Killer Psyche

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Gary Heidnik, one of the real-life killers who inspired the character of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs. In the winter of 1986, women began disappearing from North Philadelphia. Nearly four months later, authorities would learn that they were trapped in the basement of a row house with barred windows and crucifixes in the glass, owned by a self-appointed bishop. That bishop would make the women's lives a living hell -- and in the end, two of them would not make it out alive. Candice examines how a childhood of humiliation, a lifetime of psychiatric hospitalizations, and a hunger for control over the people around him shaped a man who could carefully craft his criminal endeavors while simultaneously struggling with debilitating mental illness.

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Many listened to the Dirty John podcast, which introduced the world to John Meehan, a dangerous serial predator who infiltrates the life of Debra Newell and ultimately dies at the hand of her daughter, Terra. But there was an overlooked story that’s now being told, in full, for the first time.
In The First Wife: John Meehan’s Reign of Terror, Tonia Bales recounts her harrowing experiences as John’s wife of 10 years and the mother of their daughters, Emily and Abby. Highlighting new details and revelations, Tonia shares the abuse she suffered from the man she once believed to be her soulmate, but who ultimately revealed himself as a coercive and controlling terrorist. Through exclusive archival materials and all-new interviews with the people who knew her and John best, uncovering long-held secrets and including perspective from their daughters, Tonia embarks on a re-investigation of the man she thought she knew. The multiple bombshells she unearths include one that will change her and her daughters’ lives forever.
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Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the brutal 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer and the teenager who took her life, Christa Pike. Lured to a remote spot on the University of Tennessee campus by fellow Knoxville Job Corps students, Colleen was tortured for nearly an hour before she was killed. Pike, just 18 at the time, would go on to become one of the youngest women sentenced to death in modern U.S. history. Three decades later, her case made headlines again when Tennessee’s attempt to execute her failed. Candice explores how a childhood marked by neglect, horrific abuse, and instability shaped Pike’s desperate need for attachment and control, and examines how those early wounds may have turned a petty grudge into an act of unthinkable cruelty.

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Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Sarah Hartsfield, the Texas woman convicted of murdering her fifth husband -- one in a long line of men who loved her, dreaded her, and in some cases, did not survive her. For nearly three decades, Sarah moved from name to name and state to state, leaving a trail of wreckage that never quite caught up with her. Candice examines how a childhood defined by abuse and abandonment shaped a woman who could compartmentalize, manipulate, and deceive with precision, and how it finally took a hospital room full of doctors who refused to look away to bring her story to an end.

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A Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder.
Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But her law career in New Orleans gets off to a rocky start — until she meets Sean Alfortish, a charming man who offers her the perfect space for her law office. Vanessa and Sean fall hard for each other, and as a former lawyer himself, Sean becomes her mentor. So, what if he's done some prison time for fraud?
When Sean introduces Vanessa to one of the city's most prolific case runners, Cornelius Garrison, the money starts rolling in. Cornelius brings her a steady stream of accident victims looking to sue. There's just one problem: the accidents aren't real. And once the secret gets out, someone will have to pay.
Reported and hosted by Mitch Moxley, Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe is a six-part series about greed, betrayal, and who gets thrown under the bus when everything is on the line.
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