In 1997, a house fire in Oakland, California, captured the hearts of the community. Emerging from the smoke was Stevie Allman, a beloved alleged anti-drug activist who claimed local dealers had firebombed her home in retaliation for her neighborhood watch efforts. As she lay in the hospital with severe burns, the city rallied behind her, even receiving a sympathy letter from the White House.But as police looked closer at the woman in the hospital bed, the story began to fracture. Fingerprints revealed a horrifying truth: the woman being hailed as a hero wasn’t Stevie Allman at all—it was her sister, Sarah Mitchell.

While Sarah Mitchell was being treated for her burns and basking in public sympathy, investigators returned to the charred remains of the Allman home. They weren't just looking for arson evidence anymore; they were looking for the real Stevie.The search ended at a large, chest freezer located in the basement. It was securely padlocked and wrapped in heavy chains. When investigators finally cut the locks, they made a discovery that halted the investigation in its tracks: the body of Stevie Allman, dismembered and frozen, hidden in plain sight while her sister lived just feet away.Forensic analysis later revealed a haunting timeline. Stevie hadn't died in the fire; she had been murdered earlier. Sarah had been living in the house with her sister’s body, cashing Stevie's checks and perfecting her impersonation, using the "firebombing" as a final, desperate act to cover her tracks and explain Stevie's permanent disappearance.

Sources
Luminol Pod (2022)
SF Gate (1997)
LA Times (1997)
SF Gate (2000)

Audio/Docs
Oxygen- YouTube: Destroyed House Reveals Sister's Shocking Secret (2022) 

Crime Zone-YouTube: They Called Her a Hero...UNTIL They Went Inside Her Home (2026) 




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Deep in the woods of North Georgia, Dr. Charles Scudder and his partner, Joseph "Joey" Odom sought a peaceful, off-grid life in a hand-built brick mansion they called Corpsewood Manor.  Rumors always swirled about the lovers and their quaint handbuilt home in the woods. The fact that they were "homosexual devil worshippers" was often the talk of the area, but these men were kind, welcoming, and enjoyed the simple life with the occassional wild party. 
    But in 1982, their castle became the site of a grisly double homicide that shocked the nation when two young men devised a plot to rob the men, thinking they must be millionaires due to their extravagant home. Dr. Scudder and Joey invited a 17-year-old hunter in the area, Avery Brock to parties at their home when he stumbled upon it while hunting, asking if he could hunt on the property. Avery then discussed the men and their "so-called fortune" with his troubled roommate, 30-year-old Tony West. 
     On the night of December 12, 1982, Avery and Tony decided to put their robbery plan in motion by attending a party at Corpsewood Manor. They brought along two unsuspecting friends, as well, Tony's nephew, Joey Wells, and his friend, Teresa Hudgins. The pair weren't aware of the robbery plan. At the party, Avery shot and killed Joey Odom in his kitchen along with their two English Mastiffs when he tried to explain to them that there was no large fortune hidden in the home. Avery and Tony then tied up and tormented Dr. Scudder, and when he also gave them no fortune, the men shot him 5 times in the head before fleeing the scene with only silver jewelry and Dr. Scudder's black jeep. 
    To this day, Corpsewood Manor sits in ruins after a fire destroyed everything but the bricks. Many say it still has an eerie and sad air about it, with people claiming to hear the dogs barking, gunshots, and other unsettling noises. 

Sources
Abandoned Georgia (2023) 
Abandoned Southeast 
Atlanta Magazine (2022)
Oxford American (2024) 
Atlas Obscura 
Church of Satan 
Justia Law- Supreme Court of Mississippi (1985)

Books/Documentaries
The Corpsewood Manor Murders In North Georgia by Amy Petulla
Dead Silent S01E2: Welcome to the Devil House
Podcast by ID: Deadly Nightmares: Welcome to the Devil House
Mystery Archives YouTube: The Untold Story of Corpsewood Manor-Georgia (2025)




