The Widow and the Winchester

One night in 1989, Karen Palmer got in her car with her husband and two daughters and drove away from their home in California. They didn’t tell anyone where they were going. Karen Palmer’s memoir is She’s Under Here. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our o ...  Show more

One day in 2011, Lindsey Schweigert’s roommate came home to an open garage, a missing dog, and an overflowing bathtub. Lindsey remembers waking up in police custody. Ramya Nagesh is the author of A Practical Guide to Insane and Non-Insane Automatism in Criminal Law – Sleepwalking ...  Show more

A jailhouse snitch tells the FBI that Cary Hartmann killed Sheree Warren. Cary tries to convince the parole board he's innocent. Sheree’s family members hold a memorial and have her declared legally deceased. Ogden police detective Shane Minor follows up on a longshot lead in the ...  Show more

Ep 116: A battered woman watches a murder in helpless horror. But when her abuser cites her as an accomplice to save his own skin, she’s convicted and sentenced for a crime she didn’t commit. This is the Kelly Harnett story Article mentioned in episode: https://nymag.com/intellig ...  Show more

Dozens of commuters see a young girl fleeing a car on the side of the expressway in Rochester, NY, but no one pulls over to help. The community is devastated when her body is discovered just days later, but it’s assumed to be a tragic but isolated incident. But when more young ...

Steven Todd Jenkins was convicted of murdering two bankers who seized his family’s farm after his parents filed for bankruptcy. Steven cast the blame on his father, but prosecutors argued that Steven, who was a skilled marksman and obsessed with weapons, was the shooter.  ...