Episodes

  • Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Lazale Ashby

    Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Lazale Ashby
    Feb 2 2026
    Lazale Ashby is a Connecticut inmate whose legal saga stems from the December 2002 rape and murder of 21-year-old Elizabeth Garcia in her Hartford apartment; DNA evidence and his own statements led to his arrest and a 2008 conviction on multiple counts, including capital felony, for which he was sentenced to death — making him one of the state’s youngest death row prisoners — but after Connecticut abolished the death penalty, that sentence was converted to life plus 125 years. However, in 2020 the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned his conviction because his rights were violated at the original trial, and Ashby later pleaded guilty in 2023 and received a 46½-year prison sentence, the third sentencing in the case; he is also serving a 25-year term for another 2003 murder

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    39 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with Rebecca Martinez (Released)

    Jailhouse interview with Rebecca Martinez (Released)
    Jan 26 2026
    Andrew speaks with recently released California prisoner, Rebecca Martinez. Martinez was released after serving a 32-month prison sentence. Rebecca Martinez has been convicted of burglary, vehicle theft, battery on an officer, murder, accessory to murder, kidnapping, carjacking, battery, assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and felony evading.

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    41 mins
  • A conversation with retired criminal investigator Steven Lampley

    A conversation with retired criminal investigator Steven Lampley
    Jan 5 2026
    Steven David Lampley is a former police officer and undercover sex-crimes (SVU) detective with more than two decades of law-enforcement experience who has since become a bestselling true-crime author, speaker, and expert on deception and forensic investigation. He’s worked high-profile cases featured on television programs such as America’s Most Wanted and Investigation Discovery.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Dani Holder

    Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Dani Holder
    Nov 30 2025
    When he was 15 (later described as 16 when sentenced), Betournay was tried and convicted for killing his 14-year-old sister (April Betournay) and her 14-year-old friend (Beth Garbe) on December 14, 1994. He bound the girls’ wrists and ankles with duct tape, then sealed plastic bags over their heads — suffocating them. He later confessed. Although his defense argued that mental illness and diminished capacity should preclude a first-degree murder charge, a judge ruled he was competent to stand trial as an adult. A jury convicted him of two counts of first-degree murder after 6½ days of trial and about seven hours of deliberation.

    At sentencing, Betournay — then 16 — was given a prison term of 63 years and 4 months, which exceeded by over ten years the standard sentencing range for two first-degree murder convictions in such a case. Even accounting for possible good behavior reductions, prosecutors estimated he would likely remain imprisoned until around age 70. Dani Holder was recently in late 2025.

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    24 mins
  • A conversation with Martin McNally and film directors Eli Kooris and Joshua Shaffer

    A conversation with Martin McNally and film directors Eli Kooris and Joshua Shaffer
    Nov 20 2025
    American Skyjacker (2025) is a true-crime action documentary that chronicles the story of Martin McNally, who in June 1972 hijacked an American Airlines Boeing 727, demanded $500,000 in ransom, and parachuted out of the back — modeling his crime after the infamous D.B. Cooper hijacking. McNally narrates the tale in his own words, with cinematic reenactments showing not just the hijacking but the manhunt, his prison escape attempts, and a later hijacking in 1978.

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    www.americanskyjacker.com

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    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_skyjacker

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    24 mins
  • A conversation with Randy Garnder, brother of executed prisoner Ronnie Gardner: Live Feed

    A conversation with Randy Garnder, brother of executed prisoner Ronnie Gardner: Live Feed
    Nov 13 2025
    Please note that the live was done on a cell phone, due to Randy being unable to access a laptop/tablet.

    Ronnie Lee Gardner was a convicted murderer from Utah whose violent criminal history and dramatic courtroom escape attempt made him one of the state’s most infamous prisoners. Born in 1961, Gardner endured a troubled childhood marked by abuse, neglect, and frequent run-ins with the law. By his early twenties, he was already incarcerated for violent crimes. In 1985, while being transported to court for a hearing on a murder charge, Gardner attempted to escape and fatally shot attorney Michael Burdell inside the courthouse.

    The incident led to his conviction for capital murder and a death sentence.Gardner spent 25 years on Utah’s death row, during which he became a controversial figure in debates over the death penalty. Known for his defiant attitude early in his incarceration, he later expressed remorse for his actions and pursued education and spiritual growth while imprisoned. His 2010 execution by firing squad — the first in Utah in 14 years — drew widespread attention and reignited discussions about humane methods of execution and the purpose of capital punishment in modern America.

    Randy Gardner, Ronnie’s brother, became an outspoken opponent of the death penalty after witnessing his brother’s execution. Deeply affected by the loss and the trauma of the event, Randy turned his grief into advocacy, speaking publicly about the emotional toll capital punishment inflicts on families of both victims and offenders. He has since worked with human rights and anti-death-penalty organizations, sharing his story to highlight the human cost of executions and the cycle of violence they perpetuate. His activism has made him a well-known voice in the movement to abolish the death penalty in the United States.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Jeffrey Franklin

    Jailhouse interview with convicted double murderer Jeffrey Franklin
    Nov 10 2025
    In March 1998, Jeffrey Franklin, a 17-year-old high school student from Huntsville, Alabama, brutally attacked his family in their home in the Camelot subdivision. Armed with a hatchet, sledgehammer, and knife, Franklin killed his mother, Cynthia, and father, Gerald, and severely injured three of his younger siblings. Two other siblings managed to escape the attack unharmed. When police arrived, they found a horrifying crime scene described as one of the most gruesome in Huntsville’s history. Franklin, who had fled in his parents’ car, was captured a short time later after a police chase.

    Investigators later uncovered Franklin’s journal entries, which detailed his fascination with Satanism and violent fantasies about killing his family. He was described as a bright but deeply troubled teenager who had been suspended from school earlier that day for bringing a knife. In 2000, Jeffrey Franklin pleaded guilty to two counts of capital murder and three counts of attempted murder, avoiding the death penalty due to his age. He was sentenced to 5 life sentences.

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    57 mins
  • A conversation with 'the selfie killer' Amanda Taylor (2022)

    A conversation with 'the selfie killer' Amanda Taylor (2022)
    Nov 1 2025
    In April 2015, Amanda Taylor, a 24-year-old woman from Virginia, committed a shocking and highly publicized murder that would earn her the nickname “The Selfie Killer.” Still grieving the suicide of her husband, Rex Taylor, Amanda blamed his father, Charles Taylor, for his death. On April 4, she and her friend Sean Ball went to Charles’s home in Montgomery County under the pretense of a visit. Once inside, Amanda brutally stabbed Charles more than 30 times with a knife, while Ball helped restrain him, killing him in cold blood.

    After the murder, Amanda displayed a chilling lack of remorse. She posted photos on Instagram holding the bloody knife and wrote captions bragging about the killing, describing it as “revenge.” The pair then stole Charles’s car and fled Virginia, sparking a multi-state manhunt. During their flight, Ball attempted suicide, and the two were eventually captured in North Carolina. Authorities later revealed that Amanda had discussed her plans for revenge before the killing, suggesting the act was premeditated and fueled by obsession and grief.

    Amanda Taylor was charged with first-degree murder and grand larceny, and in 2016 she pleaded guilty. The judge sentenced her to life in prison without parole, calling the crime “cold and calculated.” Sean Ball, who cooperated with investigators, received 41 years in prison. The case gained national media attention due to Amanda’s disturbing social media posts and emotionless demeanor, symbolizing the dark intersection of grief, revenge, and the performative nature of online notoriety.

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    36 mins