HELL ON WHEELS MACKENZIE SHIRILLA KILLS 2 MEN, DIVA DEMANDS BEHIND BARS
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 19 June 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Mackenzie Shirilla is serving 15 years to life at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, convicted on 12 counts, including murder and aggravated vehicular homicide. Police say Shirilla deliberately crashing her car into a brick building at 100 mph. Two passengers were killed, Shirilla's boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan. Data from the car's black box showed Shirilla floored the gas pedal and never used the brakes, making calculated steering and gear adjustments before impact. She was 17 at the time.
Now jailhouse recordings and prison records reveal that convicted double-murderer is making demand behind bars Recordings from her time at the Ohio Reformatory for Women exposed her begging for perks like an iPad, complaining about being bored, and scheming with her mother. A prison document details 23 complaints and 36 violations against her, including flashing her breasts to visitors, possessing contraband like paints and monopoly money, and refusing job assignments.
Shirilla will not be eligible for her first parole hearing until October 2037.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Christine Russo - Dominic Russo's older sister - Host, "The Big Sister: Unhinged Podcast," Instagram: @thebigsisterunhinged, www.youtube.com/@TheBigSisterUnhinged
- Shyann Topping - Mackenzie Shirilla's prison girlfriend in 2023 TikTok: shyanntoppingg
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Host "On the Couch with Dr. Bethany," Author: "Deal Breaker,” featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
John Mobley - Trial attorney, John Mobley Law Firm - Dr. Kendall Crowns - TX Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue," Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Joel Waldman - Co-host of "Surviving the Survivor," Author of "Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death) with My Mom: A Holocaust Survivor, Therapist & My Podcast Co-Host", Co-Founder and Creative Director at Content Product Media - Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:12.9 | Tonight, hell on wheels. |
| 0:15.8 | McKenzie Shirilla kills two men and now has the gall to make diva demands from behind bars. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:29.6 | Mackenzie Shrilla kills two young men. |
| 0:40.2 | One of the two victims dies instantly. |
| 0:42.6 | The other does not. |
| 0:44.0 | McKenzie Shirilla was never unconscious, was never unconscious at the hospital. |
| 0:49.9 | It's completely shattered. |
| 0:51.6 | I can't even put into words how tragic this has been for our entire family. |
| 0:55.1 | They're dead and hell on will, Shurilla, is alive. |
| 1:00.4 | And making diva demands from behind bars. |
| 1:05.6 | She insists on being the queen of the jailhouse. |
| 1:13.6 | I want you to hear Mackenzie Sherella caught on tape. |
| 1:17.6 | Oh my God. |
| 1:19.6 | I know. |
| 1:20.6 | But... |
| 1:21.6 | How am I going to make this one book stretch? |
| 1:24.6 | You may have to read it a couple times. |
| 1:26.6 | I'm not reading the same book over and over and over again. |
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