Sylvia Likens (Part 1)

The Indianapolis Police Department’s Chief of Homicide called it “the most sadistic act I ever came across,” and today the murder of Sylvia Likens is still considered to be one of the most terrible crimes to occur in Indiana, even after half a century has passed.

On October 26th, 1965, Police arrived at 3820 East New York Street and found the body of Sylvia Likens in the basement. She was sprawled on a filthy mattress with cuts, bruises, and burns covering most of her body, and it was apparent to the police that something horrendous has happened within the house.

John Doe U-013423274 (Spotlight on John Does #1)

Late in 1996, a man in his late thirties to early forties packed a yellow plastic flashlight and bottle of run in a black duffle bag. He traveled to Harvey Road, near Colonial Hill apartments and walked until he found the spot that he wanted. Sitting with his back against a tree, he pulled out a gun, placed it against his left eye and pulled the trigger. 

The Lady of Crescent Lake

On a summer morning in July 1940, two fishermen were enjoying their time out on the lake when they spotted something floating in the water not too far from where they were. Curious, the two made their way over to the object, and as they drew closer, they were able to see exactly what it was.

It was a body, wrapped in blankets and hogtied with a heavy rope.

Sheep Flats Jane Doe

On Saturday the 17th of July, 1982, a young woman and a companion walked across a meadow known to locals as the sheep flats. She was 5 and a half feet tall, of slender build with light brown hair, which was pulled back into a bun and hazel eyes.

Dressed for a day at the beach, the young woman and her companion sat down on a log, and she took off her shoes. It is not known how long they sat there together, but at some point, the two decided that it was time to walk back to their car. As the woman knelt down to tie up her shoes, her companion took out a gun. They then aimed it at the woman and fired.

Maria and Judith Barsi

After immigrating from Soviet-occupied Hungary to the United States, Józef Barsi met Maria Virovacz. Shortly after getting married, the two moved to Los Angeles where in 1978 Maia gave birth to their first and only child.

Mary Vincent

At fifteen years old, Mary Vincent was going through a fairly typical time of rebellion. She was cutting classes and wearing makeup, which frustrated her strict parents Lucy and Herb Vincent. After running away and living with her older boyfriend for a while until he was accused of raping a High School girl, she decided that she wanted to leave Las Vegas so she could get away from everything. After a bit of thinking, she decided to go to Corona, California where her Grandfather lived.

Kelsey Smith (Part 2)

With the knowledge that they were now dealing with an abduction, the police started to go back over everything they had to see if they could come up with a suspect. They reviewed all the statements that they had been given and all the footage they had been given again.

Kelsey Smith (Part 1)

It was getting close to 8 pm on June 2nd 2007, when Greg Smith started to get worried about his daughter Kelsey. 18-year-old Kelsey Smith had told her Dad that she was just heading to Target to go gift shopping for John as they were going to be celebrating their 6-month anniversary soon and she wanted to get him something. Not long after she had left, Kelsey had called her Mum, Missey Smith, to get some advice on where to find a couple of things in the Target but there had been no word from her since that phone call.

Evil Genius (Recommended Watching)

Title: Evil Genius
Year: 2018
Where to watch: Netflix
Synopsis: This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck — and gets weirder from there.

Munchausen and Murder (Part 2)

From about three months of age, Dee Dee Blancharde started to tell people that Gypsy suffered from sleep apnea despite tests showing that there was no sign at all. Family and friends would tell everyone that even though Gypsy was a little bit premature and her skull was a little off, there was nothing at all physically wrong with the baby. It would be around this time that Dee Dee would begin to explain that a chromosomal disorder was the reason why Gypsy’s head wasn’t the shape it was supposed to be.