On this episode, we’re back with another installment of our Dumbest Criminals series! We take a look at a serial forklift thief, a barking sheriff, a case of sharknapping, and more. Join us as we take our minds a mile lower!

Rachel Hoffman was a 23-year-old FSU student who was busted for marijuana and faced multiple felony charges. Tallahassee Police gave her two options - going to prison or working as a confidential informant. TPD had Rachel try to buy 1,500 ecstasy pills, 2 ounces of cocaine, and a gun - an outrageous step up from Rachel’s small-time weed deals. On May 7th, 2008, the two targets found a wire in Rachel’s purse and murdered her. And despite having lost eyes on Rachel during the sting, TPD blamed...

In 2014, Youtuber “snakebitmgee” posted a comment describing his strange encounter with a mysterious cave in the deserts outside of Las Vegas. The user, whose real name is Kenny Veach, said the M shaped cave vibrated and gave him a weird feeling. Weeks later, Kenny told Youtube he would attempt to find the cave again. He ventured out for a hike on November 10th, 2014, but never returned home. He is still missing to this day. What happened to Kenny Veach, aka snakebitmgee?

Everyone knew that 14-year-old Kim Edwards of Spalding, Lincolnshire, hated her mother Elizabeth. But nobody was prepared for the news that came from the Edwards home on April 15th, 2016 - Kim and her 14-year-old boyfriend, Lucas Markham, brutally murdered her mother and her 13-year-old sister Katie, then ate ice cream and watched Twilight movies downstairs. What drove the two teens to commit such brutal, heinous acts with no remorse?

On October 24th, 1961, 4-year-old Lillian Risch ran to her neighbor Barbara’s house and told her “Mommy is gone and the kitchen is covered with red paint.” When police arrived at the house, they found a bloody scene and no sign of Lillian’s mom, 31-year-old Joan Risch. She has remained missing ever since. What happened to Joan Risch? Was she kidnapped, or did she have an accident and is suffering from amnesia? Or did she stage the whole disappearance?

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On April 30th, 2010, Shannan Gilbert called 911 from Long Island, running from a client’s house screaming before she disappeared into thin air. Half a year later, police searching for Shannan found the bodies of four other sex workers along Ocean Parkway on Gilgo Beach. Six more victims would be discovered on Long Island’s south shore by the end of 2011. For over a decade - and potentially longer - the Long Island/Gilgo Beach serial killings were unsolved. But on July 13th, 2023, police...

Today, we’ll be discussing the bombshell Congressional hearing on UAPs that took place on July 26th, 2023. Whistleblower David Grusch testified under oath that the US has a secret crash retrieval program and is in possession of “non-human biologics” from these crashes. We break down the huge news story and talk about what these revelations may mean for the rest of humanity and beyond.

The Bennington Triangle is a mysterious area of woods in southwestern Vermont where 5 people disappeared from the years of 1945 to 1950. The Triangle disappearances are rumored to be the work of anything from UFOs, Bigfoot, a Wildman, and even a man-eating stone. Did supernatural forces cause these unsolved disappearances?

Today, we are joined by very special guests Carmen Bolden Day and her son, Seve Day to discuss the tragic death of their son and brother Jelani JJ Day. Jelani was multitalented, well-liked, compassionate, and he had a bright future ahead of him. Sadly, Jelani’s life was cut short - he went missing on August 24th, 2021. His body was found in the Illinois River almost two weeks later. Carmen, Seve and their family are demanding Justice for Jelani - but almost 2 years after his life was cut...

During the early morning hours of August 12th, 2014, an exhausted woman rang the lobby of the St. Regis Bali and requested a 10 am wake up call. The woman was Chicago socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack, and just hours later, a taxi driver would find her body stuffed in a blood-stained suitcase outside the posh hotel. What police uncovered was a diabolical yet halfwitted plot carried out by her own daughter, Heather Mack, and her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer.

On today’s episode of Mile Higher, we take a deep dive into the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster. Its mission was to take passengers down to the Titanic shipwreck, whose final resting place sits about 12,500 feet below the North Atlantic’s surface. But the submersible wouldn’t make it. An implosion took the lives of all 5 on board the sub. We discuss the disaster, what went wrong, and how it could’ve been prevented.

