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On the night of Halloween, 2001, Kent Heitholt, was murdered. A witness was able to create a composite sketch with police and in late 2003, the Columbia Tribune ran an article on the murder and included the composite sketch. A young man named Charles Erickson saw that sketch and thought he recognized the person. He thought it looked a lot like himself. The problem was, Charles could not remember the night of Halloween 2001. He'd blacked out, and all he knew was that he'd been at a bar near the c...

The Sun Gym Gang had just taken Marc Schiller for nearly every penny he had, and it had been so easy. They’d made millions in just a month, and they’d completely gotten away with it. But by May of 1995, they’d already burned through all the money, and they were ready for their next score. And this time, they were going to make sure their next mark was really dead by the time they were finished with them. BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Frame...

Marc Schiller thought he had normal people problems. The pump on his swimming pool was broken. His Schlotzky’s franchise was failing and he was trying to sell it. He was worried he wouldn’t get through his work as a CPA in time to take his wife and kids to Columbia to celebrate Hanukkah. A tropical storm had been threatening to come into Miami, where he lived. What Marc did not know, was that he had been the victim of at least 8 kidnapping attempts. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHe...

It's our 100th episode!!!! For this very special episode, we are re-doing episode 1 - the Questionable Case of Richard Glossip. Kristin tells Mogab the story of Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for hiring Justin Sneed to kill his boss, Barry Van Treese. His conviction Is based almost solely on Sneed's word, with no good evidence connecting him to this crime. How did the word of an accomplice carry enough weight to secure a death penalty conviction? So much has happened with this...

It was April 26, 2006. 16 year old Ashley Reeves had plans to go to a job interview that afternoon and then to play basketball at a park afterwards. Before she left, she promised her mom she'd be home before her 10 PM curfew, but her curfew came and went, and Ashley never returned home. Panicked, her mother started searching for her. She called the police, she called Ashley's friends, she drove around the town. But Ashley was nowhere to be found. Police started hearing from friends that Ashley w...

It's SPOOOOKY season, y'all! I've been saving this one up for our Halloween episode, and Mogab was thoroughly creeped out so job well done! It was June of 2014, and Derek and Maria Broaddus were living the American dream: they had just closed on their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey for $1.4 million. They loved everything about this house, and couldn’t wait to move in with their 3 young kids. But their dream became their nightmare when anonymous, threatening letters started...

In June of 2011, 27 year old Lauren Giddings was senselessly murdered. She had just graduated form law school, and was a month away from taking the BAR and becoming a full fledged attorney. When her friends and family discovered she'd been murdered, everyone was shocked. They couldn't figure out who would do something like this. Police had several suspects in mind, but they narrowed it down quickly when her neighbor, Stephen McDaniel, gave an odd interview to a local reporter. Sponsored by: Bet...

We're living in frustration city for this one! This week, Kristin tells Mogab about the disappearance of Jason Landry - a fellow Texas State University student who was driving home to the Houston area for Christmas break of 2020 and disappeared in the small town of Luling, Texas. His car was found crashed and abandoned on a gravel road miles from the interstate. The clothes he was wearing were found strewn about the road. And Jason was nowhere to be found. Support the Show by Supporting Our Spo...

Rita Crundwell was living the high life. In 2011, she was a big deal on the quarter horse circuit; she had 52 world championships under her belt, and ran one of the best known quarter horse breeding operations in the country. She was incredibly successful, and it showed. She owned multiple homes, multiple cars. She had a $2 million dollar motor coach she used to take her to her horse competitions, and a $250,000 horse trailer to tow the horses. She was living a life of luxury, with her furs and ...

It was in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 3, 2016 when 19 year old Sarah Stern's car was found abandoned on a bridge in New Jersey. The car was reported by a few passers-by, and when police responded they could see the car wasn't damaged in any way, it had just been left abandoned, keys still inside. It appeared to be a suicide, but as police spoke with Sarah's friends, the possibility that she'd run off to Canada seemed to be likely. It wasn't until a big break in the case that po...

Ashley Ellerin was loving her life in Hollywood, California. She was a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and she loved taking advantage of the Hollywood nightlife. She had a large social circle that included celebrities, and was pursuing a modeling job herself. But on February 21, 2001, as she got ready for a date, Ashley was viciously murdered inside her own home. Robbery was ruled out as a possible motive, as was sexual assault. Police couldn't figure out why someon...

Just before Thanksgiving of 2003, Dru Sjodin was living her best life at the University of North Dakota. She'd just finished a shift at her job at Victoria's Secret and then did a little Christmas shopping at the mall. She was on the phone with her boyfriend as she walked to her car in the parking lot, when suddenly the call was disconnected. Her boyfriend figured the call had dropped, but when she still hadn't shown up at her second job several hours later, her friends and family began to worry...

