On Easter Sunday in 1991, 18-year-old William Little was murdered at a Bloomington, Illinois gas station for a mere $60. The initial investigation led veteran detective Charles Crowe to Jamie Snow, a man who passed a lie detector test and didn't fit the profile of a killer. The case went cold for years until two rookie detectives took over and built a case based almost entirely on the testimony of jailhouse informants and shifting eyewitness accounts.

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Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee from The Murder Sheet join us again today to break down the appeal of Richard Allen. What is the basis of the appeals? How did the State of Indiana respond? What happens next? What does "baby's first metaphor" mean? All your questions will be answered!

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In the summer of 2025, a crew of tactical robbers turned the streets of Philadelphia and its suburbs into a high-stakes battlefield. Armed with AR-style rifles and utilizing stolen getaway cars, they targeted Brinks trucks in broad daylight, hitting busy commercial corridors like Castor Avenue and Elkins Park. After two failed attempts, they finally struck gold at an H Mart shopping center, walking away with over $119,000 and a guard's firearm.

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In the summer of 1985, the mountains of Eastern Kentucky lived up to their ancient name: the "dark and bloody ground." In less than sixty days, a ruthless crew led by Benny Lee Hodge and Roger Dale Epperson turned quiet communities into crime scenes. They didn't just rob; they executed. From the betrayal of a family friend in Gray Hawk to the heartbreaking murder of 23-year-old Tammy Dee Acker in Fleming-Neon, this crew left a trail of violence fueled by a safe containing nearly $2 million in cash.

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In the rural community of Maretburg, Kentucky, a small home held a massive secret: three-quarters of a million dollars in gold and silver bars, another $100,000 in jewelry, and a small arsenal of firearms. Sometime before April 9, 2026, that fortune vanished. Within days, two men—William Daniel Martin and Kristopher Fletcher—were in custody, but the case only grew more bizarre.

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On April 29, 1989, 17-year-old Jeffrey Pelley put on his tuxedo and headed to his high school prom in Lakeville, Indiana. But the next morning, when his father, Pastor Robert Pelley, didn't show up for Sunday service, a horrifying discovery was made next door at the parsonage. Robert, his wife Dawn, and their two young daughters had been gunned down with a shotgun. The front door was locked, the curtains were drawn, and the primary suspect was the son who had supposedly spent the night dancing.

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In the quiet town of Woodsfield, Ohio, the bank drive-thru is usually the site of mundane errands and polite small talk. But on December 3, 2025, a routine transaction turned into a statewide headline when a teller opened a pneumatic canister to find something far more potent than a personal check. Instead of paperwork, they found a baggie of crystal methamphetamine delivered directly into their hands by a customer who seemingly didn't realize he had just handed over evidence of a felony.

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Charles Christopher Martinez didn’t just live a life of crime; he wrote the book on it. Literally. After serving time for bank robbery and gang-related activity, Martinez self-published his autobiography, The Life of an Outlaw, detailing his journey through the federal prison system and his ties to the Sureños gang. It was framed as a story of a man who had seen the bottom and lived to tell the tale. But in January 2026, the narrative took a shocking, and highly visible, turn.

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