UPCOMING EPISODES

On October 6th 2020, the world was shocked by the news that guitar legend Eddie Van Halen had died. A rock prodigy with a boyish charm, Eddie was never more comfortable than when he had a guitar in his hand. Known as the founder of the Van Halen, a band synonymous with California cool, Eddie was surprisingly an immigrant. Of both Dutch and Indonesian heritage, his family moved from the Netherlands to California when he was a child. Without knowing a word of English, Eddie overcame racism in a pre civil rights America. By age 25, Eddie’s band had sold multiple platinum albums and his innovative guitar techniques cemented Eddie in Rock and Roll history. It seemed nothing could stop him. But behind his contagious smile, there was a darker undercurrent that would plague Eddie throughout his life. He dealt with addiction issues for over 4 decades, having started drinking at just age 12. Often relying on alcohol and other substances to maintain his creativity, Eddie would spend many years in and out of rehab. He was a workaholic, often pushing his body to the limits in order to perform while secretly battling illness. Eddie died at the age of 65 from cancer. But if caught early, Eddie’s disease had reasonable survival rates. So what happened? World renowned forensic pathologist, Dr. Michael Hunter needs to analyse every detail of Eddie Van Halen’s life in order to piece together what else may have been going on in his body, ultimately leading to his untimely death.

On October 6th 2020, the world was shocked by the news that guitar legend Eddie Van Halen had died. A rock prodigy with a boyish charm, Eddie was never more comfortable than when he had a guitar in his hand. Known as the founder of the Van Halen, a band synonymous with California cool, Eddie was surprisingly an immigrant. Of both Dutch and Indonesian heritage, his family moved from the Netherlands to California when he was a child. Without knowing a word of English, Eddie overcame racism in a pre civil rights America. By age 25, Eddie’s band had sold multiple platinum albums and his innovative guitar techniques cemented Eddie in Rock and Roll history. It seemed nothing could stop him. But behind his contagious smile, there was a darker undercurrent that would plague Eddie throughout his life. He dealt with addiction issues for over 4 decades, having started drinking at just age 12. Often relying on alcohol and other substances to maintain his creativity, Eddie would spend many years in and out of rehab. He was a workaholic, often pushing his body to the limits in order to perform while secretly battling illness. Eddie died at the age of 65 from cancer. But if caught early, Eddie’s disease had reasonable survival rates. So what happened? World renowned forensic pathologist, Dr. Michael Hunter needs to analyse every detail of Eddie Van Halen’s life in order to piece together what else may have been going on in his body, ultimately leading to his untimely death.

On the morning of December 23rd, 2015, just two days before Christmas, cherished wife and mother of two boys Connie Dabate was found brutally murdered, shot to death in her own basement in Ellington Connecticut. Connie’s husband Rick was also found tortured covered in blood. He reported the shocking story of a home invasion gone wrong, a masked intruder who had attempted to rob the family, shooting Connie twice in the process. The Dabates seemed like an idyllic family. Connie and Rick had been together for 12 years, they had two boys and on the surface were the picture of happiness. Connie was a pillar of the small close-knit community of Ellington and as a couple they were well liked and had lots of friends. But what people didn’t know about doting father and loving husband Rick was he had a double life, a second phone and a secret credit card that Connie knew nothing about and the case unfolds darker secrets emerge. A murder that shocked a community and ripped families apart. But, was this simply a tale of a home robbery gone tragically wrong? Who was in the Dabate house that day? What kind of person would murder a mother in cold blood just two days before Christmas? With the help of police investigation reports, the coroner's autopsy and the technological data pulled from the Dabates’ cell phones and the Fitbit Connie was wearing that day, Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter deciphers the shocking truths of the case to uncover how and why this apparently senseless murder took place.

In the early hours of January 13th, 2018 beloved wife and mother Kathleen ‘Kat’ Dawn West was found dead across the street from her Calera, Alabama home. The crime scene was shocking. 42-year-old Kat was found partially nude with a blunt force trauma to her head lying next to her was a half full bottle of absinthe and her cell phone. Kat described herself as a full-time wife and Mommy who doted on her daughter Lola, aged 12 years old at the time. But what many people didn’t know is that Kat had a second online life quite at odds with her housewife persona. Kat was an avid social media user and in March 2016 she started using her online accounts to make money, initially posting links to items for sale but it was the sexy pictures of her modelling lingerie that helped her amass 52,000 Instagram followers under the provocative username ‘Kitty Kat West’. This led to Kat starting her own online business on the Onlyfans website and posting more explicit material. Kat’s double life was not a secret from her husband Jeff. Kat had been married to Jeff West for 14 years, on the surface they had a loving, open relationship but digging deeper there were issues in their marriage. Kat’s husband Jeff has been charged and convicted with her murder but the outcome remains controversial. Jeff has always claimed his wife died from a drunken accidental fall. Could Jeff have killed his wife? Did an online stalker murder Kat in cold blood? Was it a drunken accident? With the help of police investigation reports, first-hand accounts and the coroner's autopsy report Dr. Michael Hunter unravels the mysterious case to uncover how and why Kat West died.

Two attractive young women attacked in their place of work, with one left dead and the other found bound and unconscious. Jayna Murray’s brutal murder, seemingly at the hands of blood thirsty masked intruders, sent the wealthy community of Bethesda, MD, into lockdown. This savage killing in a Lululemon sports clothes store would stun even the most case-hardened law enforcement professionals and forensic specialists. With its apparent sexual motive, and the sheer number of horrific injuries Jayna sustained as she tried to defend herself, this is a crime that stands out in its savagery. But as the details of this terrible murder are revealed, it will become clear that everything is not as it first seems, and forensic and crime scene evidence will turn this urgent investigation on its head. Utilizing the autopsy report, forensic evidence and first-hand accounts, Dr. Michael Hunter will uncover the facts behind this appalling murder, and by studying all the evidence of this mysterious case, he’ll shed light on the appalling truth of it, and explain how and why Jayna Murray died.

Steven Clayton appeared to have it all. Happily married and living in luxury on the shore of South Carolina’s Lake Wylie, the 64-year-old was enjoying his retirement after a successful career. But on June 21st, 2018, his wife Lana found him dead at the bottom of their stairs after a sudden illness, and immediately called for help. Attending responders initially determined it to be a death from natural causes, but family members grew suspicious that this was not the whole story. Four weeks later a homicide investigation began. Now, world renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter analyses the autopsy report and documents from the investigation to get to the truth of how Steven Clayton died.