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After decades of intimidation and legal loopholes, Ken McElroy’s reign of terror came to a sudden end on July 10, 1981. In front of 30 to 45 witnesses, he was shot dead in the middle of Skidmore, Missouri, and no one claimed to see who pulled the trigger. In today's second Throwback Thursday episode, Carter Roy reconstructs the tense town meeting that preceded the shooting, the fatal confrontation outside a local tavern, and the investigation that unraveled when an entire community closed ranks. And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Mu...

For nearly 30 years, Ken McElroy terrorized the small town of Skidmore, Missouri. Accused of theft, assault, arson, statutory rape, and intimidation, he manipulated the legal system and silenced witnesses through fear. When he shot 70-year-old grocery store owner Bo Bowenkamp in broad daylight, and still managed to delay justice yet again, the town’s patience began to crack. In today's first Throwback Thursday episode, Carter Roy unravels how one man’s unchecked violence exposed the limits of the justice system and pushed a quiet farming community toward the brink.And for more cases just like this one, be s...

In November 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won 30 million dollars in the Florida Lottery. He couldn't read or write and had spent most of his life scraping by on odd jobs in Lakeland, Florida, but overnight he became one of the wealthiest men in town. He gave most of it away within two years, paying off mortgages, covering funeral costs, and helping nearly anyone who asked. Then a woman named Dee Dee Moore showed up, promising to protect what was left. Within months, she had his house, his insurance, and his power of attorney. Not long after that, Abe vanished, and the...

Since 2022, at least thirteen people connected to American scientific and defense research have died or disappeared under circumstances that have drawn scrutiny from the FBI, Congress, and the White House. Some cases have clear explanations: a revenge killing, a system failure, a man lost to grief. But others remain genuinely unsolved, with no confirmed sightings and no answers for the families left behind. In today's first episode of Conspiracies & the Unknown, Vanessa Richardson examines every name on the list, the skeptics who see pattern-seeking over evidence, and the real human cost when tragedy becomes a conspiracy theory. ...

In April 2014, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, two Dutch women in their early twenties, went for a daytime hike on a trail near Boquete, Panama. They never came back. Weeks later, their backpack was found on a jungle riverbank with their phones, camera, and cash still inside. What was on that camera changed everything: photographs taken in total darkness, including what appears to be an SOS signal and one photo that seemed to be deliberately deleted. Partial remains found months later were scattered miles from where their distress calls began and the official verdict of accidental death hasn't satisfied...

In June 2018, 23 year-old Jermain Charlo walked out of a Missoula bar and vanished before dawn. The search for her uncovered surveillance footage, shifting stories, troubling relationship history, and phone data that led investigators deep into the surrounding wilderness. In today's first Unsolved Tuesday episode, Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore trace the clues from Jermain’s final hours to the extensive searches that followed, examining what investigators found and what remains unanswered in her disappearance. Resources: snowbirdfund.org strongheartshelpline.org And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, CLUES....

For years, Charles Cullen slipped through the cracks: fired, rehired, and free to kill again. Hospitals ignored the warning signs. Administrators covered their tracks. And hundreds of patients paid the price. But when a fellow nurse befriends Charles, she becomes the key to his downfall. In this shocking conclusion to this week's Killer of the Week, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels reveal how Cullen’s arrogance, obsession, and chilling lack of remorse turned hospitals into his hunting grounds...and how one woman’s courage finally stopped him.And for more cases just like this one, be sure...

He was trusted to save lives...but used his nursing uniform to hide pure evil. When Charles Cullen entered the medical field, he wasn’t looking to heal patients. He was looking for revenge. Over the course of 16 years, he quietly poisoned hospital patients across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, becoming one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. In today's first episode of Killer of the Week, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels trace how Cullen’s childhood trauma, obsession with control, and thirst for vengeance led him to play God: one lethal injection at a time.<...

Join us for the third episode of the Crime House of Horrors limited series, where Vanessa Richardson explores the true stories behind 2012's Sinister, where a true-crime writer finds home-movie reels documenting a series of family murders...and can't stop watching. The real stories underneath are just as disturbing: Truman Capote's destruction after years inside Perry Smith's world, the 2014 Waukesha stabbing in which two 12-year-olds nearly killed a friend for an internet myth, and 5,000 years of human belief that a dangerous image can change you just by being seen.If you’re new here, don’t forget to f...

Lorena Bobbitt became one of the most infamous women of the 1990s after she severed her husband John Bobbitt’s penis in 1993. But behind the sensational headlines was a harrowing story of domestic violence, marital rape, and a system that repeatedly failed her. In today's second episodes of Cults & Cons, Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien unpack the Lorena Bobbitt case, unpacking the abuse, the trials, and the crime of passion that forever reshaped public conversations about gender-based violence.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Crimes Of Re...

