Generation Why: True Crime
Episodes
Socorro Caro - 535
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
November 22nd, 1999. Camarillo, California. After an argument with his wife, Xavier Caro left his home and drove to his office. When he returned, he f...
Samantha Josephson - 532
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
March 29th, 2019. Columbia, South Carolina. Samantha Josephson was spending the evening with her friends celebrating her recent acceptance into Drexe...
Tiffany Booth - 530
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
October 1, 2020. Las Vegas, Nevada. Tiffany Booth texted her mom and said she needed to get out of the condo because her asthma was acting up, and sh...
Three From Tulsa / Brandon Lee Helms - 526
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
October 21, 2021. Friends Jack Grimes and Dwayne Selby were heading to a horse show in Fort Worth, Texas. After not hearing from Dwayne for a couple o...
Morgan Patten - 521
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
November 8, 2019. Jacksonville, North Carolina. Morgan Patten, 24, had traveled to North Carolina to visit her fiance, Phillip Brandon. He was a U.S. ...
AJ Armstrong - 518
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
July 29th, 2016. Bellaire, Texas. 16-year-old AJ Armstrong called the police to report that he heard gunshots inside his home. Both of his parents wer...
Kalief Browder pt.1 - 514
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of this four part series, 16 year old Kalief Browder is arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack. His bail will be set but with...
Sean Daugherty - 511
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
April 14, 2022. Yorktown, VA. On April 14, 2022, Twelve-year-old Sean Daugherty was found dead, hanging from the swingset in his backyard. His family ...
Greg Mulvihill - 507
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
September 1st, 2016. Carlsbad, California. In September of 2016, Greg Mulvihill was shot in a secluded area of Carlsbad, California. He was lured to t...
Lauria Bible & Ashley Freeman - 505
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
December 30, 1999. Welch, Oklahoma. On December 30th, 1999 authorities responded to a fire at the Freeman family home outside of Welch, Oklahoma. The ...
Rick Ennis - 503
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
April 14th, 2022. Montgomery, Alabama. Rick Ennis was convicted of the murder of Lori Slesinski, a young woman who went missing in 2006 and has never ...
Thomasdinh Bowman - 495
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
August 31st, 2012. Seattle, Washington. 42-year-old Yancy Noll was shot inside his car at an intersection in Roosevelt, Seattle. On September 21st a m...
Toforest Johnson - 487
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
July 19, 1995. Birmingham, Alabama. Toforest Johnson was just 22 years old when he was convicted in the of capital murder of Deputy William G. Hardy a...
Johnny Cashman Jr - 486
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
April 19, 2022. Lynchburg, VA. On April 19, Johnny Cashman Jr.’s family is informed that he died of an apparent medical condition in Virginia. They ...
Kaylee Sawyer - 481
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
July 24, 2016. Bend, Oregon. After a night out at her friend’s bachelorette party, Kaylee Sawyer walked down the street outside her apartment and di...
Amy DeBauche - 477
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
August 7th, 2005. Mountain, Wisconsin. In 2005, Amy and David DeBauche were in the midst of a divorce and custody battle for their two children. One s...
Death of Corey Scherbey - 476
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
August 22nd, 2011. Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Corey Scherbey was found dead in his home on August 22nd, 2011. The RCMP initially investigat...
Julie Hogg - 475
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
November 16, 1989. Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, England. Julie Hogg, a single mother from Billingham in Northern England, disappeared in the early ho...
Angel Bumpass - 474
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
January 16, 2009. Chattanooga, Tennessee. In October 2019, Angel Bumpass was found guilty of first-degree felony murder and especially aggravated robb...
Eric Haider - 473
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
May 24, 2012. Bismarck, North Dakota. Eric Haider was working as a top grounds man for a plumbing and heating company. After the crew he was working w...
Nona Dirksmeyer - 470
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
December 15, 2005. Russellville, Arkansas. Nona Dirksmeyer was a beauty pageant queen, a college student, and a girl loved by many people. She was fou...
Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions - 469
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
May 4, 2007. Belton, MO. Seventeen-year-old Kara Kopetsky walked out of her high school on May 4, 2007, and disappeared without a trace. From those ea...
Marlene Warren - 468
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
May 26, 1990. Wellington, Florida. Forty-year-old mother of one, Marlene Warren, was enjoying breakfast with her son and his friends when she heard a ...
