This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)
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True crime is just the beginning of the conversation Why do some people get second chances while others never get justice? Who gets believed? Who gets protected? And why does the system seem to work differently depending on who's involved? On This Feels Criminal, Tyrella and Nikita go beyond the headlines to explore the bigger questions behind true crime, courtroom controversies, and the stories everyone's talking about. We're connecting the dots, challenging assumptions, and saying the things you've probably been thinking all along. Because knowing what happened is one thing. Understanding why it matters? That's where things get interesting. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. For bonus episodes and ad-free listening, join us on Patreon.
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The Hunting Ground: Who Holds Universities Accountable? Part 2
Erica Kinsman accused Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston of rape. As she fought to have her allegation taken seriously, Winston became one of the biggest stars in college football—and won the Heisman …
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Erica Kinsman accused Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston of rape. As she fought to have her allegation taken seriously, Winston became one of the biggest stars in college football—and won the Heisman Trophy.
Winston maintained that their encounter was consensual. Prosecutors declined to bring criminal charges. But the questions surrounding the investigation, the university's response, and the treatment of Kinsman didn't disappear.
In Part 2 of our examination of The Hunting Ground, Tyrella and Nikita revisit Erica's account and explore what happens when a sexual-assault allegation involves a celebrated college athlete.
Then we go beyond the documentary. What did federal investigators actually find at UNC? What happened at Baylor? How do universities balance the rights of complainants and accused students? And have changes to Title IX made campuses safer—or simply changed the way these cases are handled?
We also examine the difference between an allegation, a criminal charge, a university disciplinary finding, and a civil lawsuit—and why those outcomes don't always tell the same story.
If universities are willing to acknowledge their failures, what would meaningful accountability actually look like?
And why are women taught to fear being vulnerable around men, instead of everyone being taught to respect another person's vulnerability?
This two-part series leads into our upcoming coverage of the Cornell fraternity sexual-assault allegations.
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The Hunting Ground: When Colleges Protect Their Own (Part 1)
College is supposed to be a place where young people discover who they are, build friendships, and prepare for their futures. But what happens when the institution they trusted to protect them becomes another …
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College is supposed to be a place where young people discover who they are, build friendships, and prepare for their futures. But what happens when the institution they trusted to protect them becomes another obstacle to getting justice?
In Part 1 of our two-part examination of the documentary The Hunting Ground, Tyrella and Nikita explore the experiences of students who reported sexual assault on college campuses—and what happened when they asked their universities for help.
From Annie Clark and Andrea Pino at the University of North Carolina to survivors at some of the country's most prestigious universities, we examine allegations of victim-blaming, institutional indifference, retaliation, and the pressure to protect a school's reputation.
We also look at the culture surrounding fraternities, campus sexual assault, and the students who began using Title IX to demand accountability.
But there's a bigger question underneath these stories: When a university's reputation, money, and influence are on the line, whose interests come first?
And what happens when the students who were supposed to be protected decide to fight back?
In Part 2, we examine what happened after the documentary, including federal investigations, legal battles, and the case involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston.
Christa Pike: Can Tennessee Execute Her Again? | Cruel and Unusual- Part 2
Tennessee tried to execute Christa Pike. She survived. Now comes a question with no simple answer: Can the state try again? In Part 2 of Cruel and Unusual, Tyrella and Nikita examine what the Eighth Amendment …
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Tennessee tried to execute Christa Pike. She survived. Now comes a question with no simple answer: Can the state try again?
In Part 2 of Cruel and Unusual, Tyrella and Nikita examine what the Eighth Amendment actually prohibits, what the Supreme Court has said about botched executions, and what happened to other people who survived an execution attempt.
From Willie Francis, whose electric chair failed in 1946, to Romell Broom, Doyle Hamm, and Kenneth Smith, these cases reveal just how complicated the law becomes when an execution doesn't go according to plan.
But Christa Pike's situation may be different. She reportedly survived after receiving the lethal injection drugs themselves, raising questions that previous cases haven't fully resolved.
