Crime After Dark

In 1970s Montana, a charming yet sadistic predator named Wayne Nance—known as the Missoula Mauler—hid behind a boyish face, prowled through homes he once delivered furniture to, and left behind a trail of brutal murders that were never officially solved.

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Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins was one of America's most sadistic serial killers—abusing, torturing, and murdering dozens of victims across the South Carolina coast. His first known female victim was 18-year-old Leela, a hitchhiker chasing a dream job in Florida, who vanished after accepting a ride from a man she thought was kind. Instead, she entered a nightmare. Gaskins' confessions revealed a chilling spree of rape, mutilation, and murder that spanned decades, earning him the title “The Meanest Man in America.

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Abbess Mariam Soulakiotis, known as “Mother Rasputin,” transformed a remote Greek monastery into a cult-like empire built on torture, fraud, and death. Behind her veil of holiness, she manipulated followers into surrendering their fortunes—many of whom died under her care or disappeared without a trace. Though convicted of only a handful of murders, her true body count remains a chilling mystery that still haunts the monastery to this day.

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Three children vanished without a trace from a crowded beach in 1966, sparking Australia's most haunting cold case and shattering the nation's sense of safety. Nearly six decades later, with countless suspects, dead-end leads, and shattered theories, the mystery of the Beaumont children remains unsolved—and Australia is still searching for answers.

Author: Mike Colucci

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In 2010, the McStay family mysteriously vanished from their California home, and their remains were discovered buried in the desert three years later. Joey McStay’s business partner, Chase Merritt, was convicted of their murders in 2019, with prosecutors alleging financial motive and a trail of circumstantial evidence. Merritt maintains his innocence to this day, claiming he was framed and that key suspects were overlooked.

Author: Mike Colucci

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When a vibrant teen vanishes from a quiet 1950s suburb, her father launches a relentless search that uncovers dark secrets, dead ends—and a nightmare with no waking.

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In 1981, three people were brutally murdered and a 12-year-old girl vanished from Cabin 28 in Keddie, California. Despite multiple suspects and chilling confessions, the case was plagued by mishandled evidence and a possible cover-up. Over 40 years later, the Keddie murders remain unsolved.

Author: Jessica Holom

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In April 2020, Gabriel Wortman, disguised as an RCMP officer and driving a replica police car, unleashed Canada’s deadliest mass shooting across 16 locations in Nova Scotia, leaving 22 people dead and a nation shattered by unanswered questions about missed warnings, law enforcement failures, and a monster hiding in plain sight.

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For over three decades, Samuel Little prowled the streets, a phantom among society’s most vulnerable. He was a drifter, a thief, a shadow slipping through the cracks of justice—until technology finally caught up. With 93 murders across 19 states, he became the most prolific serial killer in American history. His victims were the forgotten—castaways, sex workers, and runaways—silenced by his hands, strangled without a trace. When the FBI finally cornered him, Little gave them 700 hours of chilling confessions, sketching his victims with eerie precision. The Confessions of a Killer is the untold story of America’s deadliest predator.

Author: Mike Colucci

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In 1953 Chicago, a daring daylight robbery spirals into a tragic miscarriage of justice. Paul Crump, a young Black man, is swept into a storm of brutality, racism, and coerced confessions by the Chicago PD. Sentenced to death for a murder he swore he didn’t commit, Crump’s fight for survival spans decades—15 execution dates, Supreme Court appeals, and a groundbreaking documentary by a young William Friedkin. This gripping true crime saga unravels systemic corruption, explores the limits of rehabilitation, and questions the price of redemption. Was Crump an innocent man destroyed by the system, or a killer seeking salvation?

Author: Jake Bible

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