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The worst town bully in the world
Season 8 Episode 8
Someone was following me. At the diner, at the bookstore, the cafe, the town square. Wherever I went that day, the same day the clown struck again, t…
9 hours ago
Sociology, clothes, and murder
Season 8 Episode 7
Do you know about those fancy shoes with the red soles? How about that brand with the plaid design crawling over coats and purses? What does a belt w…
1 week ago
The punch heard round the world
Season 8 Episode 6
United States Olympic Rugby gold medalist Aubrey Ertz went to Walloon Lake for a short vacation and a team-building retreat. The 2028 Olympics are fa…
2 weeks ago
A murder in Traverse City
Season 8 Episode 5
On Sept. 3, 2024, Realtor Yuki Sugita was hosting an open house in a rural neighborhood on the outskirts of Traverse City.
Sometime between 1:30 and 3…
3 weeks ago
A prelude to murder
Season 8 Episode 4
Beginning in January 2024, the town began experiencing an odd but noticeable rash in crime.
The high school science teacher suddenly began sending pe…
4 weeks ago
Hidden cameras, private moments
Season 8 Episode 3
Have you ever stayed in a short-term rental while on vacation and wondered: Is that fire alarm real? Or is there a camera in there?
Because that's exa…
1 month ago
Clowns and crime: Why do they scare us?
Season 8 Episode 2
Clowns are supposed to be happy, entertaining figures. And yet, they factor into true crime cases all the time -- from bank robberies to burglaries t…
1 month, 1 week ago
A break in on Walloon Lake
Season 8 Episode 1
Early in the morning on Sept. 26, 2024, a man in a Halloween clown mask broke into the cabin of a single, vacationing woman in Northern Michigan.
He …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Rest Stop Killer
Season 7 Episode 26
In the annals of true crime lore and media representations, serial killers are far too often held up as loner geniuses and masterminds. But the truth…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Red Handed
Season 7 Episode 25
Everything pointed to Daniel Palmer as the main suspect in the Rest Stop Killer case. All of the victims were found on his property, either in the va…
2 months ago