This week we're diving into part one of the Mackenzie Shirilla case, and trust us, this one has layers.

It all starts in the early morning hours of July 31, 2022, in Strongsville, Ohio. At 5:35 a.m., 17-year-old Mackenzie drove her 2018 Toyota Camry straight into a brick building going over 100 mph. The crash killed her boyfriend, 20-year-old Dominic "Dom" Russo, and his friend, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan, who made the last-minute decision to hop in the car that night.

We get into who these young men were: Dom and his close-knit Italian-American family, and Davion, his adoption, his athletics, and his dream of becoming a barber. From there we start pulling at the threads of Mackenzie and Dom's relationship, and let's just say the deeper we go, the more questions come up.

Investigators had their own theory about what really happened that morning, and the evidence they uncovered is a lot. But we're not getting ahead of ourselves just yet.

Part two is where it all comes together, so stay tuned.

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A note on Davion: his family started the Davion Flanagan Memorial Fund, a 501c3 nonprofit, to help others chase the dream he never got to, attending barber school. Davion shared a dream of eventually owning his own barber shop, and the family felt compelled to make something good happen out of such a senseless tragedy. You can support the scholarship at gofundme.com/f/davion-flanagan, or find the Davion Flanagan Memorial Fund on Facebook. News 5 ClevelandWKYC

This case also touches on domestic violence. If any of it hits close to home, you're not alone. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 at 1-800-799-7233, or you can text START to 88788.

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In this episode of Super SUS, we wrap up the Whitaker family case with part two - picking up after Bart vanishes and tracing the years-long hunt to find him.

In this episode of Super SUS, we wrap up the Whitaker family case with part two - picking up after Bart vanishes and tracing the years-long hunt to find him.

He built a new life under a new name, in a new country, with a story for everything. It wasn't enough.

The trial, the verdict, and what happened in 2018 minutes before a scheduled execution make for one of the most remarkable endings we've covered. And Kent Whitaker - the man Bart tried to have killed - plays a role you won't see coming.

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In this episode of Super SUS, we cover part one of the Whitaker family case - a home invasion in Sugar Land, Texas on December 10, 2003 that was supposed to look like a burglary gone wrong.

The night started as a celebration. By the time the family pulled back into their driveway, someone was waiting for them inside the house.

Two people were killed. Two survived. And the crime scene didn't add up from the jump.

This is part one - we're laying the foundation before everything unravels in part two. You're going to want to have this one under your belt first.

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When you mix paranormal investigations with domestic violence, the results can be devastating - and in these two cases, the connections to one of cable TV's biggest ghost hunting shows make the stories even harder to look away from.

This week, we're covering two separate cases tied to the Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures - and both of them go in directions we genuinely did not see coming.

First, we get into the story of Mark and Debbie Constantino, a Reno-based couple who built a following in the paranormal community as EVP analysts and appeared on the show multiple times. Behind the scenes, a very different story was unfolding - one that escalated for years before it came to a horrifying end in September 2015.

Then, we cover a case involving Ghost Adventures investigator Aaron Goodwin - and the wife who was apparently making some very dangerous plans while he was off chasing ghosts. This one involves a convicted triple murderer, a contraband prison phone, and a scheme that is hard to believe actually happened.

Two cases. One show. And a reminder that sometimes the scariest things aren't on camera.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available 24/7. Call or text the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), text START to 88788, or chat at thehotline.org.

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In this episode of Super SUS, we cover the murders of Sheri Coleman and her sons, Garett and Gavin - a family living in the quiet St. Louis suburb of Columbia, Illinois.

Chris Coleman had what looked like the perfect life: a beautiful family, a prestigious job heading security for televangelist Joyce Meyer, and a home in one of the safest neighborhoods around. Then, starting in late 2008, threatening letters and emails began arriving - warnings that his family would be killed if he didn't comply with certain demands.

On the morning of May 5, 2009, those threats became a reality. Sheri and both boys were found strangled in their beds. Red spray-painted messages covered the walls.

But the more investigators dug, the more the story stopped making sense - and not in the way Chris Coleman wanted it to.

The evidence in this case is staggering. The timeline is damning. And the picture that emerges of who Chris Coleman really was will make your jaw drop.

