The Murder of Nikki Vanderheyden

Grady Franklin Stiles Jr. was a carnival performer who had the genetic condition ectrodactyly. Because of this, Stiles performed under the stage name “Lobster Boy.” In 1979, Stiles was convicted of murdering his own daughter’s fiancé a day before their wedding. Join Mike and Gibb ...  Show more

After pleading guilty to manslaughter for killing a pedestrian while speeding, Frank Freshwaters escaped from an honor farm in Ohio and spent over fifty years on the run. In 2015, the U.S. Marshals located Freshwaters in Florida, where he had started a new life under a fake ident ...  Show more

May 20-21, 2016. Green Bay, Wisconsin. 31 year old Nicole "Nikki" VanderHeyden went out for an evening with her boyfriend, Doug, and some other friends. But after Nicole's battered nude body was discovered in a field the following afternoon, detectives were very interested in ...

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Lori Vallow, whose two kids have been missing since September, and her husband, Chad Daybell, are now officially under investigation for possible murder charges related to the death of his first wife, Tammy Daybell. Plus, an Alabama detective has been charged with murder after sh ...  Show more