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In 2007, a woman’s naked body is discovered on the side of the road in Thurston County, Washington, neatly arranged with her head resting gently on a discarded car seat and a ligature around her neck. When she is identified as local mother Karen Bodine, investigators are frustrated to find that every witness has a different story to tell.

On a cold January day in 2007, brothers Ankur and Pulkit Singh return home from school to find their parents, Jaspal and Geeta, brutally murdered in the family’s upscale, suburban New York home. The couple is well-liked and respected in their close-knit Indian American community and have no known enemies. Was it a random home invasion, or were the Singh’s targeted?

In 2008, Faye Winward, a single mother of four, finds the perfect condo for herself and her children. But shortly after the Winward family moves in, the children begin hearing terrifying, demonic laughter and are haunted by the spirit of a small child. When Faye has her own terrifying paranormal experience, she takes action to keep her family safe.

Elizabeth Salgado has only been in the United States for three weeks when she vanishes in broad daylight on April 16, 2015, from the tight-knit Mormon town of Provo, Utah. When her skeletal remains are found three years later and over a dozen miles away, her family and investigators are left with more questions than answers.

In May of 2011, high school sweethearts and avid church-goers, Bill and Peggy Stephenson, are found dead in their condo in Florence, Kentucky. The crime scene is so bizarre that the FBI has stated that the perpetrator has a pathology they only see in 1% of criminals. Detective Coy Cox has been on the case since Day One —he has interviewed over 250 people and visited 14 states to try to solve this murder. And he won’t stop until the killers are behind bars.

In 2004, after a night out on the town in “Boystown,” Chicago, 31-year-old Kevin Clewer is found dead in his apartment, stabbed over forty times. New developments have led investigators to focus on the last person to be seen with Kevin: a mysterious man named“Fernando.”

Ruth Gotliebson thinks she has found the ideal husband in Charles Vosseler. But as the couple start a family, chilling clues begin to surface that “Charlie” might have a dark side. Then, when their two boys are just toddlers, he abducts them, taking every photo and scrap of information that might help to identify them. Thirty years later, Ruth and the FBI are still searching for CJ & Billy Vosseler, who would now be adults.

After 40 years, Detective Joseph Ebert has finally discovered the identity of a young girl who was murdered and left on the side of a road outside of Henderson, Nevada. Dubbed “Jane Arroyo Grande Doe,” by John Williams, the original investigator on the case, it has been confirmed that “Jane” was actually 17-year-old Tammy Tarrell of Artesia, New Mexico. But part of this mystery remains unsolved: Who killed Tammy Tarrell?

In the early hours of April 9, 1886, Tillie Smith, an 18-year-old who lived and worked at Centenary Collegiate Institute, was raped and strangled, her assaulted body left in an open field in plain view. Many have claimed Tillie still haunts the grounds of Centenary College, and that the man convicted of her murder was actually innocent of the crime. An investigation by local historian and paranormal investigator, David Rountree and medium Tracy Ray leads them to a new suspect in Tillie’s murder.

Chelsea Small is just back from a short vacation when she is gunned down behind the desk of her workplace at a check advance company in Taylor, MI on November 12, 2013. At first glance the crime has all the ear marks of an attempted robbery gone wrong, but investigators soon have reason to wonder if the 30-year-old single mother of two has been deliberately targeted or is a victim of mistaken identity.

When a young music artist on the rise is fatally shot in a parked car outside a Los Angeles recording studio, police first suspect it is an act of random gang violence. But Kevin Harris II was no gangster. In fact, the 21-year-old beat master known as “Track Bully” was about to sign a major recording deal. Was Kevin the victim of mistaken identity or was he killed because of a professional rivalry? His family and police want to know.

When 26-year-old Prisma Reyes fails to pick up her young son from the babysitter, friends and family know immediately that something is very wrong. The devoted single mother was last seen in the afternoon, entering the garage of an ex-boyfriend’s Dallas apartment building, where she appears to be disoriented and distressed. She is never seen again. Where is Prisma? Was she the victim of foul play or did she disappear on her own?

After a 911 caller tells police he strangled a woman and left her body on the living room floor of a Michigan home, police find 48-year-old Sara Knight, her body covered with a sheet, her cell phone, and the names of family and friends to contact beside her. The caller is quickly identified as Sara’s husband, Harold “Butch” Knight, who fled to Maine and then vanished into thin air. Six years later Butch Knight remains a fugitive, and Sara’s grieving friends and family continue to fight for justice.

Late one hot summer night in 2009, Simpson County, MS firefighters respond to the report of a truck burning on the side of the highway. When an investigation ensues, it appears an accelerant was used to set it ablaze. The following day, the truck’s owner, Flynt Lee, is found floating in the Strong River a few miles from his charred truck. Flynt, a devoted firefighter and friend to all, would never hurt anyone. So, who killed Flynt Lee and why?

Author and paranormal investigator Rob Gutro describes his incredible experiences as a pet medium. Three of Gutro’s former “pet parent” clients share the heartwarming and incredibly specific ways their deceased pets communicated from the other side.

