Bang to Rights

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

Justin and Amber Hicks called it their dream home. Matthew Lanz lived on the other side of their back fence. 73 days after they moved in, police found their two-year-old son still inside - and what that little boy had witnessed is something no child should ever have to endure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mother was pulled deep into cult beliefs and severe delusions - and her baby paid the ultimate price.This is the disturbing case of Chloe Driver, where faith, fear and mental collapse ended in tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gabbi Doolin was seven years old and cheering for her brother at a youth football game when she vanished. Hundreds of people were there. The game was stopped and her name was called over the PA. She was found 25 minutes later. The man responsible had been in those same stands, watching his own son play. This is Gabbi’s story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Park was days away from becoming a mother when she disappeared. Her body was found three weeks later in a national forest. Her baby was not with her. What Cortney Bartholomew did - and why - defies every human instinct imaginable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jovanni Sierra was celebrating his 13th birthday with a sleepover when one of the guests decided it was time to act. He had already bought the knife. The FBI had been watching him for over a year. And what he did after the attack is something nobody in that house will ever forget. This is Jovanni’s story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

138 pages. That's how much Elena Bardin wrote to one of her teenage students. What those letters contained would shock the court, end her career, and reveal a plan that nobody saw coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nia Glassie was three years old. What happened to her inside her own home over the months before her death is almost impossible to comprehend. And the person who could have stopped it at any moment? She came home, saw what was happening, and threw a party instead. This is Nia's story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tammy Jo Blanton changed the locks, ended the relationship by text, and called the police when he tried to kick her door down. The next morning she didn’t show up for work. Officers came to check on her. A cannibal answered the door. This is the case of Joseph Oberhansley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices