Burden of Proof

When Brian Cohee, Jr. showed interest in the morbid at a young age, his parents did what any parents might. They encouraged him to channel that interest into something positive. They hoped it might spark an interest in forensic sciences and lead to a career helping others.

Unfortunately, Brian instead chose to use his knowledge to harm others. In particular, he decided to prey upon someone that he thought wouldn't matter. Someone w...

Putting a twist on the love triangle, Jeff's story is more like a love pentagon, with just as many secrets as the government building. A decade long affair with one of the richest and connected women in area. A love child. Business dealings gone wrong. Jeff Zack was truly living a soap opera life.

So, when he was shot point blank on Father's Day weekend of 2001 at a gas station, detectives had quite a time finding leads on who the ...

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After Travis Alexander's body is found in his shower five days after he was brutally murdered, everyone was quick to point detectives in the direction of Jodi. Not concerned because she had an alibi, Jodi carried on as any heartbroken friend would and attended Travis' funeral. 

Unfortunately for Jodi, detectives were easily able to see the holes in her story a...

***WARNING: The crimes discussed in this episode include sexual assault, listener discretion is advised***

When Bobby Joe Long's violence towards women escalates, he develops a pattern of picking them up or abducting them from "the strip" in Tampa. Many of them were involved in the sex industry but some of them were just unfortunate enough to live in it's proximity. 

Though detectives connected a few of the cases early on, they had...

***WARNING: The crimes discussed in this episode include sexual assault, listener discretion is advised***

After years of abuse, 17 year old Lisa McVey had believed her life would come to an end on November 3, 1984. She never thought that she instead would find the motivation and courage to survive an unimaginable attack that lasted over 24 hours. Shockingly, the perpetrator drove her back to her neighborhood and let her go.

Lisa w...

***WARNING: This episode is intended for mature (18+) audiences only.***

It may not have been kismet that Jodi Arias met Travis Alexander at that Prepaid Legal convention in 2006, but that didn't stop her from believing they were meant to be. Unfortunately, Travis didn't realize Jodi wasn't the "one" until after things had gone too far.

Instead of making a clean break, Travis continued seeing Jodi to fulfill a very specific need wh...

First responders found more than they bargained for when Jeff Lamb reported he arrived home to find his wife beaten to death. They also found Cathy's two dogs severely beaten but still alive. 

Though the dogs were unable to save her life, they were able to provide detectives with clues as to who the killer was. One thing was for certain, it was not the burglary gone wrong that Jeff proposed it was.

Tune in as Elysia walks through t...

Already facing a financial crisis that would cause life as they know it to cease, the Ward family never anticipated the tragedy to come. A 911 call recorded a dispassionate sounding Bob Ward informing the dispatch that he shot and killed his wife. 

Was it a textbook true crime case of a man who's failing finances pushed him to do the unthinkable? Some say yes, but the family says no. 

Tune in as Savannah makes her best effort at co...

After teacher/basketball coach, Jimmy McClain, missed two days of work and no one was able to reach him, a wellness check by police was executed. He was found deceased with multiple gunshot wounds. There was no sign of forced entry nor any signs that the home had been burglarized.

It was evident that Jimmy must have known his killer, but the police were forced to investigate in circles when it appeared no one he knew would have mot...

********WARNING: This case contains details of sexual assault******** 

Best friends, Liz Reiser and Brandi Hicks, had put a girls movie night into motion when they were interrupted at the local Hollywood Video. Approached by an older man asking for a ride just a mile up the road so he could get home to say good night to his wife and kids, the teen girls debated on whether to help. Ultimately, they agreed that as long as they were t...

When 25 year old Corey Parker was found brutally stabbed in her Jacksonville Beach apartment, investigators immediately had their suspicions that she knew her killer. Unfortunately, determining the identity of the perpetrator wasn't so easy. Being a social butterfly with many friends and acquaintances made narrowing down the persons of interest a little more difficult. Having several different DNA samples from the crime scene certa...

Upon welcoming their adopted daughter, Marlene, into the family, Jim and Naomi Olive almost immediately began to struggle with parenthood. With Jim often away working, Naomi was left to face motherhood and her mental health disorder alone much of the time. This dynamic continued and by Marlene's teen years the toll it took on Marlene was evident.

After they chose to prescribe a cocktail of drugs to "help" Marlene, she really began ...

********WARNING: This case contains child victims of sexual abuse********

As a student Christian missionary, Richard quickly figured out that he would be whole heartedly trusted with the children. After getting away with his first crime against a child in Cambodia, he decided foreign, poverty stricken communities were easy targets. He then earned his certificate to teach English as a second language and moved through East Asia ulti...

Karen Gregory had just taken the next big step to moved in with her boyfriend. While he was away on a business trip out of state, she was going to spend the time unpacking and settling in to their new home. When Karen failed to answer the phone or contact him for nearly two days, he began to worry and called friends, family and a friendly neighbor. 

That neighbor was the first to discover Karen's body and call first responders, or ...

Brandon Hutchinson's life had always been riddled with trouble, but when he moved to Missouri to get away from it all he found himself in deeper trouble than ever before. The addiction he had been trying to run away from only grew worse when he began working for his cousin's new husband, Freddie Lopez. One bad decision led to another on New Year's 1995 when Freddie's party began to come to an end leaving Brandon alone with Freddie'...

It was lust at first sight when the successful Dentist, husband and father, Colin, met the younger wife and mother, Hazel, at their children's swim lessons. They quickly began an affair and were anything but discreet. Once caught by church elders, they agreed to end the relationship and attend counseling with their spouses. However, the two started their affair again and came up with a plan on how they could be together and not los...

Chris Wright was living the dream in 2007. He was newly married to his beautiful wife, Bianca, lived in the equally beautiful Salt Lake City, and worked a successful career in real estate. Everything changed though, when he took his neighbor up on an offer to introduce him to Ken Doleszar. Ken was a potential investor for Chris' latest real estate project.

When Ken was gunned down in front of an eye witness just two weeks before he...

Despite using safety precautions when meeting a date from the ever popular app Tinder, Sydney Loofe was not prepared for what was to happen the night of November 15, 2017. Her date, Audrey, had spent some time gaining Sydney's trust and that night and convinced her to meet at her apartment. Unfortunately, Audrey was not who she claimed to be.

Audrey was actually Bailey Boswell, a woman in her twenties who had lured several women in...

Paul Kruse wasn't about the life he grew up in. He dreamed of living a life of luxury and he legitimately did for a little while. When things fell apart and he was forced to work for more modest means, he decided he was willing to lie, cheat and steal his way to the life he wanted. 

He might have gotten away with his scheme for longer had he not made gross advances toward the underage daughter of his assistant, Amy. She knew someth...