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Sean Combs aka Diddy seemed to have it all.  In 2022, his net worth was estimated to be around $1B.  He had a successful career in music and acting, and owned many different businesses.

Sean is no stranger to legal trouble.  He has been sued for millions of dollars over the years.  Recently his troubles have escalated.  Footage of him physically abusing his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, was released and Sean made a public apology.

In September 2024, Sean was arrested for racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation for the purposes of prostitution. The media are also reporting that 120 sexual assault lawsuits will be filed against him in New York, Los Angeles and Miami over the coming weeks.

Sean is currently being held in prison, awaiting a May 2025 trial.  He has been denied bail.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the fall of Diddy.

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According to the National Library of Medicine, it is estimated that an average of 35 Americans are killed by healthcare workers per year.  The true numbers are likely higher, given that these crimes are often missed for years.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two different cases where nurses have been convicted of purposely murdering their patients with insulin.

Pennsylvania nurse Heather Pressdee gave "lethal and potentially lethal doses of insulin" to at least 22 of her patients.  Seventeen of the patients "died very soon" or "sometime later" after receiving the insulin doses.  

Heather ended up taking a plea deal to avoid the death penalty.  In 2024, she was sentenced to  three consecutive life sentences for the murders. She was also ordered to subsequently serve another 380 to 760 years in prison for the attempted murders.

Australian nurse Megan Haines had many complaints made against her during her nursing career.  It was alleged that she was rude to patients and that she stole from them.  At one point, she had her nursing license suspended.  Megan was reprimanded and was eventually allowed to nurse again.  While working a night shift in May 2014, she was informed that three patients had made complaints against her and that she would be investigated.  

That night, Megan would inject two of the patients who complained about her with insulin.  She was arrested and charged with the murders and is currently serving a prison term - she will be eligible for parole in 2041.

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In 2001, Robert Fisher and his wife Mary had been having marital problems. Robert’s parents divorced when he was young and he was adamant that his children, Brittney and Bobby, would not go through the same.  

Robert was said to be controlling and abusive towards his family. He once turned a hose on his wife when she spoke ‘out of turn.’  

Mary told friends in early 2001 that she was planning to leave Robert. Robert found out and it sent him over the edge.  Police allege that Robert shot Mary in the back of the head and slit the throats of their children before rigging the home to explode by pulling the gas line.

Once the blaze was extinguished, Robert was nowhere to be found. 23 years later, Robert remains one of the most wanted men in America.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the brutal murder of the Fisher family in Arizona and how the main suspect has eluded capture for over twenty years. 

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Data indicates that over 3,000 people are reported missing at sea, each year.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two separate disappearances where the people involved have vanished without a trace after allegedly boarding boats.

Abigail Bernstein and her two young sons, Koa Kai and Kush, were last seen in October 2022 at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii.  They were allegedly boarding a boat for a long voyage.  The boat’s captain would return one year later and say that Abigail and the children left the boat because they were seasick.  No trace of the family has been found.  Did something happen during the voyage or has Abigail taken the children and gone off the grid?

British woman Sarm Heslop and her American boyfriend Ryan Bane lived on Ryan’s boat ‘Siren Song’ in the US Virgin Islands in 2021.  Ryan has said that one night in March that year, he was awoken in the early morning hours by the anchor alarm.  When he got up, Sarm was nowhere to be seen.  Ryan waited 9 hours before calling police.  He has reportedly refused to let authorities search ‘Siren Song’ and he has since sold the vessel and returned to the United States.

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On a cold and stormy night in February 2000 in Shelby, North Carolina, Asha Degree (9) got out of her bed.  She collected some of her favorite belongings and snuck out of her home.  She has not been seen since.

Soon after Asha vanished, some of her belongings were found discarded in a nearby shed.  A photograph of an unidentified child was found amongst her things – the child has never been identified.

18 months after Asha disappeared, her backpack was found around 25 miles from where she was last seen.  The pack is said to have been wrapped in trash bags, and it contained items that did not belong to Asha. 

Over the decades, the search for Asha has continued.  There has been recent movement in her case as police have executed search warrants at a property near Asha’s home.  A car that matched the description of one seen in the area at the time Asha disappeared has just been towed.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the disappearance of Asha Degree.  Was Asha lured away from her home and murdered?

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Murder by poison is a rare method used by criminals.   It is used in just under one-half of one percent of cases.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss three very different cases where people were intentionally poisoned, in an attempt to kill.

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A judge has granted the request for alleged murderer Bryan Kohberger to have his trial moved.  We discuss those updates in this episode.

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(7:45) - Updates - Matthew Perry
(16:55) - Laci Peterson

In 2002, Laci Peterson and her husband Scott found out that they were expecting their first child, a son they planned to name Conner.

From the outside, the couple appeared to have a picture-perfect life.  Under the surface though, cracks were forming.

From early on in their marriage, Scott had a number of affairs with other women.  In November 2002, he began an affair with a woman named Amber Frey.  He told Amber at one point that he had ‘lost his wife’ and the upcoming Christmas would be his first without her.

On Christmas Eve 2002, Laci was around 8 months pregnant.  Scott said he left her at home watching Martha Stewart and that she was gone when he returned.

The search for Laci and her unborn son was one of the most extensive and high-profile ever seen.  Laci and Conner’s remains would be found months after they vanished.

Scott was arrested near the Mexican border and was charged in relation to the deaths of his wife and son.  

22 years later, there is still movement in this case.  An organization called the LA Innocence Project is spearheading a new appeal to prove Scott’s alleged innocence.

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(6:00) - Updates: Bryan Kohberger Trial, Wade Wilson Sentencing
(22:17) - Cassidy Rainwater

Missouri woman Cassidy Rainwater was down on her luck in 2021.  She told family that she was staying with an acquaintance, James Phelps, until she could get back on her feet.
 
When Cassidy’s family could not get in touch with her, they called in a welfare check.  Police went to James’ home and he told authorities that Cassidy had left in July 2021 to move to Colorado.

Soon after Cassidy disappeared, an anonymous tip was sent in to the FBI.  The tipster said that there were photos of Cassidy on the dark web.  In the images, Cassidy could be seen being held captive in a cage.    

James Phelps and a friend of his, Timothy Norton, would end up being arrested for Cassidy’s murder.  The men attacked Cassidy while she was sleeping and ended up dismembering her body.  Packages of her flesh were found in a freezer and had the date ‘July 24;’ written on them.  During court proceedings, the men admitted to going to their local Walmart in an attempt to find other victims.

Both men are now serving life in prison.  

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(10:49) - Matthew Perry Start

Celebrity Matthew Perry was very open about his decades-long struggle with addiction.  He estimated that over the years, he had spent around $9m on rehab costs.  At one point during his addiction, he was in a coma and on life-support for two weeks.

 In 2023, Matthew seemed to be doing well.  Even some of his close friends believed he was sober.  Matthew had been getting legal ketamine treatment for his depression and his doctor thought that it was working well.

 At some point in September 2023, things changed Matthew.  He worked with his assistant of 25 years, Kenneth Iwamasa, to begin obtaining more ketamine illegally.  They got the drugs from doctors and also from a drug dealer known as the ‘Ketamine Queen.’  Within weeks, Matthew had spent $55k on the drug,

 On October 28, 2023,   Matthew told Kenneth to ‘shoot me up with a big one.’  Kenneth did so and he then left to run errands.  When he returned to Matthew’s home, he found the celebrity face down in his jacuzzi.  Paramedics were called and Matthew was declared dead at the age of 54.

 Five people have recently been arrested and charged in connection with Matthew’s death.  His assistant is facing a possible sentence of 15 years in prison.

 In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the tragic death of Matthew Perry.  Who is to blame?

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(9:00) - Matthew Perry Arrests
(14:16) - Deadly Dads

** TW - CHILD MURDER **

The United States has the highest rate of child murder among developed nations. The most common perpetrator of child homicide is a parent. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two cases where children were murdered by a person who should have cared for them the most – their father.

- In June 2023, Chad Doerman asked his wife and children to lay down with him for a nap.  As soon as they all climbed into bed, Chad got up and went to the gun safe.  He went on a heinous rampage, shooting his three sons dead.  Chad’s wife and step-daughter would survive the ordeal – it seems the boys were his main targets.  Chad hast just been sentenced to life in prison.

- Corey Micciolo was born in 2014.  He lived for his early years with his mother Breanna.  His father Christopher Gregor would eventually be given residential custody due to Breanna’s addiction issues.  Breanna noticed bruises on Corey and his teachers have said that his demeanor changed over time.  CCTV of Corey and Christopher was found – Christopher was forcing Corey to run at high speeds on a treadmill and he stumbled and fell multiple times. Christopher also appeared to bite Corey at one point.  After the treadmill incident, Corey would pass away in hospital.  In August 2024, Christopher was sentenced to a total of 25 years in state prison for his role in Corey’s death.  

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(6:30) - Asa Ellerup wears her wedding ring & brings their dog to Rex's hearing
(10:23) - The Mormon wives get a Hulu docuseries (Taylor Frankie Paul)
(13:23) - Lauren Dickason update
(15:08 )- Heat Related Deaths

On average, 37 children under the age of 15 die each year from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two cases where children died after being left unattended in the heat.

Justin ‘Ross’ Harris and his wife Leanna had been having marriage troubles for years.  They were trying to stick it out, despite Ross’ having numerous affairs.  The couple had one child together, Cooper. 

In June 2014, Ross texted one of the women he had been seeing and said "I need an escape. I love my son and all but we both need an escape.”

Later that day, Ross took Cooper to breakfast and was meant to drop him off to daycare.  After driving for a mile, Ross somehow forgot that Cooper was in his car seat.  Ross parked the car in direct sunlight, got out of the vehicle and went into work.

Seven hours later, after internal temperatures in the car reached around 125f, Ross left work and drove off.  Minutes later, he realized what he had done.  Cooper was dead in his car seat.

Ross was charged with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, cruelty to children in the first and second degree, criminal attempt to commit a felony and dissemination of harmful materials to minors.  Many of these charges stemmed from Ross’ inappropriate communications with underage females that he engaged in sexting with.

Ross was convicted in 2016.  He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole plus 32 years.  

However, in 2024, Ross was released from prison.  A court ruled that there should have been separate trials for the murder charges and the sex-crime charges and his convictions were overturned.

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In the second case, we discuss the death of 4-month-old Tanna Rae Wroblewski.  Tanna Rae was allegedly left alone on a boat in 121f heat on the July 4th weekend this year.  Her parents were said to be swimming and cooling off.  When they returned to check Tanna Rae some time later, she was bleeding from the ears.  The baby was transported to hospital where she passed from heat-related conditions.  There is an investigation into the baby’s death ongoing.

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The True Crime Society Podcast is back after a week off!

In this episode, we discuss three very different cases of disgraced influencers.

You can read our blog for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2024/07/24/disgraced-influencers/

In this episode, we also discuss updates in the Chris Watts and Wade Wilson murder cases.

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In 2001, British tourist Peter Falconio and his girlfriend Joanne Lees were traveling around the world on the trip of a lifetime.

On a cold night in June 2001, the couple were driving through the remote Australian outback.  A passing motorist named Bradley John Murdoch motioned to the couple to stop their vehicle because of car troubles. Peter pulled over and got out of the car. What happened next is the stuff of nightmares.

Joanne heard a loud bang and Peter dropped out of sight.  Bradley then attempted to abduct Joanne, but she managed to escape into the desert where she hid for hours.

Bradley would eventually be charged with Peter’s murder, but Joanne faced vicious attacks from the media who questioned her every move. The media interest in this trial was so large that the court went under a massive renovation costing almost $1 million dollars.

23 years later, Peter’s body has never been found. 

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Blaze Bernstein and Samuel Woodward had attended the same high school in Orange County, California.  

In 2017 and early 2018, the two men had reconnected on Tinder and had been chatting over social media. In January 2018, they decided to meet up.  Samuel picked up Blaze from his home.  Blaze was never seen alive again.

After an arduous legal process, Samuel has just been found guilty of the murder of Blaze.  The prosecution stated that the murder was a hate crime.  Samuel killed Blaze due to his religious beliefs and sexual orientation.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the hate-filled murder of Blaze Bernstein.  

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(7:54) - Karen Read Update
(18:00) - Wade Wilson

In October 2019, Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz each made innocent choices that would lead to the end of their lives.

Kristine and a friend, Stephanie, went to a bar to listen to live music. At the venue, they met Wade Wilson. Stephanie described Wade as ‘friendly and charming.’ Kristine and Wade went back to Kristine’s where Wade strangled Kristine in her bed. He then stole her vehicle and fled the scene. 

Later that day, while driving the stolen car, Wade approached Diane who was walking to work. He asked her for directions and he enticed her into the vehicle. He then beat and strangled Diane before pushing her out of the car and running her over until she looked like ‘spaghetti.’ 

Wade is now facing the death penalty for the murders and is due to be sentenced.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss Wade Wilson, known as the Cape Coral Strangler or the Deadpool Killer.   

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(13:07) - The Cheshire Murders

In July 2007, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her 11-year-old daughter Michaela went to the grocery store to buy ingredients for a recipe Michaela wanted to make. There, they would cross paths with a man named Joshua Komisarjevsky who would follow them home to plan his next home invasion.

That night, Joshua and his accomplice Hayes broke into the family's home and tortured them for hours. In the morning, they forced Jennifer to the bank to withdraw $15,000. Before leaving the bank, Jennifer was able to alert the teller who immediately called 911.

Things came crumbling down when Joshua and Hayes realized Dr. William Petit escaped and crawled to a neighbor's home looking for help, despite his severe injuries. The men panicked and used gasoline to light the home ablaze while police set up a perimeter.

Jennifer, Michaela and 17-year-old Hayley were all killed inside. Dr. William Petit was the lone survivor of the attack.

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According to statistics from the Bureau of Justice, 72% of murders by siblings involved a brother killing a brother and 14% involved a brother killing a sister.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss three cases of Sinister Siblings.  

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(12:00) - Rex Heuermann

In June 2024, alleged Long Island Serial killer, Rex Heuermann, was charged with the murders of Jessica Taylor and Sandra Castilla, bringing the total of his alleged victims to six.

Police announced recently that over 350 devices had been seized from Rex’s home.  A document was found on a hard drive and it is believed that is where Rex mapped out plans for his kills.  Rex allegedly made notes such as :

He also wrote down points he wanted to remember for his next kills:

(Please note all spelling errors are Rex’s own).

We also discuss the recent "press conference" held by attorney John Ray where he throws around some insane accusations about Rex's daughter Victoria.

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In 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was finding her way growing up in Indiana. She dealt with bullying at school that would eventually escalate into one the most heinous murders in the state.

In January 1992, four girls between the ages of 15-17 decided "to teach Shanda a lesson." One of the girls, Melinda Loveless, was jealous of Shanda's new relationship.

The girls went to Shanda’s home late at night and convinced her to leave with them. Over the next several hours, they would torture, sexually assault and beat Shanda to the brink of death before setting her on fire with gasoline. They left her to die on the side of a road.

After the murder, the girls went to McDonald's and giggled because their breakfast sausages reminded them of Shanda's burnt body.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the horrific torture and murder of 12 year-old Shanda Sharer.

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In the early months of 2006, Rey Rivera’s wife Alison said he seemed stressed and paranoid but he wouldn't elaborate on what was bothering him. 

On two nights in May 2006, the alarm in the couple’s home went off in the early morning hours. Alison said Rey seemed terrified, even though police suggested a squirrel triggered the alarm.

Alison left on a business trip that month and a friend of hers, Claudia was staying at their home. Claudia said Rey got a phone call and she heard him yell ‘Oh shit!’ He ran out of the house and was never seen alive again.

When Alison couldn't get in touch with Rey, she cut her business trip short. Rey’s body was found in the conference room of the Belvedere Hotel on May 24, 2006.

The circumstances surrounding his death have been debated online for many years. Did Rey take his own life or was there something else going on? 

A mysterious note was found taped to Rey’s computer after his death and we run through the contents of the note in this episode. 

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We have had so many messages asking us to look into the mysterious death of Oklahoma teen Noah Presgrove.  

As some background info: Noah and around 40 other teens had been partying for 3-4 days.Around 3am on September 4, 2023, Noah was involved in an ATV wreck that he walked away from. He went back to the party and was involved in some type of argument or disagreement. It was said that Noah walked away from the party.

Just before 6am on September 4, Noah’s naked body was found on the side of a highway.  He was only wearing mismatched shoes.Noah’s cause of death has been confirmed as blunt force injuries and the manner of death remains undetermined.

Police have confirmed they do not believe Noah’s death was the result of a hit-and-run. 

How did Noah die?  Could other teens be covering up what really happened?  Or was his death a true accident?

** NOTE - this episode is from mid-May and there is a bit more info available currently than there was then, but not much. For example, we now know the party was not at Noah's best friend's house but a girl's house he was friends with **

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In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two cases of young women who were murdered by their ‘sugar daddies’.

Sugar dating is a pseudo-romantic relationship between an older wealthy person and a younger, usually significantly poorer, person. Many sugar babies are college/university students who are looking for a way to pay off their debt.

Mackenzie Lueck met Ayoola Ajayi online in 2019. The two planned to meet up after her flight home for her grandmother's funeral. But, Ayoola had ulterior motives and planned to murder her. When Mackenzie got to his home, he tied her up and strangled her. Ayoola then attempted to burn Mackenzie’s remains and belongings in his backyard, in full view of his AirBnB renter and neighbors. 

Liliya (Lily) Guyvoronsky (20) had been dating Bothell City Council member James McNeal (58) for months. James recently left his wife and three children to be with her. Lily detailed their relationship in her diary and in messages to her friends. 'He is really controlling and I can tell he thinks I'm stupid because I am young,' she wrote. In April 2024, the two got into an argument and James allegedly killed Lily. James called his attorney to the scene who called 911 to report the murder. James is currently in jail awaiting trial, scheduled for July.  

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On April 27, 2024, Mica Miller called 911 and asked the operator if her cell phone location could be traced.  When the operator confirmed that her location was known, Mica hung up and allegedly shot herself in the head.

So, Mica’s death was clearly a suicide, right?  Except, there was a lot going on leading up to her death.  The FBI have now been called into investigate the circumstances surrounding Mica’s death.

Mica was married to high-profile Pastor John-Paul Miller.  The two were going through a tumultuous breakup.  Mica found four tracking devices on her vehicle.  Her family have filed an affidavit in regards to her estate, and they claim Mica said ‘If I end up with a bullet in my head, it was not by me, it was JP.’  John-Paul also attempted to enter Mica’s home after her death and he was stopped by the building manager.
 
Why are the FBI involved?  John-Paul has temporarily been stood down from his pastoral duties at the Solid Rock Church.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the death of Mica Miller. 

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A mother’s role is to protect her children and to keep them safe in all situations.  Sometimes though, things go very wrong within the family unit.

Australian mother Jasmine Thomas had been struggling following the pandemic.  She suffered from depression after the births of her two children and the pandemic made her increasingly paranoid.  One night in 2022, she told her husband that she was taking their two daughters to McDonald’s.  After getting McDonald's, Jasmine drove her children to a remote area off the highway and set the vehicle on fire with her and the children inside.  All three of them died within minutes.

Texas woman Savannah Kriger was going through a messy divorce with her husband Brian.  A custody hearing regarding their son Kaiden was scheduled in March 2024.  On the day of the hearing, Savannah went to Brian’s home and destroyed every piece of clothing that he owned.  She then shot bullets through her wedding portraits and laid her wedding dresses out on the bed.  She picked up Kaiden from daycare and made him call Brian to say goodbye.  She then shot her son before taking her own life.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cases of two mothers who murder – Jasmine Thomas and Savannah Kriger. 

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How can three women simply vanish?

On June 7, 1992, Suzie Streeter and her friend Stacy McCall were celebrating their high school graduation.  They went to multiple parties and caught up with friends.  After police were called to one of the parties, the two girls decided to call it a night and headed back to Suzie’s home to spend the night.

Suzie and Stacy made it back to the house - their vehicles, purses and other belongings were there.  What happened after they got home is unknown to this day.  The girls along with Suzie’s mother, Sherrill Levitt, vanished and are still missing 32 years later.

Police have said the blinds were pulled back as if the women had been looking outside just before they disappeared.  It is believed that Stacy left the home only wearing a t-shirt and underwear, as all of her other belongings are accounted for.   A lamp shade on the front porch of the home was broken but there were no other signs of a struggle.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cold case disappearance of The Springfield Three.

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Brian Cohee II was a troubled teen who suffered from mental disorders and was interested in “death and morbidity.

In February 2021, after a movie night with his parents, Brian left their home in search of a victim.  He came across a homeless man named Warren Barnes sleeping under a bridge.  Brian stabbed Warren multiple times with a kitchen knife before decapitating and dismembering him.  Brian put Warren’s head and hands in a bag and took them home with him - stashing them in his closet .

Brian’s mother Terri came across the bag covered in maggots days later.   She called police immediately and they arrived to question Brian.  There is infamous shocking footage of Brian confidently admitting to the murder.

“Police, they don’t seem to care as much about high-risk individuals: homeless people, prostitutes, etc,” he said. “So I was deliberately looking for someone who lived that type of life.”

“I’m like, that’s a homeless person, so I grabbed my knife, I put on three layers of gloves because plastic gloves can betray their users because they’re so thin…I took the knife, I pulled back the canvas and I stabbed his neck,” he later said.

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In other news, Bryan Kohberger and his team have released some more information about his alibi on the night of the Moscow murders.  He was apparently driving around, looking at the moon and stars.  We discuss this groundbreaking alibi in this episode.

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Veronica Butler was involved in a fierce custody battle with her ex regarding their two children. Over the years, there had been allegations of abuse by other family members. In March 2024, Veronica was only able to see her children via supervised visits due to the allegations.

On March 30, Veronica set out with Jilian Kelley to pick up her children to attend a birthday party.  Jilian was an acquaintance who had been allowed by the court to supervise Veronica’s visits with her children.  

The two women would never arrive to pick up the children.  Their vehicle was found abandoned in a remote area. Pools of blood, a hammer and gun paraphernalia was found at the scene. 

Four people have now been arrested in relation to this case.  They are Tad Cullum, Tifany Adams, Cole Twombly, and Cora Twombly.  This case is a very tangled web - Tifany was Veronica’s ex-mother-in-law.  The newly released affidavit suggests that the women were murdered because Tifany was concerned that Veronica would soon be granted unsupervised visitation with the kids.  

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Sebastian Rogers (15) was last seen by his mother Katie Proudfoot on the night of February 25, 2024.  Katie has said that he did his chores and went into his bedroom.  At around 10pm, she called for him to go to sleep.  

As some background into Sebastian, he is autistic and has been described as “very smart” and “not a mischievous child by any means.” Sebastian has limited social skills and at Christmas time is said to have asked for some friends.

When Katie went in at 6am the following morning to wake Sebastian, he was not in his room.  No trace of him has been found since.

The search for Sebastian has been elaborate and comprehensive.  At one point, investigators played his favorite song ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in an effort to lure him out of any hiding spot.  Police also searched a landfill after a garbage collector said a trash can from Sebastian’s neighborhood felt heavier than usual.  

Now, more than six weeks later, Sebastian is still missing.  Did he run away and has somehow managed to survive with no phone, money or other essentials?  Or did something happen to Sebastian inside his family home?  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we the disappearance of teenager Sebastian Rogers.  

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The diaries of former mommy YouTuber Ruby Franke have been released and go into detail about how she abused her children.  Ruby believed they were possessed by demons and repeatedly wrote that her son and daughter were the “spawns of Satan."

In a July 2023 entry about her son, Ruby wrote: “I will not feed a demon.”  The children were found emaciated and injured in August 2023.  Ruby has since pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse and will serve her sentence in a Utah prison.  She may face decades behind bars.

In this age of technology and DNA advancements, it is unbelievable that some unidentified John and Jane Doe cases have never gotten their names back.  We discuss two such cases in this episode.  In June 2020, the remains of a male and female were found in Pinos Altos, New Mexico.  A gun and suicide notes were found near their skeletonized remains.  

In August 2021 in Wadesboro, North Carolina, a barely clothed female was seen on a trail cam in the middle of the night, in the woods.  Her remains were found the following year and she remains unidentified as of the time of recording.  Could this Jane Doe be missing woman Amber Rae Johnston? 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss updates in the Ruby Franke child abuse case as well as some Jane and John Doe cases.

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(6:55) - Twin Flames Universe

Jeff Ayan met Megan Plante online in 2012.  The couple had similar interests and were both interested in spirituality.  Megan was studying under a spiritual guide at the time, and that person advised her that her spiritual name should be Shaleia.  Megan has gone by that name ever since.

Jeff and Shaleia moved in together and soon began to form ‘Twin Flames Universe’.  

A Twin Flame is a term that has been used to describe two people who are equals.  Twin Flames are meant to push the other in their journey of self-discovery.

Jeff and Shaleia have allegedly urged their followers to pursue their twin flame matches, regardless of the law.  Some of their followers have been told to ignore restraining orders in order to match with their flame. 

Twin Flames Universe followers sometimes pay thousands of dollars for information from Jeff and Shaleia.  One former devotee even had to declare bankruptcy after spending all of her money and up to ten hours per day studying Jeff and Shaleia’s teachings.  Vanity Fair journalist Alice Hines described the classes as “a therapeutic-spiritual reality show”.

Is Twin Flames Universe a cult?  Jeff has denied that is it.  He told VICE “We created an organization of love and harmony which heals and enriches everyone in it and everyone who is connected to anyone in it.”

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Dutch tourists Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon arrived in Boquete, Panama in March 2014. They had prearranged to volunteer at a local school and were excited to spend time in the beautiful country.  When they went to the school to start their work, they were told there was no place for them. They were disappointed and looked for ways to fill their days.

On April 1, 2014, Kris and Lisanne went for a hike on the El Pianista Trail. They were only planning to spend a few hours there and took no supplies with them. They headed onto the trail and were never seen alive again.

Months later, some of their belongings were found, including their phones and a camera.  Investigators determined that they had attempted to make emergency calls from their phones for days after the hike, but the calls never connected.  There were many interesting photos found on the camera, including 90 photos taken in a short period, one week after they went missing.  One photo was found to have been deleted from the camera and authorities have never been able to recover it.

Some remains of Kris and Lisanne were eventually found. Panamanian authorities have never released full autopsies for the women.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the mysterious deaths of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon.         

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Birdie Pruessner had four beautiful children that seemed to be the center of her universe.  She made many social media posts about how much she loved her children.  In February 2024,  Birdie posted many times in one day.  One post read:

‘All my kids, peacefully sleeping in my bed. Curled up together. Knowing they are loved so fiercely that I’d do absolutely anything for them. This is my favorite moment.’

Soon after that post, a fire broke out in Birdie’s home.  She passed away, along with her children and family pets.  Many people started pointing fingers at Birdie’s ex-partners.  

Police quickly determined that Birdie was the one to start the fire.  It is thought she set a mattress in the home alight.  She left a suicide note in her minivan.  Birdie’s family have said that she got to an awful place, one that resulted in tragic consequences.

Anne Muhoro lived on the opposite side of the world to Birdie, in Canberra, Australia.  Anne and her ex-partner George had a tumultuous relationship and had been fighting in court for years over the custody of their two children.

Early one February morning, Anne turned off the electricity to their home and removed the batteries from smoke detectors.  She then set a series of fires in the home, killing herself and her two young children.  Anne died from the effects of the fire, but investigators were not able to determine how the children died – did Anne murder them prior to the blaze?

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two cases of Moms Who Murder – Birdie Pruessner and Anne Muhoro.       

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In this episode, we also discuss two updates from previously covered cases.  The cause of death for Sarah Sweeney has come back as an overdose of medication.  And, Lacey Overby has given another update about her alleged abduction.  

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Mashenka Reid’s mother left their family in late 2023.  After that, Mashenka, at age 17, was asked by her father to stay home from school most days in order to care for her younger, disabled siblings.  In February 2024, Mashenka asked her father to goto the store to get pizza ingredients.  While he was gone, Mashenka got online and figured out how to use her father’s gun.  When he returned home from the store, Mashenka allegedly shot both him and her little brother dead. 

In the height of the Covid Lockdown in 2020, Gavin Smith’s family forbade him to see his girlfriend, Rebecca.  Gavin was 16 at the time.  Investigators would later find over 15,000 Facebook messages between the two.  In December 2020, Gavin called Rebecca on FaceTime – he was holding a gun and a knife.  Rebecca encouraged Gavin to kill his family so that the two could be together.  Gavin murdered his mother, step-father and two younger brothers while on the call.  After the murders, Gavin texted Rebecca and said “Ok baby, I’m a murderer.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two cases of Kids Who Kill – Mashenka Reid and Gavin Smith.     

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On February 15, 2024, an Amber Alert was issued for missing 11 year-old Audrii Cunningham, in Livingston, Texas.  Police initially said that Audrii had been dropped off to a bus stop earlier that morning and had never made it to school.  The last person said to be seen with Audrii was Don ‘Steven’ McDougal.

Steven’s long rap sheet for unrelated crimes quickly became public and many pointed the finger at him.  Steven began commenting on the True Crime Society Facebook page, protesting his innocence.  “I was there and was questioned. I am not running or hiding,” he wrote before commenting again and saying, “I have done everything I can to help find her. I have done nothing wrong.”

Audrii’s tiny body was found in a river on Tuesday February 20, 2024.  She had been weighed down before being dumped.

Steven McDougal has been charged with Audrii’s murder. 

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Texas nurse Lacey Lyn Overby allegedly decided to help a homeless man on February 1, 2024 by buying him some food. She alleges that as she opened her car window to hand the food to him, he reached in, opened the door to her vehicle and abducted her. She managed to send a text to her daughter with their code words ‘purple pancakes’, so her family knew she was in trouble. She also managed to text a description of her abductor.

This man allegedly forced Lacey to drive hours to the Mexican border. Just before they got there, he told her to drive over the border for 20 miles. He then got out of the car. Lacey was found by authorities, waiting alone in her car, in line to cross the border.  

Since Lacey’s safe recovery, there have been no updates from police, leading many to speculate if this was a true abduction or not.

In 2015, Denise Huskins was in bed asleep with her boyfriend Aaron Quinn in California. They were awoken with lasers being pointed on their wall. The couple were bound and their eyes were covered with blacked out goggles. Aaron was warned that if he called police, there would be consequences. Denise was then abducted.

Two days later, Denise’s abductor released her outside of her family home. Police did not believe Aaron and Denise’s stories and accused them publicly of lying and wasting police resources. The couple eventually received a multi-million dollar settlement when their story was proven to be true and a man was arrested.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the possible abduction of Lacey Lyn Overby, as well as the abduction and recovery of Denise Huskins.    

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(16:58) - Return to Nature Funeral Home

In October 2023, a complaint was made against the ‘Return to Nature’ Funeral Home in Colorado after a foul odor was reported coming from the building.  The owner Jon Hallford, told authorities that the odor was caused by taxidermy that he had been practicing.

When authorities went to inspect the building, what they found was horrific and almost beyond description.  189 bodies had been left to rot, at room temperature in the funeral home.  They had been stacked on top of each other, and some of the remains had been there for years. 

An investigation showed that many families had been given cement dust instead of the cremains of their loved ones. 

Jon Hallford and his wife Carie have been charged with 190 counts of abusing a corpse. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the horrific fall of Jon and Carie Hallford and the Return to Nature Funeral Home. 

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Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of school shooter Ethan Crumbley, was recently convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in relation to the case.  We discuss this update in this episode also.

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Missouri woman Grace Holland fell in love with Fire Captain Robert Daus and they began to make a life together.  They were engaged and had blended their families together.  Grace and Robert had just purchased a new home together in 2020 and were making preparations to move in.

Things were not what they appeared on the surface.  Robert was allegedly verbally and emotionally abusive to Grace.  Court documents show angry and abusive texts that Robert sent to her and he allegedly offered her money to abort their baby.

Nobody knows what happened in the hours leading up to July 22, 2020.  That morning,  Grace died from a gunshot wound to the head.  It was eventually determined by authorities to have been self-inflicted, although her family have always thought otherwise.

Robert moved on after Grace’s death and he became involved with a successful doctor, Sarah Sweeney.  In January 2024,  Sarah was found dead in the home that Robert and Grace had previously purchased.  Her cause of death is currently pending.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the deaths of Grace Holland and Sarah Sweeney.  One man, two dead women – coincidence or more to the story?

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TW – domestic violence and sexual assault.

Cayley Mandadi’s family say she had blossomed into a beautiful young woman, inside and out.  They have also said that her life was joyful, full of love, beauty, compassion and intelligence.

Cayley was 19 in 2017.  She was attending Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and she had recently started dating a man, Mark Howerton.

Mark was known to be abusive and violent.  He had trashed Cayley’s dorm room at one point and her friends said they had seen bruises on Cayley.

Cayley and Mark went to a music festival in October 2017.  Mark’s story was that the couple had left and sex in their car and that soon after, Cayley fell asleep.  Mark continued driving to their destination and claims to have only noticed later that Cayley was not breathing.

He took Cayley to hospital where she died from blunt force trauma to the head, days later.

Mark went to trial twice for Cayley’s death.  The prosecution argued that Mark had beaten Cayley brutally and caused injuries that caused her death.

In 2023, Mark was found guilty of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury in relation to Cayley’s death and he was sentenced to twenty years in prison.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the brutal death of Cayley Mandadi.  Was justice served?

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Californian woman Nancy Ng loved traveling to Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.  She attended a yoga retreat there in 2022 and planned another one for October 2023.  Her sister Nicky said “She was saying it’s so beautiful.  Last year, she woke up every morning just to spend some time there by herself without the group and this year was going to be more exciting because they had planned activities on the lake.”

When Nancy arrived in Guatemala, she sent a text to her family before putting her phone into airplane mode.  “I’ll be safe, don’t worry about me,”

Nancy and the other retreat attendees went kayaking on Lake Atitlan on October 19.  Nancy was seen smiling and waving in footage from that morning.  What happened next is unclear, as there was only one other person kayaking with Nancy.  That person is an attorney from California, named Christina Blazek.  Christina said that Nancy wanted to swim in the lake and she jumped out of her kayak, despite warnings about the rough conditions from Christina.  Nancy apparently disappeared under the water and did not resurface.

Christina made it to shore and a search started for Nancy.  When Guatemalan authorities went to interview the retreat attendees the day after Nancy vanished, they were all said to have left the country.

In this episode of the True Crune Society Podcast, we discuss the disappearance of Nancy Ng.    Accident or foul play?

As of January 2024, Nancy remains missing.

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Nebraska man Tyler Goodrich and his husband Marshall had been having marital problems.  In November 2023, Marshall told Tyler that he wanted a divorce and their exchange became heated.  Marshall called 911.  When Tyler saw him make the call, he left their home running.  He was allegedly seen on CCTV at this point.  Marshall believed that Tyler would come home once he cooled down.  When he hadn’t returned by the following day, a missing person report was filed.  As of January 2024, Tyler remains missing.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the case of missing man Tyler Goodrich.  We also discuss the cases of two other men who have gone missing in the same general vicinity – Jake Clark and David Schultz.  Could the cases all be connected?

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard was born in July 1991.  From the time she was an infant, her mother Dee Dee claimed that Gypsy was ill with conditions such as sleep apnea, leukemia and muscular dystrophy. 

Gypsy lived her life in a wheelchair and endured many surgeries and rounds of medication. 

Gypsy and Dee Dee were given a home in Springfield, Missouri after their home in Louisiana was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.  By this time, Gypsy was an adult and was trying to break free from her mother’s control.

Gypsy met a man named Nicholas Godejohn online.  Gypsy would eventually pay for Nicholas to travel to Missouri where the two would carry out their plan to kill Dee Dee and to free Gypsy. 

After the murder, it was discovered that Gypsy had never been sick.  Dee Dee had manipulated her daughter and health care professionals into believing that Gypsy was seriously ill. 

Gypsy has recently been freed from prison after serving eight years for her role in the murder of her mother. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss case of Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard.

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Heather Elvis was 19 in 2013.  She was figuring out her path in life and was working as a hostess while studying cosmetology.

At her workplace, the Tilted Kilt pub, Heather came across another employee, 37-year-old Sidney Moorer.  Sidney was married to Tammy Moorer and the couple had children together.  Heather fell for Sidney and the two had a brief affair.

Tammy found out about their relationship and set out to make both Sidney and Heather’s lives hell.  Reports say that Tammy used to handcuff Sidney their bed so that he could not leave the home and she made him get her name tattooed on his crotch.

When rumor started spreading that Heather may have been pregnant, Sidney asked to meet with her very early one morning in December 2018.  Heather has never seen seen alive again.

Sidney and Tammy are currently serving long prison sentences for kidnapping Heather.  The couple were originally also charged with murder but these charges were dropped without prejudice, meaning they can be recharged at any time.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the disappearance and probable murder of Heather Elvis.     

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Patsy Ramsey woke up early on December 26, 1996.  She and her husband John had plans to travel with their two children, Burke and JonBenet to see family for Christmas.  As Patsy got to the staircase in their Boulder, Colorado home, she came across a ransom note.

What happened next is infamous in the true crime world.  JonBenet Ramsey (6) was missing.   Police came to the home.  It wasn’t until hours later that the entire house would be searched and JonBenet’s lifeless body would be found in the basement. 

This month marks the 27th anniversary of JonBenet’s death.  Nobody has ever been arrested in connection with her murder.

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The marriage of Tanya and John Skelton was falling apart in 2010.  The couple shared three sons, Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner Skelton who  were aged 9, 7 and 5.  John had left town with the children on multiple occasions that year, causing Tanya to file for divorce and obtain full custody of the boys.

By Thanksgiving 2010, the couple were amicable enough that Tanya agreed to let John have the boys for the holiday, on the condition that he would return them to her on Friday. 

When John had not returned the boys by the afternoon, Tanya began to panic.  She tracked John down at a hospital where he had been admitted following a failed suicide attempt.  The boys were nowhere to be found.

November 2023 marked 13 years since the boys vanished.  John has refused to give any information about their whereabouts and has always maintained he did not hurt his children.  He said at one point they would ‘hibernate until they graduate.’  All of the boys would now be aged over 18 and none of them have been seen since Thanksgiving Day 2010.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the disappearance of the Skelton Brothers from Morenci, Michigan. 

John is currently in prison on kidnapping charges and his prison term expires Nov. 29, 2025.

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Terri ‘Missy’ Bevers was a mother to three daughters and she had been working on getting herself in the best shape of her life in 2016.  She had started facilitating fitness bootcamp classes, run out of a local church in Midlothian, Texas.

Missy had a class scheduled for 5am on Monday, April 18, 2016.  The weather was predicted to be stormy, so she made a social media post advising the attendees that the class would be held indoors.

Missy arrived to the church early to set up, and waiting for her was a person dressed in police riot gear.  This person had entered the building around 30 minutes before Missy arrived and was seen on CCTV walking from room to room, causing damage to the property. 

When Missy’s class attendees arrived, they found a bloodied scene.  Missy had been attacked and murdered by the person in the police gear.

7 years later, Missy’s murder is still unsolved.  Did she disturb a robbery or was this a targeted murder?

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Jared Fogle became famous after he lost 245lbs in a year by following a diet mainly consisting of Subway sandwiches.  After he appeared in more than 300 ads for the company, he became known as the ‘Subway Guy’.

Jared’s downfall began in July 2015, when his home in Zionsville, Indiana was raided by the FBI and Indiana State Police.  Jared was arrested on distribution and receipt of child pornography charges. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the downfall of Jared the ‘Subway Guy’.

Jared was eventually found guilty on the charges and he was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison.  During his incarceration, he has been beaten by another inmate.  He also tried to file an appeal based on apparently being a ‘sovereign citizen’. 

Jared’s earliest possible release date is March 24, 2029.

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About 2.5% of all homicide arrests in the United States are for parents who have killed their children.

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(6:09) Case updates (Erin Patterson, Delphi)
(11:23) Chelsea Grimm
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In September 2023, Chelsea Grimm set off from San Diego with her bearded dragon Roxy.  They were going on a cross-country road trip to attend a friend’s wedding in Connecticut.  After a few days on the road, Chelsea had not made it very far and it was clear that she was not going to be able to get to the wedding in time.  One of the final times that Chelsea was seen was on police bodycam on September 28.  She can be seen in the footage crying to the officer and he tells her a safe place to sleep for the night.  Days later, Chelsea would vanish.

Margaret Kay-Alana Turner lived in NYC during the pandemic and it greatly affected her.  Her mental health had been declining.  Kay-Alana changed her medication earlier this year and it is thought that she had a bad reaction to the alteration.  In March 2023, Kay-Alana was seen disoriented, tired and confused by residents of Tomball, Texas.  She had been attempting to rest in her car in a residential driveway.  The police were called and Kay-Alana became frightened and tried to flee.  Law enforcement attempted to enter her vehicle by destroying a window with a 2x4.  Kay-Alana exited the vehicle and ran away, her shoes filled with glass from the window.  She has not been seen since.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the separate cases of missing women Chelsea Grimm and Kay-Alana Turner. 

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Golf cart accidents send around 10,000 people to the ER in the US every single year.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss two cases where women were killed in golf cart accidents right after they were married.

There has been a big update in the case of the Australian Mushroom Deaths, which we covered on a previous episode.  Erin Patterson has been arrested and charged with both murder and attempted murder.  We run through the latest in this episode.     
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Natalee Holloway had the world had her feet when she went on a graduation trip to Aruba in 2005.  She was enjoying spending time with her friends in a beautiful destination.

One night, towards the end of her vacation, Natalee went to a nightclub on the island where she would run into Joran van der Sloot.  This encounter would change the lives of the Holloway family forever.

Natalee was not seen alive again after this night.  As of November 2023, her remains have still not been found. 

Over the years, Joran van der Sloot has confessed to his involvement in Natalee’s disappearance and death many times.  He has also taken back his confessions and changed his stories frequently. 

In 2010, five years to the day that Natalee vanished, Joran met Stephany Flores in a casino in Peru.  They went back to his hotel room where he brutally murdered her with a tennis racquet.  Joran was eventually sentenced to 28 years in prison for this murder.

In October 2023, Joran gave another confession and gave details as to how he brutally killed Natalee on an Aruban beach in 2005.  Natalee’s mother Beth believes his story.  “It’s over. Joran van der Sloot is no longer the suspect in my daughter’s murder. He is the killer,” Beth said.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we tell Natalee Holloway’s story. 
 
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Delphi Update: (10:00)
Halloween Crimes: (18:26)

A Northeastern University professor claims that violent crimes increase by as much as 50% on Halloween, which is two times the daily average.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss three cases that happened on Halloween.  

Read our blogs for these cases - Halloween Crimes

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In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss three separate cases of missing people.

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Every 40 seconds, a child goes missing or is abducted in the United States. Approximately 840,000 people are reported missing each year and the F.B.I. estimates that between 85 and 90 percent of these are children.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the separate cases of Madalina Cojocari and Charlotte Sena.

Madalina Cojocari was 11 years old when she was last seen getting off the school bus in North Carolina on November 21, 2022.  Madalina did not attend school after that date.  By mid December, school officials were concerned and asked to meet with Madalina and her parents.  Madalina’s mother Diana showed up to the school on December 15 and confessed that she did not know where her daughter was.  The FBI became involved quickly.  Madalina’s case is strange and confusing.   Both her mother and step-father have been arrested and charged with failing to report the disappearance of a child.  As of October 2023, Madalina remains missing.

Charlotte Sena (9) was camping with her family in a state park in New York on September 30, 2023.  She told her cousins that she was going for a quick bike ride before returning to their campsite.  Her family became alarmed very quickly when she did not return, and they found her bike abandoned nearby.  A few days later, on October 2, a man named Craig Ross Jr delivered a ransom note to the Sena home.  It is believed he forced Charlotte to write the note, and in it, he demanded $50,000 for her safe return.  Police moved quickly and tracked him down hours later.  Charlotte was found alive, hidden in a cupboard in his grimy trailer. 

Read our blogs for these cases: Madalina Cojocari & Charlotte Sena

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Ruby Franke was one of the original YouTube ‘stars’.  Her channel, 8 Passengers, had millions of subscribers at its peak.  The channel chronicled the life of Ruby, her husband Kevin and their six children in Utah.  

What started as Ruby posting videos of her daily life, soon turned into something more.  Ruby made videos regarding the strict treatment of her children – she would withhold food as punishment and at one point even made the children do chores to be able to use the bathroom.  

Authorities were called and did an investigation into the Franke family.  Ruby seemed to shrug it off and the family went about their daily lives.  

Ruby’s marriage to Kevin had broken down.  Ruby had partnered up with Jodi Hildebrandt, who called herself a counsellor.  The two started new social  media accounts called ‘Moms of Truth’ where they posted their extreme parenting tips and views on topics such as immigration and sexual abuse.  

In August 2023, a child in Utah escaped from a home and ran to a neighboring property.  The child was emaciated and malnourished and had wounds embedded in his skin from being shackled.  The child was Ruby Franke’s son.   
 
Ruby and Jodi were arrested and charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse, a felony. Both are being held without bail.  

In this episode, we discuss the fall of Ruby Franke and the heinous crimes she and Jodi Hildebrandt allegedly committed.  

There have been some big updates in the cases of Suzanne Morphew and Crystal Rogers and we discuss those in this episode, as well.

Read our blog for this case here 

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For anyone unfamiliar with the Delphi murder case, Indiana teens Liberty German and Abigail Williams were murdered on February 13, 2017.  An arrest in the case was finally made in 2022 when local Richard Allen was arrested for the murders of the girls. 

Last week, a 136 page court document was filed by the defense outlining the reasons they believe the case wasn't properly investigated. The defense is alleging evidence was manipulated and that the girls were murdered as part of a ritualistic sacrifice by white nationalists who practice a Norse pagan religion.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we run through the new court documents.  The documents go into graphic detail about the crime scene so listener discretion is advised. 

*** NOTE: Since recording, the state responded to the defense's filing stating they had enough probable cause for the search warrant on Richard Allen's home. ***

Read our blog on this update here

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According to a study by the Outdoor Industry Association, 43% of women who hike have experienced some form of violence or harassment while on a trail. This includes everything from unwanted comments or advances to actual physical assault.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cases of three different women who were murdered while hiking.

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Ohio teen Mackenzie Shirilla had been dating Dominic Russo for years and their relationship was described as tumultuous.  A friend overhead an argument between the two in July 2022 where Mackenzie threatened to crash the car she was driving, with both of them in it.

A few weeks later, Mackenzie did exactly that.  Early one morning, after a night of partying, she crashed her vehicle into a wall at 100mph.  Dominic died along with a friend of the pair, Davion Flanagan.  Mackenzie was injured and taken to hospital, where she recovered.

By October 2022, Mackenzie was well enough to dress up as a corpse for Halloween, despite just losing two of her closest friends.

Mackenzie was eventually arrested and her case has just gone to court.  She was convicted and is currently serving a minimum of 15 years in prison.  Her family argue that the crash was an accident caused by a medical condition, but the judge did not believe that story. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the case of Mackenzie Shirilla.

We also discuss creepy updates in the case of the BTK serial killer.  Police have released sketches done by Dennis Rader and have asked the public for help in identifying the people and locations in the drawings.  We discuss these developments in this episode.

TIMESTAMPS:
Mackenzie Shirilla - (6:04)
BTK Updates - (50:56)

Read our blogs for these cases - Mackenzie Shirilla & BTK Updates

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As summer draws to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, we are going to discuss two Vacation Nightmare cases in this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast.

Australian woman Elly Warren travelled to Africa in 2016 for the trip of a lifetime.  She had been scuba diving with marine biologists and had been swimming with Manta Rays.  One night, towards the end of her vacation, she went to a bar in Tofo Beach, Mozambique for a few drinks and to catch up with friends.  She indicated to the group that she was going to get a drink and she would be back to join them.  When Elly didn’t come back, her friends assumed she had gone back to their hostel. 

Elly’s body was found the next morning, outside a public bathroom.  Mozambique officials have given varying stories about how Elly died.  Her family believes she was murdered and an investigation is ongoing to this day.

Heather Mack and her mother Sheila had a contentious relationship.  Police were called to their family home on average once a month.  There were allegations of abuse and violence between the pair. 

In 2014, Sheila paid for herself and Heather to fly first class to Bali for a vacation.  They checked into luxury hotels, but their relaxation didn’t last long.  Heather stole her mother’s credit card and bought airplane tickets for her boyfriend Tommy to join them in Bali.  When Tommy arrived in Bali, he fought with Sheila and their altercation turned deadly.  Sheila was beaten to death and her body was stuffed in a suitcase.  Heather and Tommy were arrested in connection with her murder and they were incarcerated in Indonesian prisons.  Heather was pregnant at the time of the murder – she gave birth and her baby lived in the squalid jail cell with her for years.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cases of murdered Australian woman Elly Warren and the case of suitcase murderer Heather Mack.

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Read our blogs for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/09/05/australian-woman-elly-warren-murdered-in-mozambique/

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/09/05/heather-mack-the-bali-suitcase-murder/

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In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the separate cases of two missing people – Morgan Bauer and Yohanes Kidane.

Morgan Bauer was 19 in 2016 when she left the small town in South Dakota where she had grown up, for the bright lights of Atlanta, Georgia.  Morgan embarked on her adventure with only dollars to her name.  The excitement quickly turned to desperation.  Morgan was thrown out of the accommodation that she had arranged to stay in and she frantically tried to find employment.  Morgan had only been in Georgia for a few weeks before friends and family realized that they hadn’t heard from her.   As of August 2023, Morgan remains missing and the two people who were last known to have been with her have been arrested in connection with her murder.

Yohanes Kidane had the world at his feet.  He graduated from Cornell University earlier in 2023 and had relocated from New York to the Bay Area in California to take up a promising job with Netflix.  Yohanes spoke to his brother on Sunday August 13 and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.  When Yohanes’ siblings checked his location the following day, they saw that this phone was the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.  When his family called the phone, it was answered by a stranger who had found Yohanes personal belongings including his laptops, ID and wallet.  Yohanes is thought to have taken an Uber from his apartment in San Jose to the bridge.  He remains missing.   Did something sinister happen to Yohanes while in the ride share or did he travel to the Golden Gate Bridge for another reason?

There have been updates in the Bryan Kohberger murder case and killer nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced for killing multiple infants.  We discuss these updates in the episode.

Timestamps - 
Bryan K and Lucy Letby Updates (3:05)
Morgan Bauer/ Yohanes Kidane - (10:20)

Read our blogs for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/28/arrests-made-in-the-case-of-missing-woman-morgan-bauer/
https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/21/yohanes-kidane-missing-after-getting-into-an-uber-in-san-jose-ca/

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Erin Patterson invited her elderly relatives, including her estranged in-laws, over for lunch in late July 2023 in rural Victoria, Australia.  She made them a meal of Beef Wellington, which they all enjoyed.  She told police that she and her children also consumed the meal.

The day after the lunch, all of the guests became so ill they had to attend hospital.  Three of them would pass away, and the fourth is fighting for his life, waiting for a liver transplant.

Erin has given a statement to police saying that she made the meal with dried mushrooms that she purchased from an Asian grocer.  She cannot remember the name of the store where she made the purchase.  She also threw out her food dehydrator after her husband questioned if she had poisoned his parents.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the case of Erin Patterson – murder or naïve accident?

In this episode, we also discuss updates in the Jared Bridegan and Moscow murder cases.  As of the day this episode was released, there have been further Moscow updates which we will discuss in our next episode.

Time Stamps:
Jared Bridegan & Moscow Updates: (6:13)
Erin Patterson: (12:18)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/08/death-by-mushroom/



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TW – Child Murder.

Lauren Dickason and her husband Graham tried desperately for years to have children.  The endured 17 rounds of IVF and were eventually blessed with three beautiful daughters – Liane, and twins Maya and Karla.  The South African couple were very successful in their careers – Lauren was a doctor and Graham was a surgeon.

In 2021, they decided to move their young family to New Zealand in the hope of living a safe and peaceful life.

The family had only been in their new home for a few weeks, when Lauren seemingly snapped.  One night in September 2021 when Graham was out with colleagues, Lauren told her three daughters that they were going to make necklaces.  She tied cable ties around their necks, and when that did not work to kill them, she smothered them in their beds.

Lauren’s case has just gone to trial in New Zealand.   Right before this episode was released, she was found guilty of the murder of her three children.  She is yet to be sentenced.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the case of Lauren Dickason – a mother who murdered her three daughters in their beds.

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (10:38)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/15/lauren-dickason-murdered-her-three-daughters-in-their-beds/

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An estimated 850,000 adults in the United States are cyberstalked each year.

Ina and David Steiner run a blog called ECommerceBytes.  Their website is a resource for sellers on a number of platforms, from Etsy to Amazon.  In 2019, Ina wrote some pieces regarding eBay and the exorbitant salaries of their executives.  These articles got the couple onto the radar of senior executives at the company.  A bloodied pigs head face mask and a funeral wreath were among the terrifying objects sent to Ina and David.  There is currently a lawsuit ongoing between the Steiners and the people involved in the cyberstalking incidents.

Teenager Nate Bronstein was struggling with not being able to attend school during the pandemic in 2021.  He changed to the prestigious Latin School in Illinois, mainly because they were offering face-to-face classes.  When he started at the new school, the other students were not quick to help Nate to fit in.  Nate was bullied relentlessly on social media and was told to kill himself.  In January 2022, Nate hanged himself from the shower in his home. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cyberstalking of Ina and David Steiner, as well as the cyberbullying that resulted in the suicide of Nate Bronstein.

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (11:02)
 
Read our blog for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/08/07/the-rise-of-cyber-crime/

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TW – Graphic violence.

Taylor Schabusiness was in a sexual relationship with Shad Thyrion in 2022 in Wisconsin.  The two had known each other since high school.

One night in February 2022, the two went into Shad’s mother’s basement and Taylor said she ‘went crazy’.  She stranged Shad with metal chains until he died and she then abused his body.

Taylor used kitchen knives to dismember Shad and she then fled the scene. 

Shad’s mother went into the basement and stumbled across the horrific site of her son’s head in a bucket.   

When police caught up with Taylor, she told them they were  “going to have fun trying to find all of the organs as she dismembered the body”.

She also said, “damn the head,” and “I can’t believe I left the head though.”

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the horrific murder of Shad Thyrion by Taylor Schabusiness.

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (9:42)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/26/taylor-schabusiness-and-the-murder-of-shad-thyrion/

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In 2020, in one of our very early podcasts, we bought you a double episode on the Long Island Serial Killer.

In terms of a background in the case, the Long Island Serial Killings or the Gilgo Beach Killings were a series of murders between 1996 and 2011 in which the remains of up to 18 people were found in Gilgo Beach, on the South Shore of Long Island. Most of the known victims were sex workers who advertised on Craigslist.

On July 13, 2023, Rex Heuermann was arrested and charged with three of these murders.   It is thought that more charges are to come.  Rex was not on anybody’s radar in relation to this case.  He was living a seemingly normal, suburban life in Massapequa Park, New York, living with his family and working as an architect.

Police have spent days searching Rex’s home and have been seen emerging with creepy dolls and pornography.  It is also believed that Rex had a large vault in the basement of his home.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the arrest of Rex Heuermann and the Long Island Serial Killings.

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto 9.35.

Read our blogs for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/19/is-rex-heuermann-the-long-island-serial-killer/

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Rudy Farias was 17 when he vanished in Houston in 2015.  He was last seen walking his two dogs – the animals returned home and he did not.

Over the years, Rudy’s family gave multiple media interviews and conducted fundraising in an effort to find him.  Rudy’s mother Janie even flew to California to visit a John Doe in a hospital at one point, who authorities thought may have been Rudy.  When she found the male was not her son, she collapsed and had to be hospitalized herself.

On June 29, 2023, a man resembling Rudy was found injured and unable to communicate on the steps of a Houston church.  Somehow, Rudy’s family were notified and were on the scene before law enforcement.  They made many social media posts announcing that their beloved son had been found alive after eight years!  What a miracle!

Except their story quickly unravelled.  It turns out that Rudy actually returned two days after he went missing in 2015 and he had been home this entire time.  There are now allegations of abuse and sexual assault against Rudy’s mother, Janie. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the wild case of ‘missing man’ Rudy Farias.

We also discuss a quick overview of the recent Island Serial Killer updates.

If you’d like to skip straight to Rudy’s story, please goto (9:56)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/09/the-twisted-tale-of-missing-person-rudy-farias/
 
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In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss updates in the Delphi murder case,  new details in the case of missing child Harmony Montgomery as well as updates in the Moscow murder case.

- At the end of June 2023, 118 documents were released in the Delphi murder case.  These documents were previously sealed.  We have now learned about Richard Allen’s alleged confessions to the murders, as well as about items seized from his home.

- Harmony Montgomery was last seen alive in 2019 and she was not reported missing until 2021.  An affidavit has now been released that outline horrific details about Harmony’s final moments.  This section does contain graphic details so please use caution when listening.

- Prosecutors have announced that they intend to seek the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger in the Moscow murder trial.  The house where the four University of Idaho students were murdered in  November 2022 is due to be demolished soon and we discuss that. 

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (11:35.)
 
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Hannah Upp is an American who was last seen alive in 2017 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, following a hurricane.  Hannah’s vehicle was found in a beach parking lot and her belongings were found on the sand.  It appears on the surface that Hannah may have gotten into trouble after going swimming in stormy conditions.

However, this is the THIRD time that Hannah has been missing.  She was missing for weeks in New York City before she was found sunburned and floating in the Hudson River, with no memory of where she had been.  On the second occasion, Hannah came to in a dirty creek in Wheaton, Maryland.  She remembered her mother’s phone number and asked a stranger to call for help.

Before vanishing for a third time, Hannah was diagnosed with dissociative fugue - a temporary state where a person has memory loss (amnesia) and ends up in an unexpected place. People with this symptom can't remember who they are or details about their past. Other names for this include a "fugue” or a “fugue state.”

Could Hannah Upp be alive and in a fugue state, not knowing who she is, almost 6 years later?

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the strange case of missing woman Hannah Upp.


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Read our blog for this case -  https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/03/missing-for-the-third-time-the-strange-case-of-hannah-upp/

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American Patricia (Pattie) Wu-Murad was an avid world explorer and hiker.  She had traveled to Japan in the past to hike the beautiful scenery.  She returned again in March 2023 for another adventure and something went wrong.

Pattie left her accommodation on April 9 to resume her hike.  When she didn't arrive at her next stop later that day as planned, the alarm was raised.  Local authorities in Japan started looking for Pattie, but her family was not notified of the situation until April 14.

Her family raced to Japan and started their own search for her.  They were met with red-tape, language barriers and a lack of resources.  The search was fruitless and they finally had to stop searching for Pattie on May 30, as the typhoon season became imminent.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the vanishing of Pattie Wu-Murad.

Was Pattie lost to the elements following an accident?  Or did she encounter someone sinister that day on the trail?

Read our blog for Pattie- https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/06/14/american-patricia-wu-murad-missing-in-japan/

In this episode, we also discuss the recent Titan Submarine Disaster and some life updates.  Please forward to (15:24) if you would like to go straight to Pattie's story.  

Leon Benson spent more than half of his life, a total of 24 years, in an Indiana state prison for a murder he didn't commit. Despite the lack of physical evidence and a questionable eyewitness identification, he was convicted. But new realities start to come to light when attorney Lara Bazelon takes up his case and is determined to secure Benson's release. 

Season three of Suspect, co-produced by Campside Media and Wondery, delves into the flaws in the criminal justice system that led to Benson's wrongful conviction for the 1998 shooting of Kasey Schoen in Indianapolis. The investigation aims to uncover the truth about who really committed the crime and why the eyewitness testimony that led to Benson's conviction was so shaky. 

Host Matthew Shaer joins co-producer and writer Bazelon to take a deep dive into the nature of memory and how it can be fallible and result in an innocent man's life being wasted, while the real perpetrator remains unpunished. As the investigation unfolds, will Bazelon and her team gather enough evidence to free Benson? And what will happen to Schoen’s real killer? 

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Belgian man Theo Hayez was living his dream and traveling around Australia in 2019.   He had seen amazing sites like the Great Barrier Reef and Australian outback.  

In May 2019, Theo ended up in Australia’s famous beachside town Byron Bay.  He made some friends at the hostel where he was staying and they visited the notorious Cheeky Monkey’s bar for a night out.  

Theo was having fun dancing and socializing, but a security guard thought he was bordering on intoxication.  He was asked to leave the bar, which he did quickly and quietly.  Theo has never been seen again. 

The investigation into Theo’s disappearance is one of the largest ever conducted in Australia.  A $500,000 reward exists for information in his case.  

Was Theo a victim of misadventure?  Or did he come across the wrong person that night? There are some gaps in the timeline of his disappearance and his family believe someone in Byron Bay may hold the answer as to what happened to Theo.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the disappearance of Theo Hayez.

If you’d like to skip straight to the story, please goto (7:45)

Read our blog for this case -  https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/06/14/has-missing-man-theo-hayez-been-found/


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It’s bonus episode time at True Crime Society!  DISCLAIMER – THIS EPISODE FEATURES NO CRIME CONTENT!
 
 For anyone who has been following us since our 2017 beginnings, you would know that podcast hosts Stephanie and Olivia are based on opposite sides of the world.  Stephanie is in New York and Olivia is in Australia.

We have always done the podcast remotely and never met in person.  Until now!

Stephanie got married in a beautiful ceremony in upstate New York in early June and Olivia was able to make the trip to join in the celebrations.

In this highly requested bonus episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss meeting for the first time and our New York adventures!

We will be back with our usual crime episode later this week – scheduled to be released 12am EST Thursday.  

If you’re planning a wedding and looking for some amazing vendors, these are Stephanie’s recommendations:

Venue/ Catering: Emerson Resort & Spa 
 Photographer: Megan Niger 
 DJ: DJ Mav Entertainment - DJ Loren Latham 
 Flowers: Something Borrowed Blooms 
 Cake: Adams Fairacre Farms

TW – minor sexual assault and murder.

On Monday May 1, 2023, a Missing and Endangered Alert was issued for two missing teens in Oklahoma.  Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer had last been seen at the home of Jesse McFadden, the step-father to their friend Tiffany.  Police obtained a search warrant on that day, and when they entered the property, they found seven bodies.   Jesse McFadden had killed the two girls as well as his entire family before turning a gun on himself. 

Jesse was a sex offender who was due to go back to court on May 1 for soliciting child pornography.  He decided that he wasn’t going to do that and he took 6 others out with him.   

Police seemed to have decided that an investigation into the murders was not needed.  When family members searched Jesse’s property, what was found could be described as a house of horrors.  

After a week off, the True Crime Society Podcast is back with the horrifying story of the Henryetta Murders.

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 Read our blog for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/06/13/horror-in-henryetta/

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (9:52)

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Terrifyingly, an estimated 1.7 million people are stalked each year in the United States.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss three cases where stalking has ended in murder.

- In March 2023, Podcast host Zohreh Sadeghi and her husband were murdered by a man who had become obsessed with her.  This man even organized for a jazz band to play outside Zohreh’s home at one point.
- In 1989, actress Rebecca Schaeffer replied to a fan mail letter that she received.   That fan mistook her kindness for more and he traveled to LA.  He tracked Rebecca down and shot her as she opened her front door to him.
- In 2016, Christina Grimmie was one of America’s rising stars.  Her public presence was skyrocketing and the world was her oyster.  Kevin Loibl waited after her show to meet Christina, and as she offered him a hug, he shot her dead. 

Episode Timestamps:
(5:53) - Gabby Petito Update/ Burn After Reading Letter
(13:45) - Stalking Murders
 
Read our blog for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/05/08/the-terrifying-world-of-stalking/

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In March 2022, Kouri and Eric Richins were apparently celebrating the purchase of a new multi-million dollar home.  Kouri made her husband a Moscow Mule and took it to him in bed, as part of the celebrations.  Kouri went to bed and when she woke, she found Eric cold and dead in their bed.

After he died, Kouri wrote a children’s book regarding grief titled ‘Are you with me?’ 

Police eventually determined that Eric died from a fentanyl overdose.  

Following a police investigation, police determined that Kouri allegedly purchased the fentanyl on the black market, days before Eric died.  She had also taken out numerous life insurance policies on her husband.  Eric had learned of some of the life insurance changes before his death, and he wrote Kouri out of his will.  When she found this out, she assaulted a family member of Eric’s.

In May 2023, Kouri was arrested and charged one first degree felony count of aggravated murder, as well as three second degree felony counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.

There has been a huge update in the case of missing person Beau Mann.  We first covered Beau’s case in February 2022.  In April 2023, Beau’s remains were found in the yard of an abandoned building in Santa Monica, just 0.2 miles from where he was dropped off in an Uber.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cases of Wicked Wife, Kouri Richins and the recovery of Beau Mann.

** If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (8:12) **

Read our blog for Eric’s case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/05/22/wicked-wives-kouri-richins/

Read our blog for Beau Mann - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/05/08/beau-mann-found-deceased-in-a-yard-in-los-angeles/

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 In April 2023, we bought you the story of Gannon Stauch, who was 11 years old when he was murdered by his stepmother Letecia ‘Tee’ Stauch in 2020.

Gannon’s case finally went to trial, starting in late March of this year.  During this time, we learned all about Tee’s ‘multiple personalities’ and about her jail cell conversations with vampires. 

Thankfully, the jury saw through her lies and found Tee guilty on all counts.  She has been sentenced to two life sentences without parole.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the Gannon Stauch murder trial and outcome.

Justice for Gannon has finally been served!

Read our blog for Gannon - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/05/08/gannon-stauch-murder-trial-daily-updates/

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (6:38) for an update on Beau Mann and (10:07) for the start of Gannon’s murder trial.  

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On January 29, 2022, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe went out for a night of drinking with his girlfriend Karen Read.  After midnight, they decided to leave the bars and head to an after-party at a friend’s home.
 
What happened next is unclear.  We know that both John and Karen were likely intoxicated.  Karen eventually told police that she felt unwell so she dropped John off and headed home.  She woke up at around 5am and realized that John had not returned home.  She started retracing her steps and she went back to the house where the after-party was held.  There she found John’s cold and lifeless body in the snow.
 
This case is very convoluted.  Karen was charged with manslaughter following John’s death – her SUV had apparent damage to the back and it was insinuated that she hit him while driving intoxicated.  In the past few weeks though, Karen’s attorneys have filed documents that indicate there may have been a cover up by John’s colleagues, other members of law enforcement.  It is claimed that John was likely beaten to death at the after-party and that he may have been attacked by a dog on the premises.  An attendee at the after-party also googled ‘how long to die in the cold’ at around 2.30am on the morning that John died.
 
In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the death of John O’Keefe – was he killed by his girlfriend or is there a cover-up involving law enforcement?
 
You can read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/05/07/what-happened-to-john-okeefe/
 
If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (7:03) for updates on Madeline Kingsbury, Casey and Vicky White.

Please go to (12:36) for the start of the John O'Keefe episode. 

On March 31, 2023, Madeline Kingsbury took her two young children to daycare.  She returned home, to seemingly get ready for work day.  She has never been seen again.

Adam Fravel, the father of Madeline’s children, was the last person to see her alive.  He told police he left the house for a few hours in Madeline’s van, and when he got back, Madeline was nowhere to be seen.

Police have asked locals in Winona, Minnesota to be on the lookout for any evidence on their properties.  They have also asked anyone to check CCTV for footage of Madeline’s vehicle on the day she vanished.  Police have said they do not believe Madeline left her home in another vehicle or on foot.  

Madeline has now been missing for over one month.  In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we tell Madeline's story.

 You can read our blog for Madeline here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/04/30/missing-madeline-kingsbury/

 If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (8:45).

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Since 2008, around THIRTY bodies have been pulled from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas.  28 of those bodies have been recovered since 2014, and eight have been recovered in the past year alone.  This seemingly incredible number has led people to question if all these deaths were really accidental or if there is something more going on.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the deaths at Lady Bird Lake.  Is a serial killer at work?

You can read our blog for this topic here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/04/20/is-there-a-serial-killer-in-austin-texas/

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 Elizabeth Smart was 14 years old in June 2002. She was asleep in a bedroom with her younger sister when her life would change forever.

Brian David Mitchell broke into the Smart home and abducted Elizabeth.  She was held captive and subjected to rape and abuse.    Brian’s wife Wanda Barzee was part of the plan.  The couple even took Elizabeth out in public - she was photographed at a party months after she was abducted.

Thankfully in March 2003, an astute member of the public recognized Elizabeth in Sandy, Utah - even though she was wearing a grey wig and a veil.   Police were called and astoundingly, Elizabeth was reunited with her family. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we tell Elizabeth Smart’s story and run through her amazing life following her recovery.

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please go to (10:26)

Read our blog for this case https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/04/04/the-remarkable-recovery-of-elizabeth-smart/


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The murder of Gannon Stauch was a case that bought the True Crime Society community together. We know many of you found us through this case originally.  The trial in this case has just started and we wanted to run through Gannon’s story again, while we wait for justice.

Gannon was 11 in January 2020 when he went missing from Colorado Springs, Colorado.  His step-mother Letecia Stauch originally said that Gannon had gone to a friend’s home.  But she couldn’t name the friend, or in fact, any of Gannon’s friends.

What actually happened to Gannon is horrendous. We know now that Letecia likely shot Gannon while he was in his bed. She wrapped his body in his bed sheets and stuffed his small body in a suitcase.  She lied to everyone – her husband, friends, police and the media – before fleeing Colorado with her daughter Harley.  It is believed she threw Gannon’s remains from a bridge in Florida and his body was found in March 2020.

Letecia has been in prison since 2020 and her trial is finally underway.  In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we tell Gannon’s story and run through Letecia’s antics leading up to the trial. 
 
TIME STAMPS
Cleo Smith Update - (10:18)
Gannon Stauch - (16:41)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/03/20/gannon-stauch-murder-trial-daily-updates/

There has also been an update in the Cleo Smith abduction case and we discuss that in this episode. 

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Dentist Dr James Craig and his wife Angela seemed to be living the dream with their six children in Aurora, Colorado.  James seemed to be well-liked, and by all accounts was a great employer.  There are photos of him online dressed up as the Tooth Fairy, always smiling broadly.  Angela had James down in her phone as ‘The Boy’.  The couple worked out together and appeared close.  

Life is not always what it appears on the surface.  James was conducting an affair with an Orthodontist in Texas and he needed Angela out of the way.  

James made a new email account and conducted searches about what the best way to kill someone with poison was.  He ordered potassium cyanide to be delivered to his office.   He put the poison in Angela’s protein smoothies, multiple times, until she finally died in hospital in March 2023. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the insane case of Dr James Craig who allegedly poisoned his wife Angela to death.    

If you’d like to skip straight to the story, please go to (8:26)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/03/22/dr-james-craig-poisoned-his-wife-angela-to-death-with-cyanide/


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Jill Dando was one of the most high profile personalities in England in 1999.  She had been named BBC Personality of the Year and her career as a journalist was going from strength to strength.  She was the host of ‘Crimewatch’ – a show similar to America’s Most Wanted, and she presented the television news daily.

Her personal life was also flourishing.  She was engaged to Dr Alan Farthing (Queen Elizabeth’s personal doctor), and their wedding was set for later in 1999.

On April 26, 1999, Jill went to her house in Fulham, London.  She was selling the property because she had moved in with Alan.  She went to her own place sporadically to get mail.  As she put her keys to the lock, a man ambushed Jill.  He pressed a gun to her head and fired.  Jill Dando was murdered in cold blood.  

Now, almost 24 years later, Jill’s murder remains unsolved.  A man named Barry George was arrested for the crime and was later acquitted.  Was Barry really responsible?  Could her murder have been the result of a jilted lover?  Was Jill murdered as retribution for her role in Crimewatch? Or was she targeted for her journalistic involvement in the Kosovo War?

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the unsolved murder of ‘Crimewatch’ host Jill Dando.  

If you’d like to skip straight to Jill’s story, please go to (7:52)


Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/03/27/the-unsolved-murder-of-crimewatch-host-jill-dando/

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On February 9, 2004, , Maura Murray printed out some emails that indicated there had been some trouble between her and her boyfriend Bill Rausch.  She left the emails in plain sight, on top of some boxes in her dorm room.  She left campus and stopped at a liquor store in town where she purchased vodka, Kahlua, Baileys and boxed wine.  

A few hours later, Maura crashed her vehicle in Woodsville, New Hampshire, around 150 miles from her dorm.  She got out of the wrecked vehicle and has never been seen again. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss one of the most infamous cold cases – where is Maura Murray?

Did Maura leave to start a new life?  Was she murdered by an opportunistic killer?  Or does Bill know more?
 

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/03/20/the-coldest-case-where-is-maura-murray/
 
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The saga of the Murdaugh family is one that is almost too unbelievable to be true.  

We first covered the case with a two-part episode in 2021.  We covered the deaths of Stephen Smith and the Murdaugh family housekeeper Gloria.  We also looked into Alex Murdaugh’s shady past, the tragic death of Mallory Beach following a drunken boat crash.  The Murdaugh family finally crumbled for good following the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh in June 2021.

Alex Murdaugh has just gone to trial for the murders of his wife and their son and he has been found guilty.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the recent Murdaugh trial and we also run through a comprehensive timeline of what actually happened on the day of the murders.  

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (8:28)


Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/03/13/how-not-to-get-away-with-murdaugh/

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In this age of social media, it can be all too easy for a person to pretend to be someone they are not.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the cases of social scammers – Liver King and Maddie Russo.

Brian Johnson aka Liver Ling lives what he calls an “ancestral lifestyle”, which includes eating large amounts of raw organs and meat, and he recommends eating liver daily.  His businesses based on this ‘ethos’ are said to make around $100 m per year.  He vehemently denied taking any steroids to achieve his insane physique. 

In December 2022, Liver King’s empire started to crumble.  He is now facing a $25m class action lawsuit after it was revealed that he was taking around $11,000 worth of steroids each month. 

Maddie Russo was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer AND leukemia, at age 19.  Maddie seemed to be defying the odds after undergoing 15 rounds of oral chemo and 90 rounds of radiation.  Except, Maddie wasn’t sick at all.  Her lies became public in January 2023 after medical professionals became concerned about the legitimacy of photos that she posted of herself online.  When Maddie’s apartment was raided, police found wigs, cash and medication that did not belong to Maddie.  She had managed to scheme almost $40k from 439 donors. 
 
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Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/03/05/social-scammers-liver-king-and-maddie-russo/

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TW- child murder.

On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy asked her husband Patrick to go and pick up takeout for dinner.  She told him she also needed medication for one of their three young children.  

Patrick left their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts at around 5.15 to run the errands.  When he returned under one hour later, he found that the home was deathly still.  There were no sounds of laughter and playing from his children, Cora (5), Dawson (3) and Callan (8 months).

He found Lindsay laying on the ground outside their home.  She was unable to move and had cuts to her neck and wrists.  She told him that the children were in the basement.

Patrick ran to the basement, and what he found there was one of the worst scenes that first responders had ever seen.  Lindsay had strangled all three children with exercise bands.  Cora and Dawson passed away that night, Callan passed away after fighting for his life for days.   


In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the deaths of the Clancy children, at their hands of the mother Lindsay.  

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (7:19)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/02/27/lindsay-clancy-strangled-her-three-children-with-exercise-bands/

On January 27, 2023, British woman Nicola Bulley (45) took her dog Willow for a walk along the river in their village, as she had done thousands of times before according to her family.

At 9.01am, Nicola connected to a Teams call for her work.  By 9.35am, she had vanished.  Her phone, still connected to the call, was found abandoned on a park bench.  Her dog Willow was waiting nearby.

Nicola’s body would be found over three weeks later in reeds, around 1 mile from where she was last seen.  Is this a case of suicide, misadventure or something sinister?

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the disappearance and death of Nicola Bulley. 
 
 
If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (6:59)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/02/15/the-mysterious-vanishing-of-nicola-bulley/
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 Trigger warning for this episode – sexual assault.  

Madison Brooks (19) loved spending time with her family and friends.  Her family have said she loved adventures and travel.  

In the early hours of January 15, 2023 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Madison accepted a ride home from a bar with four males.  She seemed to be intoxicated according to CCTV and witness reports.  The story that these ‘men’ gave was that Madison consented to sex with two of them in the vehicle.  After they were done with her, they dropped her off on the side of the road.  Madison was killed shortly after this – she was struck by a vehicle.

Investigation showed that Madison’s BAC was .319%.  According to University of Notre Dame research, a BAC of between .250 and .399 indicates alcohol poisoning and loss of consciousness.    This indicates that there is NO WAY Madison could have consented in that state.  Two of the males have now been charged with third-degree rape, and the additional two have been charged with a failure to intervene.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the death of Madison Brooks, as well as the murder of Valentina Trespalacios.

 Colombian DJ Valentina Trespalacios (23) met American John Poulos on a dating app in 2022.  John abandoned his three children in America to move to Colombia.  The couple were seen on January 22, 2023 on CCTV, leaving a nightclub where Valentina had just finished a set at.  John was seen soon after putting a suitcase into his rental vehicle.   


Hours later, a man came across the suitcase in a dumpster.  Valentina’s lifeless body had been shoved in the case, and her head was sticking out.  John was arrested soon after, while trying to flee the country.  His story was that the cartel were involved in Valentina’s death.  He has been charged with aggravated femicide, concealment, alteration and destruction of evidence.  John has told the court that he doesn’t feel safe in the Bogota jail and he has demanded additional security.  

If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (8:07)

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https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/27/madison-brooks-assaulted-and-left-to-die/

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On January 2, 2023, Dr Dharmesh Patel was driving his Tesla in Northern California.  In the vehicle were his wife Neha, and their two young children.   Exactly what happened is largely unknown, but Dharmesh allegedly steered the vehicle off the road and over a 300 foot cliff.  Miraculously, the entire family survived the incident.  As they were being rescued, Neha told paramedics that Dharmesh had deliberately tried to kill the entire family.
 
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss three cases of men who either attempted to kill or were successful in killing their families.

Michael and Tausha Haight had been married for over 20 years.  There had been some incidents where police were called to the family home in the past in relation to Michael’s behavior, but no charges were ever filed.  In December 2022, Tausha filed for divorce.  On January 4, 2023, Michael’s daughter Macie texted a friend to say that her dad was acting weird.  When neighbors got to the Haight house, the found Michael and Tausha and their five children dead.  Tausha’s mother had also been murdered.  Was the divorce the final straw for Michael?

Actor Robert Crayton was experiencing a mental health crisis.  He had been involuntarily committed in the past.  On January 7, 2023, Robert’s oldest child ran screaming from the family home in North Carolina.  Robert had murdered his wife and three of their children before he turned the gun on himself.  

 
If you’d like to skip straight to the crime content, please goto (11:50)

Read our blogs for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/02/01/actor-robert-crayton-killed-his-family-in-a-murder-suicide/

 https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/02/01/michael-haight-killed-7-of-his-family-members-in-a-murder-suicide/


https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/15/dr-dharmesh-patel-41-attempted-to-kill-his-family-by-driving-their-tesla-off-a-300-foot-cliff/

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In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cases of four men who recently went missing:
 
- Bryce Borca (23) vanished in Eagan, Minnesota on October 30, 2022 after a night out on a party bus with friends.  Despite a large scale search, involving hundreds of people, Bryce remains missing.

- In December 2022, Dr Bolek Payan dropped his beloved dogs off to their regular dog sitter.  He never picked them up.   The search for Bolek lasted for days, before his body was eventually found in a frozen over pond near his home.  Was this a case of suicide or misadventure?

- George Musser (20) vanished from a bar in Stillwater, Minnesota on Christmas Eve 2022.  The temperature was around -4 that night and George had no jacket.  His body was found on Christmas Day, around 1.5 miles from the bar.

- Theodore (Teddy) Egge (35) has been missing from Marinette County, Wisconsin since January 13, 2023.  His car ran out of gas and he was last seen walking along a road, apparently heading to the closest town.  No sign of Teddy has been found. 
 
If you would like to start straight at the case content, please skip to (12:55)

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Read our blog here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/30/missing-men-bryce-borca-dr-bolek-payan-george-musser-and-teddy-egge/
 
We also discuss some BIG updates in some previously covered cases – Opelika Jane Doe has been identified and arrests have been made.  An arrest has also been made in the Jared Bridegan murder case.

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Read our blog here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/30/missing-men-bryce-borca-dr-bolek-payan-george-musser-and-teddy-egge/

We also discuss some BIG updates in some previously covered cases – Opelika Jane Doe has been identified and arrests have been made.  An arrest has also been made in the Jared Bridegan murder case.  

  

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Massachusetts woman Ana Walshe attempted to contact her mother overseas in the early morning hours of January 1, 2023.  Her mother was sleeping and missed the call.  She now regrets that, because Ana vanished shortly after and is assumed to have been murdered by her husband Brian Walshe.

Brian’s (alleged) audacity is actually unbelievable.  He didn’t even report his wife missing, her employer called the police.  Brian’s criminal history started long before Ana’s disappearance.  He allegedly stole Andy Warhol paintings and sold fake art.  He also broke into the home of his deceased father and stole vehicles and invaluable art – he also attempted to sell the property, despite having no claim to it.

Brian told police that Ana had gone to Washington DC to deal with a work emergency.  Except, right around the time she vanished, he purchased $450 in cleaning supplies, including mops, buckets, tarps, Tyveks, drop cloths and various kinds of tape. At the store, he was seen wearing a black surgical mask, blue surgical gloves and made a cash purchase.

Brian also allegedly conducted google searches including:

- Ten ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to
- Dismemberment and the best ways to dispose of a body
- Can you be charged with murder without a body
- Can you identify a body with broken teeth
- How to dispose of a 115 pound woman’s body

Brian has now been charged with Ana’s murder.  It is not believed her remains have been found, due to the method in which he disposed of them.  
 
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Read our blog here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/15/ana-walshe-is-missing-after-her-husband-googled-how-to-dispose-of-a-115-pound-womans-body/
  
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On May 9, 2021, Tristyn Bailey (13) made the fateful decision to sneak out of her home in the early morning hours.  She went to hang out with a classmate, Aiden Fucci (14).

Tristyn and Aiden were last seen on CCTV at 1.45am – they were walking towards a pond.  At around 3.27am, only one person is seen leaving the area.

Tristyn’s body was found at 6.06pm on May 9.  She had been brutally stabbed 114 times.  

Police quickly turned their attention to Aiden.  He was arrested on May 10 and charged with Tristyn’s murder.  During the course of the investigation, police discovered that Aiden owned multiple knives and had even named some of them.  He also kept notebooks filled with violent and blood-filled drawings.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the horrific murder of Florida teenager Tristyn Bailey.  

Aiden’s trial is due to start in February 2023 – we will keep you updated with future developments.

You can read our blog for this case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/15/tristyn-bailey-13-was-stabbed-114-times-by-her-14-y-o-classmate/

If you’d like to skip to the crime content, please go to (5:50)

Thank you for listening.

The probable cause affidavit has been released in the Moscow murder case.

Join us for this early release episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the affidavit and new developments.

The affidavit revealed info including:

- A timeline of Bryan Kohberger’s movements leading up to the murders.   We now know he likely parked his white Elantra at the crime scene at 4.04am and was seen speeding away at 4.20am.

- More details regarding the victims have been revealed.  Xana Kernodle got a DoorDash delivery at around 4am and was still alive and on TikTok at 4.12am.   

- We have learned more about the surviving roommate Dylan. It has emerged that she likely saw the murderer in the house and she heard a female voice say ‘there’s someone here.’

You can read the entire affidavit on our blog at https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/08/the-arrest-of-bryan-kohberger/

We released this week’s episode early so that we can run through these new developments in as timely manner as possible.  We know that everyone has SO many questions and we try to answer some of these in the episode. 

Please skip to around (8:30) if you’d like to get straight to the crime.

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Tamla Horsford (40) went to the house of her friend Jeanne Meyers for a sleepover in November 2018.  She took her onesie PJs and a bottle of tequila.   Tamla, along with a group of women and a few of their partners, watched football and played Cards Against Humanity.

As the night went on into the early morning hours, some attendees decided to go home while others went to bed.  Tamla was allegedly last seen alive at 1.47am on November 4, when she was eating gumbo and said that she planned to goto bed after having one final cigarette. 

At 8.45am that same day, Tamla was found dead in Jeanne’s backyard.  Police initially believed that she had accidentally fallen from a deck on the second floor of the home.   

The investigation into Tamla’s death was closed and then eventually reopened by the GBI.  Many people believe to this day that Tamla’s death was not an accident. 

Join us for the first episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the death of Tamla Horsford.

There has also been a HUGE update in the Moscow, Idaho murder case.  A suspect, Bryan Kohberger, has been arrested in Pennsylvania!  We discuss this new development in this episode.

