In February 2004, 21-year-old nursing student Maura Murray vanished after crashing her car along a rural road in Haverhill, New Hampshire. Despite an extensive search and countless theories, Maura’s whereabouts remain unknown. In this episode, we explore the mysterious circumstances surrounding her disappearance, the unanswered questions, and the theories that have kept this haunting case alive for more than two decades.

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Our first episode with a guest takes a unique twist as we learn about the death of Ricky Lee Howard with Megan Phillips.

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a California woman who spent years pretending to have Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She documented her supposed cancer journey online, received emotional and financial support from friends, church members, and strangers, and ultimatelycollected more than $100,000 in donations.

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The highs and lows of September's true crime headlines

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Tennessee is set to execute its only female inmate today

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All the things that were in the news while our eyes were glued to the Clancy trial

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n 2019, actor Jussie Smollett reported that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago. The case quickly became a national controversy when investigators alleged that Smollett had staged the incident and falsely reported it to police. He was later convicted of five counts of felony disorderly conduct and sentenced to jail, but in 2024 the Illinois Supreme Court overturned his conviction, ruling that prosecuting him a second time after an earlier agreement with prosecutors violated due process

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