WTOP’s American Nightmare Series

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What's WTOP’s American Nightmare Series about?

It was a case nightmares are made of. A D.C. power couple, their 10-year-old son and housekeeper held hostage for nearly 24 hours and murdered inside a burning D.C. mansion. WTOP examines the complicated trail of evidence that police say led to finding their killer and why they say he committed such a brutal crime.

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Bonus: The Party

04.27.2021

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WTOP’s American Nightmare Series episodes:

04.27.2021 Bonus: The Party Liking Final Days on Earth? Head over to the show page to hear the rest of this episode and to subscribe so you don't miss another! It’s Saturday night and dozens of students are partying at the unofficial wrestler’s house ...
04.19.2021 Final Days on Earth: Trailer Trailer for Final Days on Earth with Claire St. Amant
04.19.2021 Bonus: Who Is Dammion Heard? Bonus Final Days on Earth Episode: Dammion Heard is a 20-year-old college freshman on a wrestling scholarship at Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado. After a party at a friend’s house on Saturday, March 29, 2014, Dammion goes missing. Who ...
04.14.2021 Bonus: Final Days on Earth – Claire St. Amant Interview Bonus new podcast: Join host Paul Wagner as he speaks to reporter Claire St. Amant about her upcoming cold case podcast Final Days on Earth. Claire’s investigation follows the story of college freshman Dammion Heard who went missing after a ...
04.11.2021 S2 EP8 - Q&A PART 2 In part 2 of our interview with Tiffany, Luke and Darren Crandell, and Prince George's County Detective Bernie Nelson, Det. Nelson takes us deeper into the world of genealogy. We also share some behind-the-scenes stories about the creation of the ...
04.04.2021 S2 EP7 - Q&A Part 1 Join host Paul Wagner for Part 1 of a 2 part in-depth conversation with Tiffany, Luke and Darren Crandell, along with Prince George's County Police Detective Bernie Nelson. Detective Nelson shares more on the new leads in the investigation and ...
03.28.2021 S2 EP 6 - The Link Ten months after Prince George's County Police Detective Bernie Nelson began using genealogy to track Sherry Crandell's killer through his relatives - the research continues on a promising family tree.
03.21.2021 S2 EP5 - A Break in the Case Prince George's County Police Detective Bernie Nelson turns to genealogy after seeing another Maryland cold case solved after 28 years. Can the murder of Sherry Crandell be solved the same way?
03.14.2021 S2-E4 The War Room In the days after Sherry Crandell was viciously raped and murdered in January 1998, the police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, set up what they called a ‘war room’ to manage a complex and intense investigation. A probe that uncovered ...
03.07.2021 S2 EP3 - The Dragnet With no one in custody and no prime suspects, Prince George's County police devise a plan to get DNA from the hundreds of men working at Prince George's Hospital Center. A tactic that would turn highly controversial and put the ...
02.28.2021 S2 E2 - The Investigation As Prince George's County Police detectives investigate the murder of nurse Sherry Crandell, they learn of a witness to the attack. A fact police kept deep in their files for 23 years and are revealing for the first time on ...
02.21.2021 S2 E1 - The Murder In 1998, a nurse was found brutally raped and strangled in the Maryland hospital where she worked. Despite DNA evidence and a fingerprint of the killer left behind at the scene, the case remains unsolved 23 years later. But, could ...
01.31.2021 Season 2 Trailer The brutal rape and murder of 50-year-old Sherry Crandell inside the Maryland hospital where she worked rocked the D.C. region in 1998. It's been more than 23 years since Sherry's death and despite having DNA and fingerprint evidence, police have ...
01.14.2021 S1EP13 22 Hours: The Appeal An update in the case after nearly two years: Daron Wint’s lawyers have filed an appeal seeking to throw out his conviction and asking for a new trial. Hosts Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore head back into the studio to ...
