Last Seen in the Twilight Zone

A few weeks ago, I was in the car with my husband, driving through downtown Binghamton. We passed a small greenspace; it’s easy to miss & nestled in a busy intersection. It’s the Memorial Park in honor of the American Civic Association. At its center, there’s a broken column, surrounded by thirteen glass birds in flight. Each bird represents a life lost in one of the most devastating events in our city’s history.

There’s someth...

Who is Stacy Stewart, Christopher Thomason, and Brian Early? Today, we will go down the next rabbit hole of another man, or men, who could also be responsible for her disappearance. We're not going to talk about the entire case again like we did in Part 1 and 2 go give those a listen first. Fasten your seatbelts because we are about to DIVE in hard. Almost all of the information from this episode is taken from the book Reign of Jus...

f you haven’t listened to part one of this series, you should definitely go back and listen to that one first. Part 1 gave a general overview of this case. In Part 2, we are going to dig into Who was Cal Harris? What evidence made him appear guilty, what evidence might be missing? We'll go over both sides of the story. Then in Part 3 we will go down the next rabbit hole of another man, or men, who could also be responsible for her ...

This is Part 1 of a 3 Part story. September 11, 2001 | While the nation reeled from terror, in Owego, NY, a different kind of panic took hold. Michele Anne Harris 35, mother of four, awaiting finalization of a divorce disappeared without a trace. In this episode, we trace the last known moments of her life, the controversial investigation, the legal battles against her husband Cal Harris, and the unanswered questions that linger mo...

On November 4th, 1983 Bessie P. Williams took her regular bus route to pick up her paycheck from work. The 19 year old made the short trip from her apartment on Main St in Johnson City, NY to the suburb of Endicott–where she worked at the Quality Inn Lodge & Convention center. She got her paycheck and intended to head home but she never made it. What happened to Bessie P. Williams on that Friday afternoon? There are so few deta...

At 12:36 in the afternoon on Friday, December 19th, 2014 a 911 call came in to the Broome County Emergency dispatch. The caller on the other end simply asked for an ambulance to be sent & hung up promptly. A sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to the Nanticoke Valley Trailer Park, in the town of Maine, just outside of Binghamton, New York. The residence belonged to Michael Fiocco and Shannon Laskaris. One week prior to this moment,...

The stories that Allie is sharing today come from the real patients that sought treatment at the Binghamton State Hospital, which opened in 1879. It is important to acknowledge that while the Greater Binghamton Health Center is currently still functional on the State Hospital campus, these stories are specifically from the patients of the inebriate asylum.

Perched above the Susquehanna River at 425 Robinson Street in Binghamton, Ne...

This story is about Chrystal Crandall.

When the news broke that a murder had occurred in our hometown, I was at the airport — returning from a family trip — I saw the story begin to circulate. And then came an alarming email from my kids' elementary school. The words: domestic violence. A Mother’s been killed. 3 children are being assessed and treated at the hospital. Her name came out fast. So did the details.

That’s when it reall...

In this episode Allie covers 2 very powerful cases where a murder-suicide took place. These are the stories of Dr. Marie Laure Jean-Jacques, Lauren Ajax and Cynthia Pratt-Lyons.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of hurting themselves or others, call to text 988 for immediate assistance. Likewise, if you need support or want to learn more about resources for domestic violence, stalking harassment or intimate par...

On March 9, 2018 the body of Binghamton University student Haley Anderson was found in the home of a young frat member off campus. Haley was a Nursing student from Long Island, NY who had quickly fallen in love with the Binghamton area upon visiting colleges years prior. There was a clear suspect from the beginning, however he was nowhere to be found. This heartbreaking story would take investigators 3,800 miles away and would even...