After 22-year-old Cati Blauvelt is found stabbed to death in the basement of an abandoned party house in Simpsonville, SC, her estranged husband, Army Recruiter John Blauvelt, swears he hasn’t seen her in months. Weeks later, John is AWOL, with his new teenage girlfriend in tow. The girlfriend eventually turns up in Oregon but, six years later, John Blauvelt is still on the run, while Cati’s loved ones pray for justice to be served.

In March of 2009, Betty Jane McClellan is shot and killed in her Greene County, Pennsylvania trailer during a home-invasion robbery. Her husband, Jake, survives the attack but questions swirl around his possible involvement. With little evidence for the police to build on, the case goes cold, leaving Betty’s children with only grief and questions. Who would want to kill their mother?

When Corey Scherbey’s mom finds him dead in his apartment, kneeling face down on his sofa, she’s horrified. Police rule his death an accidental cocaine overdose but Corey’s parents insist their son was a hard-working logger who didn’t do drugs. And they’re baffled about the bloody footprints on the stairway, a bloody fingerprint on his wallet, and the cardboard box in the hallway with the words “Better be a funeral” scrawled on it. They believe their son was murdered.

Between 1996 and 2001, a tight-knit cell of radical environmentalists executes a campaign of eco-terrorism across the Western U.S. The group is responsible for nearly $50 million dollars’ worth of destruction. All members have been apprehended with the exception of one: America’s least known, most wanted fugitive, Josephine Sunshine Overaker.

When 36-year-old Markia Benson fails to show up for work, both her co-worker and boyfriend are concerned. They drive to her apartment where they find Markia has been beaten to death and placed in the bathtub, with scalding hot water running over her body. Since 2016, Markia’s family has pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.

On October 5th, 1980, Detective John Williams responds to the scene where a young woman has been found, raped, murdered, and discarded on the side of a remote Nevada road. Investigators have no clue to her identity. With no leads and very little evidence, the case goes cold for 30 years. Now, Detective Joseph Ebert and famed genetic genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter turn to new evolutions in forensic science, and the public, for help finding the nameless woman’s identity…and possibly her killer.

Built in 1847 on the banks of the Ohio River, the Bellaire House is reputed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Since the early twentieth century, it has earned a reputation as a hotbed of paranormal activity, with reports of apparitions, curses, and psychic assaults.

Tammy Palmer, 39, is ambushed and killed after walking her two children to the school bus. The fatal blow — a shotgun blast fired point-blank into her chest. The suspected killer is her father-in-law, Eugene Palmer, who fled the scene, and has been on the run for the past eight years. Palmer is one of the FBI’S Ten Most Wanted fugitives.

Wealthy farmer and businessman, Charles Ewing, is living his best life during a getaway to Hot Springs, Arkansas. He parties with two young women, buys expensive cars, and waves huge wads of cash around town…until he’s found floating in Lake Hamilton, near his new luxury car. Although his death is ruled an accident, Ewing’s daughter, Amery, a young criminal prosecutor, is convinced he was murdered and is looking for justice.

When Kim Flint’s SUV is found abandoned on a Rusk County, Texas, bridge after a one-car accident, her family and law enforcement are mystified as to what happened to the 57-year-old wife and mother. Kim, who suffered from various medical conditions, had given up driving months before. At home, investigators find the house unlocked and her purse and cell phone inside. Extensive searches have turned up no trace of Kim, who appears to have vanished into thin air.

Returning from a trip to the local video store on a cold, rainy April morning, 20-year-old Bryan Mace walks into his house and surprises intruders in the midst of a burglary. Bryan is shot dead, then set on fire to cover the crime and destroy any evidence. It has been eighteen years and no one has been charged with this heinous murder.

Erected in 1914, the Chester County Jail is a hotbed of paranormal activity. In the past 12 years, administrator Liz Anderson has learned to work alongside several different ghosts who allegedly haunt the jail. When Liz invites members of the Charlotte Area Paranormal Society (CAPS) to investigate the ghostly activity, it comes as no surprise that they, too, have incredible experiences with the spirits.

In 2010, popular American University accounting professor Sue Marcum is found bludgeoned to death in her Bethesda, Maryland home. Authorities first suspect a teenager who was arrested for stealing Sue’s Jeep. However, as details unfold, Sue’s long-time friend, Jorge Landeros, becomes the prime suspect. Unfortunately, by the time authorities obtain an arrest warrant, Landeros has fled to Mexico.

In March of 2008, popular high school wrestling coach Garth Rector is gunned down in his Delaware County, Indiana, rental home as he packs for a family vacation to California. When his body is discovered, it’s revealed that the recently separated Rector has been embroiled in more than one affair, leaving the police with multiple persons of interest–but no solid leads emerge. Thirteen years later, his murder remains unsolved. 

In Centerville, Texas, a 911 operator receives a call from a man named Gerald Wilhelm who reports, in a strangely calm voice, that he just woke up from a nap and found his wife, Janice, dead, in a pool of blood, in the same room where he was sleeping. Gerald claims she must have taken her own life by shooting herself and local law enforcement quickly rules Janice’s death a suicide. However, Janice’s children, Wayne Robeson and Jennifer Davis, can find no physical evidence to support that ruling. They believe their mother was murdered and that her death is connected to oil on her property.