Podcast Episodes

340 ‘Bluebell Betrayal: Terri Jo Duperrault.’

It all began in November 1961, when Arthur Duperrault, a 40-year-old optometrist from Green Bay, Wisconsin, finally set out to give his family the adventure he had been dreaming of for years. Arthur …

Published on 17 hours ago

Dark Waters: Arthur Shawcross Day 12: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 12th Nightmare Before Christmas…

The Genesee River flows peacefully through Rochester today, but it still holds a dark memory from the late 1980s. Back then, it became the hunting ground of A…

Published on 4 days, 7 hours ago

The Eleven Who Went To Heaven: Edward Bell Day 11: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 11th Nightmare Before Christmas...

On a sunny November morning in 1971, best friends Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson, both just 15, set out for a day of surfing near Galveston, Texas. The t…

Published on 5 days, 7 hours ago

Brooklyn Wept: Palm Sunday Massacre Day 10: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 10th Nightmare Before Christmas…

Palm Sunday is usually a day of hope and reflection, but in 1984,  East New York faced a horror it would never forget. Families were at home, children played,…

Published on 6 days, 7 hours ago

Innocence Destroyed: The Wesson Family Horror Day 9: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 9th Nightmare Before Christmas...

On the afternoon of March 12, 2004, a quiet Fresno street exploded with panic. Twenty-five-year-old Sofina Solorio stood outside the boarded-up home where sh…

Published on 1 week ago

A Marine Without Mercy: Andrew Urdiales Day 8: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 8th Nightmare Before Christmas…

Andrew Urdiales grew up in a troubled home, facing abuse that shaped a deep anger inside him. After serving in the Marines, he turned that rage outward, stalki…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Abducted in Idaho: Groene Family Massacre Day 7: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 7th Nightmare Before Christmas...

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is the kind of place that sells serenity. Nestled in the lush green folds of the state’s northern panhandle, its glittering lakes and c…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Down at the Sunset Strip: Douglas Clark & Carol Bundy Day 6: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 6th Nightmare Before Christmas…

The Sunset Strip was famous for music, bright lights, and big stars, but in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it also became the hunting ground for Douglas Clark…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

The Killer Wore Flip-Flops: Wild Bill Holbert Day 5: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 5th Nightmare Before Christmas...

In the summer of 2005, a North Carolina couple slipped away to their Oak Island beach house for a quiet weekend—only to find a stranger renovating their livi…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

In the Shadows: Oscar Ray Bolin Day 4: 12 Nightmares Before Christmas

On the 4th Nightmare Before Christmas…

On a quiet Florida night, a patrolman sees two cars pulled over. Inside one, a clean-cut man and a woman who whispers, "I'm okay." The officer drives away, unaw…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago