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In the early 1980s, a series of disappearances involving young boys left families across Utah searching for answers. What investigators eventually uncovered was a horrifying pattern of crimes committed by a man who appeared, to those around him, to be entirely ordinary.

This is the story of Arthur Gary Bishop, a man who concealed a terrible secret behind an unassuming exterior, and the investigation that finally brought his crimes to light.

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The year was 1974 and Lana Harding was a teacher at the Pioneer School, a one room building with only 5 students located 13 miles northeast of Conrad, Montana. Lana lived in the teacherage, which was a housing accommodation the school provided for her. We will also go to Coeur d’Alene Idaho, the home of Debra Prety, a 15 year old girl whose life was stolen from her and her loved ones, while walking home from a school dance in her own neighborhood.

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On November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

On November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

On November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

Onn November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

In November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

In November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

In November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

In November 2015, Michael Shaver, a Disney World employee and father of two, seemingly vanished from his Florida home. His wife, Laurie, told friends and family that he had abandoned them and started a new life. But as the years passed without anyone seeing or speaking to Michael, questions began to mount.

When a concerned friend finally contacted authorities, investigators turned their attention to the Shaver property, where a disturbing discovery would transform a missing-person investigation into a murder case.

What followed was an extraordinary trial involving conflicting accounts, accusations of deception, and testimony that would...

In the early morning hours of June 24, 2000, fifteen-year-old Trisha Autry disappeared from her family’s home in Hyrum, Utah. She left behind her money and belongings, and no one knew whether she had gone willingly or had been taken. 

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Ten-year-old Ame Deal lived in a crowded Phoenix home filled with adults and children. Yet behind its walls, she endured prolonged cruelty, degrading punishments, and treatment that singled her out from everyone else.

This is the case of Ame Deal: a child surrounded by people who could see what was happening, but failed to protect her.

This episode contains descriptions of severe child abuse and the death of a child. Listener discretion is advised.

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In May 1977, Immanuel and Rachel David moved their seven children into an eleventh-floor suite at Salt Lake City’s International Dunes Hotel. The children rarely ventured outside, received no conventional schooling, and appeared to live entirely within the world their father had constructed.

Born Charles Bruce Longo, Immanuel David claimed to be a prophet and eventually declared himself to be God. Around twenty people accepted his teachings, contributed money, and became members of what became known as the Family of David. As federal investigators examined fraudulent fundraising connected to his followers, Immanuel disappeared into the mountains outside Sa...

A NOTE BEFORE LISTENING: Lauren is Mary-Beth Tomaselli’s daughter and Anthony Tomaselli’s granddaughter. She had been staying with Anthony and helping care for him, and she was inside his home on the night he died. According to investigators, Lauren was given a sleeping pill so she would remain asleep and not witness what happened. In this final installment, Lauren discusses her relationship with her grandfather, her role in caring for him, and what she remembers about the circumstances surrounding his death. Her interview offers a uniquely personal and firsthand perspective on the events examined throughout this series. Plea...

A NOTE BEFORE LISTENING: In Part 6, investigators speak with the doctor for whom Linda Sue Roberts worked for approximately 30 years. Although this interview does not introduce a major new development, it provides an outside perspective on Linda, her family, and the circumstances surrounding Anthony Tomaselli’s health and death. It also gives listeners additional context for evaluating statements made during the earlier recordings. Please listen to Parts 1 through 5 before continuing.

This seven-part series features the secretly recorded conversations that helped expose the truth behind Anthony Tomaselli’s death. Crimeatorium obtained the recordings from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Offi...

A NOTE BEFORE LISTENING: Mary-Beth Tomaselli is Linda Sue Roberts’s sister and the other daughter of Anthony Tomaselli. After interviewing Linda, investigators brought Mary-Beth in for questioning about her father’s death and her possible involvement in the events Linda had described. The audio presented in Part 5 is Mary-Beth’s interview with detectives. For the clearest understanding of the case, please listen to Parts 1 through 4 before continuing.

This seven-part series features the secretly recorded conversations that helped expose the truth behind Anthony Tomaselli’s death. Crimeatorium obtained the recordings from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

Four...

A NOTE BEFORE LISTENING: Following the secretly recorded conversations presented in the previous episodes, investigators asked Linda Sue Roberts to come in for an interview. The audio in Part 4 is the resulting conversation between Linda and detectives as they question her about her father’s death. For the clearest understanding of the events, please listen to Parts 1 through 3 before continuing.

This seven-part series features the secretly recorded conversations that helped expose the truth behind Anthony Tomaselli’s death. Crimeatorium obtained the recordings from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

Four years after 85 year old Anthony Tomase...

A NOTE BEFORE LISTENING: The Anthony heard in this recording is Linda Sue Roberts’s former boyfriend, not her father, Anthony Tomaselli. After speaking with investigators, Anthony agreed to record another conversation with Linda using equipment supplied by law enforcement. The audio presented in this episode is that police-directed recording. For the clearest understanding of the events, please listen to Parts 1 and 2 before continuing.

This seven-part series features the secretly recorded conversations that helped expose the truth behind Anthony Tomaselli’s death. Crimeatorium obtained the recordings from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

Four years after...

A NOTE BEFORE LISTENING: The Anthony heard in this recording is Linda Roberts’s former boyfriend—not her father, Anthony Tomaselli. Following the secretly recorded conversation featured in Part 1, he went to the police and described his interaction with Linda. This interview provides important context and fills in some of the gaps the original recording may have left. If you haven’t heard Part 1, please listen to it before continuing.

This seven-part series features the secretly recorded conversations that helped expose the truth behind Anthony Tomaselli’s death. Crimeatorium obtained the recordings from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.<...

This seven-part series features the secretly recorded conversations that helped expose the truth behind Anthony Tomaselli’s death. Crimeatorium obtained the recordings from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

Four years after 85 year old Anthony Tomaselli’s death was attributed to natural causes, his daughter Linda Roberts invited a man she had been dating to her home and entrusted him with a disturbing secret about her father’s final night.

Realizing the enormity of what Linda was telling him, the man discreetly began recording their conversation. What started as a private confession would lead investigators back to...

Twenty nine year old Tiffany Moss stood trial on April 15, 2019 for the 2013 death of her 10 year old stepdaughter, Emani Moss. Emani’s father, Eman Moss, did nothing while Tiffany systematically starved, neglected, and abused his daughter, and later helped to cover up the murder. Emani was described as a precious and happy child who always had a smile on her face, by everyone that knew and loved her. At age three, she studied ballet and when she was 5 years old, she took guitar lessons. She did everything in her power to escape her abusive situation and was removed at on...

Like a lot of people her age, sixteen year old Alexis Rasmussen turned to babysitting to earn money for clothes and hanging out with friends. In September of 2011, she was hired to watch a married couple’s two children while they went out on a date. Plans changed and Alexis didn’t babysit that night. This is Alexis Rasmussen’s story.

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Joe didn't want to send his son Ethan, to stay with his mother that April, but he was court ordered to as part of the divorce agreement. He wrote to the judge telling him of his concerns. It turns out that Joe's feelings about Ethan going away, were right, only he never imagined how bad it would really get for his son. This is Ethan Stacy's story.

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Five year old Alec and one year old Asher was spending the night with their father Andre. Their mother Laurie received a phone call the following morning that would change her life forever.

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Bulletproof, by Laurie Beth Morales https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DSFG3XH/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_HPTQBY2S26D963XFCJ2Jhttps://mycrimelibrary.com/andre-leteve-arizona-death-row/https://caselaw.findlaw...

Raytown is a city in Jacksonville County, Missouri with a population of 30,000. One of those 30,000 was Ann Marie Harrison, age 15 at the time this story begins. Ann was born in Kansas City, Missouri on February 22nd 1974. She was a sophomore honor student at Raytown South High School, Ann attended church with her parents and two sisters, and played on a softball league. Annie, as she was known by those closest to her, was a good girl.

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Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues.

Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she did. She excelled in writing and speech, sharing her thoughts on complex topics like mental health and self-esteem. She made friends everywhere she went, and children adored her. She worked at a...

Tyler loved to play with his trucks and watch the show Scooby Doo, he used to spend time cooking with his mother Jamie, and he always protected his little sister. Ariana was the more outgoing of the two, she loved to color and dress up and she wore her favorite baseball cap with every outfit. This is the tragic story of Tyler and Arianna Payne.

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Investigating The Death of Innocents by Michael Orozco https...

This is the tale of the many child disappearances and murders in Los Angeles county starting in the early 50’s and continuing until 1970. It is believed that one person is responsible for tearing these children away from their loved ones.

On Halloween of 1984, the life of 31 year old Doreen Erbert came to a tragic end.

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Ten year old Scotty Baker was checked out of school the day before Thanksgiving by someone he thought was his cousin. Once he got into her car, he realized that she wasn't, but by that time, it was too late.

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When five year old Myretta Jones didn't return from the grocery store, her grandmother called her mother Lorene. Deputies and neighbors searched that night and came upon a gruesome discovery. Reminiscent of the 1956 movie, The Bad Seed, this case takes us way back to 1947 and the story of a young girl, Joyce Nichols, and her grizzly acts.

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On May 2nd, 2001, Mary Jean Pearle dropped her two daughters, Faith 9, and Liberty 6, off for their weekly visit with their father, even though they didn’t want to go, Wednesday was his visitation night as stated in their divorce decree. Their father, John Battaglia, was a man who had a long list of domestic abuse charges on his record and probably some jail time was looming over him, several days following this visit.

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No Daddy Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge by Irene Pence https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B0...

Gwen Vivian Miller didn’t show up for work on Leap Day, February 29th, 1968. Gwen was 60 years old, had no children, and ran the pharmacy at Bennett–Clarkson Memorial hospital, now known as Regional West in Rapid City, South Dakota. Despite her independence, though, Gwen was in declining health and had a history of medical complications due to her diabetes. So, when she didn’t show up for work, two co-workers, thinking she may have gone into insulin shock, went to her house at 3901 Hall Street. Inside, they found Gwen dead in her bed and it appeared to them that s...