Episode 101: The BTK Killer Part 1
A mother, father and their two children are found murdered in their Wichita, Kansas home. When a group of men falsely confess to the crimes, the real killer directs the police to a letter. He writes a...
15 Jul 20201h 9min
Episode 100: John Getreu
Two young women, their bodies beaten and strangled and found less than a mile from each other in the hills near Stanford University. For 40 years their killer went undetected. Then, during the hunt fo...
8 Jul 20201h 14min
Episode 99: Margaret Williams
A teenager is getting ready for a school dance. She’s quiet and shy but tonight, her friends are making her look and feel like a million bucks. It’s the summer of 1963, and they will all be dancing to...
1 Jul 202057min
Episode 98: The Short Family
You drive past a lakefront mansion, see kids playing in the yard under the watchful eye of a smiling couple and you wish you could be that happy. They have it all. But what if there was something lurk...
24 Jun 20201h 8min
Episode 97: Jayme Closs
In the middle of the night, a man bangs on the door of a suburban house. A mother and daughter huddle in the bathroom. A father goes to the front door to investigate. Within minutes, both the mother a...
17 Jun 20201h 23min
Episode 96: NXIVM
The story of how Keith Raniere became an international self-help guru — and, later, a convicted sex-cult leader — is one of those cautionary tales that’s not unfamiliar. A man who is a master of manip...
10 Jun 20201h 6min
Episode 95: Listen
This week, we are handing our mic over to our Black listeners to share their experiences of living in this country as a Black American. To everyone who sent their stories in, thank you. We appreciate ...
5 Jun 20201h 18min
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