In December 2015, nineteen year old Katelin Akens traveled from Arizona back to her hometown in Virginia to visit with family. Days later, she disappeared on her way to the airport to fly back home to Arizona. Two days after her disappearance, her suitcase was found with a broken wheel, discarded along the side of the road nearly sixty miles away from the airport where she was supposed to have departed from. Katelin is still missing today. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube...
Jul 29, 2022•15 min
In November 2012, 19-year-old Black transgender woman, Sage Smith, left her apartment for a planned date with a casual partner, but she never returned home. Phone records lead investigators to the man that Sage planned to meet that night, but when police attempted to bring him in for questioning, he fled the state, and has not been seen or heard from since. No evidence has ever been found in connection with Sage Smith's disappearance. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Chan...
Jun 10, 2022•22 min
Fawn Marie Mountain was 25 years old when she vanished from the home she shared with her longtime girlfriend in Claysburg, Pennsylvania. During the entirety of their relationship, Fawn suffered extensive emotional and physical abuse from her girlfriend. In late November 2012, Fawn disappeared without a trace. At the time, Fawn had gone no-contact with her family, so it would be three years before her family even knew that she was a missing person. No trace of Fawn Marie Mountain has ever been fo...
Jun 02, 2022•16 min
On November 27th, 2017, 22-year-old Cheyann Klus left her home in Downers Grove, Illinois, taking an uber to visit her reported boyfriend's house for a party. Two days later, just after sunrise, she began sending a string of text messages to a friend, asking to be picked up. When her boyfriend awoke from an 18 hour slumber, Cheyann was gone. Twelve days later, on December 11th, 2017, a call came in to 911 dispatchers... from Cheyann's phone. But on the other end of the call was nothing but silen...
May 26, 2022•13 min
Olivia Lone Bear was a 32 year old mother of five, and a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes - the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. In October 2017, Olivia disappeared from the Fort Berthold Reservation where she lived, leaving behind personal belongings such as her wallet and cellphone. The truck that Olivia had been borrowing from a friend that day also vanished. The search for Olivia lasted nearly ten months. With little to no aid or resources from tribal, state, or federal authorities,...
May 12, 2022•15 min
Candace Rough Surface was an 18 year old Lakota Sioux woman from the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. On August 2nd, 1980, Candace went out for a night on the town, and was never seen alive again. Her family, including her two year old son, would be left in the dark and waiting for justice for more than 15 years. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _________________...
May 05, 2022•13 min
Content Warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics such as depression and suicidal ideation. On September 1st, 2015, 17-year-old Macin Smith left his home in St. George, Utah around 7:40am, presumably to go to school. But Macin never arrived at school that day. He left behind all of his belongings, including his phone and wallet. After struggling with depression for several years, Macin's disappearance left his parents worried about his wellbeing. Multiple sightings were reported in the fi...
Apr 28, 2022•21 min
Keeshae Jacobs was 21 years old when she disappeared from Richmond, Virginia on September 26th, 2016. None of the belongings she brought with her, including her phone, ID, and overnight bag, have ever been located. There has been no evidence found to lead to Keeshae's whereabouts, and no suspects have ever been named in her disappearance. Keeshae's case was featured in the HBO documentary, "Black and Missing," created by the Black and Missing Foundation. Black and Missing Foundation: https://bla...
Apr 21, 2022•11 min
On March 22nd, 1961, the tiny town of Odessa, Texas was rocked by the murder of a teenage girl who attended Odessa High School. Betty Williams was a talented theater student and aspiring actress, but in the eyes of her peers, she was an outcast. The way that Betty viewed the world was entirely ahead of the era during which she was born; her idealistic spirit made her the subject of judgment and contempt amongst her classmates in the conservative Christian oil town of Odessa. When Betty doesn't a...
Apr 14, 2022•25 min
Phylicia Barnes was 16 years old when she vanished on December 28th, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. When she was found four months later, a suspect was arrested immediately for her murder. But today, more than a decade later, her murder remains unresolved. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _________________________ Sources: • "Who killed Phylicia Barnes? Honors student vanish...
