KIDNAPPED: Elizabeth Smart

In 1995, a woman checked into Oslo’s Plaza Hotel under a false name, carrying almost nothing and leaving behind no trace of who she really was. Three days later, a gunshot echoed from Room 2805. Inside, she lay dead with no ID, no fingerprints on the weapon, and every clothing la ...  Show more

From 2000 to 2002, women were disappearing across St. Louis and East St. Louis. Their murders barely made headlines. Then, in 2002, an anonymous letter, a printed map, and a set of disturbing clues led investigators to Maury Travis, a serial killer hiding in plain sight. Morgan a ...  Show more

In 2005, Natalee Holloway vanished during her senior trip to Aruba. The last person seen with her? Joran van der Sloot. In this episode, we trace how a privileged, charismatic teenager became the prime suspect in one of true crime’s most haunting disappearances. Killer Minds is a ...  Show more

Nathan Matthews murdered his 16-year-old stepsister Becky Watts—then helped her family search for her. In Part 2, we break down the failed cover-up, the forensic clues that exposed him, and how the truth about one of Britain’s most disturbing family murders finally came to light. ...  Show more

A family was brutally attacked while hiking on Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas, leaving two young girls orphaned. Katie discovers more about the teacher allegedly responsible for taking the lives of Clinton and Cristen Brink. In the second case, she untangles the web of lies s ...  Show more

Before she became one of America’s most infamous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos was a teenage runaway, a survivor of abuse, and a girl the system failed. In Part 1, we trace her early life—from abandonment and trauma to the desperate path that would lead her to murder. Kil ...  Show more