America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring
Serial killers. Unsolved murders. Investigations that gripped America. If you think you know these cases, think again. America's Most Infamous Crimes is a Crime House original hosted by Katie Ring. Each week, we go deep on one of the most notorious true-crime cases in American history. Not the quick recap version, but the full story told across multiple episodes every Tuesday through Thursday. We break down what happened, how investigators closed in, and why it still matters.
Episodes
Gypsy Rose Blanchard: From Prison To Reality Star Pt. 3
When police knocked on the door in Wisconsin expecting to find a missing disabled girl, Gypsy Rose Blanchard answered it standing on her own two feet. In the third and final part of our series on Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Katie Ring covers the murder, the Facebook post that blew it all open, the trial that split two people into two very different sentences, and the life Gypsy has been building since s
Gypsy Rose Blanchard: She Asked Her Online Boyfriend To Kill Her Mother Pt. 2
While her mother slept, Gypsy Rose Blanchard got online. She had a secret Facebook account, a boyfriend 600 miles away who knew the truth, and a plan slowly taking shape. In the second part of our 3-part series on Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Katie Ring covers the years Dee Dee tightened her grip, the secret relationship that gave Gypsy her first taste of freedom, and the moment she decided there was onl
Gypsy Rose Blanchard: The Abuse Her Mom Disguised As Love Pt. 1
Gypsy Rose Blanchard had chromosomal defects, muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, leukemia, and the mind of a seven-year-old…according to her mother Dee Dee. In the first part of our 3-part series on Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Katie Ring goes back to the beginning, to the Louisiana bayou, the mother who learned that being sick got you everything you wanted, and the little girl who spent 23 years believing ev
Introducing History’s Greatest Mysteries, a new podcast from Rewind Studios and The History Channel
A History Channel original podcast brought to you by Rewind Studios, History's Greatest Mysteries examines the top theories surrounding the world's most enigmatic unsolved mysteries. If you love America’s Most Infamous Crimes, then you’re gonna love History’s Greatest Mysteries. Each episode unpacks these puzzles with contributions from top historians, authors, scientists, and researchers. From un
John Wayne Gacy: Why His Lethal Injection Didn't Go As Planned Pt. 3
John Wayne Gacy had a police tail and invited the officers in for coffee. He cooked them breakfast and told them a clown could get away with murder. He believed it right up until investigators went into the crawl space. In the third and final part of our series on John Wayne Gacy, Katie Ring covers the confession nobody expected, the trial that rewrote what a monster looks like, and the five victi
John Wayne Gacy: The Neighbor, Husband, and Killer Clown Pt. 2
There was a smell in John Wayne Gacy's house that never went away. He always had an excuse. His neighbors believed him. His employees believed him. Even a survivor who handed police his name and license plate wasn't enough to stop him. In the second part of our 3-part series on John Wayne Gacy, Katie Ring covers the years the bodies kept piling up, and the 15-year-old boy who finally brought it al
John Wayne Gacy: The Night He Got Into a Coffin with a Corpse Pt. 1
John Wayne Gacy seemed like your ordinary neighbor. But underneath the surface, he was hiding urges he couldn't explain: ones that started in a Las Vegas funeral home basement, and ended with a body buried under his own house. In the first part of our 3-part series on John Wayne Gacy, Katie Ring traces the childhood that shaped him, and the double life he kept carefully hidden.Head over to our You
The Boy in the Box: They Found His Name, But Not His Killer Pt. 3
In 2002, a woman told investigators she'd watched the Boy in the Box die as a child, and she knew two facts that had never been made public. Investigators were split. Then, two decades later, forensic genealogy did what no detective ever could. In the third and final part of our series on the Boy in the Box, Katie Ring covers the witness who divided the investigators, the DNA breakthrough that cha
The Boy in the Box: A Phone Call From A Psychic Changed Everything Pt. 2
For forty years, Remington Bristow spent his nights, weekends, and thousands of his own dollars chasing an answer nobody else could find. In the second part of our 3-part series on the Boy in the Box, Katie Ring covers the man who gave his life to this case, the psychic tip that sent him to a foster home, and the moment investigators finally dug the boy back up to try again.Head over to our YouTub
The Boy in the Box: The Discovery That Haunted Philadelphia Pt. 1
