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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...

MURDERED: Mary & Susanne Reker

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Monday, September 2, 2024, marks 50 years since the murders of Mary and Susanne Reker. 50 years of pain, frustration, and unanswered questions. With e...

AUDIO EXTRA: The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When bits of meat fall from the sky seemingly at random, the citizens of Olympia, Kentucky, don't know what to make of it. Scientists and theorists al...

MURDERED: Bryan "Nick" Moore

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Described as one of the first antique hunters in the Anderson, South Carolina, area and beyond, this 35-year-old entrepreneur looked to the past to bu...

MURDERED: Kent Leppink

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kent Leppink was murdered in 1996 near Hope Alaska. Many media sources attribute his death to a love triangle gone wrong but the truth is so much more...

MISSING: Ben McDaniel & Kenneth Plaisted

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A young man disappears in the depths of an underwater cave system in 2010. A father mysteriously vanishes seemingly right outside of his daughter’s ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Cindy James

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On June 8, 1989, the quiet Vancouver, British Columbia, suburb of Richmond was shocked when a body was found lying in the yard of an abandoned house. ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Jane Neumann

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a 30-year-old woman is found shot to death under the strangest of circumstances, police try to figure out exactly what happened, while her family...

SERIAL KILLER: Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka’s wedding day was a lavish affair, horse-drawn carriage and all. While their guests toasted to the happy couple’s ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Robin Pope

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a young woman and her dog go mysteriously missing, only to be found dead in the Chesapeake Bay, police must untangle a series of events to determ...

WANTED: Justice for Arnold Archambeau & Ruby Bruguier

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a young South Dakota couple goes missing from the scene of a car accident in 1992, local police launch a large-scale investigation that ultimatel...

MURDERED: Kelly Disney

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Disney disappeared without a trace in 1984, leaving behind a devastated family brimming with questions and grief. Ten years later, some of those...

AUDIO EXTRA: Unsolved Mysteries Part 1 & 2

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We wanted to give you an Unsolved Mysteries recap Crime Junkie style – You’re watching it, we’re talking about it, you’re talking about it, le...

MISSING: Trevor Deely

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A 22-year-old IT worker attends his company holiday dinner party in downtown Dublin… and then vanishes into the night, setting off one of the most i...

MISSING: Barbara Bolick

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When an experienced hiker vanishes from one of her favorite trails, her friends and family are forced to wonder – Did she walk away from her life? D...

MURDERED: Roberta "Bibi" Lee

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Roberta Lee, or "Bibi" to her friends, vanished while on a run with her boyfriend and friend. When her body was discovered weeks later, her boyfriend ...

CONSPIRACY: Charles “Chuck” Morgan

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When detectives discover a mysterious death in the desert southwest of Tucson, Arizona, questions immediately start swirling. Was this self-inflicted ...

MISSING: Carolyn Killaby

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a young woman goes missing in November 1995, no one knew just how close they were to a monster lurking in the area. What starts as a night out af...

MURDERED: Thomas Bearson & Geetha Angara

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have two stories for you today. Two separate cases that both need one thing – people to talk. Thomas and Geetha’s cases are both in desperate n...

MISSING: Kristen Modafferi

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A vibrant young woman from North Carolina decides to spend the summer between her freshman and sophomore years clear across the country, in the Bay Ar...

INFAMOUS: The Bowraville Murders

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When three Aboriginal children go missing in a span of several weeks in the small town of Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia, a community is divid...

MURDERED: Devan Duniver

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a beloved five-year-old falls victim to a brutal homicide, authorities quickly close in on a suspect no one could have predicted – a 12-year-ol...

MISSING: From a Bus Stop

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For most of us, heading to a bus stop would be a mindless act. Just a stop before your next destination. But unfortunately for some, it’s become the...

INFAMOUS: The LaSalle Street Murders

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a couple of young Indianapolis businessmen fail to show up for work in December of 1971, their secretary grows concerned as the day goes on, and ...

SURVIVED: The Chowchilla Kidnapping

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a warm summer day in 1976, 26 children went missing from the town of Chowchilla, California, setting off one of the most bizarre kidnapping cases i...

