Lights Out · Episode 295 · May 11, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

295: Her Heinous Crime Put Her On Death Row At 18 Years Old

Christa Pike’s case is one of the most disturbing in modern true crime, an obsession-fueled spiral of manipulation and brutality that left even seasoned investigators shaken. At just 18, she became the youngest woman on death row in the United States, but the real horror lies in the twisted relationships and dark motives that led her there. Behind one shocking night of violence is a tangled web of jealousy, control, and escalating threats that no one stopped in time. What pushed things past the point of no return, and why did no one see the danger until it was far too late?