Killer Destinations

Even though it’s past Halloween, the chilling episodes continue… In November 2011, Latoya Ammons, her mother, and her three young children moved into a rental home in Gary, Indiana, and began to experience what they strongly believed was demonic activity. When this became public, there were a lot of people who dismissed what was being said. Until numerous officials – including the police and a caseworker – corroborated the events after they were eyewitnesses to the terror.

Just in time for Halloween, today's episode is about a case that became internationally known after the alleged perpetrator's defense against murder charges was revealed. For the first time in U.S. history, Arne Cheyenne Johnson's defense was that when he committed the crime, he was demonically possessed. Was it true? Or was it a hoax?

Small towns are revered for their tight-knit communities, spending Friday nights cheering for local high school sports and having people you can trust and rely on. But big city problems sometimes appear, and in 2000, the innocence of one small community was tarnished when the murder of a young mother revealed to the public that sometimes those in whom we put our trust are not always trustworthy.  

When a nurse is found murdered in her home, detectives initially believe they have the killer in their sights. But when the alibi checks out, they realize the killer was right there all along... a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 

This is a rewind back to Season 1: In 1946, Suzanne Degnan was six years old and living in Chicago with her parents and older sister Betty. The night before she was supposed to return to school following Christmas vacation, Suzanne disappeared out of her window in the middle of the night. Under intense nationwide scrutiny, the Chicago Police Department worked around the clock to catch the killer. Did they arrest the right person or were they simply trying to close the case?

Linda Collins served in the Arkansas State Senate from 2015 to 2019. After losing her re-election bid, she returned to her rural hometown of Pocahontas to be with her family and focus on the small businesses she owned. But six months after moving home, her death made the small community wonder who among them was capable of such viciousness.

Two intelligent young women in Georgia who had their whole lives ahead of them, died under mysterious circumstances that were shockingly similar. Then, an anonymous call changed everything.

Former NFL player Philip Adams killed 6 people in April 2021, including two small children. Forensic evidence that was made public led some to speculate that this was a repeat of what happened to former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez. Is it a valid argument or simply an excuse?

Tenacity, creativity and ingenuity are attributes of people we admire. But not everyone uses these attributes for good. Some use them for evil.

On Easter Sunday 1937, New Yorkers awoke to a startling headline. In the early morning hours that same day, a triple homicide occurred at an apartment building in the Midtown East Neighborhood of Manhattan. And when the identity of one of the victims was revealed, the story became so salacious it’s being talked about almost 90 years later.

In early 2002, 12-year-old Ashley Pond and 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis vanished into thin air, just months apart and from the exact same school bus stop. A shroud of terror gripped the community as investigators chased phantom leads, completely unaware that a monster was hiding in plain sight.

In 2011, a man desperate for money was offered a job to take care of someone else's problem. Little did he know he'd soon wind up in a police interrogation room... for murder.

This is an encore episode from January 2025. A husband and father lost his life in a brutal attack by gang members. The alleged attackers were arrested quickly, but it took the jury five days to reach a verdict. AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE JURORS AS A GUEST ON THIS EPISODE! Listen to all the behind-the-scenes details about the trial... and what happened afterward.

Madison Nygard narrowly escaped a man who attempted to kidnap her. And it was her brave fight to survive that led detectives not only to her own attacker, but also provided justice for the families of two young women whose unsolved cases had gone cold. 

In 1990, 8-year-old Jennifer Schuett was taken in the early morning hours from her bedroom in Dickinson, TX. She was found 12 hours later in a field barely clinging to life. Her attacker left her to die, but she survived and vowed to bring the man to justice.

Ohio State senior Reagan Tokes was just months away from graduation. She had a generous spirit and majored in psychology so she could help others. But one night after work, she disappeared. And just three days later her family and friends got the news they’d all been dreading. Their beautiful girl was gone.

A young woman survived a violent attack by thinking of her young son and how much he needed her. She stayed strong for him. Several years later police arrested the perpetrator, but when she saw who it was, she couldn’t believe it. They’d arrested the wrong man. 

Beginning in the late 1990s, two elderly women – Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt – began working with a local church and befriended vulnerable, homeless men in Hollywood to help them get housing and assistance. Behind what appeared to be gracious benevolence, however, beat the hearts of greedy, scheming fraudsters, who didn’t care who they hurt in their quest for treasure.

After suffering the devastating loss of his wife, Irishman Jack Corbett was happy after finding love again. After a few years of living in Limerick, Ireland, Jack, his new wife Molly, and Jack’s two children moved to the US to be closer to Molly’s family. But no one knew what really went on inside their new home until police arrived one summer night and found a shocking crime scene.

Just over three years after Rex Heuermann was arrested as the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, the legal proceedings have concluded. Although he was suspected of being responsible for the deaths of more than 10 women from 1993-2010, Heuermann pleaded guilty to, and was sentenced for, seven women. He’ll spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The future was looking bright for Jennifer Cave. After figuring out that college wasn’t what she wanted to do, she’d settled in Austin and was waiting tables. But then she got the great news that she’d been offered a full-time job at a law firm helping in the office. She was so excited that she told everyone she knew, but she never made it to her first day of work.

In 2000, David Camm came home to a horrific scene... his wife and two children had been murdered in their garage. But just a few days later, David was arrested for the crime; he would spend more than a decade trying to clear his name and find justice for his family.

A once famous actor and TV star is again in the spotlight. But this time it’s for all the wrong reasons. His wife has been shot, leaving their infant daughter without a mother, and police seem to think he might’ve had something to do with it. But this wasn’t TV, and no one is guaranteed a happy ending.

Mackenzie Shirilla is all over the news right now because of the Netflix movie. We did a deep dive this past August after her conviction - and we uncovered a lot of information that you didn't hear in the movie. Listen for all the details you want to know!.

Early one morning in June 1955, highly respected Judge Curtis Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie disappeared from their Manalapan, Florida beach house. And they were never seen again. Was it intentional or was it something more sinister? Even now, more than 70 years later, it remains one of Florida’s most infamous true crime cases. 

In June 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge had just moved into her own apartment, and she was looking forward to the future when her life was brutally ended. But when Angie’s mom didn’t think police were doing all they could to find the perpetrator, she became a force of nature to ensure her daughter got justice. 

A single mother’s worst nightmare came true when her only child went missing. Based on the evidence, police believed that the teenager had run away… but her mom refused to give up hope. It would be years before the truth was finally revealed.

Singer-songwriter D4vd has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, se*ual abuse and mutilation of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. We have the updated details of the allegations, evidence and upcoming hearings.

Anna Moriah Wilson – who went by “Mo” – was somewhat of a newcomer in mountain and gravel bike racing, but after just two years of competition she was already a standout in both fields. In May 2022, she arrived a few days before a big race to spend time with friends, but she never made it. The race now was to find her killer.

(ICYMI - this is a throwback to Episodes 7&8) When 25-year-old Amy St. Laurent went missing from the Old Port District in Portland, Maine, police weren't lacking for suspects in her disappearance. Was it the ex-boyfriend, the rejected suitor or the last person to see her alive? Or was it someone who wasn’t even on their radar? But with winter approaching, they needed to find her… or her remains. So for the first time in the State’s history, the Portland PD, the State Police and the Maine Warden Service teamed up to cover all possibilities.

Singer Island is a beautiful, tranquil place to live, with miles of white sand beaches. But after a popular husband and wife mysteriously vanished, residents started to wonder if something sinister was behind it.

Almost three years after his arrest, alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann shocked everyone when he changed his plea - and confessed to a different murder he wasn't even charged with.

ICYMI - In 2002, Marlyne Johnson was 58 years old and looking forward to the arrival of her first grandchild. When she missed lunch with her daughter-in-law - with whom she was very close - her son and daughter-in-law went to check on her and found her body in the basement of the family home. Marlyne was kind and caring and everyone liked her. So who could have committed such a heinous crime? 

The shocking March arrest of a suspect in the 15-year-old murder case of realtor Ashley Okland has made headlines across the nation. While we wait for police and prosecutors to provide details, today’s episode looks into the story of the young woman who was tragically taken too soon and the person now alleged to be responsible. 

It’s a tawdry tale of secrets, deceit and infidelity that takes place behind closed doors in an upscale Utah suburb. And tragically, the end result was a death that left three young children fatherless. And as the investigation focused on finding the perpetrator, the façade of perfection was stripped away to reveal a monster.

In 2012, Samantha Koenig never returned home from her job at an Anchorage coffee stand. The stand was closed when her boyfriend arrived to pick her up, and she didn’t answer any texts or calls from her dad. Then… the owner of the coffee stand pulled up surveillance video and saw a shocking sight. She’d been forcibly taken. However, while it was revealed she was not the perpetrator's first victim… she would be his last. 

A young woman mysteriously went missing and her distraught father turned to police for help. When her naked body was found riddled with bullets on the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal, the community was shocked when a dark secret began to emerge.

A high school student was murdered in cold blood. When detectives unwound the twisty trail of high school romance and revenge, it led to an unforeseen killer. And it showed the community the extent to which one family would go to protect its own.

In 2021, Christina Parcell was found by her fiancé lying on the floor of her South Carolina home, brutally murdered and surrounded by rose petals. The crime scene was gruesome, and she had been slashed and stabbed almost three dozen times. But as the police investigated, bombshell after bombshell was revealed, leaving everyone involved utterly shocked.

A violent attack wiped out generations of one family in just one night. Only those too young to be witnesses were allowed to survive. But no one had any idea who was really behind the most heinous crime in Ohio history.