Officer Christopher Horner - 467
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
March 3, 1998. Haines City, Florida. On March 3rd, 1998. Officer Christopher Todd Horner made a routine stop at Oakland Cemetery, a known crime hotspo...
Crystal Rogers - 465
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
July 3rd, 2015. Bardstown, Kentucky. On July 3rd, 2015 Crystal Rogers spent her day with her boyfriend and youngest child. She stayed up late that nig...
The Yale Murder - 454
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
July 7th, 1977. Scarsdale, New York. Bonnie Garland met Richard Herrin at Yale when she was 20 years old. Herrin was more than 3 years older and was h...
Sydney Loofe - 450
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
November 15, 2017. Lincoln, Nebraska. Sydney Loofe was a young woman living in Lincoln, Nebraska. She liked using Tinder to meet people. In November o...
Angela Correa / Jeffrey Deskovic - 449
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
November 15, 1989. Peekskill, New York. 15 year-old Angela Correa carried a camera and telephoto lens in a plastic bag and wore a Walkman-type cassett...
Michele Neurauter - 446
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
August 27, 2017. Corning, New York. On August 28, 2017, Sergeant John McDivitt of the Corning Police Department responded to a call concerning the wel...
The Fager Murders - 442
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
December 31, 1987. Wichita, Kansas. Mary Fager walked into her house and found the body of her husband so she had a neighbor call 911. When police arr...
Pulse Nightclub Shooting - 436
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
June 12, 2016. Orlando, Florida. A gunman walked into Pulse, a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, near closing time and began shooting. Forty-nine people ...
Murder of Jodi Jones - 434
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
June 30, 2003. Dalkeith in Midlothian, Scotland. A 14 year old girl named Jodi Jones is murdered after she leaves her house to visit her boyfriend, Lu...
Kadie Major - 427
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
January 17, 2008. Berkeley County, South Carolina. Kadie Major had always wanted to be a mother. At the age of 26 she found herself married with a dau...
Murder of Bob Chappell - 426
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
January 26, 2009. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. When Bob Chappell, a radiation specialist goes missing, police try to piece together what went wrong. W...
Heather Elvis - 425
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
December 18, 2013. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In December 2013, Heather Elvis was excited for the new year to come. She had just ended a toxic affa...
Horizon Post Office Scandal - 422
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
2000's. United Kingdom. During the 2000's, Post Office Ltd discovered that hundreds of their SubPostmasters were stealing money and punished them for ...
Death of Bethany Deaton - 419
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
October, 30, 2012. Kansas City, Missouri. On October 30, 2012, 27-year-old Bethany Deaton was found dead in the backseat of her vehicle from an appare...
Brian Banks - 417
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
July 8th, 2002. Long Beach, California. It was a normal day in summer school for Brian Banks. He left class, and saw his acquaintance Wanetta Gibson i...
Death of Kayla Skeen - 416
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
September 1, 2013. Middleburg, Florida. A woman named Lois Kay Skeen is told late one evening that her granddaughter, Kayla Skeen, has hanged herself ...
Christine Belford - 404
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
February 11, 2013. Wilmington, Delaware. Christine Belford and her ex-husband, David Matusiewicz, had a contentious relationship after their 2006 divo...
The Murder of Jennifer Evans - 395
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
June 19, 1995. Virginia Beach, Virginia. 21 year old Jennifer Evans went to The Bayou, a nightclub, with two friends. Sometime after midnight, she met...
Lauren McCluskey - 388
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
October 22, 2018. Salt Lake City, UT. University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey began seeking help from authorities after she discovered that her co...
Thanksgiving Day Murders - 387
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
November 22, 1990. Fairfield, Maine. A rented farmhouse was occupied by Hubert Hartley, his girlfriend, Tammy Theriault, and Hubert's good friend, Mor...
Cosmo DiNardo - 386
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
July 2017. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Over the course of three days in early July 2017, four young men, Jimi Patrick, Dean Finocchiaro, Mark Sturgis,...
Alissa Turney - 385
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
May 17, 2001. Phoenix, Arizona. 17 year old Alissa Turney was spending her last day as a Junior at Paradise High before summer break. Her sister, Sara...
Lisa Nowak - 384
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
February 5, 2007. Orlando, Florida. Lisa Nowak, a NASA astronaut, drove nearly 1000 miles from Houston, Texas to Orlando, Florida so that she could co...
Nicole VanderHeyden - 369
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
May 20-21, 2016. Green Bay, Wisconsin. 31 year old Nicole "Nikki" VanderHeyden went out for an evening with her boyfriend, Doug, and some other friend...
Jordan Brown - 368
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
February 20, 2009. Wampum, Pennsylvania. Kenzie Houk, a pregnant mother of two, was asleep in her bed when someone shot her in the back of the head. B...
Martin Tankleff Part 1 - 366
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
September 7th, 1988. Long Island, New York. A high school senior woke up one morning to discover that his parents, Seymour and Arlene Tankleff, had be...
The Heidt Family Murders - 364
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
August 25th, 2008. Springfield, Georgia. A 911 operator had difficulty understanding a woman who called for help. After a number of minutes, police an...
Broken Arrow Killings - 358
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
July 22-23, 2015. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 at 11:30 pm a call came in to 911. The caller was twelve year old David Bever who...
Murder Of Andrea Eilber - 357
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
November 14th, 2011. Lapeer County, Michigan. A young woman and her boyfriend, along with a friend of his, had been staying over at her Aunt's place o...
Oklahoma City Bombing Pt. 1 - 355
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
April 19, 1995. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A Ryder truck was parked outside of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City before 9am on that Wednesd...
Who Killed Jerry Tobias? Part 1 - 311
06 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
December 8, 1986. Gaylord, Michigan. A police officer stopped to check out a truck parked on the side of a road and discovered a body in the bed of th...
Framed: An Investigative Story - Hosted By Aaron
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron from Generation Why presents Framed: An Investigative Story. An unsolved crime has divided a community for more than a decade. This season on Fr...
The Night Stalker Part 1 - 226
26 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Night Stalker Part 1. April, 1984. Los Angeles, California. A home intruder is raping, robbing, and killing residents in the Los Angeles area. A 7...
Kansas City Firefighters Case - Part 1
18 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kansas City Firefighters Case Part 1. We revisit one of our first cases by conducting interviews and discussing the various aspects of the case. The 1...
Trayvon Martin - 119
04 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Trayvon Martin. When a self-appointed neighborhood watchman pursues a suspicious young man no one could have predicted that it would end with a death,...
The Zodiac Killer - 118
27 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Zodiac Killer. His attacks were accompanied by phone calls & letters that taunted police and threatened harm on others. Just what do we really kno...
Madeleine McCann - 113
23 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Madeleine McCann. In May of 2007, a young English girl, on holiday with her parents in Portugal, would go missing. There were no witnesses as she and ...
D.B. Cooper: A Skydiver’s Analysis - 111
10 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
D.B. Cooper: A Skydiver’s Analysis. David Robinson, a USPA licensed skydiver, joins the podcast to analyze D.B. Cooper’s jump and assess whether h...
Dixie Shanahan - 110
09 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dixie Shanahan. Author, and investigative journalist, John Ferak, joins the podcast to discuss the murder of Scott Shanahan by his wife, Dixie. The Io...
D.B. Cooper - 109
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
D.B. Cooper. Thanksgiving Eve, 1971. An average looking man in a suit, a tie, and an overcoat pays for a one-way ticket at the Northwest Orient counte...
Marjorie Caldwell - 108
23 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Marjorie Caldwell. A wealthy heiress decides to adopt a young girl named Marjorie in 1934 and moves her into her mansion in the hopes of giving her a ...
Oak Island Money Pit - 105
09 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Oak Island Money Pit. What began in 1795 as a simple discovery of a circular depression in the ground has led, over the years, to many excavations mad...
Nikola Tesla - 104
03 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Nikola Tesla. We discuss Tesla, his achievements, his rivals, & the many myths that surround him. Does he deserve greater credit than history has best...
The Elkhart 4 - 102
18 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Elkhart 4. In October of 2012, three teenagers and an adult decided to rob a house. Another teenager in the group stayed across the street. Either...
In Broad Daylight - 101
12 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In Broad Daylight. Author Harry MacLean joins the podcast to talk about Skidmore, Missouri and the man who terrorized its citizens for years unabated....
Death of Princess Diana - 98
23 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Death of Princess Diana. On August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, suffered traumatic injuries and later died after the Mercedes-Benz she and her ...
Lori Erica Ruff - 93
25 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Lori Erica Ruff. In 2010, a woman in Texas named Lori Ruff parked her Tahoe in the driveway of the house where her estranged husband Blake had been li...