Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Dirty cat litter dumped in their beds, dog poop on their belongings, and forced to run barefoot on a gravel driveway. That’s what three kids say they endured inside their West Virginia home, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Erica Lynn Sayre, 45, and her husband, Clifford “Gale” Sayre, 46, are now facing a combined 12 felony charges after the children described years of alleged abuse. One child told investigators, “I can’t go back to that home.” Another said she “just wants a normal life.”

From beauty pageants and college cheerleading to a ten-year prison sentence for killing her newborn son, Laken Snelling is facing a VERY different future. The former University of Kentucky cheerleader pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter after her baby, McCoy Cade Hall, was found dead inside a trash bag in her bedroom closet. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Holli Coulman of Pink Lady Prison Consultants joins Ashleigh to explain what life behind bars could look like for a 22-year-old with no prior criminal record. Previous Episodes:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxEAbh-aNbMImS1SzzUl8aZo3V5xf2bsF

Disturbing new details in the case of a mother accused of cutting her own daughter’s baby from her womb: Rebecca Park’s fiancé testified that before he dated Rebecca, he was sleeping with her biological mother. Rebecca was just 22 and nearly full-term when she disappeared in Michigan. She was later found dead in the woods, and her baby was missing. Her biological mother, Cortney Bartholomew, and Cortney’s husband, Bradly Bartholomew, are charged with murder, torture, and a slew of other crimes.

Florida mother Nathalie Belizaire is accused of leaving FOUR children home alone while she took a tropical getaway. Police found the siblings hiding together in a bathroom, and when their mother got off the ship, authorities were waiting. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the shocking bodycam footage and Judge Mindy Glazer’s blistering reaction. The mother denies the child neglect allegations and claims the baby’s father set her up.

New text messages and Jane Doe’s full six-page police statement are fueling a fresh firestorm over the Cornell University fraternity allegations, with disturbing details and messages that demand a closer look. From her account of sex and ketamine use inside the Chi Phi fraternity house to the revealing texts she sent afterward, it’s fueling a question a lot of people are asking: if the media had these full text exchanges from the beginning, why are we only seeing them now? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield examines Jane Doe’s text exchanges with two of the fraternity members, and the FULL six-page police statement about the October 2024 encounter at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Christa Pike kept a piece of her teenage victim’s skull as a trophy, but after surviving Tennessee’s botched execution, her lawyers are demanding mercy. Convicted of torturing and murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection drugs and has now regained consciousness. But can Tennessee take her back to the death chamber? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by criminal defense attorney and former homicide prosecutor Paul Callan, who helped prosecute “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz, to break down the latest updates on Pike’s condition, whether she can be executed again, and the fight over her death sentence.For a limited time, get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping and free treats for life, when you head to https://Smalls.com/DDS

Jane Doe texted “none of the sexual stuff was illegal" and "i love u king” to a man she later accused of rape, and now her private messages and secretly recorded calls are fueling explosive questions about the Cornell fraternity case. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by Dan Abrams to examine Jane Doe’s texts, the recorded conversations, and the allegations in her civil lawsuit. They discuss the renewed investigation led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, Governor Kathy Hochul’s intervention, and the questions facing Cornell and the district attorney. The accused men deny wrongdoing and have not been criminally charged in this case.

Apparently, nine guilty verdicts still aren’t enough for Caleb Flynn’s mom, who insists her son is innocent and blames the media. The “worship pastor” and American Idol reject was convicted on all nine counts, including aggravated murder, for killing his wife, Ashley Flynn. So why is the murder weapon still missing, and could someone else know where it went? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield sits down with Law&Crime’s Angenette Levy, host of Crime Fix, who was inside the courtroom, to unpack the mother’s finger-pointing, the lingering questions about mistress Alleigha Botner, investigative gaps, and what the cameras didn’t catch as Ashley’s family endured those vile texts. Crime Fix with Angenette Levy:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoW1SIeAWaWaucjKyz7lAmqMxO86PVzZiFollow Angenette: X: https://x.com/Angenette5YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCjGYUJTk4k1Hplezhg2Pc-g

All those tears, and Caleb Flynn still couldn’t sell the jury his sob story. The Ohio worship pastor and American Idol reject was found guilty on all counts in his wife Ashley Flynn’s murder after his defense tried to point the finger at his mistress. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the verdict, the scorched-earth closing arguments, and the attempt to throw his mistress, Alleigha Botner, under the bus.

A Cornell student says seven fraternity brothers sexually assaulted her after one allegedly posted a Snapchat message inviting other men upstairs, but the district attorney says the statement she signed for police tells a very different story. Her lawsuit has sparked fury over why no one was criminally charged, and now the DA has released excerpts describing what Jane Doe told investigators in 2024. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield goes through the Cornell Chi Phi lawsuit and the DA’s statement side by side, zeroing in on the accounts of ketamine use, consent, and what happened inside that fraternity house. The investigation is open again, and the case is being prepared for a grand jury.

"Kill douche": Former American Idol contestant and worship pastor Caleb Flynn is on trial for allegedly shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, inside their Tipp City, Ohio, home while their two daughters slept nearby, then staging the scene to look like a break-in. Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty, but prosecutors say more than 100,000 messages exchanged during an alleged year-long affair reveal his hatred for Ashley, his desire to escape the marriage, and chilling discussions about killing her without going to prison. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the case against Caleb Flynn and the explosive testimony from his former mistress, Alleigha Botner.

Patrick Clancy breaks his silence after Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial, opening up about losing Cora, Dawson, and Callan, forgiving Lindsay, and rebuilding his life with his new wife, Dr. Rachel Danis, who is now pregnant with their first child. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down Patrick's appearance on 60 Minutes, and also examines the lone holdout juror’s explosive new claims, the alleged death threats against him, and Kevin Reddington’s push to obtain his cell phone records.

A sprawling investigation into a Philadelphia “house of horrors” has uncovered more than one million digital files, five women who appear to be dead on camera, 17 people who remain unaccounted for, a homemade laboratory filled with chemicals, and five urns containing suspected human remains. The evidence was recovered from the Chew Avenue home shared by Eugene Horsch and his late father, Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, an infamous pornographer who reportedly targeted vulnerable women in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood and openly wrote about serial killers and disposing of bodies.