I’m Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders-A Rewatch & Recap (re-release)

Dennis Jurgens was a chubby, joyful, and active toddler when Harold and Lois Jurgens adopted him in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Unable to have children of their own, Lois and Harold adopted several children over the years. Dennis wasn’t their first or last. From the very beginning, case workers from the adoption agency had their […] The post The Terrible & Totally Preventable Death of Dennis Jurgens appeared first on Tiegrabber.

On December 16, 2004, Becky Harper made a call to 911 after checking in on her 23-year-old daughter, Bobbie Jo. Bobbie Jo, who was 8 months pregnant, was lying on the floor in her home and something was horribly wrong. Paramedics raced to the scene, where they found Bobbie Jo dead with devastating injuries to her […] The post A Life for a Life appeared first on Tiegrabber.

One April evening in 1991, Ann Racz’s three children waited for her to pick them up some burgers and fries at the local McDonalds, which was less than a mile away. But instead of seeing Ann’s white minivan pull into the driveway, their father showed up hours later with a small bag of cold French […] The post The Disappearance of Ann Racz appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When Monica Dunn, a beautiful mother of three, was shot to death in her home, her husband was with her. But he claimed she had done it to herself. The couple had become estranged after months of infidelity and vicious arguments, so Monica’s police officer husband Paul Dunn was the logical suspect in her death. […] The post Presumed Guilty: The Death of Monica Dunn appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Please enjoy this public release of a members-only episode from October 2023. For more of these bonus episodes and to get all of your TCB episodes ad-free, pop on over to tiegrabber.com/subscribe! On the morning of October 24, 1961, Martin Risch left for Logan Airport to catch an early flight for an overnight business trip […] The post Vanished in Blood (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Susan Woods’ naked body was found with her head in a bathtub full of black water in 1987. In her small town of Stephenville, Texas, her murder was especially shocking and unimaginable. Susan was a softspoken and beautiful young woman, living alone since her biker husband had left her and fled the state. When she […] The post Not the Usual Suspect appeared first on Tiegrabber.

We hope you enjoy this re-release from a members-only show in 2024. It’s one of Jill’s favorites! Jill and Dick rewatch and recap the HBO 2-part docuseries I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders. This is a shocking case of a mother and grandmother who kills her husband, then goes on the run […] The post I’m Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders-A Rewatch & Recap (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber.

One day in January 2009, 91-year-old Selma “Sally” Hill was not answering her phone calls, which was very unusual for her. Sally’s life partner, Lester, had a daily habit of speaking with Sally at 4:00 pm each day. When Sally didn’t answer Lester’s calls on January 7, 2009, Lester became concerned. He called Sally’s grandson Eric, […] The post Operation Custody appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Raised in Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Jason Bautista and his fifteen-year-old brother Matthew were living roller coaster lives with their mentally ill and abusive mother, Jane. Jane Bautista’s mood swings and unpredictable behavior effected the two young men in ways not understood at the time. Then, one January night, the family’s dysfunction led to […] The post A Tale of Two Brothers appeared first on Tiegrabber.

When Ernest Brendel, his wife Alice, and their 8-year-old daughter Emily disappeared from their Barrington Rhode Island home, the FBI and state police suspected that they were victims of foul play. The family of three had just moved to Barrington from Providence about three years earlier, believing they had found a safe and happy place […] The post Trading in Murder: The Brendel Family Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.