Apr 07, 2022•17 min
On May 3rd, 2013, Amber Berbiglia was murdered in broad daylight under a freeway overpass in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Today, her case remains unsolved. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _________________________ Sources: • “Unsolved: South Carolina’s Amber Berbiglia case.” True Crime Daily. YouTube. 2019 August 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XQ4o3M3oLs • “New Begi...
Apr 07, 2022•9 min
Stevie Bates disappeared in April 2012, after returning home to New York following a cross country road trip with friends. Years would pass before Stevie's family had any answers, and yet, her case remains unsolved. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _________________________ Sources: • NYC Port Authority Surveillance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz3iQRTPYjM • Video of S...
Mar 31, 2022•15 min
Kelley Brannon disappeared from the Sunshine Inn motel in Live Oak, Florida on July 15th, 2020. She was a writer, artist, musician, filmmaker, and activist who stood at the forefront of any opportunity to speak out and stand up for what was right and just. The last person to see Kelley was her boyfriend, Eddie Emerson; he is the only one with any insight into what happened that night. Kelley's last communication with anyone was an eerie voicemail to her boyfriend that ended with her stating that...
Oct 02, 2021•19 min
Ebby Steppach was 18 years old when she disappeared from her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, just days after a party where she alleged that four men sexually assaulted her and recorded their actions on a cellphone. For nearly three years, no trace of her was found. In 2018, authorities returned to the park where her abandoned car had been found just days after her disappearance, and it was there that they located the remains of Ebby Steppach; she had been there the entire time that she was mi...
Aug 18, 2021•12 min
Kaysera Stops Pretty Places was 18 years old and a member of the Crow Nation. She disappeared in Hardin, Montana in August of 2019. Five days later, she was found deceased under suspicious circumstances. Her death was classified as “suspicious,” however, there has been no investigation into what really happened to her, or who could have done this. Investigating authorities have perpetrated numerous ethical violations and continuously enabled one another in doing so. Kaysera is one of far too man...
Aug 11, 2021•17 min
Ashlea Aldrich, of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska, was twenty nine years old and a mother to two boys. Her long term relationship with her sons' father was consistently marked by abuse against Ashlea, though charges were never brought against her boyfriend, despite multiple reported incidents of domestic abuse over the years. In January 2020, Ashlea was found nude in a field, near her boyfriend's abandoned SUV. No criminal charges have been brought in connection with her death. Ashlea is one of far...
Jul 28, 2021•16 min
Twenty year old Ashley Loring Heavyrunner disappeared from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana in June 2017, and is still missing today. In this episode, Chelsea joins Dr. Jules of Riddle Me That! True Crime to discuss Ashley's case, as part of a collaborative series on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _____________________...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Henny Scott, a 14 year old Indigenous girl from the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Lame Deer, Montana, disappeared on December 8th, 2018. Authorities neglected to launch an investigation into Henny's disappearance until nearly three weeks later, despite her parents reporting her missing just days after she was last seen. On December 28th, 2018, Henny's body was found under highly suspicious circumstances. There has been no investigation into her death. Henny Scott is one of far too many Missin...
Jul 14, 2021•14 min
Elijah Runningbear Diaz, known as Bear to family and friends, was a 20 year old Indigenous man, of the Barona Band of Mission Indians near San Diego, California. At six years old, he was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, and spent much of his childhood and adolescence in the hospital due to diabetic complications. In August 2015, Bear was suffering from the effects of neuropathy, and his mobility was left impaired due to severe wounds on his feet. He could not walk without crutches, and could not ...
Jul 08, 2021•15 min
Ani Ashekian, a successful 31 year old paralegal, took a trip to visit China with two of her colleagues in October 2008. By November 11th, 2008, she had vanished from Hong Kong, after abruptly leaving China without telling her travel companions where she was going. A seasoned world traveler, Ani's disappearance was alarming to her family and friends. Today, Ani remains missing, and not a trace of her has ever been found. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: ...
