In the spring of 2004, "Carly" was a bright-eyed, smart and bubbly young girl.
The 17-year-old was just months away from finishing high school — but for the moment, she was focused on her friends and making good memories.
Carly is not her real name. Her identity is protected by a court-imposed publication ban.
On March 26, 2004, she got off school early, whi ... Show More
Sep 2
Kelly Cook: The Back-up Babysitter - Part 1
Kelly Cook was a young girl who was abducted from Standard, Alta., 38 years ago. She had taken a job babysitting someone new — and then, she was gone. Her body was found June 28, 1981 in an irrigation canal south of Taber. Investigators said it was obvious someone had gone throug ... Show More
58m 6s
Sep 2023
School’s Out…Forever: The Murder of Colleen Ritzer
In this month’s series, I detail crimes that happened on school campuses. In this episode, A 14-year-old high school student commits a horrific act of rape and murder in a school bathroom. Was Philip Chism mentally ill, as his defense would later claim, or was he faking it to g ... Show More
32m 7s
Jun 2021
Teen girl attacked by bully in gym class; Kids open Christmas gifts in front of mom's dead body
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Charlee Funes, a 13-year-old girl who was attacked during gym class in Illinois, joins us. And a California man is sentenced to prison for killing his wife, then propping her dead body on the couch on Christmas morning while her kids ope ... Show More
59m 11s
Sep 2023
Introducing: Murder in Apartment 12
As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Murder in Apartment 12, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. The story starts with Nona Dirksmeyer, a young beauty queen. Smart and talented, her future is bright. But just days before her 20th birt ... Show More
3m 33s