On this episode, Payton dives into the case of Elize Araujo, a woman who believed she had found her prince charming. What began as a real-life fairy tale soon unraveled into a dark and shocking tragedy no one saw coming.

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Case Sources:

Folha de Sao Paulo - https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/a-crime-of-note/

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2021/08/elize-matsunaga-biography-recounts-the-sexual-abuse-of-prostitution-in-sao-paulo.shtml 

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/06/world/brazil-dismemberment 

Esquire - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a37025912/elize-matsunaga-netflix-once-upon-a-crime-now/ 

Grunge - https://www.grunge.com/458404/once-upon-a-crime-what-happened-to-elize-matsunagas-daughter/ 

Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/elize-matsunaga-husband-marcos-matsunaga-murder-once-upon-crime-netflix-1608331

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On this episode, Payton dives into the case of two young women whose lives were tragically cut short by one man and a chilling, last-minute decision.

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Lost Girls by Caitlin Rother

Death Penalty Information Center - https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/district-attorney-and-murder-victims-father-call-death-penalty-an-empty-promise

ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/amber-dubois-mom-talk-killer-john-gardner-gave/story?id=10646423 

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/17/chelsea.king.gardner.plea/index.html 

ABC 10 News San Diego - https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/a-decade-later-remembering-chelsea-king-and-amber-dubois 

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taken-the-amber-dubois-story-10-08-2011/

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In this episode, Payton dives into the mysteries and conspiracies shrouding the U.S.’s most prominent colleges.

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Sources:

Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Skull-and-Bones-Yale 

The Week - https://theweek.com/articles/528748/shadowy-world-skull-bones 

Ivy Coach - https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/ivy-league/does-cia-recruit-from-ivy-league/ 

Inside Higher Ed - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/03/%E2%80%98spy-schools-how-cia-fbi-and-foreign-intelligence-secretly-exploit-america%E2%80%99s

Town & Country - https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12814064/spy-school-daniel-golden-fbi-cia-recruit-at-american-colleges/

WOUB Public Media - https://woub.org/2019/10/29/the-legends-behind-the-ghosts-of-athens/ 

The New Political - https://www.thenewpolitical.com/article/6xn1nevsm8fp49azjex8fodlt0w2hw-20241108 

Current Affairs - https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/04/how-creative-writing-programs-de-politicized-fiction

Vice - https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-the-cia-turned-american-literature-into-a-content-farm/

Bunk History - https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/how-iowa-flattened-literature

Open Culture - https://www.openculture.com/2018/12/cia-helped-shaped-american-creative-writing-famous-iowa-writers-workshop.html

The Monroe News - https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/04/15/talk-back-close-encounters-hillsdale-kind/7317080001/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z114206d00----v114206b0042xxd004265&gca-ft=206&gca-ds=sophi

The Hillsdale Collegian - https://hillsdalecollegian.com/2015/03/ufo-in-1966-hillsdale-had-its-own-close-encounter/

Enjoyer - https://enjoyer.com/hillsdale-ufo-sighting-dexter-investigation/

Bentley Historical Library - https://bentley.umich.edu/news-events/magazine/flying-saucers-and-swamp-gas/ 

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In this episode, Payton explores the case of Etan Patz, a boy from Manhattan who vanished just outside his home.

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Case Sources:

A&E - https://www.aetv.com/articles/etan-patz-murder

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/etan-patz-1979-disappearance-of-nyc-boy-continues-to-haunt-investigators/ 

New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-conviction-overturned.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-timeline.html 

NPR - https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/g-s1-78924/etan-patz-missing-kids-children-legacy

ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/etan-patz-pedro-hernandez-conviction-overturned-murder-kidnapping

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In this episode, Payton dives into the chilling murder of Marlene Warren, a woman who opened her front door in 1990 to a clown holding balloons and a deadly weapon.

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Case Sources:

CBS News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpzQtnz9y0

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheila-keen-warren-marlene-warren-murder-florida-killer-clown-case/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-killer-clown-case-sheila-keen-warren-marlene-warren-murder-48-hours/

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/03/us/florida-killer-clown-sheila-keen-warren-release

Palm Beach Post - https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2025/05/27/florida-killer-clown-murder-wellington-woman-killed-1990/83670882007/

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/05/defense-evidence-does-not-point-woman-1990-wellington-clown-murder-case/4135961001/

BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx275kdzx1ko

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In this episode, Payton dives into the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a baby who allegedly was taken by Dingoes or was murdered.

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Sources:

Evil Angels by John Bryson

National Library of Medicine - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9219548/ 

National Museum Australia - https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/azaria-chamberlain-inquest

EBSCO - https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/death-azaria-chamberlain 

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/12/dingo-baby-azaria-lindy-chamberlain 

BBC - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231019-the-mother-wrongly-convicted-of-murder-who-always-insisted-a-dingo-killed-her-baby 

Famous Trials - https://famous-trials.com/dingo/457-home

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On this episode, Payton dives into the case of a frantic 911 call that leads police to a scene of unimaginable violence: two murdered parents and their daughter gone, sparking a massive investigation.