The Whitaker family was in celebration mode - their oldest son, Thomas "Bart" Whitaker, had just finished his final exam at Sam Houston State University, he'd soon be walking the stage, and his parents, Tricia and Kent, and brother, Kevin, were so excited for him. They all went to dinner at Pappadeaux's restaurant near Sugar Land, Texas to celebrate, but when they got back home from dinner, their night turned into a horror show. As the family started filing into their home, a masked intruder ins...

When Valerie McDaniel met Leon Jacob, it was not love at first sight. She found him arrogant, but was drawn to him somehow. She'd gone through a recent divorce, ending a 17 year marriage from her husband Mack McDaniel, and Leon had also recently ended a relationship. Valerie felt like they were just what the other needed. What she didn't know was that Leon had unresolved stalking charges on his ex-girlfriend, Meghan Verikas, and he was willing to do whatever he had to to make sure those charges ...

Beverly Carter was one of the top real estate agents in Little Rock, Arkansas. She loved her job, but over the past several years crime against real estate agents had been rising, and she was taking her safety seriously. She never went to a showing without letting her husband, Carl, know where she'd be, and she even had a secret code with the other agents in the office so they could let each other know if they were in trouble. But even with the precautions she took, one night, Beverly never came...

Lisa Marie Techel and her husband, Seth Techel, were high school sweethearts. They married young, both with aspirations of going into law enforcement. Lisa wanted to be like her father, Todd Caldwell, who worked for the sheriff's department in their small town in Iowa. But those dreams came crashing down one morning when Seth said he heard a gunshot go off while he was in the shower. He jumped out of the shower and raced to where Lisa was sleeping in their bedroom to see that she'd been shot in ...

Beverly Carter was one of the top real estate agents in the state of Arkansas, and ever since there'd been a wave of rising crime against real estate agents, she'd taken safety seriously. She always made sure her husband, Carl, knew where she was if she was showing a property, and she'd even come up with a code word to use with her fellow real estate agents if any of them felt like they were in danger. On the night of September 25, 2014, Beverly was showing a house to a couple that claimed to be...

The Hadleys lived in Port St. Lucie, Florida, a town that was not built with teenagers in mind. There was only one movie theater but seven funeral homes, and the mall was pretty far away. There wasn't much to do, but on Saturday, July 16, 2011, the teenagers of Port St. Lucie had big plans - Tyler Hadley was throwing a party. No one could believe that Tyler's parents would let him throw a party - he'd been in a lot of trouble recently, and they were strict. But Tyler insisted - the party was on....

Like everyone else in March of 2020, Gretchen Anthony was trying to do her part for the pandemic by staying home, posting memes on Facebook, and watching Tiger King (probably). But after Thursday, March 19, there were no more posts from Gretchen on facebook. Her profile went dark, and she stopped communicating with loved ones. She even stopped sharing her location on her phone with her daughter, something she took very seriously. But then on Monday, March 23, 2020, Gretchen’s friends and family...

In 1998, women in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia were going missing.

In the 1960's, Ben and Bernice Novack were Miami Beach royalty. They were the owners of the Fountainbleu hotel, the hottest spot on Miami beach, known for it's old Hollywood glamour style. Everyone from JFK to the Rat Pack stayed there, and it was the place to be. The Novacks lived in the Penthouse Suite with their son, Ben Jr., until like all good things, the era came to an end in the 70's when the hotel went bankrupt. By 2009, Bernice was widowed and living a quiet life, while her son, Ben, fo...

We're so excited to be back! This week, we're talking about the kidnapping of Denise Huskins. In the middle of the night on March 22, 2015, a group of broke into the home of Aaron Quinn and kidnapped his girlfriend, Denise Huskins. Aaron's story involved kidnappers wearing wet suits who played pre-recorded messages and wanted very little ransom for Denise's return. His story seemed so unbelievable to police, who were convinced early on that Aaron had done something to Denise. When that seemed un...

Briana Denison was a 19 year old psychology student at Santa Barbara City College who was back home in Reno, Nevada over the winter break in January of 2008. The night of Saturday, January 19, Brianna stayed the night on a friend’s couch, but the next morning, she wasn’t there. Her cell phone, shoes, and her purse had all been left behind, as well as a few drops of blood on the pillow where she’d been sleeping. But there was no sign of Brianna anywhere. Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is g...

Tom and Jackie Hawks were living their best lives. They'd scrimped and saved for years to allow themselves to retire early. They bought a yacht, aptly named the Well Deserved, and they moved in, living their lives cruising down the California coast. But then they got the best news - their son's wife was pregnant with their first grandchild. They knew they would need to change their lifestyle if they wanted to be close enough to the baby for frequent visits, so they put the Well Deserved up for s...