselves accountable to no one. The younger ones had free rein, choosing to crash on couches at either a family member’s house or with a friend. And then one went missing… without a trace.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It was the end of an era when society matron Bernice Novack, the former wife of Fontainebleau Hotel owner Ben Novack, passed away at the age of 86. Shockingly, her only child Ben Jr. – once known as the Prince of the Fontainebleau – was gone just three months later. Coincidence? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Every child should feel safe in their hometown, and 11-year-old Michelle Steele certainly did. She even walked two miles each way to her orthodontist appointments. But one day, she never made it home.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
A young woman had a bright future ahead of her… until her body was found on the side of the road. In a small city where everyone knows everyone and gossip spreads at the speed of light, how do you get justice when the people involved don’t remember anything that happened on that fateful night?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
A 911 call came in early on a Sunday morning to the Strongsville, OH Police Department reporting a horrific traffic accident. The investigation brought up some troubling questions… and detectives had to determine if it was really an accident, or something much more nefarious.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Just last month, quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the slaughter of the four Univ. of Idaho students in November 2022. Once he was sentenced to four terms of LWOP, the judge lifted the gag order, and this is an update on the new information revealed in police and court documents.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
A young woman called her sister with a cryptic story about being held captive in a dungeon of horror. When police freed her and searched the area where she was held captive... they realized she was not the only victim.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 1986, the town of Birkenhead, England was rocked by the gruesome murder of 23 yo Diane Sindall. after she disappeared one night on the way home after running out of gas. A suspect was quickly located and within a year he was convicted and sentenced to prison. He never stopped protesting his innocence… and in 2025 DNA testing revealed the answer. Was he guilty or was he the victim of one of the longest miscarriages of justice in British history?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2008, after not hearing from her parents for almost a week, one of Ernest & Charlene Scherer’s children requested a welfare check. Tragically, what they found was a gruesome crime scene.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Bethany Deaton grew up in Texas as one of five kids and was close with her family. At college, she found a group of friends who shared her Christian faith and dedication to helping others. And this included her boyfriend, Tyler, whose charisma and kindness made him someone the whole group admired and looked up to. Tyler and Bethany were married the same month she received her Nursing degree, but inexplicably, just three months later her lifeless body was found near Longview Lake. No one could believe what they were told really happened.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2017, a mom calls 911 to report that her eldest daughter - 15 yo Ellie - and her ex-husband, Aaron are missing. A welfare check at the house reveals a gruesome crime scene... but no victims. Detectives have to work quickly find the person or persons responsible if there is any chance of saving a life.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Frances Choy was just weeks away from graduating from high school when her whole world came crashing to the ground. In a matter of minutes, her parents perished in a house fire and she and her nephew barely escaped with their lives. And if that wasn't enough of a shock... within a matter of hours Frances was arrested for murder.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2010, family man Rusty Sneiderman had just dropped his young son off at pre-school when a stranger walked up to him and shot him at point-blank range. Eyewitness reports enabled detectives to get the make and model of the car the perpetrator used, which led them to a very unlikely suspect. Just one lingering question remained… did he act alone?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2018, the Farris family was well-known in Alpharetta, GA, sometimes more for the internal family strife that earned them the nickname “The Farris Wheel.” But when family patriarch Gary’s remains were found in a burn pit, investigators knew the perpetrator might be someone close to him.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2009, a graduate student at Yale University was reported as missing. Her roommates alerted police – and her fiancé, who was living in New York – within hours of not hearing from her. But despite a building covered by more than 75 cameras, and key card entry required into most of the rooms, 24-year-old Annie Le seemed to just vanish into thin air. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2009, for a new generation of tweens, teens and young adults, the boogeyman was given a face… sort of… and a name… Slenderman. By 2014, it was part of the public lexicon, but tragically, although it had been debunked, two young girls in Wisconsin believed this fictional horror story to be true. And the outcome was devastating for everyone involved. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This is Part 2 of our three-part series that delves into the challenges and risks facing females in the foster care system. We continue to speak with Monique, who is the founder of Arise for Girls, a non-profit that was established to provide girls in foster care with the skills and resources needed to become successful and productive adults. We also continue speaking with Marina, who was a teenager in foster care and became a victim of the trafficking that is so prevalent among these girls. In this episode, she’ll finish her story.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jenny Holcombe
I'm so glad you left on all the conversation at the end of the episode!