In February 1957, a little boy was found dead in a cardboard box in the woods outside Philadelphia. His photo ran in newspapers across the country. Nobody came forward. Nobody knew his name. In the first part of our 3-part series on the Boy in the Box, Katie Ring takes you back to the afternoon he was found, the autopsy that revealed a short and painful life, and the investigation that had every r
NXIVM Cult: How Keith Raniere's Empire Finally Collapsed Pt. 3
In 2017, Sarah Edmondson showed a reporter her brand mark from the cauterizing pen, and the walls around Keith Raniere's empire finally came down. In the final part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring traces the collapse of NXIVM: the New York Times exposé that broke it open, Keith's flight to Mexico and arrest in a closet, the trial that ended with 120 years, and the women he tried to own who are no
NXIVM Cult: Behind the "Secret Sisterhood" That Branded Its Members Pt. 2
In 2015, a nineteen-year-old named India Oxenberg accepted an invitation into a secret sisterhood inside NXIVM, and handed over collateral she'd never get back. In the second part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring traces how DOS, NXIVM's hidden inner circle, was built to blackmail, starve, and brand the women inside it, and how a promise of empowerment turned out to be something else entirely.Head
NXIVM Cult: The Con Man That Fooled the Rich, Famous & Vulnerable Pt. 1
In 1998, a self-proclaimed genius named Keith Raniere launched a self-help company outside Albany, New York, and thousands of people handed over their savings, their schedules, and their secrets to be part of it. In the first of our 3-part series on NXIVM, Katie Ring traces the origins of Keith Raniere: the ordinary suburban man who fabricated an entire identity, built a pyramid scheme, and partne
Maura Murray: The Fingerprint Found In Her Car 20 Years Later Pt. 3
A search dog tracked Maura Murray’s scent exactly 100 yards from her car. Then the scent stopped, as if she'd stepped into a vehicle and disappeared. More than twenty years later, her case is still open, still classified as suspicious, and still without an answer. In the third and final episode on Maura Murray, Katie Ring covers the botched early search, the online obsession that consumed her stor
Maura Murray: The Lie She Told Before Her Disappearance Pt. 2
Maura Murray told her professors there'd been a death in the family. There wasn't. She withdrew almost everything from her bank account, bought alcohol, and drove north alone into a New Hampshire winter. The last person to see her offered a ride. She said no and asked him not to call the police. In the second part of our 3-part series on Maura Murray, host Katie Ring walks through her final hours,
Maura Murray: The Honor Student Who Vanished Without A Trace Pt. 1, featuring Sabrina Deana-Roga and Alexis Linkletter from Crimes Of Reddit
At 7pm on a February night in 2004, 21-year-old Maura Murray crashed her car on a dark New Hampshire road and told a passing driver she was fine. Eleven minutes later, police arrived. The car was still there. Maura was gone. No footprints in the snow. No sign of where she went. In the first part of our 3-part series, host Katie Ring is joined by Crimes of Reddit hosts Sabrina Deana-Roga and Alexis
JFK Assassination: The Files The Government Hid For 60 Years Pt. 3
The Warren Commission said one gunman, no conspiracy. The government's second investigation said it was probably a conspiracy, but couldn't name a single conspirator. And for sixty years, the files that might have answered everything stayed locked away. In the third and final part of our series on the JFK assassination, Katie Ring covers the investigations that contradicted each other, the Zaprude
JFK Assassination: Why Jackie O. Refused to Take Off His Blood for Hours Pt. 2
The president's motorcade was rolling slow through a cheering Dealey Plaza when six seconds changed everything. Kennedy was killed within the hour, and by the end of the weekend, so was the man accused of doing it. In the second part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring covers the assassination itself, the manhunt for Lee Harvey Oswald, and the moment JFK’s accused killer was shot dead on live televis
JFK Assassination: The Hours Before That Nobody Talks About Pt. 1
On the morning of November 22nd, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald got up before his family was awake, left his wedding ring on the dresser, and carried a long brown package to work. He told his coworker it was curtain rods. A few miles away, President John F. Kennedy was getting ready for a motorcade through downtown Dallas. In the first part of our 3-part series on the JFK assassination, Katie Ring traces
Idaho Update: Bryan Kohberger Wants His Guilty Plea Thrown Out
Bryan Kohberger stood in court and said, under oath, that he was guilty. Now, right as a new Netflix documentary drops, he's trying to take it all back, claiming his own lawyers coerced him into a false confession. Katie Ring breaks down exactly what's in his handwritten petition, why legal experts think his odds are next to nothing, and new evidence from his own former defense expert that tells a
