ZONE 7 : Danger, Duty, and the Badge: Detective Tom Smith’s Story

Some big name pet food makers are under fire -- and legal assault -- from pet owners who believe tainted animal food is making their special friends sick and even killing them. Nancy Grace explores the dangers of not reading the labels and not being informed. Her guests include Laura Beveridge, a Georgia dog lover who believes her dog died after she gave it a store-bought treat, veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker, Rodney Habib of pet safety group Planet Paws, and consumer advocate Susan Thixton, creator of the Truth About Pet Food website.   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Dec 201745min

Nancy Grace looks at the deaths of 2 young women in this episode. Nancy is joined by death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan, psychologist Dr. Tiffany Sanders, medical examiner Dr. William Morrone, reporter Drew Nelson and co-host Alan Duke. A cyclist found the naked body of Chuchu Ma, 23, floating in the San Francisco Bay last week, not long after her boyfriend reported the Google engineer missing. The autopsy report is still pending. A North Dakota woman admitted in court this week that she kidnapped and killed Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind so she could steal the pregnant woman's baby from her womb. Grace and experts look at the case. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Dec 201747min

Although Brandon Bevers has been subjected on social media to accusations that he was somehow connected to his wife Missy Bevers' death, investigators said they accept his alibi. His wife was beaten to death with a hammer inside a Texas church as she was preparing for a sunrise fitness class. Security video shows the killer walking the church hallways carrying the murder weapon, but a makeshift police SWAT uniform and helmet hide the person's identity. The husband has been declining media interviews, but Bevers corresponded with Crime Stories through several emails. We shared the latest with lawyer and psychiatrist Dr. Brian Russell and cold case investigators Sheryl McCollum, who discuss what the husband is now saying. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Dec 201747min

Jeff Herman is a lawyer known for filing controversial sex assault lawsuits. His latest include two lawsuits against Hollywood super-producer Harvey Weinstein and another against X-Men director Brian Singer. Herman discusses these cases with Nancy Grace in this Crime Stories episode. Grace also questions Herman about a rape accusation filed against him two decades ago that is only now surfacing. Los Angeles psycho analyst Dr. Bethany Marshall and RadarOnline.com reporter Alexis Tereszcuk join Grace and Herman in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Dec 201752min

Casey Anthony is still fighting a lawsuit related to the death of her daughter almost a decade ago. Tot Mom wants a court to toss a defamation lawsuit filed by the meter reader who found Florida toddler Caylee Anthony's remains in a swampy area near Anthony's home. Los Angeles psycho analyst Dr. Bethany Marshall and RadarOnline.com reporter Alexis Tereszcuk join Nancy Grace in this Crime Stories episode to discuss the latest in the Casey Anthony case. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Dec 201751min

Oklahoma dentist Bert Franklin's murder trial was delayed by new charges that he tried to arrange a hit on the woman whose child he is accused of murdering. A home surveillance video appears to show Franklin fatally slamming 19-month-old Lincoln Lewis's head into the ground. He had been in an extra-marital relationship with the child’s mom for a year when the death occurred. Nancy Grace looks at the case against Franklin with crime scene investigator Sheryl McCollum, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, psychologist Caryn Stark, and reporter Bobbi Maxwell.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 Dec 201750min

A North Carolina woman alleged was so negligent in getting medical care for her son that he died. Deysi Yhuriko Martinez is jailed on a felony child neglect charge as prosecutors consider charges against another person relating to the injuries that went untreated. Nancy Grace digs into the death of 3-year-old Eric with child advocate Ashley Willcott, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, psychologist Caryn Stark, and reporter John Lemley. Grace also looks at the death a 10-year-old Colorado girl who hanged herself after being bullied. Ashawnty Davis confronted a school bully weeks earlier in an incident caught on video. Her parents say her "bullycide" came after she was embarrassed by the posting of the video on a social platform. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Dec 201753min

North Carolina investigators are waiting for an autopsy report before deciding who, if anyone, will be charged with murder of little Mariah Woods. Her mom's boyfriend Earl Kimrey is already in jail on charges of dumping the toddler's body in a rural creek. Nancy Grace continues her focus on Mariah's story with lawyer and child advocate Ashley Willcott, investigator Vincent Hill, lawyer and psychologist Dr. Brian Russell -- host of Investigation Discovery's "Fatal Vows" -- and reporter Amanda Thames with Jacksonville's The Daily News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 Dec 201751min