By July 31, 2015, Richard Smith's co-workers at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida were getting concerned. They hadn't seen Richard since he left work days earlier. Police arrived at his family home to find a horrifying sight: Richard,

B is for Brown's Chicken Massacre

Mar 29th, 2021 31m 7s

On January 8, 1993, in Palatine, Illinois, officers would arrive at Brown's Chicken and Pasta to find a grisly scene: 7 employees, including the two owners, were found dead in the restaurant's coolers. After investigating a series of leads over

D is for Laurie Dann

Mar 13th, 2021 37m 25s

On May 20, 1988, a madwoman would wreck havoc on the North Shore of Chicago, Illinois. Join Caroline and her brother, Charlie Hale, as they uncover Laurie Dann's beyond peculiar descent into madness that would rock the quiet, affluent suburbs f

H is for The Hamiltons

Feb 21st, 2021 25m 22s

John and Susan Hamilton were happily living out their empty-nesting life in Quail Creek, Oklahoma. The prominent OBGYN and his wife of 15 years were no stranger to the finer things in life: lavish dinner parties, high-society dinners and over-t

W is for the Whitehead Twins

Jan 23rd, 2021 25m 35s

Twins share lots of things: birthdays, parents, and DNA. But twin sisters Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead also shared a deep dark secret: on January 13, 2010, they murdered their mother in cold blood. Caroline is joined by her own twin sister,

H is for The Highway Killer

Jan 8th, 2021 31m 52s

In the 1980s, Larry Eyler murdered 21 teenage boys and young men in Illinois and Indiana. Eyler is also known as the Highway Killer, because his victims were found close to or accessible via the Interstate highway system. And one of these bodie

C is for the Christmas Killings

Dec 25th, 2020 29m 3s

In 1992 in Dayton, Ohio, four young people - the self-proclaimed Downtown Posse - embarked on a shooting rampage that left 6 people dead. What began as petty robberies soon turned sinister… with no clear motive in sight. And it all happened 28

S is for the Sunset Limited

Dec 11th, 2020 23m 45s

On Wednesday, September 22, 1993, at 2:53am, the Amtrak's coast-to-coast superliner, the Sunset Limited, derailed and plunged into the Big Bayou Canot of Mobile, Alabama - becoming the deadliest accident in Amtrak history. But who's to blame? T

B is for Brendt Christensen

Nov 26th, 2020 30m 30s

In June 2017, 26-year-old University of Illinois student Yingying Zhang was brutally murdered by TA turned madman, Brendt Christensen. Caroline is joined by James Rozsypal, a former student of the convicted killer, as they recount the details o

L&L is for Leopold and Loeb

Nov 13th, 2020 25m 26s

In the 1920s, Chicago was awash with flappers, gangsters, and bootleg gin. It was also home to one of the most notorious murder cases of all time. Enter Nathan Leopald and Richard Loeb; two affluent, whip-smart teens with a secret love for viol

F is for Fun-Sized Spooks

Oct 30th, 2020 23m 44s

Cotton, pumpkin tents, banana costumes, colored contacts, haunted trails, and spiders, oh my! Halloweekend is upon us, and what a better way to kick off the spooks by diving into some Halloween-related litigations. Caroline is joined by her sis

L is for Lyda Southard

Oct 15th, 2020 24m 50s

100 years ago, Lyda Southard's husbands began "dropping like flies". Did typhoid and the 1918 pandemic help Idaho's first female serial killer get away with it? Six times to be exact. This week, Caroline is joined by Katie Reid-Anderson as the

A is for Adolf Coors

Oct 2nd, 2020 29m 49s

In 1961, Adolf Coors III, the heir to the Coors Brewing Company, was kidnapped and murdered. The killer would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling FBI forensic scientists! Caroline is joined by Bobby Dennis as they tell

M is for Marion Lampert

Sep 17th, 2020 25m 13s

Our second episode is about the 1916 death of Marion Lampert in Lake Forest, IL. Caroline is joined by Coni Carfagno as they dive deep into the fascinating mystery that rocked the small suburban town, and the nation at large. Who was William Or

E is for Excedrin Murders

Sep 2nd, 2020 28m 27s

Our first episode is about the Tylenol Murders and Excedrin Murders that ravaged Chicago and Washington in the 1980s. Caroline is joined by Scot Gladstone as they delve into a story of painkillers, cyanide, mystery, and revenge. Special thanks

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