We unfortunately do not have a new episode for you this week. We will be back to our regularly scheduled episodes as soon as we can, but we do not have a set date for that at this time.By Suzanne Swank

Since Christmas is next week, we wanted to make this week a lot lighter and more fun for everyone. Please enjoy this collection of dumb and funny crimes and criminals and laugh along with us. Sources for this episode: Listverse - Ten of the Most Bizarre Crimes of 2022 AP News - 2 escape jail and go to IHOP, where patrons report them Metro.uk - Wors…

It was August 5, 1992, in Vancouver, Canada when Alexandra Pesic was gunned down outside her employer's building. The authorities were able to identify and arrest the two mysterious men that were in the car when she was shot along with two of their accomplices in less than two weeks. Sources for this episode: Oxygen - Jelka Pesic Uses True Crime Bo…

In Strongsville, Ohio, Melinda Pleskovic, a middle school teacher, was found dead in her home in October 2017. Her husband and soon-to-be son-in-law both called 911 right away. Less than two weeks after her brutal murder, police would have a suspect in custody, and it would surprise many at how close the murderer was. Sources for this episode: Medi…

In August 2014 in London, England 14 year-old Alice Gross went missing while returning home from a walk. Tragically, a month later, her body would be discovered. Arnis Zalkalns, a Latvian builder and convicted murderer, was identified as the prime suspect. Sources for this episode: New Scotland Yard Files - A True Nightmare: The Murder of Alice Gro…

Air Force Staff Sergeant Nathan Paet was shot multiple times in his garage in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 1, 2010. The motive behind the murder was revealed to be a life insurance policy taken out by Paet, with his wife, Michelle, as the beneficiary. Michelle Paet and her boyfriend, Michael Rodriguez, were arrested and charged in connection with …

The morning of July 27, 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri would forever change the lives of the Cox family. Fawn Cox's mom and sister found her lifeless body when they went to wake her up that morning. She had been beaten, raped, and strangled, all while the family slept downstairs the night before. It would be 31 years before her family would get the …

November 15, 2001 was a day of catastrophic storms for Austin, Texas. Diane Holik's coworkers were unable to get in touch with her the next day, so they called the police to do a welfare check on her. They found her body upstairs in the guest room. They would learn through their investigation that there was a strange man going around to homes liste…

In 1973 in Italy, John Paul Getty, III, heir to the Getty fortune, was kidnapped by several members of the 'Ndrangheta gang. He was held captive for about 5 months while his kidnappers negotiated a ransom amount with his family. They wanted $17,000,000 but his grandfather, the family patriarch, would only concede to $3,000,000 after the kidnappers …

Dean Corll, also known as the "Candy Man," was a notorious American serial killer in the early 1970s. He, along with teenage accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Henley, committed a series of brutal murders in Houston, Texas. They lured young boys with promises of money or parties and was responsible for at least 28 known victims. His crimes shocked …

Dean Corll, also known as the "Candy Man," was a notorious American serial killer in the early 1970s. He, along with teenage accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Henley, committed a series of brutal murders in Houston, Texas. They lured young boys with promises of money or parties and was responsible for at least 28 known victims. His crimes shocked …

In 1980 in St. Polten, Austria, Werner Kniesek broke into the home of 55 year old Gertrude Altreiter and her adult children, Walter and Ingrid. Over the course of several hours, Kniesek would torture the family before ultimately strangling them to death. The next day, he would take their car, loaded with the bodies of his victims, with him while he…

Diane Whipple was returning to her Pacific Heights apartment in San Francisco, California in 2001 when she was attacked by her neighbors' dog, a large Presa Canario. After her death, the owners, Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel, were charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, respectively. Sources for this episode: SF Gate - 'Dog of death'…

This week we talk about the Dallas Carter High School football robbery ring. Join us as we talk about the unexpected criminal activies of a high school football team, how their actions both on and off the field, led to a scandal that rocked the community. From winning the state championship to heists, we will reveal the hidden side of these young m…

This week we talk about the true story of Teresa Stamper and her relentless stalker, her ex-husband Paul Stamper. From their abusive marriage to attempted murders, this episode will uncover the nightmare that led to Paul's shocking disappearance. Will justice ever be served? Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Kingfisher, Oklahoma The Oklahoman -…

In Forest Park, Georgia in April 2010, 15 year old Candice Parchment went missing. Her remains were discovered 7 months later not far from her home. It would be another year after that before her family and the community would get the answers to their questions about what happened to her. Candice named Marshae Hickman and Jermaine Robinson as her a…

In the mid to late 1800s, John Humphrey Noyes became a believer in perfectionism. He would eventually found two different communities of his own, the most well-known being in Oneida, New York which became known as the Oneida Community. They would practice free love and male continence. They would start an eugenics experiment later on in their exist…

It was mid August of 1996 when Jeffrey Wolfe and his new girlfriend took off on a road trip that would start out as a business trip and turn into a mini vacation on their way back. They left the Houston, Texas area and drove towards Moss Point, Mississippi to meet Gary Simmons and Timothy Milano for this particular meeting. Not long after arriving …

The evening of June 13, 2009 was the last time anyone saw Phyllis Phares alive at her Charelston, West Virginia home. When her daughter couldn't get a hold of the 82 year old widow, she went to check on her and found a gruesome crime scene. The Mallo family, who lived directly across the street, became suspects in the ensuing murder investigation a…

Juan Cornoa was a Mexican-American serial killer whose heinous acts shocked the nation in the eary 1970s. He was convicted in 1973 of the murders of 25 men, mostely transient farm workers. He remains one of the most infamous instances of serial killing in American history. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Yuba City, California Wikipedia - Autl…

It was October 29, 1983 in Marshalltown, Iowa when 20 year old Kevin Thacker was arrested for OWI by Officer Kendall Eldred. Less than an hour later, Kevin would be fighting for his life due to a head injury. Six days later he would succumb to this injury. His parents took Officer Eldred to court with a civil lawsuit claiming that he had caused the…

Alcatraz Prison was touted as an unescapeable prison. The worst of the worst were sent there. In 1962, however, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, were serving a stint there when they worked out an escape plan. After seeing to all of the details, the big night eventually came. They were discovered missing from their cells the next …

In 2012 in the rural areas of Quebec, Canada, the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (FPAQ) discovered nearly 10,000 barrels of maple syrup was either missing or had had its contents replaced with water. After discovering almost $18,000,000 of syrup missing, a massive investigation was launched. A few people would eventually be brought to j…

Mid-July of 2018 saw 8 month old Raija Straight spending the day with her 17 year old dad, Jayden Straight, in Des Moines, Iowa. It would be the afternoon of July 13 when he would have his mom drive the three of them to the hospital because Raija was unresponsive. Sadly, Raija would pass away just over 24 hours later. Listen in this week as we disc…

We wanted to give you something different this week instead of all the dark, dreary, and draining. We hope you enjoy these 50 weird, wacky, and sometimes dumb laws from all 50 states in the United States.Support the showBy Suzanne Swank

In December of 1994 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 27 year old Alison Botha thought she was being carjacked. It turned into a literal fight for her life. Her attackers, Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger, would rape her, disembowel her, and nearly decapitate her before leaving her for dead in a ditch on the outskirts of town. Alison had no intention…

Starting in July 1976, New York City was gripped in fear because someone was shooting random people. This shooter was known as the .44 Caliber Killer but was most well known as the Son of Sam. After the eight different shootings, David Berkowitz was identified as a viable suspect. Once he was in police custody he confessed to the crimes and told th…

In Septmeber of 2005 a double homicide in Pineville, Missouri and the massacre of almost an entire family in Pampa, Texas and a traffic stop at the border of Mexico and Texas were all connected. 10 year old Robin called 911 in the early morning of September 30 to report that there had been a shooting in her house in Pampa, which sadly claimed the l…

In September 2009, Emma Neiderbrock and two of her friends, Melanie Wells and Richard "Sam" McCroskey, left Emma's home in Farmville, Virginia and travelled to Southgate, Michigan to attend the Strictly For the Wicked horrorcore music festival. When Melanie didn't return home a few days later, her mother would make phone calls to police for a welfa…

In 2017 Ben Renick was living a life many would envy. He had a beautiful wife, kids, land, and a successful reptile business that he was super passionate about. On June 8th, 2017 his wife would find him dead in his reptile breeding facility in New Florence, Missouri. Initially, it was thought that one of his snakes had escaped and killed him. It wa…

In Cleveland, Ohio on July 11, 1969 was an adventurous day for bank employee Theodore Conrad. At just 20 years old, he walked into work after lunch like always, left like normal, and then disappeared. It was discovered the following Monday that $215,000 had disappeared with him. Thomas Randele was making a quiet peaceful life for himself in the Bos…

In August of 1955, 14 year old Emmett Till left his home in Chicago, Illinois and traveled with his uncle and cousin to Money, Mississippi for a visit. While he was there, a white woman claimed that he had offended her in some way which led to two white men tracking him down and kidnapping him in the dark hours of the morning a couple of days later…

In August of 2009 in Brunswick, Georgia, 22 year old Guy Heinze, Jr. came home and found the nine other people that he was living with massacred in their home. Turned out that two of the nine people who had been beaten were still alive when first responders came. One of those would succumb to their injuries the next day, and the 3 year old would go…

On July 4/5, 1990, Eric Breazeale doused Natchez, Mississippi resident, Nellie Jackson, with gasoline after she refused him entry into her brothel because he was drunk. Miss Nellie would lose the fight for her life a few days later, but her life up to that point had been one she fought hard for and she built a life that she was very proud of. Sourc…

