Every once in a while, authorities would catch an extraordinary break: In 1985, a tip led to a man responsible for three murders. Then in 2010, a routine traffic stop led to a man responsible for four murders. Even still, there were so many more women unaccounted for. And more cases to come. This episode originally aired on Serial Killers.

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Gloria Moody was 27 years old and the mother of two young children when she was found dead in Williams Lake, British Columbia. She is one of the earliest cases of indigenous women who have been found dead or have disappeared along a lonely stretch of roads known as the Highway of Tears. This episode originally aired on Serial Killers.

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There is no debate about who killed Alexander Hamilton. His infamous duel with Aaron Burr was held according to the standards at the time. But many, including the states of New York and New Jersey, concluded that Burr was a cold-blooded killer who got away with murder. This is a special one-part crossover with Solved Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast.

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After authorities attributed four deaths to the Thames Torso killer, things went silent for 13 years — until the killer’s final murder. While some people think it was the work of an educated doctor with surgical experience, others believe it was a lower-class butcher or hunter. But there's a solid case to be made that it was actually... a barber.

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In 1887 an elusive killer began dropping the remains of his victims in the Thames River around London's East End. Crimes this brutal made it difficult not only to identify the culprit, but also the victims. And as police struggled to find any viable leads, body parts only continued to wash ashore.

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While he is known for being one of the first settlers of Minnesota, Sir Edward Phalen may also be the settlement’s first murderer. His relationship with Sergeant John Hays was already tense. But when Hays was found dead and brutally beaten, locals realized that Phalen was likely the last to see him alive.

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Elizabeth Short’s gruesome murder is the LAPD’s most infamous unsolved case. But there’s one person who thinks he’s cracked it — the alleged killer’s own son. Today, we reopen the case against George Hodel, a certified genius and once-celebrated doctor who rubbed elbows with noted surrealists... and had a vile history of abuse and terror, even against his own family. 

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In 1940s Hollywood, a 22-year-old aspiring actress is found mutilated and drained of blood. Her body is posed, and her mouth has been carved into a permanent smile. The investigation takes police into the hidden sides of the city — illicit romances and gang-related crimes. But when another mutilated body is found weeks later, the hunt is on for a possible serial killer. 

This is a crossover series with Serial Killers, looking at the murder of Elizabeth Short and other unsolved cases surrounding it.

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On July 8, 1918, artist and avid outdoorsman Tom Thomson took his boat onto Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park, Ontario, to go fishing. His body was found floating in the lake three days later. Other community members saw his boat overturned but waited days to report it. Was his death a tragic accident, or did something more sinister happen?

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With the help of a postcard found at the scene of Emily Dimmock's murder, police apprehended a suspect named Robert Wood. Witnesses saw him with Emily the night she was murdered. But was he the last to see her alive?

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