Going West: True Crime

In June of 2021, a 24-year-old Geologist headed out to a job site in Arizona, only to vanish shortly after arriving. His co-workers story changed multiple times, but without evidence of a crime, his family set in to action their own search - confident something was wrong. And just weeks later, his car was found in a suspicious crash, but he was nowhere to be found.

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In June of 2019, a 19-year-old woman disappeared after leaving her home in Anchorage, Alaska with a few friends. But when she didn’t return, investigators began unraveling an unfathomable plot involving betrayal, manipulation, assault, and a group of friends concealing secrets from each other, including their true identities. What started as a missing persons case would quickly become one of Alaska’s most shocking recen...

In June of 1996, a 30-year-old woman in Delaware politics disappeared after a mysterious dinner in Philadelphia. But when loved ones found a secret diary in her apartment, police began to uncover a murder mystery that was plagued by secret affairs, scandalous cover ups, and jealous manipulation fueled by control and power. This is the murder of Anne Marie Fahey.  

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 In May of 2008, an 18-year-old man vanished without a trace near his Colorado home. For years, his disappearance remained a mystery, until a grim discovery inside an abandoned cabin nearby changed everything. After his body was found under heavily suspicious circumstances, lodged upside down and inside a chimney, there were rumors of foul play, hushed accusations involving a violent local man, and questions that investigators...

In June of 2023, a 20-year-old Tennessee woman vanished after leaving a hotel, looking disoriented, headed towards a walking path by a major highway. As detectives attempt to untangle a web of toxic relationships, rumors, and conflicting accounts, her devastated family is left wondering who’s telling the truth and who isn’t. This is the disappearance of Layla Santanello.

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On a summer night in June of 1995, a young Arkansas girl was catching fireflies with a few friends when she vanished suddenly. Her friends reported seeing a mysterious man in a pickup nearby just moments before she disappeared, a tip which launched one of the largest searches in the state’s history. And eventually, a suspect with a disturbing history emerged in her case… This is the story of Morgan Nick.

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In May of 2006, a 32-year-old writer in Baltimore rushed out of his home suddenly after receiving a mysterious phone call, and never returned. Six days later, his car was found abandoned, and two days after that, his body was discovered under baffling circumstances at a historic downtown hotel. This is the story of Rey Rivera.

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In 2010, a 30-year-old Vegas showgirl was preparing for the final rehearsal of her first major production on the Strip when she vanished without a trace. Police reviewed surveillance footage and spotted her getting into her car and driving away, never to be seen again. But soon, tips would come in from terrified locals, some claiming she had an unknown stalker, and others bringing forth one particular suspect. This is the murder of...

In May of 2020, a 52-year-old woman headed around Westerville, Ohio to celebrate her birthday. The next morning, her husband says he awoke to find her missing, with no sign of her anywhere. When her remains were eventually found at a honeysuckle tree in the woods she loved to forage in, investigators were sent on a confounding journey to figure out what had happened to her. This is the story of Emily Noble.

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In June of 1992, three women vanished without a trace from a quiet home in Springfield, Missouri. Suzie Streeter, her friend Stacy McCall, and Suzie’s mother, Sherrill Levitt, had returned home after a graduation celebration, never to be seen again. Their purses were left behind, the house showed no signs of struggle, and a cryptic, unsettling message on the answering machine was erased before police could hear it. What shoul...

In May of 2019, a 15-year-old girl vanished from her West Virginia home one night after sending a string of chilling text messages to her boyfriend. With the name of a potential culprit in one of the texts, investigators knew exactly where to begin looking. But what they would find would be more disturbing than her shocked family could have imagined. This is the murder of Riley Crossman.

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In May of 1996, a 19-year-old college freshman vanished from her San Luis Obispo university in the middle of the night. When she never returned to her dorm room, what began as a missing-person case quickly gripped California and sparked decades of questions, rumors, and nationwide attention. With recent arrests in the case, investigators would uncover a slew of evidence: from stained soil to horrific video footage taken by the main...

In April of 2023, a missing Minnesota woman was last spotted on surveillance footage being forced back into her apartment building after trying to flee. And afterwards, she was never seen again. With suspicious texts, a disturbing storage facility find, and a foul odor coming from a different apartment, one particular person quickly emerged as a frontrunner among the pool of suspects, and it turned out that this woman hadn’t ...

In April of 2026, an arrest was made in the disturbing, unfolding murder case of a 14-year-old girl who had been found in the trunk of a Tesla last September in Los Angeles. And since that arrest was made, countless horrific details have been released by prosecutors as they make their case to prove that she was intentionally killed, and by one particular person. This is the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, and the case against Da...

In May of 1968, an 18-year-old college student's body was found brutally murdered in some bushes on the camps of her Wisconsin college. She had eaten breakfast and gotten ready for church that morning, never making it off campus before she was attacked. But this sudden and disturbing discovery led to a shocking twist: that a middle-aged medical resident who was obsessed with her may have been behind it… This is the murder of...

In March of 2023, a 26-year-old woman was seen on surveillance at a convenience store in the small town of Reddick, Florida, before accepting a ride from two men she referred to as “cowboys.” Later that night, she left a nearby home with one of these men, and was never seen again. Since that early morning, Sara has been missing. But shockingly, alongside the man she was last seen with, someone completely uninvolved with...

In May of 2011, a boy and his mom headed out on what seemed like a spontaneous vacation; making stops at attractions across the Midwest. But the trip would take a dark and heartbreaking turn when, a few days later, his mother was found dead in a hotel room, but her son was missing. And eerily, laid near her body was a note claiming he would never be found. With mysterious gaps of time, strange shopPitzenrips, and surveillance foota...

In May of 1991, a 34-year-old woman was found dead inside her car after it appeared to have veered into a ditch in her small Texas town. But investigators quickly zeroed in on a person of interest, believing she was murdered. With an arrest lagging and her family wondering if police corruption was involved, her dad put up multiple pointed billboards that would go on to inspire an Oscar-winning movie.  This is the murder of Kat...

In 1993, a Pennsylvania teacher began receiving threatening and incriminating letters, which she believed were coming from another teacher at her elementary school. As the letters became more violent and personal, investigators began to unravel a chilling and confusing story that was nothing like it initially seemed. This is the strange stalking case of JoAnne Chambers.

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