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In this episode of Super SUS, we cover the case of Tyler Smith — a 23-year-old Army National Guardsman who was found face down in a drainage canal in Galesburg, Illinois in September 2018, just weeks before he was set to begin his dream career as a police officer.

Galesburg PD closed the case within 24 hours. His family never bought it. And the deeper you go, the harder it is to understand how anyone did.

This one has details that will genuinely floor you and a family that has spent seven years refusing to let their son be forgotten.

If you have any information about Tyler's death, please contact Illinois State Police Zone 2 Investigations at 815-632-4010, ext. 230. A $100,000 reward is available for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

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This week, Ande and Amethyst sat down with Dr. Rachel Toles - licensed clinical and forensic psychologist, true crime consultant, and the mind behind the Psychology of Serial Killers live tour - for a conversation that honestly went in a lot of directions we weren't expecting.

Dr. Toles has spent her career studying serial homicide, extreme violence, and threat pathways, and she gets into all of it here: the early experiences that drew her to this work, why so many of the things we think we know about serial killers are flat-out wrong and why she thinks women's fascination with true crime is less morbid than it is deeply practical.

She also makes a case for slowing down, listening to your body's warning signs, and why throwing around words like "psychopath" and "narcissist" actually does more harm than good. Plus - keep an eye out for her upcoming book, Inventing the Psychopath, due out fall 2027.

If you're in the Chicago area, Dr. Toles is bringing the Psychology of Serial Killers tour to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie on Tuesday, April 28 at 7:30 PM. And if you're not local, she is truly everywhere right now - check the tour site to see if she's coming to a city near you.

Links:

• Learn more about Dr. Rachel Toles: drracheltoles.com
• Tour dates and tickets: psychologyofserialkillers.com (dates through May 18)

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In our latest episode of Super SUS, we examine the baffling disappearance of Rebecca Coriam, a British youth worker who vanished from Disney Cruise Line's Disney Wonder in March 2011 and was never found.

We dig into the details that made this case so difficult to ignore: the complicated relationship dynamics among crew members, the oversized clothing Rebecca appeared to be wearing in the footage, a flip-flop found near the crew pool that didn't belong to her, and Disney's insistence that a rogue wave swept her overboard from a deck enclosed by six-foot walls.

We also examine the investigation itself — or the lack of one. A single Bahamian detective spent barely a day on board, interviewed only a handful of crew members, and declared the disappearance non-suspicious. The case remains unsolved.

This is a case full of unanswered questions, institutional failures, and details that just don't add up — and Rebecca's family has never stopped pushing for the truth.

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Ashley Jane Schwalm (née Mills) seemed to be living a picture-perfect life—a Toronto-raised interior designer, wife, and mother of two settled in Collingwood, Ontario. But behind the scenes, her marriage was unraveling, tangled in affairs, financial strain, and shifting loyalties that blurred the lines between two couples.

On January 26, 2023, Ashley’s burned vehicle was discovered in a ditch in the Blue Mountains, with her body inside. What initially appeared to be a tragic accident quickly raised questions. Conflicting accounts, unusual evidence at the scene, and a trail of digital activity began to paint a much more complicated picture.

As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered details that challenged the original story and revealed a case far more calculated than it first appeared.

In this episode, we unpack the relationships, the timeline, and the evidence—while asking how a life that looked so stable could unravel so completely.

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Originally released as a bonus episode and now brought to you from the Super SUS archives.  Life has been a little chaotic lately for your co-hosts, but we’re doing our best to keep fresh-ish content coming your way each week.

When 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart agreed to house-sit for her aunt and uncle in Pocatello, Idaho, it seemed like an easy, quiet weekend. Instead, it became one of the most disturbing and calculated teen-perpetrated murders in recent memory.

In this episode, we walk through who Cassie was, the events leading up to that night, and how investigators uncovered a shocking plot hiding in plain sight. As the truth emerged, the case revealed disturbing motivations, recorded evidence, and a level of premeditation that left her community and loved ones reeling.

We discuss the investigation, the evidence that ultimately led to arrests, and the lasting impact Cassie’s loss has had on her family and the wider community.

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