Month: June 2018

The Coleman Family

 

In May 2009, a tragedy hit the small St. Louis suburb of Columbia, Illinois. A loving mother and her two young sons were found dead in their beds. But who would do such a thing, and why?

REMINDER: I will be on maternity leave for the next 8 weeks. The next episode will be released on August 20, 2018. Thank you for your patience! 

CORRECTION: In the episode, I refer to a woman “who was having an affair with” a married male. I should have instead said that she was “the woman with whom he was having an affair.”

Music in this episode:

• Lochley Fells by Blue Dot Sessions – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Barstool/Lochley_Fells
• Feeling by Borrtex – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Emotion/1Feeling
• Everywhere by Lee Rosevere – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts_5/Lee_Rosevere_-_Music_For_Podcasts_5_-_06_Everywhere
• Noodle Opus by Blue Dot Sessions – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Piano_Mover/Noodle_Opus
• Gone by Audiobinger – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Audiobinger/~/Gone_1140
• Memoir of Solitude – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Memoir_of_Solitude/untitled_1306
• soli by Kai Engel – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_02_soli_1164

Laura Ackerson

 

Grant and Amanda Hayes

 

Amanda on surveillance video, dumping acid

 

Grant at his trial

 

Amanda testifying at her trial 

 

In July 2011, 27-year-old Laura Ackerson went to pick up her two children from her ex-boyfriend’s house, only to never be seen or heard from again. The former boyfriend is immediately a suspect, but he quickly points the finger at his new wife. After two trials, will we finally get the answers to what happened to Laura?

Disclaimer: This episode contains some graphic testimony. Listener discretion is advised.

Music in this episode:

• Suppose It Is by Podington Bear – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Piano_II_-_Felt/Suppose_It_Is
• You Promise by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/08_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_you_promise
• Clouds by Sergey Cheremisinov – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/White_Atlantis/Sergey_Cheremisinov_-_White_Atlantis_-_01_Clouds
• Break Through by Pictures of the Floating World – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures_of_the_Floating_World/Approach/05_Break_Through
• Walking by Borrtex – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Ability/Borrtex_-_03_-_Walking
• Not Alone by Lee Rosevere – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_for_Podcasts_4/Lee_Rosevere_-_Music_for_Podcasts_4_-_10_Not_Alone
• Fourth Dimension by Alex Mason/The Minor Emotion – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_MasonThe_Minor_Emotion/Return_1655/03_1887
• soli by Kai Engel – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_02_soli_1164

Darren Sharper

 

Darren in court for sentencing

 

Erik Nunez and Brandon Licciardi

 

Darren Sharper retired from the NFL a sports hero, after helping lead the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl victory in 2011. But just three years later, some shocking allegations would surface and prove that everything wasn’t as it seemed.

Thank you to Ramon Antonio Vargas, for helping me with this case. Follow him on Twitter @RVargasAdvocate or email him at rvargas@theadvocate.com.

Music in this episode:

• Noodle Opus by Blue Dot Sessions – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Piano_Mover/Noodle_Opus
• Suppose It Is by Podington Bear – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Piano_II_-_Felt/Suppose_It_Is
• Not Alone by Lee Rosevere – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_for_Podcasts_4/Lee_Rosevere_-_Music_for_Podcasts_4_-_10_Not_Alone
• Locked Up by Scott Holmes – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Documentary__TV_series/Locked_Up
• Farsight by Coldnoise – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/Waiting_for_Daylight_V1/8_Farsight
• modum by Kai Engel – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_07_modum_1636
• soli by Kai Engel – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_02_soli_1164