MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Franchesca Alvarado

On Black Friday 2016, 22-year-old Christopher “Cole” Thomas was driving through rural North Carolina with two coworkers. Hours later, the coworkers approached police and said Cole had suddenly panicked, pulled over, and ran into the dark, never to be seen again. But their story l ... Show More

Spencer Irwin was just 30 years old when he vanished one Sunday morning in July 2024. Days later, his body was found in a way that raised questions – naked, alone and quickly dismissed by authorities. But their assumptions about Spencer were wrong. As his mother began asking ques ... Show More

On May 4, 2007, 19-year-old Brittany McGlone did something she rarely did. Instead of going home after work, she went to her boyfriend’s house. By that afternoon, she was found dead in his bed, brutally beaten. She was naked, and her underwear was missing from the scene. In the h ... Show More

<p>Our card this week is Diana Ferris, the 10 of Hearts from Connecticut.</p><p>In 1996, 34-year-old Diane was preparing to welcome her fourth child when one spring day she was ambushed and brutally murdered in the privacy of her own home. The investigation into her slaying was q ... Show More

On May 17, 2013, 27 days after Alyssiah Wiley went missing from her college campus in Connecticut her remains were found in a wooded area in Bridgeport, CT. Her boyfriend was arrested for her murder but before her family could get justice for her, another tragedy struck her alrea ... Show More

<p>On a hot summer night last July in a small town in east Texas, sisters Zi’Ariel Robinson-Oliver, 9, A’Miyah Hughes, 8, and Te’Mari Robinson-Oliver, 5, were reported missing by their babysitter. Their mother Shommaonique Oliver-Wickerson rushed home from work to find the Cass C ... Show More

<p>Our card this week is Corazon Frandsen, the Jack of Diamonds from Utah.</p><p>In 1978, Corazon was just 26 and a widow after losing her husband from cancer five years earlier. And Corazon was still mourning the loss of her husband when she herself became a victim of a horrific ... Show More

<p>Our card this week is Valaine Briggs, the Ace of Spades from Utah.</p><p> </p><p>When 18-year-old Valaine left her Salt Lake City apartment and walked to class one spring morning in 1977, her carefully planned future was full of promise. And though she was in a time of transit ... Show More

It all started on August 23rd 1980, in the small town of Bellville, Texas. Sixteen year old Cheryl Dee Fergeson woke up that morning and was in a rush for the first tournament of the season. The volleyball team in which she was a part of had to ride the 60 mile bus ride to Conroe ... Show More

<p>Our card this week is Rachel Anthony, the 5 of Spades from Minnesota.</p><p>In 2001, 50-year-old Rachel was going about her nightly routine, closing the small-town liquor store, when she suddenly vanished without a trace, leaving behind no clues. A gruesome discovery 6 weeks l ... Show More

On June 28, 2017, 18 year old Bianca Roberson was found dead in her car after it crashed into a ditch off Route 202 in Chester County, PA. An autopsy revealed that Bianca hadn't died in the accident, she had been shot to death. When her killer is found, the senseless reason for h ... Show More

<p>We continue our analysis of the murders of Brenda Lafferty and her 15 month old daughter Erica as depicted in the Hulu Original series "Under the Banner of Heaven" created by Dustin Lance Black. Jim and Laura discuss Brenda's victimology and how she was betrayed time after tim ... Show More

<p>There are high profile cases you think you&nbsp;know, but the truth is far more nuance, complicated and terrible than anything the&nbsp;media could ever cover during a headline making trial. On the evening of June 20th 1989, Lyle Menendez (21) and his brother Erik Menendez (18 ... Show More