MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Franchesca Alvarado

<p>In 1985, 27-year-old Linda Sherman vanished – just as she was making plans to leave her tumultuous marriage. For five long years, her family had no answers — until a human skull appeared beneath a restaurant window near a St. Louis, Missouri-area airport -- where her husband w ... Show More

<p>In June of 2023, a woman was brutally murdered in Floyd County, Kentucky, while attending a gathering at the home of a local dentist. The slaying rocked the small communities of eastern Kentucky as months ticked by, rumors swirled and no one was held accountable. Finally, in J ... Show More

<p>In 1980, the tiny town of San Miguel, California, was shaken when two kindergarten girls vanished in broad daylight from a main street. Despite a long list of local child predators and bizarre clues, the trail went cold in a matter of years. But now, nearly 5 decades later, th ... 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