Bart and Krista Halderson lived ideal lives in a beautiful suburb outside Madison, Wisconsin. They were deeply involved in their family, and their two boys seemed happy and successful. However, their 23-year-old son Chandler seemed broke despite a high-paying internship and an impending move to Florida to work for SpaceX. But after a call to Chandler’s college revealed that he hadn’t been telling the truth, both Bart and Krista went missing before pieces of their bodies were found scattered...

Rural America has been full of folklore, tall tales, and cryptids since its beginning. Whether attributed, falsely sometimes, to Indigenous stories of strange creatures and giant animals, or sometimes the result of new animals unfamiliar to early settlers, or tales of jackalopes, snipes, and hundreds of other odd creatures that were in the stories of early settlers around their campfires. However, many of these stories don’t just exist in the historical tales of early America; some have the...

Judy Rawlings was born in 1985 and grew up in Sophia, a tiny community near Asheboro, North Carolina. Her mother, Tammy, and her sister, Tiffany, said that Judy was (quote) “The sweetest sister anybody could ask for” and was the clown of the bunch to keep everybody happy. On the morning of October 2nd, 2001, Tammy left their home for a Doctor’s Appointment in Greensboro, around thirty minutes away. She would be reported missing and found some time later, begging the question, what happened to...

Nori Amaya was born on September 9th, 1971, in El Salvador. Not much is known about her early life or even her parents' names. We know that her mother would remain a constant in her life, but it’s unclear if her father was involved in her childhood in El Salvador. Two years later, her younger brother Carlos was also born. What is known about Nori, was the bizarre and disturbing circumstances of her discovery by her own brother in a Washington DC apartment. More than a decade later, still very...

Folk tales, true or not, have entertained us since we first started telling stories. You might think that because we live in an age where everyone is connected and the paranormal can be fact-checked, we don’t have any modern folk tales, but you’d be wrong. Remember when we were all scared of the secret society of clowns that were going to rampage across the U.S. in 2016? Or ever heard of the radioactive green man who still walks down desolate Pennsylvania Highways to this day? Tall tales of...

Patricia “Patti” Adkins was born on May 4th, 1972, near Marysville, Ohio. Not much has been reported about her early life. We know she had a brother and two sisters, Marcia and Jeanine, with whom she was extremely close. One night, after planning to go out of the country to Canada with a man from work, Patti mysteriously vanished and has not been seen since. In this episode we discuss the strange happenings and coincidences around her disappearance and try to answer the question; where is...

In 1995, Mike “Mad Man” Marcum was tinkering with a homemade Jacob’s Ladder at his home in King’s City, f, when he accidentally created a vortex using a modified CD laser pointed at the object. After modifying the test, stealing power generators, and constructing a larger version, Mike became famous when he appeared on Art Bell’s “Coast to Coast” to speak about his invention. But then, after telling Art he was 30 days away from creating his working time machine, Mike Marcum wasn’t heard from...

We’ve covered many cases where someone has disappeared into thin air. Most of the time, it happens during a normal day or a night out with friends. But in the case of Prisma Reyes, who went missing on April 17th, 2019, the day was anything but normal.

Lee Antoni had just returned from a visit to his mother while his wife Amanda had stayed home to take care of a migraine. When Lee entered the basement, he found Amanda lying dead in what police officers described as “the bloodiest scene they’d ever seen.” With no suspects, evidence, or leads in general, investigators were left to wonder if this was the work of a motivated killer, a crime of opportunity, or a horrible accident.

Chances are, at least one of you watching knows about Teal Swan. You might even be subscribed to her YouTube channel; you might have read one of her books, and, god forbid, you might have even attended one of her programs.

In the 2010s, Hillsong became one of the most well-known megachurches in the world through its popular music, flashy services, and hip pastors. However, in recent years, truths about the dangerous founders of the church were made clear, as well as dozens of accusations of sexual abuse, tax evasion, and exploitation. Is it really just a place of worship, or was Hillsong too powerful for its own good?

In the early morning hours of March 17th, 1995, six teenage boys left a house party in the suburban community of Pickering, Canada, just off the coast of Lake Ontario. Jay Boyle, Michael Cummins, Danny Higgins, Chad Smith, Robbie Rumboldt, and Jamie Lefebvre (Le-Fave) were last heard from when they called their girlfriends and told them they were going to the marina. None of them have been heard from since. What’s followed has been 29 years of a lackluster police search, minimal or missing...

