Chapter 01The Unraveling
Marissa DeVault
Marissa DeVault beat her husband Dale Harrell with a hammer in Gilbert, Arizona, in 2009, then claimed self-defense. Convicted in 2014. Case photos.
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Chapter 02Shared Psychosis
Sabina Eriksson
Swedish twin Sabina Eriksson ran into M6 traffic in May 2008, then stabbed Glenn Hollinshead to death in Stoke-on-Trent. Photos from the case.
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Chapter 03The Stanford Cold Case
Stephen Blake Crawford
Newlywed Arlis Perry was murdered inside Stanford Memorial Church in 1974. DNA named security guard Stephen Crawford in 2018. Case photos.
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Chapter 04The Trainspotter
Michael Sams
Michael Sams murdered Julie Dart in 1991 and held estate agent Stephanie Slater in a box in Newark-on-Trent in 1992. Photos from the case.
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Chapter 05The Dark Web Assassin
Stephen Allwine
Stephen Allwine staged his wife Amy’s 2016 death in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, as suicide after hiring a dark web hitman. Photos from the case.
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Chapter 06The Waterbed
Joshua Phillips
Eight-year-old Maddie Clifton vanished in Jacksonville in 1998. Her body was found under neighbor Joshua Phillips’s waterbed. Case photos.
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Chapter 07The Second Chance
Brett Morgan
Ottawa journalist Louise Ellis vanished in April 1995. Her partner Brett Morgan, a paroled killer she had championed, was convicted in 1998. Case photos.
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Chapter 08The Greek Pilot
Haralambos “Babis” Anagnostopoulos
Caroline Crouch, 19, died in Glyka Nera, Athens, in May 2021. Her husband, helicopter pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos, was convicted in 2022. Case photos.
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Chapter 09Count to Three
Shelia Eddy, Rachel Shoaf
Skylar Neese, 16, was killed by two friends near Star City, West Virginia, in July 2012. Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf both pleaded guilty. Case photos.
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Chapter 10The Pink Notebook
Tracey Richter
Tracey Richter shot neighbor Dustin Wehde, 20, in Early, Iowa, in December 2001 and called it self-defense. A jury convicted her in 2011. Case photos.
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Chapter 11Bail Granted
Shirley Jane Turner
Dr. Andrew Bagby was shot in Pennsylvania in 2001. Shirley Turner fled to Newfoundland, won bail twice, then killed their son Zachary. Case photos.
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Chapter 12The Hudson Murders
Ryan Erickson
Funeral director Dan O’Connell and intern James Ellison were shot in Hudson, Wisconsin, in 2002. A judge later blamed a parish priest. Case photos.
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