The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Editing:
Aiden Wolf
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

Under the glare of fluorescent lights, the world feels suspended in time. Highway stops where strangers cross paths for minutes and then vanish back into the dark. Places built on movement, anonymity, and trust between people who know almost nothing about each other.
When that trust is misplaced, a journey meant for escape or healing can quietly turn into something far more dangerous. What begins on the open road, in a place designed only for passing through, drifts toward a destination no one expects.
Some crossroads are meant to lead you forward.
Others are where everything stops.
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Research & Writing:
Sherri Smith
Editing:
Aiden Wolf
Sources:
CourtTV
People Magazine
First Coast News
MassLive
Telegram and Gazette
Lowell Sun
Crime Online
NBC Boston

On a warm March night in Ocala, Florida, a quiet household settles into its familiar routine. A movie plays. The lights go out. Nothing feels out of place. By morning, that sense of normalcy is gone.
Join us, as we examine the disappearance and murder of Tim Smith, a man known for stability, kindness, and devotion to his family. What begins inside the safety of home slowly unravels into a haunting mystery. One shaped by unanswered questions, unsettling details, and a truth that would only emerge after everything had already changed.
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Ryan Deininger
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Court Tv Trial Recap
LIVE: Drugged Husband Murder Trial — FL v. Herbert Swilley — Day 1
LIVE: Drugged Husband Murder Trial — FL v. Herbert Swilley — Day 2
LIVE: Drugged Husband Murder Trial — FL v. Herbert Swilley — Day 3
LIVE: Drugged Husband Murder Trial — FL v. Herbert Swilley — Day 4
LIVE: Drugged Husband Murder Trial — FL v. Herbert Swilley — Day 5
Defendant's daughter testifies for the state in Day 3 of Ocala murder trial
Trial Day 2 for man accused of killing his husband. Law officers, landlord testify
Reward: $14,500 offered for help solving Timothy Smith killing
Violent death near Ocala: Deputies ask for the public's help finding the killer
Ocala: Man accused of killing his husband stands trial. Defense points to 'suspicious man'
Jury finds Marion County man guilty of murdering husband
Man overdosed husband with allergy medicine before beating, strangling him: Prosecutors
Man who allegedly asked for immunity is arrested as husband's accused murderer
Prosecutors will not seek death against man who allegedly murdered his husband
"He Was Very Cold":
Fla. Man Raised Thousands on GoFundMe After Husband Was Killed. Now, He's a Suspect

A quiet Monday morning. A trusted routine that suddenly breaks. And a crime scene that left investigators asking how any of it was possible.
In this episode, we unravel a case built not on eyewitnesses but on movement, silence, and a timeline that refuses to behave the way it should. A family forever altered and a truth that remains deeply contested.
Sometimes the most unsettling stories are not about what was seen but about what happened after no one was watching.
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Editing:
Aiden Wolf
Sources:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ny-supreme-court-appellate-division/1395324.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ny-court-of-appeals/1489181.html
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2653428/people-v-porco/
https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-third-department/2008/2008-07079.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/court-of-appeals/2011/2011-ny-slip-op-08446.html
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https://timesunion.com/news/article/porco-case-timeline-678905.php
https://timesunion.com/news/article/porco-appeal-update-2021-15968156.php
https://nbcnews.com/id/wbna11689963
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https://cbsnews.com/news/the-porco-trial/
https://cbsnews.com/news/christopher-porco-case-update/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2016/08/10/christopher-porco-case-10-years-later
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2021/09/20/christopher-porco-appeal-oral-arguments
https://nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2008/2008_07079.htm
https://nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2011/2011_08446.htm
https://rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=2356
https://archive.org/details/christopher-porco-trial