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In the early 2000s, Pocatello, Idaho, seemed to feel like a safe, sleepy town where nothing bad happened. That all changed in late September 2006, when 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart was found stabbed to death while house-sitting for her relatives in the Whispering Cliffs neighborhood. Law enforcement eventually zeroed in on two of her classmates — Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, and the investigation ultimately led them to discover a hidden chilling video tape. The two teens captured on video the moments leading up to Cassie’s murder, their reactions right after, and their plans for more violence. Draper and Adamcik were ultimately convicted of Stoddart’s murder, and both were given the sentence of life in prison without parole. ‘The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story’, revisits the unthinkable crime, and Conor McCarthy and Patrick Rogers, the co-executive producers of the docuseries, join “Forbes True Crime” to discuss.

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On "Forbes Newsroom," geopolitical analyst Hollie McKay, a former war correspondent who has reported from Iraq, discussed the kidnapping of U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson in Iraq, for whom the State Department says it working to secure the release.

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A California jury found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman over 50 years ago — and ordered him to pay nearly $60 million in damages. Cosby, once fondly known as “America’s Dad” for his iconic role as Cliff Huxtable in “The Cosby Show,” has seen his legacy forever tarnished as over 60 WOMEN HAVE leveled similar allegations against him. he became one of the most recognizable faces of the #MeToo movement, and was the first high-profile conviction of the era. The verdict was overturned three years later after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled he should not have been charged in that case to begin with because of a past non-prosecution agreement. Since his 2021 release from prison, he’s faced a string of lawsuits from women accusing him of sexual assault. Attorney Angela Reddock-Wright joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss the staggering verdict.

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) discussed her work looking at the unredacted Epstein Files.

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Bank of America has reached a settlement “in principle” in a class action lawsuit brought on by Epstein accusers. The lawsuit alleged that “throughout its relationship with Epstein, Bank of America violated numerous banking laws and regulations in order to conceal and continue its lucrative venture facilitating the Epstein sexual abuse and sex-trafficking scheme." In a November 2025 filing, Bank of America said the lawsuit was based on nothing more than accusations that “it provided routine services to customers who at the time had no known connection to Epstein’s sex trafficking.” This case is the latest in a string of lawsuits against financial institutions brought on by Epstein accusers. A hearing to consider the proposed settlement will take place at the beginning of April. Criminal defense attorney Jo-Anna Nieves joins “Forbes True Crime” to break down the lawsuit and tentative settlement.

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University High School in Morgantown, West Virginia, was described by former students as a typical American high school. It had the jocks, the popular kids, and the band geeks. It also had Skylar Neese and her two best friends, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. In photos, the girls seemed attached at the hip, but some posts on social media suggested some fractures beginning to form in the teenagers’ friendship. Either way, it came as a complete shock to the entire community when Skylar went missing in July 2012. Her friends joined the search, and posted on her social media pages about how much they missed her and were hoping for her safe return. As the months dragged on with no sign of Skylar, more and more of her classmates began to suspect something terrible had happened. But, the small community was taken aback to learn that her two best friends not only knew what happened to Skylar, but allegedly lured her across state lines to end their friendship forever by viciously stabbing her and leaving her body in a remote Pennsylvania woods. The new documentary series, ‘Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese’ explores the disturbing case and Josie Besbrode, the series producer, joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss.

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In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, just as Boston was wrapping up St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, two men disguised as police officers showed up at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, claiming they were responding to a call about a disturbance. Even though this was a breach of protocol, one of the museum guards let them in. The fake officers quickly revealed the real reason behind the visit — they intended to rob the museum. Both guards were handcuffed and led to the basement. Then, the thieves took their time, and in just under an hour and a half, stole 13 works of art, including multiple Rembrandt paintings. Twelve years later, FBI agent Geoffrey Kelly was assigned the case. His 22-year investigation led him around the world and was sprinkled with informants, undercover agents and the mob. Kelly joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss his new book, "Thirteen Perfect Fugitives: The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World's Largest Art Heist," which looks back at his multi-decade investigation into the mystifying robbery.

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Two students and two teachers were killed and 9 others were wounded in the 2024 Apalachee High school shooting in Georgia. Then 14-year-old Colt Gray was charged with 55 felony counts related to the killings — however, he wasn’t the only one to face murder charges. Colt’s father, Colin Gray, was charged with over two dozen counts related to the school shooting, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. On March 3, even before his son went to trial, a jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding Colin Gray guilty of all charges. Before Colin Gray’s case, Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, the convicted mass murderer who was 15 when he opened fire in a Michigan high school,were the first parents to be convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a school shooting carried out by a child. But Gray's conviction is even more aggressive – he is the first parent of an alleged school shooter to be found guilty of murder charges. Ryan Brown, a criminal defense attorney, joins Forbes true crime to react to the history-making ruling.

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By all metrics, it seemed Tom Hardin was a success story — he grew up in a middle class family, worked hard to get into the University of Pennsylvania, and after graduating, worked his way up to becoming a successful hedge fund analyst. As he felt more and more pressure in the finance world, especially while watching others seemingly cut moral corners to get ahead, he decided to cross a line — Tom made four trades with insider information. Pretty soon after, the FBI issued him an ultimatum on a July morning in 2008 – either cooperate in their investigation into Wall Street, or potentially go to jail. In the throes of the global financial crisis, Tom wore a wire dozens of times, and with his help, the FBI was able to build more than 20 of the over 80 criminal cases in Operation Perfect Hedge, which has been described as the largest insider trading case in a generation. Tom Hardin wrote “Wired on Wall Street,” a book about making the trades, wearing a wire, and trying to rebuild his life after, and joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss his story.

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In 2008, six years after Sarah Pender was sentenced to 110 years in prison for the double murder of her roommates Andrew Cataldi and Tricia Nordman, she mounted a dramatic escape from the Rockville Correctional Facility in Indiana. Pender, who was previously dubbed the “female Charles Manson” by the prosecutor on her case, dyed her hair, changed her appearance and evaded law enforcement for over 130 days. The new docuseries, “Girl on the Run: The Hunt For America's Most Wanted Woman,” examines the captivating story of the chase – and Pender’s life after. Tom Pearson, the show’s executive producer, joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss.

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