Ardeth Wood went for a bike ride but never returned home. Her body appeared days later in the creek in town, leading police on a year long wild goose chase. Then we dissect the case of Elisa Lam. Her body was found in a water tank atop the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The police ruled it an accidental death, but the facts don't add up - especially in a hotel known for its murderous history.

Sources:
 https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20080109/281530811696063
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh2Xwn_CChM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa-police-announce-break-in-ardeth-wood-case-1.519523
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/police-had-early-tip-in-wood-murder-report-1.524697
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elisa_Lam
https://allthatsinteresting.com/elisa-lam-death
https://filmdaily.co/news/elisa-lam/

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David Richard Berkowitz, AKA Son of Sam, was a serial killer who targeted and shot young women on the streets of New York - while writing letters to the media to fuel NYC's fear. Do you buy his story that he's "insane" and his neighbor's pet urged him to kill? Then we dive into the heroic story of Mary Vincent, who was raped and tortured by Lawrence Singleton - but survives to put him behind bars. Only problem? He doesn't stay locked up for very long...

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz
https://www.oxygen.com/mark-of-a-killer/crime-news/why-son-of-sam-kill-david-berkowitz-programmed-kill
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/david-berkowitz
https://morbidology.com/left-for-dead-mary-vincent/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Singleton
https://www.mamamia.com.au/lawrence-singleton-mary-vincent/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56897955/lawrence-bernard-singleton
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/05/30/Lawrence-Singletons-parole-odyssey/8899549345600/ 

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It was a case that shook the heart of a Toronto, the death of a young girl at the hands of a heinous monster. On May 12, 2003, 10-year-old Holly Jones volunteered to walk her friend Claudia home after a play date, but she never was seen again. Then we dive into the life and crimes of American mobster, Henry Hill. Half Irish, half Italian - he wanted to prove himself to the Lucchese crime family of New York City... but just show far will he go?


Sources:
https://www.buggedspace.com/the-sad-story-of-holly-jones-how-10-year-olds-murder-brought-a-toronto-community-together/
https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/holly-jones-suspected-killer-married-a-saultite-90091
https://crimeola.com/michael-briere-wiki-holly-jones-murder/
http://www.stopdemand.org/afawcs0153418/CATID=4/ID=47/SID=587978889/Canada-Hollys-killer-blames-child-pornography.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/briere-michael.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hill
https://www.biography.com/news/real-goodfellas-lufthansa-heist-henry-hill
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-goodfellas-henry-hill/story?id=16557945

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Maura Murray secretly drove to New Hampshire when she was 21 for some alone time... but  never came home. She was last seen in a car crash during a cold snowy night, yet her body was never found... and even more mysterious was the lack of footprints in the snow. Police chalk it up to a runaway girl but the evidence points to something much darker. Then we cover the haunting of the Andrews family. A ghost seems to terrorize them, but unfortunately they underestimate how evil an acquaintance can be... leaving three innocent victims to pay the price.

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Sources:
https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Maura_Murray
https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/
https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-maura-murray-part-1/
https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-maura-murray-part-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_LaPlante
https://hackbrain.net/danny-laplante/
https://www.mamamia.com.au/daniel-laplante/
https://www.parkaman.com/strange-case-daniel-laplante-real-night-horror-story/ 

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The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack in Oklahoma City,  on April 19, 1995 - killing 168 people, including 19 children. Although at first suspicion wrongly focused on Middle Eastern terrorist groups, attention quickly centered on Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Both were former U.S. Army soldiers and were associated with the extreme right-wing and militant Patriot movement. Then we examine the cold case of Kristin O'Connell. While visiting her love interest in up-state NY, she vanishes from a party with his friends... only to be found 2 days later, naked and with her throat slashed. NOTE: If you have any details on this case please reach out in this dedicated Facebook group. www.facebook.com/pages/category/Cause/Kristin-OConnell-Unsolved-Murder-393286524339287

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
https://www.history.com/topics/1990s/oklahoma-city-bombing
https://www.facebook.com/Who-Murdered-Kristin-OConnell-Ovid-NY-1985-2067520920036206/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/4yy2zt/kristen_oconnells_murder_mystery_is_still_cold/
https://feltongroupllc.com/cold-case-the-murder-of-kristin-oconnell/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B85m2B9yiTw
https://www.whec.com/news/inside-the-evidence-1985-cold-case-homicide-in-the-finger-lakes/5427802/?cat=13254
https://www.whec.com/news/inside-the-evidence-suspect-in-1985-finger-lakes-homicide/5445032/
https://www.fltimes.com/news/man-seeks-eavesdropping-info-in-murder-probe/article_ae968e7e-06f9-550a-b6a3-5910360075ce.html
https://www.fltimes.com/news/we-had-a-pig-roast-ovid-men-questioned-about-murder/article_8cb22232-d52f-11e3-be14-001a4bcf887a.html 

