Crime Junkie

SCANDAL: Police Explorer Programs

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Law enforcement Explorer programs were created to mentor teens interested in policing. But decades of weak oversight created an environment where offi...

MURDERED: Sandra Birchmore

15 Dec 2025

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In 2021, 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her apartment. And what Massachusetts investigators quickly called a suicide slowly revealed i...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Rowena Wilkinson Zapalac

08 Dec 2025

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For decades, police said Rowena Wilkinson Zapalac died via suicide by masturbation. But her family always believed there was more to Rowena’s death ...

MURDERED: Patrick Shunn & Monique Patenaude

01 Dec 2025

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When a couple from Oso, Washington, is discovered missing, it doesn’t take long for detectives to develop a prime suspect. But solving the case, fin...

MISSING: Zelig Williams

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A rising Broadway star. A mysterious SOS alert. And a car left abandoned at a trailhead wrecked by Hurricane Helene. When 28-year-old Zelig Williams v...

MURDERED: Linda Sherman

24 Nov 2025

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In 1985, 27-year-old Linda Sherman vanished – just as she was making plans to leave her tumultuous marriage. For five long years, her family had no ...

INFAMOUS: Amber Spradlin

17 Nov 2025

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In June of 2023, a woman was brutally murdered in Floyd County, Kentucky, while attending a gathering at the home of a local dentist. The slaying rock...

MURDERED: Teresa Flores & Martha Mezo

10 Nov 2025

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In 1979, the tiny town of San Miguel, California, was shaken when two kindergarten girls vanished in broad daylight from a main street. Despite a long...

MURDERED: Christion Olson

03 Nov 2025

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His friends brought him home saying he was drunk, but the truth tells a much different story. 18-year-old Christion Olson heads out for a night with ...

MISSING: The Thompson Family

30 Oct 2025

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A frantic phone call, an abrupt departure, and then… silence. When Everett and Lydia Thompson disappear along with their two young sons, the trail l...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Gwen Hasselquist

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2020, at the start of the pandemic, the mysterious death of a mother of two is ruled a suicide. But her loved ones believe there’s more to ...

MISSING: Trevaline Evans

20 Oct 2025

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A shopkeeper in North Wales seemingly vanishes into thin air after hanging a sign on her antique store saying she’ll be back in two minutes. Investi...

MURDERED: Destiny Jackson & Nazirah Muhammad

13 Oct 2025

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When Destiny Jackson and Nazirah Muhammad were found gunned down in their own home, both their families and investigators in Hobart, Indiana, are baff...

MURDERED: Jessica Starr

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Starr was 26 years old when she was murdered outside the trailer she was staying at in 2011. Despite friends and family having theories as to ...

INFAMOUS: The Murdaugh Family Murders

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Maggie and Paul Murdaugh are killed on their family’s estate in 2021, the investigation unravels a history of privilege, corruption, and suspic...

UPDATE: Ellen Greenberg

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ellen Rae Greenberg had everything going for her when she was found dead in the apartment she shares with her fiancé. Police are quick to say she die...

MISSING: Cherrie Mahan

29 Sep 2025

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In February 1985, a little girl disappears just steps from home, leaving her mother with a lifetime of unanswered questions. For decades, whispers of ...

WANTED: Michael Bullinger

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a pilot murders his wife, his secret lover and her daughter and then vanishes into the Wyoming wilderness, leaving his getaway car behind, a mass...

INFAMOUS: The Mulholland Drive Murders

15 Sep 2025

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In 2003, an LAPD cold case detective digging through old case files finds a piece of forgotten evidence that belongs to an unidentified woman found mu...

MISSING: Dawn Mozino

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Police thought they solved Dawn Mozino’s 1989 disappearance when they found out she knew a convicted serial killer. But in her diary, Dawn wrote of ...

MURDERED: Oakey "Al" Kite

01 Sep 2025

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When Oakey “Al” Kite is brutally murdered in his own home in the spring of 2004, investigators rushed to find his killer. But when they finally id...

