Killer Thriller: The Homecoming Princess Who Became a Charles Manson Killer

Greer Grammer reveals how Leslie Van Houten went from an ordinary California teenager to a convicted Manson Family killer and shares her surprising personal connection to the woman who participated in the brutal murders.

Killer Thriller Docu: How to Avoid Getting Murdered by Your Husband

Elizabeth Chambers joins Jennifer Fessler to break down the devastating Haight family murders and the chilling warning signs that preceded the tragedy. Discussing her Investigation Discovery special, Toxic: What Happened in the Haight House?, Elizabeth reveals the controlling behaviors, financial a…

Killer Thriller: She Was Convicted of Murdering Her Husband. But Who Cut Up His Body?

A New Jersey father of two vanishes, only for his dismembered remains to turn up in three suitcases along the Virginia coast. His wife is convicted of murder, but investigators never establish exactly where the gruesome dismemberment took place. How could someone commit such a horrific crime witho…

Killer Thriller x Docu: Trick or Terror: When Halloween Turns Deadly

Halloween is all about costumes, candy, and spooky fun, but these true crime stories are scarier than fiction. 🎃 Jen Fessler and Elisa Donovan discuss three chilling cases involving a Halloween-night murder, a devastating family massacre, and a father who poisoned his child’s Halloween candy. It’s…

Killer Thriller: The Unabomber Couldn't Get a Date. Did That Fuel His Killing Spree?

What did romantic rejection have to do with the Unabomber's murderous rage? Possibly more than anyone realized. Former FBI profiler James Fitzgerald joins Elisa Donovan to reveal the disturbing stories buried in Ted Kaczynski's private writings: including a disastrous date, a humiliating workplace…

Killer Thriller Docu: A missing teen, 30 years without answers, and the suspect who could soon walk free

Convicted sex offender Howard John Gombert Jr. is nearing release from prison, and investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff believes he may hold the key to solving the 30-year-old disappearance of 17-year-old Robin Murphy. Jennifer Fessler speaks with the host of The Devil’s Quarry about the clues …

Killer Thriller: When a Whole Town Wants You Dead, Is It Murder or Justice?

Ken McElroy terrorized an entire town and kept getting away with it. Until the day his luck ran out. He was gunned down in front of dozens of witnesses, and suddenly “nobody saw a thing.” In Broad Daylight author Harry MacLean joins Elisa Donovan to unpack this wild true crime story, how McElroy b…

Killer Thriller x Docu: Elizabeth Holmes, a Naked Boyfriend, and Three Hours of Absolute Insanity

Elisa Donovan and Jenn Fessler are still trying to process Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything. From outrageous revelations to laugh-out-loud absurdity, the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary is unlike anything they've ever watched. Elisa and Jenn break down the wildest moments and debate the qu…

Killer Thriller: Did the Menendez Relatives Know About the Abuse All Along?

What did relatives know, and what did they keep secret? Actress Marlene Forte, who played the brothers' aunt in Netflix's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, joins Killer Thriller to reveal the disturbing family secrets, the warning signs that may have been ignored, and why José Menendez's…

Killer Thriller Docu: The girl next door who ended up in Federal Prison

A teenage girl, a major cocaine operation, and seven years in federal prison. Jennifer Fessler sits down with Denise Trigo Fleming, author of Dealing: Memoirs of a Cocaine Teenpin, to explore how she went from a teenager caught up in Southern California’s glamorous drug scene to serving time in fed…