Ed Gein: What They Really Found Inside His House of Horrors Pt. 3
Police thought finding Bernice Worden in the shed was the worst of it. Then they went inside the house. In the final episode on Ed Gein, Katie Ring covers what investigators found room by room, the trial that took eleven years, and how the quiet handyman from Plainfield became the most influential monster in true crime history.Head over to our YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.you
Ed Gein: He Was Making a Suit Out of Human Skin and Nobody Knew Pt. 2
For ten years after his mother died, Ed Gein kept his secret from everyone in Plainfield. He robbed graves in the dead of night, killed at least two women, and kept right on babysitting the neighbors' kids. In the second part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring covers the decade nobody knew about, and the cold November morning a county sheriff pushed open a shed door and found something that would in
Ed Gein: The Man Who Inspired Hollywood’s Most Iconic Killers Pt. 1
Ed Gein became the real-life blueprint for Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill. But before any of that, he was a boy on an isolated Wisconsin farm, raised by a mother who taught him the entire world was sin. In the first part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring goes back to the beginning, to the family that made Ed Gein, the brother he may have killed, and the night he started slipping out to
D4VD Update: New Evidence, Text Messages Revealed Ahead of Murder Trial
A chainsaw. A burn cage. A blue inflatable pool that tested positive for blood. D4VD's preliminary hearing just wrapped and the evidence prosecutors presented is beyond disturbing. America's Most Infamous Crimes host Katie Ring covers everything that came out in court, and what it means for the trial ahead.Head over to our YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehouses
The Billionaire Boys Club: A Son Told The Club to Kidnap His Father Pt. 3
The Billionaire Boys Club had already killed once and were left empty handed. So they kidnapped a wealthy Iranian exile in an attempt to steal his fortune. In the third and final part of our series on the Billionaire Boys Club, Katie Ring covers the second murder, the trials that unraveled everything, and Joe Hunt's stunning decision to defend himself in a death penalty case.Head over to our Ameri
The Billionaire Boys Club: How They Went From Fraud to Murder Pt. 2
Billionaire Boys Club leader Joe Hunt set his sights on what looked like the perfect solution to running out of money: Bringing in a wealthy Beverly Hills businessman named Ron Levin. What Joe didn't know was that Ron was a better con artist than he'd ever be. In the second part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring covers the elaborate sting that cost the club millions, the seven-page murder plan writ
The Billionaire Boys Club's Leader Faked His Entire Resume Pt. 1
In 1983, a group of young men from wealthy LA families built a social club, a Ponzi scheme, and a homemade philosophy that told them the rules didn't apply, and called it the Billionaire Boys Club. In the first part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring traces the origins of Joe Hunt: the brilliant outsider who faked his entire resume, conned his way into Beverly Hills society, and invented a worldview
The Rajneesh Movement: How the Cult's Ringleader Only Served 2.5 Years Pt. 3
In the fall of 1984, 751 people in a small Oregon town got violently sick, and nobody knew it was deliberate. In the third and final part of our 3-part series on the Rajneesh cult, Katie Ring covers the unraveling of Rajneeshpuram, the criminal empire investigators found behind its gates, and how the woman who masterminded America's largest bioterror attack walked free after just two and a half ye
The Rajneesh Movement Poisoned Salad Bars To Steal An Election Pt. 2
By 1984, the Rajneesh cult wasn't just battling the outside world: It was at war with its own members. In the second part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring goes behind the gates of the Rajneesh Movement, where fake AIDS diagnoses, forced sedation, a homemade bioweapons lab, and a poisoned salad bar revealed the dark truth about life inside one of America's most dangerous cults.Head over to our Amer
The Rajneesh Movement: The Cult That Legally Took Over A Small Town Pt. 1
In 1981, a spiritual leader named Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, known as the "sex guru", moved thousands of followers to an abandoned ranch in rural Oregon and built an entire city from scratch. In the first part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring traces the origins of the Rajneesh movement, the woman who really ran it, and how a town of 75 people was legally taken over and renamed.Head over to our Americ
