Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Parents at a private school just realized that a woman volunteering at a private school is a notorious serial killer. Karla Homolko plea deal gave her just 12 years in prison in exchange for testimony against her husband. She changed her name and started a new family after her 2005 release. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the outrage that followed the revelation that she is now participating in show-and-tell and chaperoning field trips at her kid’s school. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ex-Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins pled not guilty to federal charges relating to his 7-week-long cross-country trip with a 15-year-old teacher. His defense is that Elizabeth Thomas ran away with him voluntarily. In this episode, Nancy Grace and Alan Duke look at the latest in this case and news that Mary Kay Letourneau has split from the student she married after spending 7 years in prison for her illicit relationship with the 6th grader. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tiger Woods blames prescription drugs for his drunken driving arrest. Police found the golfing great asleep at the wheel of his running car early Monday, describing him as confused but cooperative. In this episode, Nancy Grace talks with Atlanta DUI lawyer Preston Haliburton about the dangers of driving after taking medications the doctor gave you. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mother said her two toddlers wandered out of their Texas home with her car key. She didn’t find them locked in her car until it was too late. The 2-year-old girl and her 16-month-old brother died of extreme heat. Investigators are trying to determine how the children could have locked themselves inside the vehicle. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke examine the latest hot car death case in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unsealed records reveal Kansas social workers and police were suspicious about how Adrian Jones’s stepmother abused the child for years before he was starved to death and fed to pigs. In this episode, Nancy Grace speaks to Kansas City TV reporter Jessica McMasters about the case and urges you to pressure Kansas and Missouri prosecutors to consider charges against officials who might have ignored warning signs that should have saved the boy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The stalker who broke into Sandra Bullock’s home, forcing the frightened actress to hide in a closet, was sentenced to 5 years probation after pleading no contest in a Los Angeles court. Joshua James Corbett, 41, must also undergo mental evaluation. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the case in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 22-year-old man was on the radar of anti-terror cops, but he was still able to kill 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in England with a suicide bomb. In this episode, Nancy Grace talks with Brian Levin, Director of Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, about the terror attack and how it could happen again in the United States. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Florida mother who believes “13 Reasons Why” contributed to her son’s suicidal thoughts tells Nancy Grace what happened to her 15-year-old after a teacher suggested students watch the Netflix series. Psychologist Caryn Stark, who criticizes the show for glorifying suicide, gives the mom and all parents advice on how to deal with children who might want to end their own lives. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida mom blames “13 Reasons” for contributing to suicidal thoughts in her teen son’s mind, leading to his need for psychiatric care. She criticizes a teacher for suggesting students watch the Netflix series without parents knowing. In this episode, Nancy Grace talks with psychologist Caryn Stark about what parents should know and do to prevent teen suicide. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner could get up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to send obscene messages to a 15-year-old girl. But are his repeated online sex infractions — including his infamous underwear tweet — just symptoms of a sickness that should be treated, not punished? Nancy Grace and Alan Duke look at Weiner’s case in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A teenaged couple faces felony charges for failing to protect their two-week-old daughter from rats in their Arkansas home. The infant suffered up to 100 rodent bites on her face, body and arms while the young parents slept near the crib, according to police. The baby survived, but the wounds required reconstructive surgery. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss this disturbing case in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April Kauffman’s husband has never been named a suspect in the New Jersey talk show host’s 2012 murder, but a prosecutor is now asking a judge to order Dr. James Kauffman to give a DNA sample. The husband’s lawyer is fighting the demand, but a judge will soon decide if he’ll have to give DNA. In this episode, Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss why this 5-year-old cold case is now heating up. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Doherty decided to walk the mile home from a house party early Sunday, but he disappeared along the way in Franklin, Massachusetts. After three days of searching, only the Duke University junior’s shirt and shoes have been found. Doherty was home for summer break. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the case of the missing 20 year old in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez suspects Aaron Hernandez did not write the notes prosecutors say were found in the prison cell where he was found dead last month. The mother of the NFL star’s young daughter tells Dr. Phil she doubts he killed himself and that someone forged the “suicide notes” and murdered him. In this episode, Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the evidence, including an exclusive CrimeOnline.com comparison of his handwriting. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sue Primavera first suspected something was terribly wrong when her daughter did not call to wish her a happy Mother’s Day in 2012. Jill Primavera, a 28-year-old mother of three young girls, has been missing for the 5 years since. In this episode, Nancy Grace talks to Bob and Sue Primavera about their frustrations and sadness as another Mother’s Day arrives without their daughter. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A tip from Canadian police helped North Carolina cops stop a teen just minutes before investigators believe he was about to go on a stabbing rampage at his high school. A big knives and a “hit list” were found in his backpack. Nancy Grace talks with psychologist Caryn Stark and reporter Joe Marusak about the thwarted massacre in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The abuse and murder of young Adrian Jones is one of the most shocking crimes against a child imaginable. The 7-year-old’s body was found in a pig stye, where his father and stepmother threw the corpse to be eaten by swine. Kansas City reporter Jessica McMaster, whose investigative reports revealed details of Adrian’s year-long torture inside a house of horrors, joins Nancy Grace in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conrad Hilton spent the weekend in the Los Angeles jail because his parents are balking at bailing him out unless he goes into a mental treatment facility. The 23-year-old Hilton’s latest arrest followed his alleged theft of a car and break-in attempt at his ex-girlfriend’s Hollywood Hills home. In this episode, Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss what’s up with Paris Hilton’s little brother. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eighteen students face charges, including involuntary manslaughter, in the death of Timothy Piazza, a 19-year-old who died after alcohol-fueled fraternity hazing at Penn State University. One frat pledge says he warned others that Piazza needed medical help, but they waited a dozen hours before calling 911. In this episode, Nancy Grace and Alan Duke look at what a grand jury found in its investigation of the deadly Beta Theta Pi party. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Text messages on Molly Matheson’s phone led police to a man they suspect strangled the 22-year-old woman in her Fort Worth, Texas, apartment near Texas Christian University in April. Reginald Kimbro, 23, admitted he was with her that night, but he denied killing her. Kimbro, who knew Matheson when they were both students at University of Arkansas, had previously been arrested in two sex assault cases, but never prosecuted. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the investigation in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Casey Anthony desperate for attention? Or are the new photos of “Tot Mom” playing with a toddler part of money-making scheme? Whatever is behind the just-published images of Anthony in a restaurant, the do send shivers down the spines of parents across the country — including our own Nancy Grace. It’s the topic of this “Crime Stories” episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A doctor says an ex-Dallas Mavs cheerleader was driven insane by a “perfect storm” of a high school football brain injury, PTSD from military service and low sodium levels. Lawyers for Erbie Browser are using the diagnosis to defend the Texas man against charges he killed four women in a two-city shooting rampage. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the unusual defense in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police found empty alcohol containers in Chris Soules’s truck after the “Bachelor” star rear-ended a tractor, killing a farmer, last week. Defense lawyers argue a fleeing the scene of an accident charge should be dropped because Soules called 911, gave his name and admitted hitting the tractor and then tried to the dying man medical help before driving home. But since he refused to answer his door when deputies knocked, his blood-alcohol level was never tested. Nancy Grace debates the case with defense lawyer Brian Claypool in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maliyha Hope Garcia was 5 years old, but weighed only 24 pounds when paramedics found her dead in her adoptive parents home just before Christmas 2016. Estevan and Sacora Garcia allegedly starved the child to death, according to a grand jury indictment in Bend, Oregon. Court documents say an alarm on Maliyha’s bedroom door alerted the couple if the child tried to sneak a meal overnight. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke examine this disgusting child abuse murder case in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tex McIver claims a fatal bullet in his wife’s back was an accident, but prosecutors charge the Atlanta lawyer with intentionally shooting Diane McIver. The attorney is also accused of asking witnesses to lie to police. His spokesman told reporters the gun was in his lap because he feared being attacked by “Black Lives Matter” demonstrators while driving in midtown Atlanta and he pulled the trigger while napping. Nancy Grace talks with Atlanta lawyer Rene Rockwell about the case in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mindy Lee’s mysterious death is a cold case in more than one sense. The mom’s frozen corpse was found five days after friends told police she jump out of their truck, leaving her young daughter behind, and ran into woods wearing no shoes and light clothing in 25-degree weather in the shadow of Colorado’s Pike’s Peak in 2010. Private detective Bobby Brown began working the case amid Lee’s mother’s concern about the police probe. Nancy Grace talks to Brown in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Thomas’ father says in divorce papers that abuse inflicted by her mother set the teen up for the mind control that allowed teacher Tad Cummins to convince his student to run away with him. Nancy Grace discusses the case with Corey Ricci, the lawyer representing Anthony Thomas in the divorce. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Thomas is a “tiny little thing” taken away by a teacher who wanted to make her his child bride. She’s back home with her family undergoing therapy after a 39-day journey across 9 states which ended in a small California cabin. Tad Cummins is also headed back to Tennessee to face kidnapping charges. Thomas family lawyer Jason Whatley talks with Nancy Grace about new details emerging. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tad Cummins’ defense against charges he kidnapped 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas appears to be that he was only helping his student run away from home. The former teacher appeared in court Monday, asking a judge to send him home to Tennessee so he can fight the charges. Nancy Grace discusses the latest details of Cummins’ plan to disappear with the girl. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Members of a California commune rejected Tad Cummins for membership and instead alerted police they suspected he was the Tennessee teacher wanted for kidnapping a 15-year-old student. KDRV-TV reporter Mike Duffy joins Nancy Grace and Alan Duke in this episode to discuss details of how Cummins tried to hide in a remote community but was caught when neighbors became suspicious. We also learn victim Elizabeth suffered severe emotional trauma but is home with family. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fugitive Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins was nabbed in Northern California and 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas was rescued from his clutches. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke talk to the 15-year-old’s family lawyers about the great news and with psychologist Caryn Stark about what the ordeal means for the child. You’ll also hear the full news conference detailing how it ended in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former NFL Patriots’ star Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell five days after a jury found him not guilty in two murders. Prison officials say he hung himself with a bed sheet, although his lawyer suggests it could’ve been murder. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the tragic life and death of a once promising football superstar in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Midlothian, Texas, police still have “persons of interest” in the Missy Bevers murder probe, but they are keeping key evidence a secret for now, Assistant Chief Kevin Johnson says. The chief breaks a 6-month silence about the case on the first anniversary of the fitness instructor’s death in this episode, telling Nancy Grace and Alan Duke why investigators have been so “judicious” in what they make public about the shocking murder inside a church. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whoever murdered Missy Bevers inside a Texas church is still unknown and at large despite video recorded before and after the brutal attack a year ago. Security cameras captured the murderer walking the church hallways, carrying the hammer used to bludgeoned Bevers to death as she arrived to conduct a sunrise fitness class April 18, 2016. If investigators are close to catching the fitness instructor’s killer, it is a closely guarded secret. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fort Worth, Texas, police found no signs of a forced entry at the pool house where Molly Matheson’s mom found the 22-year-old college student strangled to death on April 10, 2017. No suspects have been identified in the killing, which happened in a quiet neighborhood blocks from the Texas Christian University campus. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the Texas murder mystery in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George and Cindy Anthony have suffered through unbearable torture as the parents of Casey Anthony. They give their most revealing interview yet about their thoughts on their daughter in “Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery.” Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss what they say in the Investigation Discovery’s series in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The unexpected discovery of DNA on clothing recovered from clothing worn by murdered Debbie Randall could lead to the person who killed the 9-year-old girl in 1972. Debbie was kidnapped from her Marietta, Georgia, neighborhood and found 8 miles away 16 days later. Cobb County Cold Case Detective Morris Nix tells Nancy Grace in this episode that the DNA is helping to close in on a suspect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A trial nears for Angelika Graswald, the woman accused of murdering her fiancé by pulling a plug on his kayak during a Hudson river outing. Prosecutors say Graswald wanted to end their troubled relationship and collect on a $250,000 life insurance policy. Defense lawyers say it was an accident and her confession was coerced by cops. Nancy Grace & Alan Duke discuss the case in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Crime Stories team has worked for months uncovering new information and taking a fresh look at old evidence in the search for answers in the mysterious disappearance of Chase Massner. We now ask you to help by raising questions about what you’ve heard so far. Nancy Grace and the team discuss those questions in this 6th episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashley Morris Mullis vanished from her Muncie, Indiana, home in September 2013, leaving behind an infant daughter and two sons. Don Morris has spent every weekend since handing out flyers and asking for people to help find her. This is despite his belief that his daughter and the man he suspects killed her are both dead. The father’s refusal to give up is fueled by his love for his young granddaughter, who is now living with the widow of his daughter’s boyfriend. Nancy Grace talks to this grieving dad about this shocking and complicated case. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Thomas’ father is asking a court to force witnesses to disclose everything they know about how Tad Cummins plotted to make the high school freshman his wife. Cummins, 50, is one of Tennessee’s most wanted fugitives after allegedly running away with his young student. This episode looks at revelations from a new court filing by her family. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first 4 episodes introduced you to Stephanie Cadena, Chase’s mother, and Brad Clement, the friend who was the last known person to see Chase before he vanished 3 years ago. The person you have not heard from yet is Amanda Massner, Chase’s wife. This is unfortunate, since, Brad said some pretty bad things about Amanda when Nancy Grace confronted him in episodes 3 & 4. We still hold out hope the Amanda will talk to us directly, but until then, we can let you hear what Amanda said in the first weeks after her husband went missing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tucson police confirmed a body found in a remote area last month was Isabel Celis, the girl snatched from her bed and missing for the past five years. The break in the case was not "happenstance," according to the police chief, but he wouldn't give details about how the child's remains were found. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the dramatic developments in the case, which Nancy has covered closely for years. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie Cadena never met the last known person to see her son Chase Massner because detectives asked her not to contact Brad Clements. But as Massner's disappearance is handed off to the cold case unit, Nancy Grace arranges for the mother to surprise the key witness in an effort to get answers. This 4th episode takes you inside the motel room the morning it happened. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fugitive teacher Tad Cummins and kidnapped student Elizabeth Thomas shopped for food at a Oklahoma City Walmart two days after they disappeared from Columbia, Tennessee, according to newly-revealed security camera images. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss with Jason Whatley, the lawyer for Elizabeth’s family, what the photos tell us about where Cummins may have taken the 15-year-old girl. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brad Clements has been pummeled by social media speculation since he's the last known person to see Chase Massner before he vanished on March 27, 2014. Amateur detectives questioned his story, suggesting it’s changed over time. Just as the probe is turned over to a cold case unit, Nancy Grace knocks on Clements’ door in an unannounced visit. This third episode of our series presents what happened after she walked in. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former student of Tad Cummins shares a song the Tennessee teacher once serenaded her with. Dastiny Parrish tells Nancy Grace how Cummins courted her several years before he allegedly kidnapped 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas. The prosecutor in the kidnap case also speculates the teacher has taken the student to Mexico, where he may be posing as a church missionary. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three years after Chase Massner vanished, his grieving mother calls on Nancy Grace to help find answers. Cobb County, Georgia, police are turning the case over to a cold case unit, but Grace tracks down key witnesses to retrace the Iraq War vet’s last known steps. She shares what she is finding over the next weeks in a special “Crime Stories” series. Nancy visits with Chase’s mom in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The lawyer for Elizabeth Thomas’ dad tells Nancy Grace about “disturbing” new details suggesting the 15-year-old girl did not want to go with Tad Cummins. The former high school health teacher had an “extreme dark side” only being discovered after he allegedly kidnapped the girl, attorney Jason Whatley says. Grace talks with the family’s two lawyers about the search for Cummins and the hope he’ll let the child go in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The disappearance of Chase Massner on March 27, 2014, has stumped police and devastated the Iraqi War vet’s family. As the probe is handed over to a cold case unit, Nancy Grace leads her own investigation at the request of Chase’s mom. She shares what she's finding over the next weeks in a special “Crime Stories” series, starting with episode 1 on the 3rd anniversary of Chase’s vanishing. (music by audionautix.com) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.