MURDERED: Lisa Norell

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a 15-year-old girl vanishes on her way home from a friend’s quinceañera rehearsal in 1998, a California community holds its breath and hopes i...

WANTED: Justice for MMIP

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Month, and we want to highlight some of the many cases involving members of Native American c...

MURDERED: Brittany Locklear

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a little girl goes missing from her bus stop in 1998, it’s just the start of one community’s decades-long search for justice.If you have any ...

BWBRSA: Online Scams

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Scammers have an infinite number of ways to steal your money and information. In this episode, we explore and expose several scams that have impacted ...

INTRODUCING: Crime Junkie AF

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard yet? Your newest obsession and the ultimate destination for 24/7 true crime, Crime Junkie Radio, is here and exclusive to SiriusXM’s ...

MURDERED: Scott Johnson

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 27-year-old Scott Johnson is found deceased at the bottom of a cliff in Australia, authorities are quick to rule his death as a suicide. However,...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Franchesca Alvarado

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 22-year-old Franchesca Alvarado set out on a quick weekend trip to Atlantic City in March of 2012, it was meant to be a simple getaway… but it ...

MISSING: Steven Clark

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A young man stops for a restroom break during a walk with his mom along the seaside in the United Kingdom and is never seen again. His family has been...

MURDERED: María Marta García Belsunce Part 2

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When tragedy strikes in a wealthy Argentinian community, the suspicions of the nation fall squarely on the victim’s own family, and the case takes o...

MURDERED: María Marta García Belsunce Part 1

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When tragedy strikes in a wealthy Argentinian community, the suspicions of the nation fall squarely on the victim’s own family, and the case takes o...

CONSPIRACY: The Frog Boys of South Korea

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When five young boys vanish from their village in South Korea, local authorities are quick to assume they ran away. However, their parents know that’...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Joyce and John Sheridan

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since 2014, the mysterious deaths of Joyce and John Sheridan have been a major topic of conversation in Skillman, New Jersey. And as you might expect ...

NEW SHOW: Three

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After midnight on July 6th, 2012, three teenage girls walked into the thick Appalachian woods somewhere along the Mason-Dixon county line. Hours later...

MISSING: Angela Green

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Angela Green vanished from her home in a Kansas suburb in 2019, she left behind a web of her husband's lies and a mystery that’s been haunting ...

WANTED: Justice for David Carter

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ohio State Highway Patrol were identifying unknown remains along the side of a highway in northern Ohio at the same time a man in Michigan was being r...

SERIAL KILLER: The Alphabet Murders Part 2

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dozens of commuters see a young girl fleeing a car on the side of the expressway in Rochester, NY, but no one pulls over to help. The community is dev...

SERIAL KILLER: The Alphabet Murders Part 1

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dozens of commuters see a young girl fleeing a car on the side of the expressway in Rochester, NY, but no one pulls over to help. The community is dev...

MURDERED: Jodi Sanderholm

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a beloved college student disappears on her way home one January day in 2007, a massive city-wide ground search is initiated, and the community i...

MISSING: Runaway Train Kids

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of this past National Missing Persons Day, Ashley and Brit are going to take turns telling you the stories of seven missing kids that all hav...

MISSING: Maura Murray (NEW)

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past 20 years, Maura Murray’s case has taken on a life of its own. It’s become hard to distinguish what’s fact versus what’s rumor…...

INFAMOUS: Aarushi Talwar & Hemraj Banjade

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Aarushi Talwar is found brutally murdered in her bedroom, it sets off one of the strangest and most controversial murder cases in India’s histo...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Lauren Agee

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A fun-filled wakeboarding festival turns tragic after a young woman’s body is found floating in the lake. Her family is told that it was an accident...

MURDERED: Christie Mullins

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 14-year-old Christie Mullins is found murdered, police are quick to charge a young man who fits the description of the killer to a tee. However, ...

UPDATE: The Colonial Parkway Murders

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we discuss the latest update in the Colonial Parkway Murders case. Investigators have recently named Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. as a suspec...

