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Nov. 5, 2023

13 Years Gone-The Disappearance of Patrick Alford Jr.

The Mother: Jennifer Rodriguez did not have the best life growing up in New York. Her mother had a history of substance abuse and her father passed away when Jennifer was only 8 years old. The trauma of losing her father at such a young age manifes…

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Oct. 29, 2023

An Officer's Secret-The Disappearance of Rachel Good

20-year-old Rachel Good disappeared from Elkton, Virginia on October 18, 2003. We covered her case in the hopes that someone out there would hear it who knows something and will come forward with information.  Who is Rachel Good? Rachel Good …

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Oct. 18, 2023

A Call To Action in the Death of Alex VanDalsen

Recap: In Chapter 58: A Search For Answers-The Death of Alex Vandalsen, we covered the suspicious circumstances surrounding Alex's death. Alex was a 21-year-old Trans man who, on February 3rd, 2022, walked out the door of his home at 11:45 pm. It w…

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Sept. 10, 2023

True Crime Case Updates 9/3-9/10 * trigger warning for CSA*

Ruby Franke, the disgraced family vlogger creator and co-creater of 8Passengers and ConneXions appeared in court on Friday facing 6 counts of Felony Child Abuse. Her Partner, Jodie Hildebrandt faces the same charges although they appeared in sep…

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Sept. 10, 2023

True Crime Case Updates 9/3-9/10 * trigger warning for CSA*

Ruby Franke, the disgraced family vlogger creator and co-creater of 8Passengers and ConneXions appeared in court on Friday facing 6 counts of Felony Child Abuse. Her Partner, Jodie Hildebrandt faces the same charges although they appeared in sep…

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Sept. 3, 2023

True Crime Case Updates 8/29-9/3

The Case of the Lady of the Dunes, identified last year as Ruth Marie Terry last year, has been solved. Her decapitated body was found in the sand dunes of Provincetown in Massachusetts in 1974. She was 37 years old. According to Fox News, Cape an…

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Aug. 20, 2023

True Crime Case Updates 8/14-8/20

Following the February 2022 shooting death of her ex-husband, Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, Shanna Gardener Fernandez was arrested and indicted on charges of first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder, an…

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Aug. 13, 2023

True Crime Case Updates 8/7-8/13

Timothy Bliefnick The one time Family Feud contestant who mocked his wife, Rebecca Postle Bliefnick was sentenced to life in prison this week on 2 counts of murder and one count of home invasion for the murder of his estranged wife Rebecca this …

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Aug. 5, 2023

True Crime Case Updates 7/31-8/6

In an effort to bring you the most current updates that we can't mention in every chapter release, we've compiled a list of updates for the week of July 31st-August 6th. Ricky Anderson, a former member of the Columbus Police, was indicted via gra…

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July 30, 2023

David Carter Discussion

In Today's chapter, we discuss the murder of David Castor, a 39 year old man from Melvindale, Michigan. I'm sure many of you wonder why I picked this case, and it's because, while the Carter family knows who killed David, the police are su…

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