Episodes
Karen Read is arrested and charged in February 2022. By June 2022, she is indicted on new charges, including murder. The chance to plea her case down has all but passed. Facing years behind bars if convicted, Karen names two people as John O’Keefe’s murderers, 34 Fairview homeowner Brian Albert, a Boston cop as well, and his 17-year-old nephew. Then she initiates a social media campaign, utilizing self-published blogger Turtleboy to promote this new narrative, giving birth to the conspiracy....
Published 11/21/24
A 17-year-old leaves his Shreveport, Louisiana, home one morning in 1971 and nobody ever sees him again. Twenty years later, a sadistic serial killer begins murdering young people throughout the South and it seems there may be a connection back to that missing boy, David Yeager. Then David Yeager’s cousin, Kelly Chance, steps in, and changes this case forever.  Call 318.673.7300 if you have any information in David Yeager’s case. Please visit www.missingkids.org for a look at David’s case...
Published 11/20/24
As the Massachusetts State Police close in on Karen Read and begin drafting an arrest warrant, things happening behind the scenes change the course of the investigation. As Turtleboy digs for information, he begins talking to Karen Read, and others start to come forward, claiming they have sources inside 34 Fairview Road proving John O’Keefe was murdered inside the house and Karen Read is being framed for it. Is this a carefully scripted design by Karen and Turtleboy, or the truth?   “34...
Published 11/14/24
A gunshot rings out in the middle of the night. State police veteran trooper Dan Howard is home and runs to see what has happened, only to find his wife of 26 years, 48-year-old Kendall “Kendy” Howard, dead upstairs, in the bathroom, inside the bathtub. Suicide or homicide, first responders wonder as the investigation unfolds.  When the coroner decides it’s a suicide, two determined detectives call that finding into question and begin digging deeper, only to find that what at first seems...
Published 11/13/24
Karen Read is desperate and in full-fledge blame-someone-else mode as police zero in on her Lexus, impound the vehicle, and begin to put together a strong case, proving she was drunk and, knowingly or not, with or without intent, struck John O’Keefe with her SUV and killed him. Meanwhile, Turtleboy, under Karen's manipulating direction, continues his campaign to paint lead investigator Michael Proctor and witness Jennifer McCabe as the two people behind some sort of elaborate conspiracy that...
Published 11/07/24
When the family of a Utah couple doesn’t hear from them after ten days, alarm bells ring. Jerry and Susan McFalls were packing, preparing to leave their winter home in Arizona and head back home to West Jordan, Utah, when they vanish. Years go by before investigators zero in on family members, while the real killer sits quietly by, watching it all unfold. Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates...
Published 11/06/24
Karen Read has been sent to the psychiatric ward inside the same hospital where her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, has been pronounced dead. As John’s family and friends come to grips with his murder, they begin piecing together the last moments of John’s life—and all of the evidence points to one person responsible: Karen Read, who herself is now scripting an alternative narrative, employing Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney as her mouthpiece and propaganda machine, and police dashcam video of her Lexus...
Published 10/31/24
A young expecting mother-to-be is living her best life. She’s beaming with happiness, getting married soon to a man she’s loved since high school. Planning on buying a home. It’s the summer of 2004 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Seven-months-pregnant Brandy Waryasz is at work one early night when a man she knows pulls up and asks for her help. Several customers stop in and leave, and all of them report something seemingly different. What happened to Brandy and who is responsible? ...
Published 10/30/24
As a frantic search for Boston Police officer John O’Keefe is initiated by his girlfriend, Karen Read, during the early morning hours of January 29th, 2022, some believe a conspiracy to cover up a murder gets underway immediately. Meanwhile, a group of Canton residents seem to be catching on to what is happening in town—as they consider that cops and politicians could be working together to frame an innocent woman. This, as those around Karen Read that morning hear her say repeatedly, "I did...
Published 10/24/24
A fire rages in Ocean Township, New Jersey, one morning, as two people are presumed missing after fire personnel contain the blaze. Then a man is stopped 60 miles away driving a stolen vehicle and a connection is made back to fire and missing man and woman. Months go by and the missing woman, Jacqueline Terrulli, is still nowhere to be found—as her boyfriend, Ronald Teschner, refuses to talk. Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get...
Published 10/23/24
Residents in Canton, Massachusetts, speak out about the divide in town after the trial of Karen Read for the murder of her boyfriend, Boston Police officer John O’Keefe, exposes a hostile community environment, as a blogger, Aidan Kearney, known as Turtleboy, begins to feed the flames of division by reporting that John O’Keefe’s murder is being covered up by a group of law enforcement and Canton elites, who have big secrets to hide. Investigative journalist M. William Phelps digs in and...