MISSING: Alex Hernandez

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just days before she was due to give birth to her second child, 24-year-old Evelyn Hernandez goes missing, along with her 5-year-old son, Alex. And al...

MISSING: Lucely "Lily" Aramburo

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A young mother walks out her front door in the middle of the night and seems to vanish into thin air. With little help from law enforcement, her famil...

MURDERED: Matthew Margolies

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When 13-year old Matthew Margolies didn’t come home for supper on the night of August 31, 1984, police in Greenwich, Connecticut launched a full sca...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Hugues de la Plaza

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a 36-year-old man is found stabbed to death in his apartment, it’s just the beginning of a locked room mystery that has his family convinced he...

PRECEDENT: Kitty Genovese

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kitty Genovese has become infamous as the woman who was ignored by her neighbors as she was being murdered on March 13th, 1964. Much of her story has ...

PRECEDENT: Henry Alford

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes we see our legal system as black or white. Innocent or Guilty. But there is a technical gray area. Room for someone to plead guilty while st...

EXPERT ON: Safety from Online Sex Abuse

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Brit and the founder of Safe from Online Sex Abuse (SOSA), Roo Powell, and learn about the incredible work SOSA is doing, how to stay safe online...

BWBRSA: Sextortion

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two harrowing stories – those of Asia Anderson and Walker Montgomery – illustrate how the rising digital threat of sextortion can impact anyone an...

MURDERED: Fiona Yu

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An ASU student comes home one afternoon in 1997 to find her roommate, Fiona Yu, clinging to life in their shared apartment. She had been sexually assa...

CONSPIRACY: Phillip Island Part 2

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When 23-year-old Beth Barnard is found murdered in her home, investigators immediately suspect a woman named Vivienne Cameron, whose husband had been ...

CONSPIRACY: Phillip Island Part 1

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When 23-year-old Beth Barnard is found murdered in her home, investigators immediately suspect a woman named Vivienne Cameron, whose husband had been ...

MURDERED: J.B. Beasley & Tracie Hawlett

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two 17-year-old girls set off one summer night in 1999 for a high school field party, excited to mark the end of summer with friends. But when they ne...

MURDERED: Bruce Blackwood

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The sudden disappearance of the manager at an Off-Track Betting parlor has his family, friends, and the police convinced he's met with foul play at th...

MISSING: Reed Jeppson

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reed Jeppson, a Salt Lake City teen, went outside to feed his dogs one Sunday afternoon in 1964 and vanished, with the dogs, into thin air. Decades la...

MURDERED: Patricia Newsom

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After nearly 50 years as East Haven, Connecticut’s Jane Doe, police have finally identified the murder victim found behind Bradlees Department Store...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Molly Young

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On March 24th, 2012, Molly Young rushed to her on-again, off-again boyfriend Richie Minton's aid, only to be found dead hours later in his Carbondale,...

MISSING: Rachel Good

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a young mother vanishes from her small town, alarm bells sound immediately. Local police are on the case, but just a few days into the investigat...

UPDATE: James Reyos Exonerated

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2021, Crime Junkie covered the 1981 murder of Father Patrick Ryan and the subsequent conviction of James Reyos. Now almost 40 years since James...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Jade Winston

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When 18-year-old Jade Winston is found with a fatal gunshot wound to the head in her Carrier Mills, Illinois, apartment in August 2007, the entire com...

MURDERED: Deanna Cook

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When 32-year-old Deanna Cook is found murdered in her home, her family automatically suspects her ex-husband. But despite a swift arrest, the investig...

MURDERED: Pherbia “Faye” Tinsley

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Pherbia Tinsley is found shot to death inside her car miles from her apartment in Central Virginia, authorities work fast to try and find her kil...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Morgan Patten

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Morgan Patten is killed in a mysterious auto crash while visiting her fiancé in North Carolina, police are quick to call it a tragic accident. B...

MISSING: Jodi Huisentruit

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a local news anchor vanishes in the pre-dawn hours, the entire community is struck by the irony. The person who typically broke stories in their ...

