Into The Dark

On this episode, Payton dives into a chilling string of murders that gripped Chicago in the 1940s. As fear spread throughout the city, investigators raced to uncover the identity of a killer whose crimes would leave a lasting mark on history.

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Case Sources:

GQ - https://www.gq.com/story/william-heirens-lipstick-killer-chicago

Radford University Department of Psychology - https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Heirens,%20William%20-%20fall,%202005.pdf 

Justia US Law - https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1954/33165-5.html  

Time - https://time.com/archive/6773345/crime-bill-george/ 

History - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-7/a-case-of-split-personality-in-puzzling-chicago-murders 

Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-truth-serum-2014-10 

National Library of Medicine - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10730093/ 
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On this episode, Payton explores the shocking murder of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, a world-renowned nuclear physicist who was gunned down outside his apartment.

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CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mit-professor-killed-nuno-loureiro-mystery-homicide-investigation/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-murder-new-reports/

Brookline News - https://brookline.news/police-reports-reveal-shooters-movements-on-day-of-mit-professors-murder/

MIT Office of the President - https://president.mit.edu/writing-speeches/professor-nuno-loureiro

WCVB ABC 5 - https://www.wcvb.com/article/shooter-classmates-with-mit-physicist-portugal/69814242

Times of Israel - https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-strange-death-of-nuno-loureiro/

International Business Times - https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/heres-why-internet-convinced-something-sinister-lies-behind-mit-nuclear-scientists-death-1763619

ABC News - https://abcnews.com/US/mit-professor-shot-killed-home-boston-suburbs-officials/story?id=128460718

La Voce di New York - https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2025/12/17/mit-professors-killing-raises-fears-of-international-motive/

PBS News - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/shooter-who-killed-mit-professor-and-brown-students-planned-attack-for-months-doj-says

People - https://people.com/reddit-post-helped-identify-brown-mit-shooting-suspect-11873238

US News - https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2025-12-17/what-to-know-about-mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-who-was-shot-at-home-near-boston
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On this episode, Payton explores the case of Heather DeWild. When Heather disappears after meeting with her soon-to-be ex-husband, her father senses something is wrong and immediately begins searching for answers. What he uncovers leads to a chilling mystery that leaves one question: what really happened to Heather?

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Case Sources:

Westword - https://www.westword.com/news/david-dewild-pleads-in-heather-dewild-murder-case-involving-his-twin-brother-5901132/

Oxygen - https://www.oxygen.com/fatal-family-feuds/crime-news/daniel-dewild-heather-twins-murder-what-to-know

https://www.oxygen.com/fatal-family-feuds/crime-news/heather-dewild-murder-colorado-preview

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heather-dewild-will-her-killer-get-away-with-murder/

Yahoo! Entertainment - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/man-infuriated-over-child-support-000003839.html

Denver Post - https://www.denverpost.com/2012/12/20/plea-in-dewild-cold-case-murder-victory-for-victims-family-jeffco-da/

ABC 7 Denver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzqW_McvvKs

Paramount Press Express - https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and-stations/shows/48-hours/releases/?view=37310-a-woman-is-dead-identical-twin-brothers-are-the-suspects-did-studying-tv-shows-help-them-nearly-pull-off-the-perfect-crime-48-hours-the-devils-twin
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On this episode, Payton explores the mysterious disappearance of the Sodder children, who vanished from their home on Christmas Eve.

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Case Sources:

History’s Greatest Mysteries with Laurence Fishburn: Season 3 Episode 8, “The Sodder Children Disappearance”

Smithsonian Magazine - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-happened-sodder-children-siblings-who-went-up-in-smoke-west-virginia-house-fire-172429802/

The Voice - https://fhsvoice.org/4985/columns/the-strange-and-abnormal-the-peculiar-disappearance-of-the-sodder-children/

Buzzfeed Unsolved Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0AKoCMydkc

ABC News - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-25/the-mystery-of-the-vanished-sodder-children/103245390
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On this episode, Payton dives into the case of Sharon Gregory, a psychology student whose class assignment was to study someone’s behavior. But when she found the perfect person to analyze, she had no idea she was stepping into a mind far darker than she could have ever imagined.

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Case Sources:

United Press International - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/29/Slasher-movie-buff-murder-suspects-body-found/5288596782800/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/30/A-mentally-ill-young-man-acting-out-the-final/5081596869200/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/01/Fear-stalks-streets-of-Greenfield-on-Halloween/3278594363600/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/10/27/Stabbing-suspect-linked-to-movies/3988593928000/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/03/Police-seek-link-between-break-in-and-murder/4845594536400/

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/murders-inspired-by-horror-movies/3
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