In the late 19th century, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn emerged in Britain as a secretive society devoted to ritual magic, mysticism, and hidden knowledge. Drawing in artists, writers, and intellectuals, including figures like Aleister Crowley, the group promised spiritual enlightenment through a structured system of occult teachings. In today's first episode of Cults & Cons, Vanessa Richardson examines the origins of the Golden Dawn, its belief system, and the influential members who helped shape its legacy. As the order grew, internal rivalries and power struggles began to fracture the group, exposing tensions beneath its secretive surface. The...

In today's second episode of Justice Served, Carter Roy follows the case against Kaitlin Armstrong in the 2022 murder of rising gravel racing star Mo Wilson. Digital forensics revealed months of obsessive surveillance, but a clerical error let Armstrong walk out of the police station before the murder warrant was ready. Within days, she had sold her Jeep, stolen her sister's passport, and fled to Costa Rica, where she paid cash for plastic surgery and assumed a fake identity. What followed was a 43-day international manhunt, a forensic goldmine hidden in her vehicle's GPS, and a trial that ended with...

In May 2022, 25-year-old Moriah "Mo" Wilson traveled to Austin, Texas, for a gravel race that was supposed to kick off her biggest season yet. A former elite ski racer turned dominant cyclist, Mo had overcome two ACL tears to become one of the top gravel racers in the country, with journalists calling her the future of the sport. But on the evening of May 11th, after a swim and dinner with a fellow racer, she returned to a friend's apartment and never came out alive. In today's first episode of Justice Served, Carter Roy traces Mo's journey from small-town...

In today's second Throwback Thursday episode, Carter Roy and Nicole Lapin finish their discussion on the Osage Murders. After dozens of Osage people were murdered for their headrights, one Native woman decided to take matters into her own hands. Thanks to Mollie Burkhart, the U.S. Government got involved and the killing spree finally came to an end in 1930.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Murder: True Crime Stories.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss a ca...

In today's first Throwback Thursday episode, Carter Roy and Nicole Lapin dive into the Osage Murders. In the late 1800s, members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma became unbelievably wealthy when oil was discovered on their land. But their newfound riches came with sinister enemies who were willing to do anything to steal the Osage People's budding fortune...even murder. And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Murder: True Crime Stories.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss...

In 1892, a woman calling herself Lottie Bernard checked into the Hotel del Coronado alone, sick, and afraid. She was found dead five days later, the bullet in her body not matching the gun she bought. Over forty years later, a young man registered as Roland T. Owen sat alone in a dark Kansas City hotel room with the door unlocked, as if waiting for whoever came to kill him. In todays second episode of Conspiracies & the Unknown, Carter Roy investigates both cases, separated by decades and a thousand miles, but united by fake names, unanswered questions, and killers who...

In today's first episode of Conspiracies & the Unknown, Vanessa Richardson examines the 2022 destruction of the Georgia Guidestones, a rural monument that had long been at the center of global conspiracy theories. Erected in 1980 and inscribed with ten guiding principles for humanity, the massive granite structure was viewed by some as a call for unity and sustainability, and by others as evidence of a secret plan for population control and global governance. For decades, the Guidestones attracted speculation about the New World Order, elite agendas, and hidden messages. This episode traces the origins of the monument, the rise of conspiracy...

On April 16, 2005, 59-year-old Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar called in to work, took a scenic drive, and parked his Mini Cooper outside an antique mall in Lewisburg. Then, he vanished. No note, no signs of a struggle. Months later, his laptop turned up in the Susquehanna River, its hard drive missing, raising urgent questions about what secrets it may have held. In today's second Unsolved Tuesday episode, Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole ask why would a respected, soon-to-retire prosecutor walk away from everything?And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out...

In 2011, 27 year-old teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her Philadelphia apartment with twenty stab wounds, ten of them in her back, and a knife still lodged in her chest. The door was locked from the inside, the room spotless, and the investigation quickly shifted from homicide to suicide, despite bruises, conflicting evidence, and a crime scene that was cleaned within hours. In today's first Unsolved Tuesdays episode, Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore break down the timeline, the missteps, the autopsy contradictions, and the years-long fight Ellen’s parents have waged to prove their daughter was murdered.An...

As his body count grew, Keith Jesperson left more than victims behind: he left smiley face graffiti, taunting letters, and a desperate need for attention. In today's second Killer of the Week episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels unravel the psychology behind the Happy Face Killer's sadistic murder spree, his chilling confession, and the moment his own ego brought him down.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Serial Killers and Murderous Minds.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime Hous...