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On June 6th, 1996, Darlie Routier’s throat and arms were slashed. Her two oldest sons, 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon, were brutally stabbed to death in their suburban Texas home. By the time the police and paramedics arrived, Devon was already dead. They tried to save Damon, but he died in the ambulance on the way to […] The post A Mom on Death Row: The Murders of Damon & Devon Routier appeared first on Tiegrabber.

After nearly four decades behind bars, an Arizona man who long maintained that his ex-wife had framed him for a double murder left prison as a free man. With the help of the Arizona Justice Project, Bill Macumber gained national attention as a man wrongly convicted. It was less than one year after his release […] The post Justice Revisited: The Bill Macumber Story appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The Friedli family home in Pinyon Pines, California was burned to the ground in 2006. This was no accident. Inside, investigators found the charred remains of Vicki Friedli and her boyfriend, Jon Hayward. Out front, posed grotesquely in a wheelbarrow, were the remains of 18 year old Becky Friedli. She, too, was burned beyond recognition. […] The post Cruel Intentions: The Murders at Pinyon Pines appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On a cold evening in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two professors had been brutally murdered in their own home. Investigators searched in vain for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. The residents of Hanover, New Hampshire, speculated about who could have been […] The post Without Motive: The Dartmouth College Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Etan Patz was just 6 years old when he disappeared from his Manhattan neighborhood in 1979. His disappearance helped in the establishment of new legislation and new methods for tracking missing children. He was the first child to be pictured on milk cartons. In 2010, Etan’s case was reopened. The case was tried in 2015, ending […] The post Innocence Lost: The Abduction of Etan Patz appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Greg Williams was a divorced father and wealthy businessman when he met and married Michele. Known to her own family as a promiscuous and dishonest person with a habit of destroying her relationships, she was the primary suspect when Greg was found dead in their bed. But Michele would turn out to be her own […] The post Domestic Deceit: The Twisted Mind of Michele Williams appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Eric and Ann Miller were two attractive, intelligent, successful people who met at Purdue University and married in 1993. In December, 2000, Eric died of arsenic poisoning. Over the next 4 years, investigators would find out that Ann wasn’t who she seemed. To the astonishment of everyone who knew the couple, Eric was murdered through a viscous […] The post Pretty Poison: The Murder of Eric Miller appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On May 1, 1990, Pamela Smart came home from a work meeting to find her condominium ransacked and her husband, Gregg, dead and bleeding on the floor. Police initially said that the crime scene looked like an interrupted burglary. Later, it was determined that Pamela Smart seduced 15-year-old Billy Flynn and threatened to stop having sex with him unless he […] The post Deadly Lessons: The Murder of Gregg Smart appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On February 4, 2013, when Kelsie Schelling was 21 years old, she went to Pueblo to meet her boyfriend and was never heard from again. Kelsie had just learned she was pregnant with her boyfriend Donthe Lucus’ child the day before. On February 4th, Donthe lured her to his hometown of Pueblo, telling her he had […] The post Expectations: What Happened to Kelsie Schelling? appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Six-year-old Timmothy lived with his parents, James Pitzen and Amy Fry-Pitzen, in Aurora, Illinois at the time of his disappearance. He is their only child. Without telling anyone of her plans, Amy removed Timmothy from his kindergarten class at Greenman Elementary School on the morning of May 11, 2011. After checking him out of school, […] The post Away from Home: Where Is Timmothy Pitzen? appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Drew Peterson is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, who has been missing since 2007. Stacy’s disappearance led police to reopen the Kathleen Savio case. On September 6, 2012, Drew Peterson was found guilty of the premeditated murder of Kathleen Savio, his third wife. Jurors admitted that the most compelling […] The post Above the Law: The Wives of Drew Peterson appeared first on Tiegrabber.

In 1989, Carol and Charles Stuart were expecting their first child. After a childbirth education class at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, the couple was driving home when, according to Charles Stuart, a black gunman with a raspy voice forced his way into their car, robbed them and shot Charles in the stomach and […] The post Deadly Greed: The Murders of Carol and Christopher Stuart appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Laci Peterson was the subject of a highly publicized murder case after she went missing while eight months pregnant with her first child. She was reportedly last seen alive on December 24, 2002. Her husband, Scott Peterson, was later convicted of murder in the first degree for her death, and in the second degree for […] The post A Most Selfish Act: The Murders of Laci and Conner Peterson appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Gone Girl is a psychological thriller, released in 2014, which invited critical acclaim, feminist disfavor, and widespread public interest. Based on the book of the same name by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is the story of Amy Dunne, a wife who goes missing under suspicious circumstances, her guilty-appearing husband, and the modern media. Twists and […] The post Gone Girl: Untrue Crime Movie appeared first on Tiegrabber.

At the age of 7, Kyron Horman went missing from his elementary school. He was reported absent from his first class, but it wasn’t until after school that anyone realized he was gone. This is a strange and complicated case that turned family members against each other and revealed dark secrets. Kyron has not been […] The post Marked Absent: The Abduction of Kyron Horman appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Unfaithful was released in theaters in 2002 with moderate success. But it was on cable TV and in it’s DVD release that this tense, erotic tale of lust, love and murder became a modern classic. Starring Diane Lane, Richard Gere, and Olivier Martinez, there is no shortage of great looking people. More importantly, though, is […] The post Unfaithful: Untrue Crime Movie appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Erica Lynn Parsons was reported missing July 30, 2013 by her adoptive brother. She hadn’t been seen since 2011. It would be revealed that Erica was not in the family home for 20 months before police were notified. Her mother told authorities that Erica had been staying with her biological grandmother, a women for whom […] The post Yesterday’s Child: Erica Lynn Parsons appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Jill and Dick enter the mind of a lifelong sociopath and the lives of the people who shared his life. The things accomplished by Donnie Rudd were remarkable, but his lack of compassion and empathy, even for the woman who gave up everything for his love, was horrific. Finally charged for one of the 4 […] The post The Devil Inside: The Unraveling of Donnie Rudd appeared first on Tiegrabber.

William Tyrrell, 3 years old, disappeared from his grandmother’s house in Kendall, New South Wales, on September 12, 2014. Days were spent meticulously searching for William in the bush, the neighborhood, and the Kendall State Forest. Finally, police determined that if William had wandered away he would have been found. This was a blatant abduction […] The post Taken: The Abduction of William Tyrrell appeared first on Tiegrabber.

California native Chandra Levy, an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC, went missing in May 2001 and her remains were found a year later in local Rock Creek Park. Soon after her disappearance, her case gained national attention when Levy’s family claimed she’d had a relationship with married California congressman Gary […] The post The End of the Affair: The Disappearance of Chandra Levy appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Deorr Kunz Jr., 2 years old at the time, was reported missing by his parents on July 10, 2015. The toddler’s parents, Jessica Mitchell and DeOrr Kunz, Sr., told authorities they believed DeOrr’s great-grandfather was watching him at the Timber Creek Campgrounds outside remote Leadore, Idaho, while his great-grandfather believed the boy was down by […] The post Little Boy Lost: The Disappearance of Deorr Kunz appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On May 6, 2013, Tim Bosma left his wife and young child to take two men on a test drive in his truck. He never returned. Days later, his charred remains were found in a livestock incinerator. Who would do this to this friendly, hard-working young father? What was the motive? Was it a car-jacking […] The post Thrill Kill: The Senseless Murder of Tim Bosma appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The search has intensified for a missing Kentucky mother of five, who was last seen alive on July 3rd 2015 by her live-in boyfriend. Crystal Rogers, 35, was last seen playing games on her phone on the night of July 3, claims boyfriend Brooks Houck, who said the mother to his 2-year-old son was not […] The post For the Love of Crystal: The Search for Crystal Rogers appeared first on Tiegrabber.