Richard Ramirez: The Neighborhood That Took Him Down Pt. 3
Richard Ramirez had been a ghost for over a year. Then his mugshot hit the front page, and a neighborhood in East LA caught him themselves, chasing him down the street and pinning him to the pavement before police arrived.In the final part of our three-part series, Katie Ring covers the capture, the trial that became a circus, and the death sentence he brushed off with just five words. This episod
Richard Ramirez: How a 13-Year-Old Boy Helped Catch the "Night Stalker" Pt. 2
By the summer of 1985, Richard Ramirez was striking multiple times a week across Los Angeles: shooting, stabbing, and leaving Satanic pentagrams on the walls of ordinary bedrooms. Gun stores sold out. Locksmiths couldn't keep up. An entire city stopped sleeping with its windows open. In part two of our three-part series, Katie Ring tracks the summer of terror, the two detectives who refused to giv
Richard Ramirez: How His Cousin Taught Him How To Kill Pt. 1
Richard Ramirez grew up sleeping in graveyards to avoid his violent father. At twelve, he found the role model he'd been looking for: a Green Beret cousin who came home from Vietnam with Polaroids of his victims and a philosophy that holding power over life and death made you a god.In part one of our three-part series, Katie Ring traces the childhood of Richard Ramirez that built the “Night Stalke
Candy Montgomery: The Hypnosis Defense That Freed Her Pt. 3
Candy Montgomery's lawyer stood up in front of the jury and admitted his client had killed Betty Gore with an axe. Then he spent eight days convincing them to let her walk free.The defense that followed was so audacious that reporters in the gallery actually laughed out loud. Some of the jurors didn't think it was funny. In the final episode on Candy Montgomery, we cover the trial, the verdict tha
Candy Montgomery: What Caused Her to Snap and Kill Betty Gore? Pt. 2
Candy Montgomery didn't stumble into an affair. She planned it methodically: rules, boundaries, no feelings, and chose her friend Betty Gore’s husband as the man she'd sleep with. For ten months, nobody suspected a thing. On June 13th, 1980, Candy stopped by Betty’s to pick up a swimsuit, and by that night, Betty had been struck with an axe 41 times. The question we’re left with is: what happened
Candy Montgomery: The Last Person To See Betty Gore Before Axe Murder Pt. 1
On the morning of June 13th, 1980, Candy Montgomery stopped by her friend Betty Gore's house to pick up a swimsuit. When she left, she said Betty was perfectly fine. That night, three neighbors found Betty's body in her utility room, struck with an axe 41 times while her baby cried alone upstairs. The bloody footprint on the floor was too small to belong to a man. And the last person to see Betty
Elizabeth Smart Tells All After 281 Days In Captivity Pt. 3
Brian Mitchell spent years singing hymns in court, disrupting hearings, and faking insanity to avoid standing trial for what he did to Elizabeth Smart. It took nearly a decade to get him in front of a jury. When Elizabeth finally took the stand, she described nine months of daily assault, a cable padlocked around her ankle, and threats against her family that kept her silent even when rescue was w
Elizabeth Smart: She Was In Public For Months After Going Missing Pt. 2
Ed Smart defied police orders and released his daughter's kidnapper's sketch to the public himself. Within four days, someone recognized the man in it. Brian David Mitchell had been hiding in plain sight the whole time, eating at restaurants, preaching on street corners, and sleeping one block from a police station. Elizabeth was right there with him, and nobody said a word.This episode contains d
Elizabeth Smart: Her Family Had Already Met Her Kidnapper Pt. 1
In June 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bedroom at knifepoint while her nine-year-old sister hid under the covers and watched. Her kidnapper knew exactly which door of the house wasn't wired to the alarm. For months, investigators zeroed in on the wrong man. And a sketch that could have broken the case wide open sat untouched in a filing cabinet.This episode contains des
Karen Read: How Her Trial Revealed a History of Local Cover-Ups Pt. 3
Karen Read's first trial ended in a mistrial, and her second ended with a verdict that stunned America. In the final part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring breaks down the retrial, the acquittal, and the shocking fallout still unfolding today, including the disgraced cop Michael Proctor’s link to another infamous murder. This episode contains descriptions of death and references to alleged police m
Karen Read: What the Lead Investigator’s Texts Exposed Pt. 2
An alleged 2:27 AM Google search for "hos long to die in cold." A lead investigator texting "hopefully she kills herself" about the defendant. Destroyed phones, missing surveillance footage, and a coordinated group chat in the days after John O'Keefe's death. The deeper Karen's defense dug, the more questions surfaced about everyone inside 34 Fairview Road. This episode contains descriptions of de
Karen Read: Did She Kill Her Boyfriend…Or Was She Framed? Pt. 1
Karen Read's boyfriend John O'Keefe was found dead in the snow outside a house in Canton, Massachusetts on January 29th, 2022. Within 72 hours, she was charged with his murder. Was she framed? Or did she kill him?Let’s go back to the beginning of one of the most polarizing true crime cases in recent American history, and the country still can't agree on the truth. This episode contains description
D.B. Cooper: After 53 Years, Here's Where the Case Stands Pt. 3
In 2016, the FBI suspended its investigation into D.B. Cooper after forty-five years with no confirmed identity. Then, in 2020, the adult children of a prime suspect found a parachute rig in their mother's shed, and the case came back to life.In the third and final episode on D.B. Cooper, Katie Ring covers the new evidence that reinvigorated the investigation, the DNA question still waiting to be
D.B. Cooper: How A Child Found His Money Nine Years Later Pt. 2
Nine years after D.B. Cooper vanished, an eight-year-old boy digging a fire pit on the Columbia River pulled three rotting bundles of ransom money out of the sand. It was the first physical evidence in nearly a decade, and it raised more questions than it answered.In part two of three, Katie Ring follows the FBI's hunt: the copycat who may have been Cooper himself, the secret hidden in his tie for
D.B. Cooper: The Man Who Hijacked A Plane, Took $200,000 and Vanished Pt. 1
On the day before Thanksgiving, 1971, a man named D.B. Cooper walked up to an airport counter, paid cash for a one-way ticket, and boarded a commercial flight. By the time the plane landed, he had collected $200,000 in ransom, strapped it to his body, and jumped out the back of a jet. No one has seen him since.In the first of three episodes on D.B. Cooper, Katie Ring takes you back to November 24t
The Watts Family Murders: The Shocking Confession That Changed the Case Pt. 3
Two days after his family disappeared, Chris Watts sat down with investigators and agreed to take a polygraph. He said he had nothing to hide.The results told a very different story.In the third and final episode on the Watts family murders, Katie Ring takes us through the interrogation that broke Chris Watts, the confession that led investigators to Shanann, Bella, CeCe, and their unborn son Niko
The Watts Family Murders: What the Surveillance Footage Showed Pt. 2
When Shanann Watts missed her prenatal appointment on the morning of August 13th, 2018, her closest friend knew immediately that something was wrong.In part two of three on the Watts family murders, Katie Ring takes us through the investigation that unfolded in the hours after Shanann, Bella, and CeCe were reported missing. From the unsettling details inside the house, to the surveillance footage
The Watts Family Murders: What the Netflix Doc Missed Pt. 1
From the outside, the Watts family had everything: a beautiful home in Colorado, two young daughters, and a social media presence full of smiling family photos. Behind those posts, their marriage was quietly falling apart.In the first of three episodes on the Watts family murders, Katie Ring traces who Shanann Watts really was, how she and Chris built their life together, and the huge secret Chris
The Clutter Murders: The Trial, the Execution, and Capote's Obsession Pt. 3
The jury took 40 minutes to convict Dick Hickock and Perry Smith of the Clutter family murders. On the gallows five years later, Perry Smith's last words were an apology.In the third and final episode on the Clutter family murders, Katie Ring walks through what actually happened inside the farmhouse that night, based on the killers' own confessions. Then the trial, the executions, and the complica
The Clutter Family: Why They Were Killed For $50 and A Radio Pt. 2
The Clutter family was murdered for approximately $50 in cash and a radio. The safe full of money that the killers drove 400 miles to find never existed.In part two of three episodes on the Clutter family murders, Katie Ring introduces the two men responsible: Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, the lie that brought them to River Valley Farm, and the investigation that quietly closed in while they belie
The Clutter Family: Who Murdered Them In Their Own Home? Pt. 1
On the night of November 14th, 1959, four members of the Clutter family were bound and shot dead in their farmhouse in Holcomb, Kansas. Nothing of value had been stolen. The doors, as always, had been unlocked.In the first of three episodes on the Clutter family murders, Katie Ring traces who the Clutters really were, and the morning when friends and neighbors arrived for church and found them gon
Caylee Anthony: The Evidence the Jury Never Heard Pt. 3
On the day Caylee Anthony was last seen alive, someone searched "fool-proof suffocation" on the Anthony family computer. It was Casey's preferred browser. The jury never heard a single word about it.
In the third and final episode on the death of Caylee Anthony, Katie Ring breaks down the verdict that stunned 40 million Americans, the bombshell computer evidence discovered after the trial, and the
Caylee Anthony: What Forensics Found On Her Changed Everything Pt. 2
Three pieces of duct tape were found on two-year-old Caylee Anthony's face. One of them had the outline of a heart-shaped sticker on it. Matching stickers were found in Casey Anthony's bedroom.
In part two of three episodes on the death of Caylee Anthony, Katie Ring walks through the forensic evidence that turned a missing child case into a murder trial, and the defense's explosive counter-theory
Caylee Anthony Vanished: The Disturbing Lies Her Mother Told Pt. 1
In the summer of 2008, two-year-old Caylee Anthony vanished, and her mother Casey didn't report her missing for thirty-one days. In that time, she got a tattoo, went to nightclubs, and stayed at her boyfriend's apartment. When Casey's car turned up at a tow yard, a former police officer recognized the smell coming from the trunk. He was Caylee's grandfather. He said nothing.
In the first of three
Aileen Wuornos: The Confession, the Trial, and the Execution Pt. 3
She confessed to seven murders to protect the woman she loved. She went to trial represented by a real estate attorney in a capital case. And the day before her execution, she told a filmmaker that God was taking her to heaven on a spaceship.
In the third and final episode on Aileen Wuornos, Katie Ring closes the book on one of the most complicated cases in American criminal history, tracing the c
Aileen Wuornos: How She Kept Getting Away With Murder Pt. 2
By the spring of 1990, Aileen Wuornos had killed once and gotten away with it. So she kept going.
In part two of three episodes on Aileen Wuornos, Katie Ring traces the six men killed after Richard Mallory: who they were, what happened to them, and how investigators across multiple Florida counties began to realize they were dealing with something entirely new. All while Aileen's girlfriend Tyria
Aileen Wuornos: The Story Behind America's Most Feared Female Killer Pt. 1
Before Aileen Wuornos became one of America's most feared female serial killers, she was a 13-year-old girl who was assaulted and impregnated by a stranger, gave birth completely alone, and came home to a family that blamed her.
In the first of three episodes on Aileen Wuornos, Katie Ring traces the story of a woman the world expected to be a victim, and how a lifetime of abandonment, abuse, and b
The Tylenol Murders: Why No One Was Ever Charged Pt. 3
More than forty years after seven people died after taking poisoned Tylenol in the Chicago area, the suspects investigators chased would consume decades of their careers.
In the third and final episode on the Tylenol murders, Katie Ring digs into the two men at the center of the investigation: one who taunted the FBI with letters to the President while evading capture, and one whose story took a s
The Tylenol Murders: Two Suspects, Two Investigations, Zero Answers. Pt. 2
A week after seven people died from poisoned Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson received a handwritten letter demanding one million dollars. It was the first real break in the case, and it raised more questions than it answered.
In the second of three episodes on the Tylenol murders, Katie Ring follows the investigation as it begins to fracture from within. As FBI agents, Chicago detectives, and subur
The Tylenol Murders: How Seven Strangers Were Killed in One Night Pt. 1
On a single night in 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Tylenol. They didn't know each other, they weren't targeted, and the killer never had to get close to a single one of them.
