Killer Destinations

In 1987, a preacher's wife in Dallas, Texas was found unresponsive on the floor of her garage. Her husband kept vigil at her bedside for more than a week, with rumors swirling in the community that he was somehow involved. Did rumors drive his downfall or was he actually responsible?

In 2014, a college student living in the trendy Isla Vista community of Santa Barbara was struggling to fit in. Throughout his education, he just wanted to be popular. But that never happened. He wrote pages and pages in his journal about the day he would seek retribution. That tragic day was May 23, 2014. 

In 1998, Mark and Julie Jensen had been married for 14 years and were devoted to their two sons, ages eight and three. At the end of the year, Mark noticed some significant changes in Julie's personality - she was depressed and wasn't sleeping or eating. He urged her to go to the doctor, but she refused. On December 3rd, Mark and the boys came home to find Julie had passed away. Police did not suspect foul play, until the Jensen's next door neighbor handed them a letter hand-written by Julie naming the perpetrator. Had Julie really solved the case with a letter from the grave? 

What happened to Tim Bosma in 2013 could have happened to anyone. He was selling his truck and went for a test drive with a prospective buyer. He never came home. But no one expected the investigation into his disappearance to uncover a web of lies that left the community and the country in shock. 

We are back in Texas, y'all for a shocking case of betrayal and greed. In 1992, Fort Worth, TX socialites Jack and Caren Koslow were ambushed in their home. Tragically, Caren did not survive. And just when police were ready to arrest their suspect, they received information from an unexpected source that changed everything. 

In 1983, three members of the Ryen family and their son's friend were killed in a brutal attack in the Ryen home. Despite initial reports that up to three men were involved, only one man was arrested and convicted. Kevin Cooper has maintained his innocence for the past 38 years. In 2021, the CA governor ordered an independent review of the case and on Jan. 13, 2023, the results were made public. Is Kevin Cooper innocent? 

In 2018, Daniel Brophy was a chef and instructor at the Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland. Early on a Saturday morning, students found his body on the floor of one of the school's kitchens. Daniel's wife, Nancy, became an early suspect, in part because she was an author and had a lengthy search history involving different ways to kill someone. Was she really researching plotlines or was she guilty?

We've all heard bits and pieces about the tragic murders at the University of Idaho. But now that the Moscow Police Department has made their probable cause affidavit public, we can bring you the facts - from what happened that terrible night to how they tracked down the now-infamous white Hyundai Elantra to the arrest in Pennsylvania. And, what happens next.

We're beginning the new year by bringing you big updates on four cases we've covered over the past year. We have updates on Episode 41 - the murders of Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness in Topeka, KS; Episode 18 - covering the murders of a suspected serial killer police have dubbed "The Shopping Cart Killer"; Episode 29 - which discusses the case of the first person to be tried and convicted using genetic genealogy; and Episode 11 - the case of a missing 12-year-old girl and how it involves a two-time candidate for Governor of Idaho.

This week's episode is a rebroadcast of our favorite episode to-date - Episode 1, the disappearance and murder of Denise Huber in Newport Beach, CA. In 1991, Denise vanished into thin air from the shoulder of a Southern California freeway. The trail went cold for three years until a woman, acting on her instincts, finally discovered what happened to Denise.