Episodes

Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., the 15-year-old son of reality star Kim Zolciak and former NFL player Kroy Biermann, is facing seven felony charges over an alleged encounter with a female classmate at a Life Time Fitness in Alpharetta, Georgia. KJ was arrested in August and indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in September. He remains in youth detention while his attorneys fight to move the case from adult Superior Court into the juvenile system. KJ denies the allegations and is presumed innocent. No...

On July 9, 2026, a Chinese Douyin creator, Jiang Xiaorou uploaded what would become her final video, involving a mysterious phone number reportedly connected to someone who had died in a car accident. Six days later, Jiang herself was critically injured in a serious traffic accident while traveling from Guangxi toward Guangzhou. After weeks in intensive care, she died at only 24. Was it simply a horrifying coincidence, or is Jiang Xiaorou's story the kind of sequence that becomes impossible to u...

On September 1, 2026, police responded to a horrifying scene inside a family home in Frankfort, Illinois. Two-year-old Barrett “Bear” Walsh was found unresponsive in the basement, while his mother, 40-year-old Corie Walsh, was discovered injured elsewhere in the house. But investigators soon uncovered another disturbing detail. Just hours earlier, prosecutors say Corie had been actively discussing the nationally watched Lindsay Clancy murder trial with friends. She later allegedly told investig...

On September 1, 2026, the quiet Dutch village of Overasselt became the scene of an extraordinary armed attack when around 30 masked men approached a property on Ewijkseweg. Private security guard Berry Leenders, 51, was killed, and two responding police officers were wounded by gunfire. A massive manhunt followed across fields, motorways and nearby towns, eventually leading to 35 arrests involving suspects from several European and North African countries. The mystery deepened when a threatenin...

The assassination of Marielle Franco became one of Brazil's most shocking political murders. On March 14, 2018, the Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and human-rights activist was shot and killed alongside her driver, Anderson Gomes. Years later, former military police officer Ronnie Lessa confessed to carrying out the assassination and described how ambition, money and Rio's violent criminal underworld shaped his path from police officer to contract killer. Investigators say Lessa monitored Marielle...

The murder of Hayathun Nisha, 38, triggered an interstate investigation after her dismembered remains were discovered inside a red trolley suitcase aboard the Chennai-New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express at Agra Cantonment railway station on August 5, 2026. Police traced the suitcase back to Chennai Central after reviewing more than 350 CCTV recordings. Cameras then followed suspects Manik Uddin Laskar and his wife Bhagabati Majhi through Park Station, Guduvancheri and eventually to a rented house on M...

Beneath Sinseol-dong Station in Seoul sits a fully constructed subway platform that has never carried regular passengers. Built between 1972 and 1974 for an early version of Seoul Subway Line 5, the platform became obsolete after the city's railway plans changed. Hidden behind an ordinary steel door, the so-called Sinseol-dong Ghost Platform still contains its original track, concrete walls, yellow safety line and vintage “Shinsol-dong” station sign. Empty trains continue to pass through the sp...

The Chevaline murders, also known as the Lake Annecy killings, remain one of France's most baffling unsolved crimes. On September 5, 2012, British-Iraqi engineer Saad al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, mother-in-law Suhaila al-Allaf and French cyclist Sylvain Mollier were shot dead at a remote forest parking area near Lake Annecy. Saad's daughters, seven-year-old Zainab and four-year-old Zeena, miraculously survived. Investigators believe the killer fired 21 rounds from a rare Swiss Luger P06/29 in less...

Bryan Kohberger, convicted of murdering University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, is attempting to undo the guilty plea that ended his death-penalty case in July 2025. Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and burglary, receiving four consecutive life sentences without parole plus ten years. In 2026, however, he filed for post-conviction relief, claiming he is innocent and alleging that his former attorneys pressured h...

The disappearance and death of Jang Mi-ran, 37, triggered a major policing scandal on South Korea's Jeju Island. Jang was last seen leaving her accommodation on May 12, 2026, and was reported missing three days later. Police officer Boo allegedly closed the case within hours after falsely telling Jang's boyfriend that he had contacted her and confirmed she was safe. Her body was finally discovered 104 days later at a palm farm near her accommodation. Severe decomposition prevented investigators ...

South Korea's Salmokji Reservoir, located in Yesan County, South Chungcheong Province, has become one of the country's most famous paranormal locations. Built in 1982 for agricultural water, the reservoir submerged an older village and later became associated with legends of mul gwisin, or water ghosts. Its most famous story follows a woman known as Jihee, who claimed that in February 2011 her GPS repeatedly directed her toward the reservoir before she experienced disturbing phone calls, missing...

The murder case against Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, is officially moving to trial. Prosecutors allege Robinson fired a single rifle shot from the roof of the Losee Center into a crowd of more than 3,000 people before hiding a bolt-action rifle nearby. Evidence presented during his 2026 preliminary hearing included surveillance footage, DNA recovered from the rifle and towel, engraved ammu...

Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old Bank of America vice president and new mother, was fatally stabbed in a random Times Square attack on August 31, 2026, during her first day back at work after maternity leave. Police say Pamela Cisneros, 49, first stabbed a 68-year-old man near West 41st Street before attacking Erin roughly 20 seconds later near Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street. Officers confronted Cisneros, repeatedly ordered her to drop two large knives and deployed Tasers before two officers fatally...

American student Amy Lopez, 24, was murdered near Germany's Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz on September 26, 1994, while travelling through Europe after graduating with honors from the University of Houston. Amy had already been accepted to medical school when her life was cut short during a morning sightseeing trip. Her murder remained unsolved for nearly 32 years despite hundreds of leads. Improved DNA technology eventually recovered microscopic skin-cell evidence from Amy's clothing, lead...

Former South African boxing world champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete was shot dead outside his Mdantsane home on August 21, 2026, just weeks after becoming eligible to return to boxing following a four-year suspension. Two masked gunmen allegedly ambushed Tete while he waited for his gate to open, also seriously injuring his 27-year-old girlfriend. Four suspects have since been arrested, including 22-year-old Uzuzole Goqwana, whom prosecutors suspect of masterminding the killing. Goqwana, who is ...

A deadly shooting at the Aarauer Rave in Aarau, Switzerland, killed 22-year-old Italian woman Maria Spinelli and wounded five others in the early hours of August 30, 2026. Around 3,000 to 3,500 people had attended the techno event at the Schachen horse racing track before gunfire erupted shortly after the music ended. Witnesses initially mistook the shots for fireworks before hundreds fled the area. Swiss authorities launched a massive manhunt involving heavily armed police and aerial support b...

Florida authorities recovered 163 missing children during Operation Statewide Shield, a five-day child-recovery initiative conducted from August 17–21, 2026. Led by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the operation located children ranging from two months to 17 years old across seven Florida regions, six other states, Puerto Rico and 12 countries. Tampa Bay accounted for the largest number of recoveries with 46 children. Officials say many of the children had experienced abuse, neglect, ...

A 25-year-old Chinese master's graduate known publicly as Wenwen returned to South Korea in August 2026 to collect her diploma from Daegu Catholic University. Days later, she disappeared. Police initially followed a trail toward Dongdaegu Station, but investigators now allege that the person captured on CCTV wearing women's clothing and carrying Wenwen's phone was actually her former university lecturer, a 31-year-old Chinese national surnamed Jeong, attempting to imitate her movements. Jeong r...

Eighteen-year-old Karoline Heintz was preparing to begin her freshman year at PennWest California when she was found dead inside the rear hatch of her Jeep Cherokee on August 20, 2026. Pennsylvania police accuse her boyfriend, Royce Moser, 18, of stabbing Karoline after the couple discussed the future of their relationship outside his father's home. Investigators allege Royce then called his mother, Rachel Moser, who helped clean the vehicle, dispose of evidence and abandon Karoline's Jeep near ...

Actress Hayden Panettiere, known for Heroes, Nashville and the Scream franchise, died unexpectedly at age 36 on August 16, 2026, after being found unresponsive at an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. Her on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach were at the residence, where Narcan was reportedly administered and CPR performed before emergency crews arrived. An autopsy found no trauma contributing to Hayden's death, and authorities have not announced an official cause or m...

Australian woman Raelene Polymiadis is currently standing trial in South Australia's Supreme Court, accused of murdering her 94-year-old parents, Brenda and Lynton Anderson, with fatal doses of insulin 14 months apart. Neither parent was diabetic, while Polymiadis has Type 1 diabetes and access to prescription insulin. Prosecutors allege she once described insulin as the “perfect murder weapon” and say covert police recordings later captured her praying about having “sinned twice” while referenc...

The death of Mica Miller, the 30-year-old wife of Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller, has returned to the spotlight following Netflix's 2026 documentary Death of the Pastor's Wife. Mica was found dead at North Carolina's Lumber River State Park on April 27, 2024, just two days after JP was served with separation papers. Authorities ruled her death a suicide, and JP has never been charged with causing her death. However, Mica's family and friends have described allegations of abuse, surve...

In June 2026, 17-year-old Thai teenager Tunchanok “Cake” Donhomla travelled from Kalasin to Pattaya after telling her family she wanted to see the sea. On June 25, CCTV captured Cake entering a condominium with 45-year-old Australian Simon Peter Carman. Hours later, cameras allegedly showed Carman transporting a large suitcase toward nearby railway tracks. Cake was reported missing the following day, and police arrested Carman at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport as he prepared to fly to Australia....

British convicted murderer John Sweeney, known as the “Canal Killer” and “Scalp Hunter,” died at HMP Whitemoor in August 2026 while serving a whole-life sentence. Sweeney was convicted in 2011 of murdering former girlfriends Melissa Halstead and Paula Fields, whose remains were discovered in canals in Rotterdam and London a decade apart. Halstead remained unidentified for 18 years until a Dutch cold-case investigation and DNA testing finally connected her death to Sweeney. The case also centers...