*TRIGGER WARNING* In this episode, the hosts of The Sirens Podcast get really heavy. Raven discusses the Oklahoma serial rapist RJ Thompson, as well as her own sexual assault experience with attorney Carrie White, whom consulted on the RJ case, and speak with RN & Forensic Nurse or SANE nurse, Debra Campbell, who testified in RJ's trial, and who gives a tell all of what to expect during a sexual assault exam with what to dos and what not to dos after an attack. *Some names in this case has b...
Nov 23, 2022•46 min
When an odd man with no luggage checked into the Hotel President on January 2nd, 1935, the hotel staff minded their own business. When the man, who was checked in as Roland T. Owen, acted strangely, the staff tried to keep their distance. But, when that man was found in his locked hotel room both beaten and stabbed and later died from his injuries, everyone who had seen the man would become embroiled in a mystery that still haunts us today. BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by/brought to you...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 157
Betty Gail had just finished studying for a huge biology exam with some of her college classmates in Lexington, KY, when (around midnight) she headed back home to her parents’ house about three miles from campus. Despite acquaintances seeing her car headed in the appropriate direction of her home, Betty Gail never made it that far. Instead, she was found just hours later, in her car, murdered. Who committed the crime is still a mystery today, 61 years later. Use my special link zen.ai/coffeeandc...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 156
September 2001 was a time Aidan Minter would remember not only because of the September 11th attacks in America but also because of something he saw only ten days later, when walking across Tower Bridge in central London heading for a business meeting. He saw a child’s mutilated torso floating in the water below. Who was this child and who could have been capable of such an abhorrent act? Use my special link zen.ai/coffeeandcases and use code coffeeandcases to save 30% off your first three month...
Nov 03, 2022•58 min•Ep. 155
…1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Coffee and Cases. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two part, five-hour, Halloween event, but before hitting play you might want to ask yourself…can you really handle this much murder and mayh...
Oct 28, 2022•2 hr 22 min
…1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Coffee and Cases. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two part, five-hour, Halloween event, but before hitting play you might want to ask yourself…can you really handle this much murder and mayh...
Oct 27, 2022•2 hr 26 min
When Matthew Gentile was deciding on the subject of his first feature film, he settled on the story of Jason Derek Brown. In this interview, Allison and Maggie talk to Matthew about his inspirations, his choice of this case as the subject of the film, and about his experiences in making the film. American Murderer was released in select theaters on October 21st and will be available via streaming services beginning on October 28th. Be sure to check out our episode cover Jason Derek Brown's case ...
Oct 25, 2022•55 min
Jason Derek Brown is the 489th entrant on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list. Wanted for robbery and the assassination of an armored truck courier, Brown fled, making several curious choices along his route. That is… before he disappeared completely. Click here for a link to Jami Brown's book Center of Attention: A True Crime Memoir , available on Amazon. This episode is sponsored by/brought to you by BetterHelp. If you are needing help feeling whole again, needing guidance to get back to the bes...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 154
Phylicia Barnes was 16-years-old when she went to visit her siblings in Baltimore, Maryland for the Christmas holidays in 2010. She stayed with her 27-year-old half-sister, Deena, at her basement apartment. On December 28th, 2010, Phylicia left the apartment to grab some food and had plans with her other sister, Kelly, to get her hair done later that day. After 1:30PM, no one heard from or saw Phylicia again. Months later, after no evidence or a single clue, Phylicia was found deceased. There ar...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 17 min
On October 30th, 1982 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Marvin and Ethel Brandland were wrapping up passing out Halloween candy when a final person came to the door. But this person was there for money and not candy, and his intentions were not fun-loving but violent. Use my special link zen.ai/coffeeandcases and use coffeeandcases to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional. #madeonzencastr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 13, 2022•49 min•Ep. 153
Hear Maggie and Allison talk with Laura and Sarah from Ivy League Murders concerning the Suzanne Jovin case. Laura and Sarah provide insight into Yale culture and the Best Buddies program and provide an interesting alternative theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2022•44 min
The fall semester was nearing its end in 1998 for Yale senior, Suzanna Jovin. On the evening of December 4th, she was at a pizza party celebrating with her friends in the Best Buddies program with plans to then head back to her place to work on final revisions to her senior thesis-- all while looking forward to finally getting some glorious sleep when all the work was complete. However, less than 90 minutes after leaving the pizza party, she was found brutally murdered. Police quickly honed in o...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 152
On Tuesday, September 7th, 1982, crew aboard multiple fishing vessels in Craig, Alaska saw the smoke billowing in the distance. It was coming from another ship, The Investor, which had been anchored off of nearby Fish Egg Island for the past day. However, when other crew rushed to aid those on board the ship only to find that not a single person was visible on deck nor actively trying to extinguish the flames, they knew something more more sinister than a fire was at play. Use my special link ze...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 151
Kurt Sova was the 17-year-old who could always make people smile, either by being his responsible, caring self or by cracking a joke. But on October 23rd, 1981, Kurt was doing something out of character; he was skipping school and drinking the day away. That night, the drinking continued at a local party in Newburgh Heights, Ohio-- a party from which Kurt never made it home. Then, five days later, his body was discovered in a ravine only 500 yards awar from where he was last seen. With odd occur...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 150
For over sixty years, she was known known by the nickname she had been given in 1960: Little Miss Nobody. Her charred remains had been buried in a shallow grave off of State Route 93 in Congress, Arizona. Thanks so modern genetic testing procedures being done by Othram, she has recently been identified. That part of the puzzle has now been solved. Now we must focus on the crime and who could possibly be callous enough to have committed her murder. Thank you BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 149
From 1910 to 1919, a murderer stalked the nights, intent on a bloody crime spree through the streets of New Orleans. Targeting Italian grocers, his acts grew more heinous as time went on. Despite leaving behind murder weapons, other evidence, and multiple witnesses, we still haven’t discovered his true identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 148
Brittany Stykes was on her way to her father’s birthday party, bringing her 14-month-old daughter along with her, when she was attacked. Driving along on State Route 68 in Ripley, Ohio and only about three miles away from the safety of her parents’ home, someone fired into her yellow Jeep, striking both Brittany and her toddler with the bullets. Who could have committed such a heinous act, especially on an innocent child and on a young lady who was liked by everyone who knew her? Learn more abou...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 147
Between February 15, 1976 and March 16, 1977, fear reigned in Oakland County, Michigan when, during that span, muiltiple children between the ages of 10 and 12 were abducted and subsequently murdered. The deaths triggered a murder investigation which, at the time, was the largest in U.S. history, with numerous radio and television stations covering the case. To this day, the cases remain unsolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 146
Pebbles materializing above their heads. Household knives thrown at them. Messages written in rocks and with markers on walls. Since January 1998, the six residents of 90 McMinns Drive in Humpty Doo, Australia were terrorized by a presence that kept them up at night and sometimes gave them no reprieve from its menacing activities. Was it all a hoax or were the residents truly plagued by what is now known at the Humpty Doo Poltergeist? Magic Spoon is keto-friendly, gluten-free, grain-free, soy-fr...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 145
Flower pots were stacked in front of 1815 Driscoll Street in Houston when the detective arrived to do a welfare check on Fred and Edwina Rogers, who resided at the address with their son, Charles. What the detective found was one of the most gruesome, yet calculated crime scenes many had ever seen. Magic Spoon is keto-friendly, gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, and low-carb. So, no matter the way you are trying to eat healthy, Magic Spoon fits the bill! And, what’s even better is that is doesn’...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 144
Gareth Williams was intelligent beyond his years, which is why he was recruited by GCHQ to be an intelligence agent and use his skills with computers and code-breaking to serve his country. Once Gareth was sent to work for a different intelligence agency, however, the joy he previously found in his career began to wane. Then, just weeks before he was to return to his previous position, Gareth stopped showing up for work. When his body was found one week later, the mystery surrounding his death t...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 143
There is something bittersweet about growing up. For the child, they step into new roles with new responsibilities. They learn to earn trust from the adults in their lives. In return, the adults have to let go just a little of the baby they have raised. They watch with tears in their eyes as some of the innocence of their child slips away into a teen and one day adult. It’s hard, but it is life. We never think it’ll be my child. That’s what made it so unbelievable for 12-year-old Sherry Marler’s...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 142
She had left before, with her kids in tow, trying to escape an unhealthy situation. This time she was just gone… without taking her children, without taking her medication, without taking her things. It has been seven long years since the Sleeper family has seen their caring and beautiful Danielle; they are still fighting to get her story out there and, most importantly, to find out answers. Want to create your own podcast but don’t know where to start? Give Zencastr a try. Recording is as easy ...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 141
Long before the state of Vermont had a state police agency, several teens went missing from the same area. One of those teens was college sophomore Paula Welden. Paula disappeared without a trace in 1946, and we are left all these years later wondering what happened to her. Want to create your own podcast but don’t know where to start? Give Zencastr a try. Recording is as easy as clicking “New” and sharing a link with co-hosts or guests. Plus, you’ll get crisp, clear audio every single time! Sim...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 140
Nirmala Panta was just a young girl walking to a friend’s home one Thursday morning in late July 2018. Then her rape and murder became national headlines. No longer just a 13-year-old from Kanchanpur, Nepal; her face soon represented the growing epidemic of violence against young girls across the country. But Nirmala’s family, like the families of so many of those girls whom she came to represent, is still waiting for justice. Want to create your own podcast but don’t know where to start? Give Z...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 139
Birthdays are special. They’re a time to celebrate a year of achievements and to look forward to the year to come. Birthdays are a time for family, so when little Dana Bradley was late for her mom’s birthday celebration, her family knew something wasn’t right. And they were correct. Want to create your own podcast but don’t know where to start? Give Zencastr a try. Recording is as easy as clicking “New” and sharing a link with cohosts or guests. Plus you’ll get crisp, clear audio every single ti...
Jun 23, 2022•54 min
May 5th, 1993 was a tragic day for so many people in West Memphis Arkansas as three eight-year-old boys (Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore) went missing . By the next morning, instead of panic, the town felt palpable fear with the discover that the young second-graders had been brutally and senselessly murdered. By 1994, three local teens were in prison, convicted of the murders; but the story hasn’t ended there. This is part 3 of our series in which we examine the trials and c...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 5 min
May 5th, 1993 was a tragic day for so many people in West Memphis Arkansas as three eight-year-old boys (Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore) went missing . By the next morning, instead of panic, the town felt palpable fear with the discover that the young second-graders had been brutally and senselessly murdered. By 1994, three local teens were in prison, convicted of the murders; but the story hasn’t ended there. This is part 2 of our series in which we examine the trials and c...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 49 min
May 5th, 1993 was a tragic day for so many people in West Memphis Arkansas as three eight-year-old boys (Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore) went missing . By the next morning, instead of panic, the town felt palpable fear with the discover that the young second-graders had been brutally and senselessly murdered. By 1994, three local teens were in prison, convicted of the murders; but the story hasn’t ended there. This is part one of our coverage on the case, with a special focu...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 23 min
A widowed millionaire was surprised with a bottle of whiskey delivered to her door after one of her lavish vacations. She had no idea that inside that bottle, there was a deadly poison that would claim her life. Her extravagant lifestyle left many wondering who wanted her dead and why? But just as extravagant as her lifestyle was the trial surrounding her murder. Want to create your own podcast but don’t know where to start? Give Zencastr a try. Recording is as easy as clicking “New” and sharing...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min
