Episodes
Dec. 4, 2024
83. The Morgan Murders: Cumming, Georgia
The residents of Cumming, Georgia were in an uproar in 1972 after two sheriff deputies were murdered. Just months later, in the same vicinity, a middle-aged couple was murdered in their bed and the community was on edge. Wer...
Nov. 26, 2024
82. Thanksgiving- Eve Murders of the Germond Family
On Thanksgiving Eve in 1930 , a dairy farming family of four were brutally murdered. Their deaths shocked the nation. Ninety-five years later, the murders are still unsolved. Listen to the episode to see if you think you kn...
Nov. 20, 2024
81. The Thanksgiving Massacre: Jupiter, Florida
On Thanksgiving Night, in 2009, Paul Merhige joined his family for their annual get-together. He had not been invited but decided to attend anyway. He called his father to get directions to his cousin's home and his father co...
Nov. 13, 2024
80. The Murder of Crystal Faye Todd in Conway, South Carolina
In 1991, seventeen year old Crystal Faye Todd didn't come after a night out with friends. Her mother instinctively knew something was wrong. Listen to the story of the disappearance, rape and brutal murder of an all-American girl from Conway, South Carolina. Music by Isaiah Hildreth Sources: newspa…
Nov. 6, 2024
79. Undark: The Story of The Radium Girls
With the discovery of radium by the Curies in 1898, great strides were made in the scientific field. Along with the possibilities were risks not yet known. One of the inventions - luminous paint- made painting watch dials big...
Oct. 30, 2024
78. The Real Exorcist: The Terrifying Story of Ronald Edwin Hunkeler
In 1973 a movie opened in theaters that scared the nation - The Exorcist. But you may not be aware that it was based on true events that took place in 1949. Billy Graham urged audiences not to see it due to its depiction of e...
Oct. 22, 2024
77. Witches or Martyrs: The Salem Witch Trials
The trials began in 1692 when a group of young girls in the Puritan village of Salem, Massachusetts claimed they were being tormented by local women who were practicing witchcraft. Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Music by Isai...
Oct. 9, 2024
76. Carnage in Carthage: North Carolina's Deadliest Mass Shooting
A rocky marriage, a controlling husband, an estranged wife, and alcohol addiction; a destructive combination that led down a deadly path and ultimately ended in tragedy for several families. Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Intro an...
Oct. 2, 2024
75. A Murder Farm in Quiet Dell, West Virginia
In August 1931, police were investigating the disappearances of Asta Eicher and her three children. They found love letters, which led them to a man named Harry Powers in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. Nespresso Vertuo Amazon Lin...
Sept. 18, 2024
74. Evil On The Well-Deserved: Tom and Jackie Hawks
To retire early and live their days sailing on a yacht is the dream of many a couple. Some actually get to live that dream. Such was the case for Tom and Jackie Hawks until the day another dream came true - a grandbaby was on...
Sept. 11, 2024
73. Mean Marie's Revenge
Marie Dean Arrington was a professional criminal in Florida during the 1960's. After she committed a brutal murder, Marie became the second woman to be put on the FBI's Most Wanted List. Male Narrator- Curtis Hildreth Music by Isaiah Hildreth Sources Find a Grave findagrave.com Wikipedia wikipedia.…
Sept. 4, 2024
72. Murder in Asheboro - The Melissa Mickey Story
The murder of a mother of two in a small town in Randolph County has investigators baffled. She had no enemies to speak of. Sometimes an enemy is closer than we think though and is not someone we consider an enemy. One man is...
Aug. 28, 2024
71. Peggy Carr- A Polk County Murder
The 1988 murder of 41 year old Peggy Carr is one of the most bizarre crimes in Polk County Florida history. Music by Isaiah Hildreth Narrator-Curtis Hildreth Sources newspapers.com Poison Mind : The True Story of the Mensa Mu...
Aug. 28, 2024
71. Peggy Carr - A Polk County Murder Mystery
41 year old Peggy Carr fell sick with a mysterious illness that doctors couldn't explain in October of 1988. You don't want to miss this real life murder mystery that took place in Polk County Florida. Music by Curtis Hildret...
Aug. 14, 2024
70. The Donner Party Tragedy
A group of families headed west to California in the spring of 1846 during the Westward Expansion movement. They were well provisioned for the journey that was expected to take them 4-6 months. But one delay after another alo...
July 31, 2024
69. The Murder of Poor Ellen Smith from Winston Salem
In 1894, poor Ellen Smith was murdered by her ne-er do- well lover, Peter DeGraff in Winston-Salem, NC. This episode will cover a short background, the murder, trial and execution of Peter DeGraff. The story was made famous...
July 17, 2024
68. Murder in Pennsylvania Amish Country
Edward and Katie Gingerich lived among their people, the Amish, in the early 1990s. When Ed started having various physical ailments and then mental anguish, the church tried to step in but nothing seemed to help; not herbal ...
July 9, 2024
67. Lost Boys of the Allegheny Mountains
In the spring of 1856, two brothers, seven year old George and five year old Joseph wondered off together from their cabin home in the Alleghenies Mountains of Pennsylvania. Listen to hear their tragic story. Allison Krauss...
July 3, 2024
66. What Happened On The BlueBelle: Terry Jo Duperrault
After a harrowing shipwreck at sea, Captain Julian Harvey was rescued just off the coast of the Bahamas in November 1961. He is pulled from a dinghy along with a deceased seven-year-old girl but none of the other passengers a...
June 25, 2024
65. Paul Dennis Reid: Nashville's Fast Food Serial Killer
Paul Dennis Reid also known as The Fast Food Killer is Nashville’s most notorious serial Killer. He was convicted and given seven death sentences for murdering seven people from various fast food restaurants in the Nashville ...
June 19, 2024
64. The Icebox Murders: Fred and Edwina Rogers
Sometimes a simple "welfare check" for someone's safety turns out to be more than investigators bargained for. For the Houston Police Department in 1965, this was the case when a man called in concerned about his elderly aunt and uncle. What they found when they got inside was a nauseating scene. N…
June 11, 2024
63. The Ceely Rose Murders
On June 1896, Ceely Rose poisoned her family with arsenic because they wouldn't let her see or speak the name of their neighbor, Guy Berry. Her father, David, died within a week of being poisoned. Walter, her brother, died within two weeks and Rebecca, her mother, lived for a month before getting a…
June 5, 2024
62. Lobster Boy - Grady Stiles, Jr.
Since the 1840s the Stiles family had passed down a rare condition called Ectrodactyly that makes the hands look like lobster claws. Grady Stiles turned his family's condition into a lucrative business performing in the trav...
May 29, 2024
61. The Bitter Blood Murders Pt. 2
On June 3, 1985, police cautiously pursued a Chevy Blazer with four passengers. A slow chase had persisted for several miles-- from Greensboro into Summerfield, North Carolina. Suddenly, the Blazer stopped and a bomb was de...