Crime Curious

We’re changing things up for the week to bring you a deep, atmospheric dive into a true spiritual mystery: the story of James Leininger, a child who remembers a past life as a World War II pilot. This is more than a curiosity piece. It’s a story about how memory shapes identity, how grief and meaning intersect, and how one family’s experience can challenge what we think we know about life and what might come after it.

 

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Music By: Michael Drzewiecki
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James Leininger (reincarnation case) – Psi Encyclopedia

The Boy Who Remembered His Past Life as a WWII Fighter Pilot

Psychic Teachers podcast

February 20, 2026 Marked the 10 year anniversary of the horrific events that took place on a cold night in Kalamazoo Michigan. In this re-do case special we cover the crimes of Jason Dalton who claimed the Uber drive share app he used to pick up passengers told him who should live and who should die. 

 

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Neighbors say Kalamazoo shooting suspect 'liked guns' (freep.com)

Managing the Response to a Mobile Mass Shooting | National Police Foundation

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/19/uber-call-botched-kalamazoo-shootings/81915560

Lawyer for Michigan Uber Driver's Family Shares New Details on Alleged Shooting Spree - ABC News (go.com)

Kalamazoo shooter saw 'devil' on Uber app and blames visions for killing spree | Michigan | The Guardian

In June 2011, two‑year‑old October “Toby” Perez was rushed to a Salt Lake City hospital with catastrophic injuries—injuries prosecutors later said were the result of months of hidden abuse inside a cramped Great Falls, Montana home. Her mother’s boyfriend, David Wayne Hyslop, was soon charged with deliberate homicide, a crime that would expose alarming failures in the systems meant to protect vulnerable children.

 

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Recent tragedies cast doubt on Montana's child-protection services

Death of toddler October Perez: Hyslop guilty

Hyslop relief request denied – Hi-Line Today

Murder by Child Protective Services in Great Falls Montana - Lawless America

Judge denies Hyslop's request for post-conviction relief

On a frigid November night in 1989, 21‑year‑old David Braley slipped out of the Take Five Music Hall in Concord, New Hampshire—and vanished into the darkness. Four months later, his badly beaten body surfaced in the Merrimack River, miles away in Manchester. What happened in the hours between those two moments has haunted investigators and Braley’s family for more than three decades.

 

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Disappearance and Death of David Braley | New Hampshire Department of Justice

The Suspicious Death of David Braley: Concord, NH Cold Case, 1989 — Murder, She Told: Maine & New England True Crime

New Hampshire cold case: Who killed David Braley?

When 16‑year‑old Laurie Show was found brutally attacked in her Lancaster, Pennsylvania home, the community was shaken to its core. What unfolded next was a chilling story of obsessive jealousy, escalating harassment, and a deadly plan carried out by classmates Lisa Michelle Lambert and Tabitha Buck, with the help of Lawrence “Butch” Yunkin.

 

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Tabitha Buck freed on parole after serving nearly 28 years in prison for 1991 murder of Laurie Show

Lisa Michelle Lambert | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Crime Library – Criminal Minds & Methods

Laurie Show Endured Jealousy-Fueled Campaign of Terror Before Murder

Legacy: The Untold Story of Laurie Show and the Law That Changed Pennsylvania's Stalking Protections - US Liberty