In July of 2006, 24-year-old Lori Slesinski left her Minnesota home to meet someone she trusted. She never came back.

What followed was years of uncertainty, false hope, and a case built almost entirely without a body—forcing investigators to rely on digital footprints, shifting alibis, and the psychology of someone who knew exactly how to disappear another person.

In this episode of Straight to the Case, we break down Lori’s final movements, the troubling behavior of the last person to see her alive, and how law enforcement pieced together a murder case when the victim was still missing. We’ll explore the evidence, the trial, and the haunting reality of a disappearance that left a family without answers for far too long.

Because sometimes, the most chilling crimes aren’t defined by what we find—but by what’s never recovered.

🎧 Listen now, and join us as we crack open The Disappearance of Lori Slesinski.

In Part Two of Ken and Barbie Killers: The Evil Duo, the illusion finally shatters.

As teenage girls continue to vanish across Ontario, police begin to connect the dots between the unsolved Scarborough Rapist attacks and a new wave of horrifying crimes. What follows is a race against time — one shaped by missed opportunities, hidden evidence, and a deal that would later shock an entire nation.

This episode unpacks the investigation that led to Paul Bernardo’s arrest, the shocking discovery of videotapes that exposed the truth, and the controversial plea deal that allowed Karla Homolka to walk free after just 12 years. We examine how Karla positioned herself as a victim, how the justice system failed to see the full picture, and how public outrage reshaped the conversation around accountability and evil.

The story concludes with Paul’s trial, Karla’s release, and a chilling psychological breakdown of how two people found each other — and together became far more dangerous than either would have been alone.

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In the late 1980s, Canada was on edge. A violent predator known as the Scarborough Rapist was stalking women, leaving fear in his wake — and no one knew who he was.

In Part One of Ken and Barbie Killers: The Evil Duo, we trace the origins of one of Canada’s most disturbing true crime cases. We begin with the attacks that terrified Scarborough, then follow the fateful meeting of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka — two people whose psychological needs and darkest impulses aligned in the most dangerous way possible.

As their relationship deepens, so does the violence. We explore their backgrounds, how they hid in plain sight, and how their need for control and validation spiraled into something unthinkable. The episode builds toward the devastating betrayal at the heart of this case — the death of Karla’s younger sister, Tammy — and the chilling reality that the crimes did not stop there.

This episode examines how evil can grow quietly, how love can become a weapon, and how the most dangerous monsters are sometimes the ones who look the most normal.

Part Two will pick up with the investigation, arrests, trials, and the psychological reckoning that followed.

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