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On a crisp Halloween morning in 1999, Dr. Dirk Greineder—a world-renowned allergist and pillar of the elite Wellesley community in Massachusetts—placed a frantic 911 call from the banks of Morses Pond. His wife of 31 years, Mabel "May" Greineder, had been brutally beaten, stabbed, and almost decapitated during their morning walk. Dirk told investigators that May had stopped to rest and he went on ahead, but when he returned to her, he found she had been attacked. As investigators looked past the doctor’s grief, they discovered a tangled web of secret identities, sex addiction, digital obsessions, and a "perfect" marriage that was anything but. Dirk has been incarcerated for almost 26 years and still maintains his innocence to this day.

Sources
History (2009)
Justia (2009)
Vance Holmes (2010)
Cape Cod Times (2001)
Metro West Daily News (2010)
Medium (2025)





Audio/Documentaries
CBS Boston YouTube- I-Team: Dirk Greineder in Wife's Murder After 20 Years (2021)
Court TV YouTube- 'The Good Doctor' Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall (2024)
Prisoners' Legal Services YouTube- Dirk Greineder Testimony (2024)
Dateline on ID- Season 2 Episode 14: Murder at Morses Pond


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For over two decades, a shadow loomed over West Germany, Joachim Kroll, from 1955 to 1976, children and young women vanished without a trace, leaving a trail of terror that spanned cities, but the monster wasn’t hiding in the woods—he was living in a cramped apartment in Duisburg, working as a restroom attendant and living a life of quiet, dull routine. Children in Duisburg loved visiting Joachim as he often gave them candy and toys. He was known by neighbors to be a polite, pleasant guy to everyone, although a bit odd. How could a man dismissed by society as "dim-witted" manage to outsmart the police for 21 years until the gruesome discovery involving a neighbor's plumbing? 

Sources
The Serial Killer Magazine 
Murderpedia 
All That's Interesting (2020)
Utterly Interesting 

Documentaries
Real Crime-YouTube-Joachim Kroll: Serial Killer Who Owned a Manor | World's Most Evil Killers (2021) 

Bizarre Bazaar- YouTube- He MURDERED Them Because MEAT WAS EXPENSIVE (2024)

Evil Among Us-YouTube-The Horrific Crimes of Joachim Kroll [True Crime Documentary] (2024) 


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In October 2012, 58-year-old Gail Spencer arrived at her office in Macon, Gerogia expecting another routine day as a legal secretary and office manager at Calder Pinkston & Associates Law Firm. At this time, she had no idea that a coworker had already set a lethal plan in motion to embezzle funds from the firm using her to obtain them. 
     On October 5, 2012, 38-year-old Tracy Jones (Gail's coworker), Tracy's 18-year-old boyfriend, Michael Brett Kelly, and their friend, 23-year-old Keith Anthony Dozier entered the home of Gail Spencer after Tracy lured her to the front door by knocking and asking to use her phone saying her car broke down nearby. When Gail let Tracy into her home, the two men entered behind her where they went into Gail's bedroom as she was getting ready for work, held a gun to Gail, tied her up, and took her work credentials that would allow Tracy to access the law firm's financial accounts. 
     The two men held Gail hostage while Tracy and Michael's sister, Courtney Kelly returned to the law firm so Tracy could transfer just under $1.3 million to accounts Courtney had opened at various banks. While this was happening, Michael assaulted and strangled Gail Spencer and took off in her car, leaving her body lying across her bed with a black trash bag over her face. 
      Gail's body was discovered the next morning when her neighbors who had asked her to let their dog out came home to find their dog in their yard and Gail not answering the door. All four perpetrators in the crime were given life sentences, with Courtney being the only one to have a chance at parole.

Sources
FindLaw (2019)
13WMAZ (2019) 
41NBC (2013)
Justia (2020) 

Documentaries and Audio

Crime Circus YouTube - Confessions of a Monster in Macon, Georgia- police INTERROGATION of Keith Dozier- MUST SEE VIDEO 2 (2022)

BamaMike YouTube- The Full Interrogation of Michael Brett Kelly, The Grandma Killer (2022)

Crime Circus Cult YouTube- Tracy Jones 1st Police Interrogation in Macon, Georgia- Interview with a Criminal Mastermind- USA (2022) 

The Killer Beside Me Season 3 Episode 2: Hostage to Greed (2020)

Your Worst Nightmare Season 4 Episode 9: Twisted Plan (2018) 





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Lisa Solomon,a 22-year-old newlywed living in Huntington, New York had a beautiful dinner planned for her and her husband, Matthew Solomon on Christmas Eve 1987, but the dinner did not go according to plan. After dinner, the two got into an argument ending with Lisa being murdered. The next morning, on Christmas day, Matthew contacted relatives to start a search, maintaining that Lisa had gotten upset and went for a walk, never returning home. For 6 days, Matthew played the concerned, distraught husband, lying and tricking everyone until her body was found dumped in garbage bags in a field just a mile from their home on December 30th. Matthew eventually cracked and admitted to strangling Lisa during their Christmas Eve argument. He served 31 years in prison before being released at age 55 in 2019, much to the disagreement and dismay of Lisa's family. 


Sources
Long Islander News (2019)
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Justia)(1992)
NY Senate (2019)
New York Times (1988)
News 12 (2017)

Audio and Docs 
FilmRise True Crime: Missing on Christmas Eve: Lisa Solomon's Story | The Christmas Killings Hosted by Nancy Grace (Youtube) (2025)   (Original Release Date: February 2024)

Twisted Tales (YouTube, 2024): Bloody Christmas- The Brutal Kidnapping of Lisa Solomon | Happily Never After: Ice Cold Heart (Original Release Date: 2012)

The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade- The Newlywed Murder (2017)




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From the outside, 1426 F Street in Sacramento, California, looked like a respectable Victorian boarding house run by a kind, grandmotherly woman with a reputation for helping the community's most vulnerable. But beneath Dorothea Puente's sweet facade lay a cold, calculating killer with a lifetime of deceit and fraud.This episode delves into the chilling story of the "Death House Landlady." Tracing Dorothea's decades-long criminal history—from check forgery and running a brothel to eventually targeting her own tenants: the elderly, the disabled, and those with no one to look after them.The motive was not pleasure, but profit. She would drug her boarders, steal their government benefit and Social Security checks, and when they disappeared, she would simply tell concerned parties that they had moved on. Her deadly operation only came to light when an investigation into a missing tenant led police to an unthinkable discovery: seven bodies buried in shallow graves right in the backyard.

Sources
Worst Roomate Ever Season 1: Call Me Grandma
ID Crimefeed 
Sactown Magazine (2009)
OAC (1982-1992)
All that's Interesting (2024)
Los Angeles Times (2011)

Audio
Mass Murderabilia YouTube- Police interview with Dorothea Puente (Part 01)
Mass Murderabilia YouTube- Police Interview with Dorothea Puente (Part 02)


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Rebecca Park

On the night of November 3, 2025, 22-year-old Rebecca Park's biological mother, Cortney Bartholomew, and her step-father, Bradley Bartholomew lured her to their home. Since Rebecca was due to give birth soon, it was assumed they lured her there on the premise of having a baby shower for her, but they threw her in a car where they took her to the Manistee National Forest in Michigan. It is here that they brutally tortured and stabbed Rebecca, even cutting her baby from her womb. Rebecca was considered a missing person until November 25, when her body was found. Her baby has still yet to be found, and this case is still ongoing. 