MURDERED: Jodine Serrin Part 1

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Valentine’s Day in 2007, 39-year-old Jodine Serrin was brutally murdered and desecrated in her own bed – while her parents were just down the h...

MURDERED: Wendy Jerome

18 Aug 2025

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When a teenage girl goes out to deliver a birthday card to her best friend, she never makes it home alive. Her family and police would search for her ...

MURDERED: Anastasia WitbolsFeugen

11 Aug 2025

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In 1997, a young woman is found shot dead in a cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. Police work on tracking down the group of friends she was last seen ...

INFAMOUS: The Yogurt Shop Murders

07 Aug 2025

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In 1991, Austin, Texas was rocked by one of the most horrifying crimes the city had ever seen: four young girls were brutally murdered and set on fire...

INFAMOUS: The Mushroom Cap Murders

04 Aug 2025

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In 2023, 48-year-old Erin Patterson invited a group of her husband’s family members over, and things took a turn for the worst, and by the worst, we...

MURDERED: Kristin David

28 Jul 2025

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22-year-old Kristin David was missing for over a week before her remains were found in the Snake River. While her murder is often thought to be relate...

MISSING: Amy Bradley

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We hear you, Crime Junkies! We’ve seen the Amy Bradley Is Missing documentary on Netflix, and we see YOU searching for our original episode on her c...

SERIAL KILLER: The Lewis-Clark Valley Murders

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 70s and early 80s, the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley was rocked by multiple disappearances and homicides. Police at the time thought it was th...

INFAMOUS: University of Idaho Murders

14 Jul 2025

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Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, four University of Idaho students in their 20s, were brutally murdered inside their ...

MISSING: John & Shelly Markley

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1995, a married couple vanishes from their Ohio home without a trace, leaving behind their five kids, an unlocked gun cabinet, and a house full of ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Jeannette Bishop May & Gabriella Guerin

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1980, the ex-wife of a British aristocrat and her Italian friend vanished from a small ski resort town during a snowstorm in the mountains of centr...

MISSING: Jennifer, Sidney, & Monique

23 Jun 2025

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When a young mom and her two small daughters disappear without a trace from Topeka, Kansas, in May 2000, her family goes on a decades-long hunt for an...

MURDERED: Jennifer Farber Dulos

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Jennifer Farber Dulos vanished after dropping her five children off at school in New Canaan, Connecticut, on May 24, 2019, all eyes were on her e...

MISSING: The Gospel Trio

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1980, two women and a two-year-old girl seemingly vanish into thin air on their way back from a gospel concert in Lowcountry, South Carolina, and t...

UPDATE: Kimberly Doss

02 Jun 2025

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After a fourteen-year-old goes missing from her boyfriend’s home in Iowa in 1980, her mother puts all the pressure she can on police to take her dau...

MURDERED: Peggy Hettrick Part 2

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Peggy Hettrick’s body was found in an open field in Fort Collins, Colorado, police rushed to the nearest suspect. But clues left behind on Pegg...

MURDERED: Peggy Hettrick Part 1

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Peggy Hettrick’s body was found in an open field in Fort Collins, Colorado, police rushed to the nearest suspect. But clues left behind on Pegg...

SERIAL KILLER: The Doodler

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1970s, few places on earth were more queer-friendly than San Francisco. But it wasn’t all drag queens and rainbows in the City by the Bay, an...

MURDERED: Kala Williams & Heather Higgins

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kala Williams was 20 years old when her family stopped hearing from her. Weeks later, her body was discovered dismembered in the woods with the DNA of...

MISSING: The Mishawaka Girls

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nic Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she...

SURVIVED: Fallon Farinacci

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of May being National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Month, Brit sits down with Red River Métis woman and survivor Fallon...

INFAMOUS: The Westside Park Murders

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In September of 1985, two teenagers drove into Westside Park but, tragically, never left the park alive. The police have spent decades trying to hunt ...

MURDERED: Solomon Robinson

21 Apr 2025

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A young soldier, home on leave, should have been safe in his own neighborhood. Instead, 19-year-old Solomon Robinson was murdered in a park full of pe...

MURDERED: The Feeney Family

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the family of a beloved high school teacher is brutally killed, investigators race to make sense of a chaotic crime scene that defies simple expl...

MURDERED: Charlotte Grabbe

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a woman goes missing, it’s up to law enforcement and her children to make sure justice is served. But listen closely, because we think there m...

INFAMOUS: The Death of John O'Keefe & The Trial of Karen Read

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John O’Keefe, a 16-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, died of blunt force trauma and hypothermia on January 29, 2022, after being found o...

IDENTIFIED: Midtown Jane Doe

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2003, construction workers in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, discovered a concrete tomb hidden in the basement of a run-down building. Inside were the...

INFAMOUS: Indiana Dunes Disappearances

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 1966, three young women head to the beaches of Lake Michigan and are never seen again, setting off a mystery that remains unsolved to...

MURDERED: Dana Ireland

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Christmas Eve in 1991, Dana Ireland is found tucked away in a secluded, hard to get to area of the Hawaiian subdivision Vacationland, barely clingi...

INFAMOUS: Lovers' Lane Murders

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When what should have been a carefree date goes horribly wrong, the city of Houston realizes there’s a monster in their midst. Will they be caught i...

MURDERED: Helen Betty Osborne

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The discovery of 19-year-old Helen Betty Osborne’s body should have outraged the residents of The Pas, Manitoba. Yet, the truth of what happened to ...

UPDATE: Asha Degree

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When nine-year-old Asha Degree vanished on Valentine’s Day in 2000, it devastated her family and small town of Shelby, North Carolina. After years o...

WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2021, we set out to cover the case of Rhys Pocan, a 35-year-old Indigenous woman who was murdered in Wisconsin in the ‘80s. But while we were in ...

UPDATE: Beaumont Children

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont disappeared nearly 60 years ago without a trace. On February 22, 2025, a third and final dig at a location of interest...

WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 1

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2021, we set out to cover the case of Rhys Pocan, a 35-year-old indigenous woman who was murdered in Wisconsin in the ‘80s. But while we were in ...

MURDERED: Marcus Rutledge

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A young father moves to Nashville chasing his college dreams, but in June 1998, 23-year-old Marcus Rutledge vanishes after taking his daughter to dayc...

MISSING: Randy Leach

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For over 36 years, the people of Linwood, Kansas, have been asking the same question… what happened to Randy Leach?If you know anything about the di...

MURDERED: Elizabeth Barraza

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Barraza was 29 when she was gunned down in her driveway in Tomball, Texas, while setting up for a garage sale. The murder was so calculated ...

INFAMOUS: Highway 20

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over several decades, women and girls have encountered a monster whose full reign of terror might not even be fully known. He hunted his own backyard,...

SURVIVED: Dianna D'Aiello

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a pregnant woman is found brutally beaten in her apartment, the race is on to find out whether she’s a serial killer’s latest target – or i...

MURDERED: Lesly Palacio from Las Vegas

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in September 2024, exclusively in the Crime Junkie Fan Club, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives w...

INFAMOUS: The Jeff Davis 8

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Between 2005 and 2008, eight women are killed in and around the small town of Jennings, Louisiana. Rumors of a serial killer on the loose are met with...

MURDERED: Aaron Taylor from Phoenix

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in January 2023, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now t...

MURDERED: Robin Benedict

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A discovery in a rest stop trash can leads police to suspect a young artist and sex worker has been brutally murdered by someone close to her. But wit...

MURDERED: Karina Holmer in Boston

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in January 2018 and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now th...

MURDERED: Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca, a young mother on the brink of a new beginning, is found murdered just weeks after she vanished, the search for answers u...

INFAMOUS: The Preppy Murder in New York

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in October 2019, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now t...

INFAMOUS: The Lake Waco Murders Part 2

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A community demands answers when three teenagers are found brutally slain in a scenic lakeside park, and it breathes a collective sigh of relief as ri...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Joyce Chiang in Fairfax

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in Septemebr 2021, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now...

INFAMOUS: The Lake Waco Murders Part 1

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A community demands answers when three teenagers are found brutally slain in a scenic lakeside park, and it breathes a collective sigh of relief as ri...

