Hell And Gone is a true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans that follows journalist and private investigator Catherine Townsend as she investigates unsolved deaths.
Now in its fifth season, Hell and Gone is going weekly.
Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend has received hundreds of messages from people all around the country asking for help with an unsolved murder that’s affected them, their families and their communities.
In past seasons of the show, she’s only been able to focus on one case. But now, she’s hosting a new weekly show called Hell and Gone Murder Line. Every Thursday, Catherine features a new case, adds updates to old ones, and helps as much as she can to get the word out about unsolved murders.
If you have a case you’d like Catherine and her team to look into, you can call the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145.
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shane Stewart and Sally McNelly
It was a really hot night in the middle of summer - July 4, 1988, in San Angelo, Texas.
Seventeen-year-old Shane Stewart was gearing up for the Fourth of July holiday
Sep 17 33 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Stephen and Carole Baxter
On Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, 21-year-old Ellie Baxter went to check on her parents at their home on Mersea Island, off the Essex coast, 64-year-old Carole Baxter and
Sep 10 39 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Maria Rodriguez
In the summer of 1980, sixteen-year-old Maria Rodriguez was living with her boyfriend Milton Colbert Jr. in Long Branch, New Jersey.
When came home from his work shift
Sep 3 32 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Eugene and Raymond Horsch
At around eight o’clock on the morning of June 19, 2026, Federal Park Ranger Paul Scholtz was parking his patrol vehicle near the corner of Sixth and Market Streets in Ph
Aug 27 36 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jenna Neilsen
At around 4:30 in the morning on Thursday, June 14, 2007, police found the body of 22 year old Jennifer Kathleen Nielsen behind an AmeriKing Food Mart in Raleigh, North C
Aug 20 33 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Hannah Truelove [From the Archives]
On August 24, 2012, a Vietnam veteran who had been staying at the Lake Lanier Club Apartments off Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville, Georgia with his daughter and grandc
Aug 13 27 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Anna Laura Costa Porsborg
It was December 28, 2022, a few days after Christmas, and Erbena Costa was beginning to get seriously worried about her daughter, 22-year-old Anna Laura Costa Porsborg.
Aug 6 30 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jennifer Harris
On Sunday May 12, 2002, Mother’s Day evening, 28-year-old Jennifer Harris had spent the day with her family and at 6:30 pm that night, she arrived at her friend Kristy Fa
Jul 30 35 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Caroline Herrling
In December 2020, the police received a call from a neighbor of 69 year old Charles Wilding, a reclusive man who lived by himself on Kingswood Road in Sherman Oaks, Calif
Jul 23 36 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Heidi Planck [Update]
On Sunday October 17, 2021 39-year-old Heidi Planck left her home in West Los Angeles near Culver City, to head out to her 11 year old son’s football game and was never s
Jul 16 33 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Dorothy and Buddy Little
On June 7, 1980, deputies with the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office arrived at a green one story ranch-style home in southwest Little Rock, Arkansas. Inside, they would di
Jul 9 35 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cassie Compton [From the Archives]
On the evening of Sunday, September 14, 2014, 15-year-old Cassie Kay Compton went out for a pack of cigarettes down the road from her small white house in Stuttgart, Arka
Jul 2 37 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Krystal Rivera
On June 5, 2025, 36-year-old Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera and her partner, Carlos Baker, were working patrol in the East Chatham neighborhood on Chicago’s south
Jun 25 31 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line_ Clea Hall [From the Archives]
Clea Hall disappeared in 1994 when she was just 18 years old. The night she disappeared, she was only a few blocks away from home at her after-school job. What happened t
Jun 18 43 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: The Beallis Family [UPDATE]
On December 3, 2025, deputies were called to the home of 57-year-old Dr. Randall Beallis, his 40 year old wife, Charity Beallis and their six year old twins on South 1st
Jun 11 32 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Alexander Murders
On the morning of April 8, 1981, 47-year-old Weldon Alexander finished his overnight shift at Cooper Tire in Texarkana, Arkansas.
When he got home that morning, the fi
Jun 4 37 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Aaron Hodge [From the Archives]
In October of 1995, something strange was going on inside the Flick home at 302 McNabb Street in Rector, Arkansas.
This family was made up of 36-year-old David Flick,
May 28 35 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Oklahoma State Fair Murders
On September 23rd 1987 in Oklahoma City, two sisters, 25-year-old Cheryl Genzer and 16-year-old Lisa Pennington were hanging out together at the Oklahoma State Fair. The
May 21 34 min
Hell and Gone Murder Line: Ramona Gregory
Late in the afternoon on March 20, 1990, Jim Hannigan, a caretaker for the Carney property, was checking property lines and fences near Clayton Expressway in Fort Smith,
May 14 35 min
Hell and Gone: Mary "Bobo" Shinn
On July 20, 1978, 25-year-old Mary Jimmie Shinn - who everyone knew by her nickname, Bobo, was getting ready to sell a house. That day, a man called her asking to meet up
May 7 29 min
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Podcasts are a lot of work, and creating them takes courage most people don’t have. Most of the Karens in the comments don’t acknowledge this podcast’s great content or the effort required to crank out so many small town stories this quickly.
That said, a couple of tweaks I’ll echo from others: the sound is a major issue, maybe lower the volume or reduce the frequency of music played. Also, the ads. Wow. Make your money, girl, we get it, but how about doing longer commercials at the beginning and end and remove the middle breaks? Same amount of ad time with fewer breaks. The average listener cannot fork out hundreds of dollars/month to listen to all their favorite podcasts. Annoying people multiple times during a single episode is not how to gain new paid subscribers.
Great podcast overall, based on the stories and details provided.
nameforappreviews · Dec 2024
Catherine, I just recently discovered your pod cast and have so far listened to seasons 1-3. You and your team do such a great job and your voice, with its slight twinge of southern accent lend a tender touch to your accounts that draws me in. The attention to detail that you provide shines through the darkness that you cover in your stories! Bless you for keeping these poor lost souls alive and for bringing their tragic endings to light, it shows that you have a heart for lives lost and your search for the truth behind it are touching!
Jefrado · Sep 2024
I always love this podcast and everything Catherine does, but the Jay Slater episode was extra excellent, important, and helpful. I updated my find my phone settings because of her suggestion and it was so easy to do based on her easy to follow directions.
cantthinkofanythingclever · Jul 2024
I love Catherine’s approach to her cases and how she takes a much more ethical approach than many when exploring cases. I also appreciate how thorough and approachable her pod is, as well as the fact she most times covers cases that are lesser known and need more coverage.
Itskendyl · Jun 2024
Interesting content but there are more minutes of ads than minutes of content. I certainly can’t afford to pay for ad free content on 10-20 podcasts. I understand the need for ads and I’m ok with the podcasts with reasonable numbers of ads but this one is out of control.
DC from CW · Nov 2024
I enjoy this podcast, but I cannot listen to it like I prefer, which is to binge it because of the excessive amounts of ads & commercials. I understand people got to get paid & at least this allows us the opportunity to hear these cases, but you can’t listen while exercising or doing anything, bc you’re constantly having to fast forward past the ads & commercials. Commercial breaks can be over 3 mins, multiple times per episode.
Incredibly frustrating.
During 20 minutes to wash dishes, I had this on. I had to stop, dry my hands & fast forward 3 times in that 20 minute period.
I tried to exercise & had to stop 2 times within 7 minutes to fast forward. I turned it off & chose a podcast that had a normal amt of ads.
Catherine does a really great job, but it’s increasingly frustrating to watch due to excessively long ads.
KellyGriffinVaughan · Aug 2024
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