Episodes

  • "ANDREA YATES: WHEN POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS BECAME MURDER"

    "ANDREA YATES: WHEN POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS BECAME MURDER"
    Nov 28 2025
    Reid Carter examines the case that changed how America views maternal mental illness. June 20, 2001, Houston. Andrea Yates, suffering severe postpartum psychosis, drowned her five children one by one in the bathtub. Noah, seven. John, five. Paul, three. Luke, two. Mary, six months. Doctors warned her and husband Rusty not to have more children—she'd had two suicide attempts, multiple hospitalizations. Rusty insisted on fifth child. Took her off medication. Left her alone despite doctor's orders. 2002 trial: guilty, life in prison. 2006 retrial: not guilty by reason of insanity. Now at mental hospital. The question: Mental illness or murder?

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    22 mins
  • "THANKSGIVING MASSACRES: WHEN TURKEY DAY TURNED DEADLY"

    "THANKSGIVING MASSACRES: WHEN TURKEY DAY TURNED DEADLY"
    Nov 27 2025
    Reid Carter takes a dark look at Thanksgiving murders. Joel Guy Jr. came home for Thanksgiving 2016 with a notebook titled "Assets." His parents were retiring, cutting him off financially. Day after turkey dinner, he stabbed his father 42 times, his mother 31 times. Dismembered both. Left mother's head boiling in a pot on the stove. Torsos dissolving in acid-filled plastic bins. Prosecutors called it a "diabolical stew of human remains." Then Florida 2009: Paul Merhige sang Christmas carols at Thanksgiving dinner with 16 relatives. Three hours later, opened fire. Killed four including six-year-old cousin. Said "I've waited 20 years for this."

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    26 mins
  • "NO MERCY FOR MONSTER MOM: SUSAN SMITH PAROLE HEARING REVISITED"

    "NO MERCY FOR MONSTER MOM: SUSAN SMITH PAROLE HEARING REVISITED"
    Nov 26 2025
    Reid Carter covers Susan Smith's parole hearing from last November that brought the 1994 case back into America's spotlight. Smith, serving life for drowning her sons Michael, three, and Alexander, fourteen months, begged for release after thirty years. Claimed God forgave her. Ex-husband David Smith testified against her, wearing photo of his dead boys on his lapel. Parole board unanimously denied. October 25, 1994, Smith strapped her sons in car seats, rolled car into John D. Long Lake, watched it sink for six minutes. Lied for nine days claiming Black man carjacked them. Confession revealed motive: boyfriend Tom Findlay didn't want kids. Next parole hearing 2026.

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    23 mins
  • "SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE BODIES, THE TRIAL & THE FIGHT FOR INNOCENCE - PART 2"

    "SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE BODIES, THE TRIAL & THE FIGHT FOR INNOCENCE - PART 2"
    Nov 25 2025
    Reid Carter concludes the Scott Peterson case. April 13, 2003—baby Conner's body washed ashore at Point Isabel, one mile from where Scott went fishing. April 14—Laci's body found nearby. Scott arrested April 18 near San Diego with blonde hair, $15,000 cash, survival gear. November 2004 trial—six months, no physical evidence, all circumstantial. Jury convicted him: first-degree murder for Laci, second-degree for Conner. March 2005—death penalty. August 2020—California Supreme Court overturned death sentence but upheld conviction. December 2021—re-sentenced to life without parole. January 2024—LA Innocence Project took his case, claims new evidence proves innocence.

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    37 mins
  • "SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE CHRISTMAS EVE DISAPPEARANCE - PART 1"

    "SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE CHRISTMAS EVE DISAPPEARANCE - PART 1"
    Nov 24 2025
    Reid Carter begins the Scott Peterson case with Christmas Eve 2002. Laci Peterson, twenty-seven years old and eight months pregnant, disappeared from her Modesto home. Husband Scott claimed he went fishing ninety miles away, came home to empty house. But Scott had a secret. November 20th, he met Amber Frey, told her he was single. December 9th, told Amber he was a "widower" and this would be his first Christmas without his wife—two weeks before Laci vanished. December 30th, Amber saw news coverage, realized Scott lied, contacted police. Started recording their calls. Scott told her he was in Paris. He was at Laci's vigil.

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    28 mins
  • "CASEY ANTHONY: NOT GUILTY - PART 2"

    "CASEY ANTHONY: NOT GUILTY - PART 2"
    Nov 23 2025
    Reid Carter concludes the Casey Anthony case with the trial that divided America. May 2011: Prosecutors argued Casey chloroformed Caylee, applied duct tape, dumped her body to live the beautiful life. Defense attorney Jose Baez shocked the courtroom—claimed Caylee drowned in the family pool, George Anthony covered it up, sexually abused Casey since age eight. Six weeks of testimony. July 5, 2011: After eleven hours of deliberation, the jury returned—not guilty of murder. Not guilty of manslaughter. Not guilty of child abuse. Guilty only of lying to police. Casey Anthony walked free. America exploded in outrage.

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    21 mins
  • "CASEY ANTHONY: 31 DAYS OF LIES - PART 1"

    "CASEY ANTHONY: 31 DAYS OF LIES - PART 1"
    Nov 22 2025
    Reid Carter begins the Casey Anthony series with the case that enraged America. June 16, 2008: Two-year-old Caylee Anthony disappears from her Orlando home. Her mother Casey doesn't report it. Instead, she parties at nightclubs, gets a "Beautiful Life" tattoo, and tells elaborate lies about a nanny named Zanny. Thirty-one days pass. Casey's mother Cindy finally calls 911: "It smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car." December 11, 2008: Utility worker finds skeletal remains in woods near the Anthony home. Duct tape. A Winnie the Pooh blanket. The search for Caylee was over.

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    21 mins
  • "LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE: MANSON'S LEGACY AND THE FAMILIES STILL WAITING FOR PEACE" (Part 3 of 3)

    "LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE: MANSON'S LEGACY AND THE FAMILIES STILL WAITING FOR PEACE" (Part 3 of 3)
    Nov 21 2025
    Reid Carter concludes the Manson series examining fifty-six years of aftermath. August 1969 murders ended the peace-and-love era—Hollywood locked doors, bought guns, stopped trusting strangers. Victims' families attended every parole hearing for decades—Debra Tate fought to keep killers imprisoned until her death in 2024. Manson spent forty-six years in prison conducting interviews, releasing albums, getting marriage proposals from fans. Died November 19, 2017 at eighty-three—nobody claimed his body for months. His followers remain imprisoned or recently released. Sharon Tate's son Paul Richard would be fifty-six today. Seven victims remembered not for their lives but for their deaths.

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    26 mins