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The Corn Rake Killer: The Murder of Amy Mullis
“According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, farming is the most dangerous job in America” (O’Leary, 2020). It comes as no surprise...
Gina Westfall
May 25, 202211 min read


A Best Friend's Betrayal: The Murder of Larry Holman
On November 21st, 2000, Larry Holman was found dead in vehicle while on the wooded ground of his employer, La Roche Industries, in...
Gina Westfall
May 23, 20226 min read


Mean Girls: The Murder of Shanda Sharer
Junior high school is typically filled with drama among teenage girls, but what makes drama turn in to violent rage? How does teenage...
Gina Westfall
May 18, 202210 min read


Parricide: The Stories of Shawn Bentler & Mark Gibbs
Parricide: The Stories of Shawn Bentler & Mark Gibbs The Bentler Family Murders At 3:38 am on October 14th, 2006, 911 operators in...
Gina Westfall
May 11, 20229 min read


Convicted: The Angel Bumpass Story
On January 16th, 2009, Linda Bonner found her husband Franklin, known as Kookie, duct-taped to a chair with duct tape over his mouth and...
Gina Westfall
May 5, 20226 min read


Deadly Games: The Murders of Betsy Faria & Louis Gumpenberger
Just two days after Christmas in 2011, Russell Faria made a 911 call at approximately 9:40 pm to report that he just found his wife,...
Gina Westfall
May 4, 202218 min read


A Mother's Fight for Justice: The Story of Pravin Varughese
On a cold February morning in 2014, Ashley realized that his cousin Pravin was not in their room. The two cousins were sophomores at...
Gina Westfall
Apr 6, 202211 min read


Belleville Beauty Shop Murders
When a customer arrived at hairdresser Michael Cooney’s in-home salon in Belleville, Illinois, around eleven am on March 2nd, 2005, she...
Gina Westfall
Mar 30, 202211 min read


Broken Family: The Murder of Ruth Pyne
The Pyne family of Highland, Michigan, seemed to be the picture-perfect family. Bernie & Ruth had been married most of their adult lives...
Gina Westfall
Mar 23, 20227 min read


Toxic Vows: The Murder of Alan Duvall
In 2005, Alan Duvall and Tami Engleman were married in Southern Indiana. Alan was sixty years old, and Tami was forty-seven. The two...
Gina Westfall
Mar 20, 20227 min read


Unsolved: The Murder of LaDonna Cooper
On March 4th, 1987, LaDonna Cooper was working her shift at the Bonanza Restaurant in Marion, Illinois. Her husband and children came to...
Gina Westfall
Mar 16, 20224 min read


Obsession in Steeleville: The Casey Morgan Story
On the morning of October 5th, 2007, emergency dispatch received a panicked 911 call from Michael David Roye, who went by David. He said...
Gina Westfall
Mar 16, 20224 min read


Family Annihilation: The Vaughn Family Murders
In the early morning hours of June 14th, 2007, a man flagged down a pick-up truck along a frontage road near I-55 in Will County,...
Gina Westfall
Mar 9, 202215 min read


Illinois' Executed Women: Marie Porter & Elizabeth Reed
Illinois’ Executed Women: Marie Porter & Elizabeth Reed Marie Porter Marie Kappen was born August 10th, 1899, in St. Louis, Missouri to...
Gina Westfall
Mar 2, 20226 min read


The Police Officer's Wives: Kathleen Savio & Stacy Peterson
On October 28th, 2007, Cassandra Cales was trying to reach her sister, twenty-three-year-old Stacy Peterson. They had plans together that...
Gina Westfall
Feb 23, 202211 min read


Emerging Evil: The Murder of Connor Conley
Bridget Conley was working overnights at a casino near her home in Rising Sun, Indiana, on November 28th, 2009. She had left her...
Gina Westfall
Feb 21, 20229 min read


Serial Killer in the Midwest: The Victims of Timothy Krajcir
Mary & Brenda Parsh In August of 1977, Brenda Parsh (left) flew from Wisconsin to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where her parents lived. Her...
Gina Westfall
Feb 16, 202213 min read


Diabolical Deceit: The Murder of Donnah Winger
When an intruder entered Donnah Winger’s home in Springfield, Illinois in the summer of 1995, two people would lose their lives. The...
Gina Westfall
Feb 9, 20229 min read


Murdering Mom: The Murder of Diane Michele
Murdering Mom: The Murder of Diane Michele Diane O’Connor was born April 27th, 1954. She married James Dankovich in 1989 and later that...
Gina Westfall
Feb 7, 20226 min read


If You Take My Kids: The Jacque Waller Story
Jacque Sue Rawson was born in Bonne Terre, Missouri in 1971 and was raised in St. Genevieve, Missouri. She was always close with her...
Gina Westfall
Feb 2, 20228 min read
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