We examine the legal challenges, the medical ethics, the state's responsibilities, and what another execution attempt could mean for Pike and for Colleen Slemmer's family.
Does a death sentence give the government unlimited attempts to carry it out? And is the punishment only the death itself—or does the experience of being executed count, too?
You don't have to sympathize with Christa Pike to ask whether the government should be held accountable for how it carries out a death sentence.
Listen to Part 1 first for the full story of Tennessee's failed execution attempt.
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Christa Pike: The Execution That Failed | Cruel and Unusual- Part 1
On September 30, 2026, Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike. She was given two doses of lethal injection drugs. But she didn't die. What happened inside that execution chamber—and how did a …
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On September 30, 2026, Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike. She was given two doses of lethal injection drugs. But she didn't die.
What happened inside that execution chamber—and how did a state-sanctioned execution go so terribly wrong?
Pike was sentenced to death for the brutal 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Nearly three decades later, Colleen's family arrived expecting to witness the execution of the woman convicted of killing her. Instead, they watched an execution attempt that would raise serious questions about Tennessee's death penalty system.
In Part 1 of Cruel and Unusual, Tyrella and Nikita reconstruct the failed execution, the warnings that preceded it, the emergency response, and the aftermath. We examine the people responsible for carrying out the execution, the state's handling of the crisis, and the questions investigators and attorneys are now trying to answer.
This isn't a debate about Christa Pike's guilt. It's a question about what happens when the government fails at the one thing it has taken absolute responsibility for doing.
And if someone survives an execution, what happens next?
Part 2 explores whether Tennessee can legally attempt to execute Christa Pike again and is available NOW for patrons.
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Swipe Right on the Devil: Who Really Wanted Sydney Dead?- Part 2
Aubrey Trail confessed to killing Sydney Loofe. But almost everything else about his story kept changing. First, he claimed her death was an accident during a consensual sexual encounter. Then he insisted …
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Aubrey Trail confessed to killing Sydney Loofe. But almost everything else about his story kept changing.
First, he claimed her death was an accident during a consensual sexual encounter. Then he insisted Bailey Boswell had nothing to do with the killing.
But investigators uncovered evidence that told a very different story.
In Part 2 of our coverage of Hulu's Swipe Right on the Devil, Tyrella and Nikita examine the evidence against Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell, the disturbing testimony from women who survived their abuse, and the trials that exposed what happened before Sydney's final Tinder date.
Surveillance footage, purchases made hours before the murder, and secret messages exchanged in jail raised serious questions about Aubrey's confessions—and Bailey's role in Sydney's death.
Bailey maintained that she had been manipulated and controlled by Aubrey. But other women described her as an active participant in their recruitment and abuse.
Could Bailey have been both a victim of coercive control and a willing participant in murder?
And when Aubrey finally offered an explanation for why Sydney was chosen, how much of his story could anyone believe?
We break down the evidence, the competing accounts, and the verdicts before returning to the people whose determination helped bring Sydney's killers to justice.
Based on Hulu's three-part documentary Swipe Right on the Devil, with additional reporting and court records.
Content warning: Murder, sexual violence, coercive control, and discussions of abuse.
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Swipe Right on the Devil: Sydney Loofe's Last Tinder Date- Part 1
Twenty-four-year-old Sydney Loofe was excited about a second date with a woman she'd met on Tinder. She sent her friends a Snapchat that read, "Ready for my date." The next morning, she didn't show up for work …
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Twenty-four-year-old Sydney Loofe was excited about a second date with a woman she'd met on Tinder. She sent her friends a Snapchat that read, "Ready for my date."
The next morning, she didn't show up for work. Her car was still at home. Her belongings were untouched. And the woman she'd been dating wasn't who she claimed to be.
In Part 1 of our coverage of Hulu's new docuseries Swipe Right on the Devil, Tyrella and Nikita follow the investigation into Sydney's disappearance—and the extraordinary efforts of the friends and family who refused to stop looking for her.
What began as a search for a missing 24-year-old led investigators to Bailey Boswell, an older man named Aubrey Trail, and a disturbing pattern of young women recruited through dating apps.
The women who escaped described fake identities, psychological manipulation, promises of money, and a supposed coven where killing someone was presented as a path to supernatural power.
But as investigators uncovered more about Bailey and Aubrey, one question became increasingly urgent: What happened to Sydney?
And how many other women had been in danger?
Part 2 releases Friday, but is Available NOW for patrons.
Based on Hulu's three-part documentary Swipe Right on the Devil, with additional reporting and details from the criminal investigation and court proceedings.
Content warning: Murder, sexual coercion, dismemberment, and discussions of abuse.
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Jesse Mack Butler: A Promising Young Man- Part 2
Eleven felony charges. Up to 78 years in prison. Zero days behind bars. Oklahoma teenager Jesse Mack Butler faced allegations of sexual violence that included attempted rape and strangulation. But his case …
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Eleven felony charges. Up to 78 years in prison. Zero days behind bars.
Oklahoma teenager Jesse Mack Butler faced allegations of sexual violence that included attempted rape and strangulation. But his case ended with a very different outcome than the potential prison sentence he initially faced.
In Part 2, Tyrella and Nikita examine the case against Butler and ask a question that's much harder to answer than it sounds: When a young person commits a serious offense, how do we balance accountability with the possibility of rehabilitation?
The research on young people who commit sexual offenses may surprise you. But does it tell us anything about whether the outcome in Butler's case was appropriate?
We also examine who gets viewed as a promising young person deserving another chance, how race and perceptions of youth can shape those judgments, and whether longer prison sentences actually prevent future violence.
Because the future of someone accused or convicted of sexual violence matters. But so does the future of the person who was harmed.
And justice has to be able to consider both.
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Brock Turner & Candon Dahle: A Promising Young Man- Part 1
Six months in jail. Three months actually served. That's what former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner received after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious Chanel Miller. In another case, Candon …
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Six months in jail. Three months actually served. That's what former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner received after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious Chanel Miller.
In another case, Candon Dahle received 180 days in jail following years of sexual abuse of a child.
Different cases. Different circumstances. But both raise a question we can't stop thinking about: Why does the future of the person who committed sexual violence so often become part of the conversation about what punishment is appropriate?
In Part 1, Tyrella and Nikita revisit the Brock Turner case, Chanel Miller's powerful victim-impact statement, and the case against Candon Dahle. They examine how we measure the harm of sexual violence, what research tells us about its long-term effects, and whether the justice system adequately accounts for consequences that may not leave visible injuries.
And just when the answer seems obvious, another case raises a much harder question.
Part 2 is available now for patrons and drops Thursday for everyone else.
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Dan Markel Murder: Charlie & Donna Adelson on Trial | Part 2
How do you prove who ordered a murder when the people behind it never directly speak to the killers? The murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel led investigators from two hired killers to Katherine …
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How do you prove who ordered a murder when the people behind it never directly speak to the killers?
The murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel led investigators from two hired killers to Katherine Magbanua, Charlie Adelson, and eventually Donna Adelson. But connecting the evidence to the people accused of arranging the murder would take years, an elaborate FBI undercover operation, secretly recorded conversations, and multiple trials.
In Part 2, Tyrella and Nikita break down the FBI's infamous "bump" operation, the Dolce Vita restaurant recording, Katie Magbanua's changing testimony, and Charlie Adelson's extraordinary extortion defense. Then there's Donna Adelson's murder trial, the bizarre testimony about wet, moldy, stapled money, and the family member who ultimately testified against his own mother.
Following Hulu's Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, we're examining the trial evidence, the competing explanations, and the questions that remain surrounding Wendi Adelson and the family's involvement.
After more than a decade of investigations and trials, what did it finally take to secure convictions — and what has justice meant for Dan Markel's family?
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The Murder of Dan Markel: The Adelson Family Plot | Part 1
Dan Markel was a Florida State University law professor and father of two when he was shot in his own garage in Tallahassee, Florida, in July 2014. What initially looked like a mysterious murder would become …
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Dan Markel was a Florida State University law professor and father of two when he was shot in his own garage in Tallahassee, Florida, in July 2014. What initially looked like a mysterious murder would become one of the most shocking murder-for-hire cases in Florida history.
At the center of the investigation was the wealthy Adelson family: Dan's ex-wife Wendi Adelson, her brother Charlie Adelson, and their mother Donna Adelson. As investigators followed surveillance footage, phone records, financial transactions, and a trail of connections between Miami and Tallahassee, a disturbing question emerged: Who wanted Dan Markel dead badly enough to hire killers?
In Part 1, Tyrella and Nikita break down Dan and Wendi's bitter divorce and custody dispute, the murder investigation, the hitman joke Wendi told police, and the evidence that eventually connected the suspected killers to the Adelson family.
With renewed attention on the case following Hulu's four-part documentary Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, we're going beyond the documentary to examine the evidence, testimony, and family dynamics behind this extraordinary case.
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Caleb Flynn Murder Trial Part 2: Ashley Flynn's Murder, the Intruder Story & Guilty Verdict
The Caleb Flynn murder trial centered on one question: who killed Ashley Flynn? Caleb Flynn said an intruder broke into their Ohio home and shot his wife while he slept—but investigators said the physical and …
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The Caleb Flynn murder trial centered on one question: who killed Ashley Flynn? Caleb Flynn said an intruder broke into their Ohio home and shot his wife while he slept—but investigators said the physical and digital evidence told a different story.
We reconstruct Caleb's account of the Ashley Flynn murder against the damaged garage door, missing 9mm handgun, Apple Watch, AirPods, 911 call and police interviews; examine the real holes in the investigation and the questions surrounding Alleigha Botner; and break down the defense closing argument, the State's rebuttal and the jury's guilty verdict.
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Caleb Flynn Murder Trial Part 1: The Affair & "Actions Will Come Tomorrow"
Hours before Ashley Flynn was shot twice in the head in her Ohio home, her husband, Caleb Flynn, was secretly messaging his mistress, Alleigha Botner: "February 16th. Day I'll never forget." "You're about to be …
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Hours before Ashley Flynn was shot twice in the head in her Ohio home, her husband, Caleb Flynn, was secretly messaging his mistress, Alleigha Botner: "February 16th. Day I'll never forget." "You're about to be free." "I choose you."
We break down the Caleb Flynn affair, more than 100,000 messages between Caleb and Alleigha, their disturbing conversations about Ashley dying, and the escalating relationship that prosecutors said led to Ashley Flynn's murder.
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No Body. No Lawyer. The Tomasz Kosowski Murder Trial | Part 2
Plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski was accused of murdering attorney Steven Cozzi, whose body has never been found. Then Kosowski made an extraordinary decision: he would represent himself in his own first-degree …
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Plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski was accused of murdering attorney Steven Cozzi, whose body has never been found. Then Kosowski made an extraordinary decision: he would represent himself in his own first-degree murder trial.
There is no body. No autopsy. No eyewitness to Steven's killing. And no definitively identified murder weapon.
So how do you prove a murder happened at all?
In Part 2 of the Tomasz Kosowski case, we follow the forensic trail prosecutors say connects Steven's blood from the law-firm bathroom to Kosowski's truck, garage and car — and the digital evidence they used to reconstruct where Kosowski went after Steven disappeared.
Then the trial gets even stranger.
Kosowski cross-examines the state's experts, asks a prosecutor to get inside a trash bag, tries to stage a courtroom demonstration involving a roughly 190-pound person in a cart, presents no defense case — and ultimately argues his own innocence directly to the judge.
And then Judge Joseph Bulone delivers his verdict.
How do you prove a murder without a body — and what happens when the man accused of committing it decides to become his own lawyer?
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The Plastic Surgeon, the Missing Lawyer & the "Murder Bag" | Tomasz Kosowski Part 1
Florida plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski was locked in a bitter legal battle when attorney Steven Cozzi disappeared from his law firm — leaving behind his phone, wallet, keys, and a bathroom covered in blood …
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Florida plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski was locked in a bitter legal battle when attorney Steven Cozzi disappeared from his law firm — leaving behind his phone, wallet, keys, and a bathroom covered in blood.
