First Watch: Preschool Teacher Joins Police Pursuit & a Friend Turned Captor
A routine shopping trip in Louisiana turned into an unexpected chase when preschool teacher Lesli Smith spotted an officer running after two suspected shoplifters and offered him a seat in her SUV. What unfolded was a slow, careful pursuit through local streets. By that evening, she was back to her errands unaware her quick instinct would earn her a city commendation.
In Texas, another call for help revealed a far darker scene. Officers responding to screams behind a fenced yard found a woman chained to a metal stand, injured and barely clothed, in the backyard of the friends she’d lived with for years. Now, five adults are in custody and investigators are piecing together how months of cruelty went unseen and unheard.
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Night Watch: Julia Wandelt Believed She was a Missing Child, DNA Said Otherwise
By the time 24-year-old Julia Wandelt walked into a British courtroom in October 2025, she had already spent years chasing a life that was never hers. Haunted by painful childhood memories and convinced her own parents were hiding the truth, Julia turned to missing persons databases and fixated on one of the most recognizable cases in the world: Madeleine McCann.
What started as late-night searches spiraled into an online campaign as she posted side-by-side photos, built a following, and repeatedly tried to force contact with Madeleine’s parents. Her harassment trial pulled the family back into the spotlight and revealed how grief, obsession, and untreated mental illness collided in the long shadow of an unsolved disappearance.
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First Watch: Professor Found Dead, Then Her Killer Spent 11 Years on the Run
In Maryland, beloved professor and accountant Sue Ann Marcum tried to untangle herself from a romantic and financial partnership with yoga instructor Jorge Rueda Landeros. She was found murdered in her basement while her killer disappeared across borders for more than eleven years before finally facing a jury.
Then, Katie investigates a case in Florida, where Taylor Cadle reported years of SA by her adoptive father when she was only twelve. She still found the courage at thirteen to secretly record him and force an arrest. Now as Jorge awaits sentencing and Taylor sues the very officers who dismissed her, both stories ask the same question: how many times must a woman save herself before the system finally does its part?
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True Crime This Week: Strange Disappearances
This week on True Crime This Week, host Vanessa Richardson unravels two of history’s most mysterious vanishings — both stranger than fiction.First, in 1926, the “Queen of Mystery” herself, Agatha Christie, vanished after a late-night drive. Her abandoned car sparked an 11-day nationwide search that baffled police, fellow authors, and millions of readers. When she finally reappeared, Agatha claimed to remember nothing — leaving behind one of the greatest mysteries she ever created.Then, rewind to 1875, when infamous New York City politician William “Boss” Tweed escaped from jail after embezzling millions. His disappearance led to an international manhunt — and it was a political cartoon that finally brought him down.From literary legends to crooked power brokers, these disappearances prove that truth can be far more mysterious than fiction.
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Thanksgiving Murders Pt. 1
Thanksgiving is meant for gratitude — but sometimes, it brings out the darkest parts of the human mind. In this chilling special, the Killer Minds team, joined by Murder: True Crime Stories host Carter Roy, examines two Thanksgiving tragedies: the 2009 Merhige family massacre, when a Florida man opened fire on his relatives after years of mental decline and resentment, and the gruesome murder of Bill Nelson by his wife, Omaima, whose fairytale romance turned into one of California’s most shocking crimes. A study of obsession, rage, and the deadly side of family gatherings.
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