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CASE DEEP DIVE: The Long Island Serial Killer Case investigation

The case of the Long Island Serial Killer went unsolved for more than a decade. In December 2010 near Gilgo Beach on Ocean Drive, a shocking discovery - the badly decomposed bodies of four women were found, each wrapped in burlap.

Victims: Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello and Maureen Brainard-Barnes would become known as the Gilgo F...

IN DEPTH INTERVIEWS: Murder victim’s wife Kirsten and his brother Adam.

On February 16, 2022 father of four Jared Bridegan had dropped off his older children at his ex wife's home in the Sanctuary neighborhood of Jacksonville Beach Florida. Jared and the kids had gone to dinner for a daddy date night.

Jared called his wife Kirsten to say: "I love you and will be home soon" and started driving home to St. Augu...

NEW INTERVIEW: Murder victim’s daughter Madison McGhee.

On July 11, 2002 John Cornelius McGhee, known as JC McGhee was shot and killed in the doorway of his Ohio home. No arrests have been made in the case and now his daughter Madison McGhee is on a mission to solve the case.

Madison tells host Matt Johnson that she was only 6 years old when the murder happened.

Police called it a home invasion "Gone...

NEW INTERVIEW: FBI Supervisory Crime Analyst Christie Palazzolo.

The FBI calls Samuel Little the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history.
The Killer confessed to 93 murders before his death, and crime analysts believe his confessions are credible. Police have been able to verify more than 60 confessions, with many still pending.

Little says he strangled his victims between 1970 and 2005. Many of his victims’ deaths ...

True Crime DEADLINE returns for Season V with host Matt Johnson in 2023.

Matt is a 2X EMMY award winning journalist who dusts off his reporter notebooks to bring you his first hand account of covering notorious crimes and lesser known cases over his career.

This season covers the Trial of Doomsday Prophet Chad Daybell, The Murder of father Jared Bridegan, the unsolved cases of Serial Killer Samuel Little and the U...

NEW INTERVIEW: With Kerri Rawson, daughter of Dennis Rader known as the BTK Serial Killer.  Which stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill” a nickname he gave himself during a cat-and-mouse game with press and police.

Rader is now the “Prime Suspect” in the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney, a16-year-old cheerleader who was last seen at a laundromat in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

And the murder of 22-year-old Shawna Beth Garber, whose body was dis...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: With a witness to the murder of college student Jody LeCornu.

Plus an interview with her twin sister Jenny Carrieri who is on a mission to solve the cold case murder.

Jody was a student at Towson University in Baltimore Maryland when she was murdered in cold blood on March 2, 1996. Today her identical twin sister Jenny Carrieri is ramping up the investigation to find her sisters killer.

On that...

NEW INTERVIEW: With Doomsday Cult Mom's Cousin Megan Eyden.

Lori Vallow-Daybell was found guilty in the murders of her children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan and in her fifth husbands first wife Tammy Daybell.

Host Matt Johnson was in the courtroom just feet away from Lori during the trial.

This episode explores the case against cult mom, behind the scenes of the trial and dives into Lori's family li...

LOST INTERVIEW: Sister of murdered actress Sharon Tate Speaking Out over fear of Manson Followers being released from prison.

Matt Johnson opens the TRUE CRIME VAULT for his interview with Debra Tate. (Note: It’s an older interview but fascinating with lesser known facts. Including: Tate smuggled herself into the L.A. County jail and looked Charles Manson in the eyes after he was arrested.)

In July 2023, Manson Family Cult ...

NEW DETAILS in the Murder of Tamara Tucker. Her boyfriend Eric Newman has been convicted of killing her during her birthday trip onboard a Carnival Elation cruise ship. 

Years earlier, Robert McGill killed his wife on the Carnival Elation after drinking heavily. He said a  scorpion inside the tequila bottle possessed him to kill.

55 year old McGill was celebrating his birthday with his wife of five years Shirley, and some f...

True Crime DEADLINE returns for Season IV with host Matt Johnson in 2023.

Matt is an EMMY award winning journalist who dusts off his reporter notebooks to bring you his first hand account of covering notorious crimes and lesser known cases over his career.

This season covers the Trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, The Cruise Ship Murders case, Dennis Rader AKA the BTK Serial Killer, Manson Murders and the Unsolved murde...

NEW INTERVIEW with Sherry Ballard, mother of Missing Mother of five Crystal Rogers.

On July 5, 2015, Crystal Rogers was reported missing by her mother, after she had not been seen or heard from since the evening of July 3, 2015. The same day Rogers was reported missing, her car was found abandoned with a flat tire at mile marker 14 on the Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown, Kentucky. Rogers' keys, phone, and purse were st...

EXCLUSIVE - Sister of John Wayne Gacy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history emails host Matt Johnson.

(name) Her emails include MIND BLOWING allegations that her brother didn't act alone when he lured and murdered dozens of young men and boys in the 1970's.

Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys. Recently more John Doe victims have been identified through familial DNA...

SHOCKING NEW DETAILS in the death of newly engaged, mother of two Jen Myers in Wheat Ridge Colorado.

PLUS: INTERVIEW with Jen Myer's mother and aunt.

On March 30, 2018 the mom of two decided to go to a neighborhood bar and day-drink. She posted happy pictures on social media and was dancing at the bar.

Shortly after arriving witnesses say she became extremely intoxicated. A older man at the bar offe...

NEW DEVELOPMENTS in the Murder of Molly Bish.  New DNA samples have been collected in the case from key "Persons of Interest" and some of Molly's belongings have been returned to her sister Heather.

Sister of Molly, Heather Bish sits down with host Matt Johnson for a NEW INTERVIEW to talk about the case, how her family learned of Molly's abduction, missed steps in the initial investigation and what she ...

NEW INTERVIEW with JULIE MURRAY, the sister of missing nursing Student, Maura Murray.  Murray disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Rt. 112 in Haverhill, NH. She was spotted by an elderly couple across the street and she spoke with a Bus Driver who lived on the remote street, after the crash.

When police arrived her car was locked, there were no footprints in the snow and the 21-year-old UMas...

True Crime DEADLINE returns for Season III with host Matt Johnson in February 2022.

Matt is an EMMY award winning journalist who dusts off his reporter notebooks to bring you his first hand account of covering notorious crimes and lesser known cases over his career.

This season kicks off with several exclusive interviews connected to Missing Maura Murray, Crystal Rogers, Molly Bish and letters from the sister of S...

NEW SHOCKING DETAILS: Daughter of the 'San Francisco Witch Killer' Jenn Carson, speaks out about her father and stepmother's murder spree across California.

James Clifford Carson (aka Michael Bear Carson) and Susan Barnes Carson (aka Suzan Bear Carson) are convicted of three murders between 1981 and 1983 in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Carson's are referred to as the 'Witch Killers...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Anita Walters, mother of  Christine Walters who mysteriously disappeared after being found naked on a stranger's doorstep.
Christine Walters is described as a nature lover, animal lover and yogi. She was a junior in college studying Botany and wanted to help rebuild  ecosystems.

Then in the Summer of 2008, Christine decided to visit friends living in Portland Oregon. From there she met new...