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In Virginia, Brendan Banfield, the man accused of murdering his wife and a complete stranger, says the prosecution's theory is "absolutely crazy." In Georgia, law student Tara Baker's murder went unsolved for two decades, until the family teamed up with a podcaster to try and sol ... Show More

Lester Holt talks with Andrea Canning about her episode, “Secrets in the Ashes.” When 31-year-old Texas mother Patricia Leigh Mills is found dead in a house fire, her family suspects her husband, Delbert, of setting the blaze that killed her, suspicions that only grow when he rem ... Show More

A South Texas house fire kills Patricia Leigh Mills, while her young son escapes. When her husband remarries just months later, suspicion grows and questions emerge. Andrea Canning reports. Lester Holt and Andrea Canning go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talk ... Show More

On a brutally cold winter night in 1984, a young woman is found viciously murdered on the side of a rural Wisconsin driveway. The victim, Traci Hammerberg, had been out with friends for a night of drinking and partying. What happened? Detectives initially have plenty of suspects, ... Show More

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Missouri woman Cassidy Rainwater is still missing after disappearing in July. Two men are held on suspicion of kidnapping in the case after incriminating evidence is found on a phone. Hours before the men appear in court, the cabin where ... Show More

The mysterious murder of young teacher’s aide leaves a hole in the heart of her small community in Agawam, Massachusetts. As the rumor-mill about suspects churned, the actual perp slipped further away. But generations of investigators and a scientific breakthrough leads to a shoc ... Show More

<p>A weekly news podcast for the true crime junkie, from the true crime experts you’ve come to trust. Every Thursday Dateline correspondent Andrea Canning and her guests dive into the biggest crime stories of the week, bringing you the latest on trials and investigations around t ... Show More

<p>On a crisp fall day in October of 1991, Patricia Scoville set out for a bike ride on the scenic Moss Glen Falls trails in Stowe, Vermont. When she hadn’t returned home more than two days later, Patty’s roommate reported her missing, triggering a search and rescue effort that s ... Show More

<p>When a 10-year-old girl didn’t come back from a quick trip to the store on a cold January night in 1988, her family and the Pawtucket, Rhode Island community searching for her feared the worst. Then weeks later when her body was found miles away, those fears were confirmed… an ... Show More

Barbara sits down with the lead detective on the case Johneen Jones and her partner Steve Castro to answer some listener questions. Later, speaking for the first time publicly on the case, the prosecutor Gretchen Ford joins the crew. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac ... Show More

DNA was a revolution for crime solving and for one mother, it could be the key to proving her son’s innocence. Her journey leads to a miraculous discovery at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science. What follows is an astounding series of events surrounding the work of one tr ... Show More

This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A woman sentenced to life for the brutal stabbing and dismemberment of a student in a killing motivated “out of curiosity.” Plus, a beloved cheerleading coach and mother of three allegedly slain by her boyfriend weeks after the couple pr ... Show More

Ken Allen, the lead detective in the Ray Lewis murder case, breaks down the challenges he faced during his investigation -- Witnesses became uncooperative, evidence disappeared, and politics seemed to get in the way of justice. When Tim asks Allen what ultimately derailed the inv ... Show More