MISSING: Brian Wehrle from Atlanta

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in May 2023, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now throu...

MURDERED: JonBenét Ramsey

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The morning after Christmas Day 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing... only for her body to be discovered hours later in her fami...

INFAMOUS: The Todt Family from Orlando

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in June 2023, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now thro...

MURDERED: Lyric Cook-Morrissey & Elizabeth Collins

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When two young cousins go out for a bike ride and never come home, a community has to ask: is a predator living among them?If you have any information...

MURDERED: Nathaniel Jones

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra is back with Season 7 of CounterClock, The Murder of Nathaniel Jones. When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones...

CAPTURED: Hammer Killer in Denver

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in September 2021, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now...

MURDERED: Malvina Krutz

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a young woman is found brutally murdered in her Indianapolis home in 1958, police start pointing fingers at everyone that’s been in and out of ...

SERIAL KILLER: The Hillside Strangler from Los Angeles

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in August 2019, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now th...

MURDERED: Roger "Fred" Farmer

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As soon as Roger “Fred” Farmer’s family realizes they haven’t seen him in a few weeks, they suspect the worst. Despite all the breadcrumbs lea...

WANTED: Justice for Hassani Campbell and Tianna Kirchner from Everett

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in November 2022, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now ...

INFAMOUS: The Bricca Family

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When the Bricca family is found murdered in their home, rumors and speculation follow every turn of the investigation. Although a suspect seems clear ...

Anna Kendrick is CJAF!

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode of CJAF, Ashley sits down with actor, director, and producer Anna Kendrick.  To see this conversation on video, please visit the C...

MURDERED: Deanna Cook from Dallas

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in October 2023, aand is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Elfrieda Knaak

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1928, a 30-year-old woman is found barely alive, burned beyond recognition, in a basement of a small-town local police station… and her chilling ...

WANTED: Yogurt Shop Killer in Austin

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in February 2019, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now ...

ANNOUNCING: Park Predators Weekly!

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Park Predators is back and Delia D’Ambra is staying in the parks all year long, making Park Predators now a WEEKLY audiochuck podcast with new episo...

MURDERED: Jessica Chambers

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When first responders made their way out to a rural road in Mississippi in 2014, the last thing they expected to find was a young woman burned from he...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Bethany Deaton from Kansas City

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in June 2024, exclusively in the Crime Junkie Fan Club, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’l...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Debanhi Escobar

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a young woman disappears after being left alone on a highway, the search for her whereabouts and the resulting aftermath causes a public outcry i...

MURDERED: Ada Haradine

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our card this season is Ada Haradine, the 3 of Clubs from Indiana."The Deck Investigates" returns with Season 2, delving deep into the perplexing case...

INFAMOUS: The Lipstick Killer from Chicago

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in April 2020, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now thr...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: John Bender

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a 44-year-old millionaire ends up shot and killed in his bed in Costa Rica, authorities are quick to put the blame on his wife. But what unravels...

SURVIVED: Cyntoia Brown from Nashville

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This case was originally told in an episode released in January 2022, but we pulled Cyntoia's story to be  one of seventeen episodes from the archive...

MURDERED: Mary Morris

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two women, both in the same county in Texas, are murdered within days of each other. But along with the timing and location, there’s one more big si...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: JoAnn Matouk Romain from Detroit

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in February, 2022 and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now ...

MURDERED: Michella Welch & Jennifer Bastian

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a 13-year-old Tacoma girl disappears on a bike ride in her local park, the community rallies to find any trace of her. But investigators can’t ...

SERIAL KILLER: Herb Baumeister from Indianapolis

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally released in April 2018, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now thr...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Jennifer Fergate

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The bizarre case of Jennifer Fergate in June 1995 has intrigued investigators, journalists, and the public for almost three decades.If you have any in...

ANNOUNCING: Supernatural is BACK!

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now an audiochuck original, Supernatural is back! Only this time, it's better than ever... it's So Supernatural.   After his sudden death in 2011, f...