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Natalee Ann Holloway was an eighteen-year-old American woman who mysteriously vanished on May 30, 2005 on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Natalee's parents suspect three young men of the murder, but despite changing stories and no alibis - the police can't find any evidence to convict. Then hear the miraculous story of Terry Jo Duperrault. Her family was murdered while vacationing on a boat, forcing her to spend 84 hours alone at sea.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Natalee_Holloway
https://abcnews.go.com/International/natalee-holloways-mother-15-year-journey-find-happened/story?id=67135633
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebelle_(ship)
https://murdermurder.news/2020/09/16/julian-harvey-and-the-bluebelle-murders/
https://www.rd.com/article/orphaned-on-the-ocean-the-unbelievable-story-of-terry-jo-duperrault/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/581655/murder-at-sea-terry-jo-duperrault 

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Rebecca Zahau was found hanging at her boyfriend's home on July 13, 2011. She was nude, with her wrists and ankles bound, and gagged. Police ruled her death a suicide, despite the evidence pointing to her boyfriend's jealous brother - who had the motive and an insatiable dark desire. Next, we get in the Halloween spirit by covering a case from 1974. Five children are mysteriously given poison on Halloween - resulting in the untimely death of a eight-year-old boy. While parents panic and search the candy in town, the police have to quickly investigate. Was this a crazed neighbor? Or did someone have something to gain from a child's death?

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Notorious family annihilator Chris Watts murdered his wife and two daughters in Frederick, Colorado. Netflix recently released a documentary on the story, but Liz dives into facts you won't hear anywhere else. Then Emily takes a fan's request to cover the murder of Mackenzie Lueck. She was bound, suffocated and burned by Ayoola Ajayi. Emily not only tells the story but dissects Ajayi's past and the warning signs that were ignored - like Ajayi's request to a contractor to build a soundproof dungeon.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_family_murders
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a34275542/why-did-chris-watts-kill-wife-shanann-watts/
https://thetab.com/uk/2020/10/01/american-murder-what-happened-to-chris-watts-other-girlfriend-nichol-kessinger-177101
https://www.biography.com/news/chris-watts-wife-daughters-murder-mistress-confession-timeline#:~:text=2010%3A%20The%20couple%20meet%20when,video%20that%20was%20later%20released
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Mackenzie_Lueck
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/08/13/man-accused-killing-utah/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/10/07/ayoola-ajayi-pleads/
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ayoola-ajayi-suspect-murder-mackenzie-lueck-20190701-story.html
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/7/20/21331353/college-student-mackenzie-lueck-university-of-utah-murder-court-ayoola-ajayi-preliminary-hearing
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/10/7/21504905/ayoola-ajayi-pleads-guilty-murder-mackenzie-lueck-student-university-of-utah 

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One night 16 year old Skylar Neese snuck out to meet with her friends, but she never returned home. At first her family is grateful her best friends want to post flyers and help - but soon everyone becomes suspicious when Skylar's friends can't keep their story straight. Then we examine the crimes committed by notorious upstate New York serial killer Arthur John Shawcross, AKA the Genesee River Killer. Shawcross was supposed to spend his life behind bars, but inexperienced prison guards are duped into releasing him. Unfortunately, Shawcross goes on a bloody rampage - leaving victims' families to question why he was ever let back into society in the first place.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Shawcross
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/arthur-shawcross
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Skylar_Neese
https://abcnews.go.com/US/teenage-killers-eerie-tweets-stabbing-friend-death/story?id=64541231
https://activefugitives.com/the-heartbreaking-murder-of-skylar-neese/
https://mycrimelibrary.com/rachel-shoaf-and-shelia-eddy-teen-killers/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/skylar-neese-murder

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We got cults on our minds! Jim Jones, a seemingly normal American preacher, starts a cult and convinces 918 followers to move to South America. Some argue the cult ended with mass suicide while others say it was mass murder. Listen to episode 8 and decide for yourself. Then hear about a rare, but brutal, crime known as a "fetal abduction." Teka Adams, a soon to be mother, survives a kidnapping and attempted c-section by Veronica Deramous. This story shows just how far some women will go to have a baby, and how far mothers will go to protect their children.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple
https://www.history.com/topics/crime/jonestown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/veronica-deramous-gets-25-years-for-trying-to-cut-baby-from-another-womans-womb/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061405396_3.html?sid=ST2010061505462 
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