The FOX True Crime Podcast

Nearly four decades after a newborn baby was found dead in a Texas laundromat, genetic genealogy led investigators to his mother, Tammy Sue Kerns, who has now pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chanley Painter is back with former investigator and cult expert Mike King to discuss Samuel Bateman's psychological warfare. They dissect the stark difference between generational and convert cults, the strategic legal maneuvering behind Bateman’s federal plea deal, and reveal the tragic cycle of young victims who are groomed to become the next generation of predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been disciplined after allegedly trying to smuggle a package into prison and later being caught with unspecified drugs, just months after being sentenced to multiple life terms for killing eight women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Murdaugh’s murder retrial has been moved to Sumter County, South Carolina, after a judge ruled he could not receive a fair trial in the county where he was originally convicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does a self-proclaimed prophet convince families to hand over their young daughters? Chanley Painter is joined by former law enforcement officer and "Profiling Evil" creator Mike King to expose the dark reality of Samuel Bateman. Together, they unpack how Bateman exploited a power vacuum within the FLDS empire, coerced entire families into absolute obedience, and hid young victims until a dramatic 2022 traffic stop blew his secret worldwide open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez is calling for the death penalty after a Los Angeles judge ordered singer D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, to stand trial in her killing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17-year-old Michelle “Missy” Avila thought she was heading into the California mountains with friends. Instead, she was brutally murdered by the very people she trusted most. New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury joins the FOX True Crime Podcast to revisit the case she first covered as a young reporter, including her jailhouse interview with the killer and the chilling lack of remorse she witnessed firsthand. Kingsbury also shares how the case inspired her first book, Missy’s Murder, launching a writing career that would eventually take her from true crime to bestselling fiction and film Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mexican musician Jonathan Meléndez, the keyboardist for the indie rock band Camilo Séptimo, his pregnant wife, their three-year-old daughter and nanny were found murdered inside their Mexico City home, with two suspects arrested in connection with the killings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Florida woman dubbed the “Black Widow” by police is accused of targeting men she met on dating apps for money and allegedly drugging a 69-year-old man, who later told investigators he believes she may have tried to poison him on multiple occasions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial remains deadlocked after five days of deliberations, twice telling the judge they cannot reach a unanimous verdict. Now, after Judge William Sullivan delivered a formal instruction urging jurors to keep trying, could the next note from the jury bring the trial to an end? Veteran true-crime journalist Ted Rowlands joins Chanley to discuss how close the case may be to a hung jury, what happens if a mistrial is declared, and whether prosecutors could try Clancy again. Plus, they examine the growing tension outside the courthouse after a woman was accused of filming jurors, and whether outside influences could become an issue for the defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been convicted in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the rapper was killed in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does a prosecutor turn real-life courtroom tragedy into bestselling crime fiction?  Trey Gowdy, former federal prosecutor and host of The Trey Gowdy Podcast, joins Chanley to recount the investigation of Dana Satterfield, a South Carolina mother whose cold case was solved ten years later through a twist of fate and DNA evidence.  Plus, Trey opens up about the weight of seeking justice for victims and how his decades in the courtroom shaped his latest novel, The Sound of Regret. Get your copy of The Sound of Regret available now.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Authorities have identified the final unknown victim of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the Happy Face Killer, more than three decades after her body was found along a California highway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A former television news anchor has pleaded guilty to murdering her 80-year-old mother inside their Wichita, Kansas home on Halloween. Angeline Mock admitted to fatally stabbing Anita Avers after telling investigators she believed her mother was the devil and that she killed her to “save herself.” Mock now faces life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lindsay Clancy trial has put postpartum mental health at the center of a difficult legal question: What was happening in her mind when she killed her three children? As jurors weigh testimony about Clancy’s mental health, psychosis and the medications she was prescribed in the months before the killings, board-certified psychiatrist and a leading expert in psychiatric drug side effects and withdrawal Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring joins Chanley to examine what those treatments may have meant for her mental state.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thirty-four years after college student Tammy Zywicki was murdered, Illinois State Police are seeking information about a deceased hitchhiker who may have been with a key semi-truck driver near the crime scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 19 of the Lindsay Clancy trial is in the books, and Paul Mauro is joined by FOX News contributor and Courtroom Confidential podcast host Josh Ritter to discuss where this case actually stands. While the internet debates about postpartum psychosis and medication, Paul and Josh tackle the latest developments inside the Massachusetts courtroom. Plus, Josh steps into the shoes of both defense counsel and prosecution to deliver preview closing arguments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Massachusetts teenager is accused of killing his mother and younger brother after prosecutors say he used ChatGPT and the internet to create fictional scenarios detailing the murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erin Patterson is fighting her triple murder convictions over the deadly death cap mushroom meal as prosecutors appeal her 33-year minimum sentence and argue she should spend the rest of her life behind bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reporting from outside the courthouse, host Chanley Painter is joined by legal analyst Josh Ritter and host of Courtroom Confidential podcast to analyze what may be the most crucial day yet in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. On day 16 of the trial, they examine the pivotal testimony of defense expert Dr. Zeizel on postpartum mental health and criminal responsibility, evaluate key jury reactions, and discuss the prosecution cross-examination tactics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fourteen people, including current and former Penn State students, are facing charges in an alleged cocaine trafficking operation that authorities say used fraternity houses to package and distribute drugs to students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can postpartum psychosis compel a loving mother to commit the unthinkable? Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy stands accused of murdering her three young children, but her defense argues that severe mental illness and a complex regimen of psychiatric medications rendered her legally insane. Chanley sits down with forensic psychologist Dr. John DeLaTorre to break down the highly publicized trial. They discuss the critical distinctions between common postpartum depression and the sudden, dangerous onset of postpartum psychosis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Florida woman accused in the murder of a 43-year-old father found buried in a shallow grave beneath concrete has been captured after seven weeks on the run, as authorities say more arrests could follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Reiner has pleaded not guilty after a Los Angeles grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, director and actor Rob Reiner and Michele Singer-Reiner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chanley Painter speaks with author Christopher Morris about the controversial conviction of nurse Lucy Letby. As the public debate intensifies, Morris discusses his extensive research into the trial, pointing to what he describes as flawed medical evidence, misinterpreted statistics, and systemic failures at the Countess of Chester Hospital. From disputed insulin readings and air embolism theories, as well as the role of expert testimony and the ongoing review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Police are searching internationally for 27-year-old Matthew Flores, who is suspected in the deaths of his parents after their decomposing bodies were discovered buried in the backyard of their Litchfield Park, Arizona, home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Was Lucy Letby a calculating serial killer, or the scapegoat of a failing hospital system? The conviction of neonatal nurse Lucy Letby shocked the United Kingdom and dominated international headlines. Handed the stiffest sentence given to a woman in modern British legal history, Letby was condemned to die in prison with no possibility of parole. But years after the trial, the debate about her innocence continues. In Part One, Chanley Painter sits down with researcher and author Christopher Morris ‘Reasonable Doubt: Examining the Case of Lucy Letby’, to discuss Letby’s conviction.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge dismissed Alex Murdaugh’s $600,000 lawsuit against former court clerk Becky Hill, ruling he cannot recover legal fees tied to the murder trial that was overturned over Hill’s jury interference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Suffolk County prosecutors collected 23 voluntary DNA samples in Manhattan’s Chinatown as part of a new effort to identify “Asian Doe,” an unidentified murder victim whose remains were discovered near the Gilgo Beach killings in 2011 and whose death has not been charged to Rex Heuermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy continues, jurors are hearing emotional testimony and conflicting evidence about her mental state before the deaths of her three children. Chanley Painter is joined by legal analyst and host of "Lawyer Lee" on YouTube, Lee Wallace, to examine the latest testimony, the defense's postpartum psychosis argument, and the key questions jurors must answer before reaching a verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a deadly kidnapping and execution-style shooting rooted in an ongoing business dispute shocked Chino Hills, the sole surviving suspect faces capital murder charges under special circumstances that could