Episodes

Reid Carter kicks off the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025 with Karen Reed, acquitted of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend after the jury believed she'd been framed. January 2022: John O'Keefe found dead in a Canton snowstorm outside a fellow officer's home. Prosecutors said Reed hit him with her SUV. Defense said corrupt cops let the real killers walk free. Lead investigator Michael Proctor fired for texting he hoped Reed would "kill herself." June 2025: Acquitted of murder....

Reid Carter covers closing arguments in the Brian Walsh murder trial - prosecutors argue the Google searches prove premeditated murder while defense claims Ana died suddenly and Walsh panicked. The "how to dismember a body" searches. The hacksaw with Ana's DNA. The tissue found in a dumpster. Walsh chose not to testify. Marine veteran Dustin Duren sentenced to 45 years to life for shooting girlfriend Caitlyn Naffziger in the head while she held their daughter - triggered an Amber Alert fleeing 1...

Reid Carter breaks down celebrity legal chaos. Michael Jordan's Twenty Three Eleven Racing settles antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR after two weeks of explosive trial testimony—terms undisclosed. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jennifer Shah released to community confinement after serving less than half her sentence for defrauding thousands of elderly victims out of millions. Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes, 71, stabbed to death in his Santa Monica home—his own son Micah, 31,...

Reid Carter covers days six and seven of Brian Walsh's murder trial as DNA evidence places Ana Walsh on the hacksaw blade used to dismember her - thirty nonillion times more likely to be her blood. Surveillance footage shows Walsh buying cleaning supplies hours after killing his wife. Kentucky sheriff Mickey Stines unveils insanity defense for murdering Judge Kevin Mullins - claims paranoid psychosis and California encephalitis. Swiss businessman charged with strangling Miss Switzerland finalist...

Reid Carter covers the latest from Luigi Mangione's pretrial hearing where body cam footage shows the moment Altoona police found a loaded magazine wrapped in underwear in his backpack - officer exclaiming "It's him, dude. It's him, 100%." Antonio Brown files motion to dismiss attempted murder charges, claiming self-defense against alleged victim with violent criminal history who attacked him first at celebrity boxing match. Michael Jordan's antitrust trial against NASCAR enters day seven - econ...

Reid Carter covers the sentencing of Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who called Matthew Perry a "moron" while selling him ketamine before the Friends star's fatal overdose - now serving 2.5 years. Florida woman pulled over for DUI with toddler in car hides Xanax pills in body cavities on camera. Ohio man accidentally deposits meth through bank drive-thru pneumatic tube during routine transaction. Georgia man high on Xanax crashes through two counties then sits in Popeyes watching the chaos unfold while ...

Reid Carter covers last week's bombshell developments starting with Georgia pageant queen Trinity Poague sentenced to life after jury convicted her of murdering boyfriend's 18-month-old son - texted roommate she wanted to punch the child. Brian Walsh murder trial heard from dead wife Ana's secret lover William Fastow who detailed their affair and her plans to leave husband - digital forensics revealed Brian searched for "William Fastow DC Real Estate" on Christmas Day 2022 before searching "Ana ...

Reid Carter concludes the John Lennon assassination special. Mark David Chapman's defense planned an insanity defense—paranoid schizophrenia, delusions, the little people in his walls. But on June 22, 1981, Chapman told Judge Dennis Edwards that God ordered him to plead guilty. His attorney objected. Chapman didn't care. Sentenced to 20-years-to-life. August 2025: His fourteenth parole denial. The board cited his "selfish disregard for human life of global consequence" and "the worldwide void he...

Reid Carter examines the 45th anniversary of John Lennon's assassination. December 8, 1980: Mark David Chapman waited outside the Dakota building all day, got Lennon's autograph at 5pm, then shot him four times in the back at 10:50pm. The 25-year-old security guard from Hawaii traveled to New York twice—first in October, losing his nerve, then returning December 6th with hollow-point bullets. Hours before the murder, photographer Paul Goresh captured the iconic image: Lennon signing Chapman's Do...

Reid Carter breaks down the FBI's stunning arrest of a Virginia anarchist in connection with the January 6 pipe bombings that baffled investigators for nearly five years - and why the bureau could have caught him years ago. Michael Jordan's antitrust battle against NASCAR heats up as emails reveal executives telling teams to "sign or lose your charters" - attorney Jeffrey Kessler hammers home "only a monopolist could say this." Day three testimony in the Brian Walsh murder trial shows jurors blo...

Reid Carter covers fiery Day 2 testimony as Denny Hamlin called NASCAR's charter agreement his team's "death certificate" and accused the league of dictating what drivers say publicly. Michael Jordan grinned as his co-owner went to verbal combat with NASCAR's attorney. Internal documents revealed executives panicked over a "LIV Golf-type" breakaway threat. One year ago today, Luigi Mangione allegedly assassinated UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson - pretrial hearings continue as defense fights ...

Reid Carter covers three blockbuster trials dominating the week. Luigi Mangione's defense argues cops illegally searched his backpack without a warrant - trying to exclude the gun and journal where he allegedly wrote about wanting to "wack" a health insurance executive. Michael Jordan's presence at his NASCAR antitrust trial caused chaos as jurors admitted they couldn't be fair because "I like Mike" - while co-owner Denny Hamlin broke down crying on the stand describing how his dying father sacr...

Reid Carter covers three celebrity legal battles making headlines. Michael Jordan arrived at federal court Monday as his antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR began - leaked communications reveal executives called Hall of Fame owners "stupid rednecks" who should be "flogged." Luigi Mangione watched surveillance footage of himself killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as his defense fights to suppress the gun and manifesto that could seal his fate. Danny Masterson filed 183-page petition claimin...

Reid Carter returns from the Thanksgiving break as courts reopen across America. Anna Kepner, 18, found dead on Carnival cruise ship—death certificate confirms mechanical asphyxiation by another person. Her 16-year-old stepbrother identified as suspect. Body was concealed under the bed. Former Marine Corps recruiter Ricardo Castillo sentenced to 225 months after breaking into Michigan home with intent to kill entire family—attacked 11-year-old girl at sleepover, planned to sexually assault her c...

Reid Carter concludes the D.B. Cooper special with the parade of suspects who haunted the FBI for five decades. Richard Floyd McCoy pulled an identical hijacking five months later—same plane, same method—but didn't match the description. Kenneth Christiansen worked for Northwest Orient, bought a house with cash, and on his deathbed told his brother there was 'something you should know.' Robert Rackstraw faked his own death, wore a D.B. Cooper t-shirt to Cooper Day, and died denying everything. D...

Reid Carter explores America's only unsolved airline hijacking—54 years ago this week. November 24, 1971: A man calling himself Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 in Portland, showed flight attendant Florence Schaffner a bomb, and demanded $200,000 and four parachutes. After releasing 36 passengers in Seattle, Cooper ordered the crew to fly toward Mexico at 10,000 feet. Somewhere over the dark forests of southwestern Washington, he lowered the rear stairs, strapped $200,000 to his ch...

Reid Carter examines the case that changed how America views maternal mental illness. June 20, 2001, Houston. Andrea Yates, suffering severe postpartum psychosis, drowned her five children one by one in the bathtub. Noah, seven. John, five. Paul, three. Luke, two. Mary, six months. Doctors warned her and husband Rusty not to have more children—she'd had two suicide attempts, multiple hospitalizations. Rusty insisted on fifth child. Took her off medication. Left her alone despite doctor's orders....

Reid Carter takes a dark look at Thanksgiving murders. Joel Guy Jr. came home for Thanksgiving 2016 with a notebook titled "Assets." His parents were retiring, cutting him off financially. Day after turkey dinner, he stabbed his father 42 times, his mother 31 times. Dismembered both. Left mother's head boiling in a pot on the stove. Torsos dissolving in acid-filled plastic bins. Prosecutors called it a "diabolical stew of human remains." Then Florida 2009: Paul Merhige sang Christmas carols at T...

Reid Carter covers Susan Smith's parole hearing from last November that brought the 1994 case back into America's spotlight. Smith, serving life for drowning her sons Michael, three, and Alexander, fourteen months, begged for release after thirty years. Claimed God forgave her. Ex-husband David Smith testified against her, wearing photo of his dead boys on his lapel. Parole board unanimously denied. October 25, 1994, Smith strapped her sons in car seats, rolled car into John D. Long Lake, watche...

Reid Carter concludes the Scott Peterson case. April 13, 2003—baby Conner's body washed ashore at Point Isabel, one mile from where Scott went fishing. April 14—Laci's body found nearby. Scott arrested April 18 near San Diego with blonde hair, $15,000 cash, survival gear. November 2004 trial—six months, no physical evidence, all circumstantial. Jury convicted him: first-degree murder for Laci, second-degree for Conner. March 2005—death penalty. August 2020—California Supreme Court overturned dea...

Reid Carter begins the Scott Peterson case with Christmas Eve 2002. Laci Peterson, twenty-seven years old and eight months pregnant, disappeared from her Modesto home. Husband Scott claimed he went fishing ninety miles away, came home to empty house. But Scott had a secret. November 20th, he met Amber Frey, told her he was single. December 9th, told Amber he was a "widower" and this would be his first Christmas without his wife—two weeks before Laci vanished. December 30th, Amber saw news covera...

Reid Carter concludes the Casey Anthony case with the trial that divided America. May 2011: Prosecutors argued Casey chloroformed Caylee, applied duct tape, dumped her body to live the beautiful life. Defense attorney Jose Baez shocked the courtroom—claimed Caylee drowned in the family pool, George Anthony covered it up, sexually abused Casey since age eight. Six weeks of testimony. July 5, 2011: After eleven hours of deliberation, the jury returned—not guilty of murder. Not guilty of manslaught...

Reid Carter begins the Casey Anthony series with the case that enraged America. June 16, 2008: Two-year-old Caylee Anthony disappears from her Orlando home. Her mother Casey doesn't report it. Instead, she parties at nightclubs, gets a "Beautiful Life" tattoo, and tells elaborate lies about a nanny named Zanny. Thirty-one days pass. Casey's mother Cindy finally calls 911: "It smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car." December 11, 2008: Utility worker finds skeletal remains in woods ...

Reid Carter concludes the Manson series examining fifty-six years of aftermath. August 1969 murders ended the peace-and-love era—Hollywood locked doors, bought guns, stopped trusting strangers. Victims' families attended every parole hearing for decades—Debra Tate fought to keep killers imprisoned until her death in 2024. Manson spent forty-six years in prison conducting interviews, releasing albums, getting marriage proposals from fans. Died November 19, 2017 at eighty-three—nobody claimed his ...