Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

At 21 a former model was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein on a trip to his island, starting a pattern that would last for years. Lisa Phillips, joins Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, to discuss the way women and young girls are manipulated, and what she learned from other survivors.

Lisa hopes more names associated with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell will be released. Lisa has spoken at press conferences alongside other Epstein victims t...

North Carolina’s governor reacts with outrage after video shows a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee being stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail train. A Charlotte police officer who took his own life while on duty is now confirmed to be the first known law enforcement officer diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E. Breaking Bad actor Raymond Cruz arrested and accused of spraying a nosy stranger with a hose...

A mother and father both arrested Friday, August 22 from their Cabazon, California home and booked in the Riverside County jail without bail. Father Jake Haro, 32 and Mother Rebecca Haro, 41, are charged with murder and making a false report in the disappearance of their 7-month-old son Emmanuel Haro. Baby Emmanuel was reported missing Thursday, August 14 around 7:47pm and was last seen wearing a black Nike onesie. 

Jake Haro ...

Before a live audience at Crime Con Denver 2025, Nancy Grace is joined by Gabby Petito's father, Joe, and stepmom, Tara, along with Joseph Scott Morgan, professor of forensics at Jacksonville State University, and Sheryl McCollum, Cold Case Investigative Research Institute founder.

Hear how the Petitos learned of their daughter's death, as well as how they have dealt with the know...

Jury selection is underway in the federal trial of Ryan Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida during the most recent presidential campaign.

In Texas, law enforcement in Cleveland—near Houston—is investigating a fatal shooting at a local bar.

A Washington, D.C. shooting has left another city reeling and prompted renewed focus on public safety.

In Tennessee, a judge has ruled the case against...

A 21-year-old college student and cheerleader from the University of Kentucky is accused of hiding her newborn inside her college apartment closet.

Laken Snelling is arrested after her infant is found dead in a trash bag inside the closet. An autopsy report only deepens the mystery surrounding the infant's death because the results are found to be inconclusive. Snelling posted bab...

Young mom, Sara Ebersole, vanishes without a trace and her family is still searching for answers. On March 31, 2023, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office post a release about Sara’s disappearance. According to the post, Sara was captured on security footage on March 2, 2023, at around 10:00 p.m., in the area of the Circle K gas station located at 17980 N Highway 441 in Reddick, Florida. The release also states Sara willin...

A Special Agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for over 20 years, Ed Newcomer worked in Los Angeles in a variety of international posts before retiring in 2022. During his career, he conducted numerous high-profile international wildlife trafficking investigations involving every continent, including Antarctica, and is known for bringing down some of our planet's most notorious wildlife criminals. He is a recipient of the ...

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Here's some of our top stories this week:

Laken Snelling withdraws from school.

A dad hunts down & shoots his teen daughter's accused rapist in a roadside clash...after the family says he kidnapped her.

A YouTube comment threatening to “shoot up” and “ski...

Dr. Hamid Mirshojae's widow is suing the his ex-wife, who is now accused of planning his murder.  

Mirshoje was ambushed, shot in the parking lot of his medical office. Prosecutors say this murder-for-hire plot was organized and funded by ex-wife, Ahang Mirshojae. And according to a new lawsuit the plotting did not end with the doctor's death.  The lawsuit claims  the ex-wife is plotting to get real estate and o...

Donna Adelson, accused mastermind in the shooting death of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel,    was arrested at Miami International Airport in an alleged attempt to flee to a non-extradition country. Investigators believe Adelson had Markel killed after a failed push by ex-wife Wendi to move their children to  South Florida, closer to her family.

Donna Adelson is the fifth person charged in the murder-for-hire plot ...

1:30 am,  August 23, 2025, surveillance footage shows Dacara Thompson parking her car in Hyattsville. A person who father believes is Dacara is seen walking away from the car, which is facing the wrong way and in is front of a fire hydrant. As she walks away, she uses the key fob to lock the doors as the lights on the car blink.  Dacara appears to be alone, nobody is seen walking with or near her as she walks out of frame...

The so-called "missing minute" from the security camera video of the jail tier where sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein died has been found and made public. This as new New Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell survivors speak out.  The survivors say they are compiling their own list of Epstein's associates, forming their own black book to distribute to the public, even as they call for lawmakers to release more files. On Tuesday...

Kristi and Steve Goncalves were outraged a plea deal was struck with four-time killer Bryan Kohberger.

Kaylee's parents reveal they were kept in the dark about the details of their daughter's brutal murder. 

Steve and Kristi have been openly critical, expressing their disappointment after Kohberger showed no remorse for the brutal killings and avoided the death penalty by ple...