Case List

In 2004, Alonzo Brooks disappeared after attending a party in La Cygne. Weeks later, his body was found in an area that had reportedly already been searched. What began as a mysterious disappearance later became a confirmed homicide after the Federal Bureau of Investigation reopened the case years later. In this episode, we examine the final night Alonzo was seen alive, the reports of racial tension at the party, conflicting witness accounts, and the unanswered questions that

Faith Hedgepeth, a 19‑year‑old UNC–Chapel Hill student and member of the Haliwa‑Saponi Tribe, was found murdered in her off‑campus apartment on September 7, 2012. Her death sparked one of North Carolina’s longest and most complex homicide investigations, marked by evolving forensic techniques, shifting witness accounts, and years of unanswered questions. In the days that followed, investigators sifted through digital records, collected dozens of forensic samples, and intervie

This episode covers the shocking 1977 abduction of Colleen Stan, a 20‑year‑old woman held captive for seven years by Cameron and Janice Hooker. Colleen endured extreme confinement, psychological manipulation, and long‑term trauma — including being forced to live in a wooden box under the Hookers’ bed for most of each day. Despite the unimaginable conditions, she survived, escaped, and later helped bring Cameron Hooker to justice. Her case remains one of the most studied examp

This episode dives into the chilling and infuriating case of Denise Amber Lee, a young mother whose desperate fight for survival exposed fatal cracks in America’s 911 system. Multiple callers saw and reported what was happening — and still, help didn’t reach Denise in time. Her story became a nationwide wake‑up call that forced the country to confront how a broken emergency response system can cost lives. We break down the chain of missed opportunities, the calls that should

In this episode, we dive into the tragic case of Lauren McCluskey, a University of Utah student‑athlete whose attempts to seek help in the weeks before her death exposed serious gaps in campus safety and institutional response. Lauren’s case has become a national example of how systems meant to protect students can fail them — and how those failures can have devastating consequences. We walk through Lauren’s life, the tragedy, and the series of interactions with campus author