The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

It was a calm fall night in Vermont when something suddenly felt off. A neighbor heard an engine roar through the quiet, then take off again. Not long after, sirens filled the air.
By morning, the state was trying to understand how five teenagers had lost their lives, and how one man, Steven Bourgoin, became the center of a tragedy that would haunt Vermont for years. What happened on the highway was only part of the story. The harder question was what led up to it, and whether it could have been stopped.
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Editing:
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Sources:
Law and Crime Network Trial Playlist
Bourgoin gets 30 years to life in wrong-way crash that killed 5 teenagers
Bourgoin: A blame-shifter shirking responsibility or psychotic with delusions of a mission?
Wrong-way driver argues five murder convictions should be reversed
Nearly 1,000 mourn deaths of five teens in I-89 wrong-way crash
The Mad River Valley Remembers Five Teens With Constellations of Holiday Lights
Harwood community mourns teen crash victims
In Vermont, deaths of 5 teens are a devastating blow
Wrong-Way Driver Kills Five Teens on Interstate 89
Suspected Wrong-Way Driver Arrested, Remains Hospitalized
Accused Wrong-Way Driver in I-89 Crash Charged With Murder
Steven Bourgoin Pleads Not Guilty to Five Counts of Murder
Defense expert says Bourgoin was insane at time of crash: ‘He’s out of it’
Bourgoin: A blame-shifter shirking responsibility or psychotic with delusions of a mission?
Families hope focus returns to victims
Mad River Valley Pays Tribute to Five Teens Killed in Crash
The Deeper Dig: Seeking justice in the Steven Bourgoin trial
High court upholds Bourgoin’s five murder convictions in wrong-way crash
Sentencing News
Prosecutor: Man under investigation for 'murder' of 5 teens

On August 2, 2017, 21-year-old Savannah Gold arrived for her evening shift at a Jacksonville restaurant and was never seen alive again. What began as a missing person case quickly turned into a homicide investigation that revealed a story of betrayal, deception, and a family’s unwavering fight for answers.
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Editing:
Aiden Wolf
Sources:
https://sao4th.com/news/2021/rodarte-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-2017-killing-of-savannah-gold/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/lee-rodarte-jr-florida-man-sentenced-for-killing-savannah-gold
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/02/18/jacksonville-man-admits-to-killing-co-worker-trying-to-cover-up-her-murder/
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/03/11/jacksonville-man-who-murdered-bonefish-grill-co-worker-faces-sentencing-today/
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-man-pleas-guilty-murder-his-bonefish-grill-coworker/OZF26FSO2NBMBMFY7DPQFODV2E/
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/duval-county/confessed-killer-savannah-gold-lee-rodarte-sentenced-40-years-prison/PSEOEJDCO5DPBCWXLR5L5O6FAI/
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/live_breaking/lee-rodarte-sentencing-savanah-gold-bonefish-murder/77-af070dfc-2d6b-479d-b005-218dfffc97d5
https://people.com/crime/lee-rodarte-charged-savannah-gold-murder/
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/courts/2021/03/11/lee-rodarte-sentenced-death-jacksonville-co-worker-savannah-gold/4651864001/

In the summer of 2024, a woman retreats into isolation, filling notebooks with carefully written details and rehearsing every line until it feels unshakable. To anyone watching, it looks like preparation. Discipline. Control.
But what she is preparing for has nothing to do with school.
When police are called to a Wisconsin apartment late one humid night, the story they’re given seems simple enough. Yet as investigators begin to listen closely, timelines shift, memories fracture, and the same brief window of time splinters into conflicting versions of the truth.
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Editing:
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Sources:
WI v. Samantha Krebs, Days 1 - 4 | Kiss & Kill Murder Trial
LIVE: WI v. Samantha Krebs, Day 4 | Kiss & Kill Murder Trial
Samantha Krebs' Call With Police: 'Is He (Joey Carnot) Okay?'
LIVE: WI v. Samantha Krebs, Day 5 
LIVE: WI v. Samantha Krebs, Day 6
LIVE: WI v. Samantha Krebs, Day 7
Court Tv Trial Recap
Outagamie County jury convicts Samantha Krebs
Prosecution says Samantha Krebs' suicide story is 'full of holes'
Samantha Krebs' defense claims boyfriend's injuries were self-inflicted
Appleton police investigating suspicious death of man on North Park Drive Lane
Appleton woman charged with homicide after boyfriend is stabbed
Police refer homicide charge against Appleton woman
Handwritten notes offer ‘play-by-play’ of boyfriend’s murder, police say 
Krebs pleads not guilty to killing her boyfriend
$1 million bond set for woman
Police: Woman killed boyfriend, kissed him and apologized before leaving
Appleton woman charged with fatally stabbing boyfriend
Woman 'kissed' dying boyfriend and begged friend to ' tell the police he stabbed himself'
Criminal Complaint
Joey Carnot Obituary

An eighteen year old mother goes to work expecting an ordinary day and never comes home. Brooklyn Sims was building a life for herself and her young daughter when a familiar place suddenly became the setting for something unthinkable.
What followed was not chaos but calculation. As investigators began piecing together the truth, hidden connections and erased messages slowly surfaced. The deeper they looked, the more unsettling the picture became, revealing how grief, loyalty, and deception quietly converged.
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Sources:
Court TV Trial Recap
LIVE: Mom Helped Plot Murder Trial — FL v. Sheila Agee — Day 1
LIVE: Mom Helped Plot Murder Trial — FL v. Sheila Agee — Day 2
Keith Agee testifies in his Pensacola Home Depot murder trial
Sheila Mistrial - Crossword Juror
Mother in Escambia County Home Depot murder gets balloon release video thrown out
Mom helps son kill 18-year-old mother of his child, FL cops say. She’s convicted
Mom helped son plan fatal shooting in Florida: deputies
Mother found guilty of aiding son in Pensacola Home Depot murder of Brooklyn Sims
Deputies: Mother of suspected Escambia County Home Depot murderer helped coordinate 
Sheriff: Mother worked with victim, gave her a ride to Escambia County Home Depot
Arrest report details employee murder inside Escambia County Home Depot
Friend sheds light on Escambia County Home Depot victim's rocky relationship with suspect
Friends, family honor life of woman shot and killed in Escambia County Home Depot
Keith Agee confesses to Pensacola Home Depot killing while testifying at his own trial
Pensacola Home Depot shooting suspects Keith & Sheila Agee indicted by Escambia grand jury
Home Depot shooting in Pensacola leaves one dead, mom and son in jail. What we know so far
ECSO: One person killed, two others shot in shooting at Pensacola Home Depot
Sheila Agee convicted, sentenced to life in Home Depot murder
Trial underway for Sheila Agee, the mother accused in deadly Home Depot shooting
WEAR Channel 3 News

On Christmas Day 2006, police in Phoenix, Arizona, entered a quiet home expecting a simple welfare check. Instead, they found 21-year-old Heather Quan deceased, and 18-year-old Ryan Waller barely alive, suffering from a gunshot wound that went unnoticed at first. What followed changed the course of multiple lives, reshaped an Arizona law, and left two families searching for understanding in the aftermath of unimaginable violence.
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Editing:
Aiden Wolf
Sources:
https://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=541
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/az-court-of-appeals/1600718.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/court-of-appeals-division-one/2014/1-ca-cr-12-0858.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/court-of-appeals-division-one/2009/1-ca-cr-08-0457.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c_lmx4LdNw
https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/sb1153s.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228526929/ryan_thomas-waller
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/ryan-waller-case-prompts-law-change-in-arizona
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/heathers-law-passes-after-tragic-phoenix-murder-6652176