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Unseen
Uncover what true crime documentaries don't show you: real cases and real people, but with a new twist. This is Unseen.
“Are you comfortable now? I doubt it.”
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On March 20th, 1999, Cynthia meets up with her friend, never expecting she is minutes away from being abducted. When she wakes up, a chilling voice speaks to her – it's coming from a recording. As her tears dry up, the early memories of her tough childhood revive, and a voice in her heart tells her: escape.
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Written, directed & by Justin Chalifoux
Researched by Tianyi Zhang
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
“Where was Daddy, Eric?”
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On August 13th, 1986, in the quiet suburbs of Austin, Texas, 3-year-old Eric Morton is found wandering outside alone. When a neighbor recognizes the boy and brings him back home, he makes a terrifying discovery: Eric’s mother, Christine, has been murdered. Detectives, and the District Attorney quickly hone in on Michael Morton, Eric’s father and Christine’s husband, as their prime suspect, but several key pieces of evidence are missing and the police aren’t revealing the full story. It will take 25 years, and determined lawyer John Raley, to unlock the hidden memories of a scared little boy, free a wrongfully convicted man, and finally catch Christine’s real killer.
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Written, directed & edited by Justin Chalifoux
Researched by Tiffany Loxton
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
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Detective Diaries: Guilty Until Proven Innocent, Breaklight Pictures & The Content Group, 2021
60 Minutes: Evidence of Innocence: The Case of Michael Morton, CBS News, 2012
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story, Glass House Productions, 2013
Michael Morton Interview, Austin American-Statesman, 2014
Morton to be released, KXAN News, 2011
Anderson gets 10 days in jail, community service, KXAN News, 2013
Mark Norwood found guilty of 2nd murder, sentenced to life, KXAN News, 2016
Ex-prosecutor Ken Anderson Jailed 3 Days for Misconduct in Sending Innocent Man to 25 Yrs in Prison, Fox7, 2013
Michael Morton Freed in Texas, innocenceproject, 2011
"If you guys think I'm a suspect, I have a problem with that"
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February 24th 1986 is a typical, sunny Monday in Van Nuys, California—until John Ruetten comes home after work to a terrifying discovery: his wife of 3 months, Sherri Rasmussen, is lying unresponsive on the floor of their condo. As cops question John, he seems genuinely distraught by Sherri's death—but cops don't realize there's something he's not telling them. After John’s failed polygraph, they discover that Sherri was being stalked in the weeks leading up to her murder, and this stalker was determined to cover their tracks. As the case goes cold, Sherri's father, Nels Rasmussen, begins piecing together clues, kicking off a 20 year fight to expose what really happened to Sherri, and get justice before it's too late.
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Credits:
Written, directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron
Researched by Amanda Hein
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
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Sources:
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48 Hours: One of Their Own, CBS, 2010
20/20: The Killer Down the Hall, ABC, 2024
Dateline: Detective Story, NBC, 2019
The Real Murders of Los Angeles: Once Bitten, 44 Blue Productions, 2023
Snapped: Stephanie Lazarus, Jupiter Entertainment, 2012
Stephanie Lazarus - Full Length Police Interrogation Video, Red Circle Interrogations and Confessions, 2020
Top 5 Most Disturbing Details About The Stephanie Lazarus Case, Grunge, 2025
“I bet you didn’t think it was gonna turn out like this"
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February 4th, 2007 – it’s a quiet Super Bowl Sunday in Abilene, Texas, where Charity Lee Bennett is working a busy shift at the local bar, but at around midnight, cops arrive at the bar, demanding to speak with Charity. Just hours earlier, a 911 dispatcher received a frantic call from her 13 year old son Paris, saying he just found his younger sister Ella, covered in blood – with the babysitter nowhere to be found. As Charity rushes back home to her kids, she has no idea that she will be thrown into the most unthinkable and disturbing betrayal: what really happened to Ella that night, and what does Paris have to do with it?
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Charity has written a book, "How Now, Butterfly?" which is a memoir about her personal grief & healing journey: https://www.amazon.ca/How-Now-Butterfly-Survival-Transformation/dp/1948239647
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Credits:
Written, directed & edited by Matthew Rice
Researched by Bianca Yzabelle Tan
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader-
Sources:
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The Family I Had, Motto Pictures, 2017
Inside Evil with Chris Cuomo: Murder in the Family, CNN, 2019
Charity Lee Interview, Solminod, 2012
"Oh... he's still alive?"
July 31st 1995, Baraboo police department receives a 911 call in which a teenager calmly claims he is trapped in a house and has both his legs fractured. Little do they know, the caller, 13 year old Thad Phillips, is two hours away from death due to internal bleeding, in the house of a school mate. After two days of torment and two failed escapes, he becomes the only survivor in the hand of the notorious teen serial killer Bonebreaker, carrying the key to solving another mysterious “accidental” death from a year ago.
Credits:
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A World Of Plucking - Frank Schlimbach -
PRO:
BMISuspensful Mind - SynergyMusicUA - ASSET ID: # 1113983
ANW:
Something In The Shadow - Luke Richards
Pathogen - Dan Skinner & Adam Skinner
Track And Trace - James Copperthwaite & Jonathan Buchanan
Damaged - David TObbin, Jeff Meegan, Jason Pedder & Ashley Barnes
Case Remains Open - Pete Masitti & John Andrew BarrowHidden Case - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock & Ellie Kidd
Mystery Case - Igor Dvorkin & Ellie KiddHostage Situation - Luke Richards
In Case Of Emergency - Mark Petrie & Brandon Yingho Lau
Shadow Of A Memory - Mark PetrieFinal Conclusion - Mark Petrie"
"I wasn't gonna let him win"
It’s December 27th, 2021, and young police officer Ashley Ferris reluctantly accepts an overtime shift— not knowing that this decision will change her life forever. That night, a supposed "Alpha" male & manosphere podcaster known as Lyndon McLeod begins his terrifying revenge spree in downtown Denver, acting out his murderous hit list hidden in the pages of his novel, "Sanction". In the dark winter night, no one knows where he will strike next, nor how to stop his rampage...Unless Ashley, who feels she has nothing to lose, can find the dangerous gunman and put a stop to his reign of terror, at any cost.
Ashley’s non-profit, A Fighting Chance:
https://www.afightingchanceltd.com/
Alicia Cardenas: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-Cardenas-family?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer
Jimmy Maldonado:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-soltribe-shooting-survivor-in-healing-transition?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafT-nKZoA1aY47kWcgLKB2ZbvIk8tWD4FmWIBbqKeH4uBYLqm3qgB0KU2Yenw_aem_vJpcz97L05EMAehJnLxmVg
Sarah Steck:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sarahs-family-with-this-tragedy
Danny Scofield: https://www.gofundme.com/f/danny-dano-blair-scofield?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unknown&utm_campaign=comms_drx8+danny-dano-blair-scofield
Ashley Ferris https://www.gofundme.com/f/qfugzz-help-our-friends-recovery?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unknown&utm_campaign=comms_drx8+qfugzz-help-our-friends-recovery
Alyssa:
https://www.groundingdown.com/alyssa-gunn-maldonado-fund
Credits:
Written, directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron
Researched by Manon Lafosse
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources:
“Control, Alt, Delete”. Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders: Warner Bros Discovery Inc. 2023. (Talos Films / Investigation Discovery)
Podcasts:
“Behind the Badge: A Story of Hope with Ashley Ferris”. From Survivor to Thriver: Erik Da Rosa and Marc Fernandes, 2023.
“Stay in the fight”. The muster room: Eric Potts and Austin Glickman / Joseph Ryder, 2023.
“Courage, Hope and Resilience” The Danny and Park Novels Good News Podcast, 2024.
“Denver's Tumultuous Tattoo History, In Alicia Cardenas's Own Words”. City Cast Denver, 2025.
“Alicia Cardenas, Denver, CO Full Length” The Nature Of Refuge. 2018.
Denver 7 - ABC
Fox 31
9News
CBS Colorado
KCAL News
CBS News
DW News
CBS Miami
NBC News
BBC
ABC News
HLN
Inside Edition
ABC 7
BBC 3
Scripps News
CNN
Sky News
ABC News in depth
NBC New-York
KGTV
Others (YouTube. Podcasts, TV & Articles)
The Glitch Global
The M Pod
The LiverKing
How To Beast talks
Real Talk with Zuby - boogiebutters
Logocentrifugal 74
Thiccoq Productions
Alpha Intellect
Warhorse, Lyndon McLeod, 2021
Andrew Tate's Best Quotes, KingTok, 2022
Masculinity Motivational Advice, The Glitch Global, 2024
The Disturbing Downfall Of The Liver King, Kavos, 2025
FreshAndFit's Double Standards For Women, Annamarie Forcino, 2021
Andrew Tate vs Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, 2022
He Murdered 5 People. But Before Then, He Made a Movie About It., VICE, 2022
Andrew Tate Inspired Him to ‘Come Out of His Shell’, Dr. Phil, 2023
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Coffeehouse Crime
The 'Incel' Movement: How It May Have Motivated Toronto Van Attack, Inside Edition, 2018
Woman shares footage of assault by street harasser at Paris cafe, The Guardian, 2018
This Is What The Life Of An Incel Looks Like, VICE, 2018
What Is Toxic Masculinity?, Pop Culture Detective, 2016
Fight Club, 20th Century Fox, 1999
Joker, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2019
The Red Pill, Gravitas Ventures, 2016
Adolescence, Netflix, 2025
The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999
Jimmy Maldonado, Wolf and Goat Tattoo
lyslas, Instagram
corazon_de_tecpatl, Instagram
afightingchanceltd, Instagram
Alicia Cardenas, Facebook
Sanction I, Roman McClay, 2019
Sanction II, Roman McClay, 2019
Sanction III, Roman McClay, 2020
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“Not guilty lads!”
On December 10, 1987, a man bursts out of the Brighton court room to inform the gathered crowd: his brother, Russell Bishop, has just been found not guilty of the double murder of two 9-year-old girls. There is just one problem: the jury has made a terrible mistake. Letting Bishop walk free will put an entire community in grave danger—and he would have gotten away if it wasn’t for a courageous 7 year-old who will step up to avenge the infamous Babes in the Wood murders.
To support Rachael’s ongoing healing journey: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rachael-russell-bishop-survivor-
Credits:
Written, directed and edited by Justin Chalifoux
Researched by Manon Lafosse
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources:
“The girl who caught a killer”, Sky UK Limited, 2025 (Plimsoll Productions, part of ITV’s Studios / Sky Documentaries)
“Babes in the Wood”. Faces of Evil, Woodcut Media, Crime + Investigation 2024
“The Babes in the Wood killer”. Faking it, Tears of a crime. Discovery Corporate Services Limited, 2024. (Woodcut Media, Crime + Investigation)
“Russell Bishop”. Britain Most Evil’s Killer. Woodcut Media Productions (part of Anthology group), 2020 (Sky, Woodcut media LTD)
“Babes in the wood” Trevor McDonald Documentary, Atticus Pictures, 2019
“The babes in the wood murders”, Once upon a crime. IWC Media Limited and Motion Content Group Limited, 2021
“The babes in the wood murders”, The Prosecutors. Gold Star Productions Ltd, 2018 (BBC Open University partnership)
October 1986, UK Crime Watch, BBC
Woman’s Hour Podcast, Weekend Woman's Hour: Rachael Watts, Dr Rosemary Coogan, Part-time Work, Failing the 11 Plus, 2022, BBC Studios
“Jeannette, if you can hear us, know that we’re looking for you”
June 8th 2003, in the city of San Jose, a ‘Little Caesars’ staff member receives a pizza order from a young girl, unaware that the caller is actually 9 year old Jeannette Tamayo, who has been missing for 3 days. Held captive in a small room in his house, her kidnapper brings back the food with a nasty smile: she knows that this could be her last dinner before he “gets rid of her tonight.” The memory of watching CSI with her brother flashes back to her mind — she is determined to fight until the last moment, so she grabs the pizza box, and becomes her own detective.
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“It was like a vacation for her”
On September 6, 2006, 14 year old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped by a man who claimed to be a police officer. Handcuffed, and “arrested”, she is taken deep into the woods where she discovers a secret underground bunker. For ten days, investigators look everywhere for the missing teen, without any clues, until Elizabeth is able to outsmart her captor, and her mom receives a shocking text message from Elizabeth herself.
Credits:
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A World Of Plucking - Frank Schlimbach -
PRO: BMI
Born In Blood - Frequently Asked Music - ASSET ID: # 1163463
ANW:
Catacombs - Dan Skinner & Adam Skinner
Pathogen - Dan Skinner & Adam Skinner
Track And Trace - James Copperthwaite & Jonathan Buchanan
Damaged - David Tobbin, Jeff Meegan, Jason Pedder & Ashley Barnes
Case Remains Open - Pete Masitti & John Andrew Barrow
Hidden Case - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock & Ellie Kidd
Vital Signs - Dave James, Dan Skinner & Adam Skinner
Hostage Situation - Luke RichardsIn Case Of Emergency - Mark Petrie & Brandon Yingho Lau
Shadow Of A Memory - Mark Petrie
Final Conclusion - Mark Petrie
"If I were to break into the basement floor, what will I hit? "
To learn more about Collier on YouTube, check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@collierlandry/featured
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On the New Year’s Eve of 1989, 11 year old Collier Landry wakes up to a loud thud coming from his parents' bedroom, and it becomes the night his mother Noreen disappears forever. All of his family seem to have no doubts that she ran away after a fight with her husband, but only Collier knows that his mom would never leave him behind. As Dr John Boyle refuses to discuss his wife’s disappearance, detective David Messmore builds a secret bond with the child who insists his mom was murdered. Together, they discover Dr. Boyle’s hidden girlfriend and an astonishing secret buried under the doctor’s new mansion’s floor.
Credits:
Written, edited & directed by Alexandre Gendron
Researched by Tianyi Zhang
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources:
Cabin Creek Films: A Murder in Mansfield
Collier Landry: Moving Past Murder Podcast
Collier Landry: Moving Past Trauma Podcast
Forensic Files, S5 EP12: Foundation of Lies
Law & Crime: CopTales Podcast
Andrew Gold: On the Edge, Collier Landry
Richard Source: Cabin Creek Panel Discussion
Richard Source: Surviving a Murder in Mansfield
Ted: TedX Mansfield, Collier Landry
MBW Alter: Mansfield Drone Footage
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“I saw what he did to Katie and was scared he’d do it to me”
On one of the last nights of 1999, Krystal is tucking herself into bed after a fun sleepover with her best friend Katie, but they are suddenly woken up by a window creaking open. As Krystal opens her eyes, a man holds a knife to Katie’s neck near the edge of the bunk bed. From that moment on, two things are on Krystal’s mind: surviving through the night, and making sure serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells is brought to justice.
“Do I really need to talk about what happened?”
September 30th 2005, at her home in Pampa, 10 year old Robin Doan wakes up to a nightmare of gunshots and realizes it is not a dream. She hears her mother’s screaming, bullets shooting off, and before she could react, the heavy footsteps approaching her door. Robin’s family becomes victim to one of the most deadly home invasions in Texas, and the police officers don’t understand how they find the 10 year old girl unharmed. Her “perhaps too calm” 911 call will offer the only living testimony of Levi King’s merciless killing spree.
“This little girl refused to give up”
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What happened on February 20th, 2016 would haunt the citizens of Kalamazoo, Michigan forever. It’s after 10 pm, outside a Cracker Barrel, when 14 year old Abigail Kopf & her friends are getting ready to head home, until an unknown man approaches them with a gun. Earlier in the day, 911 received a call about someone driving a silver Uber, who had attacked 25-year-old mother Tiana Carruthers as she shielded a group of neighbourhood children — now, he's chosen Abbie as his next target. The only hope for justice for the citizens of Kalamazoo, rests on the shoulders of whoever can survive him – and take him down before he hurts anyone else.
If you’d like to support the Kalamazoo community and survivors’ healing, check out the Forever Strong foundation: https://www.foreverstrongfoundation.org/
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Credits:
Written, edited & directed by Alexandre Gendron
Researched by Tiffany Loxton
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
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Sources:
20/20: The Deadly Ride, ABC News, 2019
Tiana says she can’t hate that man. Steve names her a Harvey’s Hero, Steve TV Show, 2017
Shooting Survivor Forgives Attacker, MLive, 2016
Kalamazoo Shooting 2 Years Later, MLive, 2019
'Stronger now:' Victim of Kalamazoo Uber shooter reacts to surprise guilty plea, MLive, 2019
Catholic Charities - "Tiana's Story", Lawrence Productions, 2019
Mom thanks Kzoo shooting survivor for saving kids' lives, WOOD TV8, 2017
Unearthed videos show bubbly Abbie Kopf years before shooting, WOOD TV8, 2017
Abigail Kopf’s ‘breathtaking’ recovery and the ‘angel’ who saved her life, WOOD TV8, 2016
Abigail Kopf gets surprise visit from her grandmother, WOOD TV8, 2016
Abbie Kopf talks about recovery, night of shooting, WOOD TV8, 2016
Video shows Abbie walking: 'She's doing great', WOOD TV8, 2016
Kalamazoo Shooting Victim: 'I'm A Warrior Princess', ABC News, 2016
Camera captures Abbie Kopf’s surgery day, spirit, WOOD TV8, 2016
Abbie Kopf’s paramedic: ‘It was pretty emotional’, WOOD TV8, 2016
Kzoo shooting survivor Abbie Kopf returns to school, WOOD TV8, 2017
Kalamazoo shooting survivor Abbie Kopf heads home, WOOD TV8, 2016
Abigail Kopf Graduates from Mary Free Bed, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, 2016
Getting the call that Abbie had been shot, WOOD TV8, 2016
Vickie Kopf: 'She grasped my fingers', WOOD TV8, 2016
Abbie's Journey, WOOD TV8, 2017
911 calls describe terror caused by Uber driver, MLive, 2016
Feb. 20 arrest of Jason B. Dalton, MLive, 2016
Jason Dalton Kalamazoo Shooting Suspect Dragged Out of Court! 05/20/16, CourtChatter Live, 2016
Jason Dalton Kalamazoo Shooting Probable Cause Hearing Part 2 05/20/16, CourtChatter Live, 2016
Uber shooter Jason Dalton pleads guilty, MLive, 2019
Kalamazoo shooter Jason Dalton sentenced to life in prison, Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV, 2019
Police: Gunman on the run after random shootings, WOOD TV8, 2016
Dalton’s Uber fare: ‘You’re not the shooter, are you?’, WOOD TV8, 2016
Kalamazoo shooting suspect in gun store, WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7, 2016
Calls from a killer: Jason Dalton explains guilty plea, WOOD TV8, 2019
Obama: Kalamazoo 'Terrorized by Gun Violence', AP Archive, 2016
Kalamazoo shooting victim Abigail Kopf walking, WZZM13, 2016
Abigail Kopf, Teen Shot by Kalamazoo Uber Driver, 'Fighting For Her Life', WCBD News 2, 2016
Tiana Carruthers in 1st press conference: ‘Every day is hard’, WOOD TV8, 2016
Antasia Fareed speaks about her sister, mass shooting victim Tiana Carruthers, MLive, 2016
Shooting Victim Tiana Carruthers Recuperating, MLive, 2016
Tiana Carruthers speaking to public Thursday, WZZM13, 2016
Uber Driver's Shooting Victim Speaks Out: 'I Wake Up Thinking It's All a Dream, but Reality Hits', ABC News, 2016
Abbie's family: Shooting night was like a horror movie, WOOD TV8, 2016
Abbie Kopf: ‘I just want to be normal’, WOOD TV8, 2016
Hero Mom Shot While Protecting Kids Has Message For Kalamazoo Shooter, Inside Edition, 2016
“How close was he to getting away with murder? Really close.”
In the early hours of April 8th, 2006, Pastor Matt Baker makes a frantic 911 call to Waco police—he's just found his wife, Kari, unresponsive in their bed. As police race to the scene, they also call in Linda Dulin, Kari's mother, to take care of the couple's two young daughters. Though the cops don't see anything suspicious, Linda slowly realizes that Kari's husband, Pastor Matt, in spite of his Baptist faith and proclaimed innocence, hides many sins, including a damning search history, secret phone calls, and a past as a predator. Without Linda, the truth might’ve stayed buried - but the Texas mother is determined to uncover what really happened to her daughter, and get justice for her & her granddaughters.
Credits:
Written, directed & edited by Matthew Rice
Researched by Manon Lafosse
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources:
“Dirty Little Secret.” 20/20: ABC, 2025 (Disney Media Distribution)“The Preacher’s Hidden Life.” 20/20 on ID: ABC, 2011. (Discovery Studio, Tom Jennings Productions & Peacock Productions / Investigation Discovery)“Twist of Faith.” True Crime with Aphrodite Jones: Discovery Communications LLC, 2011. (Discovery Studios / Investigation Discovery). “The Mask of God.” Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler: Magical Elves LP, Wolf Reality LLC., Top Alternative Studio LLC, 2023. (Magical Elves Productions, Green Lake Productions, Wolf Films, Universal Television Alternative / Oxygen True Crime)“The Preacher, His Mistress & Murder.” It Takes A Killer: Bellum Entertainment, 2016. (Bellum South LLC / Sky Vision, Oxygen).“The Preacher’s Wife.” 48 Hours Mystery: CBS News, 2010. (CBS News Productions / CBS ).“Dirty Little Secrets.” 48 Hours Mystery: CBS News, 2010. (CBS News Productions/ CBS).“TX. v. Baker.” Court TV, 2010. Skip Hollingsworth, “The Valley of the Shadow of Death.” Texas Monthly, March 2008.Kathryn Casey, “Deadly Little Secrets: The Minister, His Mistress, and a Heartless Texas Murder,” HarperCollins, 2012.Matt Baker v. State of Texas, 10th Court of Appeals in 19th District Court McLennan County, Texas, June 11 2008.Susan Shafer & Crawford Long, “The Murdering Minister.” The Texas Prosecutor Journal, March-April 2010.
“Do what I say or I’ll kill you and be gone in the dark”
It’s just before 6:30 AM on October 5th, 1976 when young mother Jane Carson is blindfolded and attacked with her 3YO son in the house. She is victim #5. 2 months later, 15 YO Kris Pedretti stops playing piano, thinking she heard something in the other room, despite being alone in her house. She is victim #10. A year later, true crime fan Margaret Wardlow studies this serial killer, not knowing that she would become the 27th victim of the man she had read so much about. He's been known under many different names: the Visalia ransacker, the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker or the Golden State Killer, but 44 years later, 200 witnesses stand in front of him to make sure justice is served.
“If anyone can survive him, it’s her”
August 10th 2000 is a big day for 8 year old Midsi Sanchez as it’s her birthday party that afternoon, so she decides to walk home alone instead of waiting for her siblings like usual. Only one block away from her house, a man gets out of his car nearby and asks her to help him pick up something, and as she reaches down, the little girl suddenly vanishes from Vallejo. 3 days go by, until Midsi gathers her strength to escape one of California’s most dangerous serial killers.
“Where should I bury a body?”
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On June 28, 2007, single mom Paige Birgfeld goes on a date with her high school sweetheart, but when she doesn’t return home that night, her father, Frank, drops everything to find her, launching a massive search across Grand Junction, Colorado. 3 days later, investigators find Paige’s car on fire in an abandoned parking lot, but the missing mom is still nowhere to be found. However, investigators uncover something sinister in the ashes: a double life Paige had kept secret for years, and as things come to light, many suspects emerge, but Frank refuses to give up, even when everyone else does. What he uncovers will haunt the small town, revealing a terrifying killer hidden in plain sight, and set the stage for long-awaited justice.
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Credits
Written, directed & edited by Alexandre Gendron
Research by Bianca Yzabelle Tan
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
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Sources
Getty Images
48 Hours: The Secret Life of Paige Birgfeld, CBS Interactive, 2017.
20/20: If I Can’t Have You, ABC, ABC Entertainment, 2021.
Mom with secret double life as escort murdered, True Crime News, Telepictures Productions, 2024.
Dateline: Double Lives, NBC, NBCUniversal Media, 2017.
The Killer in My Family: Lester Jones, Woodcut Media, 2023.
World's Most Evil Killers: Lester Jones, Woodcut Media, 2023.
Disappeared: A Mother's Secret, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Communications, 2010.
Activists for Sex Workers’ rights protest the killing of one of them, KTN News Kenya, Kenya Television Network, 2014.
Former St. Louis resident looking for justice in mother's cold case, other sex worker crimes, KMOV St. Louis, 2021.
This women's month has seen rise in murders of sex workers, SABC News, 2014.
Jules Kim: "Sex workers' rights are human rights", UNAIDS Official, 2024.
Court dismisses sex workers’ law challenge, CTV Your Morning, 2023.
Sex work decriminalization efforts leave workers, advocates and survivors divided, NBC News, 2023.
"He used bleach to do what?"
July 4th 2011, arriving on the scene of a burned down house, the Fort Collins Colorado police are shocked by what they are seeing: the fire is so hot that all of the metal handles are melted down but even so, a strong smell of bleach remains. The Bleach Monster has reappeared, but this time, she survived: Lydia Tillman jumped from the second floor and is now in a coma, but nobody expected her to be the one who would solve the case, and find the one responsible for the unsolved murder of Kenia Monge.Learn more about Kenia's foundation: https://keniamonge.wordpress.com/
“I was thinking, is this how I’m gonna die?”
On the night of November 2nd, 2014, security cameras capture a disturbing sequence of events after 22 year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither misses her bus following a birthday party in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A strange man approaches, asking for directions– but what Carlesha doesn’t know is that this man, Delvin Barnes, is a dangerous kidnapper, rapist and killer from Virginia evading police. However, Carlesha is far smarter than Delvin anticipated, and as he continues his crimes on the run and now with her as hostage, from Germantown to Jessup, Maryland, she will leave a trail of clues for the cops to be able to finally put an end to his reign of terror.
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Credits:
Directed, written and edited by Justin Chalifoux
Researched by Tiffany Loxton
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
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Sources:
See No Evil - Captured on Camera (Investigation Discovery)
Caught on Camera: The Untold Stories (Discovery Plus)
Finding Carlesha (NBC 10)Crimes Gone Viral (Lion Television)
Abducted off the Street: The Carlesha Gaither Story (Lifetime)
ABC-7CBS Philadelphia
NBC 10 Philadelphia
WBAL TV-11 Baltimore
28/22 News
Dwayne Fletcher (Instagram)
Top 4 Wildest High-Speed Police Chases with Suspects on the Run.mp4 (Law & Crime Network)
Philadelphia Police Department
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“My grandparents were lying in bed, melted”
At 9:15AM on March 23, 2007, a 4-year-old arrives at his church daycare alone, wearing his pajamas and out of breath. Following his next words, his teacher immediately calls 911. Something terrible has just happened in the rural community of Bradford, and Dameon Huffman, the 4-year-old boy, is the only witness to the horrors.Little do police know that what little Dameon saw was actually one of the most twisted cases of home invasion gone wrong that the state of Ohio has ever known.
Credits
Written, directed & edited by Matthew Rice
Researched by Manon Lafosse
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources:
“The Green Monster”, American Monster, Discovery+, 2017 (Arrow Media)“
A Dragon in the Farmhouse”, In Ice Cold Blood, Oxygen Network, 2021. (Asylum Entertainment & Final Level Entertainment)
“The Green Dragon”, On the Case with Paula Zahn: Discovery+, 2014. (Investigation Discovery & Scott Sternberg Productions, Inc.)
“The Green Dragon”, Solved: Investigation Discovery, 2009 (Digital Ranch)
“In the Bag”, Forensic Files: Film Rise & Tru TV, 2008, (Medstar Television)
“Greg Must Choose Life In Prison or Death”, Red Tree Stories: Youtube, 2023 (Youtube)
“I may be 5ft1 and blonde, but I’m a barracuda”
At 1:13 AM on the morning of October 5th, 2005, Christie Wilson is captured on a casino parking lot CCTV, walking next to a mysterious figure. The rotating camera takes 3 minutes and 40 seconds to complete its next turn, but in those minutes something terrible happens hidden in the dark, and Christie disappears. It's up to her parents, Debbie and Pat Boyd, to bring their daughter home, and do whatever it takes to catch this dangerous man, and finally put an end to his killing spree.
Credits
Directed, written & edited by Alexandre Gendron
Curated by Tanvi Rajvanshi
Researched by Manon Lafosse
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources
CBS
Oxygen True Crime
Anatomy of Murder
Medstar Television
Arrow International Media.
"When you cross the line, you pay for it"
Brook Weber is just 18 years old in August of 1996 when she and her boyfriend Jeffrey Wolfe find themselves in the most disturbing home in all of Mississippi. Gary Carl Simmons, a local butcher in Moss Pointe, has been waiting for someone like Brook to fall into his clutches after his ex-wife Lori Simmons fled with their children in fear of her life. In fact, Gary has a perfect human-sized box hidden in his house, waiting to make his fantasies come to life. Little does Gary know that the Butcher’s Box is no match for Brook, and with a little luck and a lot of skill, not only will she escape, but she’ll make him pay for his crimes.
Credits
Directed, written, & edited by Justin Chalifoux
Curated by Tianyi Zhang
Research by Tiffany Loxton
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources
Shattered: The Box (Red Marble Media)
Evil Lives Here: Butcher and the Box (Red Marble Media)
The Horrific Crimes of Gary Simmons (Vocal Media)
“There’s something evil about the captain”
The Duperraults are a happy family from Wisconsin. Their father has a dream of bringing the family on a boat trip to the Bahamas and in November of 1961, the Duperraults rent a sailing boat called the Bluebelle along with a friend of the family and his wife. 4 days later, only two of them made it back. What happened on the Bluebelle ship?
“His entire world revolved around her”
When cops break into the Groene home on May 16th 2005 after receiving a call from a concerned neighbor, no one is prepared to find the family murdered, and as they identify everyone, they notice that the younger children, Dylan, 9, and Shasta, 8, are missing. As the authorities race against time to find the missing kids, Shasta is trapped in the woods with her family’s killer, nearly 100 miles away, and starts to plan her own escape.
“Only a monster can do this kind of evil thing”
On the morning of July 12, 2009, in the Rye Brook Hilton Hotel, May Abad receives a frantic call from hotel security, urging her to rush to her parents’ suite. As she races down the hallway, her mother, Narcy Novack’s, screams cut through the silence—her father, Ben Novack Jr., millionaire and heir to Miami’s famous Fontainebleau hotel, has been brutally murdered. Now, May is on a desperate hunt for the truth. But what she doesn’t realize is that the killer is much closer than she ever imagined.
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Credits
Directed & edited by Matthew Rice
Writing & research by Bianca Yzabelle Tan
Revisions by Kat Gardilcic
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
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Sources
Dateline NBC, “Family Affair”
CNBC, Deadly Rich, “Bound for Murder”
48 Hours, “Crazy Love”
Dying to Belong, “Narcy Novack”
The Criminal Mind Unveiled, “My Dirty Little Secret”
“There’s a monster out there”
It’s 1981 in the sleepy town of River Oaks, Texas, and someone is hunting cheerleaders. A 16-year-old teenager, Susan Brown, is brutally attacked in her own home. What she, the cops, and the rest of the town don’t know is that she’s just the first victim in a rampage that will change this Texas suburb forever.One by one, members of the Castleberry High School cheer squad are targeted, but things escalate when Rona Stratton’s sister is found dead in her bedroom. Rona decides to team up with her friend Lisa Ticknor, who also survived an attack, along with the other cheerleaders in the squad, to start a decades-long fight to take down the Cheerleader Slayer, and make sure he would never hurt anyone else.
Credits:
Directed, written & edited by Alexandre Gendron
Research by Manon Lafosse
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources:
Discovery + - Warner Bros
CBS News
The portal to Texas History
Channel 5 Action News
KXAS-TV
The Digital Library
Channel 5 Action News
British Pathé
“There’s no way that we just found this murder plan"
25-year-old Patrick De La Cerda is ready to start a new chapter with his fiancée, Jessica Devnani, until right after Valentine’s Day, in 2018, when cops make a grim discovery at the couple’s barn in Deltona, Florida: Patrick has been murdered in what seems to be a targeted assassination, but as the case goes on, unusual clues pop up. Ominous voicemails, private investigators, secret cameras, Jessica & the detectives discover nothing is as it seems, and it’s up to them to trap the killer who thought he was too smart to ever be caught, and get justice for Patrick.
Credits:
Directed, written, & edited by Justin Chalifoux
Research by Tiffany Loxton
Voiceover by William Akana
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Sources:
48 Hours: The Ring (CBS News Productions)
Love You To Death: Playbook for Murder (Streetcar Entertainment)
A Plan to Kill: Til Death Do Us Part (IPC)
Green Eyed Killers: Patrick De La Cerda (Peninsula Television)
Jessica Devnani (YouTube)
“Shh, don’t scream.”--On the night of July 23rd 2013, Tiffany calmly calls the police asking for help after she injured her own neck in an attempt to take her life, while her ex-husband Kris simply watches her. When the detectives arrive on the scene, it’s clear to them that she didn’t do this herself. Her ex Kris says the opposite, and calls her a liar. As they dig more into the case, time is running out as Kris carries out his own plan to “finish the job”.
"What happened in that box?" January 11th 1973, on his way to buy milk for his siblings, 13 year old Paul Martin Andrews doesn’t notice a blue van is following him. Sitting in it is Richard Ausley, a dangerous outlaw on the run, and as Richard usually does, he simply asks Paul for help and offers him a ride. His story would end up becoming infamously known as “The Boy in the Box”, and 30 years later, Paul speaks up about it for the first time, as his captor begs for freedom.
“Are the hurt people dead?” In 1979, 4 year old Jennifer Carson comes face to face with one of the most bizarre and deranged serial killers to have ever lived: none other than her new psychic step-mother, Susan Carson. Susan, along with Jenn’s father Michael Bear Carson, will embark on a years-long religious mission to hunt down and kill anyone they deem a witch, and Jenn is their first target. Little do the infamous San Francisco Witch Killers know that Jenn will escape the clutches of their evil cult and lead the way to justice for her and the rest of their victims.
Directed, written & edited by Alexandre Gendron
Research & script revision by Tiffany Loxton
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
Sources
I Lived with a Killer: The San Francisco Witch Killers (Breakthrough Entertainment)
Snapped: Killer Couples: Susan & Michael Carson (Jupiter Entertainment)
The Killer In My Family: James Michael 'Bear' Carson (Woodcut Media)
Deadly Women: Hunting Humans (Beyond International)
This Is Life With Lisa Ling: Children of Killers (Part2 Pictures)
Wicked Attraction: The Two Bears (M2 Pictures)
The Conversation: My Dad Was a Serial Killer (BBC)
Facing Evil: Dr. Jenn Carson (iHeartPodcasts/Tenderfoot TV)
“I don’t want to tell her daddy’s gone”
In the early hours of March 10th, 2017, police officers enter the home of Valerie McDaniel and Leon Jacob with seemingly unexpected news – cops tell the new couple that Valerie’s ex-husband has just been killed in a robbery gone wrong, but there’s something else they’re hiding. What Leon and Valerie don’t know is that they’ve walked right into a trap—one designed to catch them in their own deadly scheme. Behind it all was the last person they expected: Leon’s ex, Meghan Verikas.
Directed, written and edited by Matthew Rice
Researched by Bianca Yzabelle Tan
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
Sources
KPRC
ABC 13 Houston
ABC, 20/20
Law&Crime
Dateline NBC, Twisted in Texas
Oxygen, Murder for Hire, Doctor’s Orders
A&E, American Justice, “The Bad Doctor”
“She knew who did it all along”On July 31st 1970, in the small town of Price Utah, 4 year old Heidi wakes up to eerie silence, and after peeking through the keyhole of her bedroom door, she sees a terrifying scene that will stick with her forever: the tragic murder of her mother. However, no one is convicted, and before the case file is officially marked as unsolved, Heidi’s grandmother takes one last photo of her, standing in front of the outline: nobody could imagine that this photo would actually hide the key to solve the murder, which will only be done 46 years later.
