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When the family of a beloved high school teacher is brutally killed, investigators race to make sense of a chaotic crime scene that defies simple explanation. They find themselves asking: was the whole thing staged? And if so, who staged it and why?

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With a new conviction just handed down, ‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell is back in the headlines. In Part 2, we follow her twisted relationship with Chad Daybell, the murders that shocked the world, and the latest breaking news updates on her case. Killer Minds is a Crime Hous ...  Show more

You know their names: the Unabomber and Son of Sam. Two of the most recognizable killers in history, both using the press to amplify fear. In 1995, Ted Kaczynski’s manifesto hits the Washington Post, and in 1977, David Berkowitz’s letter rattles the New York Post. We trace how th ...  Show more

On the morning of March 12, 2011, Rachel Oertli arrived to work at LuLuLemon, an athleisure store located in Bethesda, Maryland where she was the store Manager. From the moment she opened the unlocked door she knew something was terribly wrong. The store was in complete disarray ...  Show more