154: Death at the Mansion: Rebecca Zahau. Par...

On June 20, 2001, 36-year-old Andrea Yates did the unthinkable when she drowned her five children in the bathtub of her family home. For decades, that was all anyone knew. We called her crazy, evil, unforgivable. We couldn't imagine how it could have happened. But the backstory i ...  Show more

In March 2013, thirty-year-old Joanne Dennehy went on a violent ten-day rampage in the UK - murdering three men and severely wounding two others in vicious and random attacks. She had a driver and a hostage - YES, A HOSTAGE - as witnesses. She received a "whole life sentence" for ...  Show more

Police ruled Rebecca Zahau's death a suicide after she was found naked and hanging from the balcony of her millionaire boyfriend's mansion in 2011. Then jurors in a civil trial found Adam Shacknai, the brother of Rebecca's boyfriend, responsible for her death. He adamantly denies ...  Show more

In the early morning hours of July 13, 2011, Adam Shacknai calls 911 and reports "I got a girl, hung herself". That "girl" was his brother's girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau. Adam Shacknai was reportedly alone with Rebecca at the Spreckels Mansion property on the night she died and was ...  Show more

Throughout his life, Drew Peterson was known as a womanizer, a fact that would eventually lead to the divorce from his third wife, Kathleen Savio, after his affair with 17-year-old Stacy Cales came to light. During Drew and Kathleen’s tumultuous divorce, and coincidentally right ...  Show more

In July of 1982, the movie Poltergeist was released in theaters and was a runaway success. As one of it’s stars, Dominique Dunne’s career began to take off. In October of 1982, 22 year old Dominique was beginning to prepare for her next role and was looking forward to her career’ ...  Show more