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Chanley Painter and Court TV’s Vinnie Politan unpack major developments in the Lindsay Clancy case and Caleb Flynn trial. Discover why Lindsay Clancy’s defense is attempting a rare motion to dismiss after a mistrial, and how prosecutors used body-cam footage, affair evidence, and an AI-generated song to convict former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn for his wife’s murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Driven by what prosecutors call a motiveless "compulsion to kill," a 28-year-old San Jose man voluntarily surrendered to police and led investigators to the hidden bodies of two murder victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner set sail on a family vacation, but she never returned home. Found dead inside her cabin, what began as a mysterious death at sea quickly escalated into an active homicide investigation. Now, investigators are using shipboard surveillance, Wi-Fi activity, and digital trails to reconstruct her final hours. Maritime attorney Rod Sullivan joins Chanley to discuss the digital evidence, the unique challenges of cruise ship jurisdiction, and whether justice is on the horizon for Anna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Florida jury has convicted self-proclaimed witch and Chakra Master Shannon Ryan of second-degree murder in the disappearance of 21-year-old Leila Cavett, whose body has never been found. Cavett vanished in July 2020, and her two-year-old son was later found wandering alone. Ryan is set to be sentenced October 23. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The woman who says she had an affair with former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn delivers dramatic testimony in his murder trial, claiming Flynn repeatedly talked about wanting his wife, Ashley, dead. Prosecutors also reveal messages they say Flynn sent before Ashley was fatally shot inside the couple’s Ohio home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Seven missing women are now connected to a disturbing investigation centered on a Philadelphia home once owned by photographer and filmmaker Raymond  "R.C." Horsch.  FOX News Correspondent Alexis McAdams joins Chanley to discuss the massive collection of photos and videos recovered by investigators, the search for answers about the missing women, and the difficult task of determining what was staged and what could point to something more sinist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Richard Allen, convicted of killing Indiana teens Abigail Williams and Liberty German, is seeking a new trial, arguing his repeated confessions came while he was suffering severe psychosis in solitary confinement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Part Two of their conversation, Chanley and veteran forensic psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon discuss the overarching patterns of extreme violence between some of the world's most notorious killers. Drawing from five decades of experience and insights from his memoir, That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Five Decades of Conversations with Killers. Dr. Smalldon opens up about the most disturbing case of his career, the origin behind his book's title, and what it was really like to sit down with Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A massive police raid on a Philadelphia home uncovered more than a million digital files, images of five missing women and a basement filled with chemicals, raising new questions about a father-son duo and the late father's eerily specific serial-killer memoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn is on trial for allegedly killing his wife of nearly 16 years and staging the Ohio crime scene to make it appear she was shot by an intruder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forensic psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon has spent decades studying the criminal mind, coming face-to-face with some of America’s most notorious killers. In Part One of his conversation with Chanley, Dr. Smalldon reveals how an early fascination with crime led him to correspond with Charles Manson and Ted Bundy and recounts his chilling encounters with John Wayne Gacy and serial killer Donald Harvey. He shares what those interactions taught him about manipulation, violence, and the unsettling reality of the people behind some of the country’s most infamous crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly four decades after a newborn baby was found dead in a Texas laundromat, genetic genealogy led investigators to his mother, Tammy Sue Kerns, who has now pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chanley Painter is back with former investigator and cult expert Mike King to discuss Samuel Bateman's psychological warfare. They dissect the stark difference between generational and convert cults, the strategic legal maneuvering behind Bateman’s federal plea deal, and reveal the tragic cycle of young victims who are groomed to become the next generation of predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been disciplined after allegedly trying to smuggle a package into prison and later being caught with unspecified drugs, just months after being sentenced to multiple life terms for killing eight women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Murdaugh’s murder retrial has been moved to Sumter County, South Carolina, after a judge ruled he could not receive a fair trial in the county where he was originally convicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices