Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

The Chicago Strangler Cases: The Unforgotten 51

Between 2001 and 2017, at least 75 women were strangled or smothered in Chicago. Many were found in alleys, vacant buildings, garbage cans, and other places where it was

The Murder of Lori Ann Slesinski: A Conviction Without a Body

In June 2006, 24 year old Lori Ann Slesinski left an Auburn Walmart to pick up drink mixes before a night at her best friend’s house. She never arrived. Days later, her Y

Emma Compton: The Trial Is Underway

Today, we’re replaying our 2024 episode about Emma Compton Layne, a woman remembered by the people who loved her for her generous heart, her contagious joy, and the way s

The Murder of Peggy Carr: Poisoned Coca-Cola and the Neighbor Next Door

In the fall of 1988, Peggy Carr, her son Duane Dubberly, and her stepson Travis Carr became violently ill inside their rural Florida home. The symptoms were strange and t

The Murder of Alex Pennig: Behind the Locked Bathroom Door

When 32-year-old nurse Alex Pennig was found dead inside the bathroom of her St. Paul apartment, the man who called 911, Matthew Ecker, insisted she had taken her own lif

The Disappearance of Andrew Gosden: The One-Way Ticket to London

On September 14, 2007, 14-year-old Andrew Gosden left his home in Doncaster dressed for school. After his family left for the day, he returned home, changed out of his un

The Murder of Harold Allen: The Root Beer Float Poisoning

For months, Harold Allen suffered from worsening illnesses that doctors could not fully explain. When he died in Freetown, Indiana, just days before Christmas 2022, his d

Holly Bartlett's Death: The Unanswered Hours Beneath Halifax's MacKay Bridge

In March 2010, Holly Bartlett, a 31 year old blind public servant and graduate student, left a party in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and took a cab toward her condo. Seven hours

The Sherry Murders: The "Dixie Mafia", a Corrupt Gulf Coast, and the Judge Who Couldn't Be Bought

In September 1987, Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret were found shot to death inside their Biloxi, Mississippi home. Vincent was a former Air Force colonel, a law prof

D.B. Cooper and the 7 Men Who Tried to Copy Him

On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper boarded a flight in Portland, handed a flight attendant a note saying he had a bomb, and walked away with $200,000

The Murder of Saria Hildabrand: What Zarius Hildabrand Did After the Gunshot

On the night of his 21st birthday, U.S. Army soldier Zarius Hildabrand came home drunk from the bars in Anchorage, Alaska. His wife Saria, also a soldier and also 21, spe

[Re-Release + Update] Lindsay Shiver: The "Kill Him" Text and the Case That May Never Go to Trial

In the summer of 2023, police in the Bahamas were investigating a routine bar burglary when they stumbled onto something shocking . And that was WhatsApp messages on a su

Leon Jacob and Valerie McDaniel: The Murder for Hire Plot

When successful Houston veterinarian Valerie McDaniel began dating Leon Jacob, they bonded over the problems they believed their former partners were causing them. Leon p

The Framing of Michelle Hadley: The Full Story Behind Netflix's A Toxic Love Story

After the release of Netflix's A Toxic Love Story, we knew it was time to bring this one back. We originally covered the case of Michelle Hadley in 2019, but the story ha

The Murder of Jade Benning: A Fatal Date Night in Nashville

When twenty-four-year-old expecting mother Jade Benning suddenly collapsed during a quiet date night at her Nashville apartment, it was initially reported as a severe all

The Snowden House Murders: A Legacy of Forgiveness and Fatal Betrayal

In 1996, the quiet community of Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas was shattered by the brutal double murder of seventy-five-year-old Sally Snowden McKay and her fifty-two-year-old

Poisoned for a Fortune That Never Existed: The Murder of Steven Riley Jr.

In the fall of 2023, Steven Edward Riley Jr. was living in Minot, North Dakota with his longtime partner, Ina Kenoyer, when he received a letter claiming he was the sole

Lake Lanier | A Listener Favorite: The Curse Beneath Georgia's Deadliest Lake

This episode has been one of your most requested since we first released it, so we are bringing it back. Lake Lanier, Georgia's largest lake, is one of the deadliest bod

[Florida Files] The Murder of Shirley and Virgil Best: A Family's Fatal Devotion

Shirley and Virgil Best were beloved, hardworking members of their Riverview, Florida, community. For forty-five years, they built a life centered around their faith, the

The Lies of Joran van der Sloot: The Full Timeline of Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores Ramirez

For nearly two decades, one man told story after story about what happened to Natalee Holloway. He blamed other people, invented elaborate coverups, took money from her f