Based on the Evidence

When Warriena Wright sent off on a Tinder date while visiting Brisbane, Australia, she probably never imaged that her night of romance would go terribly wrong.

Ronald Gene Simmons was the worst mass murderer in Arkansas history, and his crimes led him to be dubbed the Christmas Killer.

At what point does the exploration of dark fetishes and online roleplaying become a crime?

It’s every parent’s nightmare. What started as a fun trip to the carnival ends with a massive manhunt in search of a missing 5-year-old boy. Almost 11 months later, his remains are discovered across the Raritan River in the marshlands of Edison, New Jersey.

On October 27, 2007, Joel Lovelion was dressed as a fan of his favorite hockey team for a Halloween party hosted at the Broken Drum bar in Grand Forks, ND.

Before the night was over, Joel would be dead, beaten to death by another partygoer.

The only physical evidence found was something yellow from part of a costume. The suspects include a penguin, a clown, a gangster, and a construction worker.

Will the murderer be unmasked or will Joel’s killer remain disguised?

When the body of Kathleen McGehee was discovered on Halloween, 2011, there seemed little doubt of who murdered her. But was it an act of rage, or resentment, or was the killer driven by more malevolent forces?

You can’t talk about notorious 90s trials without talking about the Bobbitts.

John Wayne Bobbitt and Lorena Bobbitt were an American couple whose relationship received international press coverage in 1993 when Lorena cut off John’s penis with a knife while he was asleep in bed. The penis was subsequently surgically reattached

In the second episode of our notorious nineties murders, we examine the 1994 murders of 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander Smith at the hands of their mother, Susan Smith.

The murder of Gregg Smart masterminded by his wife Pam made national headlines in the 1990s when she went to trial on charges she coerced her teenage lover Billy Flynn to kill the 24 year old Gregg. The trial was the first to be broadcast live on TV and it subsequently launched a media frenzy.

As part of our September notorious 90s murders month, we couldn’t think of a more obvious choice than the notorious Pam Smart trial.

On February 24, 1986, the body of 29-year-old Sherri Rasmussen was found in the apartment she shared with her husband in Van Nuys, California. She had been beaten and shot three times in a struggle, apparently a victim of a botched robbery. Tonight we discuss the appeal of Stephanie Lazarus, the woman arrested for her murder.