Wed, Feb 27, 2019
In the summer of 1974, a war was brewing between Kay Hoyt Hein and her married lover, Harold Nokes. After she called off their affair, Harold lashed out. He poisoned her lawn. Poured sugar in her gas tank. He even wrote lewd graffiti messages about her sexual activity with other men. Later that year, police would discover Kay parents' bodies in a lake and dismembered in several parts.
Wed, Mar 6, 2019
To turn his life around, Travis Alexander moved in with his grandparents and took up the LDS faith. In search of a wife, he began dating Jodi Arias in 2007. The couple's relationship was often long-distance and quickly started to become problematic. She would be the last person to see Alexander alive.
Wed, Mar 13, 2019
The relationship between Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias could only be described as hot and cold. They cycled through months of "on-again, off-again" periods, meeting up for late-night rendezvous in Meza, Arizona, even while they started dating other people. But by May of 2008, the intense relationship reached a boiling point, leading to cold-blooded murder.
Wed, Mar 20, 2019
In 1957, a shy woman meets the man of her dreams: Burt Pugach, a successful lawyer in the East Bronx. Unfortunately, her dreams are crushed, when Burt confesses that he's actually a married man. Linda tries to end the relationship, but Burt decides that if he can't have her, then no one else can.
Wed, Mar 27, 2019
When Linda Riss ended her relationship with Burt Pugach in 1959, he hired someone to attack her, blinding her with lye. Throughout the months of investigation, trial, and eventual imprisonment, Burt continued to plead with Linda for just one thing: not her forgiveness, but her hand in marriage.
Wed, May 8, 2019
After a year long affair in Northern Ireland, Colin Howell and Hazel Buchanan made a deadly pact in 1991. Together, they helped each other murder their spouses and stage their suicides. But after their deaths, the burden of their shared secret weighed on the couple, and it wasn't long before they turned on each other.
Wed, Jun 12, 2019
In post-Civil War Texas, a lawless band of Confederate sympathizers terrorized the vast state, stealing cattle and executing anyone who tried to stop them. But when the Taylor Gang finally went too far in 1866, someone finally stood to challenge them, an upstart young sheriff named Bill Sutton.
Wed, Jun 26, 2019
Separated by distance, young couple Marty and Michelle Theer of North Carolina kept up their relationship with a digital connection, sending emails throughout Marty's deployment. But their 21st Century romance was thrown for a loop when one of them found evidence the other was cheating.
Wed, Jul 10, 2019
This married couple built a small fortune together through their chain of department stores in Puerto Rico. In 1988, George and Barbara Kogan retired to New York City to escape the rat-race of the family business and recommit themselves to each other. Instead, the move showed them that their relationship was past their prime and soon they headed for divorce.
Wed, Jul 24, 2019
When 32-year-old Charles Manson was released from prison in 1967, he made his way to the free-thinking streets of Haight-Ashbury. There, gurus, shamans, and yogis taught the young people who flocked to the city how to think in new ways and reshape their consciousness. Charles became another one of these teachers, mastering the arts of infatuation and manipulation.
Wed, Sep 4, 2019
Just because John and Lorena Bobbitt were acquitted for their individual crimes in 1994 didn't mean their challenges were behind them. But while Lorena used her verdict to grow beyond her history of abuse, John devolved into a world of D-list celebrity and continued domestic violence. The more he saw Lorena growing outside his influence, the more John tried to worm his way back into her life. He just couldn't let Lorena Bobbitt go.
Wed, Dec 25, 2019
Here's one of their listeners' most requested episodes of 2019: Lorena thought she'd found her piece of the American dream when she married John Bobbitt in 1989. But her fantasy was quickly shattered as John became abusive. Eventually, after years of violence, Lorena tried to escape.
Wed, Jan 22, 2020
By the time Celeste Johnson celebrated her 30th birthday in 1993, she had already been married 3 times. After this string of failed marriages, Celeste met someone who offered stability and comfort at last-a Texas millionaire named Steve Beard. But her union with Beard was fraught from the beginning, and ended in violent tragedy.