dark and darling

the boy in the mat

a silent gym. an upright mat. a boy wedged inside with evidence scattered like whispers around the room. kendrick johnson’s death was labeled an accident, but the scene read like a secret someone tried too hard to hide. •music: @demure_piano •writer/editor/voice: @urlittlemisfit

flowers, balloons and a bullet

a quiet florida morning. flowers. balloons. and a smiling clown on marlene warren’s doorstep carrying a gun instead of a joke. this episode unravels the affair, the motive, and the decades-long cover-up behind one of florida’s most surreal murders. jealousy in a wig. betrayal behind greasepaint. and a killer who hid in plain sight for nearly thirty years. * music: @demure_piano * writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit

garden of graves

she ran a quiet home for the elderly and disabled but the rent checks kept cashing long after the tenants disappeared. dorothea puente didn’t just kill for money. she buried her secrets in the garden. literally. music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit

cradle and coffin

eight months pregnant. excited to meet her baby. and then a knock at the door from the man who promised her love. this is the murder of liese dodd: a brutal act of rage, control, and decapitation that turned a nursery into a crime scene. music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit

girl in the box

for seven years, colleen stan lived inside a coffin-sized box under a couple’s bed. this is the story of survival that feels like a nightmare you can’t wake from abduction, control, torture, and the terrifying psychology of a man who called himself “master.” music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit