The Case Ledger

Can a church pastor use the pulpit to hide a dark web of cyberstalking, tracker devices, and psychological control? In this episode of The Case Ledger, we dissect the chilling true crime story behind the viral sensation "Death of the Pastor's Wife."

In April 2024, 30-year-old worship leader Mica Miller was found deceased in a remote North Carolina state park. While local authorities quickly ruled her death a suicide, a horrifying digital paper trail soon emerged. From secret GPS tracking devices hidden under her car to tactical tire deflation tools allegedly bought online by her estranged husband...

Sakiyna Thompson (also spelled Sakina Thompson) was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole for the July 2022 killing of 23-year-old Kayla Hodgson in Tamarac, Broward County, Florida. Prosecutors said Thompson flew from New York to South Florida with the intent to kill, driven by jealousy over Hodgson's relationship with her ex-boyfriend. Thompson admitted the stabbing but claimed self-defense and testified that she blacked out. A Florida jury rejected that claim. In this episode of The Case Ledger, we walk through the full case:
The discovery at apartment 200 in Tamarac VillageThe neighbor who saw a woman knocking...

True crime: the Jeffrey Neal case, one of the most disturbing double murders in Washington, D.C. On June 12, 2014, police found the body of Leon Young, 22, in the attic of a Northwest D.C. row house. Four days later, they found the body of Delano Wingfield, 23, in a shallow grave in the backyard. Both had been beaten with a hammer, and both had been friends with the man who lived there, Jeffrey Neal. Neal told detectives he killed Young in self-defense and hit him twice. The autopsy showed at least 26 blows. He has denied killing Wingfield. In July 2017, a jury...

In February 2013, a dog walker in the Bronx made a gruesome discovery that would unravel one of New York's most disturbing matricide cases. Bahsid McLean reported his mother, Tanya Byrd, missing — only for police to discover her dismembered remains scattered across the neighborhood, and a photo on his own phone showing him holding her severed head.

In this episode, we break down the full story of the Bahsid McLean case: the bleach-soaked crime scene, the accomplice who helped dispose of the body, McLean's disturbing courtroom behavior, and the shocking conviction that followed. But the story doesn't end there — four...

When 17-year-old Zion Foster went missing from her home, her cousin Jaylin Brazier claimed he hadn't seen her in months. But the chilling truth was much closer than anyone could have imagined. What really happened the night Zion disappeared, why did her cousin panic, and where is she now? In this episode, we unpack the shocking web of lies, the frantic search, and the trial that finally brought a devastating piece of justice. This is the case of Zion Foster.

The 32 Minutes Nobody Can Explain | AJ Armstrong Case

On July 29, 2016, in a quiet gated community in Houston, Texas, a 911 call shattered the night. Antonio and Dawn Armstrong were found shot in their bed. Their teenage son, AJ, said he was downstairs playing video games when it happened — and that a stranger must have broken in.

There was no forced entry. No stranger was ever found. And the timeline of that night would come down to a single, disputed window: 32 minutes that neither side could fully explain.

What followed was one of...

A dispatcher. A cop. A bride-to-be who never saw it coming.

Denita Smith was one month from her master's degree, engaged to a man she thought was perfect — until a January morning ended with her shot dead outside her own apartment. Police had no weapon, no DNA, and a killer who denied ever knowing her name.

What they found instead was a trail of phone towers, gunshot residue, a staged sexual assault, and a knife planted in someone else's trash can. This is the story of Shannon Crawley, the double life that go...