The Dark Cloud Over L.A.’s Sunset Strip Between 1980 and 1983, Los Angeles was in the grip of something dark, something that hung in the air along the Sunset Strip like a fog no one wanted to see. Women were disappearing—vanishing off s…
Confessions from a Convicted Killer Most killers don’t confess. Even when faced with damning evidence, they sit tight, maintain their innocence, and cling to whatever sliver of denial they can muster. But then, there’s Samuel Little. …
A Routine Morning Turns to Horror: The Crash on July 31, 2022 On a quiet morning in Cleveland, Ohio, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla was behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry, accompanied by her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanag…
The Beginning of a Monster: Bundy’s Childhood and Early Influences Ted Bundy was born on November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont, at a facility for unwed mothers. Originally named Theodore Robert Cowell, Bundy’s childhood began with d…
Inside the Helter Skelter: The Twisted Journey of Charles Manson and His Cult of Chaos Act One: The Early Years of Chaos A Boy Named "No Name": The Troubled Childhood of Charles Manson November 12, 1934. A cold, dull day in Cincinnati, Ohio. In…
Who Was Molly Bish? A Snapshot of Her Life It was in the summer of 2000 that would change young Molly Anne Bish’s life forever. While other sixteen-year-olds across Massachusetts were home from school for the summer season, Molly was on her w…
A Close Encounter with True Crime History Today, I would like to do something a little different and talk about a case a little closer to home for me personally. For those of you just joining us or new to the podcast, we usually cover true crime st…
The Early Years: From Henry McCarty to "Kid Antrim" The wild, wild west, a place where outlaws could become members of law enforcement overnight, or vice versa for that matter, and a place where many would carve out a level of fame and fortune that…
Lori’s Early Life and Tumultuous Marriages In 1973, Lori Cox was born to Mormon parents in San Bernardino County, California. She got married for the first time at 19 years old but swiftly divorced her new husband, marrying another man three …
“Lizzie Borden took an ax,And gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what she had done,She gave her father forty-one.” Immortalized for the savage and sickeningly cold killing of her parents, Lizzie Borden has gone down in history as…
