On January 13, 1995, the mutilated body of 17-year-old Colleen Slemmer was found near the Knoxville Job Corps campus — a crime so brutal it shocked Tennessee and reignited fears lingering from the Satanic Panic era. This episode of The Ritual Rewind dives deep into the disturbing case of Christa Pike, the youngest woman ever sentenced to death in the United States, and the violent path that led to one of the most haunting murders of the 1990s.

We explore Christa Pike’s traumatic upbringing, her relationship with Tadaryl Shipp, the influence of occult symbolism, and the toxic, dangerous environment within the Job Corps program. From jealousy and manipulation to abuse, mental illness, and escalating violence, this case raises unsettling questions: Was this fate shaped by nature, nurture… or something darker? ...