True Crime Time For October 5, 2026 | Two Little Girls Found Dead, a Botched Execution Fallout & Deadly Friday Night Lights
Woody Overton starts with October 5 in true-crime history, from the Dalton Gang’s disastrous 1892 double-bank robbery and the 2001 anthrax attacks to the murder of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway and the notorious crimes and mythology surrounding H.H. Holmes. Pasted text
Then, Family Matters brings two disturbing cases involving children: a loaded handgun found in a three-year-old’s daycare backpack in Michigan, and a South Carolina mother charged with homicide by child abuse after her two young daughters were found dead. Woody also follows the fallout from Christa Pike’s failed execution, including the resignation of Tennessee’s corrections commissioner and the independent investigation into what went wrong. Later, he covers a deadly Florida self-defense case involving a 15-year-old, alleged football-team hazing in Maryland, and the senseless shooting death of Nashville high-school student Cameron Frierson after a Friday-night football game. Pasted text Pasted text
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- Dalton Gang and October 5 crime history
- 2001 anthrax attacks
- Jessica Ridgeway murder
- H.H. Holmes and the Murder Castle
- Loaded gun found in a three-year-old’s backpack
- Two young sisters found dead in South Carolina
- Fallout from Christa Pike’s failed execution
- Florida teen shooting ruled self-defense
- Maryland football hazing investigation
- Cameron Frierson’s fatal shooting in Nashville
The South Carolina case raises particularly difficult questions because deputies reportedly had contact with the mother and children five times during August and September before the girls were found dead. An internal review of the agency’s previous responses is now underway. Pasted text
The Christa Pike story also continues to develop. Tennessee’s corrections commissioner is stepping down while an independent review examines the failed execution, and the state’s remaining executions for 2026 have been called off pending that review.
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