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April 2025 brought chilling headlines from around the world. In this special ClueTrail Bulletin episode, we recap the biggest and most unsettling crime stories of the month—from violent cult leaders and international manhunts, to school stabbings and shocking conspiracies. True crime in real time.

Dive into the latest with ClueTrail: where every headline has a hidden story.

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Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs had Type 1 diabetes—a condition that’s manageable with proper care. But her parents, guided by a fringe religious sect called The Saints, chose prayer over medicine. Over six days, Elizabeth’s health deteriorated. No one called for help. And by the time they did—it was far too late.

In this episode of ClueTrail, we take you inside the tragedy that shook Australia. You’ll hear the story of Elizabeth’s final days, the ideology behind The Saints, and the courtroom reckoning that followed.

This is the story of Elizabeth Struhs. And the community that let her die.

Content Warning: This episode discusses child neglect, religious extremism, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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In Victorian England, Amelia Dyer promised desperate mothers she’d care for their babies. Instead, she became one of history’s most prolific killers. In this episode of ClueTrail, we uncover the chilling truth behind “The Angel Maker,” baby farming, and a system that failed its most vulnerable.

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Dive into one of Victorian England's darkest true crime cases with Amelia Dyer, known as "The Angel Maker." This episode explores how Amelia exploited unwed mothers through baby farming, resulting in possibly 400 infant deaths and a chilling legacy of violence and neglect. 

Learn how early trauma shaped her path to becoming one of history's most prolific serial killers. We examine the failure of Victorian society to protect its vulnerable women and children, and how Dyer's case prompted much-needed legal reforms.

 Listen as we uncover the gruesome methods, desperate circumstances, and haunting confessions behind this tragic story.

Episode Resources: 

Amelia Dyer: Angel Maker: The Woman Who Murdered Babies for Money by Alison Rattle

Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders by Angela Buckley

The Baby Farmer - youtube

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Discover the chilling true crime story of Mary Ann Cotton, Britain's first female serial killer, set against the harsh realities of Victorian England's industrial northeast. This Victorian true crime episode explores how Mary Ann's deadly use of arsenic poisoning claimed the lives of up to 21 victims, including husbands and children, all for insurance money. From coal dust in the mines to calculated killings, we dive deep into the dark side of history and the psyche behind her brutal crimes. 

Join us at ClueTrail as we unravel this haunting tale of violence, deception, and mystery that shocked Victorian society. Subscribe now to explore more historical mysteries and real crime stories.

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The tragic story of Irina Cornice  death at Romania's Tanacu Monastery stands as one of the most shocking collisions between religion and mental illness in modern European history.

Deep in Romania's countryside, where Orthodox Christianity reigns supreme in a nation with more churches than hospitals, a young woman sought refuge from her troubled past. Having survived witnessing her father's suicide at age two, abandonment by her mother, and years of abuse in an orphanage, Irina had somehow managed to build a modest life for herself working abroad. When she visited a childhood friend who had become a nun in 2005, she never imagined the monastery would become her tomb.


Was Irina possessed by demons or by the demons of her past trauma? The difference between these interpretations meant life or death for a young woman who deserved compassion, not chains. 

Join us as we unravel the unsettling details of this case that continues to serve as a sobering reminder of what happens when religious conviction overrides medical reality.

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In 1974, siblings John and Giannina Colonna Aponte vanished on their way to the beach and were never seen again. Nearly five decades later, their disappearance remains one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries from Puerto Rico. 

In this episode we explore the story behind the headlines, the devastated family left behind, and the chilling theories that continue to surround their fate. 

If you have any information that could help solve this case, check the links below: 

https://charleyproject.org/case/giannina-maria-colonna-aponte 

https://charleyproject.org/case/john-colonna-aponte

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Today, we’re revisiting a case that rocked the UK to its core, this is the case of Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, a story known as the Babes in the Woods.

There are many articles about this case, but the books 'Babes in the Woods' by Graham Bartlett and Peter James and 'my Girl' by Karen Hadaway truly capture the full depth of this tragic story - a case where justice was finally served after 32 years.

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Beneath the swirling mists of Dartmoor's ancient landscape lies a solitary grave that whispers a tale of heartbreak, injustice, and unexpected devotion spanning centuries. Join us as we peel back the layers of mystery surrounding Kitty Jane, an orphaned servant girl whose tragic life in Victorian England ended in despair, but whose memory refuses to fade into obscurity.

The windswept moors of Dartmoor hold many secrets, but few as compelling as the story of Kitty. Raised in the harsh conditions of a poorhouse before finding work on a remote farm, Kitty's life took a devastating turn when she became pregnant—likely by the farmer's son. Cast out by a society that showed no mercy to unwed mothers, her desperate act of suicide wasn't the end of her story, but merely the beginning of her legend.

The tale grows darker with reports of shadowy figures wandering near her grave at night and several unsolved murders in the vicinity over the years—crimes marked by strange Celtic-like protection symbols etched into the earth. Today, her grave near Hound Tor has become one of Dartmoor's most visited sites, where visitors leave tokens of respect and often report unusual sensations—whispers on the wind, unexplained stillness, or overwhelming waves of emotion. Whether you believe in spirits or not, Kitty's story reminds us how powerfully the past reaches into the present, and how a simple grave on the moors continues to touch hearts more than 200 years later. Listen now and decide for yourself what truly haunts the moors of Dartmoor.

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In 2012, Elaine O’Hara vanished from Dublin without a trace. At first, police believed she had taken her own life—until a series of chance discoveries uncovered something far more disturbing. This episode of ClueTrail unravels the haunting case that exposed a secret life, a dangerous obsession, and Ireland’s most chilling modern murder.

Follow us as we piece together the story of trust, control, and a crime hidden in plain sight.

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