Published 10/17/24
Michael Kuznik and his wife, Trina Tomola, own and operate Mr. Cars in Cleveland, Ohio, a popular used car lot downtown. When they fail to return home from work one night in 2017, their eldest child sets out to search for them—and the horror of what he finds seems to open up more questions than answers. A reminder from Phelps: "I am releasing the first episode of my Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps Present limited series … 34 FAIRVIEW ROAD, focused on the death of John O’Keefe and...
Published 10/16/24
23-year-old Bend, Oregon, college student and dental assistant Kaylee ‘KK’ Sawyer goes missing after having a fight with her boyfriend one night. Then, 45 miles south, a woman is abducted from the parking lot of a retail store. A day later, an odd Facebook live message from an admitted killer on the run goes viral, as law enforcement moves in and connects everything together. Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information...
Published 10/09/24
Just a few weeks after Thomas Nuff is released from prison, he finds himself in a bind, on the verge of violating his parole conditions. Soon, two friends go missing, 50-year-old Ohio native Regina Capobianco and her 65-year-old boyfriend, John Mann. Then Thomas Nuff disappears. Weeks later, while a cop is checking out a home vandalized by kids, he discovers one of the most horrific crime scenes the department has ever seen.  Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist...
Published 10/02/24
In January 2022, as a blizzard moves into New England, 46-year-old Boston Police officer John O'Keefe's lifeless body is found on the front lawn of fellow Boston Police officer Brian Albert's 34 Fairview Road home in Canton, Massachusetts. Soon afterwards, O'Keefe's 44-year-old girlfriend, Karen Read, is arrested for his murder--accused of striking O'Keefe down in a fit of drunken rage with her SUV. Within a year, rumors and allegations of a conspiracy to frame Karen Read for O’Keefe’s murder...
Published 09/26/24
An art student suddenly disappears, and police focus on one man. But years pass without an arrest or answers, and Katelyn Markham’s family is beside themselves with frustration and grief. Then Katelyn’s father pushes law enforcement to reopen the investigation with fresh eyes—and things begin to move rather fast as an old suspect—and an accomplice—come back into play. Coming soon, the first Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps Presents special, limited series, 10-episode podcast, 34...
Published 09/25/24
A young woman, Tiffany Daniels, outgoing, and dealing with a bout of situational depression, disappears, leaving her Pensacola, Florida, community, friends and family in utter despair. Soon, clues lead to the possibility of suicide, as an investigation heats up and focuses on her boyfriend and roommate. What actually happened on a hot August day in 2013 within the dunes of a popular Pensacola beach—and where is Tiffany Daniels?  Coming soon, the first Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps...
Published 09/18/24
In 2003, Megan McDonald is 20 years old and, after losing her NYPD detective father in 2002, and pulling herself through that tragedy, things seem to be going ok. But after leaving a party one night in March and not ever being seen or heard from again, suspects emerge, but an arrest does not seem anywhere near imminent.   Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more.  And don't...
Published 09/11/24
In early 2023, security footage shows a young man leaving the scene of a double assault in Los Angeles. Months later, 3000 miles east, 37-year-old mother of five, Rachel Morin, goes out jogging and fails to return home. How are the two cases connected to a murder in another country—a case sparking political controversy and debate?  Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more.  ...
Published 09/04/24
Amanda Plasse is a well-liked, much-adored, aspiring artist, working her way through life in Chicopee, Massachusetts. She meets a sociopath one day, and what happens next changes the course of history, ultimately spwaning Amanda’s Law in the state legislature after a 3-year investigation reveals her killer and the motive behind her murder.   Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and...
Published 08/28/24
Savannah Soto is looking forward to being a mother. In December 2023, 18-year-old Savannah is overdue and scheduled to go into the hospital to be induced into labor—only she fails to show up for her appointment and her family begins to worry, as all eyes point toward the father of the child, Matthew Guerra. But this is no murder-suicide. Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and...
Published 08/21/24
A teenage girl leaves for work on a Wednesday, early afternoon. She tells her parents she’ll be home for dinner. 6:00 p.m. turns into late night and there’s no sign of her. A neighbor and his wife stop by and offer to help as police are called in. And for months her family is left with no answers … until a break in the case comes and it's clear that even smalltown America is not safe when a sociopath is lurking close by.   Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and...
Published 08/14/24
In his book, THAT BEAST WAS NOT ME, forensic psychologist Jeffrey Smalldon talks about his close encounters with Bundy, Manson and John Wayne Gacy, among other psychopaths. Phelps speaks with Jeff about his prison visits to see Gacy, his interactions with Charles Manson and his gang of disciples, and the shocking revelations he uncovered along the way.  Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates...
Published 08/07/24
A young woman, who grew up in rural Kentucky and endured one tragedy after another, seems to be getting things on track. New house. New job. Friends. Family. But then tragedy strikes again when she heads out to an afterwork party at her boss’s house and things go from bad to very dark.  Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more.  And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1...
Published 07/31/24