Bayou Justice: Louisiana Cold Case Files

Bayou Justice is a true crime podcast featuring unsolved or historically notable murders and mysteries from South Louisiana — often bizarre cold-case homicides and disappearances examined through interviews with key players, including police investigators, lawyers, victims, and their families.

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Witnesses to Barbara Blount's Abduction Speak Out

A small town sunday school teacher vanished in 2008, and 15 years later, the local sheriff's office doesn't have a clue what happened to her. This week, we interview Wesley and Terrie Collins, the last people to admit seeing Barbara Blount alive. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana. Each report is based on interviews with key players, including invest...

Oct 09, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 8

Where is Barbara Blount?

A small town sunday school teacher vanished in 2008, and 15 years later, the local sheriff's office doesn't have a clue what happened to her. This month on Bayou Justice, we examine all known facts in the disappearance of Mrs. Barbara Blount of Holden, Louisiana. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana. Each report is based on interviews with key players,...

Oct 02, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 7

One year later: Who killed Allison Rice?

Someone gunned down Allie Rice one year ago in Baton Rouge. Gangs? Human Traffickers? Someone she knew? Police still have no clue who killed her or why. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana. Each report is based on interviews with key players, including investigators, lawyers, victims, and their families....

Sep 18, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 5

Death by Chocolate Syrup: Who killed Kim Womack?

Bayou Justice host HL Arledge interviews Kathryn Simpson, the daughter of a woman police said slipped in chocolate syrup and hit her head. However, the coroner disagreed, saying Kim Womack was murdered. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana. Each report is based on interviews with key players, including investigators, lawyers, victims, and their familie...

Sep 11, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Who killed Nanette Krentel and her pets?

Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast featuring unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana — based largely on interviews with key players, including investigators, lawyers, victims, and their families. This episode revisits the 2017 murder of Nanette Krentel Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana. Each report is based on i...

Aug 28, 2023•51 min•Ep. 6

Louisiana Deathrow Inmates Want Out

Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast featuring unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana — based largely on interviews with key players, including investigators, lawyers, victims, and their families. This episode focuses on Louisiana's deathrow inmates. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana. Each report is based on inte...

Aug 23, 2023•32 min•Ep. 5

5 Louisiana Cold Case Crimes

Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast featuring unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana — based largely on interviews with key players, including investigators, lawyers, victims, and their families. This episode examines five cold case murders. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Louisiana. Each report is based on interviews w...

Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 1

Frankie Richard is Dead

Saturday night, Frankie Richard told me he was anxious to get back to work on his book about the Jennings 8 murders. He said the world needed to know the truth about Jefferson Davis parish’s dirty cops, prostitution, organized crime, and the route of a drug cartel that extended from Louisiana across Texas and into the Midwest—and that night, Frankie Richard died in his sleep. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolv...

Mar 24, 2020•21 min

The Hi-Ho Murder

In 1973, swimmers found a professional fisherman and party barge captain murdered in Holden, Louisiana. The body had been dumped near a bridge over the Tickfaw River. Today, the crime remains unsolved. In 1974, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office wrote off the homicide as a mob hit, complements of the New Orleans mafia. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from South Lo...

Mar 17, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Episode 0: Bayou Justice: Louisiana Cold Case Files

HL Arledge's earliest assignments as a crime reporter began in the 1980s, an era of South Louisiana’s most brutal murders. Returning to the bayou after decades in California, he was shocked to find those murders remain unsolved. HL Arledge’s Bayou Justice podcast premiers March 16th. Episode 0 is the show's introductory trailer. Support the show Bayou Justice is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by 40-year journalist HL Arledge and features unsolved or historically notable crime stories from So...

Mar 08, 2020•53 sec

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