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INFAMOUS: The Preppy Murder
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...
MISSING: Kiplyn Davis
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1995, one of our listeners from Kentucky was high school pen pals with a girl named Kiplyn Davis from Spanish Fork, Utah, when one day the Spanish ...
MURDERED: The Longo Family
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a seemingly normal family man snap, murder his entire family, and assume a new identity in Mexico? Christian Longo was a husband, and fathe...
MISSING: Katelin Akens
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In December of 2015, Katelin was to board a plane from VA to AZ. She texted her mom that she made it to the airport and her phone was dying, so she wo...
SERIAL KILLER: Herb Baumeister
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the late '90s, Indianapolis was rocked when it was found out that a local businessman was murdering gay men and burying them on his estate called F...
UPDATE: Niqui McCown
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode we get the opportunity to talk with Niqui McCown’s daughter, Payton, and get all our left over questions from episode one answ...
CONSPIRACY: Bardstown, Kentucky
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A 35-year-old woman named Crystal Rogers went missing from Bardstown, KY back in 2015. Her car was found on the side of a busy parkway with a flat tir...
MURDERED: Tent Girl
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On May 17, 1968, a woman was found in the woods, murdered and wrapped in tent fabric. For over 30 years she remained unidentified in a Kentucky grave ...
WANTED: Killer on the High Bridge
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On February 13th, 2017, Abby Williams and Libby German went for a hike near the Monon High Bridge, in Delphi, Indiana. After Libby posted a Snapchat p...
MURDERED: Amy Weidner
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A teenage mother stays home from school one day with her daughter because she isn't feeling well. Just a few hours after her family leaves the house s...
MISSING: Bryce Laspisa
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bryce Laspisa started acting strange on August 27, 2013. Just a couple of days into his sophomore year, friends started to become concerned about his ...
SERIAL KILLER: Shawn Grate
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shawn Grate is currently awaiting trial in Ohio for two counts of murder but his admitted body count is much more. From 2005 - 2016 he terrorized vuln...
MURDERED: Karina Holmer
15 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, Boston saw one of the most brutal, and now notorious, murders of their city. Over 20 years later, not many people outside of Boston know the ...
WANTED: Robert Fisher
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robert William Fisher is an American fugitive wanted for the murder of his wife and two children. Their home in Scottsdale, Arizona was blown up on Ap...
SERIAL KILLER: The West Mesa Serial Killer
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! For our first episode of 2018, we outline the still-unsolved murders of the West Mesa Serial Killer *FYI: We've marked this episode as...
MURDERED: Laci Peterson Part 2
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The story everyone thinks they know... but do you really? In part two, we discuss the continued focus on Scott as a suspect in the disappearance and m...