Pictures capture life's events, birthdays, trips, special occasions, usually happy moments. Sometimes those pictures are a snapshot of the last living moments in someone's life. 

In today's episode, we will examine the story around an array of photos, over 100 in fact. These photos are possibly the last documented moments of men, women, and children taken by a serial killer, one who operated in plain sight, one who used his skills as a photographer to lure unsuspecting victims, documenting his reality through a photo lens.

Find Research and Music here: https://crimewavepodcast.com/the-photos

Dads live by an unspoken oath, an oath that, at its core, requires them to provide and protect, to ensure that they have tools they will need to tackle this world. A dad's mission is derived from this oath, and it's to create an environment where kids can thrive, learn, and experience this world safe from harm. The primary objective of that mission is to raise them to be productive members of society. To love and nurture them into adulthood. Kids with dad's who live by this oath, have a good chance at success in life. But some kids, have dad's like Timothy Jones Jr, who fail to protect them from the forces within. Dads that take them from this world before they even have a chance at life. 

In today's episode, we will examine the story of Timothy Jones Jr, a dad who failed to live up to his responsibility of being the protector, a dad who killed his five kids.

Research and Music can be found here: https://crimewavepodcast.com/the-protector

helplines: https://victimconnect.org/resources/national-hotlines/

The fundamental principle innate in all human beings is survival. The instinct to survive is ingrained into every aspect of our being. The human mind and spirit will go through extraordinary feats of strength and endurance to ensure that our time on earth will not end in haste. 

But what if the body is so badly damaged that it overwhelms our will to survive? What if the body is eviscerated, interrupting the life force flowing through us.  How do we overcome that destruction? 

There are many stories of those who have walked the line between life and death.

Stories of people who's will has overcome the body's destruction and chose to return to life to face the pain and suffering inflicted upon them. Why would someone choose that? Some stories give us a glimpse into that decision. 

In today's episode, we will be taken to the line between life and death to explore the extreme ends of the dichotomy of the human spirit, the best we can hope to be, and the worst.

Research can be found here: https://crimewavepodcast.com/the-line

The term archive is defined as a place where public records and other historical documents are kept. 

At the end of the last century, a new archive emerged; a digital one. The internet has become a place to publicize our lives. We post our happiest moments and in some cases our worst. 

Newspapers moved online, trials are now streaming, the news is now spreading on computers and mobile devices. All this history, bouncing from server to server. Creating a public record. The internet has become a digital archive. 

This archive indiscriminately documents our history, the best in us, and the worst in us. The "archive" will be researched to bring you the real stories, of the cruelty of man. So you can listen while you work, exercise, relax or drive, to the true crime stories of the ARCHIVE! 

Season One begins: January 18th, 2020

Special Preview on December 21st, 2019. Two full-length episodes will be released!

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Through the annals of time, waves of crime have washed over civilization, eroding the social constructs we hold dear. We are the apex predators of this planet, the only species that will prey on our own kind for inexplicable reasons. Since the dawning of the internet, true crime stories have been documented on servers around the world, creating a digital archive of some of the worst that mankind has to offer. This archive will be explored, exposing the full range of deviant behavior, bringing you the true stories of the cruelty of man.