Day By Day: True Crime Stories
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Your daily dose of true crime history. Join Kona Gallagher, host of And Then They Were Gone, for a story about a crime or justice milestone that happened this day in history.
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S1E365 December 31 - The Murder of Brandon Teena
On the final day of 1993, deputies in rural Nebraska entered a small farmhouse outside Humboldt and found a scene of horror: three people had been executed—21-year-old Brandon Teena, 24-year-old Lisa…
S1E364 December 30 - The Brookline Abortion Clinic Shootings
On December 30, 1994, just after Christmas, a 22-year-old gunman walked into two abortion clinics on Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, and opened fire. In under 15 minutes, two…
S1E363 December 29 - The disappearance of Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible
On December 29, 1999, two best friends in rural Oklahoma—Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible—celebrated Ashley’s 16th birthday with a sleepover. By morning, Ashley’s family home was in flames, both her…
S1E362 December 28 - The Ronald Gene Simmons Christmas Rampage
On the morning of December 28, 1987, residents of Russellville, Arkansas, had no idea that their quiet post-holiday routine was about to be shattered. What began as a chilling workplace shooting…
S1E361 December 27 - The Disappearance of Patrick Warren and David Spencer
On the night after Boxing Day in 1996, two best friends—11-year-old Patrick Warren and 13-year-old David Spencer—left their homes on a housing estate outside Birmingham and were never seen again. The…
S1E360 December 26 – The Edgewater Technology Shooting
On December 26, 2000, the day after Christmas, employees at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield, Massachusetts, returned to what was supposed to be a quiet workday. Instead, a 42-year-old programmer…
S1E359 December 25 – The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
On Christmas morning in 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing from her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado. A ransom note had been left behind, warning her parents not to contact…
S1E358 December 24 - The Disappearance and Murder of Laci Peterson
On Christmas Eve in 2002, 27-year-old Laci Peterson vanished from her Modesto, California home. She was eight months pregnant with her first child, a baby boy named Conner. Her husband, Scott…
S1E357 December 23 - The Murder of Paul Logan
On December 23, 1993, 25-year-old takeaway driver Paul Logan left a Chinese restaurant in Consett, England, expecting to deliver a holiday meal. The order had come in for a remote farmhouse outside…
S1E356 December 22 - The Bernhard Goetz New York City Subway Shooting
On this day in 1984, a seemingly ordinary subway ride in New York City turned into one of the most polarizing acts of violence in modern American history. When 37-year-old Bernhard Goetz was…
S1E355 December 21 - The Lockerbie Bombing
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 took off from London’s Heathrow Airport, bound for New York and Detroit, carrying 259 people—many of them heading home for the holidays. Just 38 minutes later,…
S1E354 December 20 - The Abduction and Murder of Jonelle Matthews
On the night of December 20, 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews returned home from a Christmas choir performance in Greeley, Colorado — and vanished before her father got home. Her shoes were by the…
S1E353 December 19 – The Murder of Michelle Martinko
On a cold night in December 1979, 18-year-old high school senior Michelle Martinko attended a choir banquet, stopped by the brand-new Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa — and never came home. The…
S1E352 December 18 - The Disappearance of Heather Elvis
In the early morning hours of December 18, 2013, 20-year-old Heather Elvis vanished from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Just hours earlier, she’d gone on a first date, sent a cheerful selfie, and…
S1E351 December 17 - The Abduction of Barbara Mackle
On this day in 1968, 20-year-old college student Barbara Jane Mackle was kidnapped at gunpoint from a Georgia motel room and buried alive in a homemade underground box. For more than 83 hours, she…
S1E350 December 16 - The Disappearance and Murders of Kerry Graham and Francine Trimble
On December 16, 1978, 15-year-old Kerry Graham and 14-year-old Francine “Francie” Trimble walked out of their homes in Forestville, California — and vanished. For decades, their families searched for…
S1E349 December 15 - The Kidnapping and Murder of Marion Parker
On this day in 1927, 12-year-old Marion Parker was abducted from her Los Angeles junior high school by a man posing as a messenger from her father. Within 48 hours, her disappearance turned into one…
S1E348 December 14 – The Disappearance of Jason Landry
On this day in 2020, 21-year-old Jason Landry was officially reported missing—just hours after his crashed car was discovered on a rural Texas road with no sign of the driver.The Texas State…
S1E347 December 13 - The Texas Seven Prison Break
On this day in 2000, seven men executed one of the most shocking and well-coordinated prison escapes in American history. Known as the Texas Seven, the group walked out of a maximum-security facility…
S1E346 December 12 - The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
On a cold afternoon in 1910, 25-year-old Dorothy Arnold — an heiress, aspiring writer, and socialite — left her family’s Upper East Side home for what should have been a simple shopping trip. She…
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