Each week Alicia and Ciera will discuss a new true crime case. Join us as we look into a variety of cases, from disappearances to murders, and everything in between. New episodes released every Tuesday.
Case #106- The Candy Man/The Man Who Ruined Halloween (Mini Episode)
On Halloween night of 1974 an 8-year-old boy passed away after ingesting poisoned Halloween candy. Police began their investigation and their suspect was closer to home than anyone could have imagined.
TRIAL: https://texasarchive.org/2017_03761 (https://texasarchive.org/2017_03761)
PEOPLE: https://people.com/what-happened-to-ronald-o-bryan-the-candy-man-killer-11839626 (https://people.com/what-happened-to-ronald-o-bryan-the-candy-man-killer-11839626)
A&E:
7 Oct 2026
Case #105- Stephanie Wasilishin
In July of 1993 a woman was found shot in her Sedona, Arizona home after a domestic dispute call was made to police. What seemed like an open and shut case still remains unresolved over three decades later.
Now the daughter of the murdered woman has made it her mission to bring justice to her mother’s case. Nikki Wasilishin has started her own multi-part podcast dedicated to her mother’s case and today Ciera and I discuss this decades long cold case.
NIKKI’S PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papi-killed-mommy/id1820673703 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papi-killed-mommy/id1820673703)
NIKKI’S TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@papikilledmommy?_r=1&_t=ZP-9ALKbBekNqx (https://www.tiktok.com/@papikilledmommy?_r=1&_t=ZP-9ALKbBekNqx)
Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131478603/stephanie_marie-wasilishin (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131478603/stephanie_marie-wasilishin)
A&E: https://www.aetv.com/articles/stephanie-wasilishin (https://www.aetv.com/articles/stephanie-wasilishin)
INDEPENDENT: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cold-case-murder-papi-killed-mommy-arizona-b2978830.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cold-case-murder-papi-killed-mommy-arizona-b2978830.html)
4 Aug 2026
Case #104- Sherry Leighty
In September of 1999, a young mother vanished leaving her children behind. While her family fought for answers for over a decade, investigators seemed disinclined to investigate. Thankfully, her case would finally be solved after 14 years.
A&E: https://www.aetv.com/articles/sherry-leighty (https://www.aetv.com/articles/sherry-leighty)
CharleyProject: https://charleyproject.org/case/sherry-jean-leighty (https://charleyproject.org/case/sherry-jean-leighty)
CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/kenneth-leighty-confesses-to-killing-daughter-in-law-sherry-leighty-in-previously-unsolved-1999-case/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/kenneth-leighty-confesses-to-killing-daughter-in-law-sherry-leighty-in-previously-unsolved-1999-case/)
FindaGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121539400/sherry_jean-leighty (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121539400/sherry_jean-leighty)
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7 ratings
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