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MURDERED: Breanna Moore

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Breanna Moore was a young woman on the very cusp of the rest of her life when dating violence turned to murder and stole her entire future away from...

SERIAL KILLER: Rodney Alcala

10 Feb 2020

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He was charming enough to win an episode of The Dating Game back in the 70's and that charm is what allowed Rodney Alcala to slip through police's fin...

WANTED: Massachusetts Murderer

03 Feb 2020

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Is there a predator in Massachusetts who targeted two girls with an eerie connection?For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visi...

MISSING: The Beaumont Children

27 Jan 2020

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Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont left their home in Adelaide to go swimming at the beach on Australia Day 1966 and were never seen again. Their disa...

CONSPIRACY: Ray Gricar

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2005, a day of playing hooky for Ray Gricar turned into an enduring mystery for his friends and family and left the world to wonder if there is a...

MURDERED: Denise Johnson

16 Jan 2020

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After more than two decades of rumors and secrets, the question still remains, who killed Denise Johnson?You can listen on any podcast app for free or...

MISSING: Brittanee Drexel

13 Jan 2020

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High school junior Brittanee Drexel just wanted to get away for Spring Break and have a good time with her friends in Myrtle Beach. Her mysterious d...

MURDERED: Lindsay Buziak

06 Jan 2020

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24-year-old Lindsay Buziak was an up-and-coming real estate agent in beautiful Victoria, BC, when she was found stabbed to death in the upstairs bedro...

WANTED: A Christmas Killer

23 Dec 2019

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5 days before Christmas in 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews went missing from her Colorado home and she wouldn't be discovered for over three decade...

SERIAL KILLER: Highway of Tears

16 Dec 2019

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Loren Donn Leslie was only 15 years old when police discovered her remains on a lonely logging road off Highway 16 in British Columbia. Since the late...

MURDERED: Jody LeCornu

09 Dec 2019

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In March of 1996 a young woman was shot under very bizarre circumstances. 23 years later her case remains unsolved, but her twin sister is still figh...

SERIAL KILLER: Dellen Millard

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dellen Millard was the 27-year-old millionaire heir to a Canadian aviation company when he murdered a perfect stranger during a test-drive. What unfol...

MISSING: Brian Shaffer

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Shaffer was supposed to be enjoying a night out with friends on April 1, 2006. Instead, he vanished. 13 years later, the mystery of what happen...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Kyle Antonacci

11 Nov 2019

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When Navy sailor Kyle Antonacci was found dead in his barracks in 2010, investigators quickly ruled it a suicide. However, discrepancies pop up right ...

INFAMOUS: D.C. Sniper

04 Nov 2019

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For three weeks in October 2002, the nation's capital region was paralyzed with fear as a series of deadly sniper attacks killed innocent people acro...

INFAMOUS: The Preppy Murder

28 Oct 2019

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When Jennifer Levin is found murdered in Central Park in 1986, and one of her private school friends is arrested for the crime, it catalyzes bitter ...

MURDERED: Annamarie Cochrane Rintala

21 Oct 2019

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Just like love knows no gender, neither does jealousy, dysfunction or murder. In honor of domestic violence awareness month we are partnering with The...

SERIAL KILLER: Robert William Pickton

14 Oct 2019

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In this week's episode, we talk more about the man responsible for making Canadian women disappear for years and what horrors were found on his pig fa...

MISSING: Women of Vancouver’s downtown Eastside

07 Oct 2019

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For two decades, women living in a ten-block stretch of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, were disappearing without a trace. This week’s episode ...

MISSING: Lauren Spierer

30 Sep 2019

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In the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, Lauren Spierer went out and celebrated the end of a semester by partying with friends. It should have been...

MURDERED: Yingying Zhang

23 Sep 2019

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When Chinese graduate student Yingying Zhang agreed to spend a year in America, she did so by looking forward to the opportunities it would present fo...

INFAMOUS: Darlie Routier Part 2

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After Darlie was sentenced to death for the murder of her two boys her defense team immediately started the appeals process. There was a lot of inform...

INFAMOUS: Darlie Routier Part 1

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1996 a small Texas community was rocked by the tragic slaying of two young boys. The police and prosecution had their sights set on one person as t...

MURDERED: Adam Walsh (Preview)

02 Sep 2019

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In 1981 a young boy named Adam was abducted by a stranger from a shopping plaza. It would take almost three decades to bring closure to his family but...

MURDERED: Russell and Shirley Dermond

26 Aug 2019

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In May of 2014, a married couple went to check in on their elderly neighbors, who lived alongside the scenic Lake Oconee. Inside the older couple's ho...

SERIAL KILLER: The Hillside Strangler

19 Aug 2019

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Between October of 1977 and February of 1978, a serial killer terrorized women in Southern California. Originally preying upon sex workers in Los Ange...

MISSING: Kimberly McAndrew

12 Aug 2019

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Today, August 12, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of Kimberly McAndrew's disappearance. Over the years investigators have tried using old fashioned p...

CAPTURED: Lloyd Lee Welch

05 Aug 2019

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During spring break of 1975, Sheila & Kate Lyon went missing from a shopping center near their home and for almost 40 years no one knew what happened ...

MURDERED: Kara, Kelsey, & Jessica

29 Jul 2019

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Three cases over ten years. Each one bringing a killer a little closer to justice.EDIT TO THE EPISODE: please note Kylr Yust was not Jessica Runions b...

SERIAL KILLER: Charlie Brandt

22 Jul 2019

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In 2004 a seemingly normal man commits an unthinkable crime. Police and friends are left to wonder what caused this man to just snap but his older sis...

MISSING: Brandy Hall

15 Jul 2019

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In 2006 Brandy Hall vanished after leaving her post at the volunteer fire station early. It would take many years, 3 clues found in three different bo...

INFAMOUS: Alice Crimmins

08 Jul 2019

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Long before Casey Anthony, there was another mother America loved to hate... Alice Crimmins. When her children went missing from their room one summer...

UNIDENTIFIED: Sumter County Does

01 Jul 2019

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In August of 1976, the bodies of a young man and woman were found in rural Sumter County, South Carolina. Police would infer a lot from their belongin...

MURDERED: Reyna Marroquin // Michelle Schroader

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have two stories of women who were murdered and laid to rest, Reyna and Michelle. It would take decades before Reyna would be able to res...

CONSPIRACY: North Fox Island & The Oakland County Child Killer Part 2

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 we discuss more suspects in the Oakland County Child Killings and how some or all of them might be connected to North Fox Island. Sources f...

CONSPIRACY: North Fox Island & The Oakland County Child Killer Part 1

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1970s the affluent neighborhoods around Detroit, Michigan were terrorized by a child killer but were the four murders connected to a bigger con...

MISSING: Patti Adkins

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Patti Adkins had been having a secret relationship with a man from her work. When she went missing in July of 2001, troubling details emerge about the...

MURDERED: The Eastburn Family

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1985 Katie Eastburn and two of her daughters were brutally murdered while her husband was away. It would take over 20 years and three trials before...

SERIAL KILLER: Israel Keyes

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Israel Keyes is the most terrifying name you have probably never heard of. Officials believe he hunted and killed people all across the US and abroad ...

MISSING: Suzanne Lyall

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1998 a 19 year old college student boarded a bus from her job at the mall to go back to her campus dorm room. She was seen getting off the bus arou...

UPDATE: Killer on the High Bridge

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On April 22, 2019, the Indiana State Police released new information in the unsolved murder case of Abby & Libby in Delphi, Indiana. Here are the upda...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Kendrick Johnson

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2013 a 17-year-old boy's body was found rolled up in a high school gym mat. Local law enforcement was quick to rule it an accident and move on but ...

MISSING: Timmothy Pitzen

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On April 3, 2019 someone claiming Timmothy Pitzen approached a stranger in KY and told them he had escaped abductors. The news went wild with this inf...

MURDERED: Jerry Michael Williams

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One day before his anniversary Jerry Michael Williams went for a duck hunting trip on Lake Seminole but never returned home. For years people were con...

MISSING: Rachel Cooke

01 Apr 2019

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17 years ago, college student Rachel Cooke was visiting her family home in Texas for her winter break. She went out for an early morning run on her re...

MURDERED: Kacie Woody

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Like many young kids, Kacie Woody had an active online life in 2002 but the ‘friends’ she was meeting online turned out not to be friends at all. ...

MURDERED: Kirsten Hatfield

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It took decades and DNA science to catch a predator who was able to snatch a girl, Kirsten Hatfield, from her own room in the dead of night. Sources ...

UPDATE: April Tinsley & The Monster in Ft. Wayne

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Captain Kevin Smith of the Indiana State Police granted us an interview to discuss the arrest of April Tinsley's killer who was apprehended in July of...

MISSING: Amy Lynn Bradley

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In March of 1998 Amy Lynn Bradley and her family set off on what was to be the trip of a lifetime, a full week-long cruise around the Caribbean. But l...

