GhastLeigh
Sinister murders, ominous abductions, and ghastly crimes will leave your jaw dropping and goosebumps popping. Join Leigh and Devin every other Thursday on GhastLeigh for a menacing true crime story; it's always spooky season here!
Episodes
Mickey Hughes inflicts many forms of horrific abuse upon his wife, Francine, and their 4 children in the 1960-70s. After 13 years of ferocious battering, their relationship finally bursts into flames. Francine's case sparks a movement across the US, resulting in amended laws and improved resources to support victims of domestic violence.
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MMA fighter Jon Koppenhaver and adult film star Christy Mack enter a fiery, passionate relationship after meeting on the set of a Hustler magazine shoot. Young Christy is already wrapped around Jon's finger when she learns that, behind his façade, he is capable of heinous, deadly domestic abuse.
*Trigger warning for assault.
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A close-knit family of 4 is abducted from their Montana motel room at gunpoint the night before their cross-country road trip. The horrors that occur over the following 48 hours result in a traumatized survivor and a death penalty case.
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Scott and Yarmila Falater are highschool sweethearts and a loving married couple of 20 years. They have a flourishing marriage with 2 happy children in Phoenix, Arizona. That is, until the neighbor watches as a man drowns Yarmila in her own backyard pool.
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Stunning, ambitious Laura Black catches the attention of an older co-worker, Richard Farley. When she politely turns down his request for a date, his pursuit becomes increasingly relentless and escalates to obsessive stalking. Years of rejection fester under the surface, and Richard finally erupts into a brutal rampage.
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Wealthy, adventurous American couple, Mac and Muff Graham, take a 6 month sabbatical to an isolated Pacific island, hoping to frolic in paradise by themselves. But they're not alone on this island and vanish a few weeks after arriving. 7 years later, dismembered human remains wash ashore in a metal WWII container.
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Pennsylvania police receive a 911 call reporting a strange man exiting the bank with a bag of money and what appears to be a bomb collar locked around his neck. Minutes later, news channels film a hole being blown through this man's chest on live TV. The convoluted details that police uncover about the death of Bryan Wells are nothing short of demented.
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This story has it all: Assault rifles, Taylor Swift, & Waffle House. When many hungry Nashvillians pack inside Waffle House to enjoy a scrumptious, greasy 3am meal, the last thing the diners expect to see is a crazed man entering the premises holding a deadly weapon. The ruthless attack launches police into a manhunt for this maniacal killer and leaves the city devastated.
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4 years after divorcing each other, Micki Kanesaki and Lonnie Kocontes decide to rekindle their relationship by booking a Mediterranean cruise together. 6 days into the cruise, Micki's lifeless body is found floating off the shore of a coastal Italian city, and US authorities are left to ascertain how Micki died from thousands of miles away.
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At 3 years old, twins June and Jennifer initiate a lifetime of creepy behaviors. They create their own language to communicate exclusively with each other and span decades without speaking to another human. The girls obsessively mirror their behaviors, even inhaling and exhaling simultaneously. Eventually, a mysterious death leaves us with more questions than answers.
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Five females completely vanish from Rockhampton, Australia between 1998-1999, and police identify a heinous man with an abominable background as the culprit. His homicide trial skyrockets to international headlines due to a shocking guest appearance.
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Police find 36-year-old Lacey Fletcher rotted to death in her parents' home, after being couch-ridden and neglected for over a decade. Brace yourselves for a graphic story that will make your skin crawl.
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During the 11pm shift change at a police station, a mysterious person opens fire on two law enforcement officers from the dark, distant tree line. Corporal Bryon Dickson II is killed, and Trooper Alex Douglass is left critically wounded. This lands the cruel murderer a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted list, and the longest manhunt in Pennsylvania history ensues through 300 square miles of the Pocono Mountain wilderness.
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...Multi-millionaire ophthalmologist Mark Sawusch leads a successful life but severely struggles with mental illness in his fifties. He unexpectedly befriends a lively, adventurous couple at an ice cream shop who eventually infiltrates and destroys his life under the guise of being his best friends.
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Gerri Moss arrives home on a Thursday night in 1998 excited for dinner with her husband and 2 kids. But upon entering the house, her world is shattered when she discovers her entire family murdered and riddled with gunshot wounds. Police act swiftly to catch the monster responsible for this, and it thankfully doesn't take long for justice to be served.
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Fun-loving, disco queen Cheryl Thompson is ecstatic to go dancing with her boyfriend, but she completely vanishes on her way to the disco. Her battered body is discovered on a riverbank 2 weeks later. Over 3 decades elapse before her freezing cold case finally gains fiery hot momentum.
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Mediocre computer programmer Louis Hastings develops a hatred toward the Alaskan Pipeline and the risk it poses to wildlife in the 1980s. Louis moves to a remote Alaskan town with 22 residents, and these neighbors are blissfully unaware of his delusional scheme to dismantle the pipeline and the irreparable collateral damage his plan will inflict.
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Beautiful Amy Hoffman and Deirdre O'Brian are both abducted directly from the driver seat of their cars and stabbed to death in another location. Their cases share a nearly identical M.O., leading police to suspect a serial killer is on the loose. Thankfully, it doesn't take long for the killer to snitch on himself in the dumbest way.
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Elaine O'Hara is a hard-working, loving woman with 2 jobs, enrolled in school, and a frequent volunteer. She also dabbles in BDSM with strangers she meets online. Here, she encounters Architect72 and tragically allows the man to hold her life (and death) in his malicious hands.
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Seven healthy people die suddenly and unexpectedly around Chicago, Illinois on September 29, 1982. Investigators develop an inkling that these are poison-induced fatalities, and chaos ensues as they dig deeper into the common household item behind these confusing, mysterious deaths.
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