Beyond Contempt True Crime

#22 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman was set to testify against the man who raped her when she mysteriously disappeared. Around that time, four other people vanished as well. The one thing they all had in common was they came into contact with Marvin Gabrion.

#21 The Carr brothers committed a spree of random and violent crimes that forever altered the lives of 7 individuals. This was one of the most tragic events in Wichita, Kansas history.

#20 Yeardley was a University of Virginia student-athlete on the cusp of college graduation. She was close with her mother and sister, and was the heart and soul of the UVA lacrosse team. After she broke up with her boyfriend, he ended her life. The signs of abuse were there but people who orbited the couple lacked the tools to provide help.

#19 The Classified Ad rapist murdered 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area in 1984. He abducted 17 year Lisa McVey, who convinced him to let her go. Police took him down with the information Lisa provided.

#18 A young woman was wrongfully fired from the police force. She moved on with life and married detective Fred Schultz. When his ex-wife was found deceased, the young woman was convicted of murder and suspected she was framed by Fred and the Milwaukee Police Department. When she escaped from prison, the public cheered her on - Run Bambi Run! This is the tragic story of Laurie Bembenek.

#17 It is rare for kidney patients to die during a dialysis procedure. After Kimberly Saenz joined the DaVita dialysis clinic as an LVN, paramedics were called to the clinic 30 times in one month. Several patients died and many were harmed in that short amount of time.

#16 Brenda Spencer, the infamous school shooter, killed 2 and injured 9 because she didn't like Mondays.

#15 Former crime scene technician Ashley McArthur was accused of murdering her friend and private investigator Taylor Wright. Taylor was going through a contentious divorce and asked Ashley to hold some of her money. Taylor disappeared in September 2017 and her body turned up several weeks later on a property owned by Ashley McArthur’s family.

#14 A woman spends her life dreaming, training, and preparing to travel into space. After she achieves her goal, the NASA astronaut’s life falls apart when she is arrested while stalking her ex-boyfriend's new lover, and law enforcement discover a kill kit in her possession.

#13 A paper mill worker was found dead in a paper vat. Two and a half years later 6 men were arrested. If you listened to the news during the trial, this case was a slam dunk. As time went on, many issues surfaced. The state's case had major holes. Witnesses recanted, corruption was uncovered, and one of the convicted was exonerated.

#12 This was one of the most heinous crimes in Austin, Texas history.

#11 This was one of the most heinous crimes in Austin, Texas history.

#10 Susan Daniels Smith was working with FBI agent Mark Putnam and became enchanted with him. After she confronted him about being pregnant with his child, she disappeared. The case did not have many leads and was only solved when local authorities pressured the FBI to investigate her disappearance.

#9 Stephen Port used dating apps to rape and murder young gay men in the UK. Everyone but the police seemed to be concerned that several young men were killed in the same location and manner.

#8 Jefferson is one of those sleepy Wisconsin cities. The biggest news of the summer is discussing which band has signed on to play at the Jefferson County Fair. It’s not really a place where you anticipate a murder for hire plot to unfold.