Dark Side of the Land

19 News and True Crime AZ team up to discuss the new Netflix documentary, "The Crash." Hear what Netflix didn't include and what the families had to say after seeing the documentary.

In December 1928, a mysterious woman in a blue chinchilla coat walked into a quiet Northeast Ohio home, shot a man eight times, and then vanished into the night. Vernard Fearn's dying words were, "I don't know that woman. I've never seen her in my life." But investigators would soon discover that the victim's squeaky-clean reputation was hiding some very dark secrets. In this episode, 19 News reporter Jen Picciano peels back the layers of a century-old murder mystery that's equal parts scandal, heartbreak, and betrayal.

It started with a little girl — and a family willing to kill to keep her. In April 2016, eight members of the Rhoden family were murdered in their own homes while they slept. Three children, including a five-day-old baby, were the only survivors. What followed became the largest criminal investigation in Ohio history. It's been ten years since the Pike County massacre and there is one trial still left to come. In this episode, 19 News Senior Investigative Reporter Sara Goldenberg goes inside the investigation with Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson, uncovering the chilling motive, the evidence trail that stretched to Alaska, and what's still ahead in court.

New court documents are raising new questions about the murder of Amanda Dean. Is the Huron County sheriff now under investigation? 19 News anchor Nichole Vrsansky joins legal analyst Alyssa Belli and 19 Investigates executive producer Misty Stiver to review the latest updates.

On a steamy August morning in 1935, a Cleveland housewife walked into a neighborhood deli and shot the owner dead. She was convinced the woman was a witch who had placed a hex on her family. In this episode, 19 News reporter Jen Picciano unravels one of the city's most bizarre and chilling crimes — a murder rooted not in jealousy or greed, but in fear, superstition, and years of desperate suffering.