carry the death penalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the emotional start of the Lindsay Clancy trial and Bryan Kohberger’s controversial post-conviction play to the precedent-setting 15-year sentence of a school shooter’s father, Chanley Painter and defense attorney Joshua Ritter tackle the biggest true crime cases in the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Decades after police initially ruled her death accidental, Oregon authorities have reclassified Astrid Bridges' 1993 death as a homicide, launching a new investigation into her 86-year-old husband, whose first wife's death was also previously re-examined and ruled a murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 27-year-old Long Island music teacher has pleaded not guilty to murder and rape charges after prosecutors allege he lured his sister-in-law to his home under the guise of moving a piano before sexually assaulting and strangling her while his wife was out of town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The murder of Elizabeth Short has remained one of America's most infamous cold cases for nearly 80 years.  Now, investigators Kimberly Lupini and Jeff Thomas say years of research, newly uncovered witnesses, and previously overlooked evidence have brought them closer than ever to identifying the person they believe was responsible. www.change.org/justiceforelizabeth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now representing himself while serving four life sentences, Bryan Kohberger has filed a petition to withdraw his guilty plea in the 2022 University of Idaho murders, claiming his defense team misled him and coerced a false confession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who was Elizabeth Short before she became known as the "Black Dahlia"? In Part One of this conversation, Chanley Painter is joined by the investigative team behind Deconstructing Dahlia, Jeff Thomas and Kimberly Lupini. They unpack the five-year journey that led them from a long-hidden police secret to a standing L.A. motel where forensic experts uncovered evidence of a major bloodshed event from 1947. TAKE ACTION: Help Bring Closure to Elizabeth Short’s Family: The team has identified key physical evidence and a primary suspect but needs the LAPD to release the long-withheld 1947 autopsy report to corroborate the murder motive.  www.change.org/justiceforelizabeth  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A major discrepancy comes to light in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. A newly revealed version of the ransom note includes a final warning omitted from earlier reporting: "Her life is in your hands." As local authorities and the FBI continue searching for answers, mystery surrounds the $4 million Bitcoin demand and the unauthenticated notes claiming Guthrie died shortly after her abduction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pamela Smart—convicted in 1990 for masterminding the murder of her husband with her 15-year-old student—is petitioning a New Hampshire judge for a new trial. Her legal team argues that media frenzy, faulty jury instructions, and transcript errors tainted the original verdict, while state prosecutors insist the issues were already settled decades ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listener Discretion Advised: This episode discusses severe postpartum mental illness, violence against children, and suicide. Jury selection is underway in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Prosecutors say Lindsay Clancy intentionally killed her three young children, while the defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and the effects of prescribed medications. Veteran trial attorney and Vinnie Politan Investigates host Vinnie Politan discusses the legal strategies, jury selection, and the key issues that could shape the outcome of this highly anticipated trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chanley Painter is back with former investigator and cult expert Mike King to dissect the chilling psychological warfare of Samuel Bateman. They discuss the stark difference between generational and convert cults, dissect the strategic legal maneuvering behind Bateman’s federal plea deal, and reveal the tragic cycle of young victims who are groomed to become the next generation's predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A timeline of dark secrets unfolds following the jailhouse suicide of a disgraced pastor who sent his teenage mistress to confront his wife before pushing her off a 1,200-foot cliff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After 16-year-old Gabbriana Boyster was fatally shot in her Missouri home, three of her friends allegedly fled the scene. They abandoned her body, leaving her mother to make the tragic discovery the following afternoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does a self-proclaimed prophet brainwash families into giving up their young daughters as wives? Chanley Painter is joined by former law enforcement officer and "Profiling Evil" creator Mike King to expose the dark reality of Samuel Bateman. Together, they unpack how Bateman exploited a power vacuum within the FLDS empire, coerced complete families into absolute obedience, and hid young victims until a dramatic 2022 traffic stop blew his secret worldwide open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FBI has joined Michigan State Police in investigating the death of a newborn baby found in a portable toilet at the Electric Forest Music Festival, offering a $15,000 reward after preliminary autopsy findings confirmed the infant was born alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The preliminary hearing may be over, but the Tyler Robinson case is only getting started. Prosecutors spent nearly a week laying out their case against the man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. From surveillance video and DNA evidence to multiple alleged confessions, prosecutors unveiled what they say is a mountain of evidence against the defendant. Former prosecutor Joshua Ritter, host of Courtroom Confidential and a weekly panelist on Fox Nation's The Weekly Wrap Sheet, joins to break down the most powerful testimony, the legal battles that dominated the courtroom, why this preliminary hearing looked more like a full-blown trial, and what comes next as the case moves toward a possible death penalty trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly four decades after 20-year-old Melissa Ellison was tragically murdered in her Jacksonville, FL home, a suspect was finally arrested after unexpectedly calling the sheriff's office to provide information on the cold case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weeks after 35-year-old psychotherapist and new mother Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed to death inside her home, authorities say her missing husband has retained an attorney and is communicating with investigators. Police have made no arrests as the homicide investigation continues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Months after the five friends disappeared, investigators made a haunting discovery: one man was found inside a remote Forest Service trailer stocked with food, fuel, warm clothing, and supplies that could have kept someone alive for months. So why wasn't it enough? Why was the heat never turned on? And what happened to the fifth man, whose body has never been found?Author and archival researcher Tony Wright returns to examine the evidence, overlooked investigative mistakes, and the theories that continue to fuel one of America's most shocking mysteries nearly 50 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forty-one years after a traveling salesman was murdered in an Ohio Holiday Inn, forensic evidence discarded behind a Georgia Cracker Barrel has finally led detectives to his alleged killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What drove five dependable friends into a freezing forest? In 1978, the "Yuba County Five" vanished after a basketball game, abandoning their working car 75 miles off course in the remote Sierra Nevada mountains. Nearly five decades later, it remains one of America’s most chilling unsolved mysteries. Archival expert and author of Things Aren't Right, Tony Wright investigates who these men were, the harsh conditions they faced, and why their final steps completely defied logic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DNA from a soda bottle has linked Diane Curry Peck to the 1985 murder of her newborn son, "Baby Boy Doe". The infant was found dead in the woods by hunters decades ago. Reopened in 2022 using genetic genealogy, the investigation led to Peck, who allegedly admitted to giving birth in a car. She has pleaded not guilty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A wellness check takes a deadly turn after a former college football player barricades himself inside a home. 41-year-old Sierra Campbell is facing murder and aggravated assault charges in Fulton County after a tense standoff. Relatives grew worried about a 71-year-old family member, leading police to the residence. Officials had previously responded to a mental health crisis at the home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Part Two, Dr. John D. Van Dyke joins Chanley Painter to examine how the Lindbergh kidnapping became one of America's first viral conspiracy theories. They discuss the decades of claims that sought to clear Bruno Richard Hauptmann, why some people believed Charles Lindbergh was somehow involved in his own son's death, and how public distrust, celebrity, and sensational storytelling fueled those theories.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh returned to court for a status hearing ahead of his tentative April 2027 murder retrial. Defense lawyers are already clashing with prosecutors over courtroom shackles and new DNA requests, following the state Supreme Court's decision to overturn Murdaugh's original 2023 conviction due to juror tampering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author Dr. John D. Van Dyke joins Chanley Painter to revisit the 1932 kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of America's most famous aviator.  From the homemade ladder and ransom notes to the massive investigation and the arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, they examine the evidence, the groundbreaking forensic techniques, and the trial that became known as the "Crime of the Century." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A former youth pastor accused of pushing his wife to her death at Zion National Park in 2006 has died by suicide in jail, just three days after a chilling tip regarding an underage affair led to his long-delayed murder charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than three years after a Pennsylvania couple was found murdered in their suburban Philadelphia home, investigators have charged their daughter, Michelle Zajko, with orchestrating the killings. Authorities say the case is connected to the so-called "Zizians," a cult-like group linked to multiple violent crimes across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1927, a disgruntled farmer detonated explosives beneath a Michigan elementary school, killing dozens in the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history. Nearly a century later, why has the Bath School disaster been forgotten? True crime historian and author of 'Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer,'  Harold Schechter joins to unpack this dark, overlooked chapter of American history and the birth of the modern mass killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An emotional plea from NBC Today Show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie comes amid new developments in her mother's abduction.  A newly revealed second ransom note claims that 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie died shortly after she was abducted, stating she was "buried with nature." A shift from the initial note demanding cryptocurrency for her safe return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Netflix's The Crash has reignited national obsession with the case of Mackenzie Shirilla, the Ohio teenager convicted of murder after intentionally driving into a brick wall at 100 mph, killing her boyfriend and friend. But beyond the shocking headlines, what does this tragedy reveal about the dark intersection of toxic teenage relationships, social media performance, and modern parenting? Licensed therapist Denise Brady joins Chanley Painter to examine the case through a clinical lens, breaking down the ignored warning signs, volatile family dynamics, and the critical psychological lessons that still spark intense debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just one day after signaling a mental health defense, Luigi Mangione's legal team abruptly pulled the filing as he continues to fight state and federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A judge delivered a blistering condemnation of Rex Heuermann before sentencing the admitted Gilgo Beach serial killer to multiple life terms, bringing a dramatic end to a case that remained unsolved for decades before DNA evidence led to his arrest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2021, Gabby Petito's disappearance during a cross-country road trip with fiancé Brian Laundrie captured the nation's attention. From viral body-camera footage to a nationwide search and the discovery of Gabby's remains, the case unfolded in real time before millions. Veteran journalist Ted Rowlands joins Chanley Painter to discuss the investigation, the key moments in the case, and how a missing person's case became a national obsession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Timothy Hudson, the teen accused of sexually assaulting and murdering his 18-year-old step-sister Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise, surrendered to U.S. Marshals after a judge moved to revoke his pretrial release, ruling he poses a danger to himself and others. Hudson has pleaded not guilty and faces a possible life sentence if convicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2019, two women were brutally murdered within hours of each other in Cape Coral, Florida. The man responsible, Wade Wilson, would later confess to the killings and ultimately be sentenced to death. But as the case gained national attention, Wilson became the subject of something few expected: a devoted online fanbase. Social media users dubbed him the "Deadpool Killer," creating fan pages, viral videos, and even sending love letters to a convicted murderer. Award-winning journalist Kaitlin Knapp joins Chanley to break down the murders, the warning signs that preceded them, and the disturbing online fascination that turned a killer into an internet celebrity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Hampshire's highest court overturned Adam Montgomery's murder conviction in the death of his five-year-old daughter Harmony, ruling he did not receive a fair trial, while leaving several related convictions intact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Minnesota deli owner accused of stealing more than $4.2 million from a federal child nutrition program has surrendered, becoming the first arrest tied to the FBI’s new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Part One, we examined the decades-long investigation into the murders of Eliza Thomas, Amy Ayers, and sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison. Today, Chanley sits down with renowned investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore, whose groundbreaking work helped solve the case more than 30 years later. Moore explains how forensic genetic genealogy identified a new suspect, brought answers to the victims' families, and helped clear four men who spent years under suspicion for a crime they say they did not commit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A South Carolina judge has been appointed to oversee the next phase of Alex Murdaugh’s murder case after the state Supreme Court overturned his convictions and ordered further proceedings in the high-profile double murder trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On December 6, 1991, the city of Austin, Texas, was changed forever. Four teenage girls, Eliza Thomas, Amy Ayers, and sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, were brutally murdered inside a yogurt shop, which was then set on fire. It became one of the most infamous, heartbreaking mysteries in American history. Decades of traditional police work led to dead ends, wrongful convictions, and overturned verdicts, leaving the families with zero answers. But 30 years later, everything changed. Defense Attorney and host of the Courtroom Confidential Podcast, Joshua Ritter, joins to discuss the revolutionary new DNA technology that is blowing this cold case wide open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Veteran actor James Handy, known for roles in Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick, has died after authorities say he was fatally stabbed outside a Los Angeles