WTHI TV - One of the stars of a popular late 90s tv show was arrested in Vigo County last week and is facing a pair of charges involving including prescription fraud.The Terre Haute Police Department arrested Nicholas Brendon. Brendon played the character Xander, on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Today in true crime history -- on August 20th 1978, five teenage boys were reported missing from Newark, New Jersey. The boys came to be known as the Clinton Avenue Five as news of their disappearance spread. Investigators were baffled as the search for their bodies and any suspects that could be responsible for whatever happened to the missing teens stretched over 3 decades.
In August of 1980, Carol Bundy confessed to some fellow nurses at the hospital where she worked that she had a connection to the so-called Sunset Strip Slayer who they had been hearing about on the news. She and her live-in boyfriend had been on a bit of a murder spree that kicked off when the pair discovered they shared some dark fantasies and decided to start turning them into reality.
A Pennsylvania man is believed to have killed himself and murdered his two grandkids and son as they slept in their Steelton home. The family lived above the Raja’s Quick Pick Mart convenience store. While they slept, Jafar Afshar, 67, poured an accelerant inside the home and lit it, killing his grandkids and son.
Last Thursday, Somers investigators revealed a man was found dead in a car just off Durkee Road. According to WWLP, the Chief Medical Examiners office ruled the death a homicide. The victim has been identified as 38-year-old James Comes.
Built in 1885, the Kreischer Mansion has a gruesome past connected to it.
It was originally built by a rich German brick manufacturer called Balthasar Kreischer on Arthur Kill Road in the Charleston neighborhood.
Many tenants of the home have experienced paranormal activity, unsurprisingly considering the home’s deadly past.
Oakland County police are asking for the public's help in locating two young kids taken by their father. The children, Avery Breckenridge, 1, and her brother Jaden, 9, are believed to be in danger.
The life story of Alberta Odell Jones is a fascinating one, and the story of her death remains a bit of a mystery. Alberta was the first black woman to pass the Kentucky Bar exam, as well as Muhammed Ali's first lawyer, and 56 years ago this week her body was found in the Ohio River after dying under pretty suspicious circumstances.
A 58-year-old-woman is left recovering from an attack Monday from which she suffered five gunshot wounds. In a news release from Champaign Police, the shooting happened a little before 1 a.m. The woman heard a knock on her door when she reportedly said, “Who is it?” This is when the offender(s) began shooting through her front door.
Young mother Jacqueline Flores, 25, was shot last week in front of her 6-year-old daughter. Fresno Police in California released a statement saying officers found Flores in her car with a gunshot wound to the head.
The disappearance of the Sodder children right before Christmas in 1945 has shocked the nation for the past 74 years. All those years later and the question still remains: What happened to the Sodder children?
Former Mississippi police officer is set to plead guilty to a May 2019 murder. Matthew Kinne, 38, agreed to life in prison without possibility of parole. Kinne admits to murdering his former lover as she threatened to tell his then wife about their affair. The victim, 32-year-old Dominique Clayton, was shot in the head by Kinne as she slept. She was a mother of four.
WATE - The victim was walking her dog on the trails around 1:30 p.m. on Aug 22 when a man approached her asking for some water. Police say he grabbed the victim by the arm and attempted to drag her into the woods. After being punched by the suspect several times, the victim smeared a bag of dog feces in his face to get him to release her.
Kathy Kleiner was just 20 years old when the infamous Ted Bundy entered through the back door of her sorority house at FSU armed with a piece of firewood he had found outside. Bundy had just escaped from jail for the second time when he committed the brutal attack on the Chi Omega house. Though Kathy and her roommate survived, their lives were forever changed, and this assault went down in history as the one with the bite mark evidence that helped convict Ted Bundy.
The Winchester Mystery House has captured the attention of true-crime and horror buffs for decades. The house is even the inspiration behind the 2018 film, “Winchester”. The movie tells a fictionalized version of the story behind the mysterious mansion.
The truth behind the Winchester Mystery House is far more interesting than any film or T.V. show will lead you to believe.
Located in Villisca, Iowa, this quaint piece of real estate is home to a grisly family annihilation. Reports state that on June 10th of 1912, the subject broke into the home sometime after midnight and bludgeoned the family to death with an axe.
The aftermath of the murders spurred a years long investigation along with a hefty amount of litigations and trials.
You probably know Sarah Turney from Tiktok -- she's the one whose sister Alissa was murdered by her father back in 2004, and she risked it all to bring attention to her sister's case and went viral in the process -- which is just what it took to get an arrest in the case.
Robbie Thomas is a Psychic Criminal Profiler who hails from Ontario, Canada, but his work sends him all over North America and sometimes abroad. Robbie works alongside law enforcement to help bring some clarity to unsolved missing person cases and murder investigations. As an indigenous seer descendent from a long line of Spirit Walkers, he has also written several books about his work and his process, and he works as a teacher and mentor to folks who believe they share Robbie's gift.
Last week we gave you a list of some of the best LGBTQ+ true crime podcasts, and this week we're hurling another slew of fantastic content your way: spooky audio drama podcasts that have LGBTQ+ representation!
Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie used to live in the New Orleans mansion as a Louisiana socialite. Located in the French Quarters, LaLaurie threw lavish parties during the early 19th century.
Why is the mansion known for fancy parties haunted? In 1834, police were responding to a kitchen fire when they found several bodies, terribly mutilated, in the attic.
