Newlyweds Tony Cooper and Melinda Kotkins of Gresham, Oregon, are executed. Jail calls during Tony's previous incarceration yield many suspects, including men in love with Melinda. The killer seals his own fate thanks to a jail call to his wife.
Kim Boone and Anita Smithey have much in common. They're middle class moms in their 40s. And both attempted to kill their husbands. Jail calls between the two reveal their inner thoughts on love, men and the circumstances that landed them in prison.
A distraught husband cannot locate his wife. Police discover a videotape, and the grainy footage points to a grisly demise. The killer's jailhouse phone calls threaten to widen the circle of fatalities in this quiet South Eastern, Florida, community.
John Peek's first wife died in an apparent burglary. Now years later, his second wife is killed. Police must determine if it's just a terrible coincidence. Jail calls, hidden wire conversations, and years of detective work finally reveal the truth.
In 2017, Julii Johnson lay dead in front of her boyfriend's home in Warren, Michigan. All evidence seems to point to the boyfriend. As detectives dig deeper, they uncover a complicated plot, and no one is talking except on the jail phone.
William Hargrove loves both Anna and Michelle. When Michelle tells him he has to choose between them, he picks her -- and Anna winds up dead. He claims to love Michelle so much, but his phone calls hint at her possible role in Anna's murder.
Jupiter, Florida: In March 2020, when the COVID pandemic was just starting, Gretchen Anthony disappears after texting loved ones that she had been diagnosed with positive results for COVID-19. When a search of her home suggests foul play, homicide investigators rely on recorded jailhouse phone calls to unravel the mystery of what happened. One person they want to talk to is Gretchen's estranged husband, David Anthony.
For over a decade, a dark and evil twisted web of secrets and lies conceals the identity of the person who heartlessly murdered a selfless loving mother of three. When the truth finally comes out, the revelation stuns the family, the community and the investigators.
When a former crime reporter is found brutally murdered inside his own home, law enforcement investigators are taking a very close look at the deceased victim's spouse and his neighbors, until intercepted jailhouse calls reveal the true killer.
Fishermen find a 27-year-old man shot to death on a river embankment; a key suspect leaves investigators guessing before jailhouse calls reveal the truth of a twisted love triangle that ended in murder.
When a young mother of three children vanishes on Mother's Day, police race to find her. The search grips the entire community, but no one is ready for what it will uncover -- twenty long years of lies and violence and a potential serial killer hiding in their midst.
When a ranch hand is found dead in a river outside of Salt Lake City, investigators across two states must work together to catch the killer; searching for the truth uncovers a trail of fraud, deception and adultery, shocking a small town in Nevada.
An unknown killer tortures and murders a couple in January 2011. Then DNA links an unexpected suspect to the crime, and investigators must rely on recorded jailhouse phone calls to gather solid evidence and bring the culprit to justice.
In December 2001, the brutal murder of Robert Fingerhut, the respected owner of two bus stations, spurs an investigation that reveals a sordid relationship of lust, lies and murder; jail calls hold the killer's secrets.
The burning body of trumpet player Scott Sessions lies smoldering along a mountainside road; an investigation uncovers three potential suspects, plus another dead body, but calls from an inmate at the Weld County Jail reveal the true killer.
Sixteen-year-old Mujey Dumbuya turns up dead four days after leaving her home to go to school; police across multiple jurisdictions unite to uncover the tragic truth behind her murder, and jailhouse calls provide the clues to catch the killer.