Today we are joined by retired Denver DA Mitch Morrissey. He recounts what it was like in his 12 years of service and goes into detail about his experience working on many cases, including JonBenét Ramsey. We also discuss United Data Connect - the company Mitch founded that provides DNA Familial Searching and Forensic Genetic Genealogy Analysis to help solve cold cases

Today, we’re joined by special guest Graham Hancock to discuss an ancient advanced civilization destroyed by a great cataclysm. We talk about the Younger Dryas impact theory, the Great Pyramids of Giza, Graham’s new Netflix show Ancient Apocalypse, and more! Are we a species with amnesia?

On today’s episode, we’re joined by a very special guest - journalist and author Graham Hancock! Graham sits down with us to discuss topics on psychedelics, ayahuasca, shamanism, cannabis, and life after death. We also discuss the war on consciousness, and the drug war.

On the night of February 2nd, 2017, Penn State sophomore Tim Piazza was excited to spend his first night at his new fraternity house. He had no idea that he wouldn’t leave the Beta Theta Pi house alive. For hours, the brothers left the severely intoxicated and injured pledge to die on their floor. But Tim’s tragic and needless passing is far from the only hazing-related tragedy at Penn State.

24-year-old Amy Wroe Bechtel was excited to start a new chapter in her life in Lander, Wyoming. She was newly graduated, newly married, and moving into a new house. But on July 24th, 1997, Amy went out for a run in the Wind River Mountains and never returned home. Police began to focus on Amy’s husband and his eyebrow-raising journals. But was Amy really the victim of the Great Basin Killer? It’s been 25 years and Lander is still wondering - What happened to Amy Wroe Bechtel?

In the early evening of January 20th, 1996, rain was falling over the city of Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Three girls were walking through a vacant lot when something made them stop in their tracks. It was a small, oily brown alien, cowering in fear. What followed was a bizarre series of alien and UFO sightings that left people clamoring for answers. Did the Brazilian military cover up the first known human contact with an extraterrestrial being?

Today, we are joined by guest Eric Carter-Landin to discuss the unprosecuted murder of his baby brother Jacob on April 10th, 1987. It’s been over 35 years since Jacob’s life was stolen from him. Today, the person who killed him has not been prosecuted. Jacob and far too many children from the state of New Mexico have not gotten the justice they deserve.

Today on Mile Higher With My Husband, we discuss a shocking case out of Aspen, Colorado. 57-year-old Nancy Pfister was a free-spirited socialite in the luxury ski town who loved to travel and party. When she met Nancy and Trey Styler - a down-on-their-luck Denver couple looking to start fresh in Aspen - she thought it was good karma. But four months after they moved into her mountain home, she was found bludgeoned to death in her bedroom. Who really killed Nancy Pfister?

On the evening of May 4th, 1998, a Vatican nun heard strange noises coming from the apartment of her neighbors - Swiss guard commander Alois Estermann and his wife, Gladys. When she went to investigate, she was shocked to find their bodies, along with the body of young guardsman Cedric Tornay. A secretive Vatican investigation concluded Cedric shot the couple and himself in a fit of madness. But was there more to the story - a love triangle, freemasons, Opus Dei, Stasi - being covered up?

Patrick Lee Mullins was a beloved and talented librarian at a high school in Manatee County, Florida. He was looking forward to retiring, celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary, opening his own repair shop, and becoming a grandfather. But on January 27th, 2013, Pat went missing while boating on the Braden River. His body was found 9 days later. The Sheriff’s Office labeled his death a suicide - but was Patrick actually murdered? 10 years later, the family is still searching for answers. Who...

We’re back with another philosophy episode! This week, we take a look at the Prisoner’s Dilemma thought experiment and Pascal’s Wager. We also discuss the problem of evil, theodicies, heaven and hell, and free will.

Just after midnight on May 10th, 1996, groups of hopeful climbers began their trek to the summit of Mount Everest. They’d spent their whole lives preparing for the moment they reached the top of the world. But when a massive storm hit during their descent, the climbers were plunged into a 36-hour desperate fight for survival. Today, we talk about the tragedy that claimed the lives of 8 climbers on the flanks of the world’s highest mountain.

Kaysera Stops Pretty Places had just celebrated her 18th birthday days before she went missing on August 24th, 2019 from Hardin, MT. For two weeks, Kaysera’s family searched desperately for her, only to find out that her body had actually been discovered 4 days after she was last seen. Today, we look at this frustrating case and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis at the heart of it.