On September 16, 2009, Mitrice Richardson was arrested outside a restaurant in Malibu for refusing to pay her bill. She was released from jail later that same night, but never made it back home. For 11 months, there was no sign of Mitrice and the sheriff’s department wasn’t cooperating with her family. Mitrice’s remains would be found in a ravine, decapitated and partially mummified. Her death was ruled an accident, but family members don’t believe that to be the case. What happened to Mitrice after she left the sheriff’s department, and is there more to this story than police are telling us?

19 year old Tyarra Williams left her mother's apartment on January 7, 2016 in Greensborough, North Carolina to meet up with a friend she called Travis. By the next evening, Tyarra still hadn’t come back home. Her mother called the police and the search began. After some investigating, her mother found she had no friend by the name of Travis. Who was Tyarra going to meet up with that fateful night? And would investigators be able to find any clues as to what happened to Tyarra, or where she may be?

On October 22, 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, along with his 10-year-old brother Trevor and 10-year-old friend Aaron, rode their bikes to the convenience store not far from the Wetterling home. On the way back to their home, a masked man stopped the boys. Trevor and Aaron were told to run home, but Jacob wasn’t so lucky. No one would see Jacob alive again, and his remains wouldn’t be found for another 27 years. Who was the masked man that abducted Jacob Wetterling, and would he ever be caught? Will Jacob’s family ever find out what happened to their young child that horrible night?

On September 22, 2006, 16 year old Cassie Jo was house sitting for the night at her aunt and uncle's house. Her boyfriend, Matt, and his two friends, Brian and Torey, stopped by to visit, but left later in the evening. Two days later, Cassie would be found stabbed to death in the home. Brian and Torey would be questioned multiple times before they admitted to murdering Cassie. What drove these two boys to plan and murder their good friend? Would others be on their list to kill?

This listener episode we talk about a robbery gone wrong, an almost kidnapping, and ALL the ghost stories, from grandmas watching over their homes and even the new family babysitter to a demonic figure chasing a man in a creepy old building. These stories are some of the scariest we’ve heard. We may have even freaked ourselves out a time or two. Thank you to all who shared their stories, and for giving us the chills!

On December 7, 2009 police arrived at the Powell family home after neither parent showed up at work and neither child showed up at daycare. Later in the day, Josh Powell arrived back at the house with their sons, Charles and Braden, but their mother, Susan, is nowhere to be found. Josh claims he took the kids camping for the night while Susan stayed home and slept, and claims he has no knowledge of where she is. After years of being investigated and questioned, Josh would take not only his own life, but the innocent lives of his two sons as well. Did the guilt of what he possibly did to Susan drive him to this tragedy? Did he know more about Susan’s disappearance than he was telling police?

On her 25th birthday, Libby Jones finally learns who her real parents are and becomes the sole inheritor of the abandoned family mansion. She will also soon learn the truth about what happened to her family on the night she was found in the home, with her parents dead downstairs. What would you do if you found out your past included a cult, missing siblings, and a possible murder/suicide pact? Tune in as we review our favorite Lisa Jewell book to date, The Family Upstairs.

On June 10,1912, Josiah and Sarah Moore, along with their four children and two of their children’s friends, were found dead inside the Moore home. After they were murdered by axe, the bodies and windows were all covered, bacon was thrown around the house, and the doors were locked. There were multiple suspects, but no one has ever been found guilty of this crime. It’s said the spirits of the children still roam the house today, but there are stories of more sinister spirits haunting the house as well.

David Parker Ray developed a fascination for sadism in his early teen years. By the time he was 60 years old, he had spent over $100,000 and many hours of his time creating and using his own personal torture chamber, nicknamed the “Toy Box”. Many women would suffer in the Toy Box at the hands of David and his accomplices. But on March 22, 1999, one woman would successfully escape, and all of David’s secrets would be revealed.

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Rebecca Coriam was 23 when she began her dream job as a youth worker on the Disney Cruise ship. On March 21, 2011, the ship left Los Angeles enroute to Puerto Vallarta. Rebecca messaged her family telling them she would call them the following day. Unfortunately, they never heard from Rebecca again. Disney claims she fell overboard as a result of rough seas. But the evidence doesn’t quite line up, crucial footage and recordings are withheld, and rumors about a love triangle eventually surface. Was Rebecca’s disappearance an accident, or is Disney covering up a more tragic reality?