January 31, 2012 Billy Payne and his live in girlfriend and mother of his infant child, Billie Jean Hayworth, were found shot to death in their Mountain City, Tennessee home. During the course of the investigation, officers ...
In the mid 1980s in England two teenage girls were found raped and strangled. Their murderer, Colin Pitchfork, was eventually identified by his semen that he left behind through the discovery of Alek Jefferys' DNA identifica...
In September 2012, Harold Henthorn, a wealthy business man in Denver, Colorado, was on a hiking trip with his second wife, Toni Bertolet Henthorn, to celebrate their 12th anniversary. Harold would call 9-1-1 about 6 pm that ...
Between 1974 and 1991 in the Wichita, Kansas area, the serial killer known as BTK (which stood for Bind, Torture, Kill) was active. Not only was BTK killing, but he was also sending letters to the police to taunt them. …
In the wee morning hours of November 23, 2013, 18 year old Lukas Strasser-Hird was getting ready to call it a night after spending time with his friends at a Calgary, Alberta, Canada nightclub after returning home from a year...
From May 1918 to October 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana had a serial killer who was dubbed The Axeman. He (or she) earned this moniker when they would attack Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans, using their own axe in mos...
April 4, 1991, after a BBQ at Angela Hammond's mom's house, she stopped at a payphone located in downtown Clinton, Missiouri to call her fiancé, Rob Shafer. While on the phone with him, she started getting creeped out by a …
June 2, 1992 was the day that 15 year old Monique Daniels was last seen in Moore, Oklahoma. Her sister received a phone call about six months later from Monique; her mother received a couple of letters from Monique over …
In 1999, Girly Chew Hossencofft went missing from her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2002, her estranged husband Diazien Hossencofft would plead guilty to her murder before his future bride, Linda Henning, would go on t...
October 24, 1955, Katherine Knight was born half an hour after her twin sister. She grew up the child of a slaughter man, and later worked in the same slaughterhouse as her father. She met several men in her life …
In December of 1972, 7 year old Steven Stayner was kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell. In March of 1980, just over 7 years later, Steven's parents got the phone call that they had always hoped for. Steven was alive! Listen in …
In 2008, Mark Twitchell dreamed of becoming a big time Hollywood producer. He had already made a couple of independent films, and was really hoping to get his name out there. He had also recently discovered an obsession wit...
On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut and killed 26 people after he killed his mother in her bed that morning. Sources for this episode: Wikipedia - Exeter, Ne...
J. Frank Norris was born in Alabama before moving to Texas and becoming a pastor of multiple churches. This pastor, though, was charged with arson and other crimes. Was he guilty? Or was he a victim? Sources for this episo...
In December of 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons snapped and killed 14 members of his family, from his wife to his children to their spouses to his own grandchildren, as well as an acquaintance and a stranger and wounded two others. …
In 1992, Kevin Mitnick, who had been hacking things since he was a little kid, hacked into the Pacific Bell voicemail system. When a warrant for his arrest was made, he disappeared into the world using cloned cell phones, hi...
Christmas morning in 1996 would become one that many people know. Patsy Ramsey woke up in her home in Boulder, Colorado and found a ransom note on the stairs of her home saying that someone had kidnapped her 6 year …
During the 2000s, Jamison Bachman used his knowledge of the tenancy laws to essentially become a squatter in the homes of several people. He would use his charm and education to gain their trust quickly, move in with them, a...
During the 2000s, Jamison Bachman used his knowledge of the tenancy laws to essentially become a squatter in the homes of several people. He would use his charm and education to gain their trust quickly, move in with them, a...
In the fall of 1989, 11 year old Jacob Wetterling, his friend, and his little brother set out from the Wetterling home on their bikes to a local store to rent a movie to watch. On their way back home, …
Join us this week as we take a break from all the heavy crimes and chuckle a little with another Express-o Shot, where we discuss a few funnier lighthearted crimes. Sources for this episode: The Daily Mail - Teen talked …
In November of 2016, wife and mother Sherri Papini was reported missing by her husband. For 22 days her family, friends, and law enforcement looked for her. Thanksgiving Day she was finally located about 150 miles south of ...
In 1973, Paul Andrews was kidnapped and assaulted over more than a week by Richard "Pee-Wee" Ausley. June tells us how Paul was rescued and the aftermath of Ausley's capture. Also, she tells us about the strange disappearan...
In 1994, in Knoxville, Tennessee, 33 year old Rob Whedbee is attacked in the middle of the night in his home by a masked man with a knife. When the attacker spoke, Rob knew immediately who it was. Join us …