Oninda Romelus
Oninda Romelus, a 31-year-old mother of 4 living in the Porter area of Texas put her 4 children into her vehicle on the early morning hours of October 4, 2025 and took them to a location near a gas station in Angleton, Brazoria County where she then pulled a weapon and shot all of them. She then drove to the gas station and called 911, stating that her children were going to kill her so she had to "do it to them" first. She told police at the scene that her children were "dead to her" and "with the devil." Two of her children passed away and two of them were flown by helicopter and are still recovering. This case is currently still ongoing.
           O'Karreo Covington: A 13-year-old boy who died from a gunshot wound to the head.
           Amourra Chapell: A 3-year-old girl who died in the backseat of the car.
           Kylee Romelus: A 9-year-old girl who was shot in the side and arm and survived.
           Traviel Downer: An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the arm and survived

Sources
People (2025)
Fox 26 Houston (2025)
ABC 13 (2025)
Click2Houston (2025)
Michigan Department of Attorney General (2025)
9 & 10 News (2025)
News Nation (2025)

Audio
UpNorthLive YouTube: Court hears details in murder and torture of pregnant Rebecca Park in Wexford County (2025)

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In the glamorous, smoky underworld of 1950s London, Ruth Ellis was a platinum-blonde trailblazer: a young, ambitious nightclub manager who quickly became the star of her own complicated life. But her world of glitz and aspiration was violently shattered by a toxic, abusive affair with wealthy racing driver David Blakely.
      On Easter Sunday, 1955, Ruth stalked Blakely to a Hampstead pub and shot him. Her immediate, chilling confession—"It is obvious when I shot him I intended to kill him"—sealed her fate. Ruth was the last woman to be hanged in the UK, and it sparked much controversy as her severe abuse at the hands of David Blakley was not thoroughly taken into account. Now, 70 years later, her grandchildren have applied to have her posthumously conditionally pardoned for her crimes. While it will not completely quash her record as she had admitted to killing David, it will show that her being hanged was a gross miscarriage of justice. 

Sources
Mishcon De Reya (2025) 
Luxury London (2025)
The Guardian (2025)
Wikapedia 
Real Crime YouTube- The Last Woman to be Executed in Britain (2022)
BBC (2025)

Audio
This Morning YouTube- "I'm Finally Proud to be Ruth Ellis' Grandaughter (2025)

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For millions, the screen is a window into a world of connection, entertainment, and shared experiences. These people are the content creators; artists, comedians, gamers, storytellers. But in today’s hyperconnected world of modern media, the line between admiration and obsession is becoming dangerously thin. On this episode, I use two cases to pull back the curtain on the chilling reality of the parasocial paradox- where a one sided relationship blooms into toxic fixation that ultimately culminates into unimaginable violence. 
              Sana Yousaf, a Pakistani social media influencer with over a million combined followers on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, known for content promoting cultural pride and girls' education was fatally shot in her home after an obsessed follower, 22-year-old Umar Hayat who had been attempting to message her and meet up for months, broke into her home on June 2, 2025.This sparked an outcry in Pakistan to change the way women who are independent and have their voices heard are treated. 
             Bianca Michelle Devins, a 17-year-old girl who was active in online communities such as 4Chan met 21-year-old Brandon Clark online. The two began a friendship, and Bianca was clear to Brandon that she did not want a relationship with him, as she was about to start college. On the night of July 13, 2019, Brandon and Bianca attended a Nicole Dollanganger concert. A third person attended with them, a creator named Ouipo. Brandon left to get something, and when he returned, he allegedly spotted Bianca kissing Ouipo.  
     The next morning around 6:03 AM, an image was posted to Bianca's discord server. The image featured Bianca with blood on her face and her throat slashed as well as a chilling message. Brandon later called 9-1-1 discussing what he had done. He attempted to commit suicide and laid on a tarp that was covering Bianca's body. He ultimately survived and was charged with her murder. 

Sources
GirlsNotBrides (2025)
Dunya News (2025)
The Current (2025)
Aljazeera (2025)
CNN (2025)
CBS News (2021)
BBC (2019)
Rolling Stone (2019)
Law and Crime (2019)
Huffington Post (2019)
Dark Case Documentaries-YouTube- GRAPHIC:17yo Vlogger Finds Stalker in Her Bedroom-True Crime Documentary (2025) 


Audio
Syracuse.com YouTube- Bianca Devins' mother remembers the night of her daughter's murder (2020)

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