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George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico before moving to New York City, where he became a successful antiques and art dealer. In 1990, at age 49, George was happy. He was planning a new life with his former publicist and current girlfriend, Mary-Louise Hawkins, after years in an unhappy marriage. But George’s newfound happiness […] The post Murdered for Money: George Kogan appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Here is a blast from the past—a members-only episode of a Dateline rewatch and recap! Happy New Year and we hope you enjoy our recap of a crazy episode of Dateline Unforgettable hosted by Andrea Canning. In this case, an Alabama husband, Michael Reese, is murdered in his own home. His wife Cindy seems beyond […] The post Dateline Unforgettable Rewatch: Even the Devil Went to Church (rerelease) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On the morning of December 30, 1978, the bodies of 45-year-old Nancy Spangler and her two teenage children were found in their home in Littleton, Colorado. All three had been shot to death with a handgun. The children were found in their bedrooms and Nancy was slumped in a chair in the basement, a bullet […] The post A Very Bad Husband: Robert Spangler appeared first on Tiegrabber.

We’re back with another premium episode rerelease for the public, this time a rewatch and recap of a Dateline episode with our favorite reporter, Keith Morrison. If you haven’t subscribed for TCB premium ad-free and bonus episodes, maybe you should? Just something to consider! Happy Holidays! Larry Isenberg disappeared on Feb. 13, 2018 while out […] The post Dateline Rewatch & Recap: Kill Switch (rerelease) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Engaged Swedish couple Heidi Birgitta Paakkonen and Sven Urban Höglin were in their early twenties when they disappeared on a visit to New Zealand back in 1989. They were on an adventure, backpacking through the bush that April, and they were reported missing that May. Join us at the quiet end for The Swedish Tourist […] The post The Swedish Tourist Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

This is a public rerelease of a members-only episode from last spring. Hope you enjoy it! If you would like more episodes like this, without ads, check out tiegrabber.com/subscribe or visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tiegrabber. On Nov 2, 2016, 34-year-old Sherri Papini was jogging near her home in Redding, CA. She was apparently kidnapped […] The post The Sherri Papini Kidnapping Hoax-Rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber.

So, now we’re back for part two of the fascinating and disturbing case of convicted child killer Lucy Letby. Since part one, we’ve reviewed interviews with her accusers, her defenders, scientific experts, and nurses who either worked in neonatal units, in the Countess of Chester neonatal unit, or worked directly with Lucy Letby. We’ve also […] The post Lucy Letby: The Common Denominator Part Two appeared first on Tiegrabber.

This is a rerelease of a bonus episode released last summer for subscribers only. We thought we’d share this on the public feed for those of you needing an escape from the upcoming holiday stress. Hope you enjoy our discussion! Cullen Davis was a man who believed that money could buy anything. And he may […] The post A Perversion of Justice-Rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber.

In this previously released for members-only episode, Jill & Dick recap and discuss the ID docuseries The Lost Women of Highway 20. We recommend that you watch it first, but you can definitely follow the story by just listening to the podcast. If you’d like more episodes like these without ads, check out subscribing options […] The post The Lost Women of Highway 20—rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When British nurse Lucy Letby went on trial in 2023, the case against her seemed overwhelming. She was charged with 22 murders and attempted murders in the neonatal unit where she worked at Countess of Chester Hospital. The case centered on an abnormally high number of deaths between June 2015 and June 2016. Although no […] The post Lucy Letby: The Common Denominator Part One appeared first on Tiegrabber.

The van Breda family enjoyed wealth, travel, and the love of friends and family. They travelled together, had apparently enviable relationships, and the children were educated at some of the best schools from around the world. All five family members were living what seemed like a dream life in a high-security, luxury estate just outside […] The post What Marli Forgot: The van Breda Axe Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When 15-year-old Holly Harvey’s grandparents forbade her from spending time with her 16-year-old lover, Sandy, both Holly and Sandy grew bitter and antagonistic. Carl and Sarah Collier loved their out-of-control granddaughter, who they were raising while her mother was in prison. Carl and Sarah did not give up on Holly, but then they began to […] The post To-Do List appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Just three years after Thomas Keir told everyone that his first wife Jean left him and their young son behind to be with another man, his second wife Rosalina was found dead and severely burned on her bed. Keir’s claims to be unlucky and grief-stricken were questioned by investigators as well as family, friends, and […] The post The Two Wives of Thomas Keir appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On the afternoon of June 26, 2010, a Pennsylvania State Trooper witnessed a car driving erratically. It sped past him and crashed into a tree. Stopping to help, he found the driver alive and covered in blood. When asked what happened, the man answered: “I just killed everybody.” Join us at the quiet end for […] The post Evil Out on Parole appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Back in the winter of 1985, two friends from Detroit set out on a hunting trip in rural Michigan. Brian Ognjan and David Tyll, both 27-years-old, had been looking forward to this trip and had planned it for weeks. But somewhere along the way, the hunters became the hunted. They vanished somewhere in the bitter cold, […] The post Into the Cold appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Back in the summer of 1973, the Houston Police were called to a home where a 33-year-old man named Dean Corll had been shot to death. This crime scene led them to search a shed he had been renting and a wooded area nearby. Finally, the community would learn what had happened to their missing […] The post The Candy Man Killer & the Lost Boys of Houston Heights appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Carol Montecalvo was a devoted Christian who married her prison pen pal. Once he was released, they seemed happy. But on the evening of March 31, 1988, Carol and her husband Dan were shot. Dan survived. Carol was killed. After Carol’s death, Dan told police that, on the night of the shooting, he and Carol […] The post Death of a Prison Bride appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Emile Cilliers tried to murder his wife Victoria by sabotaging her parachute, but that was not his first attempt to kill her. Emile had a long history of lying, stealing, and having extramarital affairs. He also had a temper. Victoria knew that her husband was often dishonest and emotionally closed off, but she desperately wanted […] The post The Parachute Murder Plot appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Christa Worthington was a Vassar grad from a prominent family, living on her own on Cape Cod. She had left behind her career as a fashion writer for a simpler life, having a daughter on her own and raising her on the Cape. Then, in January 2002, forty-six-year-old Christa was found stabbed to death in […] The post The Burden of Bias appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Sandra Bridewell lived a life of privilege throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. In fact, her life could have been described as near perfect if not for the trail of dead bodies left in her wake. Her first husband, a prominent dentist, died in their home in 1975. Her second husband, a real estate […] The post Death Followed Her appeared first on Tiegrabber.