The Secret Diary

How do you know when that bump in the night is something warranting concern? For Yoko Willette, she would discover that her fear regarding a loud banging noise in her home in the middle of the night was justified when she made a horrifying discovery inside her son’s room the next ...  Show more

In March 2023, Florida father Colby Vinson was finally reunited with his daughter after nearly a year apart. What should have been a simple, joyful evening ended in the driveway of his own home, when someone stepped from the shadows with a gun. Behind the ambush lay a chilling st ...  Show more

***This episode was originally published in November 2021***When killer Joe O’Reilly bludgeoned his wife Rachel to death at their home in the Naul, Co Dublin, in October 2004 he thought he’d get away with murder.But years after he was convicted to a life sentence for his horrific ...  Show more

As TV producer Leah Rothman sets out to reinvestigate the horrific murder of 35 year-old JoAnn Tate and the savage attack on her two young daughters, she travels back to where it all took place: St. Louis, Missouri. Melissa, who barely survived that night, shares the moment-by-mo ...  Show more

A Washington doctor is charged with attempted kidnapping after police say he reached out to “hitmen” on the dark web. Investigators got a tip about a scheme to kidnap Dr. Ronald Craig Ilg’s wife. A woman who received the tip-off told investigators that Ilg wanted someone to ki ...

This week on True Crime Daily the Podcast: Anthony Todt, a Connecticut man who confessed to killing his wife, three children and the family dog in Florida, told his sister a different story in a newly released jail phone call. Plus, a man in California claimed his girlfriend died ...  Show more