Lana Clarkson gained fame in the 80s as a model and actress who appeared in movies such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Scarface. She also appeared in ads for Nike, Budweiser, and Mercedes. She is most well known for being the lead in low budget Sci-fi movies directed by Roger Corman. Corman's target audience was teenage boys. Lana was a small …

Meredith Kercher was a young exchange student from London, who was studying abroad in Italy. She had a lot to look forward to in life. All that changed on the night of November 1, 2007. Meredith's bedroom door was locked and her roommates tried to knock with no avail. Eventually, the door was kicked down after one roommate found both of Meredith's …

By Tyriek Ingram

Today, we take a little break from true crime....kinda, as I talk with my friend Keith about random things. There's even a little appearance from Momma Mary (My mom). I'll be back next episode with a new case! enjoy!!!!By Tyriek Ingram

Israel Keyes was raised in a large family. He was the second of 10 children born to Heidi and John Keyes. The children were raised very religious and attended a church called the Arch, that taught white supremacist Christian ideologies. In his youth, Israel became obsessed with Ted Bundy, even idolizing the notorious serial killer. The Keyes childr…

David Russell Williams was a trained Canadian Forces pilot with 23 year career. He was the perfect military man. He spent time all over Canada, but settled in Ottawa with his wife Mary. On January 28, 2010, 27 year old Jessica Lloyd vanished from her home in Tweed, Ontario. Investigators notice a footprint and tire tread marks in the snow next to L…

Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was raised thinking that strength, wealth and success were key to life. Xavier's family was a known noble aristocratic family that dated back to mid 18th century France. Xavier married Agnès Hodanger in 1992 and Xavier adopted Agnès' two year old son Arthur. The couple had three more children: Thomas, Anne and Benoît. The …

On January 25, 1959, 23 year old Igor Dyatlov and nine others set off on a skiing and hiking expedition in the norther Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union. Two days in, one of the hikers left the expedition due to health issues. Before leaving, Dyatlov was told to send a telegram once he had returned to the town of Vizhai, which was supposed to happ…

On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman and her three year old daughter were out for a walk in the undeveloped neighborhood of Leiment Park in Los Angeles. The woman saw what appeared to be a discarded store mannequin lying in a vacant lot. As she got closer, she made a horrific discovery; the body of Elizabeth Short, nude and severed into two …

Juana Barraza's youth was everything but normal. Her mother was an alcoholic prostitute, who pimped Juana out when she was 12 years old, in exchange for three beers. When Juana was old enough she left the small Mexican town of Hidalgo for Mexico City. She worked many odd jobs and had multiple failed marriage; having four children from them. She tou…

For many, family and faith are values held close to heart. But imagine choosing faith over your family. This was the case for Lori Vallow. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Family and faith go hand and hand. Around 2015, Lori began reading a book series by author Chad Daybell. The series was about the end of times and …

Cary Stayner was just 11 years old when his younger brother Steven was abducted in 1972. The Stayner family struggled for years to figure out what had happened to Steven. During this time Cary was emotionally neglected by his parents, as they focused solely on finding Steven (or what remained). In 1980, Steven miraculously returned home after escap…

On the evening of February 24, 1986, John Ruetten came home to find his wife, Sherri Rasmussen, dead on the living room floor. She had been shot three times and had a noticeable bite mark on her arm. LAPD investigators ruled in a burglary gone wrong. Due to the rising gang violence and crack epidemic in Los Angeles, the case went cold. In 2004, evi…

In December 1972, Steven Stayner was abducted by Kenneth Parnell, a convicted child molester and sex offender, while walking home from school in Merced, California. Parnell's plan was to raise the boy as his own, even changing his name. While in captivity, Stayner was raped by Parnell on a few occasions, even being molested by Parnell's girlfriend.…

While attending the University of York, Neil Entwistle met Rachel Souza, an American student studying in England. The two fell in love and eventually got married in 2003. The couple lived in Worcestershire where their daughter Lillian was born in 2005. The Entwistles migrated to the US, settling in Massachusetts, Rachel's home state. They stayed wi…

In the early morning of July 23, 2007, the town of Cheshire, Connecticut would horrifically be changed forever. After following 48 year old Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her 11 year old daughter, Michaela Petit the night before, Joshua Komisarjevski and his crime partner, Steven Hayes broke into the Petit Family house. Komisarjevski struck the patriarch…

As a respected decorated police officer, Drew Peterson took down some of Chicago's toughest drug dealers during the 80s and 90s. He could keep bad guys off the streets, but he couldn't keep his wives. Married four times, Peterson was unfaithful, controlling, and abusive. He was an arrogant asshole who really played the nice guy part. After two fail…