09.12.2019 BONUS - We’re Alive: Goldrush Trailer If you’re looking for something on the cutting edge of audio entertainment, check out the new series, “We’re Alive: Goldrush.” It’s an end-of-the-world comedy adventure to recover a billion dollars in gold in the middle of the apocalypse. Travel across ...
08.25.2019 S1E12 22 Hours: The Breakdown: Q&A #2 In our final episode, we again return to the studio and dig through our notes, files and transcripts of the case to answer listener questions. What happened to the $40,000 ransom and was it fully accounted for? What is the ...
08.18.2019 S1E11 22 Hours: Life Without After Daron Wint’s conviction, federal prosecutors press the judge for the harshest possible sentence and, for the first time reveal his history of explosive rage, violent threats and assaults. At Daron’s sentencing, emotional statements from the two surviving Savopoulos daughters ...
08.11.2019 S1E10 22 Hours: The Verdict After six weeks, dozens of witnesses and hours of testimony, emotions were running high when attorneys delivered their closing arguments. Then the United States v. Daron Wint went to the jury. Some of the men and women who decided Daron ...
08.07.2019 BONUS EPISODE: Murder Made Me Famous If you’re loving 22 Hours: An American Nightmare, you’re also going to love the new season of Murder Made Me Famous. As a bonus this week, here’s the debut episode, which tells the story of the Green River Killer. Subscribe ...
08.04.2019 S1E9 22 Hours: Brother vs. Brother Daron Wint’s bizarre arrest one week after the murders on Woodland Drive only added to the mystery surrounding the case. When he was taken into custody, Daron was with five other people, including his brother, Darrell. But the full story ...
07.28.2019 S1E8 22 Hours: The Breakdown: Q&A #1 Did any of the victims eat the pizza? Why the $40,000 ransom? Did security cameras in the neighborhood capture footage? We hit pause on the case and go into the studio to answer your questions, so far, about the crime, ...
07.21.2019 S1E7 22 Hours: Cross After hours on the witness stand, Daron Wint’s story begins to falter. Then, one of the lawyers in the case drops a big hint about what’s coming next in one of Washington, D.C.’s most high-profile murder trials. This episode is ...
07.14.2019 S1E6 22 Hours: On the Stand In a stunning move, Daron Wint, the accused killer, takes the stand. Under unrelenting questioning by federal prosecutor Laura Bach, Daron seems to have an explanation for almost all of the evidence that links him to the killings. It’s almost ...
07.07.2019 S1E5 22 Hours: A Murder Trial is a Play Over the 22 hours the victims were taken captive and then killed, the prime suspect goes missing and his normally active Facebook account goes dark. We track Daron Wint's whereabouts during that crucial time. Also in this episode, an introduction ...
06.30.2019 S1E4 22 Hours: The Pizza Crust The Savopoulos house was held in evidence for weeks as crime scene investigators looked for clues. In the end, five pieces of forensic evidence linked Daron Wint to the killings, including a sliver of his DNA on the crust of ...
06.23.2019 S1E3 22 Hours: The Money Drop Hours after the victims are taken hostage, a ransom is delivered to the mansion on Woodland Drive. But it doesn’t save the victims -- the calls, text messages and voicemails end, leaving key parts of the timeline unexplained. But after ...
06.16.2019 S1E2 22 Hours: Taken Captive For the Savopoulos family and Vera Figueroa, May 13, 2015, began like any other Wednesday. Then things went terribly wrong. Through phone records, text messages and eyewitnesses, we recreate the timeline of their last 22 hours. This episode is written ...
06.09.2019 S1E1 22 Hours: The Fire It began with a fire. A man driving through an upscale neighborhood in Washington, D.C., in 2015 spotted smoke pouring from one of the homes. It was the first sign something terrible had happened on Woodland Drive. This episode is ...
04.23.2019 Trailer: 22 Hours It was a case nightmares are made of. A D.C. power couple, their 10-year-old son and housekeeper held hostage for nearly 24 hours and murdered inside their own home. WTOP examines the complicated trail of evidence that police say led ...