“You’re gonna pay for this”
On May 1st, 2001, 11 YO Leah Henry is dropped off by her school bus less than a mile from the safety of her house, but as she starts her walk home, a car suddenly drives up to her and parks, blocking the road. Unbeknownst to her, Leah is about to be kidnapped by one of Texas’ most notorious serial predators, but she will also be known as the girl who outsmarted him using her wits, and even her camera, and ultimately, took him down for good.
Sources:
A&E
2013 - Investigation Discovery
“If he doesn’t get it his way, he may literally lose his mind”On February 23rd, 2023, mom of 3 Becky Bliefnick was found dead, shot 14 times in cold blood, and despite the brutal nature of the attack, there isn’t any DNA evidence left behind. The killer thinks he’s outsmarted everyone, but little do they know that Becky refused to be a silent victim, and has left all the clues investigators need to uncover the truth and bring justice for her and make sure her killer would pay for the murder.Becky’s sister, Sarah, has started a GoFundMe to create a scholarship fund and support Becky’s 3 young children. To donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sf6w9h-becky-bliefnick-memorial-and-support-fundResearch & story by Tiffany LoxtonEditing by Maxime Desrochers & Matthew RiceProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William AkanaSources:48 Hours: The Game Show and the Murder (CBS)Dateline: Ghostrider (Peacock Productions)Killer Relationships: The Price of Love (Faith in Justice Productions/Texas Crew Productions)2020 Special Bad Romance: Dangerous Game (ABC)Killer Cases: The Bicycle Killer (Law & Crime Productions)
“He shot my daughter in the face!”
On Christmas Eve 2008, just before midnight, 911 operators scramble as every phone rings off the hook in the city of Covina, California. All the callers frantically report a massive explosion on East Knollcrest drive—the Ortegas' family home. In the chaos, neighbors are sheltering the panicked surviving family members, running for their lives from what should have been a normal Christmas dinner. But what the survivors tell 911 dispatchers is even more deeply disturbing: the nightmare actually began before the house went up in flames when a man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire at the family dinner. Now, the surviving Ortega family must figure out how to rebuild after an unimaginable tragedy, and keep the Christmas spirit alive.
In her journey to rebuild, Leticia Yuzefpolsky now shares empowering stories about healing, love, & family on her blog: https://leticiashope.com/about/
CreditsDirected, written & edited by Alexandre Gendron & Justin ChalifouxResearched by Manon LafosseProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William AkanaSourcesOxygen Emerge Pictures Jarrett Creative GroupKristina KuzmicBellum Entertainment OWNMichele F RosenthalABC7CNNAP ArchiveAssociated PressCBS NewsAssociate Press2KCAL9Chasing reality RawBill Rhetts - hi-caliber.orgWhy are we friends? PodcastRory Smithristmas - Short Film 2022Little Help - Christmas Short Film 2022Advent - Christmas Short Film 2024Santa Flamethrower - Garden CenterSanta Claus On Fire - Stuntman Phil
“I think he’s right behind me — watching me”June 13th 1985: Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, a trailblazer mindhunter, sits across from an 8YO girl, trying to analyze her. 10 days prior, little Opal Horton barely escaped a kidnapping by a man who took her best friend Missy right in front of her. Now, Dr. Burgess’s job is to catch this man, to find Missy before it’s too late, but there’s one problem: Opal is not talking. Dr. Burgess will need to use everything her studies have taught her, from her nursing career, to teaching the FBI, to studying the most notorious serial killers, to eventually catch Opal’s monster.Unseen would like to sincerely thank Dr. Burgess for time to meet with us, share her insights on the case, and teach us about her groundbreaking work in mental health and forensics.Dr. Burgess has authored numerous publications, including her recent book “A Killer by Design” about her career revolutionizing treatment of the trauma and abuse, and criminal psychology: https://www.amazon.com/Killer-Design-Murderers-Mindhunters-Decipher/dp/0306924862 Credits:Written, edited & directed by Justin ChalifouxResearched by Manon LafosseProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William AkanaA big thank you also to Jeremy Rothman Productions for the shoot.Sources:
Red Marble MediaHuluBoston CollegeA&E television networksMovie WebThe interview roomNational GeographicDaily HeraldWondery - Candice DeLong Film RiseTrue Entertainment and Condé Nast Entertainment for Discovery Illinois Police60 minutes ABC7 NewsNCTV17CONUS Archive
“I just know something is wrong with her”
On June 10th, 2016 Josephine Wentzel receives the worst call of her life: her 30-year-old daughter is dead, and her boyfriend Raymond McLeod is MIA. This date marks the beginning of a 6-year-long international manhunt, but after months of fruitless efforts by police, a desperate Josephine takes matters into her own hands. She will use all her experience as a former police officer to catch him before he kills again, and get justice for her daughter, and two grandchildren.
For more information or to support Josephine’s efforts to help other families with missing or murdered loved ones: https://angelsofjustice.org/
Josephine also wrote two books about her journey to get justice for Krystal:
“The Chase: In Hot Pursuit of My Daughter’s Killer” and “The Capture: The riveting account of capturing my daughter's murderer.”
The Chase:
https://www.amazon.com/Chase-hot-pursuit-daughters-killer/dp/B09JVJ2F49
The Capture:
https://www.amazon.com/Capture-riveting-capturing-daughters-murderer/dp/B0C9SLBV8W/ref=pd_bxgy_q_d_sccl_1/130-3774193-1159422?pd_rd_w=hWHL9&content-id=amzn1.sym.27be5bbe-3574-4f40-8c57-ce12023a2e77&pf_rd_p=27be5bbe-3574-4f40-8c57-ce12023a2e77&pf_rd_r=086VJBT0QFNXRS7C87AZ&pd_rd_wg=kdGnQ&pd_rd_r=317921c6-348b-46ed-a821-cd0731db4b22&pd_rd_i=B0C9SLBV8W&psc=1
Credits:
Directed, written & edited by Alexandre Gendron
Researched by Tiffany Loxton
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
John Walsh: In Pursuit - Investigation Discovery/Zero Point Zero Production Inc.
- John Walsh: The Search Continues
- America’s Most Wanted New Season - Fox Alternative Entertainment
- Still A Mystery: Charmed By A Killer - Investigation Discovery, Efran Films
- Crime Stories With Nancy Grace Red Seat Ventures
- Tamron Hall Show - ABC News/Disney Media Distribution/Summerdale Productions
- Access Hollywood - NBC
- Inside Edition - CBS Media
- Philip DeFranco
- Court TV
- Unsolved Podcast
“It was like making a deal with the devil”
At 3:30 am on February 21st 2008, Melissa Oxley frantically calls 911 from her bedroom. She’s just woken up next to the dead body of her husband, Ben, who’s been murdered with a shotgun in his sleep. She hides with her 6-year-old stepdaughter, Alyssa, pleading with dispatchers to hurry, since she can hear footsteps downstairs, but when police arrive, there’s no intruder found. As all clues point to Melissa, Ben’s daughter, 6-year-old Alyssa, breaks her silence: she was the only one awake in the house, and what she saw that night will take the investigation in a whole different direction.
Directing, writing & editing by Matthew Rice
Research by Tianyi Zhang
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
Sources:
Documentary:
Dateline NBC - While They Were Sleeping 2019
Discovery Plus - Does murder sleep - S01E01 Deadly awakening
Oxygen - Killer Motive: S2E7 Waking nightmare
Apple TV - In Plain Sight : Family Nightmare
Interrogation Footage:
Law & Crime Network - She Woke Up Covered in Her Husband’s Blood
“I’m gonna die tonight, or I’m gonna escape somehow” July 20, 2014. Zenya Hernandez is on the phone, desperately trying to organize the search for her 15-year-old daughter, who has been missing for 9 months. She doesn’t know it yet, but her wait is about to end: miraculously, Abby Hernandez reappears at her front door that night. But to Zenya’s concern and the community’s disbelief, Abby won’t speak about the horrors she went through, nor reveal the name of her kidnapper. She’ll keep these terrifying secrets to herself... until she gathers enough courage to bring this monster to justice.Credits:Directing, writing, & editing by Alexandre GendronResearched by Manon LafosseProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William AkanaSources - Documentary:20/20 - What Happened To Abby20/20 Extra - Exclusive Abby Hernandez InterviewSources - Film:Lifetime - Girl In The Shed: The Kidnapping Of Abby Hernandez
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“I think daddy killed mommy in the bathtub” --
It’s April 11th 2007, and young medical student Alexis Somers tries to call her mom, but repeatedly gets no answer, until her dad finally picks up: “mom is dead”. After rushing home from college following his disturbing announcement, Alexis realizes something in the house is horribly wrong. Out of her 7 other siblings, she is the one her mom shared her secrets with, and she remembers one of the last conversations they had: “if something happens to me, make sure your dad isn’t behind it.”
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Dateline - NBC
Rachel MacNeill - Veimo - Tribute Video
University of Nevada
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"You don’t come into MY house, and attack MY family"--On July 13th 2007, a woman is found murdered in the middle of the night. Her husband, who was asleep upstairs, immediately becomes the prime suspect, but police have no idea that the true culprit, a masked serial killer, has already struck again, miles away, leaving a trail of crime scenes undetected along the Northeastern US. However, everything changes when he breaks into the bedroom of 15-year-old Shea McDonough, who will team up with her entire family to make sure the killer is brought to justice for all of his crimes. Jeannie McDonough, Shea’s mom, wrote a book detailing her family’s intense ordeal and fight for justice titled “Caught in the Act: A Courageous Family's Fight to Save Their Daughter from a Serial Killer.” It can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.ca/Caught-Act-Cour... ---Credits:Directing, writing, & editing by Maxime DesrochersResearched by Tianyi ZhangProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William Akana---Sources:Documentary 48 Hours Mystery Live to Tell Hunting Humans - CBS NewsI survived a serial killer 2013 - E! Entertainment Television Dateline NBC S17 E66 A stranger in the house - Dateline NBCThe Coroner: I Speak for the Dead - airing on Investigation Discovery; Production Company: Finch ProductionsMurder on Main Street: Nightmare Next Door - Investigation DiscoveryHunting Humans 2002 : production company Kangas Kahn Films; distribution company IFM World Releasing
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"He had started a fight with Ali, but I was gonna finish it"
On June 18th 2002, in a small Kansas town, 19-year-old lifeguard Ali Kemp was found strangled to death in the pump room of the local pool. Police immediately launch an investigation, even interviewing prime suspects, but ultimately no arrests are made, and the case goes cold in the ensuing months. What police don’t know is that one of their released suspects hides a disturbing secret that’s key to unraveling what happened to Ali, and that her dad, Roger, will not rest until his daughter’s killer is found & brought to justice.Ali’s dad, Roger, started The Ali Kemp Educational foundation to teach self-defense courses, T.A.K.E. Defense, to women and girls in honor of his daughter. For more information on classes or to contribute to their mission, please visit https://takedefense.org/. ---Credits:Directing & editing by Matthew RiceWriting by Justin ChalifouxResearch by Bianca Yzabelle TanProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William Akana---Sources: Fox 4 News Kansas CityInvestigation Discovery/Hometown Homicide Lion TelevisionInvestigation Discovery/On the Case with Paula Zahn Weinberger MediaScott Sternberg ProductionsInvestigation Discovery/Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets Sirens Media The Obama White House (YouTube)Senator Jerry Moran (Facebook)Oxygen/NBCUniversal/In Ice Cold BloodAsylum EntertainmentFinal Level EntertainmentT.A.K.E. Defense
"We are watching you"--
October 2012: a video goes viral on Youtube in which a girl uses flash cards to tell her story — it is the last time she is seen by the world and millions of people since then will forever know her name: Amanda Todd. It will take a mother’s courage and determination to dive into the dark web to finally unveil her daughter's real killer, and to ensure justice for all the others.
A current fundraiser auction to honor the 12th year anniversary of Amanda’s passing is ongoing from Oct. 1st-14th, 2024, to support funds for mental health awareness, cyberbullying, & exploitation, among others. The goal is $15,000, and reflecting on #JusticeforAmanda.
Auction: (https://www.amandatoddlegacy.org/legacy-auction-2024.html)
LightUpPurple is a global awareness campaign in honor of Amanda on October 10th, World Mental Health Day. Please see (http://www.lightuppurple.com/ ) for more, and wear purple on October 10th.
Sources:
Amanda Todd: My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm (uploaded Jan2018)
RIP Amanda Todd: amanda’s home footage
CBC news: The fifth estate: Stalking Amanda Todd : The Man in the Shadows ; The Sextortion of Amanda Todd - the fifth estate
Discovery plus: Webcam of lies
CrimeBeats TV: “My Never-Ending Story” – The Legacy of Amanda Todd | S4 E23
TELUS Originals: Dark Cloud | The high cost of cyberbullying
Auroris Media production: Sexploitation: the hidden pandemic
TheDailyCapperNews:The Daily Capper - Information on Amanda Todd, Kody Maxson, & Viper
Nick Crowley: The Daily Capper: A YouTube Rabbit Hole
Omroep Brabant: De zaak of Amanda Todd
News reports:
The Young Turks:Amanda Todd: Bullied Teen Commits Suicide; 'Anonymous' Seeks Revenge
ABC News:Bullying Tragedy: Amanda Todd's Nightmare
CBC News: Amanda Todd memorial;Amanda Todd bullying arrest;Amanda Todd suspect Aydin Coban says he's innocent; Dutch man suspected of tormenting Amanda Todd had 75 other victims; Investigator testifies about finding Amanda Todd’s name on Aydin Coban’s computers; Sentence for Amanda Todd's tormenter sends 'really strong message' defence lawyer says; Dutch man sentenced to 13 years for extortion of Amanda Todd; Man who sexually extorted B.C. teen Amanda Todd given 6-year sentence;
Global News: “Powerless to protect her”: Former RCMP officer who worked Amanda Todd case speaks out; Man fired for posting negative comments on Amanda Todd's memorial page; Amanda Todd: Judge instructs jury before its deliberation in online extortion case of BC teen;Amanda Todd suicide: Man who tormented BC teen given 6-year reduced jail sentence; Amanda Todd's mother reaches out
CityNews: Dutch man accused in Amanda Todd harassment case found guilty
CTV Vancouver: Amanda Todd's tormentor sentenced to 13 years;
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"I hope you don’t sleep at night. I hope you have dreams of us coming after you."--
It's 1978, and Ron Jenkins, a detective with the Huntington police department, suddenly straightens up on his couch at home, unable to look away from the TV. The popular "Dating Game" is on, where a young bachelorette is blind dating 3 men, and Bachelor no. 1 is terrifyingly familiar to Detective Jenkins. That same afternoon, a parole officer called him to identify a suspected serial killer from a sketch, giving him a name: Rodney Alcala—that man is the same one who's on TV now, winning the show. However, the Dating Game Killer has no idea that his 8 year old victim from years ago is actually alive, and that she will be the one to ultimately take him down.
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Directing, writing & editing by Justin Chalifoux
Research & script revision by Manon Lafosse & Tanvi Rajvanshi
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
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ABC 20/20
Discovery+ / Surviving a Serial Killer
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
True Crime Central
Peninsula Television Production
Woodcut Media Production
Sky
CBS / 48 Hours
A&E Television Network
ABC News
Reelz Channel
Investigation Discovery
Make Believe Media
HLN Prime News
CNN
Orange County Register
"There’s something wrong, there’s something really wrong here" --On March 19th, 2018, 91 year old Mary Bartel is getting ready for her aerobics class, when she hears a loud knock at the door. On the other side, in an innocent looking disguise, is one of the most prolific serial killers in all of Texas history. As Mary unknowingly greets him, she must now fight for her survival and try to remember everything she can about him, or else he may never be stopped. Credits:Directing & editing by Matthew RiceResearch by Tiffany LoxtonWriting by Manon LafosseProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William Akana---Sources:Texas Crew Productions (Paramount: The Pillowcase Murders)Stage 29 ProductionsPeteski ProductionsPeopleInside EditionWFAA NewsFOX 4 Dallas-Fort WorthTrial ClipsLiveNow from FoxGlenn Beck PodcastNBC 5Rick Bartel (YouTube)AARPUnforbidden TruthPrescott NewsNBC5 DFWTexas Observer Dallas News
“Do you think this is a game?”--
On July 25th, 2016 Aundreah Maes has just finished her shift at the mall in Salem Oregon, when a man armed with a handgun forces his way into her car and tells her to start driving. This man, a cop-in-training named Edwin Lara, is wanted for the disappearance of a young woman, Kaylee Sawyer, in Bend Oregon and is now on the run, killing and car-jacking anyone in his way. The only person able to stop him is the one he expects the least: his own hostage, 19-year-old Aundreah Maes.
Credits:
Directing, writing & editing by Alexandre Gendron
Research by Tiffany Loxton
Script revision by Tiffany Loxton
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
Sources:
NBC - Dateline - Into The Night
Rockstar Games - Grand Theft Auto V Trailer
KATU2 - Aundreah Maes reunites with her family
KATU2 - Edwin Lara's crime spree coverage
KGW8 - Edwin Lara's settlement
KOBI - Edwin Lara get's life in prison
KOIN6 - Edwin Lara's plea deal
KTVL - Kaylee Sawyer's missing
Law & Crime Network - The Rent-A-Cop Killer
The Oregonian - Police pursuit
COCC - Sneak peak on campus
NBC - Urge to Kill podcast
NBC - Urge to Kill extra material
WPLG - Carjacking in Salem and Yreka
“Take me instead”--
On November 14th, 1974, Barbara Mabee Abel returns home with her 6-year-old son, Dale, but upon entering, something feels terribly wrong; moments later, an intruder emerges from hiding after waiting for the young family to arrive. Willing to do anything to save her son and herself, Barbara begs the man to kidnap her – what she doesn't know is that she’s been taken by one of most vicious & prolific serial killers in US history: the Casanova Killer.
Sources
Discovery+
11Alive
Discovery Channel
13WMAZ
“He was chopping it up. That was sketchy.”--On November 16th, 2012, 13 year-old Megan Zanella witnesses her mother being attacked by her foster sister, Sabrina Zunich. Tragically, the police arrive too late to save Megan’s mother, Lisa Knoefel, and Sabrina is apprehended at the scene. However, in the subsequent investigation and trial, Megan and the police come to understand that nothing is as it seems, and become suspicious of Megan’s step-father, Kevin Knoefel. Megan must now gather her strength and face off against her own family in her quest to get justice for her mother.Credits:Directing, writing & editing by Alexandre GendronResearch by Tianyi ZhangScript revision by Tiffany LoxtonProduced by Alexandra Salois & Salim SaderVoiceover by William AkanaSources:WEWS-TV - ABC - Sabrina Zunich AccusedDayton Correctional - A Look InsideDateline - Deadly BetrayalInvestigation Raw - Unrequited LoveLaw & Crime - Sabrina Zunich InterrogationSex & Murder - Family Love TriangleSnapped - Sabrina ZunichSnapped: Behind Bars - Sabrina Zunich
“Come quickly because I’m afraid.”--
On September 20th, 2013 9 yo Andrew Hockensmith frantically calls 911 from the back room of his parents' pawnshop, where an armed gunman has just stormed in. In spite of the danger, the boy only cares about saving his baby sister and urges the dispatcher to hurry and send help.
Just 6 minutes later, police enter the pawn shop and are horrified to find 3 bodies. They soon determine that this triple homicide is no simple robbery gone wrong--instead, a shocking narrative is uncovered, involving betrayal, pawn shop gold, and a supposedly beloved pastor.
Credits:
Directing, writing & editing by Matthew Rice
Research & script revision by Manon Lafosse
Produced by Alexandra Salois & Salim Sader
Voiceover by William Akana
Sources:
Broken trust: Gold, guns and god - WAM Media Grp - Investigation Discovery
See no evil - Come quickly, I’m afraid - Arrow International Media - Investigation Discovery
Final Moments - Peacock - Wolf Entertainment - Oxygen
WLKY News Louisville
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“One day, I kissed my 6 year old son goodbye, and never saw him again”--John Walsh never wanted to be a man hunter. In 1981, he was forced to look for his missing son only to find him dead. When 47 year old Ed Smart appeared on national TV pleading for the return of his 14 year old daughter, John took the weight of the investigation through America’s Most Wanted. This is what you haven’t seen on the show.
“Am I scaring you little girl?”--8-year-old Jennifer is scared of the dark, and on the one night her mother asks her to sleep in her own room, she wakes up in the arms of a police officer carrying her out of the house in the middle of the night. The man wants her to believe that she is safe, but she realizes he doesn't have a badge as he drives off to a remote area. Later that night, her kidnapper leaves her for dead in the middle of a field after brutally attacking her, and from that moment on, Jennifer vows to remember every single detail about him in order to make sure he’s caught. Her injuries leave her unable to talk, yet she still finds a way to catch him… 19 years later.
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“I think he’s trying to lure me somewhere”--
On October 19th, 2018, a strange man is seen lurking around a college campus, hiding his identity under a Deadpool costume. The same day, 21 year old Lauren McCluskey calls the police to report threatening text messages harassing her and inviting her to a supposed funeral. The young student is doing everything she can to try and get help, but no one is listening. What happened that night would change more than just one life; Her story created a ripple effect that would change college campuses forever.
"Did you hurt him?" --February 2013: Dr Phil is sitting with one of his guests backstage, Mark Redwine, who appeared on the show with his oldest son Corey ,and ex-wife Elaine Hall, in an effort to find his the youngest boy Dylan, who has been missing for the past three months. Mark was the last person to see Dylan, and yet, on Dr Phil’s set, he has no answers to any of Elaine or Dr Phil's questions. As the show goes on, Corey and Elaine reach a grisly realization: Mark is hiding a disturbing secret, and he is not who he seems.
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“Are the little kids asleep?”--
March 11th 2017 – 14 year old Arden Summers drives her younger siblings back to her mother’s home, following her dad’s secret orders. Hours later, an employee of a nearby Walgreens calls 911 after seeing a tied up woman run out of a car: the woman is Alisa Mathewson – Arden’s mom. Before the police can arrive, the car drives away with Alisa. Nobody knows where they are heading to, and with who, but Arden, who is home alone with her other siblings, might be able to solve the case in time.
“She hung on for me, her girls, and for justice” --August 2nd, 2015, Gahanna police receive a frantic 911 call from a Speedway gas station, that a woman is set on fire. As she is rushed to the ER, her boyfriend tells a bizarre story that she caught on fire while lighting a cigarette. No one expects her to survive, with a 110% mortality rate, but 7 months later, she miraculously wakes up. Only she can tell the truth of what really happened to her. This is the unforgettable story of Judy Malinowski, the girl who testified for her own murder and brought justice onto her own killer.
“I hid so he wouldn’t see me.” --
March 7th 2014, the bodies of a young couple Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson are discovered behind a convenient store dumpster, Port Bolivar, Texas. With very little clue of when and where the murder happened, the police visit their fathers, who have been both furiously against their relationship. Both struck by the news and dissolved in tears, could one of them be hiding a twisted secret? But what the detective doesn’t know is that Crystal's 5 year old daughter Zaniah, who was hiding in the car at the time of the murder, might have seen it all.
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It’s 9:30 PM on July 22, 2018, when 18-year-old Nia Wilson is on her way home with her 2 older sisters at MacArthur BART station, but none of them are aware that a man has been following them. The images that were caught on the train’s CCTV will spark outrage in the US, and start a family’s journey of putting a killer behind bars and making sure everyone remembers the life of Nia.
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"Could you kill someone with horse tranquilizer?" --March 23, 1993. Haylei Jordan is 8 when her mom asks her if she wants to leave everything behind. The little girl doesn't realize that her mother has just cut off her ankle monitor and wants to take her daughter on the run. March 18, 2002. Almost a decade later, Haylei is faced with another terrible decision after years of turbulence and uncertainty: she has to protect her mother even if it means calling the cops on her for what she has just confessed to her.