On the night of November 13, 1990, the small seaside town of Aramoana, New Zealand would be shaken to its core. After an argument over a dog on his property, David Gray shot and killed his neighbor, Garry Holden. Gray then shot at Holden's daughters, killing two. Gray set fire to the Holden house with the bodies of the two girls inside. He then sho…

Marvin Gaye, known for his R&B hits "Let's Get It On", "Sexual Healing", "What's Going On" and more, was shot and killed by his own father on April 1, 1984. He was one day shy of his 45th birthday. The murder had stemmed from an argument between his mother, Alberta Gay, and his father, Marvin Gay Sr. Marvin and his father always had a rough relatio…

Junko Furuta was a 17 year old student at Yashio-Minami High School. She was a good student who had high hopes for the future as she was saving for a trip post graduation and had a job lined up. On the night of November 25, 1988, Furuta was on her way home from work when she was kicked off her bike by and unknown teenaged boy. A few seconds later, …

Eric Edgar Cooke was a husband and father of seven children by day, but at night he was a a cold blooded killer, with no reason to kill other than he wanted. As a young adult, Cooke would burglarize and vandalize homes in Perth, Western Australia. Soon enough, his crimes came to haunt him and he was arrested after his finger prints were left on eve…

Between 1968 and 1979, convicted sex offender Rodney Alcala raped and murdered several women across the country, mainly in Los Angeles and New York City. He came up with a front to lure unexpected victims to their deaths. He claimed to be a professional photographer and would take nude photos of women and children (both boys and girls). In 1978, Al…

This is a revamped version of a previous episode. I will select a few of my older episodes and remake them with better quality than before! On April 26, 1986, an explosion erupted the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine when the number four reactor, after a routine test, suddenly dropped power to near zero before overloading. Built up steam bl…

Between July and October 1965, sisters Sylvia and Jenny Likens was placed under the care of Gertrude Baniszewski by their parents who were carnival workers. The Likens' parents planned to come get them that November. The next four months would be hell on earth for the sisters, primarily Sylvia. As an agreement, Likes' father was to pay Gertrude $20…

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church) is a Fundamentalist Mormon denomination that practices Polygamy. The more wives and children a man has, the closer he is to heaven. A woman is groomed to serve their husband and have babies. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has denounced the FLDS and has no …

From May 1979 to June 1980, William Bonin raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 21 boys and young men. He would dispose of their bodies alongside highways around Southern California, hence the name The Freeway Killer. As a child, Bonin was neglected by his parents and sexually abused by his grandfather. During his teen years he discovered that…

During the second week of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 11 Israeli coaches and athletes were taken hostage at 4:30 am on September 5, 1972. The perpetrators, Black September, were a Palestinian militant group who were motivated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After taking the Israeli team hostage, Black September demanded that 234 Palest…

On the night of October 9, 2012, 19 year old Lizzi Marriott went missing. The University of New Hampshire student had plans to go over her friend and coworker, Kat McDonough's apartment. McDonough shared the apartment with her boyfriend, Seth Mazzaglia in Dover, New Hampshire. In the days that followed, Kat and Seth were questioned by investigators…

On the evening of October 6, 1998, two men robbed and tortured 21 year old Matthew Shepard, outside of Laramie, Wyoming. Shepard, who was gay, was left severely injured and bloodied on a barbed wire fence in freezing temperatures. It wasn't until the next morning when Shepard was found by a cyclist. Matthew was clinging to life when he was transfer…

After a small miscommunication, Randy Weaver missed his court date for guns charges. The ATF and FBI were undercover in northwestern Idaho, cracking down on anti-government militias, when Weaver sold a sawed off shotgun to an undercover agent. 18 months after his original court date, US Marshalls began surveillance on the Weaver home. On August 21,…

By the mid 1970s, "The Troubles" in Ireland was at it's bloodiest point. The people of Ireland and Northern Ireland could not see eye to eye, some even taking a more violent approach. In the early morning hours of July 31, 1975, the Miami Showband was on their way back to Dublin after a show in Northern Ireland. The band's minibus was stopped at a …

On July 17, 1988, Frank Goodish, known as Brusier Brody to many, was stabbed by fellow wrestler Jose Gonzalez in a locker room shower at a show in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Brody lay bleeding on the shower floor for a whole thirty minutes before paramedics arrived. Wrestler Tony Atlas had to help carry Brody to the ambulance because Brody, who stood at…

On November 10, 1985, a hunter stumbled upon a 55 gallon barrel that contained the skeletal remains of a woman and a young girl. The remains were buried in the town cemetery. Their tombstone read "Here lies the mortal remains known only to God of a woman aged 23-33 and a girl child aged 8-10. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in…

