Harrowing Hostage Situations

Just when you thought you knew everything about this terrible crime... Ash and Alaina review the repressed memories, connected murders, and awful accusations that made this case so extraordinarily puzzling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The headlines start coming and they don’t stop coming. Ash and Alaina return for the fourth installment of unbelievable crimes committed by the archetypal Florida Man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The people on this list lived their wildest fantasies... by lying to everyone around them. Ash and Alaina count down the con artists who scammed their way to infamy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might think a case is cut and dry... until it goes to trial. Ash and Alaina come to a verdict on the wildest legal dramas to have ever ended with a twist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Deathmakers,” butchers, and self-professed mercy killers. The criminals on this list were depraved murderers — and in some cases, they were cannibals who committed their crimes over dinner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writers who became criminals. Criminals who became writers. Ash and Alaina read into the lives of authors who put the “pen” in “penitentiary.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the stakes are life or death, every moment is excruciating. Ash and Alaina cover ten intense crises that were carried out in the name of revenge, ideology, and in one case, to “catch” a wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teenage hackers! Millions of missing dollars! Threats of war! Ash and Alaina log on to count down the biggest hacks and data breaches the world wide web has ever seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s the stereotypical image of the caring, nurturing, overprotective mom. And then there are the women on this list. Ash and Alaina count down the worst crimes involving mothers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early ‘90s, Satanic Panic was reaching its heyday, and three tragic murders were quickly pinned on satanic cult activity. Ash and Alaina count down the most disturbing details of a case that was riddled with misconceptions and missteps.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices