After losing favor in California, Liz fled to Texas where she hoped to start selling her three-wheeled car to a whole new market. But she didn't fare any better.

She started out as a con woman who eventually had to go on the run. Once she had a fresh start, she became a charismatic businesswoman who could sell anything. But not everybody wanted to see her succeed.

After the thrill of her first murder, Mary Bell decided to do it again. She found a new victim and – just like last time – walked away afterward, pretending to know nothing about it. But when detectives interviewed kids from the neighborhood, Mary's story unraveled.

By the time she was eight, Mary Bell had survived years of sexual and physical abuse. But as she got older, she realized she didn’t have to be the victim anymore. She could be the abuser.

In the fall of 2011, a 17-year-old model struck up an online relationship with NBA player Chris “Birdman” Andersen. But someone else was pulling the strings of their ill-fated romance.

When Jenelle Potter's crush, Billy Payne, started dating another woman, she used Facebook to spread rumors about the couple.

An online love triangle between 18-year-old Tommy, 17-year-old Jessi, and 22-year-old Brian turned tragic when their romantic fantasy world collided with their harsh realities.

Winona Ryder exuded confidence and glamour while starring in some of the 1990s most popular films. But on the inside, she was dealing with personal problems.

In the 1920s, Sydney’s criminal underworld found a new weapon of choice: razors.

From a young age, Tilly Devine had stars in her eyes. Born at the turn of the 20th century, she wanted to live a glamorous life. In her teens, she turned to sex work to achieve it. But if she learned her trade in London, she dominated it in Sydney.

In the 1920s and ‘30s, two crime bosses dominated Sydney’s criminal underworld. Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine were queens of vice, building their empires on alcohol, cocaine, and sex.

In 2007, three years after Lisa Montgomery’s grisly crime, her trial began. What unfolded there, and in the decade following, put discussions of mental health, abuse, and the death penalty in the national spotlight.

In a gruesome 2004 crime, Lisa Montgomery strangled 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett before cutting her unborn child out of her. Montgomery’s own past was itself a trove of horror and abuse.

As we look ahead to the new year, we want to take one last chance to say thank you for the year that was — and present our "Best of 2021"! Please enjoy this episode from our fan-favorite podcast, Solved Murders.

On Christmas Eve nearly seventy years ago, Dorothy Martin and the Seekers stood outside in Chicago and sang carols. They were waiting for a spacecraft that would shepherd them away from Earth — and the impending apocalypse.