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Small towns are revered for their tight-knit communities, spending Friday nights cheering for local high school sports and having people you can trust and rely on. But big city problems sometimes appear, and in 2000, the innocence of one small community was tarnished when the murder of a young mother revealed to the public that sometimes those in whom we put our trust are not always trustworthy.   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

When a nurse is found murdered in her home, detectives initially believe they have the killer in their sights. But when the alibi checks out, they realize the killer was right there all along... a wolf in sheep’s clothing.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is a rewind back to Season 1: In 1946, Suzanne Degnan was six years old and living in Chicago with her parents and older sister Betty. The night before she was supposed to return to school following Christmas vacation, Suzanne disappeared out of her window in the middle of the night. Under intense nationwide scrutiny, the Chicago Police Department worked around the clock to catch the killer. Did they arrest the right person or were they simply trying to close the case? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Linda Collins served in the Arkansas State Senate from 2015 to 2019. After losing her re-election bid, she returned to her rural hometown of Pocahontas to be with her family and focus on the small businesses she owned. But six months after moving home, her death made the small community wonder who among them was capable of such viciousness. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Two intelligent young women in Georgia who had their whole lives ahead of them, died under mysterious circumstances that were shockingly similar. Then, an anonymous call changed everything. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Former NFL player Philip Adams killed 6 people in April 2021, including two small children. Forensic evidence that was made public led some to speculate that this was a repeat of what happened to former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez. Is it a valid argument or simply an excuse? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tenacity, creativity and ingenuity are attributes of people we admire. But not everyone uses these attributes for good. Some use them for evil. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On Easter Sunday 1937, New Yorkers awoke to a startling headline. In the early morning hours that same day, a triple homicide occurred at an apartment building in the Midtown East Neighborhood of Manhattan. And when the identity of one of the victims was revealed, the story became so salacious it’s being talked about almost 90 years later. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In early 2002, 12-year-old Ashley Pond and 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis vanished into thin air, just months apart and from the exact same school bus stop. A shroud of terror gripped the community as investigators chased phantom leads, completely unaware that a monster was hiding in plain sight. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In 2011, a man desperate for money was offered a job to take care of someone else's problem. Little did he know he'd soon wind up in a police interrogation room... for murder. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is an encore episode from January 2025. A husband and father lost his life in a brutal attack by gang members. The alleged attackers were arrested quickly, but it took the jury five days to reach a verdict. AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE JURORS AS A GUEST ON THIS EPISODE! Listen to all the behind-the-scenes details about the trial... and what happened afterward. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Madison Nygard narrowly escaped a man who attempted to kidnap her. And it was her brave fight to survive that led detectives not only to her own attacker, but also provided justice for the families of two young women whose unsolved cases had gone cold.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In 1990, 8-year-old Jennifer Schuett was taken in the early morning hours from her bedroom in Dickinson, TX. She was found 12 hours later in a field barely clinging to life. Her attacker left her to die, but she survived and vowed to bring the man to justice. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ohio State senior Reagan Tokes was just months away from graduation. She had a generous spirit and majored in psychology so she could help others. But one night after work, she disappeared. And just three days later her family and friends got the news they’d all been dreading. Their beautiful girl was gone. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A young woman survived a violent attack by thinking of her young son and how much he needed her. She stayed strong for him. Several years later police arrested the perpetrator, but when she saw who it was, she couldn’t believe it. They’d arrested the wrong man.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy