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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On this episode, Payton dives into the real-life inspiration behind the show Stranger Things. Secret government experiments, psychic kids, mind control, and a hidden military base all fueled the hit show. 

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The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time by Preston Nichols & Peter Moon

The Dark Files: Montauk (TV Special)

1980s Now - https://1980snow.com/the-montauk-project/ 

Piedmont Roar - https://piedmontroar.com/10362/ae/the-montauk-project/ 

Roadtrippers - https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/camp-hero-montauk-conspiracy-theories/

Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/camp-hero-montauk-air-force-base-inspired-stranger-things-photos-2023-8  

NPR - https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief

History - https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments

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On this episode, Payton dives into the case of a mother whose night out in Kentucky spiraled into one of the state’s most haunting modern murder cases.

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Case Sources:

Death of the Party Season 1 Episode 13: Savannah Spurlock

Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article247548415.html 

Courier Journal - https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/02/david-sparks-pleads-guilty-murder-kentucky-mom-savannah-spurlock/3792651001/ 

LEX 18 Lexington - https://www.lex18.com/news/lex-18-investigates/investigative-file-witness-interviews-in-savannah-spurlock-murder-case-released 

https://www.lex18.com/news/lex-18-investigates/i-hope-shes-alright-david-sparks-police-interview-after-the-disappearance-of-savannah-spurlock 

Kentucky State Police - https://www.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/news/p7-7-11-19 

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/us/suspect-monday-savannah-spurlock-remains 

WAVE 3 - https://www.wave3.com/2019/08/03/savannah-spurlocks-mother-shes-better-place/

ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/gruesome-details-revealed-death-kentucky-mom-savannah-spurlock/story?id=64337971

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On this episode, Payton unravels the case of Matthew Thanes. A random encounter in a video game turns into something far more sinister when a man travels across the country and shows up at his front door.

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Case Sources:

5 NBC DFW - https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/man-police-say-drove-from-california-to-flower-mound-to-kill-teen-gamer-identified/2442421/  

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/suspect-in-flower-mound-shooting-death-of-18-year-old-man-found-dead/2430412/ 

The New Zealand Herald - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/man-drove-5000-kilometres-to-kill-twitch-streamer-matthew-thane/NMSWY2NJNKOFK2O2SUA7QHZ2JA/

Investigation Discovery - https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/man-travels-3-400-miles-in-72-hours-to-kill-teen-he-met-gaming-o 

Star Telegram - https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article245150215.html 

Flower Mound Leader - https://starlocalmedia.com/theleader/news/flower-mound-homicide-possibly-stemmed-from-gaming-dispute/article_017154ee-e3bb-11ea-b59c-4794b4159fad.html 

Mercury News - https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/20/alleged-killer-drove-from-east-bay-to-texas-over-possible-gaming-feud-murder-suicide/ 

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/police-identify-suspect-allegedly-traveled-from-california-to-north-texas-killed-18-year-old/ 

News.Com Australia - https://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/gaming/man-drove-5000-kilometres-to-kill-twitch-streamer-matthew-thane/news-story/d42a79202d0efacd16bbdca85290d71f 

The Cross Timbers Gazette - https://www.crosstimbersgazette.com/2020/09/11/flower-mound-murder-suspect-identified/

Flower Mound High School Student Media - https://fmhswire.com/featured/2020/10/07/the-danger-of-video-games-how-to-stay-safe-online/

The American Psychological Association - https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/ce-corner-isolation

CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/social-connectedness/risk-factors/index.html

Brookings - https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-did-u-s-homicides-spike-in-2020-and-then-decline-rapidly-in-2023-and-2024/

Headspace - https://www.headspace.com/articles/nice-irl-mean-online

Crime Traveller - https://www.crimetraveller.org/2021/05/social-media-online-arguments-between-teens-real-world-violence/

Daily Mail - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8651133/Gamer-23-drove-1-700-miles-kill-teen-himself.html

Scallywag and Vagabond - https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2020/08/man-drove-1700-miles-to-shoot-matthew-jpn-thane-flower-mound-tx-man-online-gaming-dispute/

Telemundo Dallas - https://www.telemundodallas.com/noticias/local/policia-identifican-a-joven-que-viajo-a-flower-mound-para-presuntamente-asesinar-a-conocido/2109796/ 

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When Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911 claiming someone was breaking in through her bathroom wall, no one believed her. Days later, police discovered the unimaginable.

