In the quiet farm town of Circleville, Ohio, secrets once lived safely behind closed doors — until anonymous letters began arriving in the 1970s, each one exposing affairs, crimes, and private lives with terrifying precision. No return address. No mercy.

Then one of the targets, Ron Gillispie, dies under suspicious circumstances. A booby-trapped gun appears years later. A man is imprisoned. And yet… the letters continue.

In this slow-burn, cinematic episode, Matt and Gavin unravel one of America’s strangest and most unsettling unsolved mysteries — a case where fear arrived daily by mail, suspects hid in plain sight, and the truth may have been buried deeper than the letters ever revealed.

This is the story of a town that read its own secrets… and never recovered from what it learned.

A mother disappears in the Bronx… and within hours, trash bags start turning up across multiple blocks. Inside them? Human remains. What follows is one of the most chilling and confusing cases New York has seen — a crime where the suspects blame each other, where the evidence is scattered like breadcrumbs, and where the truth gets darker the closer you look.

In this episode of Stuttering in Silence, Matt and Gavin break down the brutal 2013 murder and dismemberment of Tanya Byrd, a beloved mother whose son, Bahsid McLean, and his friend, William Harris, became the center of a twisted investigation. We take you through the timeline, the conflicting stories, the psychological red flags, and the shocking details the media could barely process.

This is not just a murder — it’s a window into mental illness, manipulation, fear, and the secrets that can exist inside a family home.

✔️ The discovery of the scattered body parts ✔️ The conflicting confessions ✔️ The role of mental illness ✔️ The trial that left jurors speechless

Join us as we peel back the layers of a case that still haunts the Bronx to this day.

A mother and her 19-month-old daughter walk into a children’s clothing store on a quiet Sunday afternoon… and vanish. What unfolds next will shake a Pennsylvania community to its core — and inspire one of the most powerful acts of healing the region has ever seen.

In this cinematic, act-based episode, Matt and Gavin chronicle the heartbreaking murders of Lisa and Devon Manderach, the hunt for justice, the courtroom battles that followed, and the extraordinary community movement that rose from the tragedy: a half-million-dollar playground built in their honor.

This is the story of darkness — and the people who refused to let it win.

In 1981, the small mountain town of Keddie, California — population under 100 — became the scene of one of America’s most chilling unsolved murders. Inside Cabin 28, a mother, her son, and his friend were brutally slain, and a young girl vanished. Decades later, questions still linger: who did it, why, and how did the truth slip away?

In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two men disguised as police officers entered Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — and vanished with thirteen irreplaceable works of art worth over half a billion dollars.

No alarms. No suspects. No trace.

In this episode of Stuttering in Silence, Matt Lepore unravels the haunting timeline of the world’s most infamous art theft — from the fog-covered streets of Boston to the tangled web of mob connections, false leads, and unanswered questions that still echo through the museum’s empty halls.

Because sometimes… what’s missing tells the loudest story of all.

In this episode of Stuttering in Silence, hosts Matt and Gavin revisit one of the darkest days in American history — the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. They break down the events leading up to the tragedy, the chaos that followed, and the heroic actions of first responders and everyday citizens. From the hunt for the Tsarnaev brothers to the city’s powerful message of “Boston Strong,” this episode examines how a community shattered by terror found unity in resilience.

In the winter of 2010, fear gripped the streets of Kensington — a neighborhood already bruised by addiction, poverty, and neglect. When three women were found strangled within weeks of each other, residents whispered of a phantom stalking the night. But the truth was far worse — because the killer wasn’t hiding in the dark. He was walking in plain sight.

This episode dives deep into the story of Antonio Rodriguez, the man known as The Kensington Strangler — how he lured his victims, how the system failed to stop him, and how an entire community was left haunted by the silence of those it ignored.

A story about violence, survival, and the devastating cost of delay. We’re Matt Lepore and Gavin Sowden — and this is Stuttering in Silence: The Shadow of Kensington.

In this episode of Stuttering in Silence, Matt and Gavin revisit one of the most shocking moments in Olympic history—the Centennial Park bombing during the 1996 Atlanta Games. We break down the timeline of the attack, the lives it impacted, and the ripple effect it left on the world of sports and security. From the heroism of first responders to the controversy surrounding Richard Jewell, join us as we uncover how a single night forever changed the way major events are protected.

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In this episode of Stuttering in Silence, hosts Matt and Gavin unravel the tragic story of the DeShong family — a case that shook Perkiomen Township, Pennsylvania.

When 49-year-old Aaron DeShong called the FBI in September 2023, what investigators uncovered inside his home was almost unimaginable: his mother Wanda and his brother Adam, both shot dead. What followed was a trial that exposed years of resentment, a fractured family history, and a chilling glimpse into how grief can spiral into violence.

We dive deep into:

• The DeShong family’s background and the decision that ignited Aaron’s resentment.
• The chilling 911-style call that set the investigation in motion.
• How the prosecution and defense battled over motive, intent, and evidence.
• The jury’s swift verdict of first-degree murder and Aaron’s life sentence.
• The defense’s promise of appeal, and what challenges may lie ahead.

This isn’t just a true crime story — it’s a haunting reminder that sometimes the darkest conflicts are the ones that unfold inside a family home.

What happens when analytics, ambition, and deception collide? We unravel the Houston Astros’ elaborate sign-stealing operation from 2017–2018 — from the live camera feed and “Codebreaker” system to the trash-can bangs fans uncovered on tape. Hear the full story of how it was exposed, who paid the price, and why the controversy still echoes across baseball.