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The top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of the Year - #10 KAREN READ -  THE JURY BELIEVED THE FRAME-UP - AND SHE'S SUING EVERYONE"
Dec. 14, 2025

The top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of the Year - #10 KAREN READ - …

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 i...

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"WALSH CLOSING ARGUMENTS, AMBER ALERT KILLER SENTENCED & MOM LEFT KIDS IN HOT CAR FOR LIP FILLERS"
Dec. 13, 2025

"WALSH CLOSING ARGUMENTS, AMBER ALERT KILLER SENTENCED & MOM LEFT KID…

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" s...

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"JORDAN'S NASCAR WAR ENDS, HOUSEWIFE WALKS EARLY, GRAMMY SINGER STABBED & MICHIGAN COACH JAILED"
Dec. 12, 2025

"JORDAN'S NASCAR WAR ENDS, HOUSEWIFE WALKS EARLY, GRAMMY SINGER STABB…

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 ...

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"HACKSAW DNA PROVES ANA WALSH'S FATE, JUDGE-KILLING SHERIFF'S INSANITY DEFENSE & MISS SWITZERLAND BLENDED BY HUSBAND"
Dec. 11, 2025

"HACKSAW DNA PROVES ANA WALSH'S FATE, JUDGE-KILLING SHERIFF'S INSANIT…

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 ...

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"MANGIONE'S UNDERWEAR GUN, ANTONIO BROWN'S SELF-DEFENSE CLAIM & MICHAEL JORDAN TAKES ON NASCAR"
Dec. 10, 2025

"MANGIONE'S UNDERWEAR GUN, ANTONIO BROWN'S SELF-DEFENSE CLAIM & MICHA…

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...

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"PERRY'S KETAMINE DOCTOR JAILED, XANAX IN BODY CAVITIES & THE POPEYES DRIVE-THRU WITNESS"
Dec. 9, 2025

"PERRY'S KETAMINE DOCTOR JAILED, XANAX IN BODY CAVITIES & THE POPEYES…

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 wi...

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"PAGEANT QUEEN GETS LIFE FOR TODDLER'S MURDER, WALSH'S LOVER TESTIFIES & MANGIONE'S SUPPRESSION FIGHT CONTINUES"
Dec. 8, 2025

"PAGEANT QUEEN GETS LIFE FOR TODDLER'S MURDER, WALSH'S LOVER TESTIFIE…

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 pun...

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"THE MAN WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON: 45 YEARS OF DENIAL & THE PAROLE BOARD'S VERDICT - PART 2"
Dec. 7, 2025

"THE MAN WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON: 45 YEARS OF DENIAL & THE PAROLE BOAR…

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...

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"THE MAN WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON: MARK DAVID CHAPMAN'S TWISTED PATH TO MURDER - PART 1"
Dec. 6, 2025

"THE MAN WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON: MARK DAVID CHAPMAN'S TWISTED PATH TO…

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...

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"JANUARY 6 PIPE BOMBER ARRESTED, MICHAEL JORDAN'S MONOPOLY WAR & BLOODY HACKSAW IN WALSH TRIAL"
Dec. 5, 2025

"JANUARY 6 PIPE BOMBER ARRESTED, MICHAEL JORDAN'S MONOPOLY WAR & BLOO…

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. M...

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"HAMLIN'S EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY, MANGIONE'S ANNIVERSARY & 'THE TRASHBAG KILLER' SEARCHES"
Dec. 4, 2025

"HAMLIN'S EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY, MANGIONE'S ANNIVERSARY & 'THE TRASHBAG…

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 w...

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"CEO KILLER FIGHTS TO TOSS GUN, JORDAN TANKS JURY SELECTION & HUSBAND'S 'SHE JUST DIED' DEFENSE"
Dec. 3, 2025

"CEO KILLER FIGHTS TO TOSS GUN, JORDAN TANKS JURY SELECTION & HUSBAND…

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 wa...

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"JORDAN'S NASCAR WAR BEGINS, MANGIONE'S MURDER TAPE PLAYED & MASTERSON BLAMES HIS LAWYER"
Dec. 2, 2025

"JORDAN'S NASCAR WAR BEGINS, MANGIONE'S MURDER TAPE PLAYED & MASTERSO…

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 own...

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"COURTS REOPEN: CRUISE SHIP HOMICIDE, MARINE MONSTER SENTENCED & GRAND JURY CONVENES ON SINGER'S TESLA BODY"
Dec. 1, 2025

"COURTS REOPEN: CRUISE SHIP HOMICIDE, MARINE MONSTER SENTENCED & GRAN…

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 stepbr...

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"THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE: 54 YEARS OF D.B. COOPER SUSPECTS - PART 2"
Nov. 30, 2025

"THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE: 54 YEARS OF D.B. COOPER SUSPECTS - PART 2"

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 ...

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"INTO THIN AIR: THE D.B. COOPER HIJACKING - PART 1"
Nov. 29, 2025

"INTO THIN AIR: THE D.B. COOPER HIJACKING - PART 1"

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 Scha...

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"ANDREA YATES: WHEN POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS BECAME MURDER"
Nov. 28, 2025

"ANDREA YATES: WHEN POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS BECAME MURDER"

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, sev...

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"THANKSGIVING MASSACRES: WHEN TURKEY DAY TURNED DEADLY"
Nov. 27, 2025

"THANKSGIVING MASSACRES: WHEN TURKEY DAY TURNED DEADLY"

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 ...

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"NO MERCY FOR MONSTER MOM: SUSAN SMITH PAROLE HEARING REVISITED"
Nov. 26, 2025

"NO MERCY FOR MONSTER MOM: SUSAN SMITH PAROLE HEARING REVISITED"

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...

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"SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE BODIES, THE TRIAL & THE FIGHT FOR INNOCENCE - PART 2"
Nov. 25, 2025

"SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE BODIES, THE TRIAL & THE FIGHT FOR INNOCEN…

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...

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"SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE CHRISTMAS EVE DISAPPEARANCE - PART 1"
Nov. 24, 2025

"SCOTT & LACI PETERSON: THE CHRISTMAS EVE DISAPPEARANCE - PART 1"

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, ...

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"CASEY ANTHONY: NOT GUILTY - PART 2"
Nov. 23, 2025

"CASEY ANTHONY: NOT GUILTY - PART 2"

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 Ba...

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"CASEY ANTHONY: 31 DAYS OF LIES - PART 1"
Nov. 22, 2025

"CASEY ANTHONY: 31 DAYS OF LIES - PART 1"

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 nightclu...

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"LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE: MANSON'S LEGACY AND THE FAMILIES STILL WAITING FOR PEACE" (Part 3 of 3)
Nov. 21, 2025

"LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE: MANSON'S LEGACY AND THE FAMILIES STILL WAITING …

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 ever...

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