County home, with his girlfriend's son now under arrest in the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The murder case against former OnlyFans creator Courtney Clenney continues to move forward, with her defense team telling a Florida judge they have examined key evidence and are preparing for additional depositions as she maintains she acted in self-defense in the 2022 stabbing death of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a naked, dazed man was discovered behind a Georgia Burger King in 2004 with no memory of his past, the nation was captivated by the heartbreaking mystery of "Benjaman Kyle". He went on national television, gained public sympathy, and claimed a medical anomaly had erased his identity. But what happens when losing your memory is actually a carefully constructed lie to bury a dark history? Former FBI Special Agent Ken Maxwell joins to break down the alleged shocking charade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly a year after she vanished without a trace, the remains of Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Melissa Casias have been found in a remote New Mexico forest, adding to a growing list of scientists and researchers whose deaths or disappearances remain shrouded in mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2004, a man was found naked, beaten, and barely conscious behind a Georgia Burger King. He had no ID, no wallet, and absolutely no memory of who he was. For more than a decade, the man who came to be known as "Benjaman Kyle" lived as a living ghost...the only known amnesia case of its kind in the United States. Chanley Painter sits down with Shannon and Eric Evangelista, the investigative team and co-executive producers behind Hot Snakes Media. They dive into their groundbreaking new documentary, The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle, to explore the mind-bending twists of a decade-long search for identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A multi-agency manhunt through Hawaii’s Big Island has ended in the jungle capture of 36-year-old Jacob Baker. Authorities believe Baker is responsible for a terrifying two-day killing spree that left three elderly men dead across remote lava fields and tropical landscapes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Newly released texts and jail calls tied to convicted Ohio driver Mackenzie Shirilla are fueling renewed interest in the 2022 high-speed crash that killed her boyfriend Dominic Russo and friend Davion Flanagan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After nearly 30 years on death row and surviving nine execution dates, Richard Glossip is finally walking free. Glossip was originally arrested in 1997 for allegedly hiring Justin Sneed to murder their boss, Barry Van Treese. Despite Sneed confessing to the beating death, Glossip has maintained his innocence through decades of legal battles, destroyed evidence, and prosecutorial misconduct. Criminal defense attorney and host of the Crime and Justice podcast,  Donna Rotunno, joins the Fox True Crime Podcast to analyze the "win-at-all-costs" mentality of prosecutors and the rare move by the Oklahoma Attorney General to support Glossip’s release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The couple, who were reported missing by a maid at their safari camp, were found with multiple stab wounds and their hands bound behind their backs.  Their bodies were discovered by tourists in the crocodile-infested Limpopo River within Kruger National Park. Authorities believe the couple may have been targeted after accidentally interrupting a poaching operation in the "Valley of Elephants". A massive manhunt is currently underway as police search for the killers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the outside, the Shivers were the "perfect" Southern family: an Auburn football player, a pageant queen, and a multi-million dollar mansion. But behind closed doors, a contentious divorce and an international love triangle were simmering. Chanley Painter is joined by Vinnie Politan (host of Vinnie Politan Investigates) to examine the digital trail that changed everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 32-year-old Kentucky mystery reaches a turning point. Anthony Blaine Manning and his mother, Barbara Ann Manning, were arrested in connection with the 1992 disappearance and murder of Anna Lee Manning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Influencer Gabriela Gonzalez is accused of conspiring with her father and ex-boyfriend in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting singer Jack Avery. Prosecutors say a bitter custody battle over the couple’s daughter escalated into a shocking criminal case, with authorities alleging the trio attempted to hire a hitman through the dark web, only for the supposed assassin to actually be an undercover FBI agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A prominent law professor, a bitter custody battle, and a wealthy family who prosecutors say would stop at nothing to get what they wanted. In 2014, Florida State University criminal law professor Dan Markel was gunned down in his own garage. What followed was a decade-long investigation that peeled back the layers of a calculated murder-for-hire plot involving South Florida’s prominent Adelson family. Today, legal analyst Lee Wallace joins us to break down how prosecutors secured a life sentence for the family matriarch, Donna Adelson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A judge ruled that some items police seized from Luigi Mangione’s backpack after his arrest — including his cellphone, passport, and wallet — cannot be used in his upcoming state murder trial. However, prosecutors will still