The Ponzi Widow: Natalie Cochran

Eric Richins died on a cold March night in his Utah home. Hours earlier, according to his wife Kouri, he had been sleeping peacefully. By morning, Eric was gone. What first appeared to be a sudden, tragic death soon revealed deeper fractures—financial strain, quiet resentment, and a marriage carrying more weight than anyone on the […] The post The Final Chapter: The Night Eric Richins Died appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Jill and Dick are traveling this week, so please enjoy this members only episode from last spring until we return with a new episode next week! On a quiet Saturday afternoon in May of 1967, 34‑year‑old Mary Faye Hunter strolled through downtown Decatur, Alabama. She had her hair done. She stopped by the grocery store. […] The post The Day Mary Faye Disappeared appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Please enjoy this previously released episode from our premium show! Dick and Jill talk about The Perfect Neighbor, a documentary about a white Florida woman who shot and killed her neighbor, a black mother of four, in 2023. The documentary is original and disturbing as it was made using two years worth of pieced together […] The post The Perfect Neighbor Recap & Discussion appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Judith Ann Neelley’s story is one of the darkest chapters in Southern criminal history. In 1982, at just eighteen, she and her husband Alvin carried out a series of kidnappings and assaults that escalated into the murder of Lisa Ann Millican—crimes so brutal investigators struggled to understand the violence behind them. Join us for The […] The post The Neelley Investigation: The Bonnie & Clyde of Georgia appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Michael Cochran’s murder shocked a quiet West Virginia community and exposed a web of deception that had been building for years. What looked like a medical emergency quickly led to a criminal investigation uncovering fraud, manipulation, and a deadly plan carried out by the one he trusted most. Join us for The Ponzi Widow. We […] The post The Ponzi Widow: Natalie Cochran appeared first on Tiegrabber.

There are some crimes that are just impossible to understand, not because the facts are unclear but because the darkness seems so out of place. One December morning in 1991, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, eighteen-year-old Laurie Show never arrived at school. By the end of the day, a community that believed it knew its neighbors […] The post Cold Truth: The Murder of Laurie Show appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Please enjoy this premium episode from 2025! Deep in the wilderness of Oregon, a crime story unfolded that would blur the line between victim and villain. A mother, a wife, and a woman with secrets, Liysa Northon claimed self-defense after she killed her husband Christopher. But the truth was far more tangled than anyone could […] The post Truth, Lies, & Liysa appeared first on Tiegrabber.

From the outside, James and Angela Craig appeared to have built a successful life together. He was a respected dentist, she was a devoted mother, and their family seemed to embody the picture of stability. But when Angela suddenly became seriously ill in the spring of 2023, a tragedy began to unfold that would shock […] The post The Dentist, the Wife, & the Murder appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Please enjoy this TCB Premium episode from 2022!    Caroline Byrne was off to a good start in her life. She was a college graduate, she did some modeling, and she taught at a modeling school. Caroline had a large circle of friends and a handsome, athletic boyfriend. But Caroline was not happy. She was […] The post Into the Gap: The Death of Caroline Byrne appeared first on Tiegrabber.

Lexington County, South Carolina in the 1980s was a place where doors were left unlocked, neighbors knew one another, and high school graduation marked the beginning of summer and endless possibilities. For eighteen-year-old Shari Smith, the future was wide open. Talented, outgoing, and days away from celebrating graduation, she was making plans for college, family […] The post When a Stranger Called: Debra May Helmich & Shari Smith appeared first on Tiegrabber.