Podcast appearances and mentions of drew nelson

How could a mom leave her child underwater after crashing her car into a canal? That’s the question haunting California investigators after a woman allegedly fled the scene of a DUI crash that leaves her 4-year-old daughter trapped and dying in a submerged SUV. And then the suspect goes and takes a bath. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A caregiver in Tennessee is arrested after six vulnerable adults are found living in filthy, unsafe conditions on a bus with three goats; charges are upgraded after one of the passengers dies. A Tennessee pastor kidnapped during a church service in South Africa is rescued unharmed after a deadly police shootout. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Metro Transit Police officer is stabbed in the face by a fare evader at a D.C. subway station while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is on site. Four people in Louisiana face charges after riding horses through a Walmart in the city of Baker and posting videos of the stunt. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Illinois is charged after police find the body of a missing woman inside a garbage can in his backyard, nearly two months after she disappeared. An Indiana woman faces felony charges after bringing a gun to her child’s elementary school and sending threats to a LGBTQ-identifying teacher whom she accused of “indoctrinating” children. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Connecticut who escaped 20 years of captivity by setting fire to his own home, is speaking out for the first time. A Florida woman is sentenced to 10 years in prison after faking her own death to cover up the theft of more than $4 million from her employer. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge in Alabama rules that a lawsuit can move forward accusing the state prison system and a major university of illegally harvesting organs from dead inmates. An elderly couple in Georgia is now charged with murder in an infamous cold case after a man was found shot in a Wendy’s parking lot in 2001. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Missouri woman is under investigation after witnesses claimed she traded a foster child for a monkey. A 4-year-old boy in Alabama shoots himself inside a home filled with snakes, a crocodile, and no working plumbing. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida woman is sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting her boyfriend in the back inside their home in Big Coppitt Key. A California man obsessed with a teenage girl he met through the furry community is sentenced to life without parole for helping carry out a triple murder that left two young children to find their parents' bodies. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 5-year-old girl in Nevada is found dead in her home, and investigators say her parents waited nearly five hours before calling 911. A 19-year-old man in Tennessee is arrested for child rape after a 12-year-old girl gives birth to his baby. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A jury in Michigan finds a woman guilty of murdering her husband by setting him on fire and running him over with a van. A New Mexico man faces 40 years for the firebombing of a Tesla dealership and the Republican Party’s state headquarters earlier this year. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida woman is dead and her daughter is in critical condition after a man broke into their home before dawn and stabbed them both. A new book from Nancy Grace is set to reignite a national debate over the violent and unexplained death of a Pennsylvania schoolteacher once ruled a suicide. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A disabled teenager is dead in Idaho after police shot him nine times through a fence in his own backyard. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thirteen-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez is a well-liked middle school student and soccer standout, until his soccer coach allegedly raped and killed him. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A New Jersey mother says her 8-year-old nonverbal daughter with autism was bound by school staff, prompting five firings. A stabbing at a Houston funeral home leads police to find at least ten decomposing bodies stored in hot temperatures, some of them wrapped in plastic or left in open caskets. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida father is charged with murder nearly two years after reporting his 12-year-old daughter missing. A Florida shop owner is out on bond after police say she sold real human bones on Facebook Marketplace. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A teenage boy in California says he was drugged and sexually assaulted in 2024 by the same soccer coach now accused of killing a 13-year-old. A 20-year-old man in Pennsylvania is in jail after police say he planned a school shooting to mark the anniversary of the Columbine massacre. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman in California breaks down sobbing as a jury finds her guilty of plotting her husband’s murder with her porn star lover. A nude dude disrupts family outings at Disneyland in California by climbing rooftops and exposing himself in front of children. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three people are dead and three more are hurt after a mass shooting erupts during a failed gun sale in a Virginia neighborhood. A man in California brings traffic to a halt for nearly 19 hours by climbing onto an overpass above Interstate 5 near San Diego in what he claims was a world record attempt. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Maryland couple kept their seven children locked inside a filthy home until one of them, a 17-year-old, collapsed and died on the living room floor. Now, both parents will spend years in prison for child neglect. A Florida man accused of trying to kill Donald Trump at his golf club last year now stands accused of seeking a rocket launcher from a Ukrainian arms contact before the attempt. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida couple is accused of killing a 16-year-old girl by suffocating her with a billiard ball, cutting up her body, and then going out for fried chicken and mini golf before dumping her remains. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 23-year-old man from Maryland is found dead on a beach in the Bahamas, hours after he was accused of spitting on hotel staff and disappearing during a family vacation. More than 900 people living in the U.S. illegally are charged with federal crimes during the first week of April as part of a sweeping crackdown launched in border states. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Menendez Brothers, in a California prison for the shotgun murders of their parents, speak publicly for the first time in decades as a possible release draws near. A Texas mother is arrested after telling deputies she was on her way to pick up her baby, only for police to find the child in her back seat. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Disturbing new details emerge in the torture and eventual murder of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette. Drew Nelson and Holden Zapple report.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 13-year-old boy from California is found dead near a road in Oxnard, and his youth soccer coach now faces a murder charge. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Colorado mother is serving life in prison after a jury found she killed her 2-year-old son through months of abuse and medical neglect. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A teenage boy with autism is in critical condition in Idaho after police shot him nine times within seconds of arriving at his family’s yard. A 34-Year-Old Texas man is in jail after police say he dumped scalding soup on his elderly girlfriend, leaving her with 3rd Degree Burns. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A father speaks after watching one of his twin sons die in his arms following a stabbing at a Texas high school track meet, and now he’s asking how the attacker got a knife into the stadium. A Florida man who strangled a Miami Herald reporter during her lunch break in 2000 is set to be executed today by lethal injection. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida woman is sentenced to five years in prison after leaving her 7-month-old granddaughter to die in a hot car, the second grandchild to die in her care within one year. A man in New York is arrested after threatening to bomb the live audience of Saturday Night Live. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An arrest is made after Catholic priest is killed outside his Kansas rectory, shaking the small town he served for over a decade. A woman in New Jersey is found not guilty by reason of insanity after drowning her two toddler daughters in a bathtub, claiming she was trying to rid the world of evil. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 16-year-old boy is now under arrest for murder after a teenage Florida girl is found stabbed to death on a wooded trail. A man in Florida is arrested for strangulation after a woman whispers “help me” to an Amazon driver during a delivery. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Illinois mom goes straight to the cops after discovering alleged sexual texts between her teen son and the boy's special education teacher. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A district attorney in Georgia drops charges against a 24-year-old woman who miscarried and was accused of improperly disposing of the fetus, ending a case that drew national outrage. An inmate already serving a term longer than life is now accused of killing three men, including two pedophiles, during a prison fight in Arizona. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 25-year-old man just released from prison is now charged with murdering his mother and 15-year-old brother in Wilson, North Carolina. A Georgia father just out of work is now charged after police say he left his three young children alone at a McDonald’s while not actually attending a job interview as he had claimed. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A baby smiles and waves at her mother’s killers moments before they gun down the mom on a Chicago street; six years later, two men are found guilty. A Colorado woman is stabbed to death in her garage weeks by her husband who had been impersonating a stalker. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A frantic 911 call from a Florida grandfather sparks a murder investigation after he finds his daughter dead and her toddler missing inside a blood-soaked home. A man in Washington kicks in a back door, steals his ex-girlfriend’s favorite pet chicken, and vanishes into the woods. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida deputy is gunned down in a Dollar General parking lot after escorting a man accused of causing a scene. A swingers' club in Connecticut is ordered to shut down after church members say it violates zoning rules meant for adult businesses. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 25-year-old woman in Tennessee is arrested for a fatal hit-and-run after brazenly posting about the victim on Facebook while pretending to help identify the driver. A Florida man is charged with murdering the mother of his children while she slept in bed with them, then posting on social media to fabricate the story of a break-in. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Virginia, a man is charged with murder after a stranger was found bleeding on a woman’s couch in a quiet home near Linden. A car thief in Texas crashes a stolen Dodge Charger into a ditch, mocks a neighbor, and then runs away. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 19-year-old is dead in Texas after his father ran him over during a family off-roading trip, and now the dad faces a felony charge. A woman in Pennsylvania is sent to jail for lying about being kidnapped and raped, a false claim that put an innocent man behind bars for 31 days. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In California, a man walks into a Walgreens and shoots a store employee dead. In New York, a man accused of running an illegal surgery clinic from his Queens apartment is arrested after a botched procedure leaves a woman brain-dead. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In West Virginia, a gravedigger is arrested after the remains of a baby buried in 1982 are found outside a broken casket in a rural cemetery. In Connecticut, police announce a $50,000 reward as new DNA work brings fresh attention to a mother’s unsolved murder nearly 15 years ago. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Louisiana, police now believe a Kansas City reporter found dead after the Super Bowl was the target of a years-long scheme to drug and rob men. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A state judge in Massachusetts throws out a criminal case after federal agents remove the defendant from court mid-trial. Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known abuse survivors, faces divorce and a family violence matter in court. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Maryland man walks into a police station and confesses to killing his 87-year-old grandmother in her Potomac home after hiding in her closet. A Maryland air traffic controller is charged with assault after a fight breaks out in the control tower at Reagan National Airport. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former high school coach in Rhode Island stands trial after decades of secretly conducting so-called naked “fat tests” on students behind closed doors. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida woman is arrested after pointing a long gun at two boys and threatening to kill them while they fished near her backyard. A Washington judge dismisses a lawsuit filed after a woman was mistakenly jailed for drug DUI while suffering a massive stroke. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida bus driver opens fire inside his parked bus and kills two passengers during a fight in the early morning hours. A New Jersey teacher sits under indictment after police say she sent over 25,000 texts to a 15-year-old special needs boy she allegedly sexually abused. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attorney General Pam Bondi seeks 20 year sentence for Tesla firebomb suspects. The main accuser who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse says she has just days to live after a car crash leaves her with kidney failure. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty adults are charged in Pennsylvania after investigators said they abused or failed to protect 26 children at an elementary charter school. A couple in Florida is caught having sex on a grave in broad daylight at a historic cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Wisconsin teen is now charged with killing his mother and stepfather, then living in their home with their bodies for nearly two weeks. A New Jersey state trooper is now charged after allegedly shooting his dog, damaging property outside a police station, and assaulting a local officer. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.