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One April evening in 1991, Ann Racz's three children waited for her to pick them up some burgers and fries at the local McDonalds, which was less than a mile away. But instead of seeing Ann's white minivan pull into the driveway, their father showed up hours later with a small bag of cold French […] The post The Disappearance of Ann Racz appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When Monica Dunn, a beautiful mother of three, was shot to death in her home, her husband was with her. But he claimed she had done it to herself. The couple had become estranged after months of infidelity and viscous arguments, so Monica's police officer husband Paul Dunn was the logical suspect in her death. […] The post Presumed Guilty: The Death of Monica Dunn appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Please enjoy this public release of a members-only episode from October 2023. For more of these bonus episodes and to get all of your TCB episodes ad-free, pop on over to tiegrabber.com/subscribe! On the morning of October 24, 1961, Martin Risch left for Logan Airport to catch an early flight for an overnight business trip […] The post Vanished in Blood (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Susan Woods' naked body was found with her head in a bathtub full of black water in 1987. In her small town of Stephenville, Texas, her murder was especially shocking and unimaginable. Susan was a softspoken and beautiful young woman, living alone since her biker husband had left her and fled the state. When she […] The post Not the Usual Suspect appeared first on Tiegrabber.

We hope you enjoy this re-release from a members-only show in 2024. It’s one of Jill’s favorites! Jill and Dick rewatch and recap the HBO 2-part docuseries I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders. This is a shocking case of a mother and grandmother who kills her husband, then goes on the run […] The post I'm Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders-A Rewatch & Recap (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

One day in January 2009, 91-year-old Selma “Sally” Hill was not answering her phone calls, which was very unusual for her. Sally's life partner, Lester, had a daily habit of speaking with Sally at 4:00 pm each day. When Sally didn't answer Lester's calls on January 7, 2009, Lester became concerned. He called Sally's grandson Eric, […] The post Operation Custody appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Raised in Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Jason Bautista and his fifteen-year-old brother Matthew were living roller coaster lives with their mentally ill and abusive mother, Jane. Jane Bautista's mood swings and unpredictable behavior effected the two young men in ways not understood at the time. Then, one January night, the family's dysfunction led to […] The post A Tale of Two Brothers appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When Ernest Brendel, his wife Alice, and their 8-year-old daughter Emily disappeared from their Barrington Rhode Island home, the FBI and state police suspected that they were victims of foul play. The family of three had just moved to Barrington from Providence about three years earlier, believing they had found a safe and happy place […] The post Trading in Murder: The Brendel Family Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

We hope you enjoy this re-release of a members-only episode from 2023! It was the 1970s, a time of freedom and adventure for 16-year-old Jim Boucher and 19-year-old Daryl Barber, when they headed out from their Michigan homes to Daytona Beach Florida for a week of fun and sunshine. The two young men had saved […] The post Road Trip (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

One January night in 1997, Scott Falater's next door neighbor looked on in horror as Scott dragged his screaming wife into the family pool and proceeded to hold her head under the water. When the police arrived, they found Yarmila Falater floating in blood filled water with 44 stab wounds to her body. Join us […] The post While He Was Sleeping? The Murder of Yarmila Falater appeared first on Tiegrabber.

One Christmas morning in Madison, Wisconsin, a young man named Gerald Davies led the police to a dead body lying in a snowbank. Gerald was insistent that he did not kill the man. He explained that he and his fiancée, Barbara, had simply found the body in her apartment and buried it in the snow. […] The post No Happy Endings appeared first on Tiegrabber.

This is a re-release of a members-only episode from 2023. Jill & Dick remember being riveted by this series and had to talk about it! Enjoy!  A Recap of the Three-Part Series Jill and Dick recap and discuss this docuseries about an alleged child sex ring in Mineola, Texas.  Spoilers abound so you may want […] The post How to Create a Sex Scandal (and ruin lives) Re-release appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Brenda and Dennis Bowman last saw their daughter Aundria on March 11, 1989. Dennis was the one who called the police when Aundria went missing that afternoon. He told them that he had come home from work and found Aundria missing, along with some of her things and some cash. He said that Aundria, 14-years […] The post The Lost Daughter: Aundria Bowman appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Welcome to a public  rerelease of a premium episode from 2023. If you’d like to get all of our bonus shows and get our regular shows without ads, check out tiegrabber.com/subscribe for more information! On the evening of September 25, 1966, Jerry Bricca, a 28-year-old chemical engineer, got home from work and took his trash […] The post Unsolved: The Bricca Family Murders (rerelease) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The Jamison Family lived in Eufaula, Oklahoma back in 2009 when they mysteriously disappeared. 44-year-old Bobby and his wife Sherilyn, along with their 6-year-old daughter Madyson, were considering moving into the remote San Bois Mountains when their truck was found abandoned in the area that October. Join us at the quiet end for The Strange […] The post The Strange Disappearance of the Jamison Family appeared first on Tiegrabber.

George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico before moving to New York City, where he became a successful antiques and art dealer. In 1990, at age 49, George was happy. He was planning a new life with his former publicist and current girlfriend, Mary-Louise Hawkins, after years in an unhappy marriage. But George's newfound happiness […] The post Murdered for Money: George Kogan appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Here is a blast from the past—a members-only episode of a Dateline rewatch and recap! Happy New Year and we hope you enjoy our recap of a crazy episode of Dateline Unforgettable hosted by Andrea Canning.  In this case, an Alabama husband, Michael Reese, is murdered in his own home. His wife Cindy seems beyond […] The post Dateline Unforgettable Rewatch: Even the Devil Went to Church (rerelease) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On the morning of December 30, 1978, the bodies of 45-year-old Nancy Spangler and her two teenage children were found in their home in Littleton, Colorado. All three had been shot to death with a handgun. The children were found in their bedrooms and Nancy was slumped in a chair in the basement, a bullet […] The post A Very Bad Husband: Robert Spangler appeared first on Tiegrabber.

We’re back with another premium episode rerelease for the public, this time a rewatch and recap of a Dateline episode with our favorite reporter, Keith Morrison. If you haven’t subscribed for TCB premium ad-free and bonus episodes, maybe you should? Just something to consider! Happy Holidays! Larry Isenberg disappeared on Feb. 13, 2018 while out […] The post Dateline Rewatch & Recap: Kill Switch (rerelease) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Engaged Swedish couple Heidi Birgitta Paakkonen and Sven Urban Höglin were in their early twenties when they disappeared on a visit to New Zealand back in 1989. They were on an adventure, backpacking through the bush that April, and they were reported missing that May. Join us at the quiet end for The Swedish Tourist […] The post The Swedish Tourist Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

This is a public rerelease of a members-only episode from last spring.  Hope you enjoy it! If you would like more episodes like this, without ads, check out tiegrabber.com/subscribe or visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tiegrabber. On Nov 2, 2016, 34-year-old Sherri Papini was jogging near her home in Redding, CA. She was apparently kidnapped […] The post The Sherri Papini Kidnapping Hoax-Rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber.

So, now we’re back for part two of the fascinating and disturbing case of convicted child killer Lucy Letby. Since part one, we’ve reviewed interviews with her accusers, her defenders, scientific experts, and nurses who either worked in neonatal units, in the Countess of Chester neonatal unit, or worked directly with Lucy Letby. We’ve also […] The post Lucy Letby: The Common Denominator Part Two appeared first on Tiegrabber.

This is a rerelease of a bonus episode released last summer for subscribers only. We thought we’d share this on the public feed for those of you needing an escape from the upcoming holiday stress. Hope you enjoy our discussion! Cullen Davis was a man who believed that money could buy anything. And he may […] The post A Perversion of Justice-Rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber.

In this previously released for members-only episode, Jill & Dick recap and discuss the ID docuseries The Lost Women of Highway 20. We recommend that you watch it first, but you can definitely follow the story by just listening to the podcast. If you’d like more episodes like these without ads, check out subscribing options […] The post The Lost Women of Highway 20—rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When British nurse Lucy Letby went on trial in 2023, the case against her seemed overwhelming. She was charged with 22 murders and attempted murders in the neonatal unit where she worked at Countess of Chester Hospital. The case centered on an abnormally high number of deaths between June 2015 and June 2016. Although no […] The post Lucy Letby: The Common Denominator Part One appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The van Breda family enjoyed wealth, travel, and the love of friends and family. They travelled together, had apparently enviable relationships, and the children were educated at some of the best schools from around the world. All five family members were living what seemed like a dream life in a high-security, luxury estate just outside […] The post What Marli Forgot: The van Breda Axe Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When 15-year-old Holly Harvey's grandparents forbade her from spending time with her 16-year-old lover, Sandy, both Holly and Sandy grew bitter and antagonistic. Carl and Sarah Collier loved their out-of-control granddaughter, who they were raising while her mother was in prison. Carl and Sarah did not give up on Holly, but then they began to […] The post To-Do List appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Just three years after Thomas Keir told everyone that his first wife Jean left him and their young son behind to be with another man, his second wife Rosalina was found dead and severely burned on her bed. Keir's claims to be unlucky and grief-stricken were questioned by investigators as well as family, friends, and […] The post The Two Wives of Thomas Keir appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On the afternoon of June 26, 2010, a Pennsylvania State Trooper witnessed a car driving erratically. It sped past him and crashed into a tree. Stopping to help, he found the driver alive and covered in blood. When asked what happened, the man answered: “I just killed everybody.” Join us at the quiet end for […] The post Evil Out on Parole appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Back in the winter of 1985, two friends from Detroit set out on a hunting trip in rural Michigan. Brian Ognjan and David Tyll, both 27-years-old, had been looking forward to this trip and had planned it for weeks. But somewhere along the way, the hunters became the hunted. They vanished somewhere in the bitter cold, […] The post Into the Cold appeared first on Tiegrabber.

July 27th, 1996. Atlanta, Georgia. During a free concert at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, security guard Richard Jewell spotted an abandoned backpack. Authorities soon discovered that it contained a live bomb. The bomb detonated minutes later, but Jewell's actions saved countless lives. Days later, he became the main suspect in the bombing. The public would […] The post Listen Now-Generation Why: The Olympic Park Bombing appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Back in the summer of 1973, the Houston Police were called to a home where a 33-year-old man named Dean Corll had been shot to death. This crime scene led them to search a shed he had been renting and a wooded area nearby. Finally, the community would learn what had happened to their missing […] The post The Candy Man Killer & the Lost Boys of Houston Heights appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Carol Montecalvo was a devoted Christian who married her prison pen pal. Once he was released, they seemed happy. But on the evening of March 31, 1988, Carol and her husband Dan were shot. Dan survived. Carol was killed. After Carol's death, Dan told police that, on the night of the shooting, he and Carol […] The post Death of a Prison Bride appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Emile Cilliers tried to murder his wife Victoria by sabotaging her parachute, but that was not his first attempt to kill her. Emile had a long history of lying, stealing, and having extramarital affairs. He also had a temper. Victoria knew that her husband was often dishonest and emotionally closed off, but she desperately wanted […] The post The Parachute Murder Plot appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Christa Worthington was a Vassar grad from a prominent family, living on her own on Cape Cod. She had left behind her career as a fashion writer for a simpler life, having a daughter on her own and raising her on the Cape. Then, in January 2002, forty-six-year-old Christa was found stabbed to death in […] The post The Burden of Bias appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Sandra Bridewell lived a life of privilege throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. In fact, her life could have been described as near perfect if not for the trail of dead bodies left in her wake. Her first husband, a prominent dentist, died in their home in 1975. Her second husband, a real estate […] The post Death Followed Her appeared first on Tiegrabber.

In 2008, single mother Susan Bailey was working two jobs to make sure that her children, 17-year-old Jennifer and 13-year-old David, had everything they needed. But on September 26th, when Susan didn't show up for work, her employer called Susan's mother, Kate, in Minnesota. Susan's mother hadn't heard from her daughter or her two grandchildren.  […] The post Killer Kids: The Plot to Kill Susan Bailey appeared first on Tiegrabber.

In 2015, 35-year-old Kendra Hatcher became a victim of a murder-for-hire plot fueled by jealousy. Kendra was a pediatric dentist living in Dallas who was in a romantic relationship with dermatologist Ricky Paniagua. She was in love with Ricky, but she didn't know that Ricky had a jealous ex who was stalking her and eventually […] The post Fatal Jealousy: The Plot to Kill Kendra Hatcher appeared first on Tiegrabber.

