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The Murder of Tara Lynn Grant
Tara Lynn Grant was born and raised in rural Michigan but found her home in suburban Detroit after college. She married her husband,...
Gina Westfall
Sep 8, 20218 min read


Domestic Disturbance: The Barbara Lacey Story
Domestic Disturbance: The Barbara Lacey Story I first met Barbara Lacey in late 2005. I was a new nurse, working in a long-term care...
Gina Westfall
Sep 2, 20213 min read


Teens Who Kill for Thrill: Gavon Ramsey & Alyssa Bustamante
Gavon Ramsey Margaret Douglas was a ninety-eight-year-old woman living alone in Wadsworth, Ohio. Margaret was born on September 15th,...
Gina Westfall
Sep 1, 202110 min read


Guilty or Innocent: The Hendricks Family Murders
Shortly before midnight on November 8th, 1983, the bodies of four out of five family members were found brutally murdered in their...
Gina Westfall
Aug 25, 202111 min read


Fueled by Hate: The Brandon Teena Story
Joann Brandon was a young Catholic woman from Lincoln, Nebraska who became a wife and mother at the age of fourteen. Her first child, a...
Gina Westfall
Aug 18, 202114 min read


Runaway Train: The Aundria Bowman Story
Cathy Terkanian was just seventeen years old when she gave birth to a daughter that she named Alexis. Although she had left home years...
Gina Westfall
Aug 11, 20217 min read


In The Best Interest of Joseph
**To Clarify: The following story includes an interview with convicted murderer Scott Endicott. His responses represent his side of the...
Gina Westfall
Aug 4, 202116 min read


Motivated By Greed
Greed is one of the oldest motives in history for all crimes including murder. Two heinous murders motived by greed rocked two small...
Gina Westfall
Jul 30, 20218 min read


A Deadly Friendship
In the late 1980s, Jimella Tunstall and Tiffany Hall met as they started kindergarten in East St. Louis, Illinois. The girls became best...
Gina Westfall
Jul 28, 20218 min read


The Deadly Doctor of Eldorado
The family doctor in a small town often garners as much respect as the mayor, church leader, or the school superintendent. In the small...
Gina Westfall
Jul 21, 202111 min read


Mascoutah Prom Night Murders
Prom night is a right of passage for most teenagers, at least it was before the pandemic changed everything. Before post prom lock ins...
Gina Westfall
Jul 14, 20218 min read


Sweet Injustice
Sweet Injustice Michael Sweet’s childhood was scarred by the constant fighting between his mother and father. When his mother, Marlene,...
Gina Westfall
Jul 7, 20218 min read


Marriage & Murder in Southern Illinois
Most people go into a marriage with the expectation of living happily every after. However, marriage can be very difficult and sometimes...
Gina Westfall
May 5, 20219 min read


The Gee Family Murders
Small towns in Illinois are generally thought of as so safe that residents frequently do not lock their doors at night. This was...
Gina Westfall
Apr 28, 202110 min read


The P'Town Saints Murder
(Sidnee Stephens) Sidnee Stephens was just fifteen years old when she went missing on July 19th, 2010. Sidnee had a history of mental...
Gina Westfall
Apr 21, 20217 min read


Unsolved in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois, like most of the Midwest, is considered a relatively safe place to live. However, murder happens everywhere. The only...
Gina Westfall
Apr 14, 202110 min read


The Farmer's Family
If you’ve ever driven through Illinois, you’ve probably noticed a lot of corn fields. Farming is a big part of life in the Midwest. In...
Gina Westfall
Apr 10, 20219 min read


Munchausen Mom of Missouri
The community of Springfield, Missouri wrapped their arms around newcomers Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard and her special needs daughter,...
Gina Westfall
Apr 7, 202112 min read


The Iron River Murder Pact
Fifty-three-year-old Christopher Karl Regan was a divorced father of adult children, United States Air Force Veteran, and responsible...
Gina Westfall
Mar 31, 202112 min read


The Beckemeyer Barhop Murder
In the summer of 1989, the small town of Beckemeyer, Illinois was shocked by the first murder in the entire county in almost a decade...
Gina Westfall
Mar 24, 20217 min read
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