Jun 30, 2021•13 min
Kristen Modafferi flew from her home in Charlotte, North Carolina to San Francisco, California on her 18th birthday. A Park Scholar who had just completed her freshman year at North Carolina State University, Kristen had decided to attend a summer photography course at the University of California at Berkeley. By the time she arrived in San Francisco, she had already found a room to rent at a home in Oakland with four other roommates, and within days she had already landed not one, but two jobs ...
Jun 23, 2021•21 min
On August 17th, 2014, the body of fifteen year old Indigenous girl, Tina Fontaine, was recovered from the Red River in Winnipeg. She had been missing for eight days. On the day she was last seen alive, Tina encountered multiple people, including law enforcement officers, doctors, and her assigned worker from Child and Family Services, who could have put an end to the vicious cycle of trauma pervading Tina's life... but they didn't. Tina could have been saved that day, but the system failed her. ...
Jun 16, 2021•45 min
Jennifer Catcheway was last seen on her 18th birthday: June 19th, 2008. After leaving a note for her parents, and calling them days later to let them know that she would see them soon to celebrate her birthday with them... Jennifer was never seen again. Witnesses, as well as members of their extended family, placed Jennifer with her older uncle and cousin on the day she was last seen. Thirteen years later, not a single trace of Jennifer Catcheway has ever been found. Witness tips have lead her f...
Jun 09, 2021•14 min
Sometime on the evening of July 5th, going into the morning hours of July 6th, 2004, Tamra seemingly walked out of her home, while her five siblings were asleep, and while the adults in her life were drinking away from the home, having left all of the children alone. With no trace of Tamra, multiple theories arise, some quite troubling, and others simply absurd. Seventeen years after her disappearance, and still absolutely nothing has been found to lead to the whereabouts of the little girl. Tam...
Jun 09, 2021•20 min
Brookelyn Farthing was 18 years old and had just graduated high school when she disappeared from a house on the 100 block of Dillon Court in Berea, Kentucky. She was last seen leaving a party after being offered a ride home from an older acquaintance, someone who her ex boyfriend had been friends with. Instead of taking Brookelyn home, this man took her to his foreclosed house at 4am, where there was no electricity or running water. After attempting to arrange a ride home from family members, Br...
Apr 21, 2021•19 min
This is the first case in a new monthly series where myself and Dr. Jules of Riddle Me That! True Crime will cover and discuss cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Kaysera Stops Pretty Places was 18 years old and a member of the Crow Nation. She disappeared in Hardin, Montana in August of 2019. Five days later, she was found deceased under suspicious circumstances. Her death was classified as “suspicious,” however, there has been no investigation into what really happened to her, or w...
Apr 04, 2021•2 hr 10 min
Perhaps one of the oldest missing person cases that we know of, the lost princes Edward and Richard disappeared in the summer of 1483 after being taken to live in the Tower of London. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _________________________ Sources: • https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Princes-in-the-Tower/ • https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london...
Mar 08, 2021•17 min
Journey back to England in 1553 in this tale of forbidden love, rivalry, betrayal, and the aftermath of it all. The Lady Jane Grey, also known as "The Nine Day Queen," ascended the throne of England in July of 1553, at just sixteen years old. Though her reign was short, the magnitude of the events of that summer and the legacy of England's very first queen... are everlasting. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Mus...
Feb 13, 2021•37 min
In this episode, travel back to Paris, France in the 1600s, where a covert network of murderesses not only lurks in the shadows, but might also be your sweet, quiet neighbor. This is the case of La Voisin, one of the most prolific poisoners in history that you may have never heard of. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _________________________ Sources: • https://www.encyclo...
Jan 30, 2021•14 min
In the season two premiere, Chelsea tells the tale of a love affair that ended in torturous consequences. Alice Tankerville, or Alice Wolfe, was the first and only woman to escape from the Tower of London... though she didn't make it very far. _________________________ Patreon Request a Case YouTube Channel Goodpods: Leave a review! Podchaser: Leave a review! Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi _________________________ Sources: • "Inside the Tower of London: Crimes, Conspiracies, Confession...
Jan 15, 2021•16 min
