Bang to Rights

Erica Parsons was adopted as a baby by Casey and Sandy Parsons in North Carolina. Nobody reported her missing for nearly two years. When her adoptive brother finally walked into a police station in 2013 and told them what he believed had happened, investigators began one of the most disturbing cases the state had ever seen. This is the case of Erica Parsons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shannon O’Connor became known as the “Los Gatos Party Mom” after opening her California home to her teenage son and his friends. At first, she seemed like the parent who allowed them to get away with almost anything — but what was really happening inside her home would eventually lead to her arrest and a case that shocked the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Hertgen called 911 himself. “I’m not going to go into any more details right now,” he told the operator. When police arrived at his home and saw what he’d done to his own brother — and what had been left arranged on the dining table — the details were ruled too disturbing to be played in full in court. This is the case of Matthew Hertgen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martina Esqueda lived with her husband and five boyfriends under one roof. When a dog fight left her with a broken arm she blamed one of them. What she ordered the others to do next shocked even the judge. This is the case of Martina Esqueda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tristan Roberts spent weeks planning his mother's murder. He bought weapons, announced his plans online and bought a dictaphone so he could record every second of what he was about to do. The recording was so disturbing it couldn't be played in court. This is the case of Tristan Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 2022 twelve year old Lola Daviet was walking home from school in Paris when she was lured into an apartment. Days earlier her killer had been searching online for something nobody could have predicted. What happened inside that apartment shocked an entire country. This is the case of Lola Daviet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvey Marcelin had already been convicted of murder twice — spending over 50 years behind bars across two separate sentences. Each time he was released, he killed again. In 2022 at 83 years old, investigators received a tip about a shopping cart abandoned on a Brooklyn street. What they found inside led them straight to Marcelin — and what surveillance cameras had already captured was unlike anything investigators said they had seen before. This is the case of Harvey Marcelin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China Arnold was a mother from Dayton, Ohio. In August 2005 she brought her 28-day-old daughter Paris to hospital — unconscious. Doctors couldn’t explain what had happened. Then the coroner’s findings pointed to something so disturbing it had barely been seen before in a criminal case. This is the case of China Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anggy Diaz moved to America from Nicaragua dreaming of a better life. She was working two jobs to pay for her mother’s cancer treatment back home. Three months after her wedding she was found dead in the home she shared with her husband — the scene described by the sheriff as one of the most gruesome he had ever seen. This is the case of Anggy Diaz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In November 2020 something happened in a Houston apartment that nobody reported. Nobody called for help. Nobody came. For almost a year three young boys were left completely alone inside — until the eldest finally picked up the phone in October 2021 and told police what had been in that apartment with them the entire time. This is the case of Kendrick Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In September 2024 Paul Scott tried to break up a fight. He walked away thinking nothing of it. Nine months later a mother arrived at his door at 3am with her son and daughter — armed with knives — and her daughter filmed the whole thing. This is the case of Paul Scott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At her own gender reveal Nicole Blain stormed off clutching a pink knife after finding out she was having a girl. Nineteen days after her daughter Thea was born, she was dead. Blain blamed another child for the injuries. A pathologist ruled that was impossible. This is the case of Nicole Blain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cheryl Christensen’s disabled son was found dead on her bathroom floor. She had been his sole carer for over thirty years. What she told police about his final days was disturbing enough — but years later, just weeks before she was due in court, something happened that nobody could have predicted. This is the case of Cheryl Christensen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Austin Metcalf and his twin brother arrived at a school track meet together on April 2nd 2025. Only one of them went home. A four minute argument over a tent ended with Austin stabbed through the heart — his last words were "I've been stabbed." This is the case of Austin Metcalf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preston Davey was thirteen months old when he was placed with two men for adoption in Blackpool. Everyone who met him described him as a happy, smiley little boy. Four months later he was dead. The lead detective called it the most harrowing case of his career. This is the murder of baby Preston Davey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He had a Cambridge degree, a respected lecturing job, and a Twitter feed full of awkward selfies and dinosaur photos. To anyone who knew him, Matthew Falder seemed completely harmless.But behind that ordinary appearance, he was secretly operating on the dark web under the name “666devil”. What investigators eventually uncovered was so disturbing it took authorities from five countries four years to piece together the full extent of his crimes.When they finally arrested him, seasoned detectives said they had never encountered anything like it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sonia Exelby was struggling when she posted online looking for someone to torture and kill her. A man in Florida answered. She flew from England to meet him, handing over $1,200 before he led her to a remote property. A week later, she was found dead in a shallow grave.This is the case of Sonia Exelby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cati Blauvelt was 22 years old when her husband John disappeared the same day her body was found. He was an Army recruiter. He had a 17-year-old girlfriend. And for six years he lived under a series of fake names while investigators searched for him. This is Cati's story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Katie Lee called 911 she told the dispatcher she couldn’t get her son to stop breathing. Austin was 17. What happened in that house before she picked up the phone is something nobody could have predicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the night of December 3rd 2025, 18-year-old Henry Nowak was walking home through Southampton after a night out with his university football team. Hours earlier he had filmed the man who would kill him. When police arrived after the stabbing, they handcuffed Henry. What the bodycam captured in those final minutes has shocked the entire country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices