In January of 1947, the mutilated body of young Hollywood actress Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. The press gave her the nickname, "The Black Dahlia," stemming from a popular crime film, and her case gripped headlines when the killer sent handwritten notes to the tabloids. Former Los Angeles Detective Steve Hodel believed his f ... Show More
Feb 26
Did The Doctor Kill The Doctor?
When Dr. Linda Goudey was found strangled to death in October 1993, the main suspect was her boyfriend, Timothy Stryker, who was also a doctor. Nothing police found at the scene pointed directly to Stryker, and it took years for him to plead guilty, but it wasn't to murder charge ... Show More
45m 21s
Feb 25
Inside the Kouri Richins Trial
Grief children’s book author Kouri Richins is on trial in Utah, accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with a fentanyl-laced Moscow mule in 2022. Prosecutors say she killed him for financial gain, while also engaging in an extramarital affair. The defense argues ... Show More
28m 1s
Feb 2025
A Deeper Dive into the Murder of Elizabeth Short (Part 1)
<p>On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her young daughter spotted something pale and white lying in the weeds of a vacant lot. When the woman walked closer to get a better look, she made a horrifying discovery: the bisected body of a young woman, brutally mur ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2025
A Deeper Dive into the Murder of Elizabeth Short (Part 2)
<p>On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her young daughter spotted something pale and white lying in the weeds of a vacant lot. When the woman walked closer to get a better look, she made a horrifying discovery: the bisected body of a young woman, brutally mur ... Show More
1h 18m
Aug 2023
Into the Smoke: The Murder of Ronli Ratliff
<p><em>Correction: Ronli Ratliff's body was discovered beside a couch, not atop a couch.</em></p><p>In the early morning hours of April 15, 2004, firefighters discovered a body of a young woman in a house in Indiana's Morgan County. That young woman was 24-year-old Ronli Ratliff. ... Show More
37m 5s
Dec 2024
The Murder of Cheryl Perveler
<p>When police were called to the scene of shooting at the Castillion Apartments in Los Angeles on April 20, 1968, they assumed the victim, twenty-two-year-old Cheryl Perveler, had been shot in a robbery gone wrong. However, when they began looking into her personal life, they so ... Show More
53m 31s
Jul 2021
Hollywood Cold Case: Margaret Gibson Pt. 2
As the investigation into William Desmond Taylor's murder amps up, lead investigator Detective King examines the evidence and begins to suspect three of the most powerful women in 1920s Hollywood: comedy queen Mabel Normand, ingenue Mary Miles Minter, and notorious stage mother C ... Show More
46m 18s