Investigators say the man responsible was Kosowski, who had been locked in a civil lawsuit against Cozzi's clients. But what police uncovered after Steven disappeared went far beyond a courtroom grudge: surveillance footage, a suspicious wagon, a remote dumpster, more than $280,000 in cash — and what investigators described as a "murder bag" inside Kosowski's car.
Steven's body has never been found.
In Part 1, we follow the case from the lawsuit that started it all through Steven's disappearance, the manhunt for Kosowski, and the evidence police found after pulling him over hundreds of miles from home.
Part 2: How do you prove a murder when there's no body — especially when the accused killer decides to defend himself?
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Reckless Ben Got Sued for RICO. Over LEGO | Part 2
A fake delivery driver. A fake church member. A fake Guinness World Records rep. A fake raffle. An AI deepfake. According to Bricks & Minifigs, these weren't just YouTube stunts—they were pieces of an alleged …
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A fake delivery driver. A fake church member. A fake Guinness World Records rep. A fake raffle. An AI deepfake.
According to Bricks & Minifigs, these weren't just YouTube stunts—they were pieces of an alleged racketeering enterprise.
In Part 2, we dig into BAM's 95-page lawsuit against Reckless Ben, the RICO allegations, the arrests and protective order, disputed claims about police conduct, the viral "Mormon Mafia" theory, and the court order that temporarily forced Ben's videos offline.
Then, after lawsuits, millions of views and an eventual settlement, we come back to the question that started this entire mess:
Where are the LEGO?
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Reckless Ben and the $200,000 LEGO Mystery | Part 1
In an attempt to help his dad sell his valuable Star Wars LEGO collection, Bryan Mansell places them on consignment with his local Bricks & Minifigs store. The store changes hands. And somewhere along the way …
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In an attempt to help his dad sell his valuable Star Wars LEGO collection, Bryan Mansell places them on consignment with his local Bricks & Minifigs store. The store changes hands. And somewhere along the way, a huge portion of the collection becomes impossible to account for.
Enter YouTuber Reckless Ben.
What starts as an attempt to help a family recover their LEGO quickly turns into fake businesses, undercover stunts, a fake religion, a forged "contract," small claims lawsuits, police showing up—and eventually, arrests.
But there's something millions of viewers didn't know when Ben's investigation went viral: by the time his first video dropped, this fight had already been escalating for months.
And Bricks & Minifigs was about to tell a very different version of the story.
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Castle Rock v. Gonzales: Do Police Have a Duty to Protect You? | Part 2
TW: Child Murder Part 2 picks up exactly where we left Jessica. What happened that night — and everything she did afterward — would take her all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and raise a question most …
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TW: Child Murder Part 2 picks up exactly where we left Jessica. What happened that night — and everything she did afterward — would take her all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and raise a question most people assume they already know the answer to: do police actually have to protect you, even when you have a court order in hand?
Nikita — an attorney herself — takes us through how the Court got there, what the justices actually decided, and the reasoning behind a ruling that still shapes what we expect from police today.
Then we widen the lens. We put Jessica's case next to Gabby Petito's, ask why an anonymous bomb threat can trigger more urgency than a documented, named danger, and come back to the question at the heart of this entire arc: when no one can know for certain what someone will do, who ends up paying for that uncertainty?
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Castle Rock v. Gonzales: She Had a Restraining Order. Police Told Her to Wait. | Part 1
Jessica Gonzales did everything the system told her to do. She got a restraining order against her estranged husband. Colorado law said police had to enforce it — the word "shall" was written right into the …
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Jessica Gonzales did everything the system told her to do. She got a restraining order against her estranged husband. Colorado law said police had to enforce it — the word "shall" was written right into the statute.
So when her three daughters went missing on the night of June 22, 1999, Jessica called Castle Rock police. And called them again. And again — nine times over the course of ten hours, showing officers the order and telling them exactly where her husband was. Each time, she was told to wait.
This episode kicks off a new Question Arc: if we can recognize danger before it becomes deadly, why don't we act on it?
Jessica's case is where we're starting — not with the Supreme Court decision that would eventually make Castle Rock v. Gonzales a landmark case, but with the night itself, hour by hour, exactly as she lived it.
We're holding the rest for Part 2. Because before we ask what the law required police to do, you need to understand what they actually did.
TW: Child Murder
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Death of a Pastor's Wife Part 2: She Asked for Help. Was the Law Built to Hear Her?
By 2024, Mica Miller was leaving her marriage. She was documenting what she said was happening to her, working with an attorney, seeking legal protection—and telling friends she was afraid. Then, on April 27 …
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By 2024, Mica Miller was leaving her marriage. She was documenting what she said was happening to her, working with an attorney, seeking legal protection—and telling friends she was afraid.
Then, on April 27, Mica called 911 from a state park in North Carolina. Hours later, she was dead.
In Part 2 of our coverage of Death of a Pastor's Wife, we walk through Mica's final weeks, the day of her death, the investigation and extraordinary aftermath.
And the question from Part 1 follows her outside the church: What happens when someone finally recognizes coercive control and asks for help—but the systems around her aren't built to recognize the danger in time?
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Death of a Pastor's Wife Part 1: When Control Sounds Like Faith
Mica Miller was 13 when she first met John-Paul "JP" Miller—the pastor who would eventually become her husband. Long before their relationship became romantic, JP had already become her pastor, mentor, trusted …
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Mica Miller was 13 when she first met John-Paul "JP" Miller—the pastor who would eventually become her husband. Long before their relationship became romantic, JP had already become her pastor, mentor, trusted adult, and spiritual authority.
In Part 1 of our coverage of Netflix's Death of a Pastor's Wife, we trace their relationship from its beginning through the disturbing allegations about what Mica experienced behind closed doors.
But Mica's story raises a much bigger question: What happens when coercive control has the language of God behind it?
We're talking spiritual abuse, submission and "helpmate" theology, the very different ways shame and grace can be distributed inside the church—and what happens when the person claiming God's authority is also the person no one seems able to hold accountable.
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The Lindsay Clancy Trial, Part 2: The Commonwealth's Own Experts Push Back
In Part 2 of our coverage of the Lindsay Clancy trial, we hear from Lindsay's family, the hospital chaplain who spent hundreds of hours with her after the deaths of her children, and Dr. Phillip Resnick—a …
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In Part 2 of our coverage of the Lindsay Clancy trial, we hear from Lindsay's family, the hospital chaplain who spent hundreds of hours with her after the deaths of her children, and Dr. Phillip Resnick—a nationally recognized forensic psychiatrist and expert on filicide who evaluated Lindsay and concluded she was not criminally responsible.
Then the Commonwealth calls three psychiatric experts of its own in rebuttal.
They ultimately agree with prosecutors on the question that matters most: Lindsay was criminally responsible. But getting there produces some of the most surprising testimony of the entire five-week trial—and at times, the Commonwealth's own experts seem to complicate the case prosecutors spent weeks building.
One exchange in particular forces a Commonwealth expert to confront the prosecution's own opening theory head-on. His answer is one of the biggest moments of the trial.
Finally, both sides make their closing arguments and give the jury two dramatically different explanations for the same evidence.
Lindsay Clancy killed her children. That has never been disputed.
After five weeks of testimony, the question the jury must finally answer is the one this entire trial has been building toward:
Was she criminally responsible when she did it?
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The Lindsay Clancy Trial, Part 1: What Did the Commonwealth Actually Prove?
For weeks, the Commonwealth built its case against Lindsay Clancy. But as witness after witness took the stand, some of the testimony began to complicate the story prosecutors had laid out for the jury. In Part …
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For weeks, the Commonwealth built its case against Lindsay Clancy. But as witness after witness took the stand, some of the testimony began to complicate the story prosecutors had laid out for the jury.