Read our blog for Tamla’s case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/01/02/what-happened-to-tamla-horsford/

Episode time stamps - 

Start of Tamla’s case - (5:38)
Start of Moscow update - (54:10)

We hope everyone had a great holiday and wish everyone a happy, safe and healthy 2023!

On November 30, 2022, 7 year-old Athena Strand got off the school bus and headed into her home in Paradise, TX.   She allegedly got into a fight with her stepmother and she went outside to cool off.  After Athena’s parents hadn’t heard a peep from her for about an hour, they started searching for her and called police.  People theorized that maybe Athena had run away, but trace of her was found for two days.  Police announced on December 2 that Athena’s body had been found.

A FedEx delivery driver named Tanner Lynn Horner has been charged with Athena’s kidnapping and murder.  Tanner had been delivering a Barbie doll that was a Christmas gift for Athena, when he abducted and murdered her in a crime of opportunity.

In the final episode of the True Crime Society Podcast for 2022, we discuss the murder of Athena Strand.  We also discuss some updates to previous cases that we have covered. 

In 1957, the body of a child was found in a box in Pennsylvania.  For 65 years, the child remained unidentified.  In December 2022, we finally learned his name – Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

Michael Vaughan went missing from his home in Fruitland, Idaho in July 2021.  In November 2022, police excavated a backyard in the neighborhood – a two minute drive from Michael’s home.  Police believe that married couple Stacey and Sarah Wondra had buried Michael in their backyard and have since moved his remains.

Read our blogs for these cases – 

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/02/where-is-michael-monkey-vaughan/

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/12/01/amber-alert-issued-for-7-year-old-athena-strand-missing-from-texas/

If you would like to start straight at the case content, please skip to (6:04).

As this marks our 100th episode (!), we also have a chat towards the end of the episode and we answer your questions about crime and life! Thank you so much for listening over the past few years.  Here’s to hundreds more!
  
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Between 2015 and 2016, the mortality rates for infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Britain were unusually high.  There were so many deaths and unexplained medical incidents occurring that the hospital actually stopped accepting premature infants to care for.  

There seemed to be a common denominator in the hospital when these deaths– many of the babies had been around British nurse Lucy Letby.  After a primary investigation, Lucy was moved to clerical duties at the hospital.  
 
 On 11 November 2020, Lucy was charged with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder in regards to the babies who had died or been injured under her care.  Lucy’s alleged victims have not been named publicly, and are noted in court documents as Baby A – Baby Q.

Part of the prosecution against Lucy includes some notes that she allegedly wrote.   One of the notes stated: “ I don't deserve to live. I DID THIS WHY ME. I killed them on purpose because I'm not good enough to care for them, and I am horrible and evil person.’

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the case of nightmare nurse Lucy Letby.

After our last episode was released, there was an update in the Moscow, Idaho murder case.  Police released information about a vehicle that was seen in the area at the time and they have appealed for information on the occupant/s.  We also discuss this development in this episode.

Read our blogs for these cases - 

 https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/11/16/massacre-in-moscow-idaho/

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/05/lucy-letby-killer-nurse-or-hospital-scapegoat/

If you would like to start straight at the case content, please skip to (6:55).
  
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On November 13, 2022, four University students in Moscow, Idaho returned to their off-campus home after a big night out.  By around 3am, Kaylee GonCalves (21) and Madison Mogen (21) were asleep in the same room on the 3rd floor of the home.  Xana Kernodle (20) and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin (20) were asleep on the floor below.  

What happened next is still unknown.  But at 11.58am on that day, a 911 call was made for an ‘Unconscious Person.’  When police arrived, they found a crime scene that has been described as one of the most gruesome ever encountered.  Kaylee, Maddie, Xana and Ethan were dead – brutally stabbed to death.  The coroner has said that all of them were likely asleep when they were attacked.

We are now at almost a month after the murders and nobody has been arrested.  

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the Moscow, Idaho murders.  This case is one of the most chaotic that we have ever come across.

If you would like to skip straight to the content, please go to around 8 minutes in.

You can read our blog for this case – 

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/11/16/massacre-in-moscow-idaho/ 

Please note that at the time of recording and episode release, police had not identified a single suspect in the case.  We have only discussed those named publicly in the media.  If and when the time arises, and suspect/s are identified, we will delve into their stories comprehensively.  

It was a big week in true crime – in this episode, we also discuss the probable cause document that was released in the Delphi, Indiana murder case.  Richard Allen has recently been arrested for the 2017 murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams.  The probable cause document indicates that Richard was known to be at the scene of the murders on the day that the girls died and that a bullet from his gun was found at the scene.

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/28/breaking-news-there-has-been-an-arrest-in-the-delphi-murder-case/

  
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These are the names of the 17 victims murdered in six minutes on Valentine’s Day 2018 by Nikolas Cruz in Parkland, Florida.  Nikolas managed to wound 17 additional people in the chaos and carnage.

Join us for this double episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the Parkland School Shooting.

In episode one, we discussed Nikolas Cruz’s childhood and the timeline of the shooting up to his arrest.
In episode two, we will discuss the legal process, recent trial and will also tell the stories of the victims.

You can listen to episode one on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HxTa4SELpKm4errTXGqZN?si=NmqIRWRhQoyLePBhyDWmqQ

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You can read our blogs for this case – 

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On Valentine’s Day 2018, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were excited.  Some of them had purchased flowers and cards for their partners and friends.  The day was filled with love and promise.

At 2.19pm, former student Nikolas Cruz entered the school building and would change the lives of hundreds of families for ever.  In six minutes, Nikolas murdered 17 students and staff in cold blood.  He also wounded 17 others.

Nikolas fled with the escaping students and blended into the crowd.  He went to a McDonald’s restaurant and got a soda before he was arrested.

Join us for this double episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the Parkland School Shooting.

In episode one, we discuss Nikolas Cruz’s childhood and the timeline of the shooting up to his arrest.
In episode two, we will discuss the legal process, recent trial and will also tell the stories of the victims.

You can read our blogs for this case – 

If you would like to get straight to the Parkland info in the episode, please start at around 9.30.

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Sometimes a crime so heinous occurs, it is hard to wrap your mind around how any human can be so evil, especially towards the most vulnerable.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the murders of Ashley Bush and Savanna Greywind for their unborn babies.

TW – child murder, pregnancy loss.

In October 2022, Ashley Bush was struggling with her latest pregnancy.  She had three other children and her partner was unable to work.  She was asking on social media for help with baby supplies and was looking to find work that she could do to earn some extra money.    Ashley crossed paths online with ‘Lucy Barrows’ and that was the beginning of the end.  Ashley met with Lucy (real name Amber Waterman) and lost her life.  Amber tried to pass of Ashley’s baby as her own, even going as far as to stuff Ashley’s placenta in her underwear.  The baby did not survive the ordeal and before Amber’s diabolical lie was uncovered, she actually held a funeral for Ashley’s baby, passing the child off as her own daughter.

Savanna Greywind was 8 months pregnant when she agreed to help a neighbor, Brooke Crews, with a sewing project.  What actually happened when she arrived at Brooke’s apartment is unclear due to differing versions of events, but Savanna lost her life.  Her baby was brutally cut from her womb, but thankfully survived.  Brooke and her partner William managed to hide the evidence of their crime, as well as the baby from police for days before their horrific crime was uncovered.  Savanna’s daughter Haisley is now a thriving five-year-old, in the care of her loving father.

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In the US each year, there are more than 300 cases of a child killing their parent or parents.  This means it happens around six times per week!

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss five horrific cases:

We also discuss the huge updates in the case of murdered teens Liberty German and Abigail Williams from Delphi, Indiana.  Seemingly out of the blue, on October 26, a Delphi local named Richard Allen was arrested and charged with the girls’ murders.  Richard does not seem to have been on anyone’s radar in regards to this case and the news is shocking.

If you would like to get straight to the crime content, please skip to the 9 minute mark.  The Delphi update starts at 51.07.

You can read our blogs for these cases:

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Cosmo DiNardo seemed to have every opportunity in life.  He came from a wealthy family, was athletic and well liked and had aspirations to become an orthodontist.

“Cosmo DiNardo is the kind of kid who would always say hello, and he would grab your groceries out of your hand and walk you to your car,” a neighbor said about him.

Cosmo suffered several concussions while playing football, and he also sustained a head injury in an ATV accident.   Cosmo changed.  He became violent, paranoid and delusional.  He would sleep with a Bible on his chest in an attempt to ward off evil.  His mother said at one point, he would even foam at the mouth.

Despite all this, Cosmo’s doctor believed that treatment was working and that his bipolar was in remission.  The doctor removed Cosmo from all of his medication.  And then Cosmo went on a killing spree.

Along with his cousin Sean Kratz, the two murdered four men in July 2017.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the murderous rampage of Cosmo DiNardo and Sean Kratz.

Read our blog for this episode here - 

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/30/the-murderous-rampage-of-cosmo-dinardo-and-sean-kratz/ 

It’s Halloween time at True Crime Society!

You have probably already binged ‘The Watcher’ on Netflix : Ominous letters. Strange neighbors. Sinister threats. A family moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they’ve inherited a nightmare.

The show is based on the true story of the Broaddus family.  In 2014, Maria and Derek Broaddus paid $1.3m for their dream family home on 657 Boulevard in Westfield, NJ. Three days after they closed on the house, their nightmare began.

‘The Watcher’ would send them disturbing and threatening letters.  This is an excerpt from one of the letters received:

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the true story behind ‘The Watcher’.

You can read our blog here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/24/the-real-story-behind-the-watcher/

As always, we give some life updates and general chat in this episode- please fast forward around 8 minutes if you want to get straight into it! 

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On September 10, 2022, Debbie Collier’s daughter received a Venmo payment with an alarming message.  “They are not going to let me go love you there is a key to the house in the blue flower pot by the door”.  The payment was for $2,385.   

Debbie was never seen alive again.  Shortly after the payment was made,  Debbie was found naked and burned in a wooded area, around 60 miles away from her home.  She was found clutching a small tree.  Her cause of death has not been made public, but police have said there is no evidence of either suicide or kidnapping.

Debbie’s case is one of the strangest we have ever encountered.  She was caught on CCTV, alone at a dollar store, around the time that the Venmo payment was made.  Debbie purchased items that were found at her death scene.  

There have been rumors about Debbie’s daughter being involved in the death.  Or was this a mental break that ended in death?  There are NO answers in Debbie’s case to date, even with the FBI joining the investigation.  WHAT IS GOING ON?

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the bizarre unsolved death of Georgia woman, Debbie Collier.

You can read our blog for Debbie here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/09/21/missing-georgia-woman-debbie-collier-found-dead-naked-and-burned/
 
In this episode, we also discuss the ongoing legal battle involving Letecia Stauch, the woman accused of murdering her stepson Gannon Stauch.

The autopsy results for abducted Memphis woman Eliza Fletcher have been released and we discuss the sad findings.

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Ellen Rae Greenberg seemed to have it all.  She was beautiful, successful, ambitious and engaged to the man of her dreams.  

In January 2011, her partner Sam left their apartment and went to the gym in their complex.  When he came back under an hour later, the apartment door was allegedly bolted from the inside and he could not get in.  He frantically tried to contact Ellen and he ended up breaking down the door.  

Inside, he found Ellen dead in their kitchen, with a knife sticking out of her chest.  She had more than 20 stab wounds, including many to the back of her head and neck.  

Ellen’s death ended up being determined a suicide.  Her family have always disputed this and have pushed for over a decade for it to be reclassified.  In September 2022, the investigation into Ellen’s death was reopened.

You can read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/11/ellen-rae-greenberg-murder-or-suicide/

Did Ellen Rae Greenberg take her own life or was she murdered?

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Often when a teenager goes missing, it’s assumed that they ran away.  According to a 2002 study, between 1.6 and 2.8 million teens run away each year.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss two different cases where it was assumed that teens had left of their own accord, only to find out that wasn’t the case.

Alexandra Anaya (13) disappeared from her Indiana home in the early morning hours of August 13, 2005.  Police did not take her disappearance seriously to start and they assumed she would return quickly.  Alex’s dismembered torso was found in a river days later.  Her head and other body parts have never been found and no arrests have been made in this case.

Andrew Gosden was 14 when he left his home in England in 2007.  He pretended that he was getting ready for school, but after everyone had left the home, he went back and changed into casual clothes and took a train to London. In 2021, two older men were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and human trafficking in Andrew’s case.  He remains missing.

Read our blogs for these cases here -

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/03/the-horrific-murder-of-teenager-alexandra-anaya/

 
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According to the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, 47,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their intimate partners or other family members in 2020. This means that, on average, a woman or girl is killed by someone in her own family every 11 minutes.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the cases of three women who were likely murdered by their partners.

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Lynette Dawson was last seen alive in Sydney, Australia in 1982.  She and her husband Chris Dawson had been having marriage trouble at the time.  Chris was a high-school teacher who seemed to have a penchant for preying on teenage girls.  He moved a student of his, named Joanne Curtis, into his home with Lyn under the guise of Joanne being a babysitter.  Chris was 34 at the time and Joanne was 16.

Days after Lyn disappeared, Joanne Curtis moved into the Dawson home permanently.    Chris soon after married Joanne.  Joanne had Lyn’s engagement and wedding rings resized to fit her.

Chris seemed to get away with the perfect crime for over 40 years.  In 2018, Chris was finally charged with Lyn’s murder.  He is now 74 years old. In August 2022, a judge found him guilty and Chris is awaiting sentencing.

Will he reveal where he hid Lyn’s body or will he take that secret to the grave?  

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the disappearance of Lynette Dawson.

You can read our blog for Lyn here -  https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/09/11/will-lynette-dawson-finally-get-justice/


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On Friday, September 2, 2022, Eliza Fletcher left her home for an early morning jog at around 4am.  She was an avid runner who had qualified for the Boston Marathon previously.  She often jogged at this time to fit in her daily exercise as she was a busy mother-of-two and a Junior Kindergarten teacher.

A man named Cleotha Henderson was prowling the streets of Memphis, TN at this time.  He spotted Eliza running and pulled up ahead her of her in a dark SUV.  When Eliza reached his him, he jumped out and forced her into his vehicle.  This was the beginning of Eliza’s nightmare.

Eliza’s body was found dumped near an abandoned house on September 6.  We are still waiting for confirmation of her cause of death.  Was Eliza targeted by Cleotha due to her family wealth or was this a terrifyingly random crime?

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the abduction and murder of Eliza Fletcher.

You can read our blog for Eliza here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/09/02/a-body-has-been-found-in-the-search-for-eliza-fletcher/

In this episode, we also discuss some updates in the case of Allahnia ‘Fruity’ Lenoir who went missing in July 2022.

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On July 30, 2022, Allahnia ‘Fruity’ Lenoir and a friend arranged to meet up with two men at an apartment complex in Atlanta.  Allahnia and the friend can be seen on CCTV entering the building.  Later on, the friend and the two men emerge and are captured on video.

Allahnia is never seen leaving the complex.  

After she vanished, the two men, Diante Reynolds and Steven Oboite cleaned the apartment thoroughly and moved out.    It took police more than a week to search the apartment.  

Allahnia’s mother believes she has been ‘moved’ from the apartment.  Could she have been trafficked?

Alexis Ware was acting strangely in January 2022.  She told her mother that the ‘devil’ would not stop contacting her, that a black truck was following her and that she would likely not be around to celebrate her 30th birthday in March 2022.

On January 30, 2022, Alexis arranged to meet her ex at a gas station.  The plan was for him to give her gas money and then she would follow him in her vehicle back to a family member’s house.  Instead, after leaving the 7/11, Alexis turned sharply and drove off in the opposite direction.  

She has never been seen again.  A few days after she vanished, her vehicle was found abandoned in a wooded area that Alexis would have been unfamiliar with.  Her phone and the hair bonnet that she had been wearing were also found at the scene.  

Was Alexis really being stalked or was there something else going on in her case?

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the unrelated cases of missing women Allahnia Lenoir and Alexis Ware.  We also discuss a huge update in the case of Artesia Jane Doe, as well as some updated information in the Kiely Rodni case.

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Kiely Rodni (16) has been recovered after being missing in Truckee, California for over two weeks.  Kiely was found deceased in her vehicle, in 14 feet of water, very close to where she was last seen alive.  How did police spend thousands of hours searching for her to no avail?  

Adventures with Purpose searched the area and found Kiely within minutes.    

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the recovery of missing people by volunteer team Adventures with Purpose (AWP).

Along with Kiely’s case, we discuss the cases of:

You can read our blog for these cases here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/08/24/cases-solved-by-adventures-with-purpose/

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16 year-old Kiely Rodni was captured on CCTV on the night of August 5, 2022 in Truckee, California.  She seemed happy and care-free and was on her way to party with her friends.  Kiely had graduated high school early and a group of her friends were headed to a campground to celebrate.

There are reports that older men attended the party and supplied drugs and alcohol to minors.  Kiely told her mother that she would be home just after midnight on August 6.  She never arrived.

For two long weeks, Kiely was missing along with her vehicle.  Initial reports suggested that she may have been abducted.  The FBI joined the search very early on.   Was this foul play or misadventure?  Online rumor mills ran wild.

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the disappearance of and search for Kiely Rodni.

Shortly before this episode was due to be released, Kiely was found deceased.  We will discuss her recovery in next week’s episode.  

Read our blog for this case – https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/08/08/kiely-rodni-found-deceased/
 
 
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In February 2022, father of four, Jared Bridegan, was returning home after dropping two of his kids off to their mother, his ex-wife.   He had his 2 y/o daughter Bexley in the car with him.  On a quiet, residential street, Jared came across a tire laying in the road.  He stopped his vehicle and carefully got out to move the obstacle.  Almost as soon as he opened the door to his vehicle, he was brutally murdered.   His daughter thankfully was unharmed in the incident.

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the unsolved murder of Jared Bridegan.  

Jared split from his first wife Shanna Gardner in 2015.  Shanna came from a very wealthy family and is the heiress to the ‘Stampin’ Up’ fortune. 

Their eventual split was very messy – the court filing for their divorce includes over 300 documents.  It has been reported that Shanna asked if there was someone who could ‘shut him up’, in reference to Jared.

Shanna and Jared both remarried.  Jared had two more children with his second wife Kirsten.  The last court filing in regards to his divorce with Shanna was made just four months before his murder (7 years after the initial divorce started!)

Was Jared murdered in a random attack?  Or was it orchestrated by someone close to him?

Read our blog for this case – https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/08/09/the-unsolved-murder-of-jared-bridegan/ 

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Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss three fascinating Doe cases.  

In October 2020, a quail hunter stumbled across human remains in a cattle float box in Artesia, AZ.  He assumed the remains belonged to a child as they were surrounded by toys.  When police investigated, further, they discovered the remains belonged to a female, likely aged between 13-22.  This Jane Doe was wearing what appeared to be a ‘witches robe’, as well as a jacket covered with skull print.

The remains of a young girl were found in Opelika, Alabama in January 2012.  She remains unidentified to this day.  In a twist to this case, police have photographs of the girl they believe to be Opelika Jane Doe, when she was alive.  Authorities believe she attended a bible school in the area.  No records of attendees at the school were kept, and none of the teachers recall her name.  This tiny girl had been so badly abused before her death, that police believe she had a very noticeable injury to her eye.  This injury can be seen in the photos they have.

The mystery of the Somerton Man is one that has captured the public’s attention for decades.  In 1948, a man was found deceased on Somerton Beach in South Australia.  All labels had been removed from his clothing and many medical experts believe that he died from poisoning.  Over the years, many theories about this man were discussed – was he a spy who had been murdered?  Or a ballet dancer – he had pointed toes and high calf muscles, similar to those displayed by dancers?  In July 2022, following extensive DNA testing, researchers announced that they had likely identified the Somerton Man.  (Right before we aired this episode, as usual!)

Read our blogs for these cases – TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

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Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss Vacation Nightmares – Part Two.  

Japanese woman Atsumi Yoshikubo travelled alone to Yellowknife, Canada.  She wanted to see the Northern Lights.  Interestingly, Atsumi planned her trip for the off-season, when many of the tourist attractions were closed.  In eerie final footage, Atsumi was spotted on CCTV purchasing souvenirs.  Hotel staff raised the alarm when she never checked out of her room.  Her belongings were neatly packed, but there was no sign of Atsumi.  Her remains were eventually found on a hiking trail – did Atsumi take her own life?  Or was foul play involved?

Christe Chen married Bradley Dawson in February 2022 after a whirlwind romance – they planned their wedding in under a month.  The couple had been married for 5 months when they travelled from the US to Fiji for their honeymoon.  They were staying at the exclusive Turtle Island Resort, where villas cost over $3,000 per night.  The couple only enjoyed two days in paradise before Bradley was found drunk and injured on a neighboring island.  When staff entered the couple’s villa, Christe was found, beaten to death and surrounded by blood.  Her husband Bradley has been arrested and is currently in custody in Fiji. 

Americans David and Michelle Paul tried to take a child-free vacation once a year, to get some much-needed couple time together.  They traveled to Fiji and also only had a few days to enjoy paradise.  Both David and Michelle became very sick, very quickly.  They were treated by medical staff on the island, but both passed away within days of each other.  Causes of death for the couple have never been made public – were they poisoned?

In this episode, we also discuss updates to the case of Christina Lee Powell.  Christina was missing for three weeks before her body was found in the passenger seat of her vehicle in a mall parking lot in San Antonio, TX.

Read our blogs for these cases – TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

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Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the cases of two missing people – Dylan Rounds and Christina Lee Powell.  

19 year-old farmer Dylan Rounds was last heard from in May 2022.  He told his grandmother he was going to move a grain truck out of the rain on his Utah farm. The truck was moved and Dylan has not been heard from again.

There are a lot of players and strange occurrences in Dylan’s case.  Just days before he vanished, he had an encounter with a man named Chase Venstra.  Chase was barefoot in the desert and acting erratically.  He asked Dylan for a ride and media reports say that Dylan refused.  Chase has since been arrested on other charges.  

Is he responsible for Dylan’s disappearance?  Or does Dylan’s neighbour, James Brenner know where Dylan is?

Christina Lee Powell called her workplace on July 5 to say that she was running late for work.  Eerie final footage of her was captured on her Ring doorbell – she was carrying her handbag and seemed to be rushing to get out the door.  Christina never made it to work.  She remained missing for over three weeks. 

Just before this episode was released, Christina was found deceased in the passenger seat of her vehicle in a restaurant parking lot in San Antonio, Texas.  Had her vehicle been there for the whole time she was missing?  How did nobody notice her?

Read our blogs for these cases – TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

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Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we delve again into the fascinating world of cults and followers.

TW for this episode – suicide discussion.

Have you heard of Teal Swan?  Teal claims she is part-human, part extra-terrestrial.  She has also said that she can hear tectonic plates moving and can inject herself into people’s brainstems.  

Teal’s followers are known as ‘Tealers’.  Teal routinely gives out advice to suicidal people (she has no medical or psychiatric qualifications).  Several of Teal’s followers have taken their own lives after reaching out to her and her team.    

Is what Teal Swan is doing dangerous or does she have other’s best interests at heart?

We also discuss the crazy case of Baby Holly.   Tina and Harold Clouse were found murdered in Texas in 1981, but their remains were not identified until 2021.  The couple had a baby before their deaths and their extended family prayed for over 40 years for answers about what had happened to the family.  In 2022, ‘Baby Holly’ was found alive and well – she had been legally adopted and was unaware of the story of her biological family.  

It is believed that Tina and Harold were likely killed because of their involvement in a cult called ‘Christ’s Family’.  Members of this cult wore diapers on their heads as turbans and men and women were separated from each other.

Please note that we have lots of life updates in this episode – please skip to around 17 minutes if you would like to get straight into the episode content!

Read our blogs for these cases – TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

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We hope that everyone (in the Northern Hemisphere!) is enjoying their summer vacation.  In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss Vacation Nightmares.  Things often go wrong following a combination of sun, alcohol and foreign countries.
 
American sisters Anne and Robin Korkki were on the trip of a lifetime. They were staying at an exclusive resort in Seychelles, when the hotel butler became concerned that he hadn’t seem them for a period of time.  He entered their room and found both sisters in bed, deceased.

Kristy Manzanares and her husband Kenneth boarded a cruise ship to Alaska with their three daughters in 2017.  They were travelling with extended family.  Just two days into their vacation, it all went wrong.  Other guests recalled hearing a woman ‘screaming for her life’.  Kristy was found dead in her cabin and Kenneth was arrested for her murder.

Carla Valpeoz is an American woman who has been missing in Peru since 2018.  Carla was brave – she was legally blind and wanted to see the world before her eyesight totally failed.  There is eerie final footage of Carla, walking with her cane.  She has never been seen again.

David Sneddon was an American man, visiting China in 2004.  He vanished without a trace and many people suspected that he had an accident while hiking.  More information has come to light recently that suggests David may have been kidnapped by North Korean officials and that he has been forced to work for the Kim regime there.
 
You can read our blogs for these cases at TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com
 
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It’s time for Part Two of our mid-year update episodes.  Be sure to listen to Part One first - we go through all the cases we have covered to date and we run through new developments. Can you believe we are halfway through 2022?  
 
After years of radio silence, it seems like there are new developments daily in the murders of teens Libby German and Abigail Williams.  We run through the latest news in Delphi.
 
More searches have recently been conducted for missing child Harmony Montgomery.
 
Harmony was not reported missing for YEARS after she was last seen.
 
Social Scammer Coco Berthmann has FINALLY been charged. 
 
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Can you believe we are halfway through 2022?  Where does the time go?  It’s time for us to get up to date on all the cases we have covered to date.  We have a HUGE two-part update episode for you.  Make sure you are up to date on our previous episodes before you listen to this one!

- Been wondering what’s happening in the Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie case?
- Did you know that a 911 call has been released in the case of Shannan Gilbert and the Long Island Serial Killer?
- Josh Duggar is FINALLY behind bars.
- Sherri Papini’s husband Keith has finally filed for divorce from her, following her admission of guilt in her false kidnapping case.

In this episode, we go through every case we have ever discussed and provide updates for you.  We also discuss the cases of those people still missing – Beau Mann, Heidi Planck, Tyler Davis and Summer Wells, amongst many others.

Read our blogs for these cases – TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

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A 2014 study found that around 500 times per year in the US, a parent kills their child/children.  A mother kills her child on average, every three days. Why?  There is never an easy answer - financial problems, single parenthood, multiple children, substance abuse and mental illness can all contribute to filicide.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss five recent cases where a mother has killed her child or children.  Please note that this episode does contain some graphic details – listener and viewer discretion is advised.

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Anna Moriah Wilson (known as Mo) was considered to be one of the best competitive cyclists in the US, if not the world.  She had the world at her feet.  She was young and successful. She had recently quit her job and was going to focus on gravel racing full time.  Everyone who knew her said that she was kind, ambitious and compassionate.

Mo traveled to Austin on May 10, 2022.  She was planning to compete in a race the following weekend.  On May 11, she met up with Colin Strickland, another well-known cyclist.  The couple were involved in a brief relationship a few months prior to May 2022.  They spent a few hours together, swimming and going to a restaurant, before Colin dropped Mo back to the residence where she was staying.

As Mo walked in the door, she was ambushed and shot multiple times.  Mo died on the scene from her injuries.  The killer fled from the scene on Mo’s bicycle.

This was no random attack.  The alleged killer is Kaitlin Armstrong, Colin Strickland’s long-term partner. Kaitlin is now on the run from authorities and is wanted for murder.  She was last seen at Newark Airport on May 18.

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss two different love triangle murders – the death of Mo Wilson and the horrific murder of Jonathan Amerault.

Read our blogs for these cases - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/05/29/a-twisted-triangle-the-murder-of-anna-moriah-wilson/

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/06/07/the-beheading-murder-of-jonathan-amerault/

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Brittanee Drexel was 17 years old in 2009 when she left her home in Rochester, NY to go on a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, SC.  Her mother had forbade her to go, but in a decision that would alter the course of her life, she went anyway.

Brittanee’s eerie last movements in Myrtle Beach were caught on CCTV.  She had been texting with her boyfriend back home and was telling him that she was having a miserable time.  She was looking forward to getting back to New York.  All of a sudden, Brittanee stopped texting and was never heard from again.

The search for Brittanee spanned over 13 years.  Her mother even moved to Myrtle Beach to be able to keep up the search for her.  

Brittanee’s case is one that involved many false leads and false information, putting detectives on the wrong track for years.  

In May 2022, just when the case seemed to be totally cold, there was an unexpected break.  Brittanee’s remains were found after sex offender Raymond Moody confessed to murdering her back in 2009.

In this episode we discuss the abduction and murder of Brittanee Drexel. 

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/05/29/the-murder-of-brittanee-drexel/

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Lacey Fletcher’s childhood, growing up in Slaughter, Louisiana seemed to be fairly normal.  She played volleyball and had a close group of friends.  There are public photos of a smiling Lacey taken from her yearbook and neighbors recall interacting with her and seeing her regularly out exercising.

When Lacey reached the age of 14, something happened.  Her parents withdrew her from school and allegedly began to home school her.  They have said that she was diagnosed with autism and her condition became more severe around this time.

Nobody saw Lacey in public for over a decade.  Her mother Sheila called 911 in January 2022 to report that Lacey was unresponsive on the couch.  When authorities arrived, they were met with the most horrific scene they had ever encountered. 'I have been a sheriff for six years, and I have had a lot of things happen here in East Feliciana Parish, but this type of scene, this is by far the worst,' Sheriff Jeffery Travis said. 

Lacey had essentially been left to rot and die on the couch in her home.  Her mother has said she refused to get up to use the bathroom, so she lay in her own excrement for years.  The details of Lacey’s sad death are so horrific that medical staff were on hand to treat jurors after they saw photos of the scene. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the deaths of Lacey Fletcher and Valerie Wallach.  Both women were left to die in agony in their own homes.

You can read our blog for their cases here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/05/22/murder-by-neglect-the-death-of-lacey-fletcher/

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On April 29, 2022, Vicky White made a decision that would alter the course of her life.  Nothing would ever be the same.

Early that morning, Vicky put a long-thought out plan into motion.  She was ready.  She told her colleagues at the Lauderdale County Detention Center that she was transporting inmate Casey Cole White to a mental health evaluation.  She broke all protocol and escorted the inmate alone – she had her excuses for doing so ready and nobody questioned her.  She also told her workplace that she had a medical appointment that day and that she would likely not return to work.

There were no appointments – either for Vicky or Casey.  The corrections officer and the inmate had been carrying on an illicit affair for two years.  The two went on the run, through many states.  They had $90k cash to fund their escapade.  Police always seemed to be one step behind them.

Until May 9.  Vicky and Casey were spotted leaving a budget motel in Evansville, Indiana and a police chase ensued.  Their car crashed and Vicky took her own life before she could be apprehended.  Casey was taken back into custody.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ style case of Vicky White and Casey Cole White.

You can read our blog for this case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/05/08/captured-corrections-officer-vicky-white-and-escaped-inmate-casey-cole-white/

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You may have seen media articles recently about Melissa Lucio – the first ever Hispanic woman to be sentenced to death in Texas.  Melissa was due to be executed in April 2022 and she was granted a stay of execution just days before her scheduled death.

Melissa is a mother of 14 children.  She was convicted of murdering her 2 year-old daughter Mariah in 2007.  Mariah was found unresponsive after an alleged fall down stairs.  An autopsy was conducted and at the time, it was determined that Mariah died from blunt force trauma.  She also had bruising of the kidneys, lungs and spinal cord. 

When Melissa was taken in for questioning, she was interrogated for hours, without proper legal representation.  She was not offered food or water.  She denied over 100 times that she caused Mariah’s death.  Eventually, Melissa broke down and ‘confessed’ to Mariah’s murder.  “I don’t know what you want me to say,” she told authorities. “I’m responsible for it … I guess I did it.”

Over the years, Melissa’s team have made many appeals in her case.  She also has high-profile supporters such as the Innocence Project and Kim Kardashian.  

Melissa’s case will now be re-examined to determine if she is eligible for a new trial.  

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the death of Mariah Alvarez and the conviction of her mother Melissa Lucio.

You can read the blog for this case here – https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/05/11/wrongful-conviction-melissa-lucio/

Do you believe that Melissa should be executed for this crime?

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According to an article by theverge.com, around 21 percent of Lyft drivers and 27 percent of Uber drivers in the US are women.  With the increase in rideshare options comes an increase in risk for female passengers and female drivers.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the cases of four different women who have either been murdered or are missing.  The one commonality for these cases is that the women would likely be here today if it wasn’t for accepting or offering a rideshare lift.

You can read our blogs for each of the women at TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

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On Friday, April 15, 2022, Orsolya Gaal (51) went to see a show with friends and she stopped a bar in her neighborhood before returning to her home in Queens, New York.  

Orsolya would never be seen alive by her husband and two sons again.  Orsolya was stabbed around 60 times and her carotid artery and trachea were punctured.  Her body was shoved into a large bag by her murderer.  Police released eerie CCTV footage of a male figure walking away from Orsolya’s house, wheeling her body in the bag.  The murderer got less than a mile before he dumped the bag and ran.   Orsolya’s body was discovered just hours later by a dog walker.

 Orsolya had been having a secret affair with her handyman, David Bonola, for years.  On the night she died, she allegedly told David that their relationship was over.  He was not happy.  On April 20, he walked up to detectives investigating this case and said ‘I hear you are looking for me.’  David confessed to Orsolya’s brutal murder and is now in custody.

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the murder of Orsolya Gaal.

In this episode, we also discuss the discovery of a young child’s body stuffed in a suitcase in Washington County, Indiana earlier this month.  Police believe the boy was around 5 years old when he died.  Nobody has yet come forward to claim him.  

You can read our blog for Orsolya’s case here https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/17/orsolya-gaal-murdered-and-shoved-in-a-duffel-bag/

Read more about the boy in the suitcase here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/26/the-sad-case-of-the-boy-in-the-suitcase-sellersburg-indiana/

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Police in Miami received a 911 call on April 3, 2022.  The female caller said there had been an altercation and that a man had been stabbed to death.