UPDATE: Angela "Mischelle" Lawless (Interview with Josh Kezer)

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

UPDATE: Josh Kezer, the man who was wrongfully convicted of Angela's murder and then later declared actually innocent, reached out to us to discuss th...

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Lynn Messer

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2014, Lynn Messer went missing from her 260-acre farm in the middle of the night. When her remains are found on the farm two years later, despite a...

CAPTURED: Dr. No

17 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We just found out the man we know as Dr. No has been captured. His name is Samuel Legg III and Brit and Ashley tell you everything we know in the earl...

MISSING: Sneha Philip

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sneha Philip was last seen shopping just a couple blocks away from the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001. She never returned home that night o...

WANTED: Austin Yogurt Shop Killer

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 90's, Austin, TX was turned upside down when four young girls were sexually assaulted, murdered, then set on fire inside an ICBY store. F...

MURDERED: Robert Wone

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is probably the strangest case of murder we have ever covered here on Crime Junkie. It's the story of Robert Wone who, while staying in a friend'...

SERIAL KILLER: Dr. No

21 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

During the 80's and 90's, a serial killer was operating out of Ohio, killing sex workers and leaving their bodies along interstates. Could their kille...

WANTED: Bradford Bishop // Yaser Said

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have two stories for you of men who are wanted for killing their families.Our first story is about a man named Bradford Bishop, a man wh...

MISSING: Asha Degree

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In February of 2000, a 9-year-old girl named Asha Degree packed her book bag and tucked it away, waiting for the right time to sneak out of her North ...

MURDERED: The Watts Family

24 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The most recent family annihilator case in the U.S. was incredibly heartbreaking and had every American checking their TVs and smartphones regularly f...

MURDERED: Colleen Orsborn

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In March of 1984, 15-year-old Colleen Orsborn skips school for a day on the beach but never returns home. Her case was connected to the infamous seria...

SERIAL KILLER: On The Colonial Parkway (Part 2)

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In part two, we tell you about the murders of Cassandra Lee Hailey, Richard Keith Call, Annamaria Phelps, and Daniel Lauer. Could all four of the murd...

SERIAL KILLER: On The Colonial Parkway (Part 1)

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 1986, park rangers near Virginia's Colonial Parkway get notified of a possible traffic accident. When rangers arrive, they are confronted with a vi...

UPDATE: Alissa Turney

27 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Alissa's half-sister, Sarah, reveals she no longer thinks her sister ran away. She thinks Alissa was the victim of foul play and she...

MISSING: Alissa Turney

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 2001 Mike Turney reported to Phoenix, Arizona police that his 17-year-old step-daughter, Alissa, had run away to California. But 7 years later, a s...

MURDERED: Oklahoma Girl Scouts

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of Oklahoma's darkest stories. Three young girl scouts are brutally murdered while away at their first night of camp. A Native American man is pin...

MISSING: Zachary Bernhardt

12 Nov 2018

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In September of 2000, Zachary Bernhardt went missing from his mother's bed while she was out for a brief walk. Is his mother hiding something or could...

MURDERED: The Camm Family

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 2000, David Camm, a former Indiana State Trooper, came home from playing basketball to find his entire family had been murdered in their garage. It...

INFAMOUS: Lizzie Borden

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Lizzie Borden took an axGave her mother 40 whacksWhen she saw what she had doneShe gave her father 41But did she really? In this episode, we tell the ...

CONSPIRACY: Women in the U.S. Military

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 2010, statistics came out that 120 female U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq had died. Half of those deaths were reported to be non-combat related. 30...

EXPERT ON: Domestic Violence

02 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In our last episode, we talked about Susan Powell who was a victim of domestic violence. Many of her friends talked about Josh's strange behavior and ...

MURDERED: The Powell Family

01 Oct 2018

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During a blizzard on December 6, 2009 Josh Powell Claims to have taken his two young sons, ages 2 and 4, camping. When he returned home he finds frien...

MURDERED: Angela Savage

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sometime after dropping off her young daughter at the school bus, Angela Savage and her 6-month-old son were abducted. Angela's body would eventually ...

SERIAL KILLER: Bible John

17 Sep 2018

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In the late 1960s, three women were murdered after attending the same nightclub. But aside from their location, all three women had something very spe...

MURDERED: Danielle "Gabby" Akers

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In April of 2016, Danielle "Gabby" Akers's body was found in a creek bed 60 miles from her home. She had no clothes or personal belongings with her an...

MURDERED: The Coleman Family

03 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When the head of security for a cutting edge televangelist starts getting threatening emails, no one seems too concerned. But as those threats escalat...

MURDERED: Chandra Levy

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When a political intern goes missing, all eyes turn towards her hometown congressman. But when that lead dries up, and other women are being attacked,...

WANTED: Answers from a Deputy

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When Terrance Williams goes missing, most law enforcement officers consider him a low-priority; He wanted, or needed, to disappear. But when his last ...

MISSING: Leah Roberts

13 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After friends and family can't get ahold of her for days in a row, they decide that college student Leah Roberts is missing. Two weeks later, her car ...

SERIAL KILLER: Todd Kohlhepp

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our Fan Club supporters will be happy to note that today, we are covering the multiple murders committed by Todd Kohlhepp. This man lured literally co...

IF I GO MISSING: Tanya Rider

30 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When hard-working Tanya Rider misses two shifts and is late for a third, her husband knows something is wrong. But can he convince the local sheriff's...

MURDERED: Barbara Nantais & Claire Hough

23 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the dreamy summers of southern California, two murders happen within yards of each other, but a decade apart. Questions echo throughout these cases...

WHITE COLLAR: The Dalkon Shield

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With the permission from the team over at Swindled Podcast, we are covering one of their best True Crime stories. It’s a story of lies.... cover-ups...

CAPTURED: Monster in Fort Wayne

15 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On July 15, 2018 police finally made an arrest in the 30-year unsolved murder of April Marie Tinsley. In this breaking clip, Ashley calls Brit to tell...

MURDERED: Angela "Mischelle" Lawless

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In November 1992, Mischelle Lawless was found by passersbys deceased in her car with the headlights on and the vehicle still running. Police have spen...

CONSPIRACY: The Women of Juarez

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Since 1993, women in Juarez, Mexico have been dying violent deaths. Is this the work of one killer or multiple? Also, why did the state police work so...

SERIAL KILLER: The Claremont Killer

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Since 1996, people in Claremont had been looking over their shoulders when they go out for a night on the town. Over the span of a few years, three gi...

MISSING: Sage Smith

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On November 20, 2012, Sage Smith left her home at 5:30 for a date. She was seen alone at 6:30 talking to someone on the phone and then possibly sighte...

UPDATE: Katelin Akens

08 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this update episode, Ashley gets the chance to talk to Lisa, Katelin's mom, about Katelin's case, and like, you all asked... What about Katelin's s...

MURDERED: Sylvia Likens

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sylvia was a happy, beautiful 16-year-old when her parents left her and her sister in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski while they went on the road for...

SERIAL KILLER: The Green River Killer

28 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Through the '80s & '90s, women in the state of Washington were turning up dead. First, along the Green River, then in other clusters throughout the st...

MISSING: Misty Copsey

21 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In September of 1992, a young teenager named Misty Copsey went missing after visiting the local fair in Puyallup, Washington with her best friend. Alm...

CAPTURED: Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible's Killer

14 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

 In April of 2018, we were all talking about the capture of the Gold State Killer but did you know another long-time cold case was solved that same w...

MURDERED: Amber Tuccaro // Henry McCabe

14 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we tell you not one but two stories that have been underreported despite the terrifying audio capture shortly before each of their deaths. ...

MISSING: Bethany Decker

30 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, Bethany Decker's life was far from easy. As a young wife and mother with a husband overseas in the military, things were strained. When her h...

CAPTURED: The Golden State Killer

26 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On April 25th, 2018, a decades-long search for the man believed to be the Visalia Ransacker, the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, and the...

MURDERED: Kenia Monge

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

19-year-old Kenia Monge went missing in downtown Denver on April 1, 2011. When Kenia's stepdad finds an eerie text message from a stranger on her phon...

SERIAL KILLER: L.I.S.K.

16 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When a young escort goes missing after an outcall on Long Island in 2010, no one bothers to search for her. No one except a single detective and his d...

ADNAN: What Serial Didn't Tell You

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hundreds of millions of people tuned into Serial season one back in 2014. Sarah Koenig told us all about the story of 18-year-old high school senior H...

UPDATE: Monster in Fort Wayne, Indiana

05 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, we get the opportunity to talk with April Tinsley’s mom, Janet, about the investigation into her daughter’s murder and the ...

WANTED: Monster in Fort Wayne, Indiana

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Thirty years ago this week, a little girl in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was abducted, sexually assaulted, murdered and now, forgotten by everyone. It is one...