The Upstairs Lounge Fire claimed the lives of 32 people and rocked the LGBTQ community. In this episode, we explore the somber tale that takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. This case is HEAVY, but it's also the last episode of the month; stay tuned at the end of the episode for bloopers and deleted audio to add some giggles to your day!

Jacob Robida was just 18 years old when he went on a crime spree, which included attacking men at a gay bar, kidnapping an ex-girlfriend, and murder. Take a journey through Massachusetts, New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Arkansas with us for this episode.

Brayla Stone was a trans girl who had just turned 17, when her body was found in an abandoned car on a walking path in Sherwood, Arkansas. Her killer was her boyfriend, who was worried she would make public their relationship. Trevone Miller was no stranger to breaking the law OR to being a party to a murder.

The brutal murders of the Clutter family sparked the genre of True Crime writing with Truman Capote's book: In Cold Blood. But do you know the story behind it?

An unexpected flip in the narrative brings this wife on husband domestic violence case to light in this Nebraska episode. We are all gripped by the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial taking place right now, so we chose this tale that had a horrific outcome.

Robert Leroy Anderson did the unthinkable when he used Brooke's favorite creative medium, duct tape, to kidnap, assault, and suffocate Larisa Dumansky and Piper Streyle in 1994 and 1996.

This week we take a little turn and discuss the crumbling ruins that once were San Haven Sanatorium in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota. Two different court cases and a first-hand account help us tell the story of this Tuberculosis Hospital turned School for the developmentally disabled.

Montana's episode is going to feature TWO true crime stories this week.  We will briefly cover the murders of actor Patrick Duffy's parents, and go deep into the oldest cold case to ever be solved: The Lovers' Lane Slayings.

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This, Crime Family, is the twisted tale of Mark Hopkinson, who ordered murderous hits, knew about another killing, jumped a 55 year old neighbor, and built bombs to threaten people.  That is not even half the story.  So many people involved in this one! It is the most unbelievable story we've ever told. You really brought it, Wyoming!

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Adolph Coors III was the heir to the Coors beer fortune when he was kidnapped.  A ransom note, an abandoned car, and a typewriter led the police on an international search for his kidnapper.

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