Welcome to Part Two!

Todays episode follows the investigation backward — from Brianna Denison’s abduction to the assaults that came before it. As survivors come forward and DNA links the cases together, police realize they are hunting a serial offender whose violence is intensifying.

Hope of finding this suspect was dwindling, until an unexpected tip lead the investigators down an entire new path.

(If anyone has any information on the Caitlin Marie Dension case, call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252- TIPS (8477). All tips are anonymous.)

SOURCES USED

• CNN
• NBC News
• Dateline NBC / Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
• Oxygen Network
• CrimeLibrary
• Wikipedia
• Court Records & Trial Transcripts
• https://youtu.be/xZLPJAQRx9E?si=FMQD6CffjK4R6mSL

That's right, another TWO PARTER

In Part One, we walk through the final hours before Brianna Denison vanished from a rental house near the University of Nevada, Reno and the days following. From a night out at a major snowboarding event to a shocking discovery the next morning, investigators quickly realized this was no voluntary disappearance.

As early leads were ruled out, a disturbing forensic connection began to emerge — hinting that Brianna’s case was part of something far larger.

Sources

• Nevada Legislature
• CNN
• NBC News
• Dateline NBC / Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
• Oxygen Network
• CrimeLibrary
• Wikipedia
• Local & National News Outlets
• Court Records & Appellate Documents
• https://youtu.be/xZLPJAQRx9E

In 1876, Charles Bravo died in agony after ingesting a lethal dose of antimony inside his own bedroom. His wife Florence became the prime suspect in the court of public opinion, yet the evidence against her remained circumstantial. With six doctors involved, conflicting testimony, and multiple potential motives, this episode explores whether Bravo was murdered or whether his volatile psychology led to his own destruction.

(We apologize for the audio issues - we have new equipment on the way! True Crime News with Blake will be popping up later this week. Thank you for the patience, stay tuned!)

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Sources-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vCsXARbns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOD5PexcI20&t=123s

In Part One, Inna Budnystka is found beaten and left for dead. Investigators have no clear explanation for what happened to her — or how she could vanish from a hotel filled with security cameras without being seen leaving. With no answers, and no suspect, Inna files a lawsuit against the hotel, alleging a lack of security.

Ironically, security isn’t the problem.

For the first time in months, the case begins to warm up thanks to Ken Brennan.

He is now armed with surveillance footage, a man whose actions don’t blend in, timestamps that don’t add up and a suitcase that raises questions. The pieces have always been there — they just haven’t been put together the right way.

Until now.

Sources

This episode was researched using reporting and records from:

• ABC News
• ABC 20/20
• Colorado court records related to People v. Michael Lee Jones
• Miami-Dade Police Department investigative materials
• Miami Airport Regency Hotel records
• CODIS DNA match records
• Investigative work by private investigator Ken Brennan
• Survivor testimony and court statements

When Inna Budnystka is found brutally beaten and left for dead, investigators struggle to explain how she could disappear from a hotel filled with surveillance cameras. In Part One, we trace Inna’s survival, the early investigation, and the troubling gaps in the timeline — leading to a private investigator, Ken Brennan, who begins to question everything police thought they knew. And for the first time in months, the case gets it big break.

Sources Used

• ABC News: Serial rapist loose for years before abandoned suitcase put stop to attacks
• ABC 20/20: Michael Lee Jones Arrested: Inna Budnystka Breakthrough
• ABC News video reporting and interviews
• Court records and investigative summaries included in the provided PDF source packet

Donald Harvey wasn’t a doctor. He wasn’t a nurse. But for nearly two decades, he had access to the most vulnerable patients — and he used that access to kill. This episode reveals how a single autopsy unraveled a long-hidden pattern of poisoning, suffocation, and manipulation… including the disturbing truth about those Harvey claimed to love.

Today we explore how one of the most prolific serial killers in America operated undetected.

Sources:

1. https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Donald_Harvey
   — Case summary & details (fan-curated but useful contextual reference)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Harvey
   — Verified overview of his life, crimes, sentencing, and timeline
3. https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/her-dad-died-at-the-hands-of-a-serial-killer-in-cincinnati-now-she-wants-others-to-learn-more-about-his-life
   — WCPO investigative piece with Pat Minarcin reporting
4. https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/harvey-donald.htm
   — Radford database timeline and victim list
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVpJx3xVF1M
   — Video source (likely documentary/overview)
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeP7SSYf4ec
   — Video source (interview/documentary coverage)
7. The Angel of Death by Mark Stokes — Book source you asked to include

38 year old elite skydiver Els Van Doren fell to her death in 2006 after both her main and reserve parachutes failed to open—an almost impossible coincidence. Investigators soon discovered sabotage, her parachute lines had been cut.

With no forensic evidence and only a web of emotional motives, prosecutors built a purely circumstantial case. Was it jealousy? Opportunity? Or a tragic misinterpretation?

Primary reporting & factual verification

• VRT NWS (Flemish public broadcasting) – trial coverage & psychological reports
• De Standaard – Belgian national newspaper reporting on the investigation and conviction
• Het Laatste Nieuws – Flemish coverage of relationships, timeline, and trial testimony
• Reuters – English-language reporting on conviction and appeals
• The Guardian – international coverage of trial outcome and controversy
• Archived Belgian court summaries (public portions) – conviction, charges, appeals status

Supplemental contextual sources

• Skydiving gear & malfunction statistics via USPA and European parachuting associations
• Expert rigging commentary cited in Belgian press regarding line-cutting time and method
• Publicly available interviews & commentary from Belgian legal analysts regarding circumstantial cases

A family man dragged from his own home. Factories set on fire. Candy pulled from shelves in a nationwide panic. And somewhere out there, a group writing letters that start with: “To the police fools... ” This is the story of the Monster with 21 Faces—Japan’s candy terrorist who vanished without leaving a single convicted suspect behind.

Sources

• Vocal Media – “Glico Morinaga and the Mystery of the ‘Monster With 21 Faces’ (Parts 3–4)”
  Vocal
• Podcast – The Monster with 21 Faces (Apple Podcasts series)
  Spotify
• Wikipedia – “The Monster with 21 Faces”
  Wikipedia
• Wikipedia – “Glico Morinaga case”
  Wikipedia
• People Magazine – “A Candy Exec Was Abducted — Then Terrifying Cyanide Threats Triggered a Massive Recall of Treats” (recent summary of the case and Yamamoto’s death)
  People.com