After a night out of fun and dancing on September 6th 2012 at the popular Thrill Night club. College students Faith Hedgepeth and her roommate Karena Rosario head back to their apartment. Karena then leaves the apartment for the rest of the night leaving Faith alone. The next day looking for a ride back home, Karena tries to call Faith but she doesn’t pick up. With another friend picking her up, they go to the apartment and that is where they make a horrifying discovery. 

Sources: 

Morgan, Amber, “Inside The Gruesome Murder Of Faith Hedgepeth And The Search For Her Killer” All Thats Interesting, November 10th 2024, https://allthatsinteresting.com/faith-hedgepeth, Accessed April 26th 2025 

ABC News, “Murdered UNC Student's Final Moments: What Police Say Happened to Faith Hedgepeth Faith Hedgepeth was found bludgeoned to death in her apartment in 2012.” ABC News, September 22 2016, https://abcnews.go.com/US/murdered-unc-students-final-moments-police-happened-faith/story?id=42281581, Accessed April 26th 2025 

Krueger, Sarah, “Here's why it's taking lawyers so long to prosecute the suspect in the 2012 murder of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth”, WRAL News, April 20, 2023, https://www.wral.com/story/here-s-why-it-s-taking-lawyers-so-long-to-prosecute-the-suspect-in-2012-of-unc-chapel-hill-student-faith-hedgepeth/20821516/, Accessed April 26th 2025  

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96689421/faith_danielle-hedgepeth: accessed April 26, 2025), memorial page for Faith Danielle Hedgepeth (26 Sep 1992–7 Sep 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96689421, citing Mount Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540). 

Casey, Monica, “UNC student Faith Hedgepeth murder case is one step closer to trial” WRAL News, January 16 2025, https://www.wral.com/news/local/court-hearing-faith-hedgepeth-jan-2025/, Accessed April 26th 2025 

On January 10, 2019, the bodies of 37-year-old Nichol Olsen, along with her 2 daughters, 16-year-old Alexa Montez and 10-year-old London Bribiescas were found in the upscale Anaqua Springs Ranch home of Nichol’s boyfriend, Charlie Wheeler. The Medical Examiner ruled this was a case of murder suicide, where Nichol killed her two daughters and then herself. However, that theory has been questioned, and there is some belief that this could have been a triple homicide.   

Sources: 

Mitra, Shraman, “Nichol Olsen Murder: What Led to Her Tragic End?”, The Cinemaholic, Jan 17, 2023, https://thecinemaholic.com/nichol-olsen-murder-how-did-she-die-who-killed-her/, accessed April 14, 2025.  

SBG San Antonio Staff Reports, “TIMELINE: Five years since 2019 Anaqua Springs shooting deaths, case still unsolved”, News 4 San Antonio, Jan 10, 2023, https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/timeline-four-years-since-2019-anaqua-springs-shooting-deaths-case-still-unsolved-bexar-county-san-antonio-texas-investigation-criminal-murder-investigators-sheriff, accessed April 14, 2025. 

Sheets, Megan & Fruen, Lauren, “Lawyer for boyfriend of Texas mother, 37, found shot dead with her two daughters blasts sheriff for naming his client a 'person of interest' as police refuse to accept medical examiner's murder-suicide ruling”, Daily Mail UK, Jan 20, 2019, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6612319/Boyfriend-Texas-mom-shot-dead-daughters-shouldnt-person-lawyer-says.html, accessed April 14, 2025. 

Brown, Jena, “More Questions Than Answers in the Horrific Anaqua Springs Ranch Shooting”, The Line Up, Feb 8, 2023, https://the-line-up.com/anaqua-springs-ranch-shooting-nicole-olsen, accessed April 14, 2025.  

Kauck, Holly, “Alexa Denice Montez”, Since Parkland, https://sinceparkland.org/people/alexa-montez/, accessed April 16, 2025. 

KENS5.com Staff, “Boyfriend of teen shooting victim, Alexa Montez, shares heart-wrenching tribute video”, KENS5.com, Jan 21, 2019, https://www.kens5.com/article/news/boyfriend-of-shooting-victim-alexa-montez-shares-heart-wrenching-tribute-video/273-d0d393de-3254-4f93-a1db-a985e694b0c0, accessed April 16, 2025. 

Hsu, Zoe, “London Sophia Bribiescas”, Since Parkland, https://sinceparkland.org/people/london-bribiescas/, accessed April 16. 2025. 

On March 12th, 2011 at a Lululemon store in Bethesda Maryland store manager Rachel Oertli was set to open the store that morning. When she arrived at the store, she noticed the door was unlocked and there was merchandise spread across the store, not wanting to go in alone she had a bystander enter with her where they would discover worker Jayna Murray dead and Brittany Norwood injured and tied up. Was this a robbery or were there other motives behind this crime.  

Sources 

Oconnor, Jessica, “The Story Of The Gruesome Lululemon Murder That All Started Over A Pair Of Leggings”, All thats interesting, May 9 2022, https://allthatsinteresting.com/lululemon-murder, Accessed April 13th 2025 

Sengupta, Sounak, “Jayna Murray Murder: Where is Brittany Norwood Now”, The Cinemaholic, July 8 2023, https://thecinemaholic.com/jayna-murray-murder-where-is-brittany-norwood-now/, Accessed April 13th 2025 

Duggan, Paul-Washingtonpost.com, “Brittany Norwood receives life, no parole, for killing Jayna Murray in Lululemon yoga store” Murderpedia, January 27 2012, https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/norwood-brittany.htm, Accessed April 13th 2025  

Hayden Vander, Aly, “Homicide Detective Recounts Brutal Bludgeoning Inside Lululemon Store” Oxygen True Crime, July 2 2018, https://www.oxygen.com/the-price-of-duty/crime-time/homicide-detective-brutal-bludgeoning-lululemon-store, Accessed April 13th 2025 

Korff, Jay, “Jayna Murray's family speaks after Norwood found guilty”, ABC News, Novemeber 2 2011, https://wjla.com/news/videos/janya-murray-s-family-speaks-after-norwood-found-guilty-68676, Accessed April 13th 2025  

On January 26, 2011, Sam Goldberg found his fiancé, Ellen Greenberg stabbed to death in the couple's apartment. Ellen’s death was initially ruled a homicide but that was later changed to rule her death a suicide. Ellen’s family does not believe that she took her own life and instead believes that she was murdered. Join us as we discuss the evidence for both theories and provide an update on where this case is today, in April of 2025. 

Sources: 

“Case Files for Missing and Endangered”, Crime Timeline, https://crimetimelines.com/ellen-greenberg/, accessed March 16, 2025.  

Lyon , Rivy, “Ellen Greenberg Was Stabbed 20 Times In The Back And Chest — But Police Ruled Her Death A Suicide”, All That’s Interesting, Dec 22, 2023, https://allthatsinteresting.com/ellen-greenberg, accessed March 16, 2025.  

White, Nic, “Ellen Greenberg's fiancé breaks his silence 13 years after her death was ruled a suicide despite 20 stab wounds”, The Daily Mail UK, Dec 7, 2024, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14168759/Ellen-Greenbergs-fiance-breaks-silence-death-ruled-suicide-20-stab-wounds-Philadelphia.html, accessed Mar 24, 2025.  

Stevenson, Thomas, “Former fiancé of woman found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011 insists it was suicide after then-AG Josh Shapiro refused to prosecute”, The Post Millennial, Dec 7, 2024, https://thepostmillennial.com/former-fiance-of-woman-found-dead-with-20-stab-wounds-in-2011-insists-it-was-suicide-after-then-ag-josh-shapiro-refused-to-prosecute, accessed Mar 30, 2025.  

“Ellen Greenberg”, Sippindale Foundation, https://sippindalefoundation.com/case/ellen-greenberg/, accessed Mar 30, 2025.  

“Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93”, AP News, May 13, 2024, https://apnews.com/article/cyril-wecht-pathologist-jfk-dead-80ddc0a642cb4eb39dc763400e330a38, accessed March 30, 2025.  

Roppolo, Michael, “Authorities say the cause of a Philadelphia teacher's death was suicide, but her parents say it was murder”, CBS News, Mar 11, 2020, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/philadelphia-teacher-death-suicide-ellen-greenberg-parents-say-murder-48-hours/, accessed Mar 30, 2025. 

On July 15th 1976 3 gunmen would hijack a school bus that was carrying 26 kids from the ages of 5-14. The gunmen would go to hold the children and bus driver captive for over 24 hours. Tune in to hear the incredible story of what unfolded and the act of heroism.

Sources  

Ritzen, Young, Chris, “Remembering the Chowchilla kidnapping: A never-before-seen interview with a survivor”, CBS News, March 17 2023, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-survivor-never-before-seen-interview/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, Accessed March 30 2025 

CBS News, “ Chowchilla bus kidnapping: Rare photos from one of the largest abductions in U.S. history”, CBS News, March 17th 2023, https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, Accessed March 30th 2025 

 Begnaud, David, “Chowchilla bus kidnapping survivor's lifelong fight to keep her captors behind bars”, CBS News, March 18 2023, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-jodi-heffington-survivor-lifelong-fight-to-keep-captors-behind-bars/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, Accessed March 30th 2025 

Yan,Holly, “26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows how one plotted their escape – and what happened years later”, CNN, Updated December 2 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/us/chowchilla-kidnapping-escape-cnn-film/index.html, Accessed March 30th 2025  

We’re back with our Thirteenth Leave The Light On episode where we recap the cases we covered in the previous month, discuss crime headlines from the month, and give you a sneak peek at what is coming up in the next month. If we know!

References: 

Speakman, Kimberlee, “Ghost Adventures Star Aaron Goodwin's Wife Arrested After Allegedly Plotting to Have Him Killed: Report” People, Published March 11, 2025, https://people.com/ghost-adventures-star-aaron-goodwin-wife-arrested-conspiracy-commit-murder-11694554, Accessed March 28 2025  

del Valle, Lauren , Casarez, Jean and Tucker, Emma, “Newly released texts and 911 call transcript from surviving roommates of Idaho murders reveal panic and terror”, CNN, Mar 7, 2025, https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/us/idaho-student-killings-911-call-transcript/index.html, accessed Mar 28, 2025. 

Schroeder, Joe, “Delphi murders: Full ‘Bridge Guy’ video releases on website supporting Richard Allen”, Fox59, Mar 12, 2025, https://fox59.com/delphi-trial/delphi-murders-full-bridge-guy-video-leaks-on-richard-allen-innocence-website/, accessed Mar 28, 2025. 

Trethan, Phaedra, “Karen Read's second murder trial is about to get underway: What to know”, USA Today, 03/25/2025, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/karen-reads-second-murder-trial-is-about-to-get-underway-what-to-know/ar-AA1BDgTc?ocid=BingNewsSerp, accessed Mar 28, 2025.  

Renner, James, “Fingerprints Found in Maura Murray’s Car Match Troubled West Point Cadet”, Maura Murray Mystery, March 17,2025, https://mauramurraymystery.com/fingerprints-found-in-maura-murrays-car-match-troubled-west-point-cadet/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, Accessed Mar 28th 2025 

This week we are looking at the psychology behind why a person would confess to a crime that they never committed. We discuss the categories of false confessions including voluntary, persuaded or internalized, and compliant false confessions. We also discuss examples of cases where someone has falsely confessed including the JonBenet Ramsey case, the murder of Hartmut Hagan, the Satanic abuse case against Paul Igram, the West Memphis 3 case and the Central Park 5.  

Sources: 

Johnson, Ruth, “The Psychology of False Confessions”, Psychology Today, Sept 8, 2020, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/so-sue-me/202009/the-psychology-false-confessions, accessed Mar 21, 2025. 

Soury, Lonnie, “West Memphis 3”, FalseConfessions.org, Jan 5, 2010, https://falseconfessions.org/fc_cases/west-memphis-3/, accessed Mar 21, 2025. 

Anglis, Jaclyn, “The Story Of John Mark Karr And The JonBenét Ramsey Case”, All That’s Interesting, Oct 21, 2024, https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-mark-karr, accessed Mar 21, 2025.  

“Gunther Kaufmann”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Kaufmann, accessed Mar 21, 2025. 

“Thurston County Ritual Abuse Case”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_County_ritual_abuse_case, accessed Mar 21, 2025. 

“Central Park Five: The true story behind When They See Us”, BBC, June 12, 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-48609693, accessed Marc 21, 2024. 

Nesterak, Evan, “Coerced to Confess: The Psychology of False Confessions”, Behavioural Scientist, Oct 21, 2014, https://behavioralscientist.org/coerced-to-confess-the-psychology-of-false-confessions/, accessed Mar 21, 2025.  

On March 17th 1990 14 year old Rachel Hurley was out boating with her friends at the Jupiter Inlet in Florida. With her Mom waiting in the parking lot just over a mile away, Rachel leaves her friends at the washroom to make sure she wasn't late. Unfortunately that would be the last time she would be seen alive. Tune in this week to find out Rachel's story.

Sources  

Julius Whigham II, “Who killed 14-year-old Rachel Hurley? Search in Palm Beach County cold case enters 31st year today”, Palm Beach Post, March 17, 2021, https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/17/who-killed-14-year-old-rachel-hurley-search-enters-31st-year-today/4729835001/, Accessed March 16th 2025 

Lena Salzbank, “Who killed Rachel Hurley? The Jupiter teen's death remains cold 32 years later”, CBS 12 News, Published March 17th 2022,  https://cbs12.com/news/local/jupiter-inlet-march-17-1990-carlin-park-who-killed-rachel-hurley-the-jupiter-teens-death-remains-cold-32-years-later-palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office, Accessed March 16th 2025 

True Crime Diva, “The 1990 Unsolved Murder of Rachel Hurley”, True Crime Diva, Published July 15th 2018, https://truecrimediva.com/the-1990-unsolved-murder-of-rachel-hurley/, Accessed March 16th 2025 

Andrea Cavallier, “Loved ones still fighting for justice 31 years after St. Patrick's Day murder of Rachel Hurley”, NBC News, Published March 20th 2021, https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/loved-ones-still-fighting-justice-31-years-after-st-patrick-n1261667, Accessed March 16th 2025 

Jupiter Inlet, Marinas Blog, https://marinas.com/view/inlet/d7iqd_Jupiter_Inlet_Jupiter_FL_United_States, Accessed March 16th 2025  

Maverick1862, “Rachel Karin Hurley”, Find a Grave, August 16 2005, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11544223/rachel-karin-hurley, Accessed March 16th 2025  

On Dec 6, 1989, Marc Lepine carried out a targeted attack on women at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The rampage resulted in 14 women losing their lives and 14 other people being wounded, while countless others were forever traumatized. This was the largest mass shooting in Canada until 2020. 

Sources: 

Humphreys, Adrian, “Montreal massacre: 19 minutes at École Polytechnique”, National Post, Nov 28, 2024, https://nationalpost.com/feature/montreal-massacre-ecole-polytechnique, accessed Mar 3, 2025. 

“Montreal Massacre victims”, CBC News, Dec 6, 2009, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-massacre-victims-1.797455, accessed Mar 3, 2025 

Enright, Michael, “This is how one survivor described the Montreal Massacre the day after the shooting”, As It Happens CBC Radio, Dec 6, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.4435607/this-is-how-one-survivor-described-the-montreal-massacre-the-day-after-the-shooting-1.4435613, accessed Mar 5, 2025.  

Dalton, Melinda, “Remember the 14”, CBC News, https://www.cbc.ca/montreal/features/remember-14/, accessed March 5, 2025. 

“Marc Lepine”, Wikipedia,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_L%C3%A9pine, accessed March 8, 2025. 

The Canadian Encyclopedia, “Gun Control in Canada”, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Feb 7, 2006, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gun-control, accessed March 8, 2025. 

Lanthier, Stéphanie, “École Polytechnique Tragedy (Montreal Massacre)”, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Jan 5, 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/polytechnique-tragedy, accessed Mar 9, 2025. 

On February 24th 1986 29 year old Sherri Rasmussen would be found dead in her home by her husband John Ruetten. Sherri would have 3 bullet wounds to her chest as well as a bite in her arm. Police initially ruled it as a home invasion gone wrong. Would that be what happened? Or is it something more sinister?  

Sources  

Doc Louallen, “Former LAPD detective who murdered her ex-lover's wife, hid crime for decades remains behind bars”, ABC News, October 4th 2024, https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-lapd-detective-murdered-lovers-wife-hid-crime/story?id=113955531, Accessed March 2, 2025 

Naman Shrestha, “Sherri Rasmussen: How Did She Die? Who Killed Her?”, The Cinemaholic, October 4th 2024, https://thecinemaholic.com/sherri-rasmussen/, Accessed March 2, 2025  

Kriti Mehrotra, “John Ruetten: Where is Sherri Rasmussen’s Husband Now?”, The Cinemaholic, October 4th 2024, https://thecinemaholic.com/john-ruetten/, Accessed March 2, 2025  

Kriti Mehrotra, “Stephanie Lazarus: Where is the Killer Now?”, The Cinemaholic, October 4th 2024, https://thecinemaholic.com/stephanie-lazarus/, Accessed March 2, 2025  

Jessica OConnor, “How Sherri Rasmussen’s Murder Went Unsolved For Decades — Until An LAPD Detective Was Convicted”, All thats interesting, July 10th 2022, https://allthatsinteresting.com/sherri-rasmussen, Accessed March 2, 2025  

“Once Bitten” People Magazine Investigates, Directed Stephen Schuster, Season 2 Episode 5, Radley Studios, December 4, 2017