The Widow and the Winchester

On the morning of May 20, 1957, a bomb exploded under Don King’s front porch. Police got a tip that they should search the home of someone he knew - a woman named Dollree Mapp. But when they got there, she refused to let them in. Soon, her case would go all the way to the U.S. Su ...  Show more

Alice and Leonard Rhinelander had only been married for a few weeks when his family lawyer came to their house and took Leonard away with him. The next time Alice saw her husband was a year later, in a courtroom. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasi ...  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.  ...