Only Crime will Tell

Turn back your watch to Spring Break 2006. Brian Shaffer had a lot to look forward to prior to his disappearance. CCTV would capture him inside the bar, but would never see him leave. It was as though Brian vanished into thin air. Tragedy for the Shaffer family will not end with Brian though.  If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Brian Shaffer please contact the Columbus Police Department at [ 877-645-8477 ] You can remain anonymous.O  N  L  Y   C  R  I  M  E   W  I  L  L   T  E  L  L Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook || InstagramFind all written and audio sources for this episode & others, click here. Listen wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Case Inquiries or Questions: connect@onlycrimewilltell.com[ Music By ] beatsbyNeVs[ Written, Hosted, Edited & Produced By ] Ashleigh DenneyCopyright © 2021 Hey LeighD - All Rights Reserved.

Turn back your watch to Spring Break in 1988.Stacie Madison and Susan Smalley, disappeared in the early morning hours of March 20th 1988, from Carrollton, Texas. This being just weeks before they were supposed to graduate from high school. Stacie’s brightly colored Ford Mustang was found just days later at a popular teen hangout spot in a strip mall parking lot. The car was locked and inside were their jackets. On a night in which they just wanted to have fun would soon turn to the last night that anyone saw the girls. O  N  L  Y   C  R  I  M  E   W  I  L  L   T  E  L  LFind Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook || InstagramFind all written and audio sources for this episode & others, click here. Listen wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Case Inquiries or Questions: connect@onlycrimewilltell.com[ Music By ] beatsbyNeVs[ Written, Hosted, Edited & Produced By ] Ashleigh DenneyCopyright © 2021 Hey LeighD - All Rights Reserved.

Turn back your watch to May 24th, 2012. Israel teases investigators about his motives, methods and mindset behind the murders he committed. From the outside looking in, Israel Keyes appeared as a devoted businessman, a loving father, and a dedicated boyfriend. During questioning with the FBI about a single murder, Keyes would admit to many other crimes that police had no idea he had committed. He would spend the next 15 hours telling details about his secret life. The life in which he committed a long series of rapes, murders, arsons, burglaries and bank robberies until his capture in 2012. For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to Halloween, 1979. The duo let their shared fantasies of sexual violence become a reality. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris together decided to kidnap, rape, torture and murder five teenage girls over a 5-month period in 1979 in southern California. They would torture their victims with instruments which could be commonly found within any household toolbox, therefore earning them the name, The Toolbox Killers.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to Christmas Day 2011. Tragedy would take place in the Texas town that people referred to as Christmas Country.  A father who let his pride get the best of him would text his daughter to let her know he had a surprise for her on Christmas Morning. The next day, he would show up dressed as Santa - Hours later - Seven total were left dead.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

This is not your average true crime podcast.  Each episode, we turn back your watches to a different time & a different crime.  Turn back your watch & watch your back - Because Only Crime will Tell.

Turn back your watch to October 1, 1993. Polly Klaas was hosting a slumber party for her two closest friends. What would happen that night in the bedroom would be the nightmare of parents everywhere. America would come together in the search for the missing girl and the tragic murder would go on to become the first case to be spread while using the internet.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com  Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com http://www.pollyklaas.org/ 

Turn back your watch to February 1st, 2018 John David Battaglia Jr. murdered his two young daughters, Liberty & Faith, while on the phone with their mother. She listened on the other line as shots fired. Pt.2 reveals the madness behind the monster only moments before his execution and a direct interview from Rich Jackson who watched as John took his last breath.  BECOME A DONOR, SAVE A LIFEIf you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, please know there is help. GET HELP NOW Watch the interview with John in full - John Battaglia Execution Watch Video For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to May 2nd, 2001. John David Battaglia Jr. murdered his two young daughters, Liberty & Faith, while on the phone with their mother. She listened on the other line as shots fired. Listen to the events of the case directly from the first on scene on that tragic day many years ago.  If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, please know there is help. Visit https://www.familyplace.org/ourservices For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.comSources: No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge 

Turn back your watch to the Summer of 1977.  It would be at Camp Scott in Oklahoma where 140 young girls arrived to a fun filled two weeks devoted to Girl Scout Camp. Sadly, on the first night, thunderstorms emerged and what followed was horrific. Three campers were murdered only a few hundred yards from their counselors' tent.  This is the case of The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders.For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.comSources: Someone Cry For The Children - The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders Documentary True Crime

Turn back your watch to January 11th, 2013.  On January 11, 2013 at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, a 17-year-old young man was found dead, rolled up inside a large gym mat. The case was quickly declared an accident, but the family is determined to prove that he was murdered.In honor of Black History Month, this is the case of the mysterious death of Kendrick Johnson.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to the Early Nineties. Charles Albright, known as the “Texas Eyeball Killer” was a natural born killer. The Eyeball Killer's victims were prostitutes. After killing them by shooting them with a .44-caliber handgun, he would remove the eyes with surgical precision and take them with him. The bodies were then dumped in open areas with their shirts pulled up to expose their breasts or completely nude. For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to December 13th, 2011.  The Long Island Serial Killer is one story. The next is all about Shannon Gilbert & the secrets that have yet to be discovered.  Check out this bonus episode, inspired by the new Netflix Original, Lost Girls.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to March 17th, 1991. Carey Mae Parker was last seen March 17, 1991. The details of Carey's final days and years help in telling her story and those surrounding her during that time. An interview with her daughter, Brandy, and a lot of new details never heard before.  Buried Podcast Content: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/551707229/buried *Including a clip of an interview. https://www.huntcountytexasmissing.com/carey-mae-parker.html For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to March 17th, 1991. Carey Mae Parker was last seen March 17, 1991. At the time, the 23 year old mother of 3 was working for Flanders-Precisionaire in Terrell, Texas and living with friends in Quinlan. Now, take a closer look in the first part of Carey's story. What lead up to her vanishing? https://www.huntcountytexasmissing.com/carey-mae-parker.htmlFor all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to the last several decades.  Hunt County, TX - The history & mysteries that surround this small town.   A new multi-part series discussing the Missing 7 of Hunt County, TX - Introduction to the cases & what is to come in future episodes.   http://www.huntcountytexasmissing.com/Help bring them home.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn your watch back to September 28th, 1995. Glen Edward Rogers was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list after a cross country crime spree. He was eventually captured, tried and convicted of some of the most gruesome killings ever known.  Glen has made comments that in terms of the number of his victims, the surface has hardly been scratched and that he has taken the lives of 70 women.  This is the case of The Cross Country Killer. For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn your watch back to February 25th, 1957. The body of a young boy was found in a box in an illegal dumping ground in Philadelphia. His mysterious murder caused various speculations and controversy throughout history.  This is the case of The Boy in the Box.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to August 13th, 2018.  A family appears perfect on social media.  A beautiful wife, two adorable daughters and a husband that ended it all. A Colorado man commits murder and then claims that his family is missing. This is the story of The Watts Family Murders.  For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com

Turn back your watch to 1974-1991. Dennis Rader murdered 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas often leaving clues to taunt authorities. A man that no one suspected, committing some of the most horrific crimes.  This is the story of BTK. For all written and audio sources for this episode, please visit www.onlycrimewilltell.com Find Only Crime will Tell on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlycrimewilltellInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlycrimewilltell/ Case inquiries: onlycrimewilltell@outlook.com