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On a January night in 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike and two other teenagers lured 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer to a secluded area near the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. They taunted, beat, and slashed Colleen, carving a pentagram into her chest, before Christa picked up a piece of concrete and smashed Colleen’s skull, killing her. Those salacious details stood out during a national Satanic Panic over ritual abuse and suburban cults. The Knoxville News Sentinel later accused Christa of

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1:59

Introducing: What Happened to Her

Unrestorable ·

2026/09/30

Hi, Unrestorable listeners! We're excited to share with you a sneak peek at iHeartPodcasts' latest release, What Happened to Her! What Happened to Her: For four seasons, investigative reporter Melissa Jeltsen has told the stories of women whose lives — and deaths — were shaped by the failures of the systems meant to protect them. Now she's widening her lens, with new episodes every week. In What Happened to Her, Melissa takes on the stories that won't let her go. Women whose deaths were

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2:25

Introducing: Burden of Guilt Season 3

Unrestorable ·

2026/09/04

For one mother, believing the truth cost her everything.   After a contentious divorce, Cindy was ready to begin again. To her surprise, she found a new partner, Kenny. Days after their engagement came a devastating allegation that Kenny abused her 9-year-old son.   To Cindy, the facts behind the accusation didn’t add up. She believed the claims had less to do with reality, and more to do with retribution by her ex-husband.   As the allegation tore her family apart, Cindy faced an impossible

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2:36

Introducing: Rorschach: Murder at City Hall

Unrestorable ·

2026/03/28

A shocking public shooting at New York City Hall leaves the ambitious, charismatic City Councilman James E. Davis dead, before his assailant is gunned down by a New York City cop. It turns out that Davis had been murdered by his political rival, Niel Askew. And yet all that summer, the two men had been seen around Brooklyn together, been together in James’ office, sat side by side at a barbershop. Despite the shock waves this murder sent through New York City in the summer of 2003, the story

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2:16

Introducing: Burden of Guilt s2

Unrestorable ·

2026/02/14

In 1999, an 18-year-old bartender named Bobby Gumpright told a lie that sent an innocent man, Jermaine Hudson, to prison for 22 years. Burden of Guilt explores the harsh realities of Jim Crow-era Louisiana in 1898 that helped seal Hudson’s fate—and the unlikely friendship that has grown between the two men since Gumpright came forward with the truth. Listen here and subscribe to Burden of Guilt s2 on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for

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1:04

Introducing: The Brothers Ortiz

Unrestorable ·

2025/12/13

The Brothers Ortiz is the story of two brothers–both successful, but in very different ways. Gabe Ortiz becomes a third-highest ranking officer in all of Texas while his younger brother Larry climbs the ranks in Puro Tango Blast, a notorious Texas Prison gang. Gabe doesn’t know all the details of his brother’s nefarious dealings, and he’s made a point not to ask, to protect their relationship. But when Larry is murdered during a home invasion in a rented beach house, Gabe has

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36:31

Episode 8 – Mercy

Unrestorable ·

2025/10/29

Christa and her attorneys grapple with a recent announcement by the Tennessee Supreme Court.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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28:16

Episode 7 – Justice

Unrestorable ·

2025/10/22

Beth and Sarah talk to Colleen’s mother about whether justice is even possible in this case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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26:39

Episode 6 – The Lawyers

Unrestorable ·

2025/10/15

Defending “the worst of the worst” can take a sizable emotional toll–but it also reinforces a sense of shared humanity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29:00

Episode 5 - Christa Fights to Stay Alive

Unrestorable ·

2025/10/08

As the decades-long effort to overturn her death sentence runs out of time, Christa and her legal team try to prove that she’s a changed person.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:01

Episode 4 - In Solitary

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2025/10/01

Christa looks back on her early years on death row when she struggled with undiagnosed mental health issues and the role it played in the fight to save her life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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25:41

Episode 3 - The Trial

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2025/09/24

We learn what the jury and public didn’t know about Christa, her attorneys, and their trial strategy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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21:34

Episode 2 - Knoxville Reels

Unrestorable ·

2025/09/17

As details of the murder leak, the Knoxville community is shocked by what 18-year-old Christa allegedly did to Colleen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 1 - Christa and Colleen

Unrestorable ·

2025/09/10

Months after two teens enroll at Knoxville’s JobCorps program, one is dead and the other is charged with murdering her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Introducing... Unrestorable Season 2: Proof of Life

Unrestorable ·

2025/09/03

In January 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in the woods of Knoxville, Tennessee–and 30 years later, she’s still on death row. Proof of Life explores the meaning of justice and rehabilitation, and asks how we determine whether someone deserves to live or die.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:29

Introducing: The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer

Unrestorable ·

2025/07/19

What does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur?On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her. So how did she end up in prison for it? Anna Sinfield - the journalist behind the global number 1 podcast, The Girlfriends, returns with her toughest story yet.This series isn’t a whodunnit. It’s not even really about what happened. It’s abouthowa woman who was a victim of domestic

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1:03

Introducing: True Crime Tonight

Unrestorable ·

2025/06/02

Hi, Unrestorable listeners! We're excited to share with you a sneak peek at iHeartPodcasts' latest release, True Crime Tonight. True Crime Tonight: If you eat, sleep, and breathe true crime, TRUE CRIME TONIGHT is serving up your nightly fix. Five nights a week, KT STUDIOS & iHEART RADIO invite listeners to pull up a seat for an unfiltered look at the biggest cases making headlines, celebrity scandals, and the trials everyone is watching. With a mix of expert analysis, hot takes, and listener

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3:22

Introducing: Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien

Unrestorable ·

2025/04/25

Hello, Unrestorable listeners! We want to share a new podcast that we think you'll love - Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien About the show: One of America’s greatest unsolved mysteries, and the two women at its core; One black, one white. One poor, one rich. They never actually met. But their lives came to intersect through one tragic day when Mary Pinchot Meyer was mysteriously murdered on her daily walk in broad daylight in 1964. A black man stood accused, and a

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1:36

Uncover the Chilling Secrets of “The Unborn”

Unrestorable ·

2024/11/15

The Unborn follows Jared and Kristy Akron, a seemingly perfect couple in small-town Pennsylvania. As Kristy’s behavior grows strange, Jared uncovers chilling secrets that unravel their idyllic life, entangling them in a web of deception, betrayal, and hidden horrors. Listen here and subscribe to The Unborn on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Introducing: The Idaho Massacre Season 2

Unrestorable ·

2024/06/12

Hi, Unrestorable listeners! iHeartPodcasts has geared up for a riveting new season of The Idaho Massacre hosted by Courtney Armstrong, Stephanie Lydecker, and Jeff Shane! On November 13, 2022, four students from the University of Idaho were brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house. After a lengthy investigation and cross-country manhunt, a Ph.D. student from a neighboring university is charged with the crimes. As it turns out, the 28-year-old was majoring in criminology, studying the

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28:21

Episode 8 – Justice

Unrestorable ·

2023/11/15

Troy ponders his next moves as he searches for broader accountability for the loss of his two children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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