In Merced, CA in 1972, a seven year old boy was abducted and held captive for over seven years. He only escaped to save another young boy from suffering the same fate he did and was hailed as a hero. Steven Stayner would tragically die ten years after his harrowing escape and then ten years after that, someone very close to Steven began his own reign of terror. Listen along as we discuss the dichotomy of evil in these two stories. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay

In Merced, CA in 1972, a seven year old boy was abducted and held captive for over seven years. He only escaped to save another young boy from suffering the same fate he did and was hailed as a hero. Steven Stayner would tragically die ten years after his harrowing escape and then ten years after that, someone very close to Steven began his own reign of terror. Listen along as we discuss the dichotomy of evil in these two stories. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay

In 2010 a brutal home invasion near Toronto, Canada, left a mother dead, a father clinging to life and a daughter tied up inside the home. The father miraculously survived being shot in the face and would go on to tell the police something so startling, it changed the entire investigation. Listen along as we break down the twisted case of the Pan family. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay

When Phoenix police were met at the door by Ryan Waller during a welfare check, they found his girlfriend, Heather Quan, deceased on the couch from a gunshot wound to the head. Ryan looked like had been in a fight and was taken into custody. Sadly it would take police six hours to realize Ryan too had been shot and was a victim, not a suspect. Listen along as we break down the highly controversial and frustrating case of Heather Quan and Ryan Waller. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay

In 2013, eleven days after being released from prison, a monster named Nikko Jenkins killed four people in ten days in Omaha. His murder spree had very different motives and victims. Investigators were baffled by the crimes and once he was in custody, Nikko told investigators the killings were done to appease the Egyptian God of darkness, Apep. Listen along as we break down this terrible loss of life at the hands of one of the most violent killers in recent history. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay

Less than two weeks after America celebrated its 200 birthday, three armed men hijacked a school bus containing 26 children and the driver. They drove the bus to a secluded location and forced their captives into two modified vans and drove them to a rock quarry. There they forced them into a buried trailer and closed the hatch, imprisoning their prey underground. The suspects planned to exchange their prisoners for $5 million in cash but couldn't call in the ransom demand due to overloaded phone lines as concerned parents and members of the media tied up the switchboard. The suspects fell asleep and the captives made their escape. Within a few weeks all three men were captured. Listen along as we discuss the largest single abduction of children in American history. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay.

Over the 4th of July weekend in 2003 a family of five including a mother and her three young children and their mother/grandmother, were killed in what was setup to look like a burglary gone wrong. The main suspect was the estranged husband and father to the children but he had what at first looked like an airtight alibi. The murders occurred in Bakersfield, CA and he had flown to Ohio on July 2 and had credit card receipts for purchases on the day of the murder. But a rental car in his name that was returned with 5400 miles on it led investigators to have an entomologist look at dead bugs on the car and it was soon determined the car had been driven to California and back and eventually the suspect's alibi fell apart and he was put on trial for the murders. Listen along as we discuss the case of the Harper Family Murders. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay.

In 2002, a double murder in the small town of Hudson, WI rocked the community. A funeral home director and his intern were shot in the middle of the day, in the funeral home by an unknown suspect. Two years later, a young man reported being sexually assaulted by a local priest and that investigation would eventually point investigators to the killer from the double homicide. Listen along as we discuss the strange and tragic case of the Hudson Funeral Home Murders. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay.

In the mid 1970's, Ted Bundy terrorized the states of Washington, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Florida. Before he was executed he confessed to 30 murders of young women and girls but some believe he started killing well before he will admit to and it's possible he killed 75 to over 100 people, starting during his teenage years. In this three part series we explore the childhood, life, crimes, and the rationale behind the crimes committed by this monster of a man. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay.

In the mid 1970's, Ted Bundy terrorized the states of Washington, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Florida. Before he was executed he confessed to 30 murders of young women and girls but some believe he started killing well before he will admit to and it's possible he killed 75 to over 100 people, starting during his teenage years. In this three part series we explore the childhood, life, crimes, and the rationale behind the crimes committed by this monster of a man. Music by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay.