53. Hidden Horrors: The Secret Life and Crimes of Payne

Dani and Stephanie dive into another death row case in Idaho: A Boise State student leaves work for class and vanishes, along with her unmistakable green Mustang. That same morning, a brand-new Micron employee doesn’t show up either… and his wife finds their home weirdly “off”. Two days later, with a deputy finally at the house to take a missing-person report, the phone rings; what’s said on that call blows the entire case wide open and sends police racing from Idaho to an Oregon Motel 6. As the investigation unfolds, a disturbing pattern emerges: past “peeping” behavior, hints of other attacks, and a gut-wrenching look at how an earlier assault involving two 14-year-old girls was handled. Trials, DNA, a death sentence, reversals, and more follow—because this story does not stop once the cuffs go on.Contact The Lethal Library at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok!