The Lawless Files

In the book written by Steven Snodgrass and Josh Kezer, the authors break the news that a threat was made on Josh's life while he was in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Josh explains how he cam…

A sheriff and two deputies face multiple felonies regarding the pursuit a woman involved in a domestic abuse case.

Doug Teel's mother, Karen Langston, Doug Teel's mother, shares two major incidents that happened to her following her son's death. First, her house burned to the ground. Later, she was charged with f…

Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs took to social media to condemn Connie Goodwin, who was forced to drain a lake to retrieve her son's remains. Dobbs claimed Goodwin's social media posts set off a per…

We dive into the public records requests to see how it supports Karen Langston's information that Doug didn't randomly begin walking home that night.

In this episode, we examine the death of Douglas Teel, a 19-year-old who died in July 2010 in the driving lane of Highway 72 just outside of Fredericktown, Missouri. How did a healthy 19-year-old, ac…

Connie Goodwin waited five years for the Butler County, Missouri, sheriff's department to drain a small lake to retrieve what was left of her murdered sons' remains. She got tired of waiting. So she …

Today (Nov. 8) is the 30-year anniversary of Mischelle Lawless' death. We take a moment today to remember who Mischelle was. We review some of the advances in the case since The Lawless Files was lau…

Important updates in the Timmy Dees investigation. Timmy's mother Barb Hall has issued public records requests after the Missouri Highway Patrol closes the case. The autopsy is inconclusive as to how…

Documentary editor and director Regan Ernst spoke with the Lawless Files about her upcoming documentary "The Local Whisper" which currently consists of two episodes regarding the cold case murder of …

Put this one in the you-can't-make-this-stuff up file. In back to back witnesses in Josh Kezer's 1994 trial, prosecutor Kenny Hulshof literally put Josh Kezer in two places at the same time, and neit…

This episode is an extension of our previous interview of Professor Sean O'Brien. He shares stories about Kenny Hulshof and talks about how prosecutors are held accountable (or not) in our justice sy…

Quick updates on the Mischelle Lawless, Timmy Dees and Jessi Wilfong cases.

An interview with the mother of Derontae Martin, who died under mysterious circumstances near Fredericktown, Missouri. Originally ruled a suicide, the cause of death was determined differently by a c…

On Leap Year night of 2020, Abby Cohen was killed when former Sikeston DPS captain Andrew Cooper allegedly punched the gas, doubled the speed limit, ran a stop sign and crashed into Cohen's SUV. The …

Barb Hall, while facing a Wednesday deadline to raise money for an independent autopsy, fills us in on what the highway patrol told her when she visited them in person.

Former law enforcement officer Betty Frizzell watched her sister get convicted of murder. But she believes another family member may be responsible for the crime. Author of the book, "If you Can't Qu…

Last week, a Potosi police officer was charged with multiple sex crimes involving a minor. He was the third officer in the last few years to be arrested for this type of crime.

Barb Hall gives an interview about her son's disappearance and depth. She feels like law enforcement has already made a conclusion as to how Timmy Dees died.

Today is a primary election that will determine the next prosecutor in Scott County. We dig into former prosecutors who made a mess of the trial against Josh Kezer as a reminder of why choosing prose…