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Episode 79, Season 5 - The Murder of Merlin Santana – Shooting Death
Actor Merlin Santana first gained fame playing Rudy Huxtable’s boyfriend, Stanley, on The Cosby Show. His star would continue to rise with roles on other popular shows throughout the nineties, including NYPD Blue, and his signature role on The Steve Harvey Show. However, when Merlin crosses paths with Monique King, it will set off a horrific chain of events that will end in a deadly hail of gunfire.
Bianca Sloane
3 days ago1 min read


Episode 014 (Bonus Episode: Women Who Kill), Season 5 - Stephanie Lazarus – The Thin Blue Line Between Love and Murder
Stephanie Lazarus was a smart and ambitious officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, having joined the LAPD at a time when few women were on the force. She continually moves up the ranks to become a respected detective, even being appointed to the high-profile art theft unit. However, Stephanie’s got a secret, one involving an ex-lover, his murdered wife, and a little thing called DNA.
Bianca Sloane
Jan 122 min read


Episode 78, Season 5 - Ashley and Doug Benefield – Dance of Death
Despite a thirty-year age difference and only knowing each other for a whopping thirteen days, restaurateur Doug Benefield and ballerina Ashley Byers fell deeply in love and tied the knot. The marriage gets off to a great start, but, predictably, things rapidly start going south for the couple when there are accusations of domestic violence, torture and even attempted murder. And in the blink of an eye attempted murder becomes the real thing.
Bianca Sloane
Jan 52 min read


Episode 76, Season 4 - Arnold and Tammi Cuyler – In the Dead of the Night
Arnold and Tammi Cuyler's marriage comes to an end when she learns he's having an affair with her cousin, Chastity West. Then, a brutal home invasion changes their lives forever.
Bianca Sloane
Oct 6, 20251 min read


Episode 75, Season 4 - David and Catherine Birnie – Will You Kill for Me?
When David Birnie and Catherine Harrison meet as children, they are drawn together by their mutually chaotic and dysfunctional home lives.
However, when the pair reunite as adults, their passion for murder would result in them being dubbed as the Most Violent Couple in Australia’s history.
Bianca Sloane
Sep 29, 20252 min read


Episode 73, Season 4 - Lorenzen and Sherra Wright – Murder Mystery in Memphis
NBA player Lorenzen Wright was a beloved hometown hero to basketball fans in Memphis. Lorenzen and his wife, Sherra, seem to be living the dream, both of them taking full advantage of his multimillion dollar paychecks.
However, over time, the marriage would collapse under the weight of dual infidelities and financial chaos.
And when Lorenzen's bullet-riddled body is later found in a swampy Tennessee field, everyone is horrified by why he was murdered.
Bianca Sloane
Sep 8, 20252 min read


Episode 72, Season 4 - Jane Andrews and Tom Cressman – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Jane Andrews has clawed her way out of a grim, poverty-stricken childhood and troubled adolescence and into becoming a stylist for Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York.
And when she meets the handsome, charismatic, and wealthy Tom Cressman, Jane believes she has met her own Prince Charming and desperately wishes for him to make her his Princess.
However, instead of happily ever after, Jane and Tom are headed for murder.
Bianca Sloane
Jul 28, 20252 min read


Episode 70, Season 4 - Lyn and Chris Dawson – Disappearance Down Under
In January of 1982, Australian rugby star, Chris Dawson, told friends and family that his wife and mother of his two daughters, Lyn, had gone away for a few days because she needed some time to herself.
It would take forty years and a popular true crime podcast for Lyn to finally get justice.
Bianca Sloane
Jul 15, 20252 min read


Episode 61, Season 4 - The Murder of Dominique Dunne – A Case of Murder, Part 2
When actress Dominique Dunne is strangled and killed by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, justice will be hard to come by.
Bianca Sloane
Feb 24, 20251 min read


Episode 60, Season 4 - The Murder of Dominique Dunne – A Case of Murder, Part 1
Actress Dominique Dunne was poised for Hollywood stardom after starring in Poltergeist. Until her life was tragically cut short.
Bianca Sloane
Feb 17, 20251 min read


Episode 58, Season 4 - Ana and Ali Abulaban – TikTok, You're Dead, Part 2
TikTok star, Ali Abulaban and his wife Ana’s marriage has gone from happy to intolerable, forcing Ana to walk away. But Ali won't let go.
Bianca Sloane
Feb 3, 20251 min read


Episode 57, Season 4 - Ana and Ali Abulaban – TikTok, You're Dead, Part 1
TikTok sensation, Ali Abulaban and his wife Ana, appear to have the perfect relationship. Except his insane jealousy threatens to ruin them.
Bianca Sloane
Jan 27, 20251 min read


Episode 56, Season 4 - Jovan Belcher and Kasandra Perkins – Bad Love
NFL Player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins are thrilled when their daughter is born. However, their happiness won't last.
Bianca Sloane
Jan 20, 20251 min read


Episode 55, Season 4 - Regina Hartwell and Kim LeBlanc – Addicted to Love
When Regina Hartwell meets Kim LeBlanc at a bar one night, she is convinced the beautiful college freshman is her soulmate.
Bianca Sloane
Jan 13, 20251 min read


Episode 54, Season 4 - Todd and Katrina Smith – Love Me Forever
In Machesney Park, Illinois, a worried Todd Smith calls 911 to report that he’s been unable to get in touch with his wife.
Bianca Sloane
Jan 6, 202518 min read


Episode 53, Season 3 - Keith and Jacquelyn Smith – Half Past Murder
The city of Baltimore was stunned by the brutal murder of Jacquelyn Smith. But something about the story doesn't add up.
Bianca Sloane
Aug 5, 20241 min read


Episode 008 (Bonus Episode: Women Who Kill), Season 3 - Giselle Esteban and Michelle Le – A Friend to Die For
Giselle Esteban and Michelle Le were the best of friends ... until murder got in between them...
Bianca Sloane
Jul 21, 20241 min read


Episode 29, Season 2 - The Murder of Lauren McCluskey
Lauren McCluskey was a standout track star at the University of Utah who was kind, smart and inexperienced with men. That all changed when she met a handsome, charismatic, and older part-time computer science student, who wooed her with an old-fashioned romance. It’s not long though before this seeming too-good-to be true guy is revealed to be not only a master manipulator, but a cold-blooded killer.
Bianca Sloane
Jun 27, 20232 min read


Episode 26, Season 2 - Tara and Stephen Grant
Tara and Stephen Grant seemed to epitomize the American Dream. The big house in an upscale neighborhood, the two kids and Tara’s high-flying career. What nobody knows is just how jealous Stephen is about having to stay home and play Mr. Mom while his wife keeps climbing the corporate ladder. And when Stephen’s jealousy explodes into an incomprehensible act of violence, no one in the Grant household will ever be the same.
Bianca Sloane
May 16, 20231 min read


Episode 22, Season 2 - Celeste and Steven Beard
When multimillionaire widower Steven Beard fell in love with the much younger Celeste Martinez, he thought he’d found a loving companion that he could spend his final days with. However, once Celeste gets Steven’s ring on her finger, she realizes she’s won the lottery as she uses her new husband as her personal ATM. And when she realizes her husband is worth more to her dead than alive, Celeste hatches a diabolical scheme that will destroy everyone in its path.
Bianca Sloane
Mar 21, 20231 min read
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