She woke up disoriented in the dark. She didn’t know where she was… oh god, what’s that awful smell?
Her hand was touching something sticky on the ground. When her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark she saw - bodies. Dead bodies. Stacked on top of each other. Some of their faces were frozen still as if they were still screaming.
The stickiness on her hand? The ... Show More
Jul 5
"There's Evil Working Against Me, I'm the 3rd Victim" Mackenzie’s Jail Calls Released
Some of the best advice you’ll ever hear is simple: don’t go to prison. But sometimes, it’s unavoidable. If you do, the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville isn’t what you’d expect, more like a college campus than a prison. Programs, classes, even freedom to move during three ... Show More
41m 23s
Jul 1
“Gay for the Stay” & “Trains Run on Her”: Inside Mackenzie’s Prison Dating Life
Some of the best advice you’ll ever hear is simple: don’t go to prison. But sometimes, it’s unavoidable. If you do, the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville isn’t what you’d expect, more like a college campus than a prison. Programs, classes, even freedom to move during three ... Show More
1h 7m
Jun 28
Warm Milk, Foot Rubs, and White Claws: ALL The Texts Between Mackenzie & Dad
Mackenzie Shirilla was found guilty of murder, felonious assault, and aggravated vehicular homicide after she murdered her former boyfriend Dominic Russo and his roommate at the time, Davion Flanagan. She deliberately ended the young men’s lives by driving her car into a brick wa ... Show More
1h 5m
Jul 2024
Joel Rifkin | Joel the Ripper - Part 1
<p>The stench hit them first in the cluttered garage. A wheelbarrow overflowed with a crimson tide – human blood, thick and viscous. A pair of women’s panties lay discarded on the floor, a grotesque echo amongst the coils of rope and the rolled-up tarps. A chainsaw, its metallic ... Show More
33m 31s
Oct 2023
Slaughterhouse (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
<p>At around 2 a.m. on May 12th, 2007, a 20-year-old woman named Maggie woke up totally confused in her bedroom. As she sat there looking around her dark room trying to get her bearings, she suddenly became aware of high pitched screaming coming from the room next door – her brot ... Show More
36m 40s
Dec 2023
The Muse (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
<p>Late one night in the spring of 1937, a young woman stumbled into her apartment building, drunk after a long night of partying with friends. She made her way up the steps, and reached her apartment door. And after she opened it up, she stepped inside, and her little dog ran up ... Show More
49m 40s
Nov 2023
A Killer in the Shadows (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
<p>At around 9:00 PM on September 13th, 2006, a college student walked towards her friend’s apartment in the small town of Valley City, North Dakota. She walked up the steps and was about to knock on her friend's door, when she was hit with this really powerful chemical smell. Sh ... Show More
43m 15s