On February 28, 1983, two men discovered the bound, decapitated body of a little girl in an abandoned building in St. Louis, Missouri.
We still don't know her name. We call her Precious Hope.
Today, we'll have on Bob Cyphers, an author and longtime journalist who dug into her case.
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Today
The Killing of Alex Pretti
On January 24, 2026, Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota shot and killed Alex Pretti.Video showing an interaction prior to the shooting of Alex Pretti from Newsweek: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gYEetmWjGbcVideos showing the view from both sides of the street of the ... Show More
58m 33s
Today
The Black Dahlia: The Life and Murder of Elizabeth Short
William J. Mann has written Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood, a terrific new book on the Black Dahlia case and he joins us to discuss the murder- and his victim centric approach. Support local booksellers and order Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters ... Show More
55m 49s
Jan 23
The Cheat Sheet: Endangerment and Elders
The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Indiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Georgia, and the United States of America as a whole.A Facebook post from the ... Show More
52m 46s
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
Oct 2024
MURDERED: Jessica Chambers
<p>When first responders made their way out to a rural road in Mississippi in 2014, the last thing they expected to find was a young woman burned from head to toe… but still alive. Despite the 19-year-old’s courageous fight, she died from her injuries, and over 10 years later, he ... Show More
59m 49s
Oct 2023
EP. 128 TEXAS - She Killed Her Kids In The Street: Christy Sheats, The Killer Mom
In 2016, a brutal and horrific massacre rocked the Houston suburb of Katy, Texas. A mother had seemingly snapped and dispatched her own two daughters in the most brutal way. But the full story surrounding the shooting, the motive and the aftermath, only complicated the story in t ... Show More
1h 1m
Jul 2023
EP. 118 TEXAS - She Killed Her Best Friend & Stole Her Baby
At the end of 2019, a puzzling crime rocked the community of Austin, Texas. A mother, Heidi Broussard, had gone missing, along with her daughter... and nobody had a clue where she had went. But when the facts of the case began to emerge, an extremely dark picture was painted... a ... Show More
1h 10m
Sep 2025
The Unsolved Death Stephanie Wasilishin
<p>In the early morning hours of July 9, 1993, police in Sedona, Arizona received a dispatch call from 911 regarding a domestic violence related shooting at a home on Coffee Pot Drive. When they arrived at the home, officers found thirty-one-year-old Russell Peterson performing C ... Show More
55m 38s
Jun 2023
EP. 116 CALIFORNIA: The Teen Who Tortured & Murdered An Elderly Couple: Daniel Marsh
On April 13th 2014, a double homicide rocked the community of Davis, California. But this was no ordinary murder... the couple had been tortured in some of the most gruesome ways imaginable, and killed by a seemingly completely random home intruder. But as the details behind the ... Show More
1h 53m
Jan 2025
Agustin Chacon (King of Clubs, Texas) & Marshall McCarthy (5 of Hearts, Texas)
<p>Our cards this week are Agustin Chacon, the King of Clubs from Texas, and Marshall McCarthy the 5 of Hearts from Texas.</p><p>Agustin Chacon, 25, and Marshall McCarthy, 37, were both shot to death in their homes in the same Odessa, Texas, neighborhood on the same winter night ... Show More
35m 22s