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“Mama, don’t leave me here” --On May 12th, 2003, 13-year-old Tyler Edmonds walks into the police station in Starkville, Mississippi with his mother, but as soon as he arrives, cops separate mother and son, and bring Tyler to an interrogation room, alone. He doesn’t know this yet, but his own big sister has named him as the murderer of her husband, Joey Fulgham. Alone, confused, and scared, Tyler is bullied into making a false confession, leading to a life sentence without parole in one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, now, the young teen has to fight for his freedom and make sure the real killer pays for their crimes.
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“Could you untie me please?” --It’s the early hours of June 7th, 1995. Detective Bill Lindsey is carefully taking pictures of a crime scene with two dead bodies, 34-year-old Mary Phillips, and her 11-year-old daughter Lacey. After having photographed the young mother in her office, he turns to the little girl on the chair, head down and covered in blood, but something unexpected happens: when his camera flashes, she opens her eyes.External Footage from: "Evil Lives Here", "The Girl In The Photo", "Discovery +", "The Mass Execution Episode 3 (BBC)".
“Why did you lie to me?” --January 15th, 1974, 15-year-old Charlie Otero is dropped off at school by his dad just as every other day, but only a few hours later, he would come home to unimaginable horror: his family was the first target of the BTK killer. With no evidence on who did this, nightmares follow Charlie as he fears for his own safety, while the BTK attacks more and more people. It would take 30 years to finally catch him, after taunting the police repeatedly, where Charlie would finally be able to confront his family’s killer face to face and get his revenge.
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“I can't die – I have to save my girls” --At 11:05 AM, on the 31st of January 2004, a 911 operator answered the phone to a woman breathing heavily, but not saying anything. Another call comes through, and this time an address is given, but when the police arrive at the scene, they only find an empty handgun case, sweatpants, and a large red stain on the carpet. With time running out, and just a few clues, the police need to catch who did this and find Teri Jendusa-Nicolai and her 2 daughters before it’s too late. Teri Jendusa-Nicolai is an advocate for Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin, which passed in 2020, giving equal rights to victims of serious crimes.
You can read more about Teri’s work here: https://equalrightsforwi.com/icymi-victimsdeserverightshttps://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/06/01/jendusa-nicolai-victims-crime-deserve-equal-rights/363354001/
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March 17th, 2017: a woman calls 911 in Michigan after hearing strange noises from across the street. As she steps outside to see what’s going on, her neighbor cries out so loudly that the operator can hear it on the other end of the line. May 28th, 2022, Five years later, two calls come into 911 in Florida - a woman is frantically alerting the authorities that something strange is happening across the street. What the cops find when they arrive at the scene of the crime will reveal a connection that will finally catch a violent attacker, who has been getting away from the law for years. Donate to the college fund for Kay Baker’s children: https://www.gofundme.com/f/college-fund-for-mason-and-nicholas-baker
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“I can’t just let him kill me” --
July 7th, 2009: Nancy Tyler, handcuffed to a wall, knows that the stand-off between the police and her ex-husband can’t go on. The mother of two is left alone by her captor for the first time in 12 hours, and this is her final opportunity to escape her hostage situation before he snaps again.
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"Is he going to kill us?" --On the early morning of December 4th, 1997, 10 year old Amber Daniels is standing in the middle of a dirt road, barefoot, in her pyjamas, faced with an impossible choice: run away on her own from the man who kidnapped her, or stay with him to try and save her sisters. What happened to her family the previous night, now known as the Santa Claus killings, would only be solved because of Amber’s courage, and she would make sure her kidnapper would pay for what he took from her.
External Footage from: "Shattered", "Welcome To Santa Claus", "Homicide For The Holidays On Oxygen", "Death In Santa Claus".
“She doesn’t know what’s coming, but we do” --It’s just after midnight on July 9th, 2011 when a CCTV camera of the Leili home captures Niqué, completely unaware that this would become her last known footage before her disappearance. Niqué’s 19-year-old daughter Alex is quickly suspicious of her step-dad Matthew, but her younger half-sisters, Amanda and Rebecca, firmly believe their dad is doing everything he can to help find their mom and reunite their family. Alex knows that the only way to save her family is to find out the truth about what happened to her mother that fateful night.
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“Mommy told me bad guys killed my daddy” --April 6th, 2010, 5 YO Patrick Morrissey wakes up in the middle of the night. He sees his parents being pushed inside his bedroom by a gunman. In those few panicked seconds, he notices both of them are tied up. Petrified by fear, Patrick can’t move and keeps his eyes tightly shut. Suddenly, shots are fired and the house is set alight. The little boy knows his parents’ only hope of survival will depend on his escape.
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“No one’s looking for you” --September 16th, 1995: 13-year-old Jessyca Mullenberg wakes up in the back of a car. Her hands and feet are tied and she doesn’t recognize the scenery around her. For the next 104 days, Jessyca’s mother will do everything she can to find her missing daughter, but time is running out, as Jessyca’s captor tries to make her forget who she is. However, one episode of America’s Most Wanted will change everything in the case.
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“Nobody was looking for the girls, except my family" --
On December 29th, 1999, as high schooler Ashley Freeman turns 16, she invites her best friend Lauria Bible for a fun sleepover, and what would happen to the entire family during that night, would become a 20-year mystery, involving the cartel, local rings, and even the entire police department as a suspect, a mystery that only Lauria's parents would be able to solve: where are the missing girls?
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“Oh my God, we got attacked!” --
It’s Halloween night, 2004. 911 dispatch receives a distressing call from a woman saying her roommates need help: Lauren Meanza just survived a horrible home invasion that took the lives of her two friends. The hunt for their attacker begins, even going to psychics for potential answers, but nobody suspects that the killer is hiding in plain sight, and Lauren will do everything to stop him and get justice for Adriane & Leslie.
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“I think I got mom’s blood on me.” -- On February 22nd, 1991, Dede Rosenthal disappeared from her Cherry Hill apartment: there were no signs of any disturbance, and the case grew cold, but no one ever expected that only 4 years later, another crime took place but this time, to Dede’s neighbor. However, 14-year-old Jennifer Wertz survived the night and would become the key to the mystery of Dede’s story.
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“Mommy, I want to come home” --
It’s March 20, 2011, and a disturbing video entitled “Don’t hurt me mommy” is uploaded to YouTube, showing young mother Christine Belford with her 3 children in the street, being secretly filmed. 4 years earlier, in September of 2007, Christine frantically called the Newcastle police department, telling them her 3 daughters had been kidnapped. What had started in 2007 was a plan of revenge against Christine and her daughters that would end up escalating for over 8 years, ultimately becoming known as one of America’s worst cases of cyberstalking.
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“I would give up my life to find her” --It’s June 3rd, 2014 and Maxx Porter is desperately trying to reach his little sister Lea, but she isn’t answering any of his calls. 8 days later, her family turns on the TV and there's a bizarre interview of a man with a disturbing story about Lea's disappearance. When the police fail to clear this man, Maxx decides to take matters into his own hands, ultimately finding himself face-to-face with a dangerous killer, who has spent years planning the perfect crime.
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"I promised Dad I will find her" --13 years after her little sister disappeared, online detective Shelly Nagle receives a notification from an anonymous Facebook account, with a disturbing message reading “She’s still alive, but you’ll never see her again”. When the police refuse to investigate, Shelly knows it’s up to her to find her sister and the man responsible for her disappearance: a killer who is now watching her every move.To help support Shelly and her family, click the link here for their petition: https://bit.ly/3RuwbZO To learn more about Shelly & Sherry’s story, read their book here: https://amzn.to/3EPwgj7Thanks to Riyandi Kusuma for the music in the opening: "Happy Birthday Piano - Horror Version (2019)" External footage from: "ID", "Britespark", "Welcome To Murder Town", "Buried Deep", "A&E", "Blumhouse", "Cold Case Files: Missing In Altoona", "NBC", "WJAC", "6NEWS: Father-In-Law Pleads Guilty", "CBS", "WTAK", "WTAJ NEWS: Leighty Mistery Solved".
“He tried to hide it, but I know what I saw” -- On October 12th, 1980, 4-year-old Lalana and her older brother Donald are put on a plane to Rhode Island without their mom, who had vanished just a few hours earlier, with no evidence left behind. It would take years for Lalana to finally solve the case herself, uncovering disturbing family secrets over 20 years old, and answer the question that’s been on her mind all this time: what happened to Mom? Or rather, who wanted her to disappear?
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“I was staring at the face of evil” --It’s February 17th 2003, when Terry Hall calls the police to report her daughter Kristine Johnson missing, after not hearing from her for two days. When detectives talk to Kristine’s flatmate, she says her friend left for an audition in the Hollywood Hills for a big opportunity to be cast as a Bond Girl, but detectives quickly discover that the movie doesn’t actually exist. The only clue to help catch a serial predator, who has been escaping the law for more than 10 years, lies in what Kristine bought at the Century City Mall on the day of her disappearance.
External Footage From: "Dead On Arrival" (S1 E6, The Road To Hell, Investigation Discovery), "Death In The Hollywood Hills" (Dateline NBC, Justice For Kristi), "Murder In The Hollywood Hills (The Death Of Kristine Johnson, THELIPTV, Crime Time), On The Case With Paula Zahn (S3 E13, Dark Side Of a Dream, Investigation Discovery), "The Los Angeles Times", "Google Maps", "Getty Images", "Motion Array", "Audio Network".
“You and your so-called family have two weeks to move out of Florida forever or else you all die. this is no joke” --It’s April 1989. Sherry Guin is at a Murder Mystery weekend and is playing a dangerous mind game with a killer who poisoned an entire family. Everybody plays their role but Sherry needs to stay more alert than anyone else: her name isn’t Sherry and she needs to take down the host of the party: the prime suspect of the Carr family murder.
External Footage From: "Murder She Solved: Lethal Poisoning" (OWN), "American Justice: Kill Thy Neighbor" (A&E), "Forensic Files: Bitter Potion" (Medstar Television), "Crime Stories: Mind Games" (Biography Channel).
“Somebody took Jacob” --On October 22, 1989, 11 YO Jacob Wetterling bikes home and disappears with a gunman into the night. 9 months earlier, 12 YO Jared Scheierl gets ice cream and vanishes shortly after, but a few hours later, he makes it back home: 27 years later, he would be the key to finally solving Jacob’s disappearance, taking down one of the most terrifying men the state of Minnesota has ever seen.
External Footage From: "The Hunt with John Walsh" (S1 E8, "Justice Denied", CNN), "Moms Of Missing Kids: We'll Never Give UP" (CNN), "In The Dark" (S1 E3, The One Who Got Away, APM Reports).
“Am I going in this casket soon?” --
It’s April 2000, Kristina Beard is desperately trying to get ahold of her twin sister Jennifer. They only have 6 hours to disappear and get to safety before it’s too late, after giving police the key piece of evidence they need that will finally put an end to the escalating plot of a psychotic killer: their own mother.
External footage from: "Deadly Women: Blood for Money" (S3 E2, Discovery+), "Power, Privilege & Justice: Gold Digger" (S3 E1, True Crime Central), "Who do you believe: What the sisters saw" (Part 1-2, ABC), "Tainted Love" (ABC), "Black Widow: Celeste Beard-Johnson - Women Who Kill" (Channel 4), "Millionaire Murder" (S1 E8, On the Case with Paula Zhan), "Women Behind Bars" (S1 E9, FilmRise True Crime), "Rude Awakening: Someone They Knew" (Tamron Hall, Court TV).
“Rob the bank, or she blows up”
November 20th 2000, 7 year old Breea Renee notices something strange: “mom, there’s someone outside the window”. A day later, 3 masked men break into her house and hold them at gunpoint before strapping Breea with dynamite. Michelle is given an unimaginable mission: rob the bank, or your daughter will be blown up - she sets off to Bank of America for the dangerous heist.