In the first of three episodes on the Tylenol murders, Katie Ring takes you back to the night it began: the Janus family, struck down one by one in their own home; the twelve-year-old who took two p
Scott Peterson: His Case Isn't As Closed As You Think Pt. 3
Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and sentenced to death. The case against him had no murder weapon, no DNA, and no witnesses. Just circumstantial evidence and a jury that was convinced.
In the third and final episode on the murder of Laci Peterson, Katie Ring covers the trial, the verdict, and the developments that have kept the case alive ever since: a van that burned t
Scott Peterson: $15,000, Bleached Hair, and Four Cell Phones Pt. 2
On Christmas Eve 2002, Laci Peterson vanished. She was eight months pregnant. Her husband Scott said he'd been out fishing. And almost immediately, something about his story didn't add up.
In part two of three episodes on the murder of Laci Peterson, Katie Ring breaks down the investigation that followed: the mistress who came forward, the boat purchased on a deeply suspicious date, and the moment
Scott & Laci Peterson: The Lies He Told Before She Vanished Pt. 1
When Scott Peterson met Amber Frey in November 2002, he told her he was a widower. His wife Laci was eight months pregnant and very much alive.
In the first of three episodes on the murder of Laci Peterson, Katie Ring traces who Laci really was: a warm, outgoing woman from California's Central Valley who fell hard for a charming man with a talent for deception. From the earliest red flags in Scott
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Man Who Escaped & Ended His Killing Spree Pt. 3
On May 27th, 1991, two police officers escorted a dazed, injured teenager back into Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment after he escaped, ignoring the pleas of the women who had called for help. That teenager was dead within the hour.
In the third and final episode on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Katie Ring covers the last chapter of his killing spree: the victims who slipped through every crack in the sy
Jeffrey Dahmer: How He Spent A Decade Killing In Plain Sight Pt. 2
In 1987, Jeffrey Dahmer sat down for Thanksgiving dinner with his family while a dismembered body was hidden in his grandmother's basement below them. Nobody suspected a thing.
In part two of three episodes on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Katie Ring traces the decade between his first murder and the beginning of his full-blown killing spree. As Dahmer's crimes escalated and his methods grew more
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Early Obsessions That Led To His First Murder Pt. 1
In June 1978, eighteen-year-old Steven Hicks had no way of knowing that a chance encounter would cost him his life. It was Jeffrey Dahmer's first murder, and a crime that had been years in the making.
In part one of three episodes, Katie Ring traces the origins of one of America's most notorious serial killers: Dahmer's troubled childhood, his parents' volatile marriage, and the escalating obsessi
O.J. Simpson: The Murder Trial & Verdict That Divided America Pt. 3
With a mountain of forensic evidence and a documented history of abuse, the prosecution had what looked like an unbeatable case. Then, O.J. tried on the gloves.
In the third and final episode on the O.J. Simpson case, Katie Ring breaks down the trial that divided a nation: the Dream Team's strategy, the courtroom twists that changed everything, and the not guilty verdict that stunned half the coun
O.J. Simpson: The Murders, the Manhunt & the Bronco Chase Pt. 2
On June 12th, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found murdered outside her Brentwood home. Within days, the investigation had a prime suspect. Within a week, that suspect had vanished.
In part two of three episodes on the O.J. Simpson case, Katie Ring covers the months leading up to Nicole's final night, the devastating discovery that followed, and the moment the story bec
O.J. Simpson & Nicole Brown: The Relationship Before the Murder Pt. 1
Before the trial that divided a nation, there was a woman. Nicole Brown grew up in Southern California with dreams of modeling, a close-knit family, and a future full of possibility…until a chance encounter with football legend O.J. Simpson at a Beverly Hills restaurant changed everything.
In the first of three episodes on the O.J. Simpson case, Katie Ring goes back to the beginning: Nicole's chil
Chandra Levy: Why Her Case Remains Unsolved To This Day Pt. 3
After nearly a decade of dead ends, investigators finally had a conviction in the murder of Chandra Levy. Then the case took one final, unexpected turn.
