Twenty stab wounds. Ten to the back of the head and neck. A ten-inch serrated blade driven four inches into her chest.

​And a door latched from the inside.

​On a freezing January evening in 2011, twenty-seven year-old first-grade teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead on her kitchen floor in Apartment 603. But the moment investigators saw the swing-bar latch thrown shut, they anchored onto a single, impossible conclusion: suicide.

​ How does someone sever their own spinal cord, pull the blade out, and keep stabbing?

​Listen in as we pull apart the anatomy of twenty wounds, the psychology of investigative bias, and the decade-long fight to overturn a verdict that defies physical reality.

To Richard Trenton Chase, a locked door meant you weren't welcome but an unlocked door was an open invitation.

​In January 1978, terror gripped suburban Sacramento when six lives were brutally claimed in less than a month. This week we dissect the chilling case of "The Vampire of Sacramento." We break down the severe somatic delusions driving his violence, the systemic institutional failures that let him slip through the cracks, and the landmark FBI profile that finally brought him down.

In July 1995, 15 year-old Elyse Pahler vanished from her home in Nipomo, California. For eight long months, her family searched for answers unaware that she had been lured into a dark eucalyptus grove by three local teenagers she trusted.

​Driven by a delusional obsession with death metal and dark occultism, the boys believed sacrificing an innocent girl would grant their band artistic power and fame. In this episode we break down the cold facts of the case, the shocking confession that ended an eight-month search, and the landmark First Amendment battle that reached the high courts.