This Halloween weekend, we’re focusing on cases that haunt us. These include unsolved crimes that sleuths are still investigating and atrocious acts that leave their imprint on the places where they were committed: the Black Dahlia murder in Los Angeles, the disappearance of University of Minnesota student Mike Olson in Florida, the horrors of Pennhurst asylum and the haunting of Detroit’s Cadieux Café.
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Halloween Eve True Crime Bonus: Black Dahlia case solved and here's who investigator says did it
Eli Frankel, award-winning documentarian, spent five years investigating the Black Dahlia case, where a 22 year-old Elizabeth Short was sawed in half and left in a field outside Los Angeles. He believes the case is solved, alongside a much-lesser known cold case in St. Louis. Frankel, author of 'Sisters in Death,' discusses his findings here with Christy Strawser.
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TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Tip revives 40-year-old disappearance investigation & more
This week, we’re covering news of a tip that reopened the 40-year old disappearance of Cherrie Mahan, an eight-year-old who vanished from the driveway of her own home in Pennsylvania
We’re also checking in on another Pennsylvania case that’s currently under investigation, the murder of 23-year-old Penn State graduate Kada Scott. Her remains were found this month after left home to go to her overnight job at an assisted living facility and never returned. While one suspect in the case has been arrested, authorities are searching for another.
In Minnesota, we’ll also get the latest updates in the Annunciation Catholic Church mass shooting that claimed two lives and inured two others in August. A girl who shot in the left frontal lobe during the attack went home this weekend in time for her 13th birthday. As she heals, so does the community shocked by the tragedy. We’ll hear from the father of girls who witnessed the shooting and a state lawmaker on efforts to move forward.
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TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: A mother and son charged for murder, the Dallas ICE shooter and the Ellen Greenberg case
This week, we’re focusing on updates to three cases. One is the 2011 death of Ellen Greenberg in Pennsylvania. This case been covered in the Hulu documentary series “Death in Apartment 603”.
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TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Are there signs that a perpetrator is about to strike?
This week, we’re taking a look at cases that bring up questions about the signs leading up to crimes. Are there ways for us to predict when a perpetrator will strike, ways to prevent crimes from happening? Are we doing enough to make sure perpetrators won’t strike again?
You’ll hear from KNX News’ the LA Local podcast about the man arrested for starting the massive Pacific Palisades Fire that claimed 12 lives while also ruining homes, businesses and more. You’ll also hear from a crime expert in New Orleans about a carjacker with a frightening past and from the legal team of a woman who claims she was sexually abused by a nurse in Michigan about that nurse’s alleged history of assault.
A story about how the mayor of one of America’s largest towns – Detroit -- got connected by rumor to the death of an exotic dancer. Tamara ‘Strawberry’ Greene’s murder remains unsolved.