During the earliest moments of the investigation, the death of 35-year old Angela Belisle was presumed to be the result of dangerous temperatures and extreme winter weather. Instead, the autopsy revealed that Angela was the victim of a homicide. What happened to Angela? Who is responsible? What will it take for her killer to be brought to justice all these years later?

In the conclusion of his story, you’ll hear the wild court proceedings, the shocking evidence, and the alternate theory about what happened as the defense attempted to convince the jury, and the public, that maybe Ronald Rodgers was actually the killer himself.

It was 10:30 p.m. the night before the 4th of July in 1971 when a family returning to their cottage near Killington Ski Resort in Vermont discovered a fire down over an embankment. When the father and son got close enough to douse the fire with water they made a grim discovery. It was the badly burned body of a man.

In the early morning hours of April 10, 1836, the madam of a New York City brothel awoke to find 22-year old Helen Jewett’s bedroom filled with smoke and flames, but it wasn’t the fire that caused her death. As Helen’s case became sensationalized and publicized around the world, it brought the taboo subject of sex into the prudish public sphere of the 1800s.

As the wind and rain picked up on a dark December night in Liberty, Maine, Joaquin “Jack” Bettencourt closed up his popular secondhand clothing shop and headed home to his wife, Florence. Days later, the Bettencourt’s car was found abandoned in the woods near their home. What police discovered next began a double homicide investigation that spanned several years and multiple states.

In Part Two, we look at the evidence, because from the first moment Morgan’s parents heard the tragic news about their daughter, they questioned everything. What they’ve learned since, despite the conclusion reached by the District Attorney on her case, has them convinced their daughter was the target of something sinister.

She was supposed to be spending the weekend with her fiancé. Instead, Morgan Patten’s life ended in a car accident with two strangers in a remote town far from where she was staying. The details just don’t add up for Morgan’s parents. What really happened to Morgan Patten?

Since February 1964, rumors have swirled across New Hampshire about the death of Rena Paquette. It has been almost sixty years and still the truth remains unknown. But Rena Paquette’s story actually begins with two other deaths — 18-year old Sandra Valade and 14-year old Pamela Mason.

Two 14-year old New Hampshire girls disappeared in 1989 and later turned up victims of homicide. The cases share striking similarities, but is it coincidence or a potential connection? These are the stories of Carrie Moss and Sonya Moore.

Police first thought Susan Taraskiewicz’s murder to be a random act of violence, but soon the investigation revealed a much deeper conspiracy. Was Susan a target? It’s been nearly 30 years since Susan’s murder and nobody has been held responsible, but investigators believe somebody out there knows what happened.

Beautiful beacons shining in the night, signaling to ships for safe passage into port, warning of treacherous rock and structure looming in the dark waters below. But as beautiful as they are, lighthouses have a dark side, too.

Evidence was scattered across the house. Boot prints in the freshly fallen snow. Suspicion was cast and stories were perpetuated throughout the small town of Fayette, but it would take over two decades to bring this cold case to a close.