Episodes

  • The Torso Killer
    Jul 23 2024
    Who was the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run? Over a four year period in the 1930s, the dismembered body parts of at least a dozen people popped up throughout Cleveland. The serial killer was never captured or identified and, nearly 90 years later, the infamous ‘Torso Murders’ remain unsolved. In this episode, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy takes an in-depth look at the killings alongside experts with unprecedented knowledge about the case. The podcast also explores the new developments he recently uncovered regarding the Torso Killer’s unidentified victims, including plans to exhume remains for DNA testing.
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    45 mins
  • Running From Robert
    Jul 17 2024
    A mysterious man living a double life. Why did the man known as Joseph Newton Chandler abandon his family, steal the identity of a young boy, and hide from his past for decades? Could he have been a fugitive or an infamous serial killer? 19 News Investigative Reporter Sara Goldenberg takes you inside the journey to find his real identity and uncover his past.
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    47 mins
  • Student Turned Serial Killer: The Early Years of Jeffrey Dahmer
    Nov 22 2023
    Jeffrey Dahmer, the infamous Milwaukee Cannibal, brutally murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1992. In this episode, 19 News investigator Kelly Kennedy takes a deep dive into the serial killer's earlier years growing up in Northeast Ohio. Listeners will hear from Dahmer's 91-year-old high school teacher, as well as one of his classmates, about what the killer was like as a teenager when he attended Revere High School.
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    37 mins
  • Finding Keshaun (Part 2)
    Nov 15 2023
    As the reward increases in Keshaun Williams' case, the mother of the missing 15-year-old makes a public plea for tips that can help bring her son back home. In part 2 of this series, 19 News investigative reporter Sara Goldenberg updates the ongoing search for Keshaun and speaks with Sylvia Colon, co-founder of the Cleveland Family Center for Missing Children and Adults, about how the organization is helping Keshaun's family and the families of others who have disappeared.
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    19 mins
  • A Day of Freedom
    Nov 8 2023
    Michelle Knight was abducted and held captive in a Cleveland, Ohio home for more than a decade. Yvonne Pointer spent years seeking justice for her daughter Gloria, who was kidnapped and murdered at age 14 while walking to school. On May 6, 2013, the day of Michelle's miraculous escape from her kidnapper's house of horrors, fate would bring the two women together. In this episode, Michelle and Yvonne share their emotional story of freedom, faith, and friendship for the very first time with 19 News anchor Tiffani Tucker.
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    21 mins
  • Finding Keshaun (Part 1)
    Nov 1 2023
    It’s been more than 100 days since 15-year-old Keshaun Williams disappeared after going to a party in Cleveland, Ohio. Witnesses later told police they saw him tied up and beaten inside of a car, which led to what has now become Ohio’s longest active Amber Alert. 19 News Investigative reporter Sara Goldenberg speaks with Cleveland Police and the U.S. Marshals Service for an update on the search for Keshaun.
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    23 mins
  • Stolen Irish Child
    Oct 25 2023
    Marie Wydra was two years old when she was stolen from her mother in Ireland and sold to an abusive couple in Cleveland, Ohio. In this episode, 19 News reporter Jen Picciano takes you inside Marie's story of dark discoveries at a mother and baby home in Dublin, and the incredible journey to find her birth mother before it was too late.
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    41 mins
  • Who Murdered Ricky & Mary?
    Oct 18 2023
    What was supposed to be a fun Friday night date to a drive-in movie in August 1979 ended up as one of the most talked about murder mysteries in northeast Ohio. What happened to Ricky Beard and Mary Leonard? More than 40 years later, police still don't know who killed the teen couple. In this episode, 19 News investigator Kelly Kennedy cracks open the cold case files alongside detectives as they discuss possible suspects. You'll also hear from Mary and Ricky's siblings, who are still desperate for justice all these years later.
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    37 mins