“We were next on his hit list” -- On July 21st 1985 , single mom Andrea Blanchard lives in fear, hiding with her daughter Trudi. Whenever the phone rings, she knows bad news will follow: another bomb exploded, and this time, hundreds of people are severely injured. For years, cops are afraid of him and can’t stop him, but Andrea knows she’s the only one who can put an end to all the killings, because she knows what the Family Court Bomber wants: 7 year old Trudi.
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"Something is wrong with my daughter" --
After years of searching for her daughter Annette, Mary discovers a disturbing secret in the husband’s past – Annette isn’t the only one gone. One wife drowned, two others missing: what is this man hiding? What happened to the girls? Mary decides to lead her investigation, and find out the truth about Felix Vail.
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“He’s going to kill us all” -- On November 18th 1978, Gerald Park tells his 12 year old daughter Tracy to escape in the jungle, and stay hidden until it’s safe. As gunmen and helicopters close in on her, Tracy knows she needs to survive to avenge her mother’s death, and make sure Jim Jones would pay for what he did to her family, and 918 other victims. You might have heard about Jonestown, but this is the story of the little girl who lived.
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“I’ll stop if you stop crying”On the morning of March 4th 1980, in Stevenage England, a milkman is heading to work when he sees smoke coming out of someone’s window, and hears a child screaming. He rushes and breaks the door down, finding a crying little girl, badly burned, and waiting in the stairs: after being rescued, 4 YO Amanda Wright is now the only witness of what really set off the fire in the home that night, unveiling a murder so disturbing that the truth of the events would only come out 36 years later, and bring to justice her mom’s killer for a second time.
External footage from: The Day I Should've Died: Amanda Wright (CBS Reality, ITV), Forensics: Catching the Killer: Killed for Being Kind (Sky TV), London Live: Amanda Wright Interview (Evening Standard), The Mirror, BBC, The Daily Mail, The Comet, the Sun, ITV News, The British Newspaper Archives,
“If anything happens to me, take this to the police”On the late evening of November 29, 1992, a man opens his front door to discover two little boys shivering and covered in blood in an Atlanta suburb. 3 and a half years earlier, Sara Tokars hires a private investigator to follow her husband who she thinks is dangerous and unfaithful. The young mom discovers many dark secrets, including his criminal lifestyle, which would lead her to do anything she can to protect her sons, even if it meant dying while doing so.
External footage from: Homicide for the Holidays: Thanksgiving Terror (Oxygen), Mother's Brutal Thanksgiving Murder Witnessed by her 2 Boys (Oxygen), The Murder of Sara Tokars: Abuse of Power (Oxygen), Deadly Secrets (The FBI Files), The Wife Who Knew Too Much (A&E), Atlanta: Devil Down in Georgia (A&E), Scandal Down South: My Dirty Little Secret (Investigation Discovery), "Fred Tokars, Lawyer & Convicted Wife Killer, Dies in Prison" (Court TV), "GA V. TOKARS" (Court TV).
“I had a 200% chance of dying, and 5% chance of getting away”On November 9th, 1986, 17 year old model Kate Moir accepts a ride from a seemingly nice couple, not knowing they’re actually the country’s most dangerous serial killers. Having murdered 4 girls already, Kate knows her time is running out, but she has a plan to escape captivity, that would result in her even being arrested herself by Australian officers.
More about Kate here: https://www.change.org/p/the-attorney-general-s-reformation-of-parole-laws-in-australia
Read her book: https://books.google.ca/books/about/Dead_Girl_Walking.html?id=LZtEvgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
External footage from: Murder Uncovered: David & Catherine Birnie (7News Seven Network), Catherine Birnie: Freedom Bid (9News Nine Network), Crime Investigation Australia: Moorhouse Horrors (GMN Productions, FOXTEL), Most Infamous: The Birnies (GMN Productions, CIN), Perth & Fremantle 1986 (Robert Peter, Peter Hale), Rocky 1976 (Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists), First Blood 1982 (Cinema 84, Orion Pictures).
“You’re not just a danger to the public, you’re a danger to those who love you”On September 14, 2007, 19yo Ashley Wallace wakes up in a hospital bed, surrounded by police officers accusing her of being a serial killer, after her sister, Bree, found a note in which Ashley confesses to the murders of her father and stepfather; the problem is, Ashley did not write this letter. What happened to her that night would uncover one of the most disturbing serial killers the state of New York has ever seen, the last person Ashley would ever think would want to harm her, or her family.
External footage from: The Devil You Know: Poisonous Love (Make Believe Media), Forensic Files: Freeze Framed (Medstar Television), 20/20 Black Widow (ABC), Solved: Poisoned by Love (Discovery+), Archive Footage
“I can be your daughter”
When cops break into the Groene home on May 16th 2005 after receiving a call from a concerned neighbor, no one is prepared to find the family murdered, and as they identify everyone, they notice that the younger children, Dylan, 9, and Shasta, 8, are missing. As the authorities race against time to find the missing kids, Shasta is trapped in the woods with her family’s killer, nearly 100 miles away, and starts to plan her own escape.
External footage from: The Brave Survival of Little Shasta Groene (True Crime Daily), The Most Twisted Case You've Ever Heard (EWU Crime Storytime), "Shasta McClain/Groene" from the Criminal Perspective Podcast, "Shasta Groene Shares Her Journey as a Survivor" (KTVB Extended Interview), "Shasta Groene: Survivor" (KTVB), The Groene Family Massacre (Investigation Discovery), "Joseph Duncan Sentenced for Murder of Anthony Martinez" (The Press - Enterprise), The Idaho Spokesman, 4 News Now, KREM-KXLY.
“If anyone can survive him, it’s her”
August 10th 2000 is a big day for 8 year old Midsi Sanchez as it’s her birthday party that afternoon, so she decides to walk home alone instead of waiting for her siblings like usual. Only one block away from her house, a man gets out of his car nearby and asks her to help him pick up something, and as she reaches down, the little girl suddenly vanishes from Vallejo. 3 days go by, until Midsi gathers her strength to escape one of California’s most dangerous serial killers.
To learn more about Midsi’s organization, check out this link: https://www.midsisanchez.org/
External footage from: I Survived (A&E), They Took Our Child; We Got Her Back (A&E), Poplitics, KTVU Fox 2 San Francisco, KPIX CBS News Bay Area, CNN, The 9 on KTVU, ThuLifeStyle
"if I were to break into the basement floor, What will I hit? "
On the New Year’s eve of 1989, 11 years old Collier Landry wakes up to a loud thud coming from his parents' bedroom, and it becomes the night his mother Noreen disappears forever. All of his family seem to have no doubts that she ran away after a fight with her husband, but only Collier knows that his mom would never leave him behind. As Dr John Boyle refuses to discuss his wife’s disappearance, detective David Messmore builds a secret bond with the child who insists his mom was murdered. Together, they discover Dr. Boyle’s hidden girlfriend and an astonishing secret buried under the doctor’s new mansion’s floor.
For any other information, check out this link: https://campsite.to/collierlandry
External footage from: Cabin Creek Films (Murder in Mansfield), Moving Past Trauma Podcast (Collier Landry), Moving Past Murder Podcast (Collier Landry), Forensic Files (S5E12 - Foundation of Lies), Law & Crime: Coptales Podcast (Collier Landry), Andrew Gold: On the Edge (Collier Landry), Cabin Creek Panel Discussion (Richard Source), Surviving a Murder in Mansfield (Richard Source), TedXMansfield (TED: Collier Landry), Mansfield Drone Footage (MBW Alter)
"Something's wrong with dad"
Houston, Texas, 1986: 14YO Laurie Tremblay is murdered. The case goes cold, and years pass with more bodies discovered, without any clues on who the killer is. Meanwhile, young Tiffany Shore moves in with her dad after her parent's divorce. She starts to realize he is not as fun as she remembered. More and more controlling, he makes a habit of locking his daughters inside the house when he leaves. As his behaviour becomes increasingly strange and overprotective, the Tourniquet Killer claims more victims: surviving her dad’s sudden rages will actually be the key to solving the terrifying serial killer case.
External footage from: The Tourniquet Killer (ABC 13 News), World's Most Evil Killer: Anthony Shore (Sky TV), Evil Lives Here: My Secret Nightmare (Discovery), I Lived With a Killer: The Tourniquet Killer (Breakthrough), Living With a Serial Killer: Anthony Shore (Oxygen), Making a Serial Killer: The Tourniquet Killer (FilmRise), Mark of a Killer: The Tourniquet Killer (NBC), Sign of a Psychopath: Death Sentence (Discovery), The Evidence Room (NBC - KPRC), Home Invasion: Notorious Killers (ABC 13 News).
“Do what I say or I’ll kill you and be gone in the dark”
It’s just before 6:30 AM on October 5th, 1976 when young mother Jane Carson is blindfolded and attacked with her 3YO son in the house. She is victim #5.
2 months later, 15 YO Kris Pedretti stops playing piano, thinking she heard something in the other room, despite being alone in her house. She is victim #10.
A year later, true crime fan Margaret Wardlow studies this serial killer, not knowing that she would become the 27th victim of the man she had read so much about.
He's been known under many different names: the Visalia ransacker, the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker or the Golden State Killer, but 44 years later, 200 witnesses stand in front of him to make sure justice is served.
External footage from: The Golden State Killer: It's Not Over (Discovery+), The Monster Among Us (20/20), Chasing the Golden State Killer (ABC 7), KCRA3, CBC News: The National, 48 Hours, Sacramento Bee, 60 Minutes Australia, CBS Sacramento, ABC 10 News, Very Local, ABC 7 News Bay Area, Framed by the Golden State Killer
“I just know it, there’s something wrong with my kids” -- On November 11th 2010, cops enter Tina Hermann’s home after receiving a 911 call from her manager Valerie, who reported how unusual it was for her to miss a day’s work without telling anyone. The house is empty, and Tina and her entire family are gone: a suspicious scene reveals bloodstains, motor oil, a Walmart receipt, a missing car, but most shockingly, a women-size shoe print leaving the home, meaning someone walked out of there, alive, and as the community begins to hunt for the missing family, time is running out for Sarah, who is now trapped in ‘the house of leaves.’ You can donate for Sarah’s ‘Healing Hearts Memorial Fund’ here: https://fairfieldcf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=1199
External footage from: Lost in the Leaves: Interrogation RAW (A+E Networks), "Young, Innocent, and Held Captive" (OWN - Dr.Phil), "Saving Sarah" (WBNS: 10TV News), "Sarah: The Abuse Continues" (MSNBC: Today Show), "The Jayme Closs Case" (Lifetime: Smart Justice)
“There’s something evil about the captain” --The Duperraults are a happy family from Wisconsin. Their father has a dream of bringing the family on a boat trip to the Bahamas and in November of 1961, the Duperraults rent a sailing boat called the Bluebelle along with a friend of the family and his wife. 4 days later, only two of them made it back. What happened on the BlueBelle ship?
External footage from: Wolfson Archive, Partners in Motion Inc., "I Survived" (A&E, NHNZ)
“Do you want candy?” -- On a warm afternoon in August 1983, Richard Poland goes inside his home to get popsicles for his 3 year old daughter, but as he watches her from the window, a car suddenly stops in front of the home and Lori is snatched off their yard. As the cops desperately try to track the ‘candyman’ who took Lori away, the neighbourhood kids join the investigation, and the little girl herself struggles to survive 10 feet underground, trapped in a cesspool far away.
External footage from: Denver Report: 9 News (NBC KUSA), CBS 4: Lori Poland Association (CBS Denver), ENDCAN (Dan Gommer, Lori Poland), Walk Talk Listen: Episode 78 (Maurice Bloem), Lori Poland Task Force (Megyn Kelly Today), Louder Than Silence: Episode 1 (ENDCAN).
"He's gonna do this to somebody else, and I can’t let that happen" --
When 14 year old Mary decides to hitchhike back home, a large van slows down and offers her a ride, with a driver looking like nothing but an old harmless "grand-father". As the car begins to drive in the wrong direction, she knows something is wrong, and a few hours later, Mary Vincent is fighting for her life, trying to crawl out of a 30 foot cliff, missing both arms, while the hatchet killer runs away and looks for his next victim, planning his next attack that would happen 19 years later.
External Footage From: American Journal (King World Productions, Inc.), The John Walsh Show (NBC), I Survived (A&E Television Network LLC), Vanished with Beth Holloway (A&E Television Network LLC).
“Jeannette, if you can hear us, know that we’re looking for you” --
June 8th 2003, in the city of San Jose, a ‘Little Caesars’ staff member receives a pizza order from a young girl, unaware that the caller is actually 9 year old Jeannette Tamayo, who has been missing for 3 days. Held captive in a small room in his house, her kidnapper brings back the food with a nasty smile: she knows that this could be her last dinner before he “gets rid of her tonight.” The memory of watching CSI with her brother flashes back to her mind — she is determined to fight until the last moment, so she grabs the pizza box, and becomes her own detective.
Footage From: A&E (I Survived: Jeannette Tamayo -- NHNZ), Lifetime (They Took Our Child: Jeannette), ALDOWORLD TV (Overnight Restaurant Footage), Paramount CBS (Fox Crime: NCIS s5 e13), Global Village (San Jose California Drone View), San Jose Police Department (Promotion 2019).
You know her name. --
You’re on your way home and suddenly, your phone buzzes. Everyone around you looks down at their screen, and you know it is now everywhere: on your social media feed, on TV, even on traffic boards. You don’t pay much attention to all of it but still skim through the description while walking, just in case. When you finally look up from your screen, a weirdly familiar car catches your eye and you call 911. A kidnapped child has been saved thanks to the alert on your phone. This story is not uncommon, and it all started in Texas, in 1996 with the unsolved murder of 9 year old Amber Hagerman.
Footage From: True Crime Daily, After Amber (WFAA), News Nation, Inside Edition, WFAA-TV, CBSDFW, WFMY News 2, WPLG Local 10, Daily Blast Live.
"Oh... he's still alive?" --
July 31st 1995, Baraboo police department receives a 911 call in which a teenager calmly claims he is trapped in a house and has both his legs fractured. Little do they know, the caller, 13 year old Thad Phillips, is two hours away from death due to internal bleeding, in the house of a school mate. After two days of torment and two failed escapes, he becomes the only survivor in the hand of the notorious teen serial killer Bonebreaker, carrying the key to solving another mysterious “accidental” death from a year ago.
Footage from: Cold Case Files: The Bonebreaker (Blumhouse), Escaped - Torture in Suburbia (Kurtis Production), I Survived - Thadius Phillips (Biography Channel), Madison - Wisconsin in HD (David Allen Productions), 2022 Lakefront - Milwaukee News (FOX), Municipal Newspaper (Baraboo News Republic), Getty Images, Audio Network, Motion Array.
“Do I really need to talk about what happened?” --
September 30th 2005, at her home in Pampa, 10 year old Robin Doan wakes up to a nightmare of gunshots and realizes it is not a dream. She hears her mother’s screaming, bullets shooting off, and before she could react, the heavy footsteps approaching her door. Robin’s family becomes victim to one of the most deadly home invasions in Texas, and the police officers don’t understand how they find the 10 year old girl unharmed. Her “perhaps too calm” 911 call will offer the only living testimony of Levi King’s merciless killing spree.
Footage from: 48 Hours: Live to Tell (MMX CBS Broadcasting INC), The Killer Speaks (ITV Studios), Most Evil (MMX CBS Broadcasting INC), The Mind of a Murderer (Atlas Media Corporation)
"He used bleach to do what?" --
July 4th 2011, arriving on the scene of a burned down house, the Fort Collins Colorado police are shocked by what they are seeing: the fire is so hot that all of the metal handles are melted down but even so, a strong smell of bleach remains. The Bleach Monster has reappeared, but this time, she survived: Lydia Tillman jumped from the second floor and is now in a coma, but nobody expected her to be the one who would solve the case, and find the one responsible for the unsolved murder of Kenia Monge. Learn more about Kenia's foundation: https://keniamonge.wordpress.com/
Footage from: #TextMeWhenYouGetHome: Kenia Monge (Lifetime), Deadly Connection (NBC, Dateline), Tribute to Kenia Monge (NBC News), "Lydia Tillman Tells Her Story" (Richard Mauro Ricchiuti), Crime Watch: Kenia Monge (True Crime Daily), "Kenia Monge Surveillance" (The Denver Post), Nimia - Associated Press (Getty Images)
“I saw what he did to Katie and was scared he’d do it to me” --
On one of the last nights of 1999, Krystal is tucking herself into bed after a fun sleepover with her best friend Katie, but they are suddenly woken up by a window creaking open. As Krystal opens her eyes, a man holds a knife to Katie’s neck near the edge of the bunk bed. From that moment on, two things are on Krystal’s mind: surviving through the night, and making sure serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells is brought to justice.
Footage from: Live To Tell 48 Hours (MMX CBS Broadcasting Inc.), America's Most Wanted (20th Century Fox Television), Most Evil (MMVI Discovery Communication Inc.), The Mind of a Psychopath (ABC News Nightline)
“Shh, don’t scream.” --
On the night of July 23rd 2013, Tiffany calmly calls the police asking for help after she injured her own neck in an attempt to take her life, while her ex-husband Kris simply watches her. When the detectives arrive on the scene, it’s clear to them that she didn’t do this herself. Her ex Kris says the opposite, and calls her a liar. As they dig more into the case, time is running out as Kris carries out his own plan to “finish the job”.
Footage from: 48 Hours (CBS), "Don't Scream" (CBS), Murder For Hire (NBC Universal TV & Screening), KUTV 2 News (Sinclair Broadcast Group), Standard Examiner
“I told myself: I’m not going down without a fight” --
On Friday the 13th, best friends Misty Cockerill and Tanya Smith are walking to a high school party when they suddenly bump into a stranger, and things quickly go dark. While Misty wakes up in the hospital, investigators arrive at the crime scene and receive a disturbing phone call from a man claiming to be the attacker: time is running out almost as soon as the cat and mouse chase begins. This is what happened in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 2002.
Footage from: Court TV (Crime Stories - The Abbotsford Killer), Red Letter Film (Dark Waters of Crime), I Survived (A&E, Sharon / Al & Linda / Misty), Clearbook Morning (Dustin Drone), Ross Travel (Cinematic Night), ABC 7 News (Timeline), CBC News (British Columbia), CityTV (Vancouver Everywhere).
"Hello? I found a little girl with her neck... uh..." --
Sayeh Rivazfar is the oldest of her siblings at only 8 years old and takes care of putting her little sister Sara to bed one night, but they are suddenly woken up by a man carrying them out of their bedroom, that Sayeh immediately recognizes. After a brutal attack, their abductor leaves them in the woods for dead, and only one thing is one Sayeh’s mind: avenging her little sister’s death.
Footage from: 13WHAM (Deerfield Media Inc.), Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce, Crime Stoppers, Shaw TV SSM, I Survived (A&E), Spectrum News 1, 'Vanished' With Beth Holloway (A&E), Wear TV (New at 6), Inside Crime (Angeline Hartmann)
"What happened in that box?" --
January 11th 1973, on his way to buy milk for his siblings, 13 year old Paul Martin Andrews doesn’t notice a blue van is following him. Sitting in it is Richard Ausley, a dangerous outlaw on the run, and as Richard usually does, he simply asks Paul for help and offers him a ride. His story would end up becoming infamously known as “The Boy in the Box”, and 30 years later, Paul speaks up about it for the first time, as his captor begs for freedom.
Footage from: I Survived (NHNZ - Lifetime Movie Network), Lost Then Found: Tales of a Kidnapping (Fox Nation), The John Walsh Show (NBC Network), Wavy-10 On Your Side
"I could be dead right now, there is no other way to put it" --
When 17 year old Ashley Reeves doesn’t arrive home before her curfew in April 2006, her mom knows something is wrong, especially after finding hundreds of incoming calls on her daughter’s phone records. No one knows where she could have gone, but the harassing caller would end up breaking the case entirely, and shed a whole new light on a neighborhood figure no one ever suspected, all while Ashley fights for her life, while her killer goes line dancing minutes after the murder.
Footage from: On the Case with Paula Zahn (Weinberger Media, Scott Sternberg Productions), Illinois Police Department, True Crime Daily, Left for Dead (Lifetime)
“It was like a vacation for her” --
On September 6, 2006, 14 year old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped by a man who claimed to be a police officer. Handcuffed, and “arrested”, she is taken deep into the woods where she discovers a secret underground bunker. For ten days, investigators look everywhere for the missing teen, without any clues, until Elizabeth is able to outsmart her captor, and her mom receives a shocking text message from Elizabeth herself.
Footage from: Surviving Evil (Cineflix - Investigation Discovery), Dateline (Peacock Productions), Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN), Elizabeth Shoaf: The Girl in the Bunker (Lifetime, LLC), Text Me When You Get Home (A&E, LLC), The Girl in the Bunker (Cineflix Productions & Rare Fish Films)
“Are you comfortable now? I doubt it.” --
On March 20th, 1999, Cynthia meets up with her friend, never expecting she is minutes away from being abducted. When she wakes up, a chilling voice speaks to her – it's coming from a recording. As her tears dry up, the early memories of her tough childhood revive, and a voice in her heart tells her: escape.
Footage from: I Survived a Serial Killer (A&E), House of Horrors: Kidnapped (Investigation Discovery), Wicked Attraction (Investigation Discovery), It Takes a Killer (Oxygen), Barcroft TV, A&E, KOAT, KRQE, Street Safe NM, True Consequences Podcast
“And I remember thinking that I was staring into the eyes of the devil”
On September 27, 1992, 19 year old Jennifer Asbenson accepts a ride from a stranger after missing her bus to work. When the man asks for her number, she gives him a fake one to be safe and forgets about it, unaware that she has just refused the advances of a deranged serial killer. At the end of her shift that morning, she does not make it back home. Jennifer escapes TWICE, yet no one believes what has happened to her, but 5 years later, his arrest would reveal the most shocking information.
Footage from: AE (I Survived a Serial Killer), Radley Studios (People Magazine Investigates), CBS Los Angeles, OWN (Dr. Phil), True Crime Daily (Telepictures Production INC), Inside Edition, KTLA5, Christopher's Clubhouse
“He kissed me and threw me down the cubby hole”
'Spaceplex' is 9 year old Katie Beers’ favorite spot, before she’s abducted at that same location in December 1992, just before her birthday. For 17 days, the investigators dig into the family’s lies, each more suspicious than the next, hoping to find the lost girl. Katie is trapped in the wall, but she still has her wits, which will eventually lead to justice against her kidnappers.
Footage from: Fox Nation (Lost, then Found), ABC News (Buried Memories), ABC (The View), Discovery+ (Killer Carnies), True Crime Daily (Crime Watch), MyLiTV (Buried Memories), OWN (Dr. Phil), Spaceplex (Promotional Material)
"She basically came back from the grave to nail him" --
On August 28, 1997, college student Holly Dunn doesn’t know that a sweet date with her friend Christopher Maier at a campus party would take the darkest turn: Chris and Holly are attacked by a notorious serial killer ‘The Railroad Killer’. What happened that night had to be kept a secret for years, until the start of the trial, where Holly could finally face her attacker, the first time since that deadly night, and ultimately bring him down.
Footage from: Sole Survivor (A&E), I Survived a Serial Killer (A&E), CBS 48 Hours, BBC Great Crimes & Trials, Jackeline Cacho, Holly's House, Law & Crimes Production.
“I'm not saying it's right, I know it's not right, but that's the way I've chosen it.” --
On June 15th 1980, 8 year old Beth Stauffer calls her dad to wish him a happy father’s day, the first clue police got after she went missing on May 16th. After quickly hanging up, she returns to the tiny closet where her and her mother Mary have been chained and imprisoned by an obsessed man who has been stalking Mary for years. The captor, Ming Sen Shiue, believes that the longer they are kidnapped, the more chances Mary, his 9th grade teacher, will eventually fall in love with him. “Will we go home?” In the dark, frightened Beth asks her mom. At that moment, Mary, knowing deep in her heart of hearts they might not be able to leave ever, promises Beth with a yes.
Footage From:
Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (Lifetime), All Access, Fox News Digital, Inside Edition, Lifetime, MPR News, ABC News.