This episode is rated a 5 (on my Serious Crime Scale), but if I had anything higher, it would definitely top the scale. It was recommended by a listener a couple months ago and, as I dug into the research, I just knew I had to share the story with the rest of you as well. But, disclaimer: this episode will be hard to hear and will include some semi-graphic details, when necessary. You see, it’s the story of not just one senseless murder, but four – four innocent people horrifically lost their lives at the hands of a scorned former lover who could not accept that his ex-girlfriend had finally moved on. Listen now to hear the full story.

This episode is rated a 5 (on my Serious Crime Scale). When Erika Friman called it quits with her high school boyfriend before they went off to college, she never thought he’d take it so hard. But his heartbreak soon turned into an obsessive mission to win her back – to the point that he ditched his plans to attend a four-year university and followed her to a community college across the state of Florida. Then, when he learned Erika had started dating one of his friends from high school, he spiraled out of control and took the ultimate revenge – murder. At least, that’s what a jury decided in 2014. But, is there more to the story than that? Let’s find out.

This episode is rated a 5 (on my Serious Crime Scale). In 2015, 22-year-old Heather Maples packed up her bags and moved across the country from Texas to Tennessee for new opportunities and a fresh start. But only a week after she learned she was accepted into college at Middle Tennessee State University, she was found brutally murdered in her off-campus apartment. Although several persons of interest immediately surfaced, police were ultimately led to her killer through one key clue – a clear-as-day, bloody fingerprint left at the scene. Listen now to hear the full story.