This week - In defense of Smoothie Guy, Did Instagram kill an 11-year-old girl?, Evan Rachel Wood exacts revenge, Reward offered in the Elizabeth Barraza case, a staged murder on 9/11, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/nyregion/james-iannazzo-smoothie-merrill-lynch.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10433581/Connecticut-man-arrested-filmed-going-racist-tirade-Robeks-smoothie-store.html

https://gothamist.com/news/two-political-operatives-two-hit-men-and-jersey-cold-case-solved

https://www.businessinsider.com/mother-sues-meta-instagram-snap-alleging-role-in-daughters-suicide-2022-1

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/us/prince-andrew-lawsuit-virginia-giuffre/index.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/scg6r8/did_the_events_of_september_11th_prevent_the/

https://www.salon.com/2022/01/24/evan-rachel-wood-marilyn-manson-rape-music-video/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marilyn-manson-search-warrant-l-a-county-sheriff-sexual-assault-investigation-1264498/

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2022/01/20/anchorage-cold-case-took-detectives-from-bloody-clothes-to-genetic-profile-to-accused-killers-chopsticks/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-sundances-top-secret-documentary-on-putin-target-alexei-navalny

https://www.wpri.com/news/crime/cold-cases/her-story-deserves-to-be-told-unsolved-ri-offers-1k-reward-to-anyone-who-can-crack-2001-cold-case/

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This week: Nicholas Alahverdian, the real Talented Mr. Ripley, the Havana Syndrome could be mass hysteria, why Ghislaine Maxwell could go free, who is stealing all the Little Debbies, and more!

Further reading:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10400205/Dangerous-Walter-Mitty-character-faked-death-convinced-Rhode-Island-politician-adopt-him.html

https://theconversation.com/havana-syndrome-fits-the-pattern-of-psychosomatic-illness-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-symptoms-arent-real-167275

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/havana-syndrome-the-misconception-about-a-mystery-illness.html

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/its-catching/202110/evidence-mounts-mass-suggestion-caused-havana-syndrome

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/havana-syndrome-illness-cia-report/index.html

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/590576-ghislaine-maxwells-attorneys-file-motion-for-retrial-following-juror

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/s6hm1i/one_of_the_most_covered_unsolved_cases_in_a/

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/little-debbie-cakes-stolen-poplar-bluff-missouri

https://wtop.com/local/2022/01/man-convicted-in-2002-fairfax-co-murder-linked-to-2-unsolved-deaths-in-va-md/

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2003/dec/11/charles-helem-receives-life-in-prison/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/19/experts-express-doubt-that-anne-frank-was-betrayed-by-a-jewish-notary

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This week, what happens when you find a stranger in the alps? The Grand Ol Duke of York not so grand; updates in the Gabby Petito case, an arrest in the Andrew Gosden disappearance, and much more!

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/12/drink-spiking-uk-campaigners-mps-inquiry

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/s24rjj/update_annecy_shootings_arrest_in_unsolved_case/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/12/prince-andrew-case-proceed-latest-ruling-virginia-giuffre

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/people-connected-to-donut-shop-murders-connect-online

https://www.newsweek.com/brian-laundrie-gabby-petito-eric-pratt-moab-utah-murder-1669017

https://www.thedailybeast.com/arrest-made-in-decade-old-french-alps-quadruple-murder-of-sylvain-mollier-and-saad-al-hilli

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/prince-andrew-news-latest-virginia-giuffre-epstein-b1992385.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/family-of-missing-boy-andrew-gosden-in-turmoil-after-sex-trafficking-arrests-fq3fgllc9

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/business/robert-durst-dies/index.html

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This week - Insurrection (not the Star Trek movie); The Spine Collector is captured!; Kim Kardasian's manager is murdered; updates in the Gabby Petito and Alex Murdaugh cases; was Granger Taylor abducted by aliens? And more...

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/04/politics/fact-check-capitol-insurrection-january-6-lies/index.html

https://seditionhunters.org/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/06/literary-mystery-may-finally-be-solved-as-man-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-unpublished-books

https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/stealing-books-before-release-mystery.html

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/angela-angie-kukawski-business-manager-kardashians-nicki-minaj-killed-dead-1235144317/

https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/29/kardashian-business-manager-murdered-boyfriend-dead-dies-angela-kukawski/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/william-talbott-ii-has-murder-conviction-overturned

https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvwjkv/the-man-who-went-to-space-and-disappeared-the-story-of-granger-taylor

https://www.the-sun.com/news/4362054/brian-laundrie-notebook-gabby-petito/

https://www.crimeonline.com/2022/01/05/breaking-direct-evidence-ties-alex-murdaugh-to-double-murder-of-wife-and-son-arrest-may-be-coming-soon-report/

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This week: A murder for hire plot out of a Coen Brothers movie; The motive in the Phillip Adam's murder spree; The Zodiac returns!; Sandy Hook anniversary; A member of the O'Jay's is found dead in Ohio.