be allowed to introduce the alleged murder weapon and a notebook tied to the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a freezing night in Vermont, Gregory Davis was kidnapped from his home by a man posing as a U.S. Marshal. Twenty-four hours later, his body was found in a snowbank. What seemed like a random kidnapping was actually a meticulously planned execution ordered from across the country. Joining the podcast today is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul J. Van de Graaff, the man who spent years working on this case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For three decades, he was a "ghost" who evaded authorities under multiple aliases after the 1993 murder of Cold As Life punk rock vocalist Rodney Barger. Now, after 33 years on the run, Richard Werstine is finally behind bars after U.S. Marshals tracked him down at a dog park in Panama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction, ordering a brand-new trial. Criminal defense attorney and host of the Courtroom Confidential podcast, Joshua Ritter, depicts the groundbreaking allegations of jury tampering involving former court clerk Rebecca Hill. He explains whether a fair trial is even possible in a community captivated by the Murdaugh legacy and discusses whether the defense can successfully argue for a change of venue.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What happens when a veteran law enforcement leader becomes the mastermind of a cold-blooded assassination? In 2022, Michael Harding was lured to a Kentucky home under the guise of an emergency HVAC repair call. Waiting for him was not a customer, but an alleged hitman. Prosecutors reveal the plot was orchestrated by Michael’s estranged wife, a California Highway Patrol Captain with 22 years on the force, following a dispute over money and property. Veteran true-crime journalist Ted Rowlands joins Chanley Painter to deconstruct the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Authorities in Phoenix arrested Christopher Michael Ebanks after investigators responding to a possible homicide call allegedly found a dismembered body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Houston cardiologist and a high-profile veterinarian seemed to have it all...until a web of bitter breakups led them to a deadly decision.  Emily Compagno is joined by Rania Mankarious, CEO of Houston Crime Stoppers, to deconstruct the murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by Leon Jacob and Valerie McDaniel. From secret meetings at a local Olive Garden to the elaborate police sting involving fake "death photos," discover how law enforcement outsmarted two professionals who thought they were above the law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeffrey Clark spent 22 years in prison for a 1992 murder he didn’t commit. After DNA evidence cleared his name, a jury awarded him $24 million for investigative misconduct. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Texas jury sentenced Tanner Horner to death for the 2022 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand after jurors heard disturbing audio and watched video evidence detailing the child’s final moments following her abduction by the FedEx driver delivering a package to her home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In July 2023, Miami mother Jasmine Paez logged onto rentahitman.com to solicit the murder of her three-year-old son. After providing photos and specific deadlines, she believed she was hiring a professional killer, but the site was actually a parody. Seasoned criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Amelia Ravelo joins to explain how, despite having an airtight case for solicitation of murder, Paez avoided jail time.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Texas man accused of killing his pregnant wife is now in custody in Italy after authorities say he cut off his ankle monitor, fled through Canada, and sought asylum overseas while claiming he was being wrongfully prosecuted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2005, Bob Innes bought a domain as an IT joke; now, it’s an FBI tool. Today, RentAHitman.com has become an accidental "early warning system" that has saved dozens of lives and led to numerous arrests. Bob shares the most chilling requests he’s received and how he coordinates with law enforcement to stop real-world tragedies before the trigger is pulled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 24-year-old cold case out of Plano, Texas is back in the spotlight after investigators arrested the victim’s wife, Lisa Honrud, saying new witness information and advances in technology helped unravel the 2002 shooting and alleged dumping of Frank Weiss’s body near Lake Lewisville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A decades-old Houston cold case takes a sudden turn after the suspect identified through DNA evidence dies by apparent suicide in custody, as investigators now weigh new allegations and possible links to other unsolved crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Six months of lies ended in a shallow grave. Why did Skylar Neese’s best friends lure her into the woods to kill her? When Skylar Neese snuck out of her bedroom window, she thought she was meeting her two best friends for a night of fun. She never returned. For half a year, her killers played the role of grieving friends, leading search parties and comforting her parents while hiding a cold-blooded secret. Director Claire Titley discusses her new docu-series, Friends Like These. She reveals how thousands of social media records and never-before-seen footage finally unmasked the ultimate betrayal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices