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Seven fraternity brothers accused of sexual assault. A disturbing group chat involving more than 50 frat brothers. And an Ivy League university under fire.

Netflix's InstaDoc Jane Doe v. Cornell is sparking outrage, and Elisa Donovan and Jenn Fessler have even more to say about the explosive case. From shocking allegations and a culture of silence to troubling questions about Cornell's handling of the case.Who knew what, who should be held accountable, and how could this happen at one of America's most prestigious universities?

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How did Charles Manson convince young women to kill for him? Actress Marianne Rendon, who portrayed notorious Manson Family member Susan “Sadie” Atkins in Charlie Says, joins Elisa Donovan to expose the twisted mix of sex, drugs, love bombing and psychological manipulation that transformed seemingly ordinary young women into followers of one of America's most infamous killers.

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What if the biggest threat to college sexual assault victims wasn't just their attackers, but the universities that were supposed to protect them? Jennifer Fessler sits down with Emmy Award-winning producer Amy Ziering to revisit The Hunting Ground, the explosive documentary that exposed the disturbing reality of sexual assault on college campuses and the universities that looked the other way. Amy reveals how repeat offenders were able to continue assaulting women, how fraternity culture helped create environments where predators could thrive, and what happened to the survivors who dared to speak out. She also shares the heartbreaking stories that h...

When a bomb destroyed Pan Am Flight 103, killing 270 people, it launched one of the largest terrorism investigations in history. And the case still isn't over.

Former FBI agent Dick Marquise reveals how investigators tracked down the killers, the secrets behind the investigation, what it was like serving as a consultant on the Netflix series The Bombing of Pan Am 103 and being portrayed by Patrick J. Adams.

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Breaking Secret Lives of Mormon Wives marriage news. Which couple is headed for divorce, and are we really that surprised?

The Chicks have canceled their show this week, and it’s really throwing a wrench in our plans. 

Love is not blind when it comes to Season 11 Boston. Why are the men nowhere near ready to walk down the aisle while the women seem ready to say I do. 

Meanwhile, Amy pitches a new dating show that could possibly include your own teen crush. 

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Greer Grammer reveals how Leslie Van Houten went from an ordinary California teenager to a convicted Manson Family killer and shares her surprising personal connection to the woman who participated in the brutal murders.

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Elizabeth Chambers joins Jennifer Fessler to break down the devastating Haight family murders and the chilling warning signs that preceded the tragedy. Discussing her Investigation Discovery special, Toxic: What Happened in the Haight House?, Elizabeth reveals the controlling behaviors, financial abuse, and red flags that may have been missed before Tausha Haight, her five children, and her mother were killed. She also explains the one assessment she believes everyone should know about, why domestic violence can turn deadly, and what Tausha’s story can teach us about recognizing dangerous relationships before it’s too late.

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A New Jersey father of two vanishes, only for his dismembered remains to turn up in three suitcases along the Virginia coast. His wife is convicted of murder, but investigators never establish exactly where the gruesome dismemberment took place.

How could someone commit such a horrific crime without leaving behind an obvious bloody crime scene? Actor and attorney Michael Roark joins Elisa to examine the disturbing evidence and the possibility that Melanie McGuire didn't act alone.

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Does Noah Wyle deserve to be People’s Sexiest Man Alive?

Who we actually want to see perform at the Super Bowl halftime show in LA.

Amy’s zombie apocalypse survival plan and how long her water supply would really last.

The Nobody Wants This fire alarm scene that sent Danielle over the edge. 

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Halloween is all about costumes, candy, and spooky fun, but these true crime stories are scarier than fiction. 🎃 Jen Fessler and Elisa Donovan discuss three chilling cases involving a Halloween-night murder, a devastating family massacre, and a father who poisoned his child’s Halloween candy. It’s a haunting look at the real-life horrors behind the holiday.

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What did romantic rejection have to do with the Unabomber's murderous rage? Possibly more than anyone realized.

Former FBI profiler James Fitzgerald joins Elisa Donovan to reveal the disturbing stories buried in Ted Kaczynski's private writings: including a disastrous date, a humiliating workplace incident, and the resentment Fitzgerald believes helped fuel his violence. 

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Convicted sex offender Howard John Gombert Jr. is nearing release from prison, and investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff believes he may hold the key to solving the 30-year-old disappearance of 17-year-old Robin Murphy. Jennifer Fessler speaks with the host of The Devil’s Quarry about the clues investigators may have missed, why Gombert was never aggressively pursued as a suspect, and whether new developments could finally bring answers to Robin’s family.

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Ken McElroy terrorized an entire town and kept getting away with it. Until the day his luck ran out. He was gunned down in front of dozens of witnesses, and suddenly “nobody saw a thing.”

In Broad Daylight author Harry MacLean joins Elisa Donovan to unpack this wild true crime story, how McElroy became untouchable, and why everyone stayed silent.

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Why is everyone hating on Kylie Jenner as a newly crowned Victoria’s Secret Angel

We’ve got reviews, our no filtered thoughts on Widows Bay, Crystal Lake, and You Can See Everything 

A towel and drawer dilemma that many can relate to at home. 

Asking for a friend, if you are staying for free in their apartment, should you abide by their rules?

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Elisa Donovan and Jenn Fessler are still trying to process Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything.

From outrageous revelations to laugh-out-loud absurdity, the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary is unlike anything they've ever watched. Elisa and Jenn break down the wildest moments and debate the question at the heart of it all: Who's manipulating whom?

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What did relatives know, and what did they keep secret?

Actress Marlene Forte, who played the brothers' aunt in Netflix's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, joins Killer Thriller to reveal the disturbing family secrets, the warning signs that may have been ignored, and why José Menendez's own sister defended the nephews who murdered him. 

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A teenage girl, a major cocaine operation, and seven years in federal prison. Jennifer Fessler sits down with Denise Trigo Fleming, author of Dealing: Memoirs of a Cocaine Teenpin, to explore how she went from a teenager caught up in Southern California’s glamorous drug scene to serving time in federal prison. Denise opens up about the dangerous relationships and fierce loyalties that kept pulling her deeper into that world, the devastating loss of her best friend, and the choices that changed her life forever. She also reflects on surviving prison, rebuilding her life, and how she sees her pa...

He may seem sweet, attentive and genuinely interested in your daughter. But what if the romance is actually a trap?

In Stolen From the Suburbs, starring Sydney Sweeney, teenage girls are manipulated by young men they think they can trust before being abducted into a sex trafficking ring.Actress Brooke Nevin explains the real grooming tactic known as the “Romeo trap,” how traffickers exploit emotional vulnerability and her warning to unsuspecting parents that this can happen anywhere.

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Even the most handsome man can fall victim to a red carpet fashion crime. Alexander Skarsgård, we love you, but we need to talk about those shoes.

Ben Affleck is an Oscar winning director, so how did one major flub make it into his new film Animals? 

Tobey Maguire is officially setting the bar way too high for ex-husbands after officiating his ex-wife’s wedding

Miami Vice is filming right now and we are swooning over Austin Butler. 

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Ted Kaczynski has been remembered as a brilliant, isolated killer, but people who actually knew him described another side. A local librarian who befriended him said he tutored her child and could make her laugh for hours.

Sharlto Copley, who plays him in Ted K, reveals the startling details he uncovered while researching Kaczynski and the side of the notorious killer most people have never heard about.

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A woman is murdered, her body dumped in the Mississippi River, and nearly 30 years later, her ghost may help lead investigators back to her killer. Jennifer Fessler sits down with writer and director Philip Cairney to unpack HBO’s The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story, a chilling true-crime investigation filled with mob ties, buried secrets, shocking twists, and eerie encounters that challenge even the biggest skeptics. Is it guilt, coincidence, or something paranormal?

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Denise Brown recounts the terrifying night she says she watched O.J. Simpson grab Nicole by the throat and lift her off the ground as Denise desperately tried to pull him away.

Nicole left with her that night but returned the next day. Denise explains why she once blamed herself and what she now understands about why victims go back.

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Everyone locked in on DWTS this week, but who stood out to us the most? 

Tom Cruise we love you, but we have to admit, we didn’t know what Digger was about. 

If Dooms day arrived tomorrow, how prepped are you?

Realizing our six degrees of separation to the cast of RHOSLC. 

A skunk may be ruining our lives.

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Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister Denise reveals the warning signs of abuse her family missed, including a shocking photo of Nicole’s battered face that she explained away as 'movie makeup.'

More than 30 years later, Denise opens up about what Nicole was hiding from the people closest to her, and what she wishes she had understood before it was too late.

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Comedian and actor Dane Cook joins Jen Fessler and Elisa Donovan to open up about the shocking betrayal at the center of his new documentary, Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story. After discovering his half-brother had stolen millions from him, Dane’s life, career and relationship with his family unraveled in ways he never saw coming. He reveals what the betrayal did to him personally, how he rebuilt his life after one of its darkest periods, and the lessons he learned the hard way about money and trust. Plus the surprising answer to whether he would ever sit down wi...

Michelle Carter told her suicidal boyfriend Conrad Roy to go through with it and when he tried to back out, prosecutors said she told him to get back in the truck.

The Girl From Plainville creator Patrick Macmanus takes Killer Thriller inside the explosive “texting suicide” case and reveals what he discovered in thousands of private messages about their complicated relationship.

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Tom Cruise is usually good at everything he does, but what did he manage to completely botch this week?

Off Campus stars were busy this week; Belmont Cameli’s new Reebok ad, cringy or iconic? 

