When a young mom is killed by her boyfriend's service weapon, local law enforcement treat her death as a terrible tragedy and rule it a suicide. But her family believes the truth is much more sinister. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-michelle-oconnell . Don’t miss...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 10 min
In the late 1940's, women who thought they'd found true love were being conned out of their life savings by a man and his sister who would go to brutal lengths to keep their scheme going. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-the-lonely-hearts-killers/ Don’t miss out on all thi...
Oct 19, 2020•41 min
When 19-year-old college student Faith Hedgepeth is horrifically slain in her apartment after a night out clubbing, the local police are shockingly tight-lipped...until information starts flooding out and raising so many new questions. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-fait...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min
This week, for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we're bringing you the stories of two women whose lives were stolen by their abusive ex-partners. We are supporting two organizations. The Network , which is a Chicago based advocacy group who has provided training and services to people in the same area where Shaquita lived. We also are supporting the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice in their missions to foster change at all levels and empower communities to better meet the needs of surviv...
Oct 05, 2020•37 min
A bright young college student vanishes while out on a bike ride, leaving behind a mystery that's endured for over 30 years. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-tara-calico/ Note: The book mentioned in this episode is referred to with an inaccurate title. The correct title of ...
Sep 28, 2020•53 min
Robert Hansen owned and operated a successful bakery in Anchorage, Alaska in the 1970s and 80s, selling donuts and danishes to everyone in town. He was a well-known and well-respected member of the business community, living in a nice home in the suburbs with his wife and two children. In his spare time, he liked to fly his plane to the remote area around the Knik River and hunt for wolves and caribou and other large game. But sometimes the wild animals just weren’t enough. He needed something e...
Sep 21, 2020•46 min
An idyllic family camping trip in the Idaho forests turns into a nightmare when 2-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr. vanishes without a trace. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-deorr-kunz-jr/ . Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuck Twit...
Sep 14, 2020•41 min
After three decades of rumors, secrets and one man’s conviction...the question remains, who really killed Stacey Stanton? Be sure to tune into CounterClock Season 2 starting September 10th on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And check out the website to the show www.counterclockpodcast.com . Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod | @audiochuck TikTok: @crimejunkiepodcast Facebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast | /audiochuc...
Sep 07, 2020•17 min
In 1972, two young women with their whole lives ahead of them vanish from public places, leaving behind only a tiny handful of clues. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here to due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-pamela-milam-vickie-lynn-harrell Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodc...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr
When a pair of young sisters vanished from their home in Chicago, they left behind a mystery that has haunted their family for almost two decades. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-bradley-sisters/ Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @...
Aug 24, 2020•45 min
When female college students started turning up dead in Santa Cruz in 1972, local police had no leads and no reason to suspect their friend Ed might be behind the grisly killings. We want to learn more about YOU! If you fill out our brief listener survey you will be entered to win a $250 Amazon gift card!! 4 Winners will be chosen at random after the survey ends on 9/6. If you won, you will receive an email on 9/14/20. You can take the survey HERE. For current Fan Club membership options and pol...
Aug 17, 2020•38 min
The Flathead County Sheriff's office and the DNA Doe Project are so close to identifying a man who’s been a doe for almost 17 years, but they need your help get this case across the finish line. Could you be related to the Flathead County Doe? Based on his DNA, the DNA Doe Project believes that his family lineage could be linked to one of 11 family names in one of 3 different counties. Please keep in mind this does not exclude other last names or locations. He could potentially be related to fam...
Aug 12, 2020•21 min
When 15-year-old Martha Moxley was brutally murdered in 1975, no one could have imagined that the search for her killer might lead right to the doorstep of American royalty. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-martha-moxley/ Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagra...
Aug 10, 2020•45 min
In 1996 there was one apartment complex in Texas that was home to two brutal killings, just months apart. It would take police years and several more innocent victims before they captured their killer. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-bathtub-killer/ Don’t miss out on all ...
Aug 03, 2020•39 min
When a young woman falls 12 floors down a garbage chute to her death only questions remain. Was it suicide? Was it an accident? Or could something more sinister happened to Phoebe Handsjuk? For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-phoebe-handsjuk Don’t miss out on all things Cr...
