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Maryland's Most Notorious Murders

Maryland's Most Notorious Murders

Episode One - Child Killers Adan Canela, Parlicarpio Espinoza & Unsolved Destiny Harrison

Recent Episodes

Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 10 Pastor Kevin Jerome Pushia & (UNSOLVED) Donna Lee Dustin
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June 1, 2026

Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 10 Pastor Kevin Jerome Pushia & (UNSOLVED) Donna Lee Dustin

This episode profiles the life insurance motive murder of 37-year -old Lemuel Wallace, a blind a developmentally challenged man, who was shot and killed on February 4, 2009. Lemuel's murder was orchestrated by 33-year-old Pastor Kevin Jerome Pushia. This episode also profiles the unsolved murder of 17-year-old Donna Lee Dustin who was found in a wooded footpath area off of Meyer Station Road in Odenton on November 17, 1973. Donna was found nude and had been beaten and sexually assaulted.
Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 9 Geraldine Brown Parrish & (UNSOLVED) Alva Jean Parris
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April 21, 2026

Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 9 Geraldine Brown Parrish & (UNSOLVED) Alva Jean Parris

This episode profiles the murders orchestrated and planned by female serial murderer 68-year-old-Geraldine Brown Parrish who was convicted of planning the murders of four men between 1985 and 1987. The men were killed strictly for their life insurance benefits. This episode also profiles the unsolved homicide of 9-year-old Alva Jean Parris, who was found beaten and burned with lye, in a shallow grave, near an abandoned farmhouse in Essex, on June 15, 1960.
Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION / LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 8 Stephen Michael Cooke, Jr. & (UNSOLVED) Deborah Ann Brooks
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March 2, 2026

Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION / LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 8 Stephen Michael Cooke, Jr. & (UNSOLVED) Deborah Ann Brooks

This episode profiles the various crimes committed by Stephen Michael Cooke, Jr., including orchestrating the murder of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Heidi Louise Bernadzikowski for her life insurance benefits on April 20, 2000, and also the solicitation to intimidate a witness for his co-defendant, while awaiting trial, fourteen years later. This episode also profiles the unsolved stabbing murder of 17-year-old Deborah Ann Brooks, who was found beaten and stabbed in a wooded area off of Sharpersv
Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 7 Melvin Ford & (UNSOLVED) Leann Faulk
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March 2, 2026

Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 7 Melvin Ford & (UNSOLVED) Leann Faulk

This episode profiles the shooting murder of 35-year-old Melvin Ford, who was murdered on October 27, 2017, in the 500 block of East 26th Street. Melvin, a witness to an earlier shooting, had been planning to testify as a witness for that case but was killed ten days before trial was scheduled to begin. This episode also profiles the unsolved murder of 21-year-old Leann Faulk. Leann was last seen on Saturday, November 16, 1985, leaving her boyfriend's parent's home in Oxon Hill. Leann's body has
Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 6 Tonya Renee Lucas & (UNSOLVED) Michael Lee Wise
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Dec. 18, 2025

Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 6 Tonya Renee Lucas & (UNSOLVED) Michael Lee Wise

This episode profiles the murder of 29-year-old Tonya Renee Lucas's six children, 12-year-old Antoine Lucas, 5-year-old Russell "Bookie" Williams, 3-year-old twins Takia Cook and Deon Cook, 2-year-old Gregory Cook, and 18-month-old Damien Cook who all died in an arson house fire in a rowhome in the 2400 block of East Eager Street, on July 7, 1992. This episode also profiles the unsolved murder of 24-year-old Michael Lee Wise, who was shot and killed while trick or treating and pushing his young
Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 5 Michael Pryor & (UNSOLVED) Joanne "Jody" Elizabeth LeCornu
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Nov. 3, 2025

Season TWELVE (WITNESS INTIMIDATION/LIFE INSURANCE MOTIVE MURDERS) Episode 5 Michael Pryor & (UNSOLVED) Joanne "Jody" Elizabeth LeCornu

This episode profiles the murder of 32-year-old Michael Pryor, who was stabbed to death on May 15, 2010, because he was due to testify in court about witnessing the murder of his friend, Nelson Gause. This episode also profiles the unsolved murder of 32-year-old Joanne "Jody" Elizabeth LeCornu, who was shot to death in her vehicle in the parking lot of the Drum Castle Shopping Center in the 6400 block of York Road on March 2, 1996.

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