PRECEDENT: Daniel M’Naghten

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 1843, Daniel M’Naghten gunned down another man in broad daylight. But when he was taken to trial things got complicated. His defense argued that ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Clarence Roberts

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When the body of a man is found in the burned remains of the Roberts home, the family assumes it’s 52-year-old Clarence. But the question surroundin...

UPDATE: Alissa Turney Trial

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve been following Alissa Turney’s case, you’ll know that her stepfather, Michael Turney, has been acquitted of her murder, which has left...

MISSING: Donyelle Johnson

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a young woman goes missing under mysterious circumstances, questions swirl around a local businessman. But throughout the next 15 years, authorit...

MURDERED: Shannon Siders

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a young woman vanishes, police think she left willingly. That changes when her body is discovered months later and it’s clear she was brutally ...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Adrienne Salinas

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a promising young woman fails to show up for a Father’s Day celebration in 2013, her dad knows immediately that something is very wrong. And as...

CAPTURED: Gilgo Beach Killer

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The update episode you all have been waiting for! On July 13th, 2023, Suffolk County ended the search for their Gilgo murder suspect and charged 59-ye...

UPDATE: Alicia Navarro

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On July 26, 2021, we covered the case of MISSING: Alicia Navarro. On July 26, 2023, exactly two years after the release of our episode, 18-year-old Al...

MISSING: Allison and Marie-Josée Benitez

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a beautiful young woman and her mother go missing, all eyes turn to the strange behavior of her father. And when he crumbles under the scrutiny, ...

MURDERED: Pamela Butler and Marta Rodriguez

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a successful career woman goes missing in Washington, D.C., her family immediately knows something is wrong. And when the investigation’s windi...

MURDERED: Maribel Ramos

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When 36-year-old Maribel Ramos doesn’t show up to her weekly softball game, her friends and family immediately know something is wrong. And that sen...

SERIAL KILLER: The Honolulu Strangler

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When young women start disappearing from the streets of Honolulu only to soon be found brutally murdered, investigators at first dismiss any connectio...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Shawn O’Brien

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Shawn O’Brien is found unconscious in his Cranston, RI, apartment and dies days later in the hospital, the unusual circumstances spark suspicio...

MISSING: Denise Pflum

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On a Friday afternoon in 1986, 18-year-old Denise Pflum leaves her home in Connersville, Indiana, to go searching for a purse she had left at a party ...

INFAMOUS: The Todt Family

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When police and federal agents descended on the home of the Todt family, they never expected to discover the gruesome scene waiting for them inside. W...

PRECEDENT: Amber Hagerman

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Amber Hagerman was abducted in 1996, there was a witness who saw a man and a distinctive car near where she was taken. But there was no way to ge...

MISSING: Joey Lynn Offutt

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When firefighters responded to 33-year-old Joey Lynn Offutt’s burning house in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, on July 12, 2007, they were shocked to disc...

MURDERED: Sasha Samsudean

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a friend is MIA after a night out, loved ones worry that she didn’t make it home safely. When police do a wellness check, they see that she did...

MISSING: Brian Wehrle

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Wehrle vanished without a trace during a trip to his hometown of Carrollton, Georgia. Everyone suspects foul play, but no one knows what could h...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Nanette Krentel

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a fire destroys the Krentel home, family and friends are devastated to learn that one member, Nanette, didn’t make it out. But despite her deat...

MISSING: Ashley Loring HeavyRunner

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When 20-year-old Ashley Loring HeavyRunner goes missing on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, her older sister Kimberly is forced to pick up the sl...

MURDERED: Mengqi Ji

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a young mother is reported missing, investigators quickly realize she was probably murdered. Their prime suspect is her husband, but a slew of su...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Elizabeth Santos

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Santos’ unexpected and tragic death in 2020 left behind a million questions. Some believe it was the result of a mental health crisis, but...

CAPTURED: Michael Townson

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a young mother is found brutally beaten to death in 2007, investigators are able to quickly apprehend her killer. But as the years go by, he deci...

MISSING: Oakley Carlson

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oakley Carlson was only four years old when she went missing in 2021. Investigators launched a desperate search to bring her home, but with each new p...