Kristil Krug was found dead in the garage of her suburban Colorado home, her body bearing clear signs of violence that immediately ruled out any natural cause. What should have been an ordinary evening ended in a brutal crime that left investigators searching for answers amid a web of contradictions, half-truths, and unsettling behavior from those closest to her. As police pieced together timelines and examined troubling details from Kristil’s marriage, her home life, and the hours leading up to her death, it became clear that nothing about the scene was as straightforward as it appeared. In a case marked by deception, silence, and unanswered questions, the truth of who killed Kristil Krug would remain obscured far longer than anyone expected.

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Some of the most devastating intersections of mental illness and violence occur in cases that are unthinkable-when parents killed their children while experiencing episodes of active acute psychosis.

In this episode of Koltergeist, we discuss just 3 of the many stories of fractured reality—where delusions overrode instinct. We examine what psychosis looks like in deeply unwell parents and how when symptoms go unrecognized or misunderstood, they can lead to irreversible outcomes-cases of filicide-where a parent kills their own child.

Mental illness does not discriminate by age, race, gender, income, or education. It can take root in any home, unravel any mind, and alter anyone’s life. These cases will challenge our most basic ideas about intent, culpability, compassion, and justice.

These are stories of Lindsay Clancy, Romechia Sims, and Richard Greist.

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In May 2010, the University of Virginia was shaken to its core when star lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead in her off-campus apartment—her bright future cut short by someone she once trusted. In this episode, Koltergeist unravels the volatile relationship between Yeardley and her ex-boyfriend, George Huguely V, tracing the warning signs, the privilege, and the explosive rage that ended in tragedy. A case that began as campus gossip became a national reckoning… and its echoes still linger in Charlottesville.

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https://www.29news.com/2025/05/07/one-love-continues-advocacy-15-years-after-death-uva-lacrosse-player/

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On Christmas Eve, 1985, the frozen body of a young boy clad only in blue pajamas was found abandoned in a snowswept ditch along a stretch of rural Nebraska highway. With no clues to his identity, he became known among the locals as “little boy blue”. Nearly 2 years later, authorities found his family and uncovered a trail of dead bodies and sordid tale of secrets and lies that shattered a peaceful Amish community. 

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On Christmas Eve 2008, a man dressed as Santa Claus rang the doorbell of a family home in Covina, California. Minutes later, the house was engulfed in flames, and a holiday gathering turned into one of the most horrifying massacres in modern true crime history. In this episode, Koltergeist unpacks the deception, the rage, and the chilling premeditation behind Bruce Pardo’s violent rampage—and the unanswered questions that still linger long after the smoke cleared.

Then, On Christmas Day, 1929, a North Carolina tobacco farmer wiped out his entire family—just days after forcing them into an expensive, unexplained portrait. Nearly a century later, the Lawson murders remain one of America’s most chilling holiday mysteries. In this episode, Koltergeist unravels the strange behavior, whispered secrets, and unanswered questions behind a crime that still haunts the foothills… and the photograph that warned no one.

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New Year’s Eve is supposed to be one of the most electric nights of the year—champagne, countdowns, and the glittering promise of a clean slate. But for Ana Walshe, a striking, ambitious mother of three with a successful real estate career, it was the last night anyone would ever see her alive.

Her husband, Brian Walshe, carried a past stitched together with lies, fraud, and theft. Investigators uncovered a trail of incriminating evidence, including a string of chilling internet searches that painted a horrifying picture of the death and dismemberment of Ana Walshe.

Sources:

Friend of Ana Walshe reacts to bombshell guilty pleas on first day of jury selection – Boston 25 News

Jan 09, 2023, page A9 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™

Brian Walshe: Court docs reveal struggles with mental health, relationship between Ana & his mother – Boston 25 News

Walshe pleaded guilty in 2021 to wire fraud, interstate transportation for a scheme to defraud

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At Brian Walshe's murder trial, attention turns to his wife's affair before she disappeared | AP News

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For years, a quiet house in France hid a truth no one dared to imagine. Behind its neat shutters and well-tended garden lived a family that seemed unremarkable — polite, private, ordinary.

But then one day there was a discovery so disturbing, it would force an entire community to confront the darkness lurking just beneath the surface.

In this episode of Koltergeist, we explore a tale of deception, identity, and the lies so unbelievable you would wish they were a nightmare. 

Episode Sources:

https://www.amazon.com/Ill-Never-Call-Him-

 https://www.courthousenews.com/i-was-looking-for-someone-to-abuse-my-wife-dominique-pelicot-takes-the-stand-in-french-mass-rape-appeal/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/europe/pelicot-trial-timeline.html

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Joseph Shymanski was a photographer known for capturing beauty through his lens — fine art, celebrity portraits, and important events. But behind the camera, his own life had fallen out of focus. After surviving a contentious divorce and fierce custody battle, his life was taken on a quiet afternoon by someone he never saw coming. He was shot, dismembered, and burned. This is the story of the photographer who met a brutal end… and whose murder leaves us with more questions than answers.

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It was supposed to be a normal family holiday — a long weekend filled with turkey, laughter, and the promise of new beginnings. But when relatives couldn’t reach Joel and Lisa Guy after Thanksgiving dinner, police arrived at their Knoxville home to find something out of a nightmare. The house was warm — too warm — and what they discovered inside would haunt investigators forever.

Who could commit something so calculated, so cold, and yet so personal? And what exactly happened between a quiet son and the parents who seemed to give him everything?

In this episode of Koltergeist, we unravel a Thanksgiving that turned into a crime scene, and the chilling story of a family’s darkest secret hidden behind closed doors.

Episode Sources:

https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/Majority%20Opinion%20-%20State%20of%20Tennessee%20v.%20Joel%20Michael%20Guy%2C%20Jr.%20-%20E2021-00560-CCA-R3-CD.pdf

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https://www.courttv.com/tag/joel-michael-guy/

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Robert Roberson has been condemned on death row for over two decades—convicted of the unthinkable crime of murdering of his own daughter. The case seemed clear. The timeline, the testimony, the science—at first it all seemed to point in one direction.

But what if it was wrong? Recently, new medical evidence has surfaced. Evidence that challenges the very foundation of the prosecution’s story and calls into question what really happened the night Nikki Curtis died… and whether her father ever should’ve been charged at all.

This isn’t just a story about a conviction. It’s about what happens when grief, medicine, and justice intersect.

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Nikki Curtis Autopsy Report.pdf 

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