On September 16, 2009, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson was arrested at a Malibu restaurant after an evening of unusual behavior. She passed a field sobriety test, cooperated with deputies throughout booking, and was released just after midnight with no car and no one to pick her up. Her mother had already called the station to say something was wrong. Nearly a year later, her remains were found in a remote canyon. The cause of death was listed as undetermined. This week we cover the full story of Mitrice Richardson and the questions her family is still asking today.

In March 2010, an ex-convict named Lawrence Ray moved into his daughter's co-ed dormitory at Sarah Lawrence College. Within years, he built a predatory cult of absolute control, extorting some of the brightest students in the country. This week, Melissa and Mandy cover the shocking story of Larry Ray, the psychological manipulation that dismantled his victims' lives, and the federal trial that finally brought him to justice.

In 2021, beloved Iowa farmer Ryan Cooper was found shot twice in the face in his living room recliner. His wife, Karina Cooper, claimed an intruder had killed him while she and their children slept upstairs. But as investigators dug into the quiet community of Traer, they uncovered a secret affair with a much younger man named Huston Danker, a half-million-dollar life insurance motive, and a chilling digital trail of deleted messages that revealed a cold-blooded conspiracy years in the making.

The true story of Corinna Mullen, a 20-year-old mother murdered in Central City, Kentucky in 1987. Her boyfriend was acquitted, evidence went missing, and nearly 20 years passed before a witness named Sandy came forward and accused Lieutenant Billy Fields of orchestrating the crime. Billy was convicted of murder in 2009 and sentenced to life in prison.

Jordan James Parke built a career on bigger lips and dramatic transformations as the "Lip King." But after a mother of five died following a cosmetic treatment linked to his business, he found himself at the center of a manslaughter investigation. Then, before that investigation could reach a conclusion, Jordan was found dead under mysterious circumstances of his own.

The full story of Heaven's Gate, the UFO cult founded by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, whose 39 members died by mass suicide in a Rancho Santa Fe mansion in March 1997, convinced they were boarding a spacecraft hidden behind the Hale-Bopp comet.

The devastating story of Yana Huss, a loving mother and future nurse whose life was cut short by her abusive husband, Scott Lee Huss, after years of systemic failures in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Watching the Netflix documentary on Rachel Nickell? Get the full story here, including the wrongful accusation of Colin Stagg and how Robert Napper was finally caught.

Catch up on the shocking verdicts, sentences, and trial updates for the ten major true crime cases we have been watching closely throughout 2026.

On March 13, 2023, 24-year-old Colby Vinson received the news he had been fighting for all year. A judge officially granted him 50/50 custody of his four-year-old daughter, Preslee. But just six days later, on the very first night he brought her home, Colby was executed on his own doorstep while his little girl stood nearby.

In October of 2000, the bodies of Andrew Cataldi and Tricia Nordman were found inside a dumpster behind an Indianapolis Teamsters building. The discovery quickly led police to the home the couple shared with Richard Hull and Sarah Jo Pender. What started as a gruesome double murder investigation soon transformed into a sprawling legal saga filled with recanted testimonies, forged letters, and a stunning prison escape.

Sarah Jo Pender was labeled the "female Charles Manson" by the prosecution and sentenced to 110 years behind bars. But as the years passed, the case against her began to crumble. With the original prosecutor publicly admitting she did not receive a fair trial and the true killer confessing to the crime, Sarah's fight for freedom continues today from the inside of an Indiana prison cell.