Case 53: The East Area Rapist 1976 (Part 1/6)

*** Content warnings: Sexual abuse ***In the late 1970s, Wichita secretary Ruth Finley began to receive cryptic letters and chilling threats from a mysterious figure known only as ‘The Poet.’ For year...

1 Mar 20251h 28min

[Part 2 of 2]*** Content Warning: Sexual assault, gun violence, child victims ***By mid-1963, The Night Caller’s reign of terror had altered Perth forever, and he still remained at large and unidentif...

22 Feb 20251h 33min

[Part 1 of 2]*** Content Warning: Sexual assault, gun violence, child victims ***The city of Perth in Western Australia is sometimes described as the most isolated city in the world. During the late 1...

15 Feb 20251h 21min

In 1999, Ina and David Steiner founded an online newsletter called eCommerceBytes. The couple worked hard to establish themselves as knowledgeable, trustworthy and unbiased reporters in the e-commerce...

30 Nov 202453min

*** Content warnings: Extreme sexual violence, torture, captivity, racism, domestic violence ***When 25-year-old Josefina Rivera accepted a ride with North Philadelphia local Gary Heidnik on the night...

23 Nov 20242h 11min

*** Content warnings: Self-harm ***When 60-year-old Mark Staudte of Springfield, Missouri, fell ill in early April of 2012, he suspected he just had a bad case of the flu. But the situation quickly tu...

16 Nov 20241h 5min

When 23-year-old Canadian ice hockey player Duncan MacPherson accepted a coaching job in Scotland, he was ready for his next adventure. But when Duncan failed to show up for the first day of his new j...

9 Nov 20241h 16min

*** Content warnings: Child victims ***Wayne and Jennifer De Gruchy lived a comfortable life in the New South Wales suburb of Albion Park Rail with their three teenage children, Matthew, Adrian and Sa...

2 Nov 202445min