Psychopedia: True Crime & Criminal Psychology

Arthur Shawcross, the “Genesee River Killer,” murdered two children and after serving just over 14 years in prison, he was released back into society. Then women started disappearing. Their bodies began turning up around Rochester, New York, many near the Genesee River, as police searched for a serial killer they had already caught once before. By the time investigators finally connected the murders to Shawcross, he had been free for less than two years and 11 more people were dead. This is the horrifying story of a convicted child killer who was released from prison, the victims who paid the ultimate price, and how one devastating second chance allowed Arthur Shawcross to become one of New York’s most notorious serial killers.

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In September 2026, a former Cornell student known only as Jane Doe filed a 101-page lawsuit against seven Chi Phi fraternity members, Cornell University, and more than a dozen other defendants. The complaint alleges she was incapacitated inside the frat house in October 2024, that drugs were involved, and that a message to a fraternity group chat invited others upstairs. She reported it to Cornell police weeks later. The university ran a Title IX investigation, the chapter was banned from campus, and according to reporting on the case, the accused students received a range of sanctions, from expulsion to suspension to written assignments. Prosecutors did not bring criminal charges at the time. Then the lawsuit went public. On September 28, 2026, the Tompkins County District Attorney announced he was reopening the case and would present it to a grand jury. The New York Attorney General's office said it would review Cornell's response, and the governor called for an independent outside review. So what actually happened inside that fraternity house, and why did it take two years and a civil lawsuit before anyone looked again?

NOTE: All allegations described here come from Jane Doe’s civil complaint and public reporting. As of this episode’s release, no criminal charges have been filed, and these allegations have not been established in court. This case remains ongoing.

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Pastor J.P. Miller preached about marriage, submission, and a wife’s duty to her husband while his own wife, Mica Miller, was desperately trying to escape him. Mica accused J.P. of tracking her movements, harassing her with dozens of calls, interfering with her finances, sabotaging her car, and posting a nude photo of her online. Then, just days after filing for separation, 30-year-old Mica was found dead from a gunshot wound in a remote state park. Her tragic death was ruled a suicide, and authorities found no evidence J.P. was involved. But what investigators uncovered about the months leading up to Mica’s death would eventually land the controversial pastor at the center of a federal criminal case—and expose allegations of a marriage far darker than anything he preached about from the pulpit.

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Fidel Lopez claimed that his girlfriend, Maria Nemeth, had been injured during a night of “rough sex” - but when police found Maria dead and disemboweled, with her intestines torn from her body and blood and tissue scattered throughout their apartment, it became horrifyingly clear that this was no sexual accident. What began as a night of tequila and intimacy in their Sunrise, Florida, apartment descended into an almost incomprehensible act of violence after Maria called out her estranged husband’s name during sex. Under interrogation, Fidel’s story began to collapse - and what he eventually admitted to doing to Maria was so grotesque that even seasoned investigators struggled to comprehend the crime scene. This is the brutal murder of Maria Nemeth, the disturbing confession of Fidel Lopez, and the story behind the so-called “50 Shades Defense”: when “rough sex” becomes a convenient explanation for violence against women.
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Stephen Griffiths, the “Crossbow Cannibal,” hunted his victims with a crossbow before dismembering their bodies and eating their remains. A criminology student in Bradford, England, Griffiths didn’t just study murder - he became the very thing he had spent years obsessing over: a serial killer. Horrifyingly, part of his blood-soaked reign was captured on CCTV when a terrified woman was seen running for her life through his apartment building's hallway, with Griffiths chasing close behind. Moments later, he shot her in the head with a crossbow. But what investigators uncovered would reveal something even more disturbing: a killer consumed by homicide, violence, and death who had ultimately made himself the subject of his own twisted research.
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