Lester Gillis, better known as Baby Face Nelson, was a bank robber in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He became a well known member of several different gangs of the time, and was even named Public Enemy Number One by the FBI at one point. Listen in this week for more details of his life, and his eventual death. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia …

In Savannah, Georgia back in 1734, young teenaged Alice Riley, and indentured servant from Ireland, and Richard White, also from Ireland, turned against their master, William White. It was said that they drowned him after taking all of the abuse and sexual advances from him that they could take. After a quick trial, they were both found guilty and …

In the summer of 2002, Scott Shanahan disappeared from the public eye in his small town of Defiance, Iowa. His wife, Dixie, told everyone that asked that her abusive husband had up and left her after she got pregnant with their third child. Eventually someone would contact the authorities and mention this super strange absence. You won't believe wh…

In May of 1999, Martha Hart, the wife of WWF professional wrestler Owen Hart, received the phone call that no wife ever wants to get. Her husband had been hurt during a live pay per view show in Kansas City, Missouri. She would receive a call shortly after that first one informing her that her husband, sadly, did not survive his injuries. Shortly a…

During the 1970s in Lexington, Kentucky Andrew Carter Thornton, II was living his best life. He was a police officer for the Lexington Police Department, he joined their Narcotics Division when it was formed, he held a degree in law enforcement and he was a lawyer. In the early 1980s, he quit the PD and went into private security with a friend of h…

Theresa Cross Knorr, 5 times a bride and once a widow, went on trial for murdering her first husband when she was 18 years old, with a baby and another on the way. She was acquitted as the jury believed she acted in self defense. Over the next several years she would remarry 4 more times, have 4 more children, and abuse them while they were with he…

Theresa Cross Knorr, 5 times a bride and once a widow, went on trial for murdering her first husband when she was 18 years old, with a baby and another on the way. She was acquitted as the jury believed she acted in self defense. Over the next several years she would remarry 4 more times, have 4 more children, and abuse them while they were with he…

August 12, 1978 best friends Daryl Barber (19) and Jim Boucher (16) set out on a week long vacation road trip in Daryl's red Chevy Nova. They were headed to Daytona Beach, Florida from Metamora, Michigan. When they failed to return home, their parents jumped into actions, calling the cops, hiring a private investigator, and even writing letters to …

June 21, 2020, a young Amish woman, Linda Stolzfoos, disappeared on her walk home from church. It would be just a couple of weeks later when Justo Smoker was charged with her kidnapping. It wouldn't be until six months later that he was finally charged with her murder, even though she had not yet been found. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Bi…

In 2019, John McGuire and his girlfriend Amanda left Minnesota on a road trip to Alabama to visit John's mother. Authorities would eventually bring in Larry McClure on a tip they received, and Larry would tell the officers how he and his two biological daughters, Amanda and Anna, had tortured and killed him Valentine's Day. Sources for this episode…

Between July 1979 and May 1981 the city of Atlanta, Georgia was gripped in fear. More than 20 children and adults went missing, and most were found murdered, during this time. The authorities would eventually arrest local music promoter, Wayne Williams, and charge him with two murders, though they believe that he may be responsible for 22 more he w…

Between July 1979 and May 1981 the city of Atlanta, Georgia was gripped in fear. More than 20 children and adults went missing, and most were found murdered, during this time. The authorities would eventually arrest local music promoter, Wayne Williams, and charge him with two murders, though they believe that he may be responsible for 22 more he w…

In New York City in 1933, during both the Great Depression and the Prohibition Era, a group of guys - Tony Marino, Daniel Kriesberg, Francis Pasqua, and Joseph Murphy - hatched a plot to kill Michael Malloy, a regular at the speakeasy that Marino owned, and collect on a few insurance policies that they were going to take out on him. After several f…

Belle Gunness, a Norwegian immigrant to America, is thought to be a serial killer with at least 14 murders attributed to her, but possibly up to 40. She was in Chicago, Illinois and La Porte, Indiana during her "active" killing years between 1884 and 1908. It is thought that her killing spree came to an end with her untimely demise in a house fire,…

In 2008, The Stockdale Family Band made it reality tv show debut on Season 4 Episode 15 of Wife Swap. 9 years later, on June 15, 2017, they would make the news for an entirely different reason. Jacob Stockdale, the third of four sons of the Stockdale family, had apparently shot and killed his mother, Kathryn Stockdale, his little brother, James Sto…

On September 14, 1989 in Louisville, Kentucky, pressman Joseph Wesbecker entered the Standard Gravure where he had been employed and opened fire on several of his coworkers. He went on a 30 minute shooting spree, killing 8 people, before turning his weapon on himself. Sources for this episode: sources to be updated soonSupport the show…