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Campus Killings

by AbJack Entertainment

Campus Killings is a Bi-Weekly true crime podcast that debuts on September 17, 2022, and releases new episodes every other Saturday. Campus Killings is hosted by Dr. Meghan Sacks and Dr. Amy Shlosberg (Women & Crime, and Direct Appeal podcasts). In each episode, Meghan and Amy dive into some of the most shocking and tragic murders to happen on school grounds, and provide their analysis as both Educators and trained Criminologists. They discuss what went wrong, and what could have been done differently to prevent the tragic outcome. As criminologists, Meghan and Amy teach, research, write and podcast about victims, offenders and the issues surrounding our criminal justice system-and each have over 20 years of experience working in the system in various capacities such as law enforcement, mental health and offender reentry. Campus Killings is researched and written by Jessica Bettencourt (DNA: ID, and Missing Persons podcasts) It's produced by Mike Morford of AbJack Entertainment (Criminology, and The Murder in My Family podcasts) Follow Campus Killings on social media- On Facebook: facebook.com/Campuskillings On Twitter: twitter.com/CampusKillings

Latest episodes

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Haley Anderson

Episode 79 Haley Anderson When Binghamton University student, Haley Anderson, stopped answering her friends' texts, they knew something was very wrong. A subsequent sea

Sep 12
38 min

Introducing DNA ID Episode 205 The case of Eileen Zarlenga

Introducing DNA ID Episode 205 The case of Eileen Zarlenga Single mom Eileen Zarlenga disappeared from her home on a cold night in March 1988, taking her coat, boots an

Aug 31
5 min

Introducing THE FIRST 48, a new A&E and Crime House podcast!

Introducing THE FIRST 48, a new A&E and Crime House podcast! For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder is cut in half if they don't get a lead within th

Aug 28
7 min

Introducing Morbidology and the case of the 2022 Raleigh Shootings

Introducing Morbidology and the case of the 2022 Raleigh Shootings On the evening of 13th October 2022, in the Hedingham neighbourhood of northeast Raleigh, North Caro

Aug 26
3 min

The Kent State Shootings Part 2

Episode 78 The Kent State Shootings Part 2 We conclude season 4 of Campus Killings with part 2 of our deep dive into the infaamous Kent State shootings. If you have not

May 30
39 min

The Kent State Shootings Part 1

Episode 77 The Kent State Shootings Part 1 We wrap up season four of Campus Killings with a 2-parter exploring one of America's darkest and most infamous campus cases;

May 16
37 min

Alexa Cannon

Episode 76 Alexa Cannon When police responded to a 911 call from one of Radford University's off-campus housing units, they did not expect to be met at the door by a wo

May 2
36 min

Sam Martinez

Episode 75 Sam Martinez Washington State University freshman, Sam Martinez, died of acute alcohol poisoning after a fraternity pledge ritual. While the university initi

Apr 18
37 min

Melissa Herstrum

Episode 74 Melissa Herstrum  When 19-year-old University of Toledo student, Melissa Herstrum was found frozen solid to the ground in the Science building's parking lot

Apr 4
36 min

Jasper Howard & Jafar Karzoun

Episode 73 Jasper Howard & Jafar Karzoun Between 2009 and 2010 two students were killed by campus visitors at the University of Connecticut. Between an unsecured dance

Mar 21
37 min

Kelsey Annese and Matthew Hutchinson

Episode 72 Kelsey Annese and Matthew Hutchinson In the cold winter of 2016, no one on the quiet, bucolic campus of SUNY Geneseo could have imagined that an innocent bre

Mar 7
34 min

Mia Henderson

Episode 71 Mia Henderson  When University of Arizona police were called to the Graham-Greenlee dorm on the morning of September 5th, 2007, they found two injured freshm

Feb 21
39 min

Alan Beaman Part 2 of 2

Episode 71 Alan Beaman Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of the Alan Beaman case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to that part f

Feb 7
31 min

Alan Beaman Part 1 of 2

Episode 70 Alan Beaman Part 1 of 2   When 22 year old Jennifer Lockmiller was found murdered in her off-campus apartment outside Illinois State University, her ex-boy

Jan 24
32 min

Arlis Perry

Episode 69 Arlis Perry On an October night in 1974, recently married Arlis Perry went to Stanford University's Memorial church to pray after an argument with her husban

Jan 10
39 min

Introducing: Below the Surface from AbJack Entertainment

Introducing: Below the Surface from AbJack Entertainment  Below the Surface is a true crime podcast covering a variety of strange and bizarre cases with one common them

Jan 3
9 min

Virginia Olsen

Episode 68 Virginia Olsen On a brisk spring day in April of 1973, University of North Carolina-Asheville drama major, Virginia Olsen, was found brutally murdered in the

Dec 27 2025
34 min

Tucker Hipps

Episode 67 Tucker Hipps Clemson University sophomore, Tucker Hipps, pledged to Sigma Phi Epsilon and joined their pledge run on Sept 22nd, 2014. He never returned, and

Dec 13 2025
37 min

Taylor Samson

Episode 66 Taylor Samson   Dalhousie University physics student, Taylor Samson, left his apartment right before school began in 2015. He told his girlfriend he'd be r

Nov 29 2025
38 min

Sarah Papenheim

Episode 65 Sarah Papenheim   Minnesota native, Sarah Papenheim decided to study abroad at Erasmus University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She picked a roommate wh

Nov 15 2025
36 min

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I’ve been listening here as a longtime fan of Women & Crime (as well as both seasons of Direct Appeal). I loved the Jane Stanford episode so much I decided to leave a review. It was excellent, and I would love even more historical cases, though I like the balance; too many old cases wouldn’t allow for the details Amy and Meghan give with more recent cases and their trials. I love that they don’t dumb anything down in that area, and my favorite parts of their shows are when they analyze how this happened, which they are well qualified to do, unlike many other true crime podcasters. I especially like their insights on criminal theory!

3211413 · Jun 2024

I really like the show overall, in particular they tackle legal issues pretty well. As a lawyer, former law clerk in criminal courts & general legal expert, I always hope true crime podcasts either don't talk about legal details or procedure at all or have someone to consult. This show does well, although I'll nitpick and say the host ought to teach her students four reasons for criminal penalties: incapacity, rehabilitation, deterrence, and retribution. It is often taught as only three because like to shy away from retribution but it is a perfectly valid motivation for victims, their families, and society as a whole to simply want the criminal to be punished. Also, dinging the podcast slightly because the ad-to-podcast ratio seems a little too skewed toward ads.

Just another mol Eliza · Jun 2024

I love the doctors and enjoy their other podcasts. I pay for the premium subscription for Women & Crime because of the polish of that show. This show has weird repeats, long pauses, and other glitches that make a premium subscription hard to justify. I think Abjack does a disservice to good content with poor quality.

Cweasel621 · Jun 2024

Let me say that I LOVE these hosts. Their podcast series about Melanie McGuire is one of the best ever and actually made me interested in podcasts. I was thrilled when they continued with “Women and Crime” and “Campus Killings.” However, although both started out great, I’m not sure what’s happening. Maybe they are stretched too thin? The recent “Gainesville” episode was difficult to listen to, and not because of the content. Amy sounded too scripted, and mispronounced many words, including a well-known location, which was baffling. There were long, awkward pauses (I thought my Bluetooth had turned off) and a lack of any emotion. Most of the episode was piped in by clips from another podcast. Again, I love them, and I will continue to listen to their content, but this episode, and these victims, deserved better than this.

Rijms · Jan 2024

Seems like it is getting worse. I used to be a paying listener, but the editing is so bad I couldn’t justify that anymore. Since then, it seems to have only gotten worse. It is constantly repeating, or pausing, or a million things without editing. I enjoy their storytelling but they really need to hire an editor (or a better one).

B.dS7 · Mar 2024

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