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Case Sources:

New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/jayme-closs-missing-girl-barron-wisconsin.html

NPR - https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707373987/wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-to-abducting-jayme-closs-and-killing-her-parents

KARE NBC 11 - https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/i-cant-believe-i-did-this-accused-jayme-closs-kidnapper-writes-letter-from-jail/89-e1a0eb81-4e41-474c-9800-5aa3672a7883

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jayme-closs-evidence-photos/

People - https://people.com/crime/jayme-close-one-year-anniversary-stronger-every-day/

https://people.com/crime/jayme-closs-911-call-wisconsin-teen-rescue/

WEAU 13 News - https://www.weau.com/2024/01/10/sheriff-shares-message-hope-thanks-community-5-year-anniversary-jayme-closs-escape/

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/us/jayme-closs-kidnapper-jake-patterson-sentencing

WQOW ABC 18 - https://www.wqow.com/archive/timeline-of-events-the-story-of-jayme-closs-abduction-and-rescue/article_2c1d5452-0939-5535-9d04-edbb6f53b124.html

https://www.wqow.com/archive/funeral-held-for-james-and-denise-closs-in-cameron/article_2a3497f9-cd01-55b7-ab81-6a84c0f12e91.html

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On this episode, Payton investigates the brutal murders of six people inside a single home. As detectives work to uncover what happened, the motive behind the massacre proves more disturbing than anyone expected.

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Case Sources:

The Real Story with Maria Elena Salinas: Season 1 Episode 2 “The Deltona Massacre”

WKMG News 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rekOE13i8JM

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/04/29/resentencing-trial-continues-for-2-men-convicted-in-deltona-xbox-murders/

WESH NBC 2 - https://www.wesh.com/article/jury-resentencing-florida-xbox-murders-death-penalty/64701428

https://www.wesh.com/article/deltona-xbox-murders-resentencing/43701433

The Daytona Beach News-Journal - https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/courts/2025/05/06/xbox-killers-mother-still-loves-him-despite-murders/83456127007/

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/10/14-years-later-2004-deltona-massacre-resonates/6502534007/

WFTV 9 Now - https://www.wftv.com/news/local/volusia-county/crime-scene-images-xbox-murders-put-forth-resentencing-hearing/TX7BWYNBQ5DVPI3XCRU6XERV4E/

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/xbox-murders/3/

Yahoo! News - https://www.yahoo.com/news/troy-victorino-jerone-hunter-begin-150501323.html

NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5803110

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5623282

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On this episode, Payton investigates a secluded town hidden deep in Connecticut’s forests, one marked by a haunting history and decades of unexplained death and tragedy.

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Sources:

American Hauntings - https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/dudleytown 

US Ghost Adventures - https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/americas-most-haunted-east/the-curse-of-dudleytown/

The Yankee Xpress - https://www.theyankeexpress.com/2023/03/09/428573/dudleytown-ii-the-most-haunted-place-in-the-u-s-

Only in Connecticut - https://collider.com/queen-of-the-damned-murder-allan-menzies/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/connecticut/dudleytown-ct

i95 Rock - https://i95rock.com/mystery-of-dudleytown-ct/

https://i95rock.com/the-mystery-surrounding-dudleytown-the-haunted-deserted-ct-town-has-baffled-me-for-years-this-year-i-intend-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-it/ 

https://i95rock.com/dudleytown-missing-persons-freedom-of-info-request-granted-almost-a-year-later/ 

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A young hiker vanishes in the woods, and the search leads police across multiple states to a mysterious drifter living deep in the forests. What they uncover is far darker than anyone imagined.

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Case Sources:

Making a Serial Killer - Season 2 Episode 2, “Gary Hilton”

Wild Crime – Season 3, episodes 1, 2, 3, and 4

United States Attorney’s Office - https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/gary-michael-hilton-sentenced-four-life-sentences 

Court TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5mR0ndQCE

People - https://people.com/national-forest-serial-killer-confesses-2007-dismemberment-murder-florida-nurse-11712002

WYFF 4 - https://www.wyff4.com/article/serial-killer-sentenced-for-nc-murders/7004143 

Yahoo! News - https://www.yahoo.com/news/gary-michael-hilton-national-forest-150259738.html

NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23769881 

ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/hulu-documentary-missing-womans-case-sparked-investigation-serial/story?id=105180020

WLOS News 13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB4iQONtZ4I 

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gary-michael-hilton-suspected-serial-killer-gets-death-penalty-in-fla-for-2007-beheading-murder/ 

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In this episode, Payton dives into the unbelievable case of Teresita Basa, a Chicago nurse whose murder went cold until the unthinkable happened.

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Case Sources:

Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack Season 2 Episode 19

Mamamia - https://www.mamamia.com.au/teresita-basa-unsolved-mysteries/

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/teresita-basa

ABP Live - https://news.abplive.com/crime/most-shocking-crimes-teresita-basa-murder-case-of-filipino-nurse-in-us-that-baffled-all-1648953

The Clermont Sun - https://www.clermontsun.com/2018/08/09/marc-hoover-did-teresita-basa-solve-her-own-murder 

The Line Up - https://the-line-up.com/teresita-basa

Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/09/17/voice-from-the-grave-evokes-a-murder-trial/13b6d805-2413-4015-b70a-b9b28ab5d40d/ 

Unilad - https://www.unilad.com/community/ghost-solved-her-own-murder-20221106 

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