Send us Fan Mail In 1993, Gary Gauger woke up to find his parents brutally murdered on their Illinois farm, only to quickly find himself targeted as the prime suspect. After a grueling, 19-hour interrogation filled with psychological pressure and police deception, an exhausted Gary was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn't commit, landing him on death row for years. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today we are traveling to Minneapolis to talk about the 1993 murder of Jeanne Childs, more frequently known as “Jeanie.” Jeanie was a sex worker who was brutally stabbed in her apartment at the age of 35 years. Sadly, it took 27 years for Jeanie to get the justice she deserved. Sources: 1) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/jerry-westrom-guilty-jeanne-childs-1993-cold-case-murder 2) https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/2024/a22-1679.html 3) https://...

Send us Fan Mail In 1977, Yale students Terri Jentz and Avra Goldman were cycling across the United States when they stopped to camp at a park in Oregon. While they slept, a man drove his truck over their tent and proceeded to attack both women with an axe. Though both women miraculously survived the brutal assault, the attacker was never identified, and the case remains unsolved. Sources: 1) https://moonmagazine.org/terri-jentz-my-journey-to-justice-2014-02-01/3/ 2) https://en.wi...

Send us Fan Mail The case of Girly Chew Hossencofft is a study in how “weirdness” can become a weapon. And I truly mean weird. Con men, fashion designers, UFO’s, and conspiracy theories about otherworldly aliens that secretly rule the Earth are just a few things that surround this case. Unfortunately, the case was so saturated with sci-fi lies and cult-like conspiracies, that the world almost lost sight of the most devastating fact: a woman was murdered, and she’s still waiting for some...

Send us Fan Mail In July 2005, 41-year-old Barbara Keim was killed in her own home in an act of violence orchestrated by her daughter. Investigators eventually uncovered a planned conspiracy involving the daughter, her boyfriend, and an accomplice. Sources: 1) https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/hannah-stone-sentenced-100-years-murder 2) https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/court-of-appeals/2006/20a03-0605-cr-217-0.html 3) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/in-supreme-court/1364686...

Send us Fan Mail We've all heard the expression "fake it till you make it", right? Well, Jean-Claude Romand did just that for 18 years, but never truly made it. Instead, he chose to murder his entire family rather than face his own shame and lies head on. Sources: 1) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48790276 2) https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/jan/13/weekend7.weekend1 3) https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=honorscolleg...

Send us Fan Mail It was November 1961. The waters in the Bahamas were as blue and beautiful as ever. But for Nicolaos Spachidakis, a second officer on a Greek freighter called Captain Theo, something seemed off. As he looked into the distance, he could make out a tiny white speck, bobbing alongside the waves. It was too large to be trash, but much too small to be a boat. As they pulled alongside the speck, everyone gasped. Because that speck was a float - barely what you could consider ...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are talking about Virginia Hall, an American Spy who was able to completely evade the Gestapo during WWII. The Gestapo labeled her as “The enemy’s most dangerous spy.” During WWII, Virginia organized agent networks, helped those who managed to escape being prisoners of war, and recruited both French men and women to run safe houses. Sources: 1) https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/virginia-hall-the-courage-and-daring-of-the-limping-lady/ 2) https://en.wikipe...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re talking about Josephine Baker, the remarkable entertainer who took France by storm and used her unsuspecting identity for subterfuge in World War II - truly a badass woman! Sources: 1) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/josephine-baker-was-the-star-france-wanted-and-the-spy-it-needed-damien-lewis-agent-josephine 2) https://nmaahc.si.edu/josephine-baker 3) https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/josephine-baker 4) https://www....

Send us Fan Mail In honor of Women's History Month, this week we are talking about Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a woman who turned her love for decrypting Shakespeare’s plays into cracking codes and ciphers during major moments in American history, all while using only pencil and paper. Elizebeth set the standard for modern codebreaking - and then watched as powerful men took all the credit. Ahh, a tale as old as time... Sources: 1) https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/e...