True Crime News

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A serial abuser's reign of terror ended in a deadly shootout. In Cleveland, a man with six prior domestic violence charges shot and killed his girlfriend's father when the father confronted him about the abuse. In San Jose, a mentally ill ex-boyfriend murdered his former girlfriend's parents in their home, then held their 13-year-old son hostage before police shot him dead. In Butler County, a convicted felon killed a business associate, then shot his girlfriend's mother during a two-hour standoff with deputies. These are the true stories of abusers who escalated from violence behind closed doors to murder in the open. Listen if you dare.

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Brittanee Drexel was a 17-year-old from Rochester, New York, who begged her parents to let her go to Myrtle Beach for spring break. They said no. She went anyway. On April 25, 2009, security footage captured her walking along the busy Myrtle Beach strip. She texted her boyfriend that she was heading back to her hotel. She never arrived. Her phone's last signal pinged near the Georgetown County line, and then nothing. For thirteen years, her family searched for answers while a convicted sex offender named Raymond Moody lived just miles from where her remains were buried. In 2022, Moody finally confessed. He had kidnapped, raped, and strangled her the same night he picked her up. He led investigators to her body himself. This is the story of a spring break trip that ended in tragedy—and the predator who was never supposed to be free.

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Two cases where violence was met with a lie. In Nevada, a local politician was convicted of murdering the investigative journalist who exposed his misconduct, stabbing him outside his home in a premeditated attack. In Kentucky, a man scalped his girlfriend and ordered his pit bull to maul her—then tried to blame the dog for the injuries. These are true stories of killers who refused to take responsibility. Listen if you dare.

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Two separate cases of double lives and deadly secrets. A serial killer confesses his murders to his own daughter—the woman who grew up loving a monster without ever knowing the truth. Years later, she discovers the father she idolized was the "Happy Face Killer." In a separate case, a missing mother and son lead investigators to a husband's secret life as a male escort. These are the true stories of families shattered by the revelation that the person they trusted most was living a lie. Listen if you dare.

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My smart home started acting strange. The lights flickered in patterns that felt deliberate. The thermostat dropped to freezing when I walked into a room. The speakers played whispers I never programmed. I tried resetting the system. I tried disconnecting it. Nothing worked. So I called a technorcist—a specialist who deals with haunted technology. She walked in, scanned the walls, and told me something I wasn't prepared to hear: my house wasn't possessed by a ghost. It was possessed by something that was never alive. And it had been waiting for me to connect the last device so it could finally get out.

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Delphine LaLaurie was the most celebrated socialite in New Orleans. Her parties were legendary, her mansion on Royal Street a symbol of wealth and refinement. But behind the elegant façade, her slaves lived in unspeakable horror. On April 10, 1834, a fire broke out in her kitchen. When rescuers rushed inside, they found the cook chained to the stove—and then they found the attic. Seven slaves, mutilated, starved, and bound with spiked iron collars. The discovery turned a city's admiration into a mob's fury. LaLaurie fled into the night, never to face justice. The mansion still stands at 1140 Royal Street. And they say she never truly left.

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John George Haigh was a fraudster and conman who believed he had discovered the formula for the perfect murder. Between 1944 and 1949, he targeted wealthy victims, bludgeoned or shot them, and dissolved their bodies in sulphuric acid, pouring the remains down a drain. He forged signatures, stole fortunes, and lived a luxury lifestyle on the proceeds. When questioned about his final victim, Olive Durand-Deacon, he told police: "I have destroyed her in acid. Every trace has gone. How can you prove murder if there is no body?" But Haigh was wrong. The acid could not dissolve dentures, gallstones, or body fat. Forensic pathologist Keith Simpson found the evidence in the sludge, and Haigh was hanged in August 1949. His "perfect murder" was undone by a single set of false teeth.

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In the early hours of July 31, 2022, a 2018 Toyota Camry reached 100 mph on a vacant road in Strongsville, Ohio, before slamming into a brick building. The driver was 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla. Her passengers—boyfriend Dominic "Dom" Russo, 20, and friend Davion Flanagan, 19—were killed instantly. Shirilla survived with minor injuries.
Prosecutors argued the crash was intentional, citing a tumultuous relationship between Shirilla and Russo and vehicle data showing the accelerator was fully engaged with no braking. Shirilla has always maintained she has no memory of the crash and believes a medical condition called POTS caused her to black out. A judge convicted her of murder, and she was sentenced to 15 years to life. This is the story of the crash that shocked a community—and the digital footprint that helped convict a teenage girl of double murder.