In July of 1993, a group of Florida teenagers committed one of the most shocking and senseless murders in modern true crime history. The crime, later dramatized in the 2001 film Bully, was not the work of hardened criminals or masterminds, but of suburban kids. At the center of the story were two childhood friends: Marty Puccio, quiet and impressionable, and Bobby Kent, a young man many described as charismatic but deeply controlling. Those closest to them claimed Bobby bullied, manipulated, and terrorized Marty for years. Marty’s friends convinced themselves the only way to escape Bobby’s influence was to kill him.

What followed was a clumsy, chaotic, and brutally violent attack carried out in a remote swampy area of Broward County. Their plan unraveled almost immediately, leading to multiple arrests, wildly different prison sentences, and decades of debate about what was true, what was exaggerated, and what was simply self-serving testimony. Was Bobby Kent truly the monster the killers claimed he was? Or did a group of teenagers justify murder by rewriting the story after the fact?

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbtfrPpqoqI

Bully 

Bully:The True Story of High School Revenge  by Jim Schutz 

https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/lisa-connelly/

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In this episode, we uncover the terrifying true story behind Taken In Broad Daylight, the Lifetime movie based on the abduction of 17-year-old Anne Sluti. In April 2001, Anne was kidnapped in broad daylight from a Nebraska shopping mall by convicted felon Anthony Steven Wright. What followed was a harrowing six-day ordeal that stretched across multiple states and showcased Anne’s remarkable courage, intelligence, and determination to survive.

We’ll break down how the real-life events unfolded, explore how accurately the film portrayed her experience, and discuss the psychological strength that helped Anne turn from victim to survivor.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mSZZCNFjSs

https://nebraska.tv/archive/what-ever-happened-to-anne-sluti

Deadly Demands Season 1, Episode 6 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abducted-girl-returns-home

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/340/724/588043/

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In this episode, we start with Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie a gripping Lifetime film that dives into the disappearance of a young woman at a historically Black college. When a student suddenly vanishes, her counselor refuses to look the other way, uncovering a system that too often dismisses missing Black women and girls. The story is fictional, but its message hits painfully close to home.

The film shines a light on how the media and institutions frequently overlook these disappearances. How urgency fades, headlines never come, and families are left to fight alone for attention and answers.

From there, we turn to the real-life disappearance of 18-year-old Cleashindra Hall, a decades-long missing person case that deserves to be remembered.

Cleashindra, or “Clea,” as her family calls her, was an honors student from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with dreams of becoming a pediatrician. On the evening of May 9, 1994, she finished her shift working for a local business and called her mother to say she’d be home soon. But Cleashindra never made that second call, and she was never seen again.

Over the years, her family has searched tirelessly for answers. There were searches, interviews, and countless leads — yet no arrests have ever been made, and no trace of Cleashindra has been found. Despite the time that’s passed, her loved ones have never given up.

Like the story told in Abducted at an HBCU, Cleashindra’s case reflects a painful reality: when young Black women go missing, the attention they receive rarely matches the depth of the loss. This episode is about remembering her, and about refusing to let these stories fade into silence.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3odKv1Fin0

https://www.the-sun.com/news/11962351/lifetime-abducted-hbcu-black-girl-missing/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Cleashindra_Hall

Black Girl Gone: The Disappearance of Cleashindra Hall 

https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/family-of-cleashindra-hall-still-hopes-for-answers-nearly-30-years-after-her-disappearance/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Z4loP9G5g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63MC4OwNYmE

https://news.morehouse.edu/professor-avery-o.-williams-86-writes-screenplay-for-lifetime-original-abducted-at-an-hbcu-a-black-girl-missing-movie

https://www.fox16.com/news/only-on-fox16-transcribed-interviews-from-larry-amos-following-teenagers-disappearance/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-cleashindra-hall-still-hopes-221635171.html

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In the early 1990s, the college town of Gainesville,Florida was paralyzed by fear. Over just three days, five students were brutally murdered in their own apartments, victims of Danny Rolling, the man the press would call The Gainesville Ripper. His crimes were savage, his methods deliberate, and the terror he left behind felt like something straight out of a horror movie.

Years later, screenwriter Kevin Williamson watched a documentary about those killings while home alone. That fear he experienced while watching that documentary became the spark for Wes Craven's Scream (1996). Set in the quiet town of Woodsboro, Scream follows a masked killer who taunts his victims with phone calls and deadly games, blurring the line between fiction and reality. What began as a true story of terror became a movie that made us all ask the same question…

“What’s your favorite scary movie?”

Sources:

World’s Most Evil Killers: S3,EP13 

https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/rolling,%20danny%20-%202004.pdf

https://www.ksla.com/video/2024/03/29/archives-murders-tom-julie-sean-grissom-shreveport-la-1989/

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/08/grissom-family-murders-shreveport-louisiana-gainesville-murders/4157607002/

https://www.aetv.com/articles/how-serial-killer-danny-rolling-inspired-scream-with-his-1990-slayings

https://people.com/serial-killer-gainesville-ripper-danny-rolling-exclusive-11763591

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Rolling

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/02/20/5-dead-may-have-been-stalked/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTvIh8rC4ak

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In this episode, we dive into the true story behind Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story, the Lifetime movie that shocked viewers. We recount the 2006 case of 17-year-old Ashley Reeves, a high school student from Illinois who was lured to a remote park by her former teacher and brutally attacked—strangled and left paralyzed, alone in the woods for over 30 hours. Miraculously, she survived.

We’ll examine how the film portrayed the events, explore key differences between the dramatization and reality, and discuss the psychological aftermath of the attack. This crime highlights the dangers of authority abuse and the strength it takes to reclaim one’s life after trauma.

Sources:

Left For Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbH6S4z57hE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrWztHfwNBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxYrXrsQYc

https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/cable-tv-movie-to-chronicle-the-2006-ashley-reeves-case-from-metro-east/

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/87/68762db5-4e2b-5eda-baf6-b8d851de839b/60c0dafe96b8c.pdf.pdf

https://people.com/teacher-who-choked-17-year-old-student-left-her-woods-after-believing-she-was-dead-is-released-8639074

https://truecrimenews.com/2017/02/06/exclusive-illinois-teen-survives-older-lovers-murderous-attack-returns-to-scene-where-she-was-left-for-dead/

https://thecinemaholic.com/lifetimes-left-for-dead-everything-we-know/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-teacher-gets-20-years/

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The 1983 made-for-TV movie Adam tells the true story of six-year-old Adam Walsh, who was abducted from a Sears department store in Hollywood, Fl in July 1981. The movie follows his parents, John and Reve Walsh, as they struggle with the devastating loss of their son and the failures of the system meant to protect children.

The real-life case behind the movie had a lasting impact. John Walsh became a well-known victims' rights advocate and later hosted America's Most Wanted. The Walsh family helped establish the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Adam remains one of the most influential true crime TV movies in American history, remembered not just for its emotional storytelling but for the real change it helped create.

Sources:

Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America by Les Standiford 

Tears of Rage by John Walsh 

https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2024/adam-more-than-a-movie

https://time.com/4437205/adam-walsh-murder/

https://justiceforadam.com/

https://curbarchive.journalism.wisc.edu/2009/12/01/are-you-there-god-its-me-jeffrey/2/index.html

https://people.com/who-killed-adam-walsh-11777914#:~:text=Before%20John%20Walsh%20was%20the,and%20my%20love%20for%20him.%22

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We revisit the harrowing true story of Francine Hughes, the Michigan housewife whose decades-long abuse at the hands of her husband, Mickey Hughes, ended in a desperate act that would shake the nation. On a cold night in March 1977, after suffering relentless physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, Francine set fire to the bed where her husband lay sleeping.

We explore the real events behind the groundbreaking 1984 TV movie The Burning Bed, starring Farrah Fawcett, which brought national attention to domestic violence in a way the American media had rarely done before.

Sources:

The Burning Bed - By Faith McNulty 

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=f3826a3017f5c801&rlz=1CAGZLV_enUS1160&sxsrf=AE3TifNI_ytsXlwnrn18p_4EHPVMZ0jfPw:1759263288213&udm=7&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeiAkWG4OlBE2zyCTMjPbGmMU8EWskMk2JSE__efdUJ3xRFvZ0M2vJLB0hUMk5HOE2OjlycQYRp9vQECfaBtuI77VBixuZT8Ikq7knPIraxtLcXUn-925YP4AZPohtCshEMzz_HYh-s2jy_GenEFZtSggFj5UruF1QvDnKbUPJW54S8V0hw&q=the+burning+bed&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwity_C6poGQAxUtEFkFHUAlCW4QtKgLegQIGBAB&biw=1536&bih=710&dpr=1.25#fpstate=ive&ip=1&vld=cid:65d05521,vid:ZGXeu5WCZgE,st:0

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/farrah-fawcetts-film-role-helped-change-domestic-abuse-63176346

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmyQcq9YY8M

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/francine-hughes-wilson-dead-burning-bed-defendant.html

https://www.wkar.org/history/2017-03-30/burning-bed-murder-case-defense-attorney-looks-back

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When Susan Wilson and her family move into what they believe is their dream home in a quiet Louisiana neighborhood, everything seems perfect. But soon, Susan begins to suspect that something isn't right. Susan makes the horrifying discovery that her trusted neighbor has been spying on her family, watching their most private moments. He has secretly installed hidden cameras in her home. Even more disturbing, the law offers her no protection.

Determined to seek justice, Susan fights not just for her family, but for others too. Susan Wilson becomes an advocate for victims' rights and pushes to change the laws that failed to protect her basic privacy.

Sources:

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/dec/30/federal-law-against-video-voyeurism-hailed-by/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYVuRAyQYug

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/making-video-voyeurism-a-crime/

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/lifetimes-tale-video-voyeur-spurs-us-law-15614/

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We dive into the true story behind the Lifetime movie Mommy Meanest. A chilling thriller where a teenage girl is tormented by a

cyberbully, only to find out that the person behind the screen is her own mother. Based on the real-life case of Kendra Licari, the Michigan mom who stalked and harassed her daughter for 2 years.

Sources:

https://www.tvinsider.com/1212649/kendra-licari-updates-unknown-number-texter-today-daughter-relationship/

https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a66035450/unknown-number-viewers-agree-that-a-key-detail-about-kendra-was-left-out-of-the-documentary/

https://bigrapidsdailynews.com/breaking-news/686462

https://people.com/unknown-number-mom-explains-why-sent-anonymous-texts-11803391

Netflix: Unknown Number - The High School Catfish 

Lifetime: Mommy Meanest 

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a66037600/unknown-number-high-school-catfish-shawn-now-kendra-divorce/

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Laurie Show was a 16-year-old high school student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, whose life was tragically cut short in 1991 in a brutal act of jealousy and revenge. She had briefly dated an older teen, Lawrence  Yunkin, who was in a volatile relationship with another teenager, Michelle Lambert. Lambert became increasingly obsessed with harassing and threatening Laurie. On the morning of December 20, 1991, Laurie was attacked and murdered in her home by Lambert and her friend Tabitha Buck. 

The horrifying case gained national attention and led to lengthy trials, appeals, and changes in Pennsylvania’s anti-stalking laws, largely due to the advocacy of Laurie’s mother, Hazel Show. In 2000, Lifetime adapted the story into a made-for-TV film titled The Stalking of Laurie Show, dramatizing the events leading up to Laurie’s death. 

Sources:

Overkill by Lyn Riddle 

The Stalking of Laurie Show 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwRY0qffDI

https://lancastercountypa.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1008&ARC=1439

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItVOg2lzq4E

https://co.lancaster.pa.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1008&ARC=1438

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/12/28-years-after-killing-laurie-show-teen-murderer-tabitha-buck-is-bound-for-freedom.html

https://www.wgal.com/article/wgal-becomes-courtroom-for-appeal-by-convicted-killer-lisa-michelle-lambert/60178594

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