Dr. Polk decides once and for all how far he’ll go to manipulate Susan into staying with him. They marry in the winter of 1981. As the decade progresses, their joy over the birth of their first son, Adam, turns to dread as they’re swept into the hysteria of Satanic Panic. But in that dread, Susan finds her purpose.
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Lover On the Run: The Coward Killer Story
Natalie Ramstrom was found dead inside her boyfriend’s home, with her body hidden beneath garbage bags after she had been shot in the head. What followed was a yearslong mystery as Efrain Medina fled to Mexico, spent a year hiding, and then faced three trials that all ended witho ... Show More
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Aug 28
Loved Him to Death: The Brittany Holbrook Story
A roommate wakes to screaming and finds his best friend bleeding on the floor of their Florida apartment. Tyler Nulisch, 30, dies at the hospital hours later from a single gunshot wound. His girlfriend, Brittany Nicole Holbrook, tells detectives she was defending herself, but the ... Show More
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Aug 21
'How to Murder Your Husband': Romance Novelist Turned Killer
A culinary school was thrown into chaos when a chef was found shot to death in the kitchen where he taught. Daniel Brophy's students discovered his body just before class. His wife, Nancy Brophy, played the grieving widow, but years earlier she wrote a novel titled “How to Murder ... Show More
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Dec 2020
It's Complicated: Felix & Susan Polk Pt. 4
Between the relentless accusations and physical assaults, the early 2000s were a dangerous time to be living in the Polk household. No one knew that more than their three kids, all caught in the middle of their parents’ tempest. On October 13th 2002, it all came to a head. Learn ... Show More
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Nov 2018
The Susan Powell Case Files | Faith and Finances | 3
Susan Powell feared for her life. She braced for divorce as her marriage to Josh Powell reached its lowest point in 2008, but worried how he would react. She even wrote a secret last will and testament that said, "If I die, it may not be an accident, even if it looks like one." J ... Show More
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Oct 2020
Satanic Panic Pt. 2: Serial Killers
In the 1980s, “Satanic Panic” was a mass hysteria that consumed communities and ruined lives—all over things that never even happened. In this new five-part series, we’re examining the origins of the panic, tracing back through the decades to see how the fear of Satan’s influence ... Show More
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