One For The Road

The home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey gained national attention in 2014 when a family moved in and began receiving a series of threatening letters from an unknown person who referred to themselves as "The Watcher". The letters claimed that the sender had been watching the home for decades and was angry that the new family had made changes to the property. The letters were creepy and unsettling, with the sender claiming...

Here is Part II of the wrongful conviction of Carlos Deluna that led to an innocent life lost. The supposed "phantom", i.e. Carlos Hernandez was known around town as a dangerous man and was feared by his peers. Did the police and prosecutors know about this so called "phantom" but hid it under the rug just to convict someone of the horrific murder of Wanda Lopez? Listen to this week's episode to find out!

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Carlos Deluna was convicted of murdering 26-year-old, single mother, Wanda Lopez. He swore he was innocent, and that Carlos Hernandez was the true murderer. This so-called "phantom" was nowhere to be found. 14 years after Carlos was put to death by lethal injection, an investigation was published by Columbia Human Rights Law Review and suggested Carlos was telling the truth. Hernandez was a similar looking man who had done similar ...

The Easter Sunday Massacre occurred on Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975, when James Urban Ruppert fatally shot eleven of his own family members in his mother's house at 635 Minor Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio. Ruppert was tried and found guilty on two counts of aggravated murder, but not guilty on the other nine counts by reason of insanity.

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The 1975 Easter massacre: Uncle Jimmy Ruppert kills his family - New York Daily News (nyd...

As they both live unhappy with the lives that they had, Linda Bury and Joshua Mebane didn’t expect their young love to turn deadly. The young couple were willing to do anything to prevent them from returning home and separating. After shooting a Washinton D.C. cab driver for quick cash, their plan didn’t turn out as they had hoped. But what other murderous secrets were hiding from their past? Listen to find out!

Omaima Nelson is an Egyptian American, convicted of killing her husband Bill Nelson in 1991. 

10-year-old Natascha Kampusch was allowed to walk alone to school for the first time. Then she disappeared without a trace. It was the beginning of an ordeal that would last 8 painful years.

Two days before Christmas in 1927, a group of four bandits — with a delusional leader insisting to dress as Santa Claus — tried to rob the bank in Cisco, but the heist didn't go as smoothly as they had planned. Give a listen to this ludicrous crime.

30 years after the horrific murders of Eliza Thomas, Amy Aryes, Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, the case remains unsolved. On December 6th, 1991, a couple who left the "I Can't Believe It's Yogurt" shop before 11 PM, reported seeing two strange men sitting at a table suspiciously. A group of men were indicted, tried, and found guilty of the murders. But after taking a closer look at what went on during their interrogation, they were l...

Patty Vaughan, mother-of-three, vanished Christmas day, 1996. After having a heated argument with her estranged husband, Patty walked out and never returned. When her 1991 blue Dodge caravan was found on the side of the road with blood inside and a flat tire. Even though Patty's husband had her legally declared deceased, her case still remains alive.

After 20 long years, the question still stands.. who killed Jonbenét? I go over all of the suspects in the case to let you decide who the killer is. 

In 1996, Patsy Ramsey woke up the day after Christmas to see a ransom note at the bottom of her stairs asking for a large sum of money if they wanted to see their daughter alive. 7 hours later, Patsy’s husband, John, would find their 6-year-old daughter in their basement strangled to death. One certain police investigator blamed an intruder for the crime, but most other police officers and the general public would be suspicious of ...

Aziz Yazdanpanah will be added to the list of bad Santa's who kill. He dressed up as Santa and gunned down his family on Christmas day after hitting his breaking point. 

Starting off 12 days of crime with a big one. This case will make you dread Santa coming to town. Lock your doors and clog your chimneys. Bruce Pardo committed one of the most tragic massacres, but thankfully this story has an ending to help you sleep at night.

Leonarda Ciancciulli was one of Italy's most notorious serial killers and quite an advanced one for her time. She would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for one eye-witness. Take me along for the ride and listen to one of the most bizarre murders of the 1900's.