Dark and Devious

In the summer of 2000, Molly Bish, a 16-year-old lifeguard, disappeared from Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts on June 27, 2000. Her remains were found years later in the woods of Palmer, a few miles away from the pond. But who killed her, and why? The case remains unsolved, and no one has been charged with her murder. Listen now and make your own conclusions...

In April of 2014, two Dutch tourist and best friends, Kris Kremers and Lissane Froon, set out on a dream adventure in Panama. With the intention of volunteering with children and sightseeing in mind, the two were having the time of their lives. That is, until a fateful mountain hike ended in horror.

In 2017, 21-year-old Brooke Preston was murdered by her friend and roommate Randy Herman Jr. The police, public, and Herman himself all agree that he is the culprit. However, what is not agreed on is as to why Herman committed the crime. He claims it all occurred while he was sleepwalking. Listen now and decide for yourself if you believe this defense!

Ira Einhorn, the one-time hippie intellectual, is often credited as being one of the founders of Earth Day, but in this episode we discuss how that is false and that his true claim to fame is actually quite sinister. Einhorn, who once preached free love, murdered his ex-girlfriend Holly Maddux and then led investigators on an international manhunt. It's a story decades in the making, but luckily no one gave up on getting justice for Holly.

On Christmas day in 2006 a horrific murder occurred in Ryan and Heather's home. the next day, Ryan's father discovered Heather's lifeless body and Ryan alive, but injured, inside the home. Police believed this was a domestic violence situation and that Ryan was the culprit. What next happened is a complete unjust use of power and neglect at the hands of the Phoenix Arizona police department.

*LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED*

While Patrick is moving his life cross-country Chris has arranged an interview with the author of the book Boys Enter the House: The Victims of John Wayne Gacy and the Lives They Left Behind. The book is now available in paperback in bookstores everywhere.

The imposing gray three-story edifice known as the “haunted house” looms fortress-like on the corner of Royal and Governor Nicholls streets in the French Quarter. Now a famous landmark, the home was once home to Madame Lalaurie who, in the early 1830s, starved and tortured her slaves and was hounded out of town by an angry mob when a fire revealed her misdeeds. Over time the story has been embellished with increasingly gruesome details, but archival research reveals that at least some of it is true.

In suburban Ohio, an entire family goes missing while their house is filled with ominous blood stains. The mystery deepens when it is revealed that the daughter was kidnapped and kept in a house FILLED WITH LEAVES.

In 1968 in the middle of the Cold War, a missing Soviet submarine sparked a daring operation spearheaded by the CIA to retrieve the vessel without being detected. The result was a hail Mary plan that involved innovative technology, a billionaire cover story, and a ship like none other. The plan was called Project Azorian.