On Christmas Day 2002 three dead women were discovered in their Middletown home. The only survivor was too young to tell police the heinous crimes that her father, Ernest Wholaver Jr, had committed in the early morning hours of December 24, 2002.
William Trickett Smith II became known as “The Suitcase Murderer” when the body of his Peruvian wife washed ashore in Lima in 2007. The discovery would bring grief wrapped closure to her family. Listen to the story of “El Enigma de la Mariposa” (The Mystery of the Butterfly).
When Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo met it would lead to the killings of three teen girls. Listen to the story of two depraved individuals who plagued communities throughout Ontario, Canada in the late ’80s and early ’90s.
Bernie Tiede was beloved by many in the town of Carthage, Texas. Margorie Nugent was a widow who fell under Bernie’s spell. Listen to the tale of an unlikely companionship that ended in murder.
Major Christian “Kit” Martin – A burning car, two dead bodies and a third victim found nearby. Who could have committed these murders and what was their motive?
Was Charles Whitman a deranged mad man or was there something else behind his murderous rage? Before Virginia Tech and Columbine, the first mass shooting on a school’s campus would occur on August 1, 1966 on the University of Texas in Austin campus.
Seven statuettes would represent his seven victims. Joseph Miller has been called the most prolific serial killer in Dauphin County’s history. Listen to the story of his crimes and how one brave woman fought to live and helped bring down his reign of terror.
Phil Hartman would be murdered in his sleep at the hands of his third wife, Brynn on May 28, 1998. Listen to the story of how one woman’s substance abuse and want of fame lead to this tragic murder-suicide.
Listen to the harrowing tale of Terry Jo Duperrault. Seven people would set sail for a week-long excursion in the Bahamas but only two would come back alive.
When Suzanne Jovin, a popular, intelligent senior at Yale University was murdered she left behind a lot of heartache and questions. Was she in the wrong place at the wrong time or did someone intentionally want to kill her?