On January 13th, 2021 at 1:35 am, Lisa Montgomery, of federal death row, was the first woman in 67 years put to death. Meg takes you through the chilling details of the crime that landed her there; the murder and fetal abduction of Bobbie Jo Stinnett and asks the question, did she deserve to die for her crime?

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In 1994 Joe Metheny started his journey as a scorned lover looking for an ex-girlfriend who took his son in the middle of the night and left without a trace. He went looking for revenge, but soon discovered the love for murder. It's not that he murdered that is the most brutal part of his story. It's how he decided to dispose of the evidence. Put your food down, and try to stomach Coni telling the story of this 450 pound maniac.

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The fall of 2002 proved that it’s not just the swamps of Louisiana that has violent predators lurking. Sometimes, the predators are the people we love and trust the most. 12-year-old Courtney LeBlanc was not only the victim of a brutal and senseless killing, but was the victim of a broken system. Courtney’s tragic death is devastating in itself but its how the crime was even able happen that will have even the calmest person absolutely furious. Join us this week, with our special guest right from the Bayou, as we discuss the tragic details that lead to the murder of Courtney Leblanc. 

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As we bring this decade to a close, Coni and Meg (and a special guest) take you through the biggest crime headlines of each year for this decade. From mass shootings to murderous parents, we're ending this year the only way we know how; bringing you the most gruesome true crime we could find. Crimes that will have you remembering exactly where you were when the news broke. Here's to a new decade, may this next one be way less eventful than this one was.

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After her boyfriend returns home from a weekend of visiting family, he finds that his girlfriend's phone, bag, and coat are all inside of their new apartment, but she is nowhere to be found. Smart, successful, 25-year-old Joanna Yeates disappeared on December 17, 2010 without a trace. Was it a stranger? The boyfriend? Someone she knew? Meg ruins your Christmas holida with this twisty whodunit tale.

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Sylvia Likens was your typical teenage girl, with her entire life ahead of her until her and her sister were sent to live with Gertrude Baniszewski while her parents were working for a traveling carnival. The horrors that Sylvia was forced to endure make this case the most gruesome in Indiana’s history. Brace yourself, this one is a difficult one. Please don't hate Coni after she tells you this one.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU3Bonz-HNc

https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/history/retroindy/2013/08/27/retroindy-torture-death-of-sylvia-likens/2705867/

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/23/indianapolis-most-sadistic-act-sylvia-likens-gertrude-baniszewski-torture-slaying-indianapolis-news-indianapolis-crime-crime-horror-torture/74209878/

https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-disturbing-death-of-sylvia-likens-ba64ec62d345

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During a slumber party on October 1, 1992, Polly Klaas was abducted by a career criminal, Richard Allen Davis in Petaluma, California. Meg recalls her childhood in the same Northern Californian county during the time that Polly was taken and relates this case to her own kidnapping.

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November 28th, 1985 the Blount Family from the suburbs Fort Worth Texas sat down for what they thought would be your typical family Thanksgiving, only to have it end in horrible tragedy. Coni leads Meg on an emotional journey as to what happened to this family. This one is a doozy.

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Between 1909 and 1912, a string of ax murders that decimated entire families kept citizens on high alert in Louisiana and Texas. The killer, a supposed teenage, voodoo priestess named Clementine Barnabet is thought to have murdered more than 17 people before she was even an adult herself.

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Sean Vincent Gillis was a seemingly normal guy. He had a girlfriend, loved Star Trek, had friends, etc. What everyone would eventually realize was he was not your normal nerd next door. Gillis was a brutal serial killer who took the lives of 8 women. This jerk gets a 0/10.

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