In the third and final episode on the Chandra Levy case, Katie Ring traces the long road from a discovery in the woods of Rock Creek Park to a courtroom verdict, and the twist that no one saw coming. It's the story of a case that seemed solved, th
Chandra Levy: Congressman Gary Condit & The Unraveling Truth Pt. 2
When detectives began looking into Chandra Levy's disappearance, they quickly found themselves at the center of one of the biggest political scandals Washington had seen in years.
In part two of three episodes on the Chandra Levy case, Katie Ring follows the investigation as it zeroed in on Congressman Gary Condit: his secret affairs, his attempts to control the narrative, and a television intervi
Chandra Levy: A Missing Intern, A Politician & A Secret Affair Pt. 1
In May 2001, 24-year-old Chandra Levy vanished from Washington D.C. She was a government intern with a bright future, a prestigious job, and a secret she hadn't told anyone: she was having an affair with a sitting U.S. Congressman.
In the first of three episodes on the Chandra Levy case, Katie Ring traces her journey from a small California town to the halls of power in Washington D.C.: the ambiti
Idaho Murders: How DNA Linked Bryan Kohberger to the Crime Scene Pt. 3
The break in the Idaho murders came down to something the killer left behind without knowing it: a knife sheath, and a single strand of DNA.In the third and final episode on the Idaho student murders, Katie Ring follows the investigation to its conclusion: how cell phone data, genetic genealogy, and surveillance footage led detectives to Bryan Kohberger. After his arrest, the case moved toward tri
Idaho Murders: Why It Took Hours to Call 911 Pt. 2
When one of the surviving roommates described what she saw in the hallway that night, it sent chills through the entire investigation: a masked man, moving through the dark, just feet away from where her friends had been killed.
In part two of three episodes on the Idaho student murders, Katie Ring follows the investigation as it began to take shape. From the knife sheath left behind at the scene
Idaho Murders: The Lives Behind the Headlines Pt. 1
In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death inside their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. They had no idea anyone was coming.
In the first of three episodes on the Idaho student murders, Katie Ring traces who Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were, and what happened on the last night of their lives. From r
Gabby Petito: How Two YouTubers Helped Lead Police to Gabby Petito Pt. 3
In this episode of America’s Most Infamous Crimes, Katie Ring breaks down the final chapter of the Gabby Petito case: from the discovery of her body to the nationwide manhunt for Brian Laundrie, and the unanswered questions that remain.
As investigators followed digital clues, a crucial break came from an unexpected source: travel YouTubers who unknowingly captured Gabby’s van on camera near Sprea
Gabby Petito: The Texts That Made Her Family Suspicious Pt. 2
In this episode of America’s Most Infamous Crimes, Katie Ring continues with part two of our three-part series on Gabby Petito and how her disappearance turned into a nationwide investigation.
When Gabby's mom received suspicious text messages from Gabby's phone, it amplified her concern for her daughter's wellbeing.Meanwhile, Brian Laundrie returned home to Florida alone, driving Gabby’s van... w
Gabby Petito: The Warning Signs Before Her Disappearance Pt. 1
In this episode of America’s Most Infamous Crimes, Katie Ring explores the early warning signs in the Gabby Petito case and the relationship between Gabby and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, before her disappearance. Their van life journey across the United States looked perfect on social media, but behind the scenes, troubling patterns of control, isolation, and emotional tension were beginning to em
Ted Bundy’s Final Rampage: The Chi Omega Sorority Murders Pt. 3
Welcome to America’s Most Infamous Crimes. Katie Ring takes you deep into cases that have left a lasting imprint on society, and still haunt us today. In this final chapter, Katie follows the unraveling of Ted Bundy: from a routine traffic stop to a nationwide manhunt, courtroom spectacle, and two shocking prison escapes. As his identity becomes public and pressure mounts, his violence escalates,
Ted Bundy’s Deadly Trick to Get Away with Murder Pt. 2
Welcome to America’s Most Infamous Crimes. Katie Ring takes you deep into cases that have left a lasting imprint on society, and still haunt us today. In part two of our three part series, Katie examines the escalation of Ted Bundy’s killing spree in 1974, as he used a fake arm sling, calculated charm, and his understanding of police procedure to abduct young women in plain sight across the Pacifi
