Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Police say they are looking to surveillance video for clues in the disappearance of Jayme Closs. Father gets life sentence after leaving his son in a baby swing for days. Jennifer Kesse disappears on her way to work. Reward now $15,000. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Killer fathers, husbands, step-parents & fiances are behind the top crime stories of 2018. Alan Duke reviews them. Then, Nancy Grace digs into the death of Casey Kasem. His widow and oldest children accuse each other of killing the iconic DJ. Jean Kasem talks to Nancy Grace about her claims, along with a panel of experts including psycho analyst Dr Bethany Marshall, defense lawyer Troy Slaten, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, and family & divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Family sues hotel after daughter dies in freezer. Warning to American tourists. Homicides on the rise in Mexico. Dad says he gave his three sons away to protect them. The Skelton brothers not seen since. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kelly Herron was viciously attacked while jogging in a park on a Sunday afternoon, but she survived. Her FitBit bracelet tracked Herron's ordeal. Nancy Grace visits with the marathon runner to discuss how women can protect themselves while exercising. They are joined by Atlanta juvenile judge and lawyer Ashley Willcott and New York psychologist Caryn Stark. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Serial bigamist tells his new wife he works for the CIA, Oops. Jodi Huisentruit goes missing after an evident struggle in the parking lot of her apartment. Gun related deaths are on the rise. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A crumbling marriage and secrecy about finances led Lewis Bennett to murder his wife, Isabella Hellmann, at sea and then stage her death to look like an accident. Nancy Grace looks at the evidence against Bennett with a panel including forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, Atlanta lawyer & juvenile judge Ashley Willcott, and Crime Stories reporter John Lemley. Nancy also visits with songwriter Greer Baxter and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about their musical collaboration "Line in the Sand," an inspiring song on the new album "Fandango at the Wall." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Kelsey Berreth's fiance' is awaiting arraignment on a charge of murdering the Colorado mom, but did Patrick Frazee have help in covering up the killing for a month? The search for Berreth's remains continues with authorities in Twin Falls, Idaho, investigating why her phone pinged from that city days after she vanished. Nancy Grace explores the latest in the case with experts including juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott, pyschologist Caryn Stark, syndicated radio host David Mack, and CrimeOnline.com reporter Ellen Killoran. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man gets a century long prison sentence for killing boy and hiding his body in cement. Warning to parent social media game called the “Momo Challenge” leads to multiple child suicides. A Texas judge chastises mom saying people treat pets better than she treated her two baby girls. She left them in a hot car overnight. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crime never takes a holiday, but Crime Stories does. For this Christmas Day, Nancy Grace talks about how animals help humans -- sometimes even saving lives. Her special guest include Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the famous Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and host of Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild and Wild Countdown, reporter and animal lover Jane Velez-Mitchell, creator of the animal rights website JaneUnchained.com, and two mom's who credit dogs with saving the lives of their children. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Orlando police desperate for answers after 15-year-old student is gunned down walking to class. In the trial of drug kingpin El Chapo, details revealed on a cocaine shipment delivered with livestock. An Ohio inmate escapes custody only to be found relaxing in a hot tub. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet, or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live. In the Zankou Chicken Murders, host David Brown dives into this popular California restaurant chain, and the family dynamics that catapulted the successful business into the headlines-- for murder. Subscribe to Business Wars today at wondery.fm/crimestories Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As our families gather to celebrate Christmas, Nancy Grace once again reminds you that crime does not take a holiday. Nancy shares this horrid story of the massacre of a family by an ex-husband dressed as Santa Claus. Nancy's expert panel includes Los Angeles psychiatrist Dr. Carole Lieberman, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Crime Stories contributing reporter John Lemley. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Parker disappears after appearance on reality show. Warning to tourists about assault cover up in Jamaican resorts. Robert Durst to stand trial for killing best friend. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iraqi war veteran Chase Massner was missing from his Georgia home for 3 years when Nancy Grace launched Crime Stories and started digging into the mystery of the young husband and father's disappearance. After visiting with Chase's mother and wife, Nancy knocked on a cheap motel room door in Atlanta to grill Brad Clement, the last person known to have seen Massner. That interview helped cold case detectives find Massner buried under a slab of concrete in the home once owned by Clement. Now, Clement has pleaded guilty to lying about Massner's death and hiding his remains. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just as Nancy Grace goes to air, Colorado authorities arrest the fiance of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth. Nancy shares this news and gives her reaction. Also, the step-siblings of a 5-year-old boy, who was starved and forced to wear a diaper while locked in a "Harry Potter room" under the stairs reveal they sneaked bread to him to keep him alive before finally calling police. Grace's guests include forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, Los Angeles psychoanalyst Dr Bethany Marshall, Seattle lawyer Anne Bremner, former federal prosecutor and child protection advocate Francey Hakes, and Crime Stories reporter Nicole Partin. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Middle school teacher only gets a short prison sentence after her lawyers argue the student she was having sex with was a “willing participant”. A federal judge dismisses a defamation lawsuit brought by businessman Aleksej Gubarev against Buzzfeed News. New York City Medical Examiner finds no evidence of foul play after mom is found dead in the trash chute of her luxury apartment building. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A U.S. Army special forces officer faces a military trial for murder after he admitted that he killed a Taliban bombmaker in Afghanistan after he concluded the man had made a bomb that killed two marines who served with him. Nancy Grace discusses the case against Major Matt Golsteyn with California lawyer & former US Air Force JAG officer Andrew Cherkasky, private investigator Vincent Hill, who served in the U.S. Army as a counter intelligence specialist, Atlanta criminal defense lawyer & former prosecutor Holly Hughes, psychologist & lawyer Dr. Brian Russell -- host of Investigation Discovery's "Fatal Vows" series, and Crime Stories producer Alan Duke. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Killer dad Chris Watts' mistress Nichol Kessinger reportedly enters witness protection after receiving death threats. Jonathon Zicarelli tells police he drowned his six-month-old baby in an icy pond. A Washington judge delays sentencing of General Michael Flynn. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The investigation into what happened to missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth is intensifying with new information about her fiance's movements, although Patrick Frazee has not been named a suspect in the case. Nancy Grace looks at the latest with a panel including Holly Hughes, Atlanta criminal defense lawyer & former prosecutor Holly Hughes, psychologist & lawyer Dr. Brian Russell -- host of Investigation Discovery's "Fatal Vows" series, private investigator Vincent Hill,-- author of "Playbook to a Murder," and CrimeOnline reporter Ellen Killoran. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brad Clement pleads guilty to hiding Army vet's body. Lawyer says DNA evidence will prove Steven Avery's innocence. Mom starves 5 year old almost to death. She gets lengthy jail sentence. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When police first found Mike Williams' clothes in a Florida lake, they speculated he had been eaten by alligators, but a deadly plot involving a cheating wife and a $1.75 million insurance policy eventually floated to the top of their suspicions. Nancy Grace explores Denise Williams' murder conspiracy with experts including Atlanta juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott, forensics expert Karen Smith,forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, and Crime Stories reporter John Lemley. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Investigators made a public appeal for the fiance' of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth to sit down for a police interview, although they are not calling Patrick Frazee a suspect. The FBI helped Woodland Park, Colorado, police scour Frazee's 35-area ranch for any clues in the 29-year-old's disappearance. Nancy Grace explores the evidence with Atlanta juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott, private investigator Vincent Hill, New York psychologist Caryn Stark, and CrimeOnline reporter Ellen Killoran. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A California mom kills baby and tries to dissolve body in bleach. Female Russian spy now cooperating with authorities. Would-be burglar gets stuck in restaurant grease vent. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The investigation into the disappearance of missing Kelsey Berreth moved to her fiance Patrick Frazee's Florissant, Colorado, home Friday, where the 29-year-old mom dropped off her baby before vanishing. Detectives searched for the home for clues and Frazee's lawyer insists the fiance is cooperating with them. Nancy Grace looks at the case with experts including Atlanta juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott, forensics expert Karen Smith, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, and CrimeOnline.com reporter Ellen Killoran. Grace also continues digging into the evidence that helped investigators conclude that Colorado dad Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and their two young daughters. Her panel includes forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, North Carolina family & divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy, New York Psychologist Caryn Stark, and RadarOnline.com Alexis Tereszcuk. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Kesse's family sues Orlando Police Department for access to police files in the missing girl's case. Cheating fisherman sentenced for tossing wife's anchored body into Lake Erie. Michael Cohen gets 3 years. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy Grace's website CrimeOnline.com obtained more revealing documents and recordings from the investigation of Colorado killer dad Chris Watts. Grace discusses the revelations with forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan -- author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," North Carolina family & divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy, New York psychologist Caryn Stark, RadarOnline.com Alexis Tereszcuk, and CrimeOnline reporter Ellen Killoran. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nuns swipe HALF A MILL to gamble, travel. Wandering, barefoot little boy alerts woman to call police to Huntsville double slaying scene. Family of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger plans wrongful death suit Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Convicted wife killer Scott Peterson is asking an appeals court to set him free because of mistakes he argues were made by his trial lawyer Mark Geragos. Nancy Grace updates the Laci Peterson murder case with experts including Cold Case Research Institute director Sheryl McCollum, Atlanta juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott, New York psychologist Caryn Stark, RadarOnline.com reporter Alexis Tereszcuk, and Crime Stories reporter Robyn Walensky. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High school football player arrested after pregnant cheerleader’s body found in dumpster. New report details the painstaking process of retrieving Chris Watts' two daughters from enormous oil drums. Sonic Drive-In staff stashes ecstasy pill in kid’s meal served to 4-year-old boy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy Grace wants to know why a former Ohio judge who served just 9 months behind bars for beating his then-wife in 2014 only to allegedly stab her to death last month. Lance Mason, 51, allegedly crashing his SUV into a police cruiser after killing Aisha Fraser, an elementary school teacher. Court documents stated that Mason was fleeing the murder scene when the crash occurred. Nancy's experts in this episode are forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan -- author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," North Carolina family and divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy, psychologist and lawyer Dr. Brian Russell -- host of Investigation Discovery's "Fatal Vows" series, and Crime Stories reporter Larry Meagher. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mom drowns twin babies in hotel bathroom. Former roommate claims Casey Anthony lied about Caylee’s disappearance Comey: FBI probe into election meddling initially focused on 4 individuals. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The man charged with kidnapping Hania Aguilar from her Lumberton, North Carolina, home, raping the 13-year-old girl and leaving her body in a pond a few mile away was arrested while he was already in jail for an attempted carjacking. Nancy Grace looks at the case against 34-year-old Michael Ray McLellan. Her expert panel includes Joseph Scott Morgan, forensics expert, Kathleen Murphy, a North Carolina family and divorce lawyer, Dr. Brian Russell, a psychologist and lawyer, and reporter Robyn Walensky. Nancy is also joined by Atlanta juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott and reporter John Lemley to discuss the murder of a woman who was stabbed by a panhandler who she gave $10 on a Baltimore street. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prosecutors seek death penalty for border agent who allegedly said he killed 4 sex workers to ‘clean up the streets. Teacher arrested for forcibly cutting child's hair. Killer dad Chris Watts may have faked calls to hospitals, pretending to look for missing pregnant wife and two little girls. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Colorado killer dad Chris Watts heads to a Wisconsin prison where he will spend the rest of his life, new details emerge about his extramarital affairs and how he murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters. Nancy Grace explores the latest with a panel of experts of experts, including psychologist & lawyer Dr. Brian Russell, Atlanta juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott, Cold Case Research Institute director Sheryl McCollum, CrimeOnline.com reporter Ellen Killoran, and RadarOnline.com reporter Alexis Tereszcuk. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. tourist found stabbed to death in Costa Rica. Florida dad allegedly throws his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge after hearing voices. Washington DC, experts expect new revelations after Special Counsel Mueller recommends little to no jail time for Michael Flynn. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newly-developed DNA technology has helped solve two Mississippi murders that were unsolvable for nearly three decades. Investigators had few leads in the Labor Day murders of two elderly women in Starkville, Mississippi. But now Michael DeVaughn, 51, is jailed on capital murder and sexual battery charges in connection with the 1990 murders of Betty Jones, 65, and Katherine Crigler, 81. Nancy Grace looks at the case with experts including Dr. Michelle Dupre, a South Carolina medical examiner, North Carolina family lawyer Kathleen Murphy, DNA expert George Schiro, and reporter Robyn Walensky. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seven NY hospitals charge sexual assault victims for their rape kits. Mom admits she helped hide her murdered son's body in concrete. Woman arrested for trying to kidnap new born. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Brittany Borgess, 30, drove to work one morning in 2016, she forgot about the 4-year-old girl who was strapped into a child seat in her car. Samaria Moytka, the daughter of her boyfriend, died a terrible death that day from the intense heat that built up over six hours inside the parked car. Borgess was tried and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Her only legal punishment was a $25 fine for a lesser offense. Nancy Grace talks with the Pennsylvania woman's father, Vic Borgess, who insists his daughter is being unfairly portrayed and attacked on social media. Nancy's experts include human behavior expert Susan Constantine, private investigator Vincent Hill, Atlanta lawyer & juvenile judge Ashley Willcott &reporter Leigh Egan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good Samaritan stops to help mom and baby, gets stabbed to death. Officials trying to confirm man's claims that he's killed more than 90 people. The House of Horrors children will testify against the parents if case goes to trial. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chelsea Cook, a health teacher at a Salt Lake City high school, allegedly fatally shot her ex-husband's girlfriend while visiting her children to deliver cough medicine. The girlfriend was reportedly helping the kids decorate their father's Christmas tree when the attack happened in the apartment. Nancy Grace looks at the shocking case with former detective Steven Lampley, North Carolina family & divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy, New York psychologist Caryn Stark, and Crime Stories reporter Nicole Partin. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saudi Arabia denied Crown Prince knew about murder of journalist. Nanny suffocates infant and hangs up on doctor dad trying to give life saving instructions. Parent of Abby Connor files lawsuit after daughter dies from poisoned drink. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The police interrogation recordings of the Colorado dad who murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters -- while courting a mistress -- are now public, along with the detectives interview of the girlfriend. Nancy Grace takes a long look at the lies of Chris Watts in this extended Crime Stories episode. She is join by deception & body language expert Susan Constantine, private investigator Vincent Hill -- author of "Playbook to a Murder," Atlanta juvenile judge & lawyer Ashley Willcott, and CrimeOnline.com reporter Ellen Killoran. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

O.J. Simpson had ‘at least one accomplice’ in murder of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, ex-manager claims. Daycare employee suffocates baby girl because she wouldn’t take a nap. Drunk wedding photographer has sex with guest, pees on tree—then threatens to kill arresting officers’ kids. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The brother of a businessman found shot to death at his New Jersey mansion has been charged with four murders, including the deaths of his sister-in-law, niece and nephew. Paul Caneiro, 51, is also charged with setting fire to his and his brother's home. Nancy Grace explores the case with forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan -- author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," North Carolina family and divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy, and Crime Stories reporter Robyn Walensky. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah teacher kills her ex-husband's new girlfriend in front of their children. Unheard of deal for billionaire Jeffrey Epstein on sex-trafficking minors charges. Former Virginia Tech student gets 40 years in prison for planning and covering up grisly murder of 13-year-old girl. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The search for 13-year-old Hania Aguilar, kidnapped from outside of her Lumberton, North Carolina, home, on the morning of November 5, ended with the discovery of her murdered body in a body of water 10 miles away. Nancy Grace updates the case with a panel of experts including Dr. Michelle Dupre, a South Carolina medical examiner and author of "Homicide Investigation Field Guide," former detective Steven Lampley, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan -- author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," North Carolina family and divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy, New York psychologist Caryn Stark, and Crime Stories reporter Robyn Walensky. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Body found in the Hania Aquilar search. Accuses Russian spy says solitary confinement deprived her of human contact. Chris Watts sent his wife disturbing texts before he killed her. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four years after Casey Kasem died at 82, his widow and oldest children accuse each other of killing the iconic DJ. Jean Kasem convinced a Washington State police chief -- in the town where Kasem died -- to open a homicide investigation targeting her stepchildren. The daughters point the finger at their stepmother, accusing her. Jean Kasem talks to Nancy Grace about her claims, along with a panel of experts including psycho analyst Dr Bethany Marshall, defense lawyer Troy Slaten, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, family & divorce lawyer Kathleen Murphy, and Crime Stories producer Alan Duke. Grace also updates the case of North Carolina teen Hania Aguila. The FBI believes a body found about 10 miles from the home where she was kidnapped is the 13-year-old. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.