California physicians Deepti Gupta and Kevin Paul Anderson were starting their own pediatric practice together when they had an affair. Both were married to other people. Anderson was loved by his patients and had been a mentor to Deepti, who was ten years younger. The day before she was murdered, Deepti had finished all her […] The post Dr. Killer: The Murder of Deepti Gupta appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Just after midnight on Christmas Eve 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to the smell of smoke. The home she shared with her husband, George, and nine of their children, was going up in flames. It would be over seven hours before the fire department arrived. By then, the two-story house had burned to the ground […] The post The Missing Sodder Children appeared first on Tiegrabber.

As fraternal twins, Betty and Peggy were together from the very beginning. As adults, they were very different people but remained best friends.  Then, in 1992, they either conspired together to have Betty's husband killed or fought together to prove their innocence. Join us at the quiet end for Split Decision. After Betty's husband, Dr. […] The post Split Decision: The Murder of Dr. Jack Wilson appeared first on Tiegrabber.

17-year-old Karla Homolka met 23-year-old Paul Bernardo in 1987. Some saw their meeting as love at first sight, but the two had a dangerous attraction which would drive them to commit abductions, sexual assaults, and even murder. This good-looking couple became obsessed with each other. And Paul was very controlling of Karla. But Paul Bernardo's […] The post Killer Couple: Karla Homolka & Paul Bernardo appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On a weekday afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, fifteen-year-old Paula Cooper stabbed 78-year-old Ruth Pelke to death. In a city with a history of racism, Ruth was a white, beloved bible teacher who refused to move out of her overwhelmingly black neighborhood. When Paula and her friends showed up at Ruth's door that day […] The post Death Sentence: The Murder of Ruth Pelke & the Punishment of Paula Cooper appeared first on Tiegrabber.

April Kauffman didn't have an easy life growing up.  When she was just seventeen, she gave birth to her daughter Kim and set out to make a better life for them both. April raised her daughter in a loving home despite an early split from Kim's father. She earned her cosmetology license and worked as […] The post The Dr. & Mrs. Kauffman appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The Halderson family appeared to be living a happy middle-class life. Parents Krista and Bart had everything they had wished for and worked for, including a comfortable suburban home and two loving sons. Mitchell, 24, was working in the tech industry and Chandler, 23, was a college student living at home. But all was not […] The post Parent Trap appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Karla Brown was 22-years-old in 1978. After five-years of an off and on relationship, she and her fiancé, Mark, bought their first home together.  That June, the couple were focused on moving and decorating their new home.  They had friends over to help with the move on June 20th, followed by an evening of food […] The post Finding Karla Brown’s Killer appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Elana Steinberg's husband, Steve Steinberg, was a well-liked restaurant manager with a gambling problem. Elana struggled to keep their finances afloat, but it wasn't easy. Then, on an otherwise normal night in 1981, Elana was stabbed 26 times in their bed. Steve called 911 and told the dispatcher that two bearded men had robbed them […] The post Victim on Trial: Elana Steinberg appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On March 18, 1990, 15-year-old fraternal twins Dannette and Jeanette Millbrook disappeared while out walking from a convenience store to their home in Augusta, Georgia. Earlier that day, the girls told their mother that a man in a white van had been following them. Nothing more is known about this man and he would not […] The post The Missing Millbrook Twins appeared first on Tiegrabber.

At 6:00 a.m. on August 28, 1965, Carl and Carmela Coppolino's physician, Dr. Juliette Karow, was awakened by a phone call. Carl Coppolino tearfully described to her how he had just found his 32-year-old wife dead, seemingly from a heart attack. Dr. Karow was concerned when she arrived at the house—young women in their 30s […] The post The Love Triangle Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On December 22, 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons began a killing spree that would become the worst massacre in Arkansas history as well as the deadliest domestic crime in the history of the United States. His murderous rampage ended six days later, leaving fourteen members of his family and two former coworkers dead. Join us at […] The post Christmas Vacation Massacre (Bonus Episode) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Just nine days before Christmas 1998, thirty-three-year-old Ronda Reynolds was getting ready to visit her mother for the holidays. Ronda's second marriage was falling apart after less than a year and her career as a Washington State Trooper had ended badly, but her friends and family would insist that Ronda had still been optimistic about […] The post Who Killed Ronda Reynolds? appeared first on Tiegrabber.