The tragic story of Addie Hall and Zack Bowen has become infamous in a city known for ghosts and spirits. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 17 of Friday Night Crimes! This week, we’re headed down south to New Orleans, a city of history, spirituality, and debauchery. …

Ariel Castro was a sadistic and cruel criminal who deserved so much worse than he ultimately got. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 16 of Friday Night Crimes! This week, we’re looking into the crimes of Ariel Castro, a Cleveland man who kept three women hostage in his home for over ten years. …

DNA evidence is considered an ironclad indicator of innocence or guilt nowadays, but it wasn’t always that way. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 16 of Friday Night Crimes! This week, we’re headed to the home state of Elvis Presley, country music, and whiskey. However, we’re not visiting Graceland or Nashville, we’re investigating a murder wherein the killer was tried, convicted, and executed for his…

Overkill tells investigators quite a bit before an autopsy is performed. Still, justice for this victim was a slow process. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 15 of Friday Night Crimes! This week, we’re headed to an idyllic small town where a beloved elderly billionaire was brutally murdered. Called “the best town on Earth,” Madisonville, Kentucky was rocked by the death of Ann Branson, but even more…

Sometimes, all a killer needs is an opportunity. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 14 of Friday Night Crimes! In the music industry, a “one-hit-wonder” is a musician who is successful with one song but does not achieve comparable success with any other song they produce. In this week’s case, we’re talking about a homicidal…

Nature, nurture, means, and motive: a deadly cocktail for the wrong individual. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 13 of Friday Night Crimes! Nature versus nurture has been a long-held debate in psychology and society. In summary, it begs the question: how much of a person’s upbringing (nurture) is related to their innate proclivities(nature)? Jeffrey Mailhot killed three women…

Children are nontransferable. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 12 of Friday Night Crimes! Illegal incidents involving children are somehow so much worse than those that involve adults. Children symbolize innocence and freedom, so reading about that being forcefully taken away is difficult regardless of the circumstances. That said, not…

Roy DeMeo was a mobster whose macabre tactics earned him a place in history books. — Warning: This article contains depictions of excessive violence, including descriptions of exsanguination, decapitation, and vengeance-based homicide. Read with caution. Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 11 of Friday Night Crimes! …

The story of a notorious burglar whose crimes escalated to homicide. — Narrator: Good evening and welcome to season 2, episode 10 of Friday Night Crimes! This week, we’re talking about a criminal with a penchant for pilfering things that didn’t belong to him, which tragically included a prominent cardiologist’s life. Let’s get into it. The Timeline: 1980–1981 Chronological Events of the Case December 5, 1980: Career criminal Bernard C…