The world can be a scary place when you’re young. After her husband moved to a nursing home Barb Olson thought the scariest times were behind her. At 78 she still had an active lifestyle. Between church, driving friends to their appointments, and the gym she was always busy. She still made time for her children and grandchildren though. That’s why when Barb missed her usual Tuesday morning visit with her daughter, Judy, she began to worry. When she went to check on her that afternoon she would discover more about her family than she wanted to.
Ryan Poston and Shayna Hubers’ relationship was the on again, off again type. She was getting her Masters degree 80 miles away from where Ryan lived and practiced law. Ryan couldn’t see a future with Shayna, but Shayna wanted a life with Ryan no matter what. When Ryan tried to move on and date Miss Ohio, Shayna couldn’t let go. This is when a toxic relationship became deadly.
Right in the middle of Wisconsin, that’s where you’ll find the small rural town of West-Salem. It’s an idyllic little village that exudes the small-town stereotypes one would expect, its home to kind and hospitable folks who all know one another. And it’s where Barbara and Todd Kendhammer called home. On the morning of Friday, September 16th 2016, what seemed like a sudden freak accident would change their lives forever.
From a young age we are instinctually scared of the evil that lurks in darkness. The name we've culturally given this idea is "The Boogeyman". On July 10, 2012 Aaron Schaffhausen became the Boogeyman to his own children.
Eagle Scout Heath Stocks was shaped into the man he is today at the hands of his Scout Troop Leader and mentor Jack Walls III. Jack took a lot of young Boy Scouts under his wing, like Josh Aukes and Jack’s nephew, Wade Knox. Jack was voted Man of the Year by the Lonoke, AR Chamber of Commerce because of his work with young boys. In January of 1997, the murder of Heath’s family sets into motion a series of events that shakes the foundation of the small farming town. They uncover decades of abuse and realize Jack isn’t the man he says he is.
David Grunwald was a stellar student, a respectful teenager, and always punctual. When he didn’t come home one night his parents immediately began to worry, after all, it was November and they lived in Alaska. The community rallied together to assist in the search, and his parents never gave up hope of finding him. But then they discovered the dangers of the Alaskan wilderness in winter didn’t compare to the savagery of people or the stupidity of youth. David fell victim to corrupting influences and the wrong crowd, but then again boys will be boys.
Anchorage, Alaska can be a cold and dark city. In the summer of 2016, it was clear this coming winter would be one of the coldest and darkest winters yet. By June there were 11 murders, putting them on track for one of the deadliest years in decades. In the month of July, 9 more people died and by August the community was worried that a serial killer had made the scenic bike paths and parks their personal hunting ground at night. Dead bodies were piling up but local James Dale Ritchie wasn’t afraid. He was used to the cold and no stranger to the darkness either but even he would find this winter to be particularly dreary.
On the evening of March 3rd, 2015, two individuals in their car were stopped by a young man stumbling into the roadway of Magazine Street in Boston. The young man, identified as 17-year-old Luis Rodriguez, was bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound to his head.
When investigators asked Luis who shot him, the only words he could get out were “Rev”. Who was “Rev” and what connection did he have to Luis? What were the events that led to the senseless attack on this teenager? The only Reverend that had any connection to Luis was the well-known Reverend Shaun Harrison, Dean of Academics at Boston’s English High School. Further investigation would show Shaun had another side of his life that only few were aware of…
Dating apps like Tinder have completely transformed the dating scene, particularly among millenials. They allow users to swipe ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on hundreds, maybe even thousands, of profiles in their area. Some people go on these apps looking for friendships, others for romantic connections.
But not everyone on these apps is in the market for friendship or romance...
Sarah Stern had a secret. A secret that's almost impossible to keep anything secret for long.
Though it wasn’t anything particularly gruesome or embarrassing, it was something you wouldn’t necessarily go around sharing. At the tender young age of 19, Sarah had incidentally become well off for a 19 year old, after the untimely death of her mother, receiving a generous inheritance.