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July 29, 2025

Crystal Rogers Vanished and the Deadly Secrets of Bardstown

Nestled among Kentucky's rolling hills and bourbon distilleries, Bardstown's charm earned it the title "America's Most Beautiful Small Town" in 2012. Yet behind this picturesque facade lurks a darker reality—five unsolved murders that have traumatized the community and left families searching for a…

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July 27, 2025

Trigger Warning: Dad Mode Activated, Aaron Spencer's Story

A father's worst nightmare unfolded in the dead of night when Aaron Spencer discovered his 14-year-old daughter missing from her bed. What followed was a desperate search that would end in bloodshed and raise profound questions about justice, protection, and the failures of our legal system. At the…

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July 15, 2025

Framed or Guilty? Morgan Stapp's Shocking Child Trafficking Case

The true crime landscape is forever changed when you hear the story of Morgan D. Stapp, a mother of seven whose life spiraled into a nightmare of unimaginable accusations. What began as a shocking headline—a 32-year-old woman...

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June 30, 2025

Seven Years of Rage: What Happens When a Predator Is Released

Some crimes shake us to our core, forcing us to confront uncomfortable questions about justice, revenge, and where to draw the line. The case of Allen Cogswell and Nicholas Stanley embodies this moral quandary in its rawest f...

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June 29, 2025

The Boat Trip That Sank a Career: Jayson Tatlock PCA Part 2

Trust shattered in an instant. The Jayson Tatlock case reveals the devastating consequences when school authority figures cross unthinkable boundaries with students under their care. This episode unpacks the troubling relatio...

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June 28, 2025

Fishing for Trouble: How a Badge Became a License to Groom the Jayson…

A chilling investigation unfolds as we dissect the case of Jayson Tatlock, a former school resource officer who betrayed his position of trust in the most devastating way. What started as seemingly innocent interactions with ...

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June 24, 2025

John Daughtery Charged with Murder &Track Coach Harrison Goss Charged…

Two predators, two victims, and a system that failed them both. In the quiet city of Anderson, Indiana, Leslie Houston's life ended violently at the hands of her husband of seven years, John Daughtry. What began as a medical ...

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June 19, 2025

Karen Read NOT GUILTY, NOT GUILTY, NOT GUILTY

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June 15, 2025

From Public Hero to Child Exploiter: Firefighter Ryan Laymon's Secret…

The digital shadows that conceal online predators are being illuminated by sophisticated detective work, as demonstrated in the shocking case of Ryan Wade Layman - a recently retired Martinsville firefighter facing multiple f...

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June 15, 2025

Shadows of Recantation: The John Payton Case Reopened PCA #1

The haunting question "What would happen if I said I lied?" sits at the heart of this gripping exploration into a long-buried child sexual abuse case that's finally seeing the light of day. Ten years after a teenage victim recanted her allegations against her stepfather, she's back—armed with recor…

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June 10, 2025

The Mother Who Shot Back: Bruce Pierce's Reign of Terror as a Child P…

A mother's worst nightmare unfolds in real-time at an Indianapolis hotel when she returns to Room 111 to find convicted child molester Bruce Pierce attacking her 12-year-old daughter. In that split-second of horror, she makes a decision that will forever alter multiple lives—she draws her gun and f…

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June 8, 2025

Death at Fentenyal Fitness: Heather Bradford Charged in Boyfriends Ov…

When a gym-goer noticed a foul odor coming from a locked tanning room at Planet Fitness, no one expected to discover 39-year-old Derek Sink, who had been dead for three days. Despite wearing an ankle monitor that repeatedly p...

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June 1, 2025

Solving Tony Bledsoe's 30 Year Cold Case: Probable Cause of Thomas An…

A dismembered body dumped in rural Indiana. A classic Oldsmobile Cutlass that vanished without a trace. A stolen car stereo that sparked a deadly grudge. After more than 30 years of silence, the brutal 1992 murder of Tony Ble...

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May 27, 2025

The Valentine's Day Massacre: Indiana's Forgotten Tragedy Trailer

Murder came quietly to rural Indiana on a cold February night in 1977. While the rest of the country was preparing for Valentine's Day celebrations, a family in Park County faced unimaginable horror when armed intruders enter...

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May 26, 2025

The Depths of Depravity: Brittany Fortinberry Episode 5 PCA #3

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May 20, 2025

Between Text Messages and Adderall: Anatomy of a Predator Jacob Wesse…

A shocking case unfolds as we meticulously examine the probable cause affidavit filed against Jacob Wessel, a former robotics teacher at Mooresville Christian Academy in Indiana. The document reveals disturbing allegations of...

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May 18, 2025

Deadly Wrong Way: The Judy Kirby Tragedy

A white Pontiac Firebird speeds northbound in the southbound lanes of State Road 67 at nearly 100 mph, T-tops removed, blonde hair blowing in the wind. Inside, four children clutch whatever they can as witnesses report them s...

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May 18, 2025

The Gucci Goddess: Inside the $109 Million Military Fraud

Ready for your jaw to hit the floor? We're diving deep into the mind-boggling case of Janet Mello—aka "The Gucci Goddess"—who pulled off one of the largest frauds in U.S. Army history while working as a modest civilian financial manager. Picture this: a government employee making $130,000 annually …

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May 12, 2025

Tiny Hands, Massive Cover-Up: Gabriel Garner & Main Street University…

Four words will haunt the parents of Brownsburg, Indiana for years to come: "We handled it ourselves." Those words, spoken by daycare administrators who chose their reputation over children's safety, allowed Gabriel Garner to...

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May 4, 2025

Plea Deals & Broken Systems: How Roan Waters Walked Free to Kill Oakl…

Oaklee Snow's tragic death in 2023 could have been prevented if the justice system hadn't failed her through a lenient plea deal given to her killer years earlier. We investigate how Rowan Waters went from facing decades in p...

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April 29, 2025

Sylvia's Last Summer: A Neighborhood's Darkest Secret

The horrific torture and murder of Sylvia Likens stands as one of America's most disturbing cases of child abuse—a stark reminder of what happens when an entire community turns a blind eye to suffering. Summer 1965 in Indiana...

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April 29, 2025

Uncovering Predators: Nathan Bailey Probable Cause Affidavit

The dark underbelly of small-town America surfaces in this gripping episode as we examine the disturbing case of Nathan Bailey, a 59-year-old Martinsville man now facing one count of child exploitation and 33 charges of posse...

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April 20, 2025

Candles and Chaos: A Tragic Fire Reveals Neglect

A seemingly ordinary day in an apartment shared by Catherine Schwartz, Tyler Mertlow, and their three children ended in unspeakable tragedy when a fire claimed the life of their three-month-old son. The devastating case unrav...

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April 14, 2025

Roadside Terror: How Stephen Judy Became Indiana's Most Infamous Kill…

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