Category: Podcast

On December 24th, 2002 Laci Peterson was 8 ½ months pregnant, and she and husband Scott were preparing for the birth of their first son, Conner. Scott decided to go fishing for the day while Laci made preparations for Christmas festivities with family.

She disappeared that morning and was never seen alive again, the bodies of Laci and Conner found later in the San Francisco bay where Scott had been fishing that day. 

We are taking a look at the events that led to Laci and Conner’s murder, the trial, and examining the facts of the case to decide once and for all whether Scott is innocent and wrongfully convicted or guilty and where he needs to be. 

Sources:

A&E TV 6 Part Series: The Murder of Laci Peterson 

Scott Peterson Appeal Website 

When 19 year old Stacey Stites was found murdered in Giddings, TX in 1996, the investigation that followed would be full of twists, turns and questions of a police cover up. Rodney Reed now sits on death row in TX for a crime that many believe he did not commit. 

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Armin Meiwes is a German computer repair technician who achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim whom he had found via the Internet.

Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom were having a date night on January 6, 2007 when they were carjacked, abducted, tortured and murdered for no apparent reason in Knoxville, TN. Now 10 years after the brutal crimes took place, we tell their story and remember these two beautiful young people. 

In 1994, Joel Rifkin was sentenced to 203 years in prison for the murders of nine women between 1989 and 1993. What an asshole. 

Is there a path to becoming a Serial Killer? Does it begin with a kidnapping and rape conviction? This week, we examine the stories of two serial killers whose criminal paths begin with exactly that combination of crimes. Todd Kohlhepp and William Reece are both linked to the deaths of at least 7 people each- both being convicted of kidnapping and rape decades before they are discovered to be serial killers. 

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Sources:

The Risk of Escalation in Serious Crime for Kidnap Offenders: A Modelling Approach: Jiayi Liu1, Brian Francis2 and Keith Soothill3

Kidnapping Laws and Penalties

Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal? CBSNews.com

William Reece Article, CBSNews.com

Omaima Nelson is serving a 27 years to life sentence for brutally murdering her husband of less than 4 weeks, Bill Nelson on Thanksgiving in 1991.  

The case made headlines due to allegations of bondage sex, sexual abuse, decapitation and cannibalism. Will her claims of sexual abuse and fear of her husband of one month convince a jury that she was in danger? Or will her trial reveal a history of violence and manipulation?

Sources for this Episode:

LA Times Article: 2011 Parole Hearing Coverage 

Oxygen Snapped: Omaima Nelson

Deadly Women: Love you to Pieces

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The mother of a young, physically and mentally disabled cancer survivor is found brutally murdered in her home following a terrifying Facebook post. But Gypsy is nowhere to be found. Is this a story of a homicide and kidnapping? If only this story were so simple. The story of Gypsy Rose Blancharde is one of mystery, deceit and lies that nobody could have seen coming.