Ella Bright’s full circle moment with Taylor Swift had us smiling 

Why we are convinced Antonio Cipriano is the next big thing 

A hot take about Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy on DWTS.

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Elisa Donovan and Jenn Fessler react to the guilty verdict in the American Idol murder case and the stunning evidence that convinced a jury despite no recovered murder weapon, no gunshot-residue test and no blood on Caleb.

Jenn says the more than 100,000 messages between Caleb and his mistress may have essentially become the prosecution’s “murder weapon.”

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John Wayne Gacy buried victim after victim beneath his home until he ran out of room. 

'Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy' showrunner Patrick Macmanus takes us inside Gacy's house into the crawl space where victims were buried and exposes the shocking failures that allowed the murders to continue.

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At its core, the podcast is about an age-gap friendship that feels both unexpected and completely natural. Two women at different points in life, bonded by shared chaos and girlhood in all its forms. Lisa, fifty-something, glamorous, and gloriously unfiltered, has lived through it all and has the stories (and hot takes) to prove it. Lexi, thirty and running her own shoe brand, grew up on reality TV and now navigates real life with equal parts ambition and humor. Together, they cover everything from dating and divorce to beauty maintenance and emotional survival, all through a comedic lens. It’s...

What started as a high school sociology project became a real cold-case investigation. Jennifer Fessler sits down with teacher Alex Campbell, whose students spent hundreds of hours digging through evidence, building timelines, challenging theories and chasing answers in the infamous Redhead Murders. Campbell shares what they uncovered, why he believes teenagers are an untapped resource for cold-case investigations, and how their work has now led to a new investigation into a 46-year-old suspicious death.

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Ted Kaczynski terrorized America for 17 years while eluding the FBI. But before he was the Unabomber, he was a 16-year-old Harvard prodigy subjected to controversial psychological experiments.

Director Janus Metz joins Killer Thriller to reveal the disturbing story behind the new Netflix film and why Kaczynski’s warnings about technology feel eerily relevant in the age of AI.

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A West Wilson update no one asked for

Why is Gen Z defending their iced coffee in a professional interview?

A RHONY newbie walks in with a seriously juicy past 

Wedding planning woes with a bride to be.  

Channing Tatum, we see you. Just admit the burner account already?

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The Lindsay Clancy case is far from over. Jenn Fessler and Elisa Donovan react to Patrick Clancy’s emotional 60 Minutes interview and the intense scrutiny he continues to face, including the question of why he felt he had to defend himself publicly. They then break down the shocking 11-1 jury split that ended in a mistrial, the lone holdout who refused to budge, and the big question now: will Lindsay face another trial? Plus, they examine the complicated debate over postpartum psychosis and criminal responsibility, discuss the changes to postpartum care already being proposed in Massachusetts, and look ahead to...

Jenn Fessler is joined by A Killer Story director Matthew Galkin and executive producer Josh Levine to unpack the murder case with no clear answer. They reveal the twists that changed their view of the case, the amateur sleuths who gave up everything to prove Dana Chandler’s innocence, the alternative suspect, and the shocking decision that changed the third trial. Plus, why they wouldn’t have convicted Chandler and why, after six years investigating, they’re still not sure who killed Mike and Karen.

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After years of horrific abuse, Rickie Kananen admitted killing both his parents. Then he accused his sister Stacey of being responsible for the murders.

Brendan Taylor joins Elisa to reveal the real Rickie behind "Monster in the Family" and the chillingly “normal” man he saw while watching the actual court footage.

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We’re calling a red flag on the Dancing with the Star Premiere, do the ladies have an advantage?

How are we supposed to root for the stars with dance experience, biggest improvement, maybe… maybe not?

It’s officially the age of older shirtless men, so who bared it all the best, John Stamos or Tom Cruise?

Chris Harrison’s new dating show is giving The Bachelor a run for its money. 

Superman actor David Corenswet is trading in his cape for a football uniform for...

Randy Roth knew exactly how to charm vulnerable women. Actor Colin Egglesfield explains how that charm could turn into something much darker.

Colin joins Elisa to unravel the convicted killer’s web of love bombing, control and lies, the suspicious death of another wife and the chilling question of how Randy kept convincing women to trust him.

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Jennifer Fessler sits down with filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato to unpack HBO’s Murder in Glitterball City and the shocking murder of hairdresser and drag performer James “Jamie” Carroll.

Jamie’s body was found buried beneath a Louisville home shared by former lovers Joey Banis and Jeffrey Mundt and both men blamed the other. The filmmakers reveal the disturbing evidence they uncovered, the questions that still linger and the surprising RuPaul’s Drag Race connection.

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A pregnant mom and her family are held at gunpoint for three terrifying days. And what really happened inside that house is even darker than the movie reveals.

Terror Comes Knocking actor Ivan Lopez joins Elisa to talk about the shocking true crime, the desperate fight to survive, and the disturbing details that never made it to screen.

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