You Can't Unhear

On May 6, 2024, a 25-year-old medical student surnamed Choi murdered his partner on a rooftop near Gangnam Station in Seoul, South Korea. Once celebrated for achieving a perfect score on the country's university entrance examination, Choi had secretly registered his marriage to Nam just weeks earlier. When Nam's family opposed the marriage and she wanted to end the relationship, investigators say Choi feared losing his academic future. He purchased a knife, arranged to meet her, and carried out

On June 18, 2024, Joseph and Gail Bailey were shot and killed inside their home in Washington City, Utah. Their daughter, Mia Bailey, fled the scene after also firing towards her brother and his wife, who escaped through a basement window. A police manhunt ended the following morning when Mia surrendered near St. George. Investigators said she admitted to killing her parents amid escalating family conflict and serious mental-health difficulties. In this episode of You Can't Unhear, we examine t

In February 2026, dismembered human remains were discovered inside rubbish bins in Heusenstamm, Germany. The victim was a 63-year-old man who prosecutors believe was killed by a woman during an alleged satanic ritual. Investigators say the 40-year-old suspect believed she was suffering from a mysterious infection and that a human sacrifice could cure her. After the remains were discovered, she was arrested near the Polish border. In this episode of You Can't Unhear, we examine the Heusenstamm r

On June 24, 2025, 16-year-old Trey Wright was shot and killed near Johnsonville, South Carolina, following a confrontation reportedly fuelled by Snapchat messages and a dispute involving his girlfriend, Gianna Kistenmacher. Police arrested Devan Raper as the suspected gunman, but eight other young people were also charged with murder under South Carolina's hand of one, hand of all doctrine. In October 2026, the case returned to court when prosecutors accused Braylyn Thompson and Jaden Auclaire

In March 2025, 18-year-old Norwegian teenager Johannes Kongsnes Natland travelled to the UK after being recruited online for a €25,000 contract killing. Directed by a mysterious contact known as “Agent 47,” he collected firearms, ammunition, and cash before British counterterrorism police arrested him at a Huddersfield hotel. Investigators linked the murder plot to the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish organised crime group sanctioned by the UK and US. In this episode of You Can't Unhear, we examine t

In October 2026, authorities in Jackson County, West Virginia, charged Erica Lynn Sayre and her husband, Clifford Gale Sayre, after three girls described years of alleged physical and emotional abuse inside their home in Evans. Investigators say the girls reported being beaten, strangled, deprived of food and water, humiliated, and threatened. Medical examinations and documented scars reportedly supported portions of their accounts. Sheriff Ross Mellinger described the alleged conditions as a r