*****WARNING: Story includes graphic details of horrific child abuse***** Sylvia Marie Likens (left) was born January 3rd, 1949, to...

Tara Lynn Grant was born and raised in rural Michigan but found her home in suburban Detroit after college. She married her husband,...

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...

Gavon Ramsey Margaret Douglas was a ninety-eight-year-old woman living alone in Wadsworth, Ohio. Margaret was born on September 15th,...

Shortly before midnight on November 8th, 1983, the bodies of four out of five family members were found brutally murdered in their...

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...

Cathy Terkanian was just seventeen years old when she gave birth to a daughter that she named Alexis. Although she had left home years...

**To Clarify: The following story includes an interview with convicted murderer Scott Endicott. His responses represent his side of the...

Greed is one of the oldest motives in history for all crimes including murder. Two heinous murders motived by greed rocked two small...

In the late 1980s, Jimella Tunstall and Tiffany Hall met as they started kindergarten in East St. Louis, Illinois. The girls became best...

The family doctor in a small town often garners as much respect as the mayor, church leader, or the school superintendent. In the small...

Prom night is a right of passage for most teenagers, at least it was before the pandemic changed everything. Before post prom lock ins...

Sweet Injustice Michael Sweet’s childhood was scarred by the constant fighting between his mother and father. When his mother, Marlene,...

Most people go into a marriage with the expectation of living happily every after. However, marriage can be very difficult and sometimes...

Small towns in Illinois are generally thought of as so safe that residents frequently do not lock their doors at night. This was...

(Sidnee Stephens) Sidnee Stephens was just fifteen years old when she went missing on July 19th, 2010. Sidnee had a history of mental...

Southern Illinois, like most of the Midwest, is considered a relatively safe place to live. However, murder happens everywhere. The only...

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...

The community of Springfield, Missouri wrapped their arms around newcomers Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard and her special needs daughter,...

Fifty-three-year-old Christopher Karl Regan was a divorced father of adult children, United States Air Force Veteran, and responsible...