The torture and abuse Sylvia suffered in the months leading up to her death pale in comparison the last few days of her life. Branded as a prostitute is unimaginable to those who knew her best. She was like a typical teenage girl, she had crushes on boys her own age but her virtue was never in danger of being taken. Jealousy or envy fueled the matriarch and her young prodigy, both handed cards in life that were unfair. One at the later half of her prime and the other hopelessly in love with a married man who no longer wanted their relationship leaving her with a child out of wedlock. The neighborhood children and teens had no idea that those moments of entertainment when they abused and tortured Sylvia would play a role in her death and leave them to face very serious consequences. Join me tonight as we dive deeper and close out the case of Sylvia Marie Likens. 

Sylvia was a beautiful 16 year old girl who, with her sister, was boarded with the Baniszewski family. Neither girl knew that they would both walk through that door but in a short 3 months one of them would not. A jealousy so deep that Gertrude was powerless to stop herself and the thing she set in motion once the first slap occurred. Join me as we kick on Season 2 with this multipart look at a case that rocked through the headlines in 1965 and produced one of the youngest convicted killers in Indiana state history. It's one that is sure to leave you baffled... 

Skylar Neese has been missing for 2 months and no one seems to know where she it but 2 girls who she thought was her friends know something and they aren't talking... yet. Join me tonight at we wrap up the Skylar Neese case, we will watch how 2 teenage girls lies spin out of control until it crumbles at their feet and the wave of destruction will take out 3 families who never saw it coming. This is the 3rd and final part to this series and the round about story-telling will finally come to a shocking end that no one saw coming!

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Their secret is safe, now comes the aftermath- something that neither girl thought of when they were plotting the death of their friend. Questions are being asked, fingers are being pointed, rumors are whispered, and the students at University High School are coming to the same conclusion that Star City Police Department... Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf's story doesn't add up. These two girls didn't just joke about killing Skylar it seems like they have decided to go through with it. The tiny framed spit fire with striking blue eyes is missing, her parents are living in a blur and no one seems to have answers to their questions.. the only thing they can do is hope... until they can't ignore what is being speculated and they are starting to see their daughter's best friend for what she really is... Join me as we look at the month and half after Skylar Neese is murdered and how convincing Shelia and Rachel really are with their "story" of what happened that night of July 5th into the morning of July 6th with the 3 girls... 

Catty high school drama; three girls once the best of friends now being torn apart by fighting, rumors, and plain having a third wheel.. Instead of unfriending the Skylar Neese, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf decide that killing her would be easier. With Skylar gone a secret is safe until one cracks under pressure when the police start tearing apart the story that didn't match grainy surveillance footage. Join me as we dig into the murder of a young 16 year old girl by the two she trusted and loved the most her best friends. The motive is simple... "we just didn't like her"

Be home before momma, a rule that this 13 year old boy must follow in the summer of 1989. The neighborhood mechanic with a tainted past becomes suspect #1 in this brutal murder, the investigators exhaust lead after lead of evidence trying to tie Wayne Garrison to Justin Wiles on June 20, 1989 only to fall short of filing charges. Now nearly 10 years later a case that grew cold fires up back to life when they learn that their suspect is now serving time for a crime against a child. Investigators race against the clock, hoping that the advancements of Forensic Technology is enough to do what they couldn't in 1989. Join me as we tackle a case once cold now solved and the man known for his past rises to be Tulsa Oklahoma's second serial killer. 

The reign of terror that is Shelly Knotek is becoming more erratic as we continue dive into this case.... Her time is almost up and she knows it. Her husband, a once blind man to what was going home on at the small Knotek home, now being thrown into a whirl wind of a storm. The Knotek sisters watched as the world became enlightened to what life was like growing up with Shelly as a mother. The small rural community of Raymond whispered rumors and spewed gossip all while the sisters sat back out of the spot light. But a loop hole revealed that Shelly and Dave would walk free and their mother getting out meant that she may have another opportunity to do it all over again. Until now... Join me as I close out this wild ride of a case...

HIGHLY recommend Gregg Olsen’s “If You Tell”, I couldn’t put the book down.  It was used in the research for this case.

We dive deeper into the Knotek home, we never saw what was coming when Shelly's best friend moved in and now we know her capabilities. The children are terrified, Dave has the weight of the world on his shoulders, and Shelly.. well she is going to throw one of the kids under the bus if she needs to save herself. Just as the Knotek's finally see the end of the tunnel Sami, her middle child, starts to recognize a familiar pattern happening again. This is the story of those who survived, they came forward with it so that no one could ever end up like the ones who didn't. Michelle and Dave Knotek may have found a loop hole in the justice system but so did their survivors...

HIGHLY recommend Gregg Olsen’s “If You Tell”, I couldn’t put the book down.  It was used in the research for this case.