In Part 1 of our coverage of the Lindsay Clancy trial, Tyrella walks Nikita—who hasn't been following the trial day-to-day—through the Commonwealth's case from opening statements through the end of its case-in-chief.
Lindsay does not dispute that she killed her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan. The question at the center of this trial is whether she was legally criminally responsible when she did it.
We break down Patrick Clancy's testimony, Lindsay's mental-health treatment and medication history, the prosecution's timeline and theory of the crime, and what the Commonwealth's own witnesses actually told the jury.
Because by the time the prosecution rested, the question wasn't simply what evidence they had presented.
It was how well their theory held up against it.
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Keffe D on Trial for Tupac's Murder: "My Client Is Full of Crap"
For years, Duane "Keffe D" Davis publicly told versions of the story of Tupac Shakur's murder—in interviews, a documentary, and even his own memoir. Now those statements are at the center of the prosecution's …
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For years, Duane "Keffe D" Davis publicly told versions of the story of Tupac Shakur's murder—in interviews, a documentary, and even his own memoir.
Now those statements are at the center of the prosecution's case against him.
But Keffe D's defense has a pretty unusual response: you can't believe him because he's "full of crap."
In Part 2, we break down the opening statements in Keffe D's murder trial and the dramatically different stories being presented to the jury. Prosecutors say Keffe D orchestrated Tupac's killing as retaliation for the beating of his nephew, Orlando Anderson. The defense argues that Keffe D lied and exaggerated for years—and that corrupt law enforcement, missing evidence, conflicting witness accounts, and a deeply flawed investigation leave plenty of room for reasonable doubt.
We also get into the controversial proffer agreement behind Keffe D's original statements, his memoir, the alleged murder weapon, the defense's police-corruption theory, and the major witnesses who could take the stand as the trial unfolds.
After nearly 30 years, someone is finally on trial for Tupac Shakur's murder. But can prosecutors prove their case when their most important witness against Keffe D may be…Keffe D himself?
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Who Killed Tupac? The Murder, the Suspects & the Case Against Keffe D | Part 1
Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was shot and killed on the Las Vegas Strip, a man is finally on trial for his murder. On September 7, 1996, Tupac and Death Row Records founder Suge Knight were leaving the …
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Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was shot and killed on the Las Vegas Strip, a man is finally on trial for his murder.
On September 7, 1996, Tupac and Death Row Records founder Suge Knight were leaving the Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas when a white Cadillac pulled alongside their BMW and someone opened fire. Tupac was hit four times. Six days later, he died at just 25 years old.
For decades, theories about his murder have implicated rival gangs, the East Coast–West Coast rap feud, Suge Knight, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, and more. But the case remained unsolved—until investigators turned their attention to a man who had spent years publicly talking about what happened that night: Duane "Keffe D" Davis.
In Part 1, we break down the events leading up to Tupac's murder, the MGM Grand fight that may have set everything in motion, the original investigation, the suspects, Keffe D's extraordinary history of interviews and admissions, and how his own words eventually helped put him on trial almost three decades later.
Because after nearly 30 years of theories about who killed Tupac, a jury is finally going to hear the case.
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Lauren McCluskey: The Warning Signs Were Already There (Part 2)
In the weeks before Lauren McCluskey was murdered, the danger wasn't invisible. The stalking. The lies. The escalating threats. The extortion. The repeated contact after the relationship ended. Lauren reported …
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In the weeks before Lauren McCluskey was murdered, the danger wasn't invisible.
The stalking. The lies. The escalating threats. The extortion. The repeated contact after the relationship ended. Lauren reported what was happening, asked for help, and kept trying to protect herself.
So if the signs were already there, why wasn't anyone able to recognize what they meant?
In Part 2, we step back from Lauren's case to ask the bigger question we've been working toward: Can we actually tell which abusive relationships are most likely to turn deadly?
We look at what researchers know about intimate partner homicide, the warning signs that matter most, why some seemingly terrifying behaviors aren't as predictive as we might assume, and what happens when known risk factors are scattered across different people and systems instead of being seen together.
Because the problem may not be that there are no warning signs.
It may be that recognizing them is only the beginning.
Lauren McCluskey: Can We Tell Which Relationships Will Turn Deadly? (Part 1)
When 21-year-old University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey ended a brief relationship, she had good reason to believe she'd caught the warning signs early. The man she'd been dating had lied about his name …
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When 21-year-old University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey ended a brief relationship, she had good reason to believe she'd caught the warning signs early.
The man she'd been dating had lied about his name, his age, and his criminal history. Lauren ended the relationship immediately.
But he didn't leave her alone.
What followed was a terrifying escalation of stalking, harassment, extortion, and repeated attempts to get help — ending less than three weeks later with Lauren's murder on the campus where she lived and went to school.
Lauren's case leaves behind an agonizing question: when we look back after someone has been killed, the warning signs can seem painfully obvious. But are they actually obvious before the violence happens?
In Part 1, we begin Lauren's story and ask a much bigger question: Can we tell which abusive relationships are most likely to turn deadly?
Because if we can identify danger before someone is killed, that changes the question of what we should be doing about it.
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The Murder of Calum Simpson: Do We Really Treat Male and Female Victims Differently? - Part 2
After researching dozens of studies, court decisions, and primary sources, we discovered the answer wasn't nearly as simple as we expected. Do men receive more justice than women? Are women taken less …
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After researching dozens of studies, court decisions, and primary sources, we discovered the answer wasn't nearly as simple as we expected.
Do men receive more justice than women?
Are women taken less seriously?
Or are different myths shaping how we perceive different victims?
In Part 2, we examine what the research actually says about victim credibility, gender stereotypes, reporting, prosecution, and sentencing—and why the evidence challenged some of our own assumptions.
Because the biggest surprise wasn't whether gender matters.
It was how it matters.
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The Murder of Calum Simpson | The Question We Couldn't Ignore- Part 1
A Facebook post comparing the murder of Calum Simpson to violence against women raised a question we couldn't stop thinking about: Do we treat violence against women differently than violence against men? At …
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A Facebook post comparing the murder of Calum Simpson to violence against women raised a question we couldn't stop thinking about:
Do we treat violence against women differently than violence against men?
At first, the answer seemed obvious.
Then we started reading the court records.
In this episode, we tell Calum Simpson's story—from the night he met two strangers to the evidence presented in court—and explain why one social media post sent us down a much bigger investigation.
This is Part 1 of a two-part series.
In Part 2, we leave the courtroom and follow the research to see whether the evidence actually supports what we thought when we started.
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A Toxic Love Story: Pretending to Be Michelle, Pretending to Be Angela- Part 2
Michelle Hadley spent 88 days in jail waiting to stand trial. Then the evidence changed everything. In Part 2, we follow the digital trail that unraveled the prosecution's case and exposed an elaborate web of …
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Michelle Hadley spent 88 days in jail waiting to stand trial.
Then the evidence changed everything.
In Part 2, we follow the digital trail that unraveled the prosecution's case and exposed an elaborate web of fake accounts, fabricated messages, and deception hiding in plain sight.
But this isn't just a story about catfishing.
It's about confirmation bias, tunnel vision, and what happens when investigators become so convinced they've found the right suspect that every new piece of evidence seems to prove they're right.
We thought this was a story about obsession.
It turned out to be a story about assumption.
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A Toxic Love Story: Who Is Lilith?- Part 1
When Angela Diaz tells police she's being stalked, terrorized, and targeted through a series of increasingly disturbing messages, the evidence seems to point in one direction. Michelle Hadley. Ian Diaz's …
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When Angela Diaz tells police she's being stalked, terrorized, and targeted through a series of increasingly disturbing messages, the evidence seems to point in one direction.
Michelle Hadley.
Ian Diaz's ex-girlfriend.
But as investigators build their case, one question keeps getting harder to answer: Who is Lilith?
In Part 1, we trace the bizarre campaign of emails, fake identities, and escalating threats that convinced police they had found the person responsible. Along the way, we ask a bigger question:
How much of an investigation is driven by evidence... and how much is driven by the story everyone already believes?
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