Episode 248: Wrongful Conviction of Sandy Shaw, Part 1

Sandy Shaw was known as the 'Show and Tell Killer, and a jury convicted her of a murder she didn't commit. Yet, she still spent 21 years in prison. We will discuss her tumultuous life, the horrific chain of events that led to her conviction, and how she came out on the other side.

Rashod Newton shot and killed his girlfriend Alessia Mesquita. We will delve into his subsequent police interrogation.

In 1990, thieves stole $500 million in rare works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The case remains unsolved. I will be talking with Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna from the Crawlspace podcast about the museum heist.

Someone murdered Joseph Gatto inside his home in Silver Lake, California. His son, Mike Gatto, who was a state Assemblyman at the time, wrote a book about his father's murder and the associated investigation into the still unsolved murder. I will be speaking with Mike Gatto.

We have a kidnapped newborn, an abandoned child, organized crime, and a lot of secrets. I will be talking with Paul Fronczak from The Fronczak Files Podcast about the twists and turns in his life.

Former inmate Paul Smith talks about what it is like to be thrust into federal prison in America. How the environment can turn seemingly normal, average men into savages who act and treat others in an inhuman manner.

Criminal profiler Phil Chalmers will be discussing the psychology behind serial killers, based on his numerous interviews and conversations with mass murderers and serial killers over the years.

Greg Scarpa was a hitman for the Colombo Crime Family with the nickname, The Grim Reaper. He also worked as an FBI informant for decades snitching on his fellow wise guys. I will be talking with true crime author Jonathan Dyer about his latest book, Legendary Evil, The Many Faces of a Mafia Killer, which chronicles Greg Scarpa's life.

Kenny Bunn was found murdered and his ex-girlfriend, Nadya Swartz, and her new boyfriend, Justin Hooker, immediately came to the attention of police. Can they convince detectives they weren't involved, or will their statements be their undoing?

In the 1990s in a suburb of Chicago, seven people were murdered inside a Brown's Chicken restaurant terrifying the entire area. Police aggressively investigated the case, but no suspects were uncovered for years, until they finally got a break. I will be talking with Patrick Wohl, the author of "Something Big: The True Story of the Brown's Chicken Massacre, A Decade-long Manhunt, and the Trials That Followed."