Rachel Shannon True Crime

Rachel Shannon True Crime

@rachelshannon · 265K subscribers · 757 videos · English

True crime is my passion! We talk about solved cases, unsolved cases, missing persons, serial killers, and everything in between. A little bit about me: My n…

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50:22

Teen's Daring Escape Helped EXPOSE Deranged Killer

27K views · 4d ago · 50:22

In September of 1992, 19 year old Jennifer Asbenson accepted a ride from a man who seemed friendly and charismatic. The next morning, she was tied up in the trunk of his car in the California desert. She escaped, ran for her life and told police everything she could. But for years, nobody knew who he was. Nobody even believed her. Jennifer would later discover that the man who attacked her, also murdered 8 women across 2 different states.

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38:16

TWISTED Babysitter Kills 5 Babies Because She got an "Urge"

52K views · 6d ago · 38:16

Between 1980 and 1982, 5 young children died while in the care of Florida babysitter Christine Falling. Each time, there was an explanation: a fall from a crib, a rare heart virus, sudden infant death syndrome. Christine herself told reporters it was just “bad luck.” But when 10-week-old Travis Coleman died in the summer of 1982, a medical examiner found something that didn’t add up, and the case of the “Babysitter From Hell” finally began to unravel.

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48:20

EVIL Father Says He Doesn't Want His 6 Year Old Son. So He Does Something HORRIBlE to Him.

79K views · 1w ago · 48:20

In 2011, 3 year old Adrian Jones was taken from his mother and placed with his father, Michael, and his stepmother, Heather. Over the next 4 years, social workers in Kansas and Missouri got more than 10 reports that Adrian was being beaten, starved and locked away, and Adrian told them himself what was happening. His dad even said he didn't want him. Yet, every single time, Adrian was sent back home. How did this happen?

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28:08

"Say Goodbye to Your Kids" | Police Followed a Trail of Blood to a HORRIFIC Scene

63K views · 3w ago · 28:08

On August 6, 2026, a father in Mandan, North Dakota recorded his wife holding their baby with a gun at her hip and telling him, "Say goodbye to your kids." A short time later, 3 children were found covered in blood with severe injuries to their throats. 3 year old Morgan and 5 month old Ava were already dead, and their 2 year old brother, Colton, was fighting for his life. Join as we dive into the heartbreaking true crime case of Kailey Erhart.

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53:43

2 Little Girls Make HORRIFYING Discovery, Lead Cops to Mom’s Brutalized Body

57K views · 3w ago · 53:43

It was just after 10am on May 1st, 2019, when 2 officers were standing at the front door of an apartment in Alvin, Texas. They were there for a welfare check. The door opened, and it was 2 little girls: 9 years old and 5 years old, still home on a school day. When the officers ask where their mom is, they say she’s asleep, but that the bedroom door is locked so they can’t get in. But as it turns out, their mother had been dead behind that door for over 10 hours.

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26:34

“I Killed Daddy”: 11 Year Old’s CHILLING Confession After His Nintendo Switch Was Taken Away

70K views · 1mo ago · 26:34

On January 13th, 2026, just hours after his parents sang "Happy Birthday" to him, 11 year old Clayton Dietz allegedly took a revolver from a gun safe and shot his adoptive father, Douglas, while he slept. Police say it started with a Nintendo Switch that had been taken away. However, after digging deeper into the life of the Dietz family, concerning allegations began to emerge, muddying the picture of what was once an open-and-shut case.

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43:40

Mom Called 3 Year Old "Stupid" & "Ugly" Before Doing Something HORRIFIC to her: Brielle Gage

115K views · 1mo ago · 43:40

In late November of 2014, while most families were gearing up for their big Thanksgiving feasts, 3 year old Brielle Gage was in an ambulance. Her mother told first responders that Brielle was rough housing with her siblings, when she got hurt and had a seizure... But that initial explanation wouldn’t last long. As they looked deeper into the family's history, they realized that this situation was much darker than it appeared on the surface.

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27:47

"I Wanted us to go to God Together": Mother Accused of Gruesome Crime Against 2 Young Children

44K views · 1mo ago · 27:47

In April 2026, two young children, aged 6 and 7 years old, were found dead inside their family home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, just hours after their mother showed up at a relative's house hundreds of miles away, bleeding and hysterical. What she told police that night, and what she's accused of doing to her own kids, shocked even the most seasoned investigators. Some even called this case the worst they had ever seen, so please watch this story with caution.

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33:39

3 "Co-parents" Did UNTHINKABLE to 7 year old Boy for WEEKS. His Grandparents were 1 Day too Late

93K views · 1mo ago · 33:39

On August 6th, 2026, police in Cincinnati found 7 year old William Evans-Ellis bound with duct tape inside a closet. For the 9 months before that, the three adults who called themselves his co-parents had cut him off from nearly everyone who loved him, all while texting one another, discussing a plan on the awful things they wanted to do to him. His grandparents noticed the strange behavior. They asked to see him, and they were told no.

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32:57

Parents LIED About Autistic 5 Year Old's Disappearance. Then she was Found in a River: Saylor Hayes

53K views · 1mo ago · 32:57

When John Hayes called 911 on August 30th, 2026, he told the dispatcher "I don't see her anywhere. She must have just escaped." He says it all happened in a split second, but she can't talk, so she can't call out, she can't ask for help, and can't tell anyone her name. For the next 22 hours, hundreds of searchers came together to comb South Carolina coastline, desperate to find that 5 year old little girl.

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36:06

A Baby was Found in the Back of a U-haul. Then, Autopsy Revealed SICKENING Items in His Stomach.

207K views · 1mo ago · 36:06

This is one of those cases where everyone saw it coming. Everyone, including state officials, his family, and friends were all worried about what Grayson's mother was doing to him. His grandparents were driving around everywhere trying to physically hunt his mother down. Neighbors on the street were looking at a U-Haul truck that had been parked all day, with a gut feeling that something about it was off.

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