The Shannon Matthews Hoax: Britain’s Missing Child Scam
In 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews vanished on her way home from school, sparking one of Britain’s largest ever missing child hunts. For 24 days the nation searched, prayed, and donated. But when...
14 Sep 202528min
The Brown’s Chicken Massacre: Seven Murdered in a Suburban Restaurant
On a cold night in January 1993, seven people were brutally murdered inside a Brown’s Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, Illinois. Their bodies were discovered locked in the restaurant’s freezer and cooler,...
10 Sep 202527min
Amanda Lindhout: 460 Days in Captivity, Kidnapped in Somalia
In 2008, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout travelled to Somalia in search of untold stories. Just days after arriving, she was kidnapped on a dusty road outside Mogadishu and held hostage for 460 ha...
7 Sep 202530min
Gypsy Rose & Dee Dee Blanchard: Munchausen by Proxy, Murder, and Escape
For years, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard convinced doctors, charities, and neighbours that her daughter Gypsy Rose was gravely ill. Wheelchair-bound, tube-fed, and said to have cancer and muscular dys...
3 Sep 202524min
The Wrongful Conviction of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter: A Boxer’s 20-Year Fight for Freedom
In 1966, middleweight boxing contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was arrested for a triple murder he swore he didn’t commit. Convicted on shaky eyewitness testimony, Carter’s career and freedom were st...
31 Aug 202523min
Cary Stayner: From Brother of a Hero to Cold-Blooded Killer
In 1999, visitors to Yosemite National Park were horrified by the brutal murders of four women — Carole Sund, her daughter Juli, their family friend Silvina Pelosso, and naturalist Joie Armstrong. Whe...
27 Aug 202528min
Steven Stayner’s Abduction and Escape — The Boy Who Refused to Forget
In 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner was walking home from school in Merced, California when he was abducted by a child predator posing as a church worker. For the next seven years, Steven lived und...
24 Aug 202524min
The Airport Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: North Korea’s Most Shocking Hit
On a busy morning in February 2017, travellers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport witnessed a scene straight out of a spy thriller. Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader K...
20 Aug 202533min
