Crooked Trees

Lauren Mohler, Host and Creator

Crooked Trees is a deeply researched, serialized, documentary true-crime series. Each season involves an extraordinary case and goes backward through the lives, places, relationships, and systems that shaped it. Season 1 follows brothers Shannon and Shauncey Box, whose story began in South Florida and ended at the center of a triple-homicide case in rural Georgia. Through original reporting, a childhood connection with the brothers, archival material, interviews, court and law-enforcement records, and on-location storytelling, Crooked Trees tells the immersive full story and nothing less.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    Episode 1: The Pompano Dirties

    Before the crime, there was a childhood in Pompano Beach, Florida. Episode 1 follows brothers Shannon and Shauncey Box through brother dynamics, family chaos, and a childhood car accident — until the family leaves Florida in 1979. Crooked Trees is a serialized documentary about the people, places, and circumstances that come before an extraordinary event. Season One investigates a 2024 triple homicide in rural Georgia, but it does not start with the murders. It starts here, with a place, and with who these brothers were before they became names in a case file. I'm Lauren Mohler, your host. My guest is my dad, Mark, a retired attorney and former prosecutor who lived a few doors down from Shannon and Shauncey in Pompano Beach. I'm an artist first — I hand-drew all the artwork for this series, including the intro animation frame by frame — and this season is built place-first: to understand a story, you first have to understand the place that produced it. Follow Crooked Trees so you don't miss Episode 2, and please share Episode 1 with one person who loves a story told patiently — that's how a new show grows! Watch the full video version on YouTube: @crookedtreespodcast Trailer: https://youtu.be/_JFY5ZKgQBQ?si=Oslunsgmf3jBNVlK More: www.crookedtrees.org | Instagram and TikTok: @crookedtreespodcast Content note: this episode includes discussion of difficult family experiences, childhood hardship, and violence. Take care while listening.

  2. Oct 28 ·  Bonus

    Prologue: Before the Bend

    An extended look at Season One of Crooked Trees. This four-minute prologue offers a deeper preview of the story, people, places, and questions at the center of the season before Episode One begins. “A tree born crooked never straightens its trunk.” Where does the bend begin? Season One premieres October 31.

  3. Season 1 Trailer

    Trailer: Crooked Trees Season One

    “A tree born crooked never straightens its trunk.” Where does the bend begin? Season One of Crooked Trees takes us to Wilkes County, Georgia, where a 2024 triple homicide marked the violent end of a story decades in the making. Through original investigative reporting, firsthand interviews, court records, archival audio and video, and footage gathered in the places where the story unfolded, Crooked Trees traces that story from childhood forward—examining the people, places, relationships, and turning points that came long before the murders. Because this story doesn’t begin at the crime scene. This is Crooked Trees: Season One.

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Crooked Trees is a deeply researched, serialized, documentary true-crime series. Each season involves an extraordinary case and goes backward through the lives, places, relationships, and systems that shaped it. Season 1 follows brothers Shannon and Shauncey Box, whose story began in South Florida and ended at the center of a triple-homicide case in rural Georgia. Through original reporting, a childhood connection with the brothers, archival material, interviews, court and law-enforcement records, and on-location storytelling, Crooked Trees tells the immersive full story and nothing less.

Information

  • Creator
    Lauren Mohler, Host and Creator
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lauren Mohler, Host and Creator
  • Show Website
    Crooked Trees