When a little girl goes missing from her bus stop in 1998, it’s just the start of one community’s decades-long search for justice. If you have any information about the disappearance of Brittany Locklear on Wednesday, January 7, 1998, in Raeford, North Carolina, please contact the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office anonymous tip line at 910-878-1279, or the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation at 888-624-7222. Tips can also be submitted online . May 5th was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Pers...
May 06, 2024•37 min
Scammers have an infinite number of ways to steal your money and information. In this episode, we explore and expose several scams that have impacted our listeners. Be sure to check out our new webpage Am I Getting Scammed? for a full list of tips to reference if something or someone ever feels off to you. To watch the full Ask Amy episode and hear Sofia’s phone call with the scammer, please visit this link . To jump to one of the specific scams highlighted in this episode, you can reference the...
Apr 29, 2024•57 min
Have you heard yet? Your newest obsession and the ultimate destination for 24/7 true crime, Crime Junkie Radio, is here and exclusive to SiriusXM’s app! On Crime Junkie Radio, you’ll hear episodes from not only Crime Junkie, but from some of our other chart-topping titles like The Deck. But the best part is… it will be the home for our brand-new show, Crime Junkie AF, where we’ll explore cases that are unfolding right now, hosted by the OG Crime Junkie herself, Ashley Flowers. On this first epis...
Apr 26, 2024•1 hr 4 min
When 27-year-old Scott Johnson is found deceased at the bottom of a cliff in Australia, authorities are quick to rule his death as a suicide. However, his brother, Steve, isn’t convinced, and begins a multi-decade quest to get answers – and justice. Please take a minute to check out these resources and organizations in support of the LGBTQ+ communities: The Trevor Project It Gets Better Project GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) SAGE (Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual...
Apr 22, 2024•51 min
When 22-year-old Franchesca Alvarado set out on a quick weekend trip to Atlantic City in March of 2012, it was meant to be a simple getaway… but it spiraled into a baffling tragedy. Her family is hoping that someone out there has the answers they’ve been searching for. If you have any information about Franchesca Alvarado, please contact the New Jersey Police tip line at 1-833-4NJ-COLD or [email protected] Visit the Find Franchesca Cheka Alvarado Facebook page for updates. If you or a loved one ...
Apr 15, 2024•47 min
A young man stops for a restroom break during a walk with his mom along the seaside in the United Kingdom and is never seen again. His family has been searching for him for over 30 years… If you have information regarding Steven Clark’s case and you’re in the U.K., you can speak to the cold case team directly by dialing 101. Or you can remain anonymous and reach out to Crimestoppers at 0800 555 111. It’s important for you or anyone you know who is thinking about suicide to be aware that emotiona...
Apr 08, 2024•40 min
When tragedy strikes in a wealthy Argentinian community, the suspicions of the nation fall squarely on the victim’s own family, and the case takes on a life of its own. This is Part 2 of 2. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-maria-marta-garcia-belsunce-part-2 https://crimejunkie.app/library/ to view the current membership options and policies. Don’t miss out on all things ...
Apr 02, 2024•29 min
When tragedy strikes in a wealthy Argentinian community, the suspicions of the nation fall squarely on the victim’s own family, and the case takes on a life of its own. This is Part 1 of 2. Listen to Part 2 NOW in the Fan Club! Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-maria-marta-garcia-belsunce-part-1 Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit...
Apr 01, 2024•43 min
When five young boys vanish from their village in South Korea, local authorities are quick to assume they ran away. However, their parents know that’s not what happened – and as their search for their children expands, they become convinced that something terrible happened… and it’s being covered up. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/conspiracy-frog-boys-of-south-korea You can lea...
Mar 25, 2024•50 min
Since 2014, the mysterious deaths of Joyce and John Sheridan have been a major topic of conversation in Skillman, New Jersey. And as you might expect from the title, the story I have for you today is not as cut-and-dried as certain city officials would have you believe. In fact, the deeper I dove into this story, the more confused, shocked, and angry I became. This case could be a simple mishandling of an investigation, or it could be a corruption cover-up… time will tell. Listen to WNYC Studios...
Mar 18, 2024•53 min
After midnight on July 6th, 2012, three teenage girls walked into the thick Appalachian woods somewhere along the Mason-Dixon county line. Hours later, under the glow of a nearly full moon, only two walked out. The very last time Dave and Mary Neese saw their only child Skylar was in a grainy black-and-white video. In it, she's sneaking out of her ground-floor bedroom in the middle of the night, her purse over her shoulder, her brown hair swinging as she hurries across the small parking lot to a...
Mar 13, 2024•38 min
When Angela Green vanished from her home in a Kansas suburb in 2019, she left behind a web of her husband's lies and a mystery that’s been haunting her loved ones and baffling police. If you have any information about Angela’s disappearance, please contact the Prairie Village Police Department at 913-642-6868 . You can also call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-8477 . Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of so...
Mar 11, 2024•53 min
Ohio State Highway Patrol were identifying unknown remains along the side of a highway in northern Ohio at the same time a man in Michigan was being reported missing. Now, over five years later, U.S. Marshals are still searching for the culprit of this despicable crime. And they know exactly whom they’re looking for, she’s just been on the run since 2018. Listen closely to this episode, and if you believe you’ve seen Tammy, or someone who looks and acts an awful lot like her, please submit your ...
Mar 04, 2024•34 min
Dozens of commuters see a young girl fleeing a car on the side of the expressway in Rochester, NY, but no one pulls over to help. The community is devastated when her body is discovered just days later, but it’s assumed to be a tragic but isolated incident. But when more young girls go missing, only to have their bodies discovered within days in a similar manner… the community must ask: is a serial killer stalking the streets of Rochester? And is he choosing his victims based on a seemingly rand...
Feb 26, 2024•49 min
Dozens of commuters see a young girl fleeing a car on the side of the expressway in Rochester, NY, but no one pulls over to help. The community is devastated when her body is discovered just days later, but it’s assumed to be a tragic but isolated incident. But when more young girls go missing, only to have their bodies discovered within days in a similar manner… the community must ask: is a serial killer stalking the streets of Rochester? And is he choosing his victims based on a seemingly rand...
Feb 19, 2024•34 min
When a beloved college student disappears on her way home one January day in 2007, a massive city-wide ground search is initiated, and the community is hopeful that she’ll be found and brought safely home. But as hope starts to dwindle, investigators realize that a predator has been stalking their community for years, hiding in plain sight. For more information on Texas Equusearch, please visit their website, texasequusearch.org . RAINN’s National Sexual Abuse Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 or chat onl...
Feb 12, 2024•50 min
In honor of this past National Missing Persons Day, Ashley and Brit are going to take turns telling you the stories of seven missing kids that all have a certain connection. These are the stories of 7 out of 36 missing kids that are featured in the 1993 music video for the song Runaway Train by Soul Asylum. A majority of those cases have been resolved thanks to that video, but that means there are still too many left that need your attention – and maybe someone, somewhere out there holds the key...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr
Over the past 20 years, Maura Murray’s case has taken on a life of its own. It’s become hard to distinguish what’s fact versus what’s rumor… until now. For the first time ever, we’re getting Maura’s full story from the person who knew her best - her sister, Julie Murray. But there’s so much more. Once you’re done listening, make sure you go listen to and follow Media Pressure wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow Julie Murray on social media: TikTok: @mauramurraymissing Instagram: @mysistermau...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 16 min
When Aarushi Talwar is found brutally murdered in her bedroom, it sets off one of the strangest and most controversial murder cases in India’s history. Check out Avirook Sen’s book, Aarushi , here . Watch Aarushi: Beyond Reasonable Doubt here Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-aarushi-talwar-hemraj-banjade Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join t...
Jan 29, 2024•50 min
A fun-filled wakeboarding festival turns tragic after a young woman’s body is found floating in the lake. Her family is told that it was an accident, but they begin to suspect that her friends may know more than what they are saying. Check out the Without Warning Podcast , hosted by Sheila Wysocki and Danielle Burch! Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-laure...
Jan 22, 2024•38 min
When 14-year-old Christie Mullins is found murdered, police are quick to charge a young man who fits the description of the killer to a tee. However, as the case unfolds, Christie’s father – and the public – realize that the case is not as open and shut as it seems. You can read John Oller’s An All-American Murder for free here ! Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-...
Jan 15, 2024•55 min
In this episode, we discuss the latest update in the Colonial Parkway Murders case. Investigators have recently named Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. as a suspect in three unsolved killings from the late 1980s... including one of the double homicides in the Colonial Parkway Murders. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/update-colonial-parkway-murders/ Did you know you can listen to this...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Just days before she was due to give birth to her second child, 24-year-old Evelyn Hernandez goes missing, along with her 5-year-old son, Alex. And although her disappearance receives some media attention, it pales in comparison to a much more infamous case that shares disturbing similarities. If you have any information about this case, please contact the San Francisco Police Department at 415-553-1145 . If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our episode on the disappearance of Lucely Ara...
Jan 08, 2024•30 min
A young mother walks out her front door in the middle of the night and seems to vanish into thin air. With little help from law enforcement, her family and friends fight to keep her case active and find the answers they deserve. If you have any information on Lily’s disappearance, please call the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 or you can submit a tip anonymously HERE . Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, ple...
Jan 08, 2024•31 min
When 13-year old Matthew Margolies didn’t come home for supper on the night of August 31, 1984, police in Greenwich, Connecticut launched a full scale search scouring the Pemberwick woods and waters of the Byram River for any sign of the young fisherman. Despite numerous suspects and abundant evidence over the last 40 years, police have failed to make an arrest in this senseless crime that tossed the otherwise idyllic New England town into a state of chaos. The 1984 homicide of Matthew Margolies...
Jan 04, 2024•43 min
When a 36-year-old man is found stabbed to death in his apartment, it’s just the beginning of a locked room mystery that has his family convinced he was murdered, but the police convinced it might be something far stranger. If you have any information on the death of Hugues de la Plaza, please contact the San Francisco Police Department at 1-415-553-0123. If you’d like to stay anonymous, you can reach their anonymous tip line at 1-415-575-4444. Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free...
Jan 01, 2024•45 min
Kitty Genovese has become infamous as the woman who was ignored by her neighbors as she was being murdered on March 13th, 1964. Much of her story has been embellished or misreported, though that’s not to say the truth isn’t horrific and her legacy lasting. Kitty’s case set the precedent for the 911 system we have in place and rely on to this day. If you have enjoyed these bonus episodes and want to see more in the future, please let us know via email at [email protected]! Source materia...
Dec 25, 2023•22 min
Sometimes we see our legal system as black or white. Innocent or Guilty. But there is a technical gray area. Room for someone to plead guilty while still maintaining their innocence. And this is only possible because of a precedent set in the case against a man named Henry Alford more than half a century ago. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/precedent-henry-alford/ Did yo...
Dec 25, 2023•23 min
Join Brit and the founder of Safe from Online Sex Abuse (SOSA), Roo Powell, and learn about the incredible work SOSA is doing, how to stay safe online, and how any Crime Junkie parents can best support their children against the monsters of the internet. For more information on SOSA, please visit sosatogether.org . Follow them on Instagram @sosatogether ! If you or a loved one is struggling with online sexual abuse or exploitation, please consider the following resources: The National Center for...
Dec 18, 2023•34 min
Two harrowing stories – those of Asia Anderson and Walker Montgomery – illustrate how the rising digital threat of sextortion can impact anyone and forever change lives. If you believe you have been a victim of sextortion by Buster Hernandez, AKA Brian Kil, AKA Purge of Maine, and or any of the usernames listed here , you can contact the Indianapolis FBI Office at 317-595-4000 or submit the information to https://tips.fbi.gov/home . Resources: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) : Find informa...
Dec 18, 2023•51 min