Further Reading:

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/06/17/phillip-adams-a-killers-garden-daily-cover

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/13/politics/nashville-murder-for-hire-plot/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Adams_(American_football)

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32866344/autopsy-ex-nfl-player-phillip-adams-accused-killing-six-people-shows-unusually-severe-cte-damage

https://www.syracuse.com/state/2021/12/upstate-ny-tv-stations-receive-new-chinese-zodiac-killer-letters-fbi-investigating.html

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/us/covid-prison-inmates-compassionate-release-invs/index.html

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/12/14/twinsburg-remains-identified-through-dna-genealogy-research-the-o-jays-r-b-band-canton/6500806001/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O’Jays

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting

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New this week: Did Jussie Smollett beat himself up on the witness stand? Ghislaine Maxwell's mystery child; Scott Peterson is re-sentenced; New info in the Delphi murders case; and the latest in genetic genealogy.

Further Reading:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/anthony_shots-insta-profile-emerges-in-abigail-williams-liberty-german-murder-probe-in-delphi-indiana

https://jamesrenner.com/virtually-a-detective-case-101-delphi/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/us/jussie-smollett-trial-thursday-jury-deliberations/index.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/ghislaine-maxwell-pregnant-photo-epstein-b1971772.html

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/09/scott-peterson-laci-peterson-murder-resentencing-death-row-modesto/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Peterson

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/youtuber-finds-car-belonging-to-tn-teen-missing-for-2-decades/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHubEgFJZQahvKeT1vMeng

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/slain-woman-whose-body-was-found-in-davie-canal-in-1975-identified/2636494/

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The top stories this week: The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell - and what's up with her creepy dad? Author Alice Sebold and a man exonerated. Ethan Crumbley and the Michigan school shooting. A new case for the Porchlight Project. And will TikTok save the Menendez brothers?

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/01/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-jeffrey-epstein-took-teen-girl-to-meet-trump-accuser-says.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/22/the-murky-life-and-death-of-robert-maxwell-and-how-it-shaped-his-daughter-ghislaine

https://www.newsweek.com/who-flew-jeffrey-epstein-lolita-express-plane-full-list-people-named-1654827

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Sebold

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/us/alice-sebold-apology-man-exonerated-rape/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_(memoir)

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/02/us/michigan-oxford-high-school-shooting-thursday/index.html

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/menendez-brothers-tiktok/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Michaela_Garecht

https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/police/news/2021/12/01/baltimore-county-detectives-solve-40-year-old-homicide

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/murder-of-baltimore-county-girl-13-in-1981-remains-unsolved/7100892#

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-sex-abuse-dna-leads-to-astronomer-arrest-in-cold-case-slay-20211130-m66tvn5f5nhpzpud2vawv55l5q-story.html

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Did you know that Thanksgiving is the first official True Crime holiday? Pass the cranberry sauce and listen to the horrific origins of Turkey Day.

Further Reading:

https://tlio.org.uk/1637-pequot-massacre-%E2%80%8Bthe-real-story-of-thanksgiving/

http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/history/ThanksgivingDayMassacre.htm

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/thanksgiving/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequot_War

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This week we cover the train wreck that is the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, a new direction in the disappearance of William Tyrrell, exoneration in the Malcolm X assassination, Ted Conrad's real name, new info in the Sarah Benford disappearance, and genetic genealogy updates. 

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X#Assassination

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/us/malcolm-x-killing-men-exonerated/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam#Cosmogony_and_the_Tribe_of_Shabazz

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/18/william-tyrrell-case-former-detective-defends-previous-investigation-into-boys-disappearance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_William_Tyrrell

https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2021/111221.htm

https://www.the-sun.com/news/uk-news/4067890/cold-case-cops-launch-dig-sarah-benford/

https://www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/everything-know-missing-sarah-benford-6214030

https://dnadoeproject.org/case/hudson-john-doe-2019/

https://www.newjerseynewsnetwork.com/story/45236979/tiger-lady-identified-30-years-after-discovery-of-remains

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