Crimes & Closets

Laura Ackerson was a 27 year old single mom. She was fighting hard for to be the best mother to her 2 boys, run a new company, and pursue an ugly and expensive legal battle for custody of her children with her ex, Grant. After, what she thought was an olive branch being extended to her by Grant, she goes missing. This story starts in North Carolina, travels to the Virgin Islands, and ends up in Texas. Join us in the closet for the shocking story of Laura Ackerson.

Sources:

Bitter Remains: A Custody Battle, a Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price by Diane Fanning, January 2016

https://dianefanning.com/true-crime-books/bitter-remains-chapter-1

https://www.wral.com/amanda-grant-hayes-divorce/14074480/

https://www.wral.com/news/local/asset_gallery/9925558/

https://www.wral.com/court-denies-grant-hayes-bid-for-new-trial/14486871/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119874096/laura-jean-ackerson

https://defrostingcoldcases.com/laura-jean-ackerson-1984-2011-2/

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/dismembered-and-dumped-in-a-creek-laura-ackerson-was-betrayed/

https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/laura-ackerson

Snapped: Killer Couples, Amanda and Grant Hayes Season 4, Episode 1, (2014)

Investigation Discovery’s Betrayed: Death by Design, Season 2, Episode 7 (2018)

https://www.swordandscale.com/sword-and-scale-episode-119

https://webapps.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1113277&searchLastName=hayes&searchFirstName=grant&searchGender=M&searchRace=2&searchDOBRange=0&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

https://webapps.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1336234&searchLastName=hayes&searchFirstName=amanda&searchGender=F&searchRace=1&searchDOBRange=0&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8114525/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

https://www.wral.com/hayes-jams-in-trial-while-song-blares-lyrics-about-killing-babies-momma-/12880556/

19 year old Mollie Olgin and her partner and best friend, 18 year old Kristene Chapa, were spending some time together at a local park in Portland, TX. When a man approached them and changed their lives forever. Mollie was brutally murdered and Kristene attacked but she survived to tell their story and to find the man who hurt them and put him behind bars. This case has some odd twists and turns and will keep you scratching your head, but Kristene's surivival story will prevail in the end. Join us in the close this week for the story of Molllie and Kristene.

Sources:

https://talkmurder.com/mollie-olgin/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-busted-fatal-shooting-texas-lesbians-article-1.1839421

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Man-and-wife-jailed-in-2-year-old-attack-on-5575558.php

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/two-years-later-arrests-have-finally-been-made-in-the-corpus-christi-shooting-of-a-teenage-lesbian-couple/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92692517/mollie-judith-olgin

https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-Mary-Kristene-Chapas-Recovery

https://www.csandage.com/kristene-chapa/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YZoJWraqc

Unusual Suspects Deadly Intent:Terror Under the Moonlight, Season 9 Episode 7, aired November 15, 2017

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-overlook-part-5-82402373534

https://www.facebook.com/Memories-of-Mollie-Judith-Olgin-1656194654610188

Kristy and Kenneth were high school sweethearts. They were living the American dream with their 3 daughters in Utah. In July of 2017, they went on an Alaskan Cruise with the whole family including Kristy's parents and brothers. The horrific events that occurred on that cruise will shock you. Join us as we discuss their story.

Sources:

https://doc.alaska.gov/commish/pressreleases/Inmate%20Death,%20Manzanares,%2007.14.2021.pdf

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/utah-man-gets-30-years-prison-unrelenting-beating-that-killed-wife-alaskan-cruise/4UFAIJ4RYFCRLOOO3QECFSKR4Q/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenneth-manzanares-murder-sentence-30-years/

https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-man-who-killed-his-wife-on-alaska-cruise-dies-in-prison

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/cruise-passengers-thought-womans-dying-24645840

http://www.cruisebruise.com/Cruise/Ship_Crime/Kristy_Manzanares_Emerald_Princess_Alaska_Cruise_Ship_Murder.html

https://www.yourtango.com/2017305283/new-details-alaskan-cruise-ship-murder-man-killed-wife-laughing-him

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thespectrum/name/kristy-manzanares-obituary?pid=186243718

Sarah Lynn was the youngest of three children of Pat and Dan Paulsen. She was an energetic little girl who loves softball, collecting bugs and frogs and keeping up with her big brothers. Unfortunately Sarah crossed paths with a serial killer one summer afternoon, who ended her short life.

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/britt-eugene.htm

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-10-mn-1710-story.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-11-05-9511050276-story.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-08-24-9508240229-story.html

https://www.foxnews.com/story/ind-man-sentenced-to-245-years-in-prison-for-murders-of-3-women-rape

https://apnews.com/article/638ba3e661c0ceac8067d59115eff7a7

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/24/slaying-of-indiana-girl-shook-her-family-state-20-/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Britt#

Nightmare Next Door Season 7 Episode 1

Leah Roberts was a bright young woman with a bright future. She suffered the loss of both her parents within a short amount of time, which caused her to view life very differently. She drops out of college just before graduation and decides to take some time to re-evaluate her life. She makes a strange decision one day that would leave everyone wondering, what happened to Leah?

Sources:

Disappeared Season 3 Episode 8

Unsolved Mysteries Season 11 Ep 6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Leah_Roberts

https://disappearedblog.com/leah-roberts/

https://www.whatcomcounty.us/292/Missing-Leah-Roberts

https://woman.forumdaily.com/en/poslednee-puteshestvie-lii-roberts-rassledovanie-propazhi-studentki-iz-severnoj-karoliny/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac