Ivy League Son Confesses To Killing Father

Murder Files Unsealed · Sep 6, 2026 · 42m · transcript

This episode covers three distinct legal and criminal cases marked by tragedy and controversy. The primary focus involves Charlie Tan, a Cornell University student who confessed to shooting his father but was later exonerated after a judge dismissed the charges due to insufficient evidence. A secondary segment follows the nationwide manhunt for Tad Cummins, a teacher who allegedly kidnapped his fifteen-year-old student, Elizabeth Thomas. Finally, the text highlights the story of Brad Pitman, a man wrongfully branded a monster for twenty years after a false identification led to the loss of…