188: The Housewife and the Hustler

Just when we thought the biggest drama around the chess world was reserved for a 1980s British mega-musical about US/Soviet Cold War relations, along comes a bunch of tech bros at Chess.com to steal the crown. Apparently winning at chess online can lead to some big earnings, and ...  Show more

The body of an unidentified young woman was found in the Arizona desert in August 1992. Over thirty years later, the incredible efforts of the forensic genealogists at the DNA Doe Project would identify her as Melody Harrison. But how they pieced together her story traces a puzzl ...  Show more

We continue our analysis of the murders of Brenda Lafferty and her 15 month old daughter Erica as depicted in the Hulu Original series "Under the Banner of Heaven" created by Dustin Lance Black. Jim and Laura discuss Brenda's victimology and how she was betrayed time after tim ...

This episode is our first in a series about an extraordinary case called "Victim F." In March 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn awoke at 3am to a nightmare. Armed men bound and drugged them, then abducted Denise, warning Aaron not to call the police or she wou ...

In July of 1982, the movie Poltergeist was released in theaters and was a runaway success. As one of it's stars, Dominique Dunne's career began to take off. In October of 1982, 22 year old Dominique was beginning to prepare for her next role and was looking forward to her career' ...  Show more

JUST WHEN YOU THINK THIS ONE IS OVER....S**T GOES BANANAS. Jamie Fraley vanished from her North Carolina apartment with no signs of foul play. Then detectives learn that her boyfriend's father had developed an obsession with Jamie while his son was in prison. AND THEN....AND THEN ...  Show more