Legally Brunette

With Gypsy Rose back in headlines after her ex-fiancés tragic passing, Emily and Shane are diving into the crime that initially put her behind bars.

What did Münchausen syndrome by proxy look like for Gypsy growing up? How far did her mother’s abuse extend? Did Dee Dee have everyone, including Gypsy, fooled?

There is no justification for murder; was it Gypsy’s only way out?
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Ted Kaczynski has been remembered as a brilliant, isolated killer, but people who actually knew him described another side. A local librarian who befriended him said he tutored her child and could make her laugh for hours.
Sharlto Copley, who plays him in Ted K, reveals the startling details he uncovered while researching Kaczynski and the side of the notorious killer most people have never heard about.
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Thomas Randolph was married six times, yet four of his wives had died… What happened to these women? How did he get away with these crimes for so long?
Plus, there’s a Rod Stewart song about killing your wife and it’s a detail that Shane can’t quite get over.
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A woman is murdered, her body dumped in the Mississippi River, and nearly 30 years later, her ghost may help lead investigators back to her killer. Jennifer Fessler sits down with writer and director Philip Cairney to unpack HBO’s The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story, a chilling true-crime investigation filled with mob ties, buried secrets, shocking twists, and eerie encounters that challenge even the biggest skeptics. Is it guilt, coincidence, or something paranormal?
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The first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years actually…survived.
Christa Pike was given two lethal injections and has since recovered. According to her attorneys, she is now speaking and walking.
This is not the first botched lethal injection in Tennessee this year. So, what happens next?
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