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Join in the conversation as nationally-recognized Forensic Scientist Karen Elliott, a colleague of Chris’s, discusses the significance of the crime scene at 1122 King Road in Moscow, ID, where the four University of Idaho students were killed on Nov. 13, 2022; Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

Re-upload from 5/28/2023

Join our All-Star Panel of Experts as they weigh in on the latest bombshell developments in the case against accused killer Bryan Kohberger. Chris is joined by Ret. FBI profiler Greg Cooper, legendary Forensic Trauma Nurse Ann Burgess, Forensic Psychologist Dr. Gary Brucato, and Cold Case Foundation's Dean L. Jackson as they discuss Kohberger.The Interview Room is proud that we were the first to unveil our All-Star Panel of experts from the Cold Case Foundation and their spot-on predictions about the Univ. of Idaho student murders weeks before Kohberger was arrested on suspicion of murder. He is accused of killing Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin on Nov. 13, 2022.

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Join Chris as he discuss missing Winona, MN mom Madeline Kingsbury, and the eight stages that lead to domestic homicide with the passing of the three year anniversary of the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew. Join us!IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 (SAFE).

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Join us as we discuss the latest developments with accused killer Bryan Kohberger and double murderer Alex Murdaugh. Re-upload from 5/7/2023

Join Chris and his guest, Former FBI Special Agent Jeff Wood, as he talks about never-before-heard details on how the FBI helped catch the Boston Marathon Bombers.FACTS: The Boston Marathon Bombing happened ON April 15, 2013 when brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, planted two homemade pressure cooker bombs that detonated near the finish line. The blast killed five people -- Krystal Campbell, Lu Lingzi, Martin Richard, Officer Sean Collier and Sgt. Dennis Simmonds -- and left 260 people injured, including 17 people that lost limbs. After an exhaustive manhunt, police captured one of the bombing suspects, Dzhokhar. His older brother Tamerlan died in a shootout with police.

Why has Bryan Kohberger's defense team asked surviving roommate Bethany Funke to testify at the upcoming court hearing? Join Chris as he weighs in on what this could mean, as only a ret. seasoned homicide detective can. Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen are the surviving roommates from the Nov. 13, 2021 mass killing of four University of Idaho students in their off campus house. Kohberger is accused of stabbing to death Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. His preliminary hearing is expected to start June 26.

In another high-profile killing that involved a knife...Chris takes you back to the scene where Matthew Cecchi, 9, had his life taken from an assailant with a knife inside an Oceanside, Calif. bathroom some 25 years later.

Susan Smith, the killer mom who drowned her two young boys in a lake in 1994, is up for parole in November 2024. THE INTERVIEW ROOM WITH CHRIS MCDONOUGH looks back at the case that shocked the nation when Susan Smith confessed to killing her sons, Michael, 3, and Alex, 14 months. CHRIS TAKES YOU ON THE ACTUAL DRIVE SMITH TOOK FROM HER HOUSE IN UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO JOHN D. LONG LAKE, WHERE SHE DROWNED HER TODDLERS, PROVIDING INSIGHT ONLY A SEASONED HOMICIDE DETECTIVE CAN SHARE. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!

This video is a HIGHLIGHT REEL from our panel interview with guest Kerri Rawson, the daughter of serial killer BTK Dennis Rader. Imagine discovering your father was a hunted serial killer for over 30 years. Kerri talks about growing up with her father and the similarities she sees with accused mass murderer Bryan Kohberger.

The audio of Alex Murdaugh's full confession of the botched murder-suicide insurance scheme is the roadside shooting of Sept. 4, 2021. This was played in court on Feb. 16, 2023.