A mother disappears—and a fire answers nothing There are cases that feel like a locked room mystery: all the terror is inside, but the key is missing. In early July 2007, 33-year-old Joey Lynn Offutt vanished from the 90 block of Fugate Drive in Sykesville. Days later, neighbors reported a loud explosion and her home was engulfed in flames. When firefighters put the blaze out, they discovered the body of Joey’s six-week-old baby boy in a bathtub. Joey was not there. Investi

Sleeping pills, wine coolers and a typed suicide note from Kari Baker's nightstand *Content warning: domestic violence, sexual coercion, death investigation, and murder. If you or someone you know needs support, the U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In April 2006, a 31-year-old elementary school teacher and mother of two— Kari Baker —was found dead in the bedroom of her Hewitt, Texas home, just outside Waco. Her husband, Matt Baker , a Baptist

The mask: “church lady,” daycare operator, trusted neighbor In Cordele, Georgia, Janie Lou Gibbs blended into the safest kind of small-town scenery: a mother, a churchgoing woman, and a caregiver who ran a daycare. People trusted her—because everything about her life looked ordinary, even admirable. That’s what makes this case so chilling for true crime listeners: the danger didn’t arrive from outside the home. It lived at the center of it. Between 1966 and 1967 , multiple

Evelyn Nesbit’s name became tabloid fuel after her husband, Harry K. Thaw, shot architect Stanford White on the rooftop of Madison Square Garden. This is the true story behind the scandal that helped invent America’s celebrity murder trial.

Sameena Imam was a 34‑year‑old regional marketing manager for Costco who lived in Cardiff and worked across several UK warehouses, including Coventry, Bristol, Southampton, and Cardiff. She had been in a two‑year affair with Coventry Costco manager Roger Cooper, who was living with a long‑term partner while also involved with a second colleague, leaving Sameena effectively one of three simultaneous relationships. Roger’s younger brother David Cooper, an ex‑soldier living in L

The Wimbledon kidnapping of Muriel McKay remains one of the most haunting unsolved crimes in British history, combining a high‑profile victim, a shocking case of mistaken identity, and a decades‑long search for her missing body. As true‑crime interest continues to grow, this case stands at the intersection of kidnapping, ransom, organized planning, and the emotional toll of an unresolved murder. Kidnapping in Wimbledon: Mistaken for Rupert Murdoch’s Wife On 29 December 1969,

A Body in the Ashes: Discovery in Lampblack Swamp The morning of December 26, 1907, dawned cold and gray over Harrison, New Jersey. Along the Passaic River, a local man cut across a stretch of wasteland—a grim patch of ash heaps, cinders, and marsh where industrial refuse met stagnant water. It was the kind of place where the city dumped what it didn’t want to see. There, in a shallow pool of filthy water, he saw her. The woman was completely naked, lying face-up in the blac

*This episode of Hitched 2 Homicide contains descriptions of sexual violence, including rape, and graphic violence involving cannibalism. It may be disturbing or triggering for some listeners. Viewer and listener discretion is strongly advised. She was beautiful, young, and charismatic. He was older, wealthy, and besotted. Five days after they married, he was dead—dismembered in a Costa Mesa apartment over Thanksgiving weekend 1991. Some of his remains were in the freezer. So

He walked onto a plane with a name that wasn’t his, ordered a bourbon and 7-Up, handed over a note saying he had a bomb, took $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and then—somewhere over the Pacific Northwest on a cold November night in 1971—stepped out the back of a Boeing 727 and vanished. No confirmed body. No confirmed parachute. No confirmed identity. The world knows him as D.B. Cooper —though he called himself Dan Cooper —and his hijacking of Northwest Orient Flight 305

Alexis Sharkey’s death was one of those cases that instantly lit up every corner of the internet—because it collided at the intersection of influencer culture, a beautiful young victim, and the ugly, familiar pattern of intimate partner homicide. And for months it looked like it might stall, the way cases sometimes do when the truth is inconvenient. But Houston detectives kept working it, built the timeline, established motive and opportunity, and in the end they did what the

The Killer Clown Murder: Unmasking the 1990 Marlene Warren Case and Sheila Keen Warren's Shocking Release   Few true crime stories blend the macabre whimsy of a circus performer with the cold brutality of murder quite like the Marlene Warren killer clown case. On a sunny afternoon in Wellington, Florida, a mother of two answered her door to what she thought was a cheerful surprise—only to be gunned down by a figure straight out of a nightmare. For 27 years, this Florida cold

Skinwalker in the desert under a blood moon. The murder of Sarah Saganitso and the Skinwalker Defense The Skinwalker Defense: The Murder of Sarah Saganitso and the Trial that Shocked Flagstaff Victim & Setting On the morning of June 17, 1987 , searchers found the body of Sarah L. Saganitso , a 40-year-old Navajo mother and longtime housekeeper at Flagstaff Medical Center , in a wooded, rocky area just behind the hospital. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office lists her as “fou

In 1981, a quiet Connecticut town became the stage for a legal gambit unlike anything in U.S. courts. When Arne Cheyenne Johnson’s case collided with the Glatzel family’s reports of “possession,” the Warrens, and multiple clergy, headlines erupted. This Hitched 2 Homicide episode rebuilds the timeline, explains why the claim was barred, and explores a grounded alternative. Was David Glatzel possessed by a demon?

Blonde woman in Arizona desert in a pink bikini and handcuffs Glitter to Gavel: The Arrests, the Delays, and the Verdict The Knock at...

Former Las Vegas showgirl Marjorie Orbin and Phoenix jeweler Jay Orbin looked like a desert power couple—until Jay vanished in October 2004. In this episode, we trace their story from meeting and marriage to the birth of their son Noah, the mounting marital strain and alleged affairs, and the day Robert Ame found a Rubbermaid tub in the Arizona desert containing a torso.

The Lindbergh Kidnapping: What We Know, What We Still Debate. On the night of March 1, 1932, America’s most famous family suffered its...

The Lindbergh Kidnapping: What We Know, What We Still Debate. On the night of March 1, 1932, America’s most famous family suffered its...

Overview From 1972 to 1985 in Schenectady, New York, nine of Marybeth and Joe Tinning’s children died—one after another. In 1987,...

On a cold January night in 2001, Amityville, New York, became the backdrop for a crime so shocking it read like the script of a mob movie. A devoted friend and beloved gym owner, Alex “Al” Algeri, was gunned down in what police quickly realized was a case of mistaken identity. The true target was Al’s business partner, Paul Riedel. At the heart of the conspiracy: Paul’s wife, Lee Ann, and her lover, Ralph “Rocco” Salierno.

Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd: The Outlaw of the Great Depression The story of Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd is one of contradictions,...

The Internet's First Serial Killer In the world of true crime, some names chill you to the bone. Others make you double-check your locks....

The Unsolved Murder of Katie Janness and Her Dog Bowie: A True Crime Tragedy On a warm summer evening, July 28, 2021, Atlanta’s vibrant...

In the grim shadow of San Francisco’s Summer of Love, where flower children once danced in the streets, another, much darker movement...

Beverly Jarosz: Obsession, Terror and a Murder People Refuse t The Murder of Beverly Jarosz: A 1964 Nightmare That Still Haunts Garfield...