



Rachel Barber
In 1999, 15-year-old ballet student Rachel Barber vanished from her home in Melbourne after leaving to meet someone she trusted. What police eventually uncovered was a chilling betrayal driven by obsession, jealousy, and a plan that had been forming for months. Story starts at 25:25 Full video: w…

BONUS: Lance Armstrong
The Lance Armstrong doping scandal involved cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005 while secretly using performance-enhancing drugs. For years Armstrong denied the allegations and even sued accusers. In 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency c…

Betsy Faria
The murder of Betsy Faria took place in 2011 in Troy, Missouri. She was found dead in her home in a case that quickly drew national attention due to the unusual circumstances and the twists that followed. The investigation and subsequent legal proceedings became highly controversial, raising quest…

BONUS: Ned Kelly with Scott Williams
Ned Kelly was a 19th-century Australian outlaw who became a folk legend for his defiance of colonial police. Raised in poverty, he turned to crime after ongoing conflicts with authorities and led a gang that robbed banks. He’s best known for wearing homemade metal armour during his last stand in 18…

Shannon Matthews
The case of Shannon Matthews began in 2008 in Dewsbury, when the nine-year-old was reported missing by her mother. A huge public search followed, with intense media coverage across the UK. As the investigation unfolded, the story gripped the nation and became one of the most talked-about criminal …

BONUS: Scamilton!
Scamilton! was an unauthorised 2022 church production of Hamilton staged by The Door Christian Fellowship McAllen in McAllen, Texas, that altered lyrics and themes to include Christian messaging. The production went viral and ended up drawing legal action from the show’s creators. Full video:watch…

Kim Wall
Kim Wall, a Swedish freelance journalist, was murdered in August 2017 while reporting in Denmark. She boarded the privately built submarine UC3 Nautilus to interview its owner, Peter Madsen, but never returned. Her dismembered remains were later found in the waters around Copenhagen, and Madsen gav…

BONUS: Max Headroom TV Hijacking with Joel Duscher
The Max Headroom TV hijacking was a 1987 broadcast intrusion in Chicago where a masked person dressed as Max Headroom briefly hijacked signals from WGN-TV and later WTTW. The surreal, rambling interruption lasted about 90 seconds, and the culprits were never caught. Story starts at 19:58 Full vi…

Elizabeth Smart
In 2002 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City, which sparked a massive search and intense national media attention. The story focuses on the investigation, the family’s fight to keep hope alive, and broader questions about how missing-child cases are handled in th…

BONUS: The controversy surrounding James Frey
James Frey became the center of major controversy after it was revealed that significant parts of his bestselling 2003 memoir A Million Little Pieces were exaggerated or fabricated. The scandal intensified in 2006 when Frey appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and admitted to embellishments, sparking…