The capture of serial killer Gary Hilton marked the end of a terrifying murder spree across three states' national forests. After securing a life sentence in Georgia for Meredith Emerson's murder, prosecutors in Florida and North Carolina built...

Courage in the face of terror defines the story of Meredith Hope Emerson, a "feisty" 24-year-old whose New Year's Day hike on Blood Mountain, GA in 2008 turned into a brutal fight for survival against a predator who'd been stalking multiple nat...

Mark Carver spent eleven years in prison after being convicted of Ira Yarmolenko's murder based primarily on touch DNA evidence that was later proven unreliable and possibly contaminated. His case exposes the dangers of touch DNA in criminal pr...

In 2008, 20-year-old UNC student Ira Yarmolenko's body is spotted along the shoreline of the Catawba river in Mount Holly, NC. She is lifeless, strangled, gripping weeds and lying next to her crashed car. Ira's death is disturbing, but what com...

In 1996, Jennifer McCrady vanished under mysterious circumstances, a case that would have gone viral if it could have back then. Her disappearance, the shocking revelations that followed, and the eerie twists make it a standout in the world of ...