11-year old Celina Cass was reported missing from her home in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire on July 26, 2011. Her body was found, wrapped in a blanket, six days later in the river about a half-mile from her home. Her former stepfather, 52 year old Wendell Noyes, was arrested on June 20th of this year […] The post Justice for Celina: The Short Life and Tragic Death of Celina Cass appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The mysterious case of Lauren Spierer has haunted detectives in the charming college town of Bloomington, Indiana, since June 2011, when the Indiana University sophomore disappeared after a night of partying. Despite sustained national media attention and a steady flow of tips, the investigation has yet to result in a single arrest or any evidence […] The post Looking for Lauren: The Haunting Disappearance of College Student Lauren Spierer appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Dan Broderick was one of California’s most successful attorneys. His wife, Betty, was a beautiful socialite and mother of four. But when Betty discovered Dan’s hidden life, the façade of their marriage was shattered. What followed was a five-year battle that ended in a double-murder. Dan was a Harvard Law School graduate who, according to […] The post Hell Hath No Fury… The Betty Broderick Story appeared first on Tiegrabber.

After Susan Powell’s disappearance in 2009, investigators’ scrutiny extended not only to Josh Powell, but also to his father, Steven. Steven Powell was said to have become romantically obsessed with Susan. Computer images seized from his house in 2009 turned up 4,500 images of Susan Powell taken without her knowledge, including close-ups of specific body […] The post Death by Familiar Hands appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Michele Harris’ empty minivan was found the morning of Sept. 12, 2001, with the keys still in the ignition at the end of her and her husband’s long driveway. Prosecutors say that Calvin Harris killed his 35-year-old wife when she came home the previous night to the secluded estate they still shared with their four […] The post Missing Mom: What Happened to Michele Harris? appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Elisa Lam’s disappearance had been widely reported and interest had increased five days prior to her body’s discovery when the Los Angeles Police Department released a video of the last time she was known to have been seen alive. In the footage, Lam is seen exiting and re-entering the elevator, talking and gesturing in the […] The post Dark Water: Elisa Lam appeared first on Tiegrabber.

What happened to 20 month old Ayla Reynolds? This is the most complex criminal investigation in Maine history. Details from her family and the Maine State Police inquest will be addressed in this fascinating and heart-breaking discussion. Of course, one of Maine’s best beers will be sampled and reviewed: Allagash Curieux The post What Happened to Ayla Reynolds? appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Tammy Kingery, a nurse and doting mother of 3, disappeared from her home on September 20, 2014. She was 37 years old. Her family and the Edgefield County, South Carolina Sheriff’s office are doing all they can to find out what happened to Tammy. In this episode, Jill and Dick discuss all available information on […] The post The Road Not Travelled: The Tammy Kingery Story appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Jill and Dick talk about the case of Maura Murray, a nursing student who disappeared on a New Hampshire road in 2004. There is much speculation about what happened to Maura but there have been no confirmed sightings since her disappearance. Sam Adams Coffee Nitro Stout is the beer of the day! The post The Case of Maura Murray appeared first on Tiegrabber.

At the time of this recording, it is Madeleine McCann’s 13th birthday. Since her disappearance in 2007, there have been investigations, searches, allegations, accusations, theories and rumors about what happened to Madeleine. We will examine this case from all angles and available sources to help understand what could have happened in Portugal in 2007 and […] The post The Madeleine McCann Case appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Michele MacNeill was a beautiful mother of 8 living in Utah with her physician husband, Martin MacNeill. Superficially, she had a life most people would envy. So, when she was found dead in her bathtub 8 days after cosmetic surgery, questions were asked. The secrets that came to the surface astounded even the most jaded […] The post The Death of Michele MacNeill appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The Staircase is a 10 part documentary film about the death of Kathleen Peterson and her husband’s trial for first degree murder. Jill and Dick discuss this true crime in three parts, each with a great beer consumed and reviewed. The post The Staircase Part One appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The Michael Peterson trial takes an unexpected turn when his past in Germany comes back to haunt him. A German beer is in order!   The post The Staircase Part Two appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The conclusion of our three part series on The Staircase. Jill shares The Owl Theory and Dick brings us a North Carolina IPA! The post The Staircase Part Three appeared first on Tiegrabber.