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The Murder of Milton Sawyer: The Intruder She Knew
Milton Sawyer was a familiar face in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The 55 year old father of three owned The Treasure Hunter, an antique and collectible shop where he knew his customers and loved finding something worth keeping. At home, he and his wife, Angel Sawyer, were raising a blended family of seven children.
In the early hours of August 2, 2018, Angel appeared at a neighbor’s door with a head injury and duct tape still attached to her wrist. She said a masked intruder had entered their home, demanded money, and attacked them both. Officers found Milton dead on the bathroom floor, and the ransacked bedroom seemed to support her account of a robbery.
But details about the intruder’s access to the house raised questions, and investigators began hearing about a relationship Angel had kept hidden. In this episode, we follow the supposed home invasion, the inconsistencies detectives uncovered, and the unexpected call from Oregon that helped expose what happened to Milton.
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10 November 2026, 5:00 am
49 minutes 43 seconds
[Case Revisited] Grant Amato: The Story Behind CTRL+ALT+DESIRE
Before we begin our bonus coverage of the three part documentary CTRL+ALT+DESIRE, we’re revisiting our original 2019 episode about Grant Amato. Whether you’re hearing this case for the first time or need a refresher, this episode gives you the background before our documentary discussions begin.
In January 2019, Cody Amato failed to show up for work at an Orlando hospital. A welfare check at his family’s home in Chuluota, Florida, led deputies to discover that Cody and his parents, Chad Amato and Margaret Amato, had been killed. His younger brother, Grant, was missing. The investigation revealed months of stolen money, an online relationship with a webcam model in Bulgaria, and a family’s attempts to get Grant help. We follow the events leading up to the murders, his police interviews, and the evidence presented at trial.
We’ll be discussing the documentary over the coming weeks on Patreon and our subscriber feeds on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen here first, then join us for the documentary coverage.

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6 November 2026, 5:00 am
56 minutes 50 seconds
[Florida Files] The Murder of Tyler Nulisch: His Final Words
Tyler Nulisch loved his life in the Florida Keys, especially days on the water with his dog, Chief. At 30, he was restoring a boat and working toward starting a fishing charter business. He was also building a life with his girlfriend, Brittany Holbrook, though his longtime friends had begun to worry about what they were seeing in the relationship.
Early on June 17, 2023, the couple’s roommate woke to Brittany screaming for help. He found Tyler bleeding on the living room floor of their Big Coppitt Key home. Brittany initially said she could not remember what happened, but Tyler was still able to speak. What he told his roommate became central to the investigation.
In this episode, we follow Tyler’s life, the accounts his friends shared with detectives, and the evidence presented at Brittany’s 2025 murder trial. We also discuss her claim of self defense and the warning signs that people close to Tyler remembered after his death.
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5 November 2026, 5:00 am
48 minutes 1 second
[Florida Files] The Frostproof Fishing Murders: A Receipt at the Scene
On July 17, 2020, Brandon Rollins, Keven Springfield, and Damion Tillman met near Lake Streety Road in Frostproof, Florida, for a night of fishing. Later that evening, Brandon called his father, Cyril Rollins, and pleaded for help. When Cyril arrived, he found all three friends had been shot.
A receipt left at the scene led investigators back to a Dollar General and surveillance footage from earlier that evening. As detectives pieced together the group’s movements, they focused on a dispute involving a truck engine, a remote road, and the evidence left behind after the shootings.
In this episode, we follow the Frostproof triple murder investigation, the years of delays that kept the victims’ families waiting, and the trial that finally took place in 2026. Tony “TJ” Wiggins was convicted of three counts of first degree murder and sentenced to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.
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3 November 2026, 5:00 am
47 minutes 33 seconds
The Hex Hollow Murder of Nelson Rehmeyer
In November 1928, Nelson Rehmeyer was killed inside his farmhouse in southern York County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and a practitioner of powwowing, a Pennsylvania German healing tradition that used prayers, scripture, and folk remedies.

John Blymire believed a hex was responsible for years of illness, sleeplessness, and bad luck. After a woman told him Nelson was the person behind it, John became convinced that he needed Nelson’s copy of The Long Lost Friend or a lock of his hair to break the curse. He recruited 14 year old John Curry and 18 year old Wilbert Hess, and the three went to Nelson’s home looking for a way to end the supposed hex.

In this episode, we follow the murder at what became known as Hex Hollow, the beliefs and rumors surrounding the case, and the trials that followed. All three men were convicted of murder, but the story that survived in newspapers and local folklore often obscured the person Nelson was before his death.

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29 October 2026, 4:00 am
1 hour 29 seconds
The Halderson Murders: The Lies That Led to Murder
On July 2, 2021, Krista Halderson did not show up for work. When a friend went to her Windsor, Wisconsin, home to check on her, Krista and her husband, Bart Halderson, were both gone, but their cars were still in the garage. Their son, Chandler Halderson, said they had left for the family cabin with friends, but he could not say who had taken them there.

As the holiday weekend passed, the cabin trip made less and less sense. Investigators found that Chandler’s story was only one part of a much larger pattern involving college records, a job he never had, a planned move to Florida, and a series of explanations that fell apart under scrutiny.

In this episode, we follow the disappearance of Bart and Krista, the evidence that led investigators to two separate locations, and the case that went to trial. Chandler was convicted in 2022 and is serving two life sentences without eligibility for release. His remaining convictions were affirmed on appeal, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined review in June 2026.

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27 October 2026, 4:00 am
1 hour 3 minutes
The Murders at Corpsewood Manor
In the woods of northwest Georgia, Dr. Charles Lee Scudder and Joseph “Joey” Odom built an off grid home unlike anything their neighbors had seen. There was stained glass, a golden harp, a pink gargoyle, and a reputation that grew stranger with every rumor told about the place they called Corpsewood Manor.

On December 12, 1982, two men Charles and Joey had welcomed onto the property arrived with a plan to rob them. What happened next left Charles and Joey dead inside the home they had spent years building, sent two teenage witnesses fleeing in fear, and led to another murder across state lines.

In this episode, we follow the real story behind Corpsewood Manor, the rumors that surrounded it, and the violence that turned an unusual home in the Georgia woods into a lasting piece of true crime folklore.

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2. Pam Purcell — “Pair Enjoy Roughing It in County’s Backwoods,” The Summerville News (February 22, 1979)https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053933/1979-02-22/ed-1/seq-21/ocr/
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9. Christopher Feldt — “Death Comes to Corpsewood Manor,” North Georgia Historyhttps://www.northgeorgiahistory.com/post/death-comes-to-corpsewood-manor
10. Leland Kent — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Southeasthttps://abandonedsoutheast.com/2019/01/28/corpsewood-manor/
11. David Bulit — “Corpsewood Manor,” Abandoned Georgiahttps://abandonedgeorgia.com/corpsewood-manor/
12. Kelly Kazek — “The Murders of ‘Devil Worshippers’ at Corpsewood Manor”https://kellykazek.com/2019/02/25/the-murders-of-devil-worshippers-at-corpsewood-manor/
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22 October 2026, 4:00 am
54 minutes 9 seconds
Faith Hedgepeth: What to Know About the Murder Trial
Faith Danielle Hedgepeth was 19 years old and studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was killed inside her Durham apartment in September 2012. Investigators recovered DNA evidence, a handwritten message, and other clues from the scene, but the case remained unsolved for years.

Now, 14 years later, Miguel Salguero Olivares is on trial in connection with Faith’s death. He is charged with murder, burglary, rape, and sexual offense, and he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. There has not yet been a verdict.

In this episode, we review Faith’s final night, the evidence investigators collected, the years long investigation, and the case now being presented to a jury. It is a full catch up for anyone starting to follow the trial now.

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20 October 2026, 4:00 am
32 minutes 44 seconds
Friday Mystery: Teresita Basa and the Voice From the Grave
We have a shorter spooky season story for your Friday. In 1977, firefighters found Teresita Basa murdered in her Chicago apartment, but months passed without an arrest.

Then a doctor told police that his wife had entered a trance and spoken in a voice that identified itself as Teresita. Detectives could not verify that explanation, but they could investigate what the voice claimed to know. The lead took them back to Edgewater Hospital and helped uncover evidence in a case that still raises questions nearly 50 years later.

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16 October 2026, 4:00 am
49 minutes 46 seconds
The Greenbrier Ghost: The Murder of Zona Heaster Shue
This week, we tell the 1897 story of Elva Zona Heaster Shue, known as Zona, whose sudden death in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, was initially treated as natural causes. After Zona’s mother said her daughter appeared to her and described what happened, an exhumation revealed a broken neck, and Zona’s husband went to trial for her murder.

Since so many of you enjoyed Black Hope Cemetery, we are spending Thursdays for the rest of October on historical cases with a little mystery and a spooky season feel.

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15 October 2026, 4:00 am
44 minutes 47 seconds
[Florida Files] The Murder of Joleen Cummings and the Coworker With 18 Aliases
On May 12, 2018, Joleen Cummings finished a shift at the Tangles Hair Salon in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The 34 year old mother of three was supposed to pick up her children the next day for Mother’s Day and her birthday, but she never arrived.

When Joleen’s SUV was found abandoned near a Home Depot, surveillance footage pointed investigators toward a new coworker. But the woman Joleen knew as Jennifer Sybert was not who she said she was. As detectives followed the trail, they uncovered false names, a stolen identity, and a history that stretched across states.

In this episode, we follow the search for Joleen, the evidence left behind at the salon, and the questions that remain years later.

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13 October 2026, 4:00 am
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