This is the story of influencer Courtney Tailor and her boyfriend Toby Obumseli.

Courtney has over 2 million Instagram followers and according to social media, she seemed to be living a high-flying life.  She lived with Toby in a luxury condo in Miami and things seemed to be going well for the couple.

But their reality was very different.  Sources now say that the couple were in a toxic relationship and were abusive to each other.  They had apparently split up in the weeks before this incident, but Toby would allegedly find his way into the apartment complex and would sleep in common areas, waiting for Courtney.

It is still unclear what happened on April 3, but Toby died after he was stabbed in the shoulder.  Courtney is claiming self-defence, but Toby’s family are adamant that he was not the aggressor.

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the case of Courtney Tailor and Toby Obumseli.  We also discuss another high-profile case – the murder of Phil Hartman and the consequent suicide of his wife Brynn.
 
 You can read our blog for Courtney and Toby here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/09/courtney-tailor-and-christian-toby-obumseli-murder-or-self-defense/

And our Hartman family blog here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/19/the-hartman-family-murder-suicide/

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In this episode, we will be discussing horrific instances of child abuse.  Listener discretion is advised.

In 2018, a brave 17 year-old managed to escape the home where she had been held captive her entire life.  She found a deactivated cell-phone that she took with her on her escape, and she called 911.  She told police that she had been kept locked in a room for 20 hours a day and was allowed one shower per year. 

When police arrived, they found TWELVE additional children locked in the house.  Human feces, dead animals and rotten food covered the entire property. This was not a case of human trafficking or abduction though, this is the horrific case of the Turpin Family.

David and Louise Turpin had 13 children during their marriage.  Outwardly, the parents portrayed the family as loving and close knit – they took the children on vacation to Disneyland and Vegas, where they all posed in matching outfits.  In reality, they did not care for any of them and mistreated them in the worst possible ways.  All of the children were uneducated and physically and emotionally abused.  They used to eat ketchup, mustard and ice as there was literally nothing else to eat. 

And what happened to some of the Turpin Children after they were rescued will break your heart. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the case of the Turpin Family and their house of horrors. 

You can view our blog for the Turpin case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/12/the-turpin-house-of-horrors/

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Usually, we go about our daily routines without a care in the world.  Wake up, get ready and drive to work.  Naomi Irion (18) did exactly this on March 12, 2022 in Fernley, Nevada.  She got ready for work at Panasonic, stopped to buy a drink and drove her vehicle to the Walmart parking lot like she did daily.  She sat in her car and waited for the shuttle bus that would ferry her to work.

Naomi would not make it to work on March 12.  She would never be seen alive again.  

A man was captured on CCTV loitering in the parking lot where Naomi was waiting.  He can be seen going up to her vehicle and forcing her into the passenger seat.  He then drove off in her vehicle, taking her captive.

The search for Naomi spanned over two weeks.  On March 29, authorities found her body dumped in a shallow grave in a remote area of Nevada. 

Troy Driver (41) has since been arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder in Naomi’s case.  Police have been very tightlipped about the investigation.  Was this a random abduction?  Had Naomi come across Troy Driver in some capacity before she disappeared?

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the heinous murder of Naomi Irion.

You can view our blog for Naomi here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/23/abducted-from-walmart-the-death-of-naomi-irion/

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On April 28, 2021, police entered a home in Moffatt, Colorado.   Their visit was caught on body cam – they can be seen entering a home filled with adults and children.  They made their way into a bedroom where they came across the unimaginable – a mummified body wrapped in a sleeping bag and enshrined in fairy lights.  This is the story of Amy Carlson and the Love Has Won cult.

In 2007, Amy left her husband, three children and job at McDonald’s and ran away to start a new life with a man she had met on an internet forum.  The group was known as the "Galactic Federation of Light".  Amy was the head of the group and she was known as ‘Mother God’.

The group evolved over the years, and it eventually became known as ‘Love Has Won’.  Amy began taking on the negative energy of the world (apparently) and she became weaker and sicker as the years went on.  She told followers she had ‘stage five’ cancer and she began ingesting colloidal silver to treat her ailments. Her skin would turn a grey colour.

After alarming photos of Amy were posted online, her family requested multiple welfare checks and were always turned away by Love Has Won members.  When police finally obtained access on April 28, Amy’s remains were discovered.  According to cult members, Amy is still part of the group, just from the 5th Dimension.  

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss Amy Carlson and the Love Has Won cult.

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Kyron Horman was so excited to head to school on June 4, 2010.  He had prepared a project on Tree Frogs for the school science fair.  He got dressed in his favorite CSI t-shirt and headed off to school with his stepmother Terri and his sister Kiara.

When the trio arrived at Skyline Elementary, Kyron put his coat and his bag in his classroom.  Just a few minutes later, he disappeared.

The search for Kyron was the biggest in Oregon’s history – volunteers from three states travelled to help.  The FBI became involved almost straight away.  Even with all this manpower, Kyron has never been found – it has been 12 years since he was last seen.

Did an opportunistic predator snatch Kyron from his school?  Or does his stepmother Terri know more about what happened to Kyron? 

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the disappearance of Kyron Horman.

You can read our blog for Kyron here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/22/kyron-horman-missing-since-2010/

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There are some cases that captivate the attention of the entire world – Elizabeth Smart and Gabby Petito are names that we would all recognize.

I am sure that most of us also know the name Sherri Papini.  Sherri’s case got worldwide attention back in 2016 when she was abducted.  Her husband Keith raised the alarm when Sherri was not home when he finished work for the day.  She had also failed to pick up her two children from daycare.

The search for Sherri cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and went on for weeks.  On November 24, 2016, 22 days after she was reported missing, Sherri was found alive on the side of a road in Yolo County, California.  She was battered, branded and bruised but otherwise okay.

We all breathed a collective sigh of relief – thank goodness for a happy ending! 

Until more details emerged.  Allegations of Sherri’s racist background and details that did not add up made some of us wonder about the validity of her story.   As the years went on, I think many people assumed that Sherri had not told the truth about her experience, but that nothing would ever come of it. 

In March 2022, Sherri Papini was charged with making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer and mail fraud.  Her whole abduction was a lie and she schemed a plan at the time to run off to be with an ex boyfriend, leaving her husband and young children to worry for weeks.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the ‘abductions’ of Sherri Papini and Madison Bell.  

Madison vanished in 2020 after she told her mother that she was ‘going tanning’.  Her car was found abandoned and the FBI got involved.  It turns out that Madison fled to be with a man that she had been speaking with online. 

You can view our blog for Sherri here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/13/the-abduction-of-sherri-papini/

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Orrin and Orson West had a sad start to life.  They were removed from their care of their biological mother when they were tiny and were placed in the care of their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West.

The boys lived with four other siblings in California.  In December 2020, their ‘father’ Trezell claims they went outside to play and were never seen again.  

The local community in California searched alongside the police for months and months.  Jacqueline and Trezell had their other children placed into care, allegedly because of ‘threats’ made by the public.  

Police interviewed neighbors who said they had never actually seen Orrin and Orson in the area.

How could two little boys vanish, possibly months before they were reported missing?

This case seemed like it may be turning cold.  Until March 2022, when Trezell and Jacqueline were each arrested on counts of second-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child and  false reporting of an emergency.  Police have now said that Orrin and Orson were murdered by the people who were meant to care for them most, months before the search for them began.  The boys still remain missing.

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the murders of Orrin and Orson West.  

You can read our blog for the boys here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/01/themurderof-brothers-orrin-and-orson-west/

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The rise of social media has led to it being easier for us to make new friends, keep in touch with friends and family all over the world.  Technology has given us access to any information we could ever need, all within seconds.

With this increase in social media use comes some downsides too.  People are now more easily able to take advantage of others and money is able to change hands so easily.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we chat about three Social Scammers – women who have been in trouble with the law after obtaining funds fraudulently from unsuspecting social media followers.

You can read our blogs on these cases:

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/28/the-deception-of-coco-berthmann/

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/28/social-scammer-belle-gibson/

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 UPDATE - February 24, 2022.  The bones that were found in the search for Susan do not belong to her and have been determined to be animal bones.


SUSAN’S STORY

When Susan Cox met Josh Powell, she envisioned her own ‘happily ever after’.  They were both members of the LDS church and seemed to have similar values and goals in life.    

The couple settled down and had two sons, Charlie and Braden.

One early pressure point in their marriage was interference and unwanted advances that were continually being made by Josh’s father, Steven Powell.  Steven would film Susan without her consent and he wrote many cringe-worthy love songs for her.  Susan became fed up and the family moved states from Washington to Utah.

Not too long into their marriage, Josh began to change.  He became increasingly controlling -  even though Susan was the breadwinner in the family, he would control their finances so tightly that she did not have enough money to feed her children.  She began to grow vegetables to make sure they had enough to eat.  Susan also told family and friends that Josh threatened to "destroy her" if she filed for divorce. She then said that if she dies "it may not be an accident, even if it may look like one." 

One cold December day in 2009, Susan’s neighbor visited the Powell family and they ate together.  Susan said she felt tired and wanted to nap.  This was the last time anyone would see Susan alive.  

Josh’s version of events on the day that Susan disappeared is that he took his two young sons camping, at midnight, in ‘blizzard like’ conditions’. He told police that when he arrived home, Susan was gone.  

Josh moved with Charlie and Braden back to Washington and they lived there for the next few years.  Susan’s family battled for custody of the boys for years, and it got to a point where Josh was only allowed to see them during visits that were supervised by a social worker.  When it became evident that he was never going to regain full custody of his sons, Josh killed both children and then himself in one of the most horrendous crimes that you could imagine.

Police closed their active investigation into Susan’s case in 2013.  I think we all assumed that her case would remain cold indefinitely.  Until now.  Just a few days ago, searchers recovered bones and clothing from a mine in the Utah desert.  Susan’s family have said they are hopeful the remains belong to Susan.  

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we tell the story of Susan Cox Powell and her sons, Braden and Charlie.

You can read our blog for Susan here -  https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/21/the-disappearance-of-susan-powell/

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Two people with two very different stories have vanished without a trace in Los Angeles.

Heidi Planck seemed to be living the California dream – she drove a top of the line Range Rover, lived in a beautiful house and had a great co-parenting relationship with her ex-husband.  They worked together to raise their 11 year-old son.  

On October 17, 2021, Heidi loaded her labradoodle named Seven into her Range Rover and she drove to watch her son’s football game in Downey.  Her ex was also there, and he said she seemed ‘edgy’.  She left the game without warning at half time and has not been seen again.  Seven was found wandering around the 28th floor of an upscale apartment complex in downtown LA later that day.  Heidi’s car was found parked nearby.  Heidi remains missing to this day, despite extensive searches of landfill by the LAPD.

Heidi’s case is a complex one that involves fraud, FBI raids, CCTV images and there are many plausible scenarios for what may have happened to her.  Could her disappearance be related to a fraud scheme that was being carried out by the company she worked for?  There are also whispers that Heidi may have overdosed during a party and that her body may have been disposed of down a garbage chute.  Or did Heidi leave her complicated life behind?

You can read our blog for Heidi here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/14/the-bizarre-disappearance-of-heidi-planck/

Beau Mann was known to be an entrepreneur.  He founded a social network for recovering addicts, ‘Sober Grid’.  He had been interviewed by Forbes Magazine about his own sobriety.  Things were looking good for Beau – he had recently started taking a salary from his company and he seemed on track for big things.  

Beau had just returned to his home in LA after spending Thanksgiving with his family in Texas.  He was last seen on CCTV on November 30, 2021 at a 7-11.  It is believed that Beau got into an Uber, and less than 10 minutes later, he sent a 9-11 text from his phone.  Beau has not been seen since that time.  The Uber driver is adamant that Beau was dropped off at his apartment.  Beau’s family have combed through hours of CCTV and have said that Beau never entered the apartment complex again.   

LAPD have suggested to Beau’s family that he may be undergoing a ‘digital detox’.  This is an idea the family flat out refuse to entertain and say that Beau would never leave his company unattended for this long.  Beau’s mother is worried that he has suffered a relapse or a mental health crisis.  Another theory is that Beau may have been harmed for his belongings – he was carrying phones and computers at the time he vanished.

You can read our blog for Beau here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/15/where-is-beau-mann/

As of February 2022, both Heidi and Beau remain missing.  This episode of the True Crime Society podcast tells their stories.

You can listen on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vkJ2wOXBrBLdw6A6mrppJ?si=eVcUZxL8ROCaV1Aa_oJWHQ and Apple here https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000551353760.

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 Lauren Smith-Fields was a vibrant and ambitious 23 year old woman who loved matcha tea, working out and was studying to be a physical therapist.  In December 2021, she met a man off the dating app, Bumble.  Lauren invited the man to her apartment in Bridgeport, CT, where they had some tequila and watched a movie.  During the evening, Lauren left the apartment for 10-15 minutes to meet someone outside.  When she came back in, they continued watching a movie and Lauren fell asleep on the couch.  Her Bumble date alleges that he carried her to bed and he then fell asleep beside her. 

When he woke up at 6.30am, Lauren was not breathing and she had blood coming out of her nose.  He called 911 and was said by police to be “frantic, trembling, and visibly shaken.”  When authorities arrived, Lauren was pronounced dead at the scene.  

The investigation into Lauren’s death has been botched from the start.  Lauren’s family have said that:

An autopsy was conducted and the Medical Examiner has determined that Lauren died from a drug overdose of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine, and alcohol.  Lauren’s family are adamant that she was not a drug user.  

Because fentanyl was found in Lauren’s system, Bridgeport PD opened the investigation which will be conducted by the Narcotics and Vice Division with assistance by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. 

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the death of Lauren Smith-Fields.

You can read our deep dive blog for Lauren here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/27/23-year-old-lauren-smith-fields-found-dead-after-bumble-date/

This week, we also discuss the cases of Warriena Wright and Sydney Loofe.  Both these women died after meeting people on dating apps.  Warriena fell 14 floors to her death after she was allegedly locked on a balcony by a man she met on Tinder.  Sydney was brutally murdered by a couple, Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail, after she met Bailey on Tinder.  Sydney was dismembered and her body was hacked into 14 pieces.  

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We hear almost daily about mothers and fathers killing their children, sometimes their entire family.  You would absolutely be familiar with Scott Peterson, Susan Smith and Chris Watts.

What you hear less often is when children plot and scheme and murder their families. The term for this is either familicide if many family members are killed, or parricide if only parents are killed.

Today on the the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss three cases of ‘Kids Who Kill’.

-In 2015 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Robert and Michael Bever who were 18 and 16 at the time, went on a murderous rampage using knives and hatchets. They managed to murder their parents and three of their siblings before they were stopped by police.  The brothers had planned to go on a cross-country killing spree, hoping to kill over 100 people.  Thankfully, two Bever children survived and a lot of the testimony that was given helped to put Robert and Michael behind bars for good. 

- Christopher Porco was in trouble in 2004.  He had forged his father’s signature on financial documents and had obtained fraudulent loans.  His parents were not happy and frequently told him so.  In November that year, Christopher drove from his dorm to the family home, where he attacked his parents with an axe. His father Peter Porco sustained 16 major axe wounds to his face and head including penetration to his brain and part of his jaw ‘ fell’ off following the attack.  Despite all this, Peter managed to get out of bed and go about his daily morning routine before dying.  He spent some time in the bathroom and at the sink, he loaded the dishwasher, packed his lunch for the day and wrote a check.  He finally collapsed and died at the front door.  Joan initially told police that Christopher was the attacker but then recanted.

- The Van Breda family lived an affluent, high-flying life in South Africa.  Martin and Teresa were very successful and were raising three children Rudi, Henri and Marli. One night, an intruder allegedly broke into their mansion in a secure, gated community, murdering three members of the family with an axe.  Henri survived with minor injuries and Marli spent months in hospital recovering. Except it turns out, there was no intruder.  Henri had an alleged methamphetamine addiction and his allowance had been cut off by his parents, so he killed them.

Please note that this episode contains recordings of 911 calls made by a child victim and one of the murderers. Listener discretion is advised.

We have detailed blogs for all three cases, including crime scene photos, at TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

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Ethan Crumbley was a troubled teen.  His parents were called to Oxford High School on November 30 to discuss some drawings that Ethan had made. He drew photos of guns and blood with the words ‘the thoughts won’t stop help me.’

His parents left Ethan at school following the meeting. A few hours later, Ethan went into the bathroom and emerged with a gun that his father had purchased in a Black Friday sale. 

Ethan murdered four students on November 30, and many more were injured. Since the shooting, Ethan’s parents James and Jennifer have each been charged with involuntary manslaughter.  This has been a somewhat controversial topic - do you believe they should have been charged?

In this week’s episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we talk about the Oxford High School shooting and the failing of the Crumbley family.  We discuss -
 A timeline of the shooting
Ethan’s childhood and the Crumbley family dynamics
The attempted escape and consequent arrest of James and Jennifer Crumbley
The victims of the Oxford High School shooting

You can read our deep dive blog on this case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/22/the-oxford-high-school-shooting-and-the-failing-of-the-crumbley-family/

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