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On a cold January night in Pittsburgh, 2017, 23-year-old Dakota James—smart, sarcastic, and openly gay—heads out for drinks with friends. He’s last spotted on a blurry surveillance clip, walking down an alley near the Allegheny River, phone in hand. Then, he disappears. Forty days later, his body surfaces ten miles downstream, ruled an accidental drowning. But his parents, Pam and Jeff, refuse to accept it. Was it a fatal slip into icy waters, or something sinister—like the Smiley Face Killers, a haunting theory of serial murders targeting young men? Tune in as we explore Dakota’s story: a life cut short, a family’s fight for truth, and a mystery balancing on the edge of accident or evil.

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It was a warm February day in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2016. A simple Uber ride turns into a heart-pounding nightmare as passenger Matt Mellon finds himself trapped with an unhinged driver, Jason Dalton, speeding through residential streets at 80 mph, a German shepherd cowering in the backseat. What starts as erratic driving spirals into something far darker—a rampage that leaves six dead, two clinging to life, and a community in shock.

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In May 1985, a Fayetteville neighborhood froze. Newspapers stacked up outside the Eastburn home as a baby’s cries echoed inside. Katie Eastburn and her daughters, Kara, 5, and Erin, 3, lay brutally stabbed—21-month-old Jana left alone in her crib for days. A dog named Dixie, a white Chevette, and a blond stranger sparked a 25-year hunt for justice. Three trials. DNA that wouldn’t stay buried. But the truth? It twisted through decades of lies, suspicion, and a killer who almost slipped away. What really happened that night—and why did it take so long to unmask the monster? Dive into the haunting Eastburn murders now.

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Imagine a mother’s love so fierce she’d stand in front of a freight train to save her child. Now picture that same instinct twisted into something dark, something unthinkable. In 2017, 7-year-old Olivia Gant—known as the 'Princess' in her hospital gowns—passed away after years of invasive surgeries, feeding tubes, and a heartbreaking decline. Her mother, Kelly Gant, told everyone Olivia was terminally ill, racking up thousands of hospital visits and even a Make-A-Wish bucket list. But when Kelly showed up a year later claiming her other daughter was sick too, suspicions were raised. What they uncovered was a chilling web of lies that turned a tragic story into something far more sinister. Allison tells us just how far a mother’s deception can go.

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On a frigid January night in 2023, April Lyda’s quiet evening with her kids in Tulsa shattered with a scream that still haunts her. She rushed downstairs to find her 9-year-old son Zander bleeding on the couch, gasping, 'She stabbed me,' as chaos erupted in their apartment. Bodycam footage captured a frantic scene—April screaming, 'You better pray he lives!' Allison tells us the sad story of Zander Lyda.

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Imagine a peaceful summer day in a small Iowa town shattered by the unthinkable: two young cousins, Elizabeth and Lyric, vanish during an innocent bike ride. In this episode, Allison dives into a chilling mystery that’s haunted Evansdale since 2012. Stranger abductions are rare—just 1% of missing children cases—but this double disappearance defies the odds, plunging a tight-knit community into fear. What happened as the girls pedaled away from home that fateful Friday?

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In the quiet suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina, a routine favor turned into a nightmare for Meredith Fisher. Asked by her brother-in-law, Jason Young, to retrieve some printouts from his home, she discovered something far more sinister than an anniversary surprise gone awry. Inside the seemingly ordinary house on Birchleaf Drive, she found her sister, Michelle Young, brutally murdered, surrounded by blood, with her 2.5 year old niece, Cassidy, in a state of shock.

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Skip the banter: 00:06:17

Allison tells us the chilling case of Alyssa Burkett, a young mother whose life was cut tragically short in a Texas parking lot. On a seemingly normal morning, Alyssa was ambushed, shot, and stabbed in a brutal attack that shocked her community. But the story doesn't end there.

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On an unseasonably warm February day in 2017, two best friends, Libby German and Abby Williams, set out for a picturesque walk in Delphi, Indiana, but never returned. Their story, marked by a chilling video from Libby's phone, unveils a mystery that gripped a small town for nearly eight years. Allison delves into the lives of these two vibrant teens, their final moments, and the haunting investigation that followed, leading to an unexpected arrest. This is the story of The Delphi Murders.

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Allison tells us the story of the Nutty Putty Cave, a once-popular spelunking site turned fatal trap. In November 2009, John Edward Jones, a young medical student and experienced caver, ventured into the cave's maze-like depths, only to find himself trapped in an unimaginable nightmare.

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Imagine falling in love with someone who seems like your dream partner. Confident, assertive, and charming, they sweep you off your feet. But what if those very traits that once attracted you turn into your biggest nightmare?

On a quiet New Year's Eve, Morgan Metzer, a single mother from Canton, Georgia, was looking forward to a peaceful evening with her best friend after a challenging year. Little did she know, her night would take a terrifying turn. Awakened by fireworks, Morgan soon faced a far more sinister reality - a masked intruder in her home who knew intimate details of her life. Allison tells us her story.

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