People are the Worst

In 1990, a local news anchor named Diane Newton King got a phone call from a fan asking for advice. She was polite and talked to him, but then he kept calling...Things went downhill fast. This was the beginning of stalking laws and Diane's husband Brad was a former cop so they took this very seriously. Then on a cold, February night it all ended tragically.

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*DISCLAIMER - Rebecca's an idiot and forgot to connect her microphone to our recording platform so she sounds more echoey than usual. You would think after 98 episodes, we would have this down but you'd be wrong.

On October 1, 1985, 17-year-old Michele "Missy" Avila went out with her friend, Laura Doyle. Hours later, the Avila's phone rings and it's Laura asking to speak to Missy. Mrs. Avila's heart sank because she assumed they were still together but Laura explained that Missy saw some guys she knew and left with them in a blue camaro. Three days later, a hiker found her deep in Angeles National Forest face down in a stream with a log across the back of her neck. The creepiest part: all of her hair was cut off. The case goes cold for 3-years until a witness comes forward with a shocking (and infuriating) tale.

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Joan Harmon had had a very rough couple of years until 2004 when she met & married Christian "Kit" Martin. Kit was a well respected army major and when the two finally settled in Pembroke, Kentucky, life was good...until it wasn't. After their divorce, Cal & Pam Phillips takeJoan in until she gets back on her feet. As she's moving out, she finds something very damning & the story goes downhill from there. A lot of crime takes place, including a triple murder. We may need to have a debate on this one...

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In 2002, John Darwin went out for an early morning kayak ride and never returned. His wife and two sons were devastated but held out hope that he was alive until his broken kayak washed up on shore months later. It was determined he was dead but they never found a body. Six years later a man walks into a police station and changes the entire investigation...

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On January11, 2018, 55-year-old Ray Wright vanished without a trace. He had no reason to leave. After all, his family said he was in the best place of his life. Fearing the worst, his brother went to his house to check on him and walked in on an intruder. A few days later, Sacramento police were led on a high speed chase, seemingly unrelated to Ray's case. But when they searched the evader's van, they found a treasure trove of evidence and a motive nobody saw coming.

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In 2006, 17-year-old Ashley Reeves borrowed her boyfriends car for a job interview then had plans to play basketball with friends, but she never came home. A missing persons report was filed and her friends tell police a secret that Ashley was keeping that leads them right to someone no one expected...and he is the absolute worst.

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In 2008, police in Raleigh, NC received reports of an unresponsive woman on the side of the interstate. When they got there, it was clear that 21-year-old Latrese Curtis had been brutally murdered. Latrese was a newlywed and college student who had a secret thatnobody knew about. When investigators uncover thesecret, they zero in on multiple suspects, but it doesn't take long to make an arrest that nobody saw coming.

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The Facebook Rapist, Thabo Bester. Get a load of this sh*t.

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1999, Stacie Reed & Kristie Reed, were brutallyattacked after returning home from school. Stacie's friend, Paul Powell, was arrested and when we talk about people being the worst, he's up there. After sending taunting letters to the victims' families & the prosecutor, it's clear he thinks he is the smartest one in the room, but don't worry, his actions lead to a new phrase we coined: "dip shittery".

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9-year-old Annie Swartz woke up to what sounded like a struggle downstairs. She froze in fear when she heard her dad yell for help but before she knew it, there was silence. Once the door slammed, she looked out the window to see a man with an axe walking into the woods. Based on the description, police were confident they knew who it was but they were fooled...

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