On Jan. 29, 1999, a family friend entered the Reed family's Manassas, Virginia home where he killed 16-year-old Stacie Reed and then raped, stabbed, and choked 14-year-old Kristie Reed, leaving her for dead. Clinging to life, Kristie is about to mouth the name of her killer to police...Paul Warner Powell.

Powell is arrested just hours later. Powell is eventually found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for Stacie's murder.

From prison, Paul Powell writes profane, taunting letters to the family and prosecutor, boasting about the crime...believing he couldn't be re-tried due to the double jeopardy clause. Powell's letters are enough to charge him with capital murder, where a jury again finds him guilty. This time, he's given the death penalty and executed by electric chair in 2010.

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The 1989 murder of Carol Stuart in Boston was a high-profile crime that captivated national attention and exposed deep racial and social tensions in the city. Carol Stuart, a pregnant white woman, was shot and killed on October 23, 1989, as she and her husband, Charles Stuart, drove through the Mission Hill neighborhood after attending a childbirth class. Charles claimed that an African American man had carjacked them, shot Carol in the head, and wounded him in the stomach. His account triggered a massive police investigation, during which Black men in the area were aggressively stopped and questioned. The case stoked racial divisions and sparked outrage among Boston's Black community.

The investigation took a dramatic turn when police arrested a young Black man, Willie Bennett, based on Charles Stuart's identification of him as the assailant. However, the narrative unraveled in January 1990 when Charles's brother, Matthew Stuart, came forward with shocking revelations implicating Charles in the murder. Matthew admitted to helping Charles dispose of evidence, including the gun and Carol's purse. Investigators soon concluded that Charles had staged the entire attack, likely motivated by financial gain, as he stood to collect a substantial life insurance payout upon Carol's death. When confronted with this evidence, Charles Stuart jumped off the Tobin Bridge in Boston, killing himself. The case left a lasting scar on Boston, highlighting systemic racial bias within the criminal justice system and the media's role in perpetuating stereotypes. The wrongful targeting of the Black community led to widespread criticism of law enforcement practices and a public reckoning with issues of race and inequality.

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Ed and Melissa dive into the twisted case of Richard Biegenwald, a man dubbed by the media as "The Jersey Shore Thrill Killer." The serial killer and arsonist murdered six people, four women and two men, in Monmouth County, New Jersey between 1958 and 1983. He is suspected in at least two other murders.