Unable to kick his steroid addiction, college football star Pernell Jefferson sabotaged his chance to turn pro. He took up stalking, kidnapping, and assaulting women he was dating. And in 1988, he directed his focus on Jeannie Butkowski.
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Oct 9
Killer in the Suburbs: Cop’s Wife Found Dead in Quiet Town
Behind the picture-perfect marriage of a longtime Massachusetts police detective Brian Fanion and his devoted wife, secrets were beginning to surface, and just months before retirement, another woman entered the picture. Then Amy Fanion was found dead from a gunshot wound, shot w ... Show More
32m 54s
Oct 2
Murdered By The In-Laws: The Killing of Dan Markel
A Florida law professor is gunned down in his own driveway in broad daylight. No witnesses, no immediate suspects, and no answers. For years, the case goes cold, but the deeper they dig into Dan Markel's life, the more they realize this wasn't random. Get the full story on this e ... Show More
32m 47s
Jul 2025
MURDEROUS MINDS: The College Crush Murder Pt. 1
When Prosenjit Poddar moved from India to California, he hoped to build a better life. Instead, he became obsessed with a girl who didn’t love him back. In Part 1, we trace how cultural isolation, rejection, and delusion turned a one-sided romance into a deadly obsession—and how ... Show More
45m 31s
Aug 2023
189. I Will Find You: Stalking Jennifer
<p>Jennifer was stalked by a high school classmate.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>When Jennifer was fourteen, a classmate sent her notes in class, walked to her house after school, followed her, and called her regularly - but she ignored him. She told her parents and school counselors, bu ... Show More
1h 9m
Jul 2019
The Meanest Man in America – Part One [07]
From the start, Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins Jr. lived a life of crime. Between prison and parole, Pee Wee learned that, if he didn’t want to be the victim, he’d have to kill his way to the top. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.co ... Show More
22m 46s
Apr 2023
"The Route 40 Killer" Steven Brian Pennell Pt. 2
By early July 1988, he had already tortured, mutilated, and killed two women. Police were stumped until they sent in one of their own undercover. And while his wife and children slept, 30-year-old Steven Brian Pennell took the bait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast ... Show More
37m 20s
Aug 2022
133. A Student's Obsession: Stalking Jeanette
Jeanette was stalked in college by a classmate she befriended from her wilderness class. During the class trip, they got to know each other as friends, and afterward, he texted her, asking her to be his girlfriend and saying he loved her. She turned him down, but he continued to ... Show More
53m 18s