HeyJaredThe Girl in the Dark
Humans love stories. We watch them, listen to them, we even create them in our sleep. Ingrained in our basic DNA is fear. All of us are afraid of something; clowns, spiders, heights...the dark. Fear connects us all, but what happens when humans turn their humanity off?
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Chapter 31: The Mysterious Disappearance of Jamee Grossman (opens the original)
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On March 17, 2012, 24-year-old mother of two Jamee Christine Grossman disappeared from Billings, Montana. Fourteen years later, her family is still waiting for answers. For the first time on The Girl in the Dark , I worked directly with a missing woman’s family to tell her story. What began as a request from Jamee’s sister became a deep dive into her disappearance—and an investigation that left me with far more questions than answers. What happened to Jamee Grossman? Someone knows something. It’
Chapter 30: Chris Watts — Family Annihilator (opens the original)
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Eight years ago, Shanann Watts and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, disappeared from their home in Frederick, Colorado. At first, Shanann’s husband, Chris Watts, pleaded for his family to come home safely. But behind closed doors, Chris was hiding an affair, a crumbling marriage, and a horrifying secret. In this episode, we go back to the beginning—who Shanann was, the life she built, her marriage to Chris, and the events that led to August 13, 2018. We’ll follow the investigation, Ch
Chapter 29: Too Young to Die (opens the original)
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Fifteen-year-old Sydney thought she was home alone after a long day at school. But when unfamiliar footsteps echoed through the house, her world changed forever. Dragged from beneath her bed by two armed intruders, Sydney endured unimaginable violence as they searched her home for money. Bound, assaulted, and shot, she refused to believe her story would end there. With nothing left but instinct and determination, Sydney made a split-second decision that would save her life. This is not just a st
Chapter 28: The True Story of The Conjuring (opens the original)
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Before The Conjuring terrified audiences around the world, there was the real-life Perron family. In 1971, Roger and Carolyn Perron moved their five daughters into a centuries-old farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island. Almost immediately, they claimed to experience unexplained phenomena—shadow figures, strange noises, moving furniture, foul odors, and terrifying encounters that would eventually bring famed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren to their doorstep. But how much of the bl
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