Samuel Little is a serial killer who traveled the United States, beating and strangling an upwards of 93 women between the years 1970-2005. He is known for his 700 hour long confession that included colored chalk drawings of his victims and vivid descriptions that most would find difficult to remember. He has been matched to 50 cases, convicted of 8 of the murders, and an additional 40 remain pending. He went unnoticed for so long due to his choice of victims, often African American females who were involved in sex work and drugs. Their deaths were often ruled overdoses, accidental, or by natural causes, with some being ruled as homicides but no one could ever find the killer until he was picked up for a warrant on charges involving narcotics in a Kentucky homeless shelter. His DNA was collected and matched to three murders, and he finally made a confession to a Texas Ranger when linked to a fourth murder in Texas.  He is not often heard of when it comes to discussing famous serial killers, which is baffling, as his victim count far exceeds Dahmer's, Bundy's, and any of the widely talked about serial killers. 

You can find his other confessions as well as pictures on the FBI source included below. 

OG Release Date: 03/28/2020

Sources:

The-Line_Up (2020, January 27).

FBI. gov  (2019, October 6). 

Biography.com (2019, December 5). 

Videos retrieved on FBI. Gov: 

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619

OG Release Date: 03/16/ 2020

On May 30, 2014, three twelve year old girls, Morgan Geyser, Anissa Weier, and Payton Leutner, decided to have a sleepover for Morgan’s birthday. The next morning, Anissa and Morgan tricked Payton into going with them to David’s park to bird watch and play hide-and-seek where the two girls attacked their friend, Payton, stabbing her 19 times. They believed if they didn’t kill her, Slenderman would kill their families, and if they did kill her, they could live with Slenderman in his mansion where they would move up in rank. Mental illness coupled with the ages of the girls made for a vicious attack that they blamed on their belief in Slenderman. 

OG Release Date: 03/16/ 2020

Sources: 

Oprah Mag (2019, October 25). 

Tech Crunch (2014, June 30). 

USA Today (2017, January 24). 

Fox 6 (2014, June 4).  

 Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier Police Interviews Video

 Bicyclist's 911 call

On February 4, 2010, Joseph and Summer McStay, as well as their two toddler sons, Joseph, Jr. and Gianni vanished from their home. Nine days after they went missing,  it was reported to police, as people realized that they had not simply went on vacation. Joseph's vehicle was found left at the United States Mexico border, and the scene in their home looked as if they were taken in the middle of a normal day as popcorn had been spilled on the couch, and a carton of raw eggs had been left on the counter. The family's remains were finally found in a shallow grave in the desert on November 13, 2013 by a passing motorcyclist.  It was determined that the family had died from blunt force trauma. Joseph's friend and business partner, Charles "Chase" Ray Merritt was arrested in November of 2014 when his DNA had been found in the family's vehicle. He had bludgeoned the family to death with a sledgehammer and buried them in the desert, all for financial gain as he had a gambling addiction. Chase Merritt was sentenced to death finally 10 years after the crime in January 2020. 

OG Release Date: 02/29/2020

Note: I'm not sure what was wrong with my microphone, but throughout the episode it would get crackly and I tried my best to re-record and edit the segments. :( Sorry!!

Sources :

Crime Museum (2017). 

San Diego Union Tribune (2019, May 28).

AP & Reuters. (2015, January 25). 

Daily Mail UK (2014, January 4). 

Videos: Law & Crime: Chase Merritt Sentencing 

Law & Crime: McStay Family Murder-Sentencing-Victim Impact Statements Continue,

On October 1,1993, 12 year old Polly Klaas and two friends were excited to have a sleepover at Polly’s home where they would eat ice cream, try on Halloween Costumes, and play board games. The sleepover did not go as planned when at 10:30 PM, Polly went to get supplies for the party and came face to face with a bearded man standing in her doorway. He tied up the other two girls and took Polly away into the night. Her body was found 9 weeks after her kidnapping when the man who had been arrested in suspicion for her kidnapping confessed and told police where to find her. Her case was the first to ever be shared on the internet in 1993 and helped pave the way for Megan’s Law, Amber Alerts, and California’s Three Strikes Law.

OG Release Date: 02/29/2020

Sources:

CBS News Video

PollyKlaas.org (NA).

Press Democrat (2013, September 29)

Deseret News (1994, May 15). 

LA Times (1994, May 12). 

On October 24, 2019, the step-daughter of heavyweight UFC fighter, Walt Harris was reported missing. Aniah Haley Blanchard’s body was found 5 weeks after being reported missing and 3 men are being charged in her kidnapping and murder. The story is recent, so the men have not received official sentences as of right now. 

OG Release Date: -2/08/2020

Sources:

AL (2019, November 15). 

AL (2019, November 27). 

USA Today (2019, November 14).

USA Today (2019, December 4). 

Globe intel (2019, October 31)

NBC News (2019, November 2)

Conrad Henri Roy III committed suicide on July 12, 2014 by carbon monoxide poisoning after parking his truck at a Kmart parking lot and placing a gas powered water pump in the back, turning it on, and rolling up his windows. His girlfriend, Michelle Carter had been assisting him in researching the best method to do it, encouraging him to just do it already, and told him to re-enter his truck when he became scared. This episode delves into the troubled minds of both parties involved, and this is a perfect example of how fragile life really is.

OG Release Date: 02/01/2020

Sources:

Gossip Gist (2019, August 1). 

Breggin (NA). 

Gossip Gist (2019, August 1). 

People (2020, January 23).

Video links:

ABC 20/20

Court Trial 

Conrad's Video Journal

Madalyn Murray O' Hair was a controversial "celebrity" throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. She was the founder of the American Atheists Organization, responsible for getting mandatory prayer removed from schools, and deemed "The Most Hated Woman in America". On August 27, 1995, her and her granddaughter, Robin Murray, and son, Jon Garth Murray suddenly vanished, a note found on their office stating: "The Murray O’ Hair family has been called out of town on an emergency basis. We do not know how long we will be gone at the time of writing this memo.” Many thought the family had fled the country, since they were severely hated, but some knew better and feared foul play. The police in Texas sensed no foul play and refused to take on the case, but a reporter, John MacCormick did not give up and soon, everything was brought to the surface. 

OG Release Date: 01/25/2020

Sources: 

Medium ( 2020? January 13). 

The Full Wiki. (NA).

All That's Interesting (2018, October 31). 

Real Life Villains Fandom (NA).

Phil Donahue Debate [Video] (1970)

On July 23, 2007 in Cheshire, Connecticut, two friends who met in a halfway house during drug rehabilitation classes, Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Joseph Hayes, entered the home of the Petit family. They beat Dr. Petit over the head with a baseball bat and tied him to a pipe in the basement, claiming no one else was going to get hurt and they only wanted money.... This would turn out to be the worst lie Dr. Petit had ever heard when the rest of his family is brutally slain in the burglary. 

OG Release Date: 01/18/2020

The True Crime Times. (2019, November 4). 

Talk Murder With Me. (2019, May 1).

Register Citizen (2011, November 8). 

Homeschooling's Invisible Children (NA). 

Life Death Prizes (2017, January 20). 

Courant (2011, October 26). 

Register Citizen (2011, December 12). 

New Haven Register. (2013, September 7).  

Murderpedia. (NA). 

The NY Times (2019, October 31). 

David Parker Ray is a serial killer known for a 25 foot windowless trailer on his property known as the Toy Box or Satan’s Den where he performed torturous sadomasochistic acts on an upwards of 60 victims, he claims. It is said he murdered the majority of his victims but no bodies were ever found. He committed his crimes throughout the 80s and 90s with the help of accomplices which included his daughter.  

Sorry for the background noise and barks, my dogs decided to play in the next room 😂 

OG Release Date: 01/11/2020

Sources: 

DGO Mag (2019, September 12).  

All That's Interesting (2017, November 22.) 

The Albuquerque Journal (2016, May 29).   

The Scare Chamber (NA)

Barcroft TV DOCS (NA). DOCS: The Sex Chamber

 Youtube user: ICallsEmLikeISeesEm. (NA). Toybox Killer David Parker Ray tape transcript (GRAPHIC). 

Robert Berdella, Jr. is a notorious serial killer whose reign of terror spanned the mid and late 1980's in which he raped, tortured, and murdered men in their 20s using extreme methods of torture in an attempt to make the men slaves who were submissive to him. He is known by his nicknames the Kansas City Butcher, The Collecter (based on a movie he loved), and even Bizarre Bob Berdella (named for his shop "Bob's Bizarre Bazaar). Police were able to end his years of crime when his final victim jumped two stories out a window in Robert's home, surviving and alerting authorities. No bodies of his victims were ever found. 

OG Release Date: 01/04/2020

Sources:

The Famous People. (NA). 

BobBerdella.com. (NA)

All That's Interesting (2017, December 1).

Murderpedia. (NA).