Inside Edition for Friday, April 25, 2025

It's a miracle she's alive. She fell asleep at the wheel and ended up in a ditch...where she stayed trapped in her car for six long days and nights. Now she's talking about her incredible story revealing that she was able to sip water from a creek to survive. Ann Mercogliano has our exclusive interview right from her hospital bed. And they were the biggest R&B girl group of the 90s – En Vogue nominated for seven grammy awards. Now one of the members of the group is coming forward to say despite her string of hits, she’s now living in her car. Plus, he’s the three-year-old being hailed a hero because he saved his great grandmother during a medical emergency. And as Steven Fabian reports, he knew what to do from watching his favorite TV show. And it's now been exactly one week since a University of Pittsburgh student went missing on Spring break in the Dominican Republic. As authorities give an update on the investigation, the spotlight is now on the resort where the 20-year-old was staying...and it's clearly party central for spring breakers.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Mar 202520min

They've been arch enemies for years and clearly still are. Former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell just moved to Ireland, she says, because she's unhappy President Trump is back in the Oval Office. As for Trump, he's not mincing words himself, telling Rosie - good riddance.  And we're right in the middle of the busy spring break travel period with one in three Americans going on vacation. Now comes a serious warning...if you're stuck on a long flight and don't get up, you could end up with blood clots. It happened to a passenger who almost lost her life midair. Plus, speaking of spring break, it's been nearly a week since a college student went missing in the Dominican Republic. The story of a student vanishing in the Caribbean is reminding many of Natalee Holloway - the teen who disappeared on a beach in Aruba twenty years ago. Her body was never found. And he's a real-life ghost buster who hosts one of the most popular paranormal shows on TV, but there's nothing supernatural about what's happening offscreen. His wife is accused of trying to hire a hitman to have him killed. She says she’s innocent. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Mar 202522min

Former talk show host Wendy Williams is speaking out after she was escorted from her assisted living facility to an ambulance. On Monday, Williams and a health aide called 911 to do a wellness check and that led to a hospital visit where Williams was given a cognitive test. Wendy claims she passed the test answering all 10 questions correctly. And the mystery continues over the University of Pittsburgh student who vanished while on spring break in the Dominican Republic. New video shows her and her friends walking to a beach near their hotel, but she never returned. Plus, it's been a mystery since President Trump's first address to Congress...who was the blonde smiling at Elon Musk? She's now breaking her silence saying she was not flirting. And now the attorney who says she was fired by the Department of Justice after opposing actor Mel Gibson getting his gun back. The actor lost that privilege 14 years ago after being convicted of domestic violence. In recent years, Gibson says he has repeatedly tried to buy a gun but was denied.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Mar 202522min

Spring break is just getting started for most students and already there's a tragedy, a University of Pittsburgh student has vanished. She was on holiday in the Dominican Republic, and while officials there suspect she may have drowned, her family fears she met with foul play.  And we've told you about all the drama involving TV personality Wendy Williams who says she's being held against her will in an assisted living facility. Now she has dropped a handwritten note from her fifth-floor window begging for help, before being escorted by police to a waiting ambulance. Plus, Saturday Night Live was back with its predictable lampooning of the Trump administration and just as predictably, one of President Trump's top advisors has pronounced the show ... 'Not funny.'  And maybe it would have played on this side of the Atlantic - but when pop star Sabrina Carpenter and her backup dancers did an opening number for the British version of the Grammy Awards- decked out in lingerie- there was a flood of complaints that it was too racy for TV.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Mar 202522min

For the second consecutive time, a Space X rocket has exploded shortly after take-off and once again the debris caused dramatic light shows in the sky. This is not good news for Elon Musk - since the failed launch comes just a couple weeks before one of his space crafts is scheduled to bring the astronauts stranded on the space station back to Earth. And now one of the wildest road rage incidents. A woman jumps on the hood of a car, rips off the windshield wipers, all while threatening the life of the other driver. Plus, the woman on trial accused of driving drunk and crashing into a birthday party killing two children has just been found guilty, and a video shown to jurors is said to have sealed her fate. It shows her just minutes before the crash wandering around her home drinking wine. And she gave birth to the world’s first surviving octuplets, then became known as Octomom. Now she's back with a new movie and docuseries about her life and many are wondering if she will finally reveal the name of the biological father of the octuplets.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Mar 202522min

Imagine arriving at your home and seeing hundreds of teenagers running out the door. It happened at a newly built home that was taken over by high schoolers for a party. The owner got a call from a neighbor and raced to the scene telling the teens to get out. And you may want to hold on to something because strong winds are sending outdoor furniture flying. A video from a country club in North Carolina is proof. It's just one incident from around the country showing Mother Nature's wrath. Plus, the case of a woman accused of murdering her police officer boyfriend by backing up her Lexus SUV into him in a rage, ended in a mistrial, with everyone wondering what was going on inside the jury room. Now one of the jurors is coming forward revealing their secrets. She’s pleaded not guilty. And three ladies are on a mission, more than 55 years ago a girl who went to their high school was brutally murdered. The case has been cold for decades…now these women are putting on their detective hats to solve a case that has been considered unsolvable.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Mar 202518min

At 99 Minutes, President Trump's address to Congress was the longest in history. He declared - America is back -while boasting about his avalanche of executive orders. But not everyone in the crowd was on team trump. A number of Democrats interrupted the president throughout his speech including one congressman who was so boisterous, he was escorted out! And imagine being home when a swat team knocks on the door and enters with guns drawn. It happened to a family including two terrified grandchildren who held on to each other for support.   Plus, mystery continues over the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife. As we've reported, one of the couples beloved dogs was also found dead. Now an animal chiropractor who treated Hackman's dogs for almost two decades is saying the facts of the case just don't add up. And she's been called the “doomsday mom”...Lori Vallow is serving life in prison for the murder of two of her children. Speaking out in her first prison interview, Vallow sounds delusional - saying in the future she will be exonerated and out of prison. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Mar 202522min

It's supposed to be a fun filled cruise celebrating the 1980's, with passengers watching their favorite movies from the decade as well as going to concerts by bands from the era of Day-Glo and big hair. However, there's now a cloud over the festivities after the fiancée of one of the 80's musicians jumped or fell overboard. Steven Fabian has the latest. And it was the Oscar moment that had lots of viewers going “eww,” when Best Actor winner Adrien Brody took his gum out of his mouth and tossed it to his girlfriend. Now the actor is getting some backlash, not only for “gum gate” - but also for delivering the longest speech in Oscar history. Plus, it was horror at a kids birthday party after an alleged drunk driver plowed into the restaurant killing two of the children. Now as her trial gets underway, we're hearing emotional testimony including from a witness who confronted the driver right after the crash. The driver’s lawyer claims she had medical conditions including seizures that lead to the crash. And they had one of the longest marriages in show business, now Dolly Parton’s husband has died.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Mar 202523min