In 1930, notorious Japanese criminal Frank Shiraishi gets two African-American men to stick up a Chinese gambling den in Pasadena's "Chinatown," with tragic consequences. 

Alyse and Victor discuss the 2012 Christmas Day gang shooting of innocent bystander and beloved community member, Victor McClinton.

In 1921, Pasadena Constable John Sosey attempts to arrest Charles Short for "criminal insanity," but things go bad when Short pulls out a handgun.

Victor and Alyse discuss the 2008 gang murder of 20-year-old Jennifer Ortega, who was targeted for violating a "code of the streets." 

In February 1909, Thomas Barry left for Mt. Lowe on foot with $100 in gold and was never seen again. Two years later, a partial skeleton was discovered. Was this Tom Barry?

Alyse and Victor discuss the 1987 murder of Mary Drew, which became an unsolved cold case until 2007.

In 1889, a wine-fueled physical altercation turns deadly for a Lamanda Park, Pasadena family, when two brothers-in-law return from work at a winery.

Victor and Alyse discuss the 1995 shooting death of beloved Caltech custodial supervisor, Francisco Mora, who was shot by his girlfriend's estranged husband while on campus.

In 1924, misplaced charity turns deadly for a wealthy socialite as an ex-felon that she tries to help has other plans.

Alyse and Victor discuss the sad and horrific 1982 kidnapping and murder of 9-year-old Jenny Kao, who was abducted while selling candy at the Plaza Pasadena shopping mall. 

In 1943, a prominent Marshall Fundamental School teacher and his educator wife are found dead in their Altadena home on New York Drive, in what authorities claim was a "suicide pact"--but was it? 

Victor and Alyse discuss the shocking 1985 double murder of popular John Muir High School teacher Robert Jones, and Ronald McClendon, a 17-year-old Muir student in his charge.

In 1933, Harold Wolcott's tumultuous and often abusive relationship with Helen Bendowski ends with his shooting her on the roof of his flower shop after a drunken night of revelry at the Hotel Maryland. 

Alyse and Victor discuss the tragic 1969 shooting death of undercover vice-narcotics Agent Richard "Dickie" Morris, the first and (to date) only Pasadena Police Officer murdered in the line of duty.

In 1930, a bizarre report of a murder at an East Pasadena mansion leads Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators to uncover the truth behind the suicide of a prominent doctor. 

Victor and Alyse discuss the infamous 1999 strangulation murder of Dr. Deepti Gupta by her married lover, Dr. Kevin Anderson. 

Pasadena Police investigate the bizarre 1921 murder-suicide committed by the Chinese chef of a prominent Pasadena family near "Millionaire's Row." 

Alyse and Victor discuss the 2006 fatal hit & run in East Washington Village that led to second-degree murder charges against the suspect.

Pasadena Police and LA County Sheriff's Detectives investigate the 1922 murder of 17-year-old Martin Telles, found bludgeoned in a reservoir at the Glenarm Power Plant.

Victor and Alyse discuss the tragic 1998 murder of KALI AM radio station receptionist Claudia Yanez in Pasadena's Playhouse District neighborhood.

In 1899, Pasadena Police and LA County Sheriffs exhaust all leads in the bloody slaying of Moy Jung, a Chinese immigrant in East Pasadena.

Alyse and Victor (whew!) discuss the brutal and senseless 2011 murder of the other Victor Cass from Pasadena.

A 1928 bank robbery leads to a violent and dramatic Pasadena Police car-to-car gun battle with two heavily-armed gangsters.

Victor and Alyse discuss the wild 2021 Pasadena Police shootout that occurred in East Pasadena in which a crazed gunman murdered an innocent bystander before being neutralized. 

A love quadrangle unraveled in 1929 Pasadena, after prominent automobile salesman Victor Cooley was found bludgeoned with a hammer in his apartment.