Bang to Rights

Five-year-old Phoenix Sinclair should have been safe in the care of her own mother. Instead, she was subjected to unimaginable cruelty at the hands of the very people who were supposed to protect her. But what makes this case even more disturbing is what happened after Phoenix was murdered. Her mother continued pretending she was alive, even attempting to pass another little girl off as her daughter. How could a child disappear without anyone realising the truth for so long? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

His mother was raped at 11. She had him at 12. By 2, he was found wandering the streets naked. By 8, the school was already raising alarms. By 12, a baby was dead — and his mother could have saved him. This is the case of Cristian Fernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On 12 January 2024, Christopher Stockton called for an ambulance to a home in Darlington, County Durham. Charlie, who was not yet two years old, had been left in his care. Stockton told paramedics that the little boy had choked on a biscuit. But they found no obstruction in his airway, and the medical evidence did not support Stockton’s explanation. Charlie died in hospital the following day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2021, a 15-year-old Ivan "Nick" Vetecnik went to his friend's house in Taylorsville, Utah. He never came home. CCTV captured his friend walking out of the house covered in blood, carrying garbage bags. When asked what happened, he said he was cutting up ribs for a BBQ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laila Daniel was two years old when she was placed with foster parents. Four months later she was dead. What investigators found when they looked closer at what happened inside that home told a very different story. This is the case of Laila Daniel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russell Williams was one of Canada’s most decorated Air Force officers. He commanded the country’s largest military base, flew the Prime Minister, and had even piloted the Queen of England. Nobody had any idea what he was doing when he went home at night. This is the case of Russell Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He travelled 30 miles on two buses with a knife. He followed her for 45 minutes. Then he stabbed her outside a pizza shop. This is the case of Holly Newton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She went through 17 rounds of IVF to have her three daughters. Then one night she put cable ties around all three of their necks. This is the case of Lauren Dickason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She sent 3 men to her ex husband's house. They ambushed him on his own driveway, dragged him inside and tortured him for over 2 hours. 61 injuries. Stabbed. Strangled. Boiling water poured on his genitals. And the person who organised the whole thing? His own ex wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Cahalane was doused in sulphuric acid at his own home in Plymouth in February 2025. He survived for ten weeks before dying from his injuries. When investigators looked at who had set him up, the answer was closer to home than anyone expected. This is the case of Danny Cahalane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica Parsons was adopted as a baby by Casey and Sandy Parsons in North Carolina. Nobody reported her missing for nearly two years. When her adoptive brother finally walked into a police station in 2013 and told them what he believed had happened, investigators began one of the most disturbing cases the state had ever seen. This is the case of Erica Parsons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shannon O’Connor became known as the “Los Gatos Party Mom” after opening her California home to her teenage son and his friends. At first, she seemed like the parent who allowed them to get away with almost anything — but what was really happening inside her home would eventually lead to her arrest and a case that shocked the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Hertgen called 911 himself. “I’m not going to go into any more details right now,” he told the operator. When police arrived at his home and saw what he’d done to his own brother — and what had been left arranged on the dining table — the details were ruled too disturbing to be played in full in court. This is the case of Matthew Hertgen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martina Esqueda lived with her husband and five boyfriends under one roof. When a dog fight left her with a broken arm she blamed one of them. What she ordered the others to do next shocked even the judge. This is the case of Martina Esqueda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tristan Roberts spent weeks planning his mother's murder. He bought weapons, announced his plans online and bought a dictaphone so he could record every second of what he was about to do. The recording was so disturbing it couldn't be played in court. This is the case of Tristan Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 2022 twelve year old Lola Daviet was walking home from school in Paris when she was lured into an apartment. Days earlier her killer had been searching online for something nobody could have predicted. What happened inside that apartment shocked an entire country. This is the case of Lola Daviet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvey Marcelin had already been convicted of murder twice — spending over 50 years behind bars across two separate sentences. Each time he was released, he killed again. In 2022 at 83 years old, investigators received a tip about a shopping cart abandoned on a Brooklyn street. What they found inside led them straight to Marcelin — and what surveillance cameras had already captured was unlike anything investigators said they had seen before. This is the case of Harvey Marcelin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China Arnold was a mother from Dayton, Ohio. In August 2005 she brought her 28-day-old daughter Paris to hospital — unconscious. Doctors couldn’t explain what had happened. Then the coroner’s findings pointed to something so disturbing it had barely been seen before in a criminal case. This is the case of China Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anggy Diaz moved to America from Nicaragua dreaming of a better life. She was working two jobs to pay for her mother’s cancer treatment back home. Three months after her wedding she was found dead in the home she shared with her husband — the scene described by the sheriff as one of the most gruesome he had ever seen. This is the case of Anggy Diaz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In November 2020 something happened in a Houston apartment that nobody reported. Nobody called for help. Nobody came. For almost a year three young boys were left completely alone inside — until the eldest finally picked up the phone in October 2021 and told police what had been in that apartment with them the entire time. This is the case of Kendrick Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices