Death In Entertainment

Aaliyah went from teenage R&B phenom to one of the most influential artists of her generation, surviving scandal, reinventing her sound with Timbaland and Missy Elliott, and building a Hollywood career before she was 23. This episode traces Aaliyah’s life, music, R. Kelly marriage, rise to film stardom and the overloaded 2001 plane crash that killed her and eight others in the Bahamas.

In 1992, Pepsi’s Number Fever promotion in the Philippines turned into a national disaster after the winning number 349 appeared on hundreds of thousands of bottle caps. What followed were protests, lawsuits, bombings, five deaths and a legal battle that lasted more than a decade.

John Madden went from a career-ending knee injury to a Super Bowl winning Raiders coach, legendary broadcaster and the face of the biggest football video game franchise to ever exist. This is the full story of his life, tragedies, triumphs, death and the legacy that changed football forever.

Winning the lottery is supposed to change your life for the better, but for Bazil Thorne’s family, Jeffrey Dampier, Bud Post and Abraham Shakespeare, hitting the jackpot brought kidnapping, murder plots, betrayal and death.

Chris Hansen and To Catch a Predator turned internet sting operations into must-see TV and made “have a seat” part of pop culture. But behind the confrontations were arrests, controversy, a shocking death, and the story of how one of NBC’s biggest sensations ultimately disappeared.

In 1993, Mia Zapata, frontwoman of Seattle punk band The Gits, was murdered just as the band was gaining momentum. Her killing haunted Seattle’s music scene for nearly a decade until DNA finally led police to her killer.

Kyle delves into the rise and fall of Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi—from Nickelodeon controversy and Spümcø’s cult legacy to the allegations that reshaped how his career and cartoons are remembered.

Before Ashton Kutcher became a household name, he arrived at Ashley Ellerin’s Hollywood home for a date—only to find the lights on and no answer. Hours later, Ellerin was found murdered, setting off a case that would eventually lead to the conviction of serial killer Michael Gargiulo.

Kyle delves into the case of Brian Wells-- who became the center of Erie, Pennsylvania’s infamous Pizza Bomber case, a deadly collar-bomb bank robbery conspiracy later explored in Netflix’s docuseries Evil Genius.

Kyle goes over the incredible life, career and bizarre final years of media mogul Sumner Redstone.