This week Alaina covers the weepy voiced killer for our 209th episode! In 1980 on New Year’s Eve Paul Michael Stephani brutally attacked Karen Potack after abducting her from outside of a bar. She sustained some of the worst injuries seen by investigators, but she lived. This would be the first in a string of bizarre an gruesome attacks on women that potent ... Show More
Jan 12
The Sleeping Sickness Epidemic (1919-1930)
In late 1916, while treating a group of patients at his psychiatric clinic at the University of Vienna, Dr. Constantin von Economo began noticing the appearance of strange symptoms that he could not account for. At the same time, in France, Rene Cruchet began noticing similarly s ... Show More
52m 36s
Apr 2024
The Murder of Stephanie Wasilishin
On July 9th, 1993, at 1:40 a 911 call was placed by Russell Bennett Peterson. He told the operator that he and his girlfriend had a fight and that she had been shot, but he claimed to not know who shot her. Stephanie Wasilishin was the mother of two young children who tragically ... Show More
1h 23m
Apr 2024
Serial Killer Gerard Schaefer
Serving as a sheriff's deputy in Martin County, Florida, Gerard Schaefer led a double life, portraying himself as a dedicated officer while secretly engaging in gruesome acts. Schaefer was convicted of the first degree murders of two young women, Susan Place and Georgia Jessup. I ... Show More
1h 31m
Jan 2023
252: The Murder of Brittany Zimmerman
On April 2, 2008, Brittany Zimmermann had just returned home to her off campus apartment from class at the University of Wisconsin Madison when she was brutally attacked and murdered. Despite making a 911 call during her attack, police didn’t arrive on scene until 48 minutes late ... Show More
1h 6m
Mar 2024
312: The Murder of Eric Richins (Kouri Richins)
In the early morning of March 4th, 2022, 33-year-old Kouri Richins called 911 from her home in Kamas, Utah. She said that she’d come back into the bedroom she shared with her 39-year-old husband Eric to find him cold and unresponsive. First responders arrived, but were unable to ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2024
Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Trial
On February 26, 2016, Terry Sanderson was skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Park City Utah. That same day, Gwyneth Paltrow, her significant other, and their children were also skiing there. Just before noon, Terry and Gwyneth collided on the hill. Three years later, Terry Sanderson ... Show More
1h 14m
Jan 2023
185. [TEXAS] Missy Bevers
A fitness bootcamp, a dry cleaner, and a swat costume. If you have any information regarding the murder of Missy Bevers, please call Crime Stoppers of Ellis County at 972-937-PAYS (7297), or call the Midlothian Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 972-775-7634. Co ... Show More
39m 16s