On September 7, 1996, Tupac was shot four times by an unknown shooter in a white Cadillac on East Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand, Tupac and his Death Row entourage brawled with Southside Crips member Orlando Anderson. The Death Row entourage attended a party at Club 662 later that night. The sh…

Martial Arts star Bruce Lee passed away on July 20, 1973 in Hong Kong. He was only 32 years old. The official cause of death was a cerebral edema. Many theorize that Lee's death was too suspicious. Many believed that Taiwanese actress Betty Ting Pei had poisoned Lee with a "painkiller", either because Lee ended their "affair" or she was paid by the…

On May 22, 2013, Pearl Fernandez called 911 and said that her 8 year old son, Gabriel, was not breathing. Upon arrival, they found Gabriel naked with several injuries. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where doctors declared him brain dead. He died two days later as a result of blunt force trauma and neglect. His mother Pearl and her boyfriend…

At 2:49 pm on April 15, 2013, a pressure cooker bomb containing ball bearings and nails, exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street. 14 seconds later, another bomb exploded 200 yards away. As the crowd began to panic and run, police officers and medical personnel jumped to action. As a result of the bombing, 3 died, inc…

In the early 19th century, Edinburgh was the leading European center for anatomy. Dissections were so popular, that the city began running out of cadavers. By Scottish law, the only bodies that could be used were those who died in jail, suicide victims, and orphans. People began stealing bodies from graves, which wasn't illegal. Anatomists would pa…

We all know the story that the Titanic stuck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. The event killed thousands. But, is the ship that lies at the bottom of the ocean really the Titanic? In 1911, Titanic's sister ship, Olympic, struck a small ship. The incident caused damage to the Olympic that was costly. With White Star Line …

On April 4, 1968, Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was on the balcony in front of his motel room at the Loraine Motel in Memphis. At 6:01 p.m., a shot rang out. The bullet entered Dr. King's cheek, fracturing his jaw, neck, and through the jugular before lodging in his shoulder. He was taken to the hospital, before being pronounced dead a…

Between 1978 and 1983, Dennis Nilson murdered at least 12 young men and boys in two apartments in North London. Nilson would lure his victims with alcohol and food. Once the victims drank themselves into a stupor, Nilson would strangle them to unconsciousness or death. If the victim lay unconscious, Nilson would drown them in his bathtub. He would …

On the morning of February 28, 1997, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Matasareanu entered the Bank of America at the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Archwood Street. Both men were heavily armed and armored and their plan was to steal $750,000 from the bank vault. As they walked in, two LAPD officers spotted them entering and called it in. Wh…

Today, I will be talking about three men who have mad a mark in Soviet/Russian history as the most infamous killers: Anatoly Onoprienko - Burglar turned serial killer. Confessed to killing 52 men, woman, and children. He'd rob a house, kill the fathers, then the mothers, then the children, before setting the house on fire, He'd also kill anyone who…

On April 22, 1958, David Early was released from Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. In a pre-release letter, he said that he'd like to return to his home state of Colorado. He also mention that is attorney, Merrill Knight, would help him upon his release from prison. Early arrive in Denver two days later and showed up to Knight's residence. No …

On the evening of August 20, 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez shot and killed their father, Jose and their mother, Kitty while they slept in the living room. After the murders, Lyle and Erik left and went to see Batman and attended a food festival. Upon returning to their Beverly Hills mansion, the brother "found" their parents dead and called…

On the night of April 19, 1989, a group of 30 to 32 youths ran around the north end of Central Park, causing trouble. A handful of people were attacked, beaten and robbed. Around 1:30 AM, 28 year old jogger, Trisha Meili was found naked and bound in the woods. She had been beaten severely and raped. Her injuries were to the point where doctors assu…

Between February and October 2002, random shootings occurred in Washington D.C. , Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Alabama, and Louisiana. Many victims were shot at gas stations and in large parking lots of stores. Fear spread through communities and the shootings were at random. Many witnesses claimed they saw a white box truck speeding away from t…

On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was preparing to give a speech to the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. As Malcolm X began speaking, a disturbance came from the crowd, as someone began to yell. As the leader's bodyguards began to move towards the audience, a man stood up…

Between 1970 and 2005, Samuel Little has allegedly killed 93 people, mostly women. In his youth, Little confessed to having sexual fantasies of strangling women. He was a career criminal. He was arrested for anything from robbery to rape. In the early 70s, Little started traveling across the country, murdering unsuspected women when he pleased. He …

In the August of 1955, 14 year old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi. Before leaving his home in Chicago for Mississippi, his mother Mamie warned Emmett of Mississippi. Mamie, originally from Mississippi, told Emmett, "The north and the south are two different worlds". On August 24, Till and his cousins, entered Bryant's Groc…