Jul 27, 2020•52 min
In 2014 Rico Harris left Los Angeles to drive north for a new life in Seattle, only to vanish somewhere along the way. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-rico-harris Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePo...
Jul 20, 2020•42 min
For over 20 years young college-aged men have been going missing, only to turn up dead in local waterways. Police think these cases are tragic accidents, but a small group of investigators have long believed there’s something else at work…something much more sinister that all leads back to one huge question. Are the Smiley Face Killers real? For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed due to chara...
Jul 13, 2020•47 min
In 2006 Rey Rivera was found dead at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore. Did he die by suicide, or was something more sinister at play? Following the release of this episode, representatives of Porter Stansberry contacted Crime Junkie to inform us of information regarding Rey Rivera’s case that had not yet been made public, and we want to alert our listeners to that information for the sake of being exhaustive. Not only did Porter Stansberry offer a reward to find Rey, he also hired a private dete...
Jun 29, 2020•58 min
In the last few years two people died under very mysterious circumstances. Though their cases aren't connected they were each quickly ruled an accident or suicide. But if you take a closer look, there might be much more to their stories and their families need your help to find the truth about what really happened. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-tamla-horsford-j...
Jun 22, 2020•56 min
After Asenath Dukat, 11 more young girls in Ohio were kidnapped and murdered. Many under eerily similar circumstances. Is this the work of one or two predators or are there many monsters still on the prowl in Ohio? For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/wanted-monsters-ohio-part-2/ Don’t...
Jun 15, 2020•42 min
In the 1980s something strange was going on in Ohio. Almost a dozen young girls were kidnapped and murdered, many of the killers still unknown to this day. And it all started in June of 1980 with the case of Asenath Dukat. **** All ad-sales profits from this episode are being donated to the NAACP To learn more check out these podcasts: 1619 (New York Times) About Race Code Switch (NPR) Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast Pod For The Cause (from...
Jun 08, 2020•53 min
This very special episode for Pride Month tells the stories of three people joined together not just by the desire to live peaceful happy lives as their authentic selves, but also because they faced a similar indignity in how our legal system allowed injustice in their cases. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit htt...
Jun 01, 2020•36 min
In 2017 the FBI released a chilling recorded phone call that may be the only clue as to what happened to Margaret Ellen Fox back in 1974. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-margaret-ellen-fox/ Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audioc...
May 25, 2020•21 min
In February 1978, five young men headed from their home in Yuba County, California to catch a college basketball game – and never came home. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-yuba-county-five/ Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast...
May 18, 2020•56 min
In February 2005 Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone had been broken up for a number of weeks. But on February 19th the two met up spontaneously for a couple drinks and then were never seen again. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-danielle-imbo-richard-petrone/ Don’t miss out ...
May 11, 2020•37 min
Mitrice Richardson disappeared after being released from an LA County Sheriff's station, leaving behind questions about mental health, police bias, and much more. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-mitrice-richardson/ Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instag...
May 04, 2020•37 min
In 2016 a young girl went missing from her home in the middle of the night. It would take four excruciatingly long years before her family would get solid answers about what happened to her. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-diana-alvarez/ Don’t miss out on all things Crime...
Apr 27, 2020•41 min
In October 2008, Johnny Altinger headed out to meet up for the first time with Jen, a woman he’d met on a popular online dating site. They had plans to meet at her place for a casual hook-up, and Johnny diligently followed the driving directions she’d emailed him earlier that day. But when he walked through the door of her detached garage in Edmonton, Alberta, it wasn’t love he found but something much more sinister. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crim...
Apr 20, 2020•44 min
Two Indianapolis women have been murdered. Though the cases aren't connected they both have eerie parallels and both remain unsolved. Are you the person out there who can help IMPD and Avon Police solve these murders? For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-najah-angie/ Don’t mis...
Apr 13, 2020•46 min
A young Chicago girl's brutal murder in 1946 led police to a dangerous criminal with more blood on his hands than anyone could have imagined. However, decades later those who re-examine the facts wonder if they got the wrong man. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ . Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-lipstick-k...
Apr 06, 2020•44 min