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Case Sources:

Candyman: The True Story Behind the Bathroom Mirror Murder -- 48 Hours Podcast

Chicago Reader - https://chicagoreader.com/news/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/ 

https://chicagoreader.com/news/cause-of-death/ 

The LineUp - https://the-line-up.com/ruthie-mae-mccoy 

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/history-uncovered/candyman 

American Psychological Association - https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/04/ce-mental-illness 

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On this episode, Payton explores the dark story of H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, and his deadly Murder Castle.

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Case Sources:

H.H. Homes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer

Library of Congress - https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-h-h-holmes 

EBSCO - https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-h-holmes 

History - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-7/a-serial-killer-is-hanged 

Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes

Crime Museum - https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/

The West End Museum - https://thewestendmuseum.org/history/era/immigrant-neighborhood/h-h-holmes/

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Two teens go searching for some Halloween fun but what they found was a real-life nightmare.

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BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50063364 

The Trace - https://www.thetrace.org/2022/11/yoshihiro-hattori-webb-haymaker-brady/

Health First Consulting - https://healthfirstconsulting.com/blog/this-innocent-mistake-cost-my-friend-his-life-page-under-construction/

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/22/gun-control-japanese-mother-march-for-our-lives-campaign-parkland-students

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A horror film became a blueprint for murder when Allan Menzies claimed he was chosen by a vampire queen.

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Case Sources:

Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-ate-friend-s-head-89133.html

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/16/ukcrime.kirstyscott 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/30/2 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/oct/26/ukcrime 

UPI - https://www.upi.com/Archives/2003/10/08/Scottish-vampire-guilty-of-murder/6301065585600/

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2003/10/08/Scottish-vampire-guilty-of-murder/44301065637321/ 

Collier - https://collider.com/queen-of-the-damned-murder-allan-menzies/

Telegraph - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1443666/Vampire-murderer-is-jailed-for-life.html

The Times - https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/i-watched-vampire-film-100-times-and-it-made-me-want-to-kill-lq9p8spxm9j 

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2638385.stm

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66478360 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3168520.stm 

The Scotsman - https://www.scotsman.com/news/body-found-in-shallow-grave-2507615 

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On this episode, Payton dives into the true crime case that inspired the classic slasher hit Scream. 

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Case Sources:

The Making of a Serial Killer by Danny Harold Rolling and Sondra London

Shock Docs: Scream: The True Story  -- documentary

WFSU Public Media - https://wfsu.org/gavel2gavel/transcript/pdfs/01-625.pdf 

FFP Law - https://ffplaw.com/notable-case/the-gainesville-student-murders/ 

Justia US Law - https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1997/83638-0.html  

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/danny-rolling-gainesville-ripper

Shreveport Times - https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2022/01/12/scream-movie-documentary-danny-rolling-serial-killer-gainesville-ripper-hometown-shreveport/9126171002/ 

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On this episode, Payton unravels the chilling history and dark legends surrounding the world’s most cursed doll.

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The Little House of Horrors - https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/annabelle-the-demonic-doll/

Boston Ghosts - https://bostonghosts.com/annabelle-the-haunted-doll/

i95 - https://i95rock.com/annabelle-doll-left-connecticut-museum-heres-whats-happening-now/

NBC News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Rric-i6NI

CT Insider - https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/annabelle-missing-rumor-warren-occult-museum-ct-20346806.php

New England Society for Psychic Research - https://tonyspera.com/annabelle/

National Museum of Play - https://www.museumofplay.org/toys/raggedy-ann-and-andy/

USA Today - https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2025/05/25/annabelle-new-orleans-plantation-fire/83743565007/

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/annabelle-doll

New York Post - https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/us-news/paranormal-investigator-dan-rivera-dies-on-annabelle-haunted-doll-tour/

Yahoo! Entertainment - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/annabelle-doll-handler-dan-rivera-021708827.html

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