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Jan. 11, 2026

"THE HILLSIDE STRANGLERS: THE BELLINGHAM BETRAYAL, THE FAKE INSANITY & THE COPYCAT KILLER - PART 2"

Reid Carter concludes the Hillside Stranglers saga on the 47th anniversary of the murders that finally exposed Kenneth Bianchi. January 11th, 1979: Bianchi lured Western Washington University students Karen Mandic and Diane Wilder to a house he was guarding, raped and strangled them both. Arrested within days. Faked multiple personality disorder claiming "Steve" committed the murders - psychiatrists destroyed the ruse. Girlfriend Veronica Compton smuggled his semen from prison in a rubber glove ...
Jan. 10, 2026

"THE HILLSIDE STRANGLERS: TWO COUSINS, TEN VICTIMS & THE TERROR THAT GRIPPED LOS ANGELES - PART 1"

Reid Carter exposes the four-month killing spree that terrorized Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978. Cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono posed as undercover police officers, flashing fake badges and luring ten women and girls - ages 12 to 28 - into their car. Victims were taken to Buono's upholstery shop where they were raped, tortured, and strangled before their naked bodies were dumped on hillsides across the city. Women cut their hair and dyed it blonde. Nightclubs emptie...
Jan. 9, 2026

"UVALDE TESTIMONY IN TURMOIL, ROB REINER'S SON LOSES LAWYER & EX-PORN STAR SENTENCED FOR BEHEADING"

Reid Carter covers the dramatic second day of the Uvalde trial where teacher Stephanie Hale returns to the stand after her bombshell testimony nearly derailed the entire case - judge denied defense mistrial motion but will decide whether to strike her testimony completely. Nick Reiner's arraignment postponed to February after celebrity attorney Alan Jackson withdrew - Rob Reiner's son charged with stabbing both parents to death in Brentwood home now assigned public defender. Former adult film st...
Jan. 8, 2026

"UVALDE TRIAL ROCKED BY WITNESS BOMBSHELL, PAMELA SMART SEEKS FREEDOM & FRYING PAN KILLER'S FATE AT OHIO SUPREME COURT"

Reid Carter covers the dramatic first day of testimony in the Uvalde school shooting trial - former officer Adrian Gonzales faces 29 counts of child endangerment as families sob hearing 911 calls and teacher's surprise testimony threatens to derail the prosecution. Pamela Smart, 57, files habeas petition seeking to overturn 1990 conviction for having her 15-year-old student lover kill her husband - lawyers claim prosecutors gave jury fake transcripts. Ohio Supreme Court weighs whether to reinsta...
Jan. 7, 2026

"DIGGS CHARGED WITH STRANGULATION, UVALDE COP ON TRIAL & 13-YEAR-OLD KILLER COVERS EARS"

Reid Carter covers Patriots star Stefon Diggs charged with felony strangulation after allegedly attacking his private chef over a pay dispute - tried to choke her with his elbow when she asked for money. Uvalde school shooting officer Adrian Gonzales goes on trial today - first of nearly 400 cops who stood in that hallway for 77 minutes while children died to face justice. And teen killer Derek Rosa covers his ears as his 911 confession plays in court - stabbed sleeping mother more than five tim...
Jan. 6, 2026

"DICTATOR DOWN: MADURO CAPTURED, ARRAIGNED & FACING LIFE IN PRISON"

Reid Carter covers the most audacious military operation since Noriega. Saturday morning, Delta Force and FBI agents raided Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's fortified compound in Caracas while US forces disabled air defenses and cut power to the capital. Maduro and wife Cilia Flores captured attempting to reach their safe room. Transported to USS Iwo Jima, then Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center. Yesterday: arraignment before Judge Alvin Hellerstein on drug trafficking charges carryin...
Jan. 5, 2026

"KILLER MOM PLEADS NOT GUILTY, KOHBERGER'S PRISON MELTDOWN & MANGIONE FIGHTS DEATH PENALTY"

Reid Carter returns from the 12 Crimes of Christmas special with updates you may have missed. Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty to murdering her nine-year-old daughter Melodee, whose body was found in rural Utah with gunshot wounds to the head. Courtroom erupted in gasps. Bryan Kohberger is "not responding well" behind bars - guards call the Idaho student killer a "diva" filing constant complaints about food and fellow inmates. Supporters sent him $28,000. Luigi Mangione's lawyers claim Attorney...
Jan. 4, 2026

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE COP WHO KILLED HIS WIVES: DREW PETERSON'S BATHTUB MURDER & THE WIFE WHO VANISHED"

Reid Carter concludes the 12 Crimes of Christmas with the police sergeant who murdered his third wife and likely killed his fourth. March 2004: Kathleen Savio found dead in dry bathtub - ruled accidental despite bruises and gash to head. October 2007: Fourth wife Stacy, 23, vanishes. Stepbrother helped Peterson carry warm blue barrel from bedroom - tried to kill himself afterward believing Stacy was inside. Body never found. Stacy had told her pastor Drew confessed to killing Kathleen. "Drew's L...
Jan. 3, 2026

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE STAIRCASE MURDERS: CORRUPT EXPERTS, THE OWL THEORY & MICHAEL PETERSON'S FREEDOM - PART 2"

Reid Carter concludes the Michael Peterson saga with the stunning reversal that freed a convicted murderer. Blood spatter expert Duane Deaver: exposed as a fraud who lied about credentials and falsified evidence in multiple cases. December 2011: Conviction vacated after eight years in prison. The owl theory: microscopic feathers and talon-shaped wounds suggest Kathleen was attacked outside before stumbling to her death. February 2017: Alford plea to voluntary manslaughter - Peterson maintains in...
Jan. 2, 2026

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE STAIRCASE MURDERS: MICHAEL PETERSON AND THE TWO WOMEN WHO DIED AT HIS FEET - PART 1"

Reid Carter begins a two-part examination of novelist Michael Peterson and two eerily similar deaths sixteen years apart. November 1985, Germany: Elizabeth Ratliff found dead at bottom of stairs - Peterson was last to see her alive, adopted her two orphaned daughters. December 2001, North Carolina: Wife Kathleen Peterson found dead at bottom of stairs in pool of blood - seven lacerations to her head. Peterson's 911 call: "My wife had an accident. She's still breathing." She wasn't. Police discov...
Jan. 1, 2026

12 Crimes of Christmas - "FROM SUPER BOWL TO SUICIDE: AARON HERNANDEZ'S FALL FROM NFL STAR TO CONVICTED MURDERER"

Reid Carter rings in the New Year with the NFL star who threw it all away. Aaron Hernandez: University of Florida star, New England Patriots tight end, $40 million contract signed six weeks after allegedly killing two men over a spilled drink. June 2013: Odin Lloyd found shot five times one mile from Hernandez's mansion. Lloyd's final texts to his sister: "Did you see who I am with?" "NFL." "Just so you know." Convicted of first-degree murder. Life without parole. Acquitted in double homicide fi...
Dec. 31, 2025

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE BLADE RUNNER'S VALENTINE: OSCAR PISTORIUS AND THE MURDER OF REEVA STEENKAMP"

Reid Carter covers the Valentine's Day murder that shocked the world. February 14, 2013: Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius fired four hollow-point bullets through his bathroom door, killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. She was 29, a model and law graduate who advocated against domestic violence. He claimed intruder. She was found with her phone in the bathroom - why would an intruder bring a phone? Neighbors heard screaming before the shots. Text messages revealed fear: "I'm scared of u sometimes." Fo...
Dec. 30, 2025

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE CIRCUS: JODI ARIAS'S 18-DAY TESTIMONY & LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE - PART 2"

Reid Carter covers the trial that became America's obsession. January 2013: Jodi Arias faced first-degree murder charges for butchering Travis Alexander. She testified for 18 days - unprecedented in legal history. Claimed she was abused, that Travis was a secret deviant who deserved what he got. Prosecutor Juan Martinez demolished her story. May 8, 2013: Guilty of first-degree murder. Two juries deadlocked on death penalty. April 2015: Life without parole. Now 45, still in Arizona prison, sellin...
Dec. 29, 2025

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE OBSESSION: JODI ARIAS AND THE MURDER OF TRAVIS ALEXANDER - PART 1"

Reid Carter exposes the obsessive girlfriend who stabbed her ex-boyfriend 27 times, slit his throat ear to ear, and shot him in the head. Travis Alexander warned friends: "Don't be surprised if you find me dead one day." He called Jodi Arias a "sociopath." She slashed his tires, hacked his Facebook, snuck into his house through the doggie door. June 4, 2008: She drove 1,000 miles with gas cans to avoid detection, had sex with him, photographed him in the shower - then butchered him. Found five d...
Dec. 28, 2025

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE JINX: ROBERT DURST'S BATHROOM CONFESSION & THE VERDICT 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING - PART 2"

Reid Carter concludes the Robert Durst saga with the murder that should have ended everything - and the confession that finally did. September 2001: Durst killed his 71-year-old neighbor Morris Black, dismembered his body with surgical precision, and dumped the pieces in Galveston Bay. Acquitted after claiming self-defense. 2015: HBO's The Jinx caught Durst on a hot mic whispering "killed them all, of course." Arrested the night before the finale aired. September 2021: Finally convicted of murde...
Dec. 27, 2025

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE JINX: HOW ROBERT DURST GOT AWAY WITH MURDER FOR 40 YEARS - PART 1"

Reid Carter exposes how real estate heir Robert Durst evaded justice for four decades while bodies piled up around him. January 31, 1982: His wife Kathie disappeared three months before graduating medical school - she told friends "if anything happens to me, don't let Bob get away with it." Durst claimed he dropped her at a train station. Never seen again. Police never searched their cottage. Someone called her school the next day pretending to be Kathie - investigators believe it was Susan Berm...
Dec. 26, 2025

12 Crimes of Christmas - "TWENTY-NINE YEARS WITHOUT JUSTICE: THE JONBENÉT RAMSEY CASE TODAY - PART 3"

Reid Carter concludes the JonBenét Ramsey special on the 29th anniversary of her body being found. 2006: Patsy Ramsey died of ovarian cancer, never cleared by police. 2006: John Mark Karr falsely confessed - DNA proved he lied. 2008: New DA issued unprecedented exoneration letter based on DNA evidence. 2024-2025: Netflix documentary reignited interest, Colorado Bureau of Investigation testing previously untested evidence. John Ramsey, now 81, still pushing for answers. Alex Hunter died last mont...
Dec. 25, 2025

12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE UMBRELLA OF SUSPICION: HOW AMERICA CONVICTED THE RAMSEYS - PART 2"

Reid Carter continues the JonBenét Ramsey Christmas special on the 29th anniversary of her murder. Boulder police immediately suspected the parents - the ransom note used Patsy's notepad and pen, demanded John's exact bonus amount, and experts couldn't eliminate Patsy's handwriting. Media coverage destroyed the family's reputation before any charges were filed. But Detective Lou Smit believed an intruder killed JonBenét - pointing to the basement window, unknown DNA, and boot prints. The 1999 gr...
Dec. 24, 2025

12 Days of Murder - "THE CHRISTMAS MURDER: JONBENÉT RAMSEY'S LAST NIGHT ALIVE - PART 1"

Reid Carter launches 12 Crimes of Christmas with America's most haunting unsolved murder. December 25, 1996: Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was killed in her Boulder, Colorado home while her family slept. December 26: Patsy Ramsey found a bizarre three-page ransom note demanding exactly $118,000 - her husband's Christmas bonus. Police arrived at 5:55 AM but didn't search the basement. Seven hours later, John Ramsey found his daughter's body in the wine cellar - strangled with a garrot...
Dec. 23, 2025

The Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories Of The Year - #1 - "THE FALL OF A MOGUL: DIDDY'S FREAK-OFFS, FEDERAL TRIAL & THE SHOCKING VERDICT"

Reid Carter concludes the Top 10 countdown with the crime story that dominated 2025: Sean "Diddy" Combs. From his November 2023 arrest catalyst when Cassie Ventura filed her bombshell lawsuit, through the March 2024 raids that seized 1,000 bottles of baby oil, to the September arrest at a Manhattan hotel. The eight-week trial featured Cassie's devastating four-day testimony about "freak-offs" - drug-fueled sex marathons with male escorts. July 2nd verdict: guilty on two prostitution counts, acqu...
Dec. 22, 2025

The Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories Of The Year - #2 - "962 DAYS OF INNOCENCE CLAIMS: BRYAN KOHBERGER'S SHOCKING GUILTY PLEA

Reid Carter counts down #2 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Bryan Kohberger and the Idaho student murders. November 13, 2022: Four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their beds. December 30, 2022: Kohberger arrested across the country. For 962 days, his defense insisted he was innocent, driving alone that night. July 2, 2025: Kohberger pleaded guilty to all charges, admitting he killed Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. Four consecutiv...
Dec. 21, 2025

The Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories Of The Year #1 - "WE CAN BURY ANYONE: BLAKE LIVELY VS. JUSTIN BALDONI AND THE HOLLYWOOD SMEAR MACHINE"

Reid Carter counts down #3 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Blake Lively versus Justin Baldoni. December 2024: Lively accused her "It Ends With Us" director of sexual harassment and orchestrating a digital smear campaign after she complained about on-set misconduct. Text messages revealed crisis PR planning: "You know we can bury anyone." Baldoni countersued for $400 million claiming defamation. June 2025: Judge dismissed Baldoni's lawsuit entirely. Trial now set for May 2026. Li...
Dec. 20, 2025

The Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories Of The Year - #4 - "THEY'RE WIGS: HOW CARDI B TURNED A $24 MILLION LAWSUIT INTO VIRAL COMEDY

Reid Carter counts down #4 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Cardi B's viral courtroom victory. Security guard Emani Ellis sued for $24 million claiming the rapper scratched her face with a three-inch fingernail and spat on her at a Beverly Hills doctor's office in 2018. Seven years later, trial goes viral. Cardi's testimony spawns memes—confused lawyer asks about her changing hair, she laughs: "They're wigs." Jury deliberates one hour. Unanimous verdict: not liable. Outside court...
Dec. 19, 2025

The top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of the Year - #5 Mark Sanchez - "THE PARKING LOT BRAWL: HOW AN NFL LEGEND DESTROYED HIS CAREER

Reid Carter counts down #5 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Mark Sanchez's career-ending parking space fight. October 4th, 2025, downtown Indianapolis. Former Jets quarterback turned Fox Sports analyst approached 69-year-old truck driver Perry Tole at 12:30 AM, smelling of alcohol. Surveillance video shows Sanchez climbing into Tole's truck, blocking his phone, shoving him. Tole pepper sprayed, then stabbed Sanchez multiple times in self-defense. Both hospitalized with serious in...