dark and darling

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

the candy man

halloween night, 1974, eight-year-old timothy o’bryan unwrapped a pixy stix that would end his life poisoned by his own father. ronald clark o’bryan wasn’t a monster in a mask; he was the one who tucked his kids in at night, plotting their murder behind a smile. this is the story of greed disguised as grief. of a man who turned halloween into a nightmare and became the legend every parent still fears. music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit

a wolf in sheep’s clothing

charlie brandt looked like anyone’s quiet neighbor. polite, soft-spoken, always willing to help. but beneath the khakis and cardigans lived something feral. a man who’d been killing for decades, hiding in plain sight while dissecting his victims with surgical precision. this is a story about the masks people wear and the monster waiting underneath. the husband, the friend, the fisherman… and the wolf that finally slipped through the stitches. music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit