David Coughlin was excited to road trip across the U.S. from Massachusetts to California with his best friend, Raffi Kodikian. When the two of them arrive in New Mexico, they decide to camp for the night in Rattlesnake Canyon. After losing the trail, the two men are desperate for an escape. When they both become violently ill and dehydrated, they make an unthinkable and irreversible decision. 

Sources:

http://www.outdoorplaces.com/Features/story/mercykill.htm

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-death-in-the-desert-sentence/

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20000511/news/305119963

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/books/two-went-out-one-came-back.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-03-mn-18196-story.html

When Amy Bishop Anderson was in college, she accidentally set off a shotgun that stole the life of someone close to her. Nearly twenty years later, Amy would become known for her horrific involvement in a university tragedy. Throughout those twenty years though, there were multiple red flags. How did Amy Bishop Anderson live in free society for as long as she did?

Sources: 

https://www.wired.com/2011/02/ff-bishop/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/11/a-loaded-gun

https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2021/05/30/braintree-native-amy-bishops-son-seth-shot-death-alabama/5254998001/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-5-years-alabama-university-killer-apologizes-first-time-n447481

James and Julie Keown were settling down for a new start in Waltham, Massachusetts: James would be attending Harvard, and Julie would be working remotely. They seemed more in love than ever. When Julie suddenly got very ill, their perfect life started to unravel.

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5419328&page=1

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28583944

https://waltham.wickedlocal.com/news/20171024/waltham-man-who-poisoned-his-wifes-gatorade-will-stay-in-prison

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-guilty-of-killing-wife-with-antifreeze/

https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20080703/NEWS/307039887

https://wcfcourier.com/news/metro/massachusetts-murder-victim-was-from-waterloo/article_fda8b552-a950-509e-82c7-875824ccb1fd.html

https://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/lifestyles/antifreeze-deadly-sweet-taste-is-now-gone/article_4aea3472-e936-52fa-9f59-bce5ffe62b84.html

Cape Cod is known for being the premier vacation destination, but did you also know it is home to some spooky haunted inns? 

Sources:

https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20161029/barnstable-house-keeps-ghost-hunters-hopping

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/orleans-inn-haunted-ma/

Haunted Massachusetts by Cheri Farnsworth

On May 24th 2019, Jennifer Dulos was supposed to join her mother and children for dinner. When nobody had heard from her all day and she did not show up, Jennifer was reported missing. Her disappearance left little evidence and three prime suspects.

Domestic Violence Resources: https://ncadv.org/resources 

Sources:

ttps://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Two-years-since-Jennifer-Dulos-vanished-security-16056070.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srkyXK766e0

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

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Michelle-Troconis-to-appear-for-hearing-in-15917871.php

https://findjenniferdulos.com

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/jennifer-dulos-disappeared-two-years-ago-today/2494024/

https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/divorce-leads-to-murder-and-suicide-in-connecticut-true-crime-a8e685db6811

https://patch.com/connecticut/newcanaan/fotis-dulos-has-passed-pair-psych-evaluations-attorney-claims

https://patch.com/connecticut/newcanaan/norm-pattis-barred-discussing-jennifer-dulos-case-report

https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/outreach/awareness-months/as-grandmother-is-granted-custody-of-dulos-children-new-details-about-family-finances-emerge/520-80f892ef-8109-410f-b841-875fe198b5b1

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Divorce-proceedings-Missing-New-Canaan-woman-13903609.php

https://www.wtnh.com/dulos/jennifer-dulos-2-years-still-missing-has-anything-changed/

Laurie Gonyo seemed to vanish into thin air one day in November of 1976.  Eight months later, her body was found over 20 miles from her home. While the police originally suspected her husband, it turns out they may have been honing in on the wrong man. 

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3285458/bennington-banner/

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/03/26/this-time-charge-is-murder-man-freed-in-attacks-accused-of-prior-killing/

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-03-09-9003093519-story.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/vermont/supreme-court/1994/op92-039.html

Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky made criminal history as the only person to be put on death row not once, but twice! While he was the last person in New England to be put to death by electric chair, his crime spree impacted the state of Connecticut long after he was gone. 

Sources:

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/315784

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2005-01-02-0501020480-story.html

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2005-01-16-0501160145-story.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/mad-dog-killer-article-1.422375

https://www.swordandscale.com/the-killing-spree-of-mad-dog-taborsky/

http://www.westhartfordnews.com/news/throwback-thursday-west-hartford-s-mad-dog-murderer/article_6c4dcded-a6a4-571a-b6ec-fac0e1b559eb.html

When three young women are found brutally murdered and their bodies mutilated, everyone thinks it could only be the work of an evil force. Fall River (Massachusetts) is believed to have been the home of one of the most grisly, devil-worshipping cults; but when the witness testimonies keep changing, it is hard to know who is actually telling the truth.

Sources:

http://cvltnation.com/sex-satanism-sacrificial-slaughter-fall-river-cult-murders-1979-80/

https://linesandstringsandstrangedays.com/2019/05/29/harborterracepartone/

http://carldrewsfight.com

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/fall-river-true-crime-docuseries-trailer-1146298/

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20131006/LIFE/310060305

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/397/397mass65.html

H.H. Holmes was not only one of the earliest conman's in our country, he was also one of the first known American serial killers. With a series of fraud accusations following him and a blueprint to build a murder castle in his hands, what really could go wrong?

Sources:

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/hh-holmes

https://www.britannica.com/event/Worlds-Columbian-Exposition

https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

https://harpers.org/archive/1943/12/the-master-of-the-murder-castle/3/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/serial-killer-h-h-holmes-body-exhumed-what-we-know-126699/

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-hh-holmes-gravesite-exhumed-20170901-story.html

On a chilly evening in early March of 1873, Louis HF Wagner concocted a plan to rob his former employer. When a pup startles the household awake, the night takes a dark and twisted turn.

Sources:

http://www.seacoastnh.com/History/History-Matters/why-louis-wagner-was-smuttynose-slayer/?showall=1

https://newengland.com/today/travel/new-hampshire/portsmouth/smuttynose-murders/

https://www.fosters.com/news/20200308/blood-science-on-trial-in-1873

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3303455?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents