Crime House 24/7

Two of the world's most famous daredevils — Netflix's "Skywalkers" Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus — snuck into the Empire State Building last Tuesday, hid overnight, and climbed the antenna 1,454 feet above Manhattan. At the top, Beerkus got down on one knee. Now the couple is facing eight criminal counts in Manhattan — including two felonies. Vanessa walks you through how they pulled it off, the charges they're facing, and the wrinkles that complicate the fairy tale.
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Zoe Reidy Watts was 25 — a poet, ceramic artist, and Bay Area presence who had once made work about gender-based violence. In February 2024, after a date night, she was killed inside her boyfriend's Oakland apartment. Surveillance footage caught her escaping to the sidewalk — and her boyfriend, Victor Frieson, dragging her back inside. This past week, more than two years later, a jury found Frieson guilty of second-degree murder, torture, and corporal injury. Vanessa walks you through the case, the evidence, and the woman at the center of it.
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This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another Crime House show: Murder: True Crime Stories, hosted by Carter Roy. In this episode, Carter unpacks the Wonderland Gang — a crew of drug dealers and thieves who robbed feared LA nightclub owner Eddie Nash in 1981. The retaliation that followed left four people bludgeoned to death inside a Laurel Canyon townhouse in one of the most notorious unsolved murder cases in Los Angeles history. This is Part 1. For Part 2, follow Murder: True Crime Stories on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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In December 2020, a 200-pound guard dog attacked housekeeper Maria Avila at singer Chris Brown's Los Angeles home, leaving her permanently disfigured and unable to return to work. This week, more than five years later, a Los Angeles jury ordered Brown to pay her and her family more than $13 million in a civil verdict — after hearing that when Maria lay bleeding on the ground, Brown left the scene without calling 911. Vanessa walks you through the attack, the trial, and where this fits into a legal history that stretches back more than fifteen years.
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This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another one of her shows: Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, co-hosted with forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels. In this episode, they dive into the case of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run — a 1930s serial killer whose crimes gave rise to one of the first modern criminal profiles, decades ahead of its time. This is Part 1. For Part 2, follow Serial Killers & Murderous Minds on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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