Tanya Nicole Kach had been experiencing a very turbulent few years after her parents divorced, and she had just started 8th grade at a new school. She felt like she couldn’t escape from punishment, didn’t have privacy, and couldn’t trust adults. That’s when she met 38-year-old Thomas Hose, the security guard at her middle school. Thomas groomed young Tanya and eventually convinced her to live with him, hiding her in his son’s bedroom for ten long years. What followed was a decade of abuse,...

Ryan Shtuka was at a place in his life where many of us are when we’re twenty—unsure of what we want to do with our future but looking for adventure and new experiences. That’s what led him to take a job living and working at the Sun Peak Ski Resort in British Columbia in December 2017. Ryan was making new friends, enjoying the culture, and spending every day on the slopes. That all changed in the morning hours of February 17th, 2018, when Ryan left a house party five minutes away from his...

Sometimes, on this show, we deal with criminals whose intellect allows them to get away with some of the most surprising crimes. However, that is not the case this week. From a bank robber who believes that lemon juice can make him invisible, to a guy who siphoned gas from a police car and posted the photo on Facebook, and a real-life Weekend at Bernie's attempt at bank fraud, here are some of the dumbest criminals in the world.

Football star Pat Tillman made headlines when he famously turned down a $3.6 million contract to continue playing with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers following 9/11. Publicly, he gave no interviews and wanted to be treated like any other soldier. Privately, he was afraid the Bush Administration would use his recruitment and deployment as propaganda and, if he were to die, parade him down the streets- which is exactly what happened. When Pat was killed two years later by...

Adrienne Salinas was a beautiful 19-year-old college student living with roommates in Tempe, Arizona. Her roommates had been her friends since middle school, and she had been seeing her on-again-off-again boyfriend since 8th grade. She was making it work after moving away from her doting father, Rick. This all changed after they threw a house party at their apartment, and Adrienne left to go to her boyfriend’s house, never to be seen alive. When her body was uncovered two months later, 30...

In the early morning of April 1st, 2006, 2nd-year Medical Student Brian Shaffer was drinking with friends to celebrate spring break. He had a trip to Miami planned with his girlfriend, and despite the loss of his mother, he seemed to be in a really spot in his life. Then, at 1:55 AM, he is seen on CCTV walking back into the bar, never to come out. What followed was years of searches, theories, and more tragedy. Thousands of people have tried to come up with the answer: where is Brian Shaffer?

In this episode, we sit down with NewsNation's Senior National Correspondent Brian Entin, and discuss his experiences covering the Gabby Petito case, Idaho Murders, Lori Vallow trial plus more. His boots-on-the-ground reporting and dedication to bringing his viewers the real story definitely makes this episode you don't want to miss.

Many people have described social media as a cult. From following every word of an influencer to seeking the fame and fortune it can promise young people, the comparison is sometimes fair. However, in Southern California, an actual TikTok cult cuts members off from their families, gives the leader control of their finances, and forces them to live on cult-run properties, all in exchange for millions of follows and brand deals. The new Netflix documentary Dancing for the Devil not only...

For thousands of years, strange and lost locations have gripped people's imaginations worldwide. Ancient libraries were said to hold all of the world’s knowledge, secret archives that possessed documents and artifacts imbued with such power that their existence must be kept hidden, strange sightings in small towns, and a demonic occurrence that left a house bleeding. Are these places truly locations of otherworldly power, or does their mystery simply inspire the minds of those looking for...

In most missing person cases, there is at least some sort of trail investigators can follow. But when 32-year-old Chelsea Grimm’s Ford Escape was found abandoned near the rural town of Ash Fork, Arizona, while en route to Connecticut, she vanished without a trace. Over half a year later, investigators have no leads, only vague sightings, potential tips, and many possible outcomes. Was she stalked while making her way across the country, had a mental break after her car broke down, or did she...

Denise Huskins was staying at her boyfriend Aaron Quinn’s house on Mare Island in Vallejo, California, on the night of March 23rd, 2015. At 3:04 AM, kidnappers woke up the couple with blinding lights and forced them to take sedatives. The kidnappers said the intended target was Aaron’s ex-fiance but still took Denise to an undisclosed location. What followed was 48 hours in which cops relentlessly questioned Aaron and pushed all suspicions towards him. However, Denise was released to her...

The Troubled Teen Industry has existed in the background for most of our lives. Whether you went to a camp, knew a friend who disappeared and attended for a while, or saw kids on Dr. Phil carted away, the troubled teen industry has cemented itself in broader American society. But in recent years, celebrity participants and other survivors have spoken out against the industry, alleging abuse, kidnapping, and even murder. However, with anywhere between 120,000-200,000 children in programs at...