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Crime Junkie

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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.

Episodes

MURDERED: Nathaniel Jones

Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra is back with Season 7 of CounterClock, The Murder of Nathaniel Jones . When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones was found brutally beaten to death and bound with tape inside his home’s carport on November 15, 2002, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his loved ones and the community were devastated by the senseless crime. For two decades, the question at the heart of the case has not been what happened to him, but rather who... who was responsible for such a ...

Nov 15, 202441 min

CAPTURED: Hammer Killer in Denver

This episode was originally released in September 2021, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! In the 1980s, the Denver area was terrorized by a hammer-wielding mad man. But as fast as the attacks started, they suddenly stopped. Leaving the area to wonder ...

Nov 14, 202445 min

MURDERED: Malvina Krutz

When a young woman is found brutally murdered in her Indianapolis home in 1958, police start pointing fingers at everyone that’s been in and out of the house. But for every twist and turn and decade that has passed, there’s still so many questions around who killed Malvina. If you have any information about the murder of Malvina Krutz in Indianapolis in 1958, please contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477), or via their app . You can also contact the Indiana State Police’...

Nov 11, 202457 min

SERIAL KILLER: The Hillside Strangler from Los Angeles

This episode was originally released in August 2019, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! Between October of 1977 and February of 1978, a serial killer terrorized women in Southern California, known as the Hillside Strangler. Originally preying upon sex ...

Nov 07, 202446 min

MURDERED: Roger "Fred" Farmer

As soon as Roger “Fred” Farmer’s family realizes they haven’t seen him in a few weeks, they suspect the worst. Despite all the breadcrumbs leading to one person, it takes time to piece the events of his disappearance together… and even longer to bring him justice. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-roger-fred-farmer Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join...

Nov 04, 202442 min

WANTED: Justice for Hassani Campbell and Tianna Kirchner from Everett

This episode was originally released in November 2022, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year.. for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! Five-year-old Hassani Campbell disappears without a trace, leaving behind a community desperate for answers. No one knew four-year-old Tianna Kirchner was missing ...

Oct 31, 202435 min

INFAMOUS: The Bricca Family

When the Bricca family is found murdered in their home, rumors and speculation follow every turn of the investigation. Although a suspect seems clear from the start, a lack of evidence and closure leaves Cincinnati residents on edge through the mid-late 60s. For even more detail on this case, check out JT Townsend’s book, Summer’s Almost Gone: The Haunting Case of the Bricca Family ! You can learn more about The Good segment and even submit a story of your own by visiting The Good page on our we...

Oct 28, 20241 hr 9 min

Anna Kendrick is CJAF!

On today's episode of CJAF, Ashley sits down with actor, director, and producer Anna Kendrick. To see this conversation on video, please visit the Crime Junkie YouTube channel! Watch Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut in Woman of the Hour on Netflix! Please visit RAINN and The National Center for Victims of Crime for more information on their incredible resources. And if you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse of any kind, you are not alone. You can call the National Domestic Viole...

Oct 25, 202452 min

MURDERED: Deanna Cook from Dallas

This episode was originally released in October 2023, aand is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! When 32-year-old Deanna Cook is found murdered in her home, her family automatically suspects her ex-husband. But despite a swift arrest, the investigation into h...

Oct 24, 202438 min

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Elfrieda Knaak

In 1928, a 30-year-old woman is found barely alive, burned beyond recognition, in a basement of a small-town local police station… and her chilling last words and the bizarre circumstances of her death are just as mysterious now as they were a century ago. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/ mysterious-death-of-elfrieda-knaak Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Joi...

Oct 21, 202457 min

WANTED: Yogurt Shop Killer in Austin

This episode was originally released in February 2019, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year . .. for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! In the early 90’s, Austin, TX was turned upside down when four young girls were sexually assaulted, murdered, then set on fire inside an ICBY store. Four men we...

Oct 17, 202449 min

ANNOUNCING: Park Predators Weekly!

Park Predators is back and Delia D’Ambra is staying in the parks all year long, making Park Predators now a WEEKLY audiochuck podcast with new episodes every Tuesday! When a decomposed body turns up in the desert in June 2018, law enforcement in California work to ID the victim. The web of secrets, sex and lies that unfold reveal a grim picture of what a young man was willing to do for love. View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-marine/ Follow the show and tu...

Oct 15, 202447 min

MURDERED: Jessica Chambers

When first responders made their way out to a rural road in Mississippi in 2014, the last thing they expected to find was a young woman burned from head to toe… but still alive. Despite the 19-year-old’s courageous fight, she died from her injuries, and over 10 years later, her loved ones are still fighting for Justice for Jessica. Click HERE to view the surveillance footage of Jessica at the gas station. If you have information about the murder of Jessica Chambers in 2014, please contact the Pa...

Oct 14, 20241 hr

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Bethany Deaton from Kansas City

This episode was originally released in June 2024, exclusively in the Crime Junkie Fan Club, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year.. for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! When a 27-year-old woman is found deceased in the third row of a minivan out at a park in Kansas City, Missouri, it’s not cle...

Oct 10, 202453 min

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Debanhi Escobar

When a young woman disappears after being left alone on a highway, the search for her whereabouts and the resulting aftermath causes a public outcry in her home country of Mexico. Click HERE to view the surveillance footage of Debanhi the night she disappeared. If you know anything about the death of Debanhi Escobar in April of 2022 in Nuevo León, Mexico, please contact the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía General de la República) at +81 81 54 74 02. You can also email them at fevimtra@fgr....

Oct 07, 202448 min

MURDERED: Ada Haradine

Our card this season is Ada Haradine, the 3 of Clubs from Indiana. "The Deck Investigates" returns with Season 2, delving deep into the perplexing case of Ada Haradine, a 40-year-old mother of two who vanished without a trace from her Elkhart, Indiana home on a seemingly ordinary Wednesday afternoon in May 1985. Over 14 gripping episodes, we'll meticulously reconstruct the events leading up to Ada's disappearance, explore the initial efforts to find her and the myriad of suspects and theories th...

Oct 04, 202420 min

INFAMOUS: The Lipstick Killer from Chicago

This episode was originally released in April 2020, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year .. for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! 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,...

Oct 03, 202444 min

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: John Bender

When a 44-year-old millionaire ends up shot and killed in his bed in Costa Rica, authorities are quick to put the blame on his wife. But what unravels next is a much bigger web of lies, injustice, and gems… If you or anyone you know is thinking about suicide, emotional support can be reached by calling or texting the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can learn more about The Good segment and even submit a story of your own by visiting The Good page on our website! Source materials for this e...

Sep 30, 202445 min

SURVIVED: Cyntoia Brown from Nashville

This case was originally told in an episode released in January 2022, but we pulled Cyntoia's story to be one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year ... for good reason! We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! When police find their suspect for a homicide only days into their investigation, it appeared to be a straightforward ca...

Sep 26, 202421 min

MURDERED: Mary Morris

Two women, both in the same county in Texas, are murdered within days of each other. But along with the timing and location, there’s one more big similarity that still puzzles both investigators and their families to this day… If you have any information about the murder of 48-year-old Mary Morris on October 12, 2000, in Baytown, TX, or the murder of 39-year-old Mary McGinnis Morris, found on October 16, 2000, in Houston, TX, please call Crimestoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477). Source materials for...

Sep 23, 202448 min

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: JoAnn Matouk Romain from Detroit

This episode was originally released in February, 2022 and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year.. for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! In January 2010, JoAnn Matouk Romain runs a quick errand to get gas, followed by attending a 15-minute prayer service, then she walks into the freezing lake across...

Sep 19, 20241 hr 6 min

MURDERED: Michella Welch & Jennifer Bastian

When a 13-year-old Tacoma girl disappears on a bike ride in her local park, the community rallies to find any trace of her. But investigators can’t ignore similarities to a murder of another girl in another park nearby. Is the same killer responsible? Instructions for GEDmatch Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-michella-welch-jennifer-bastian Did you know you can listen to...

Sep 16, 20241 hr

SERIAL KILLER: Herb Baumeister from Indianapolis

This episode was originally released in April 2018, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! In the late '90s, Indianapolis was rocked when it was found out that a local businessman was murdering gay men and burying them on his estate called Fox Hollow Farm....

Sep 12, 202439 min

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Jennifer Fergate

The bizarre case of Jennifer Fergate in June 1995 has intrigued investigators, journalists, and the public for almost three decades. If you have any information about the death of the young woman in room 2805 at the Oslo Plaza Hotel on Saturday, June 3, 1995, please email Lars Christian Wegner at jennifer@vg.no . To learn more about Lars Christian Wegner’s investigation check out his website: Mystery at the Oslo Plaza. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limi...

Sep 09, 20241 hr 8 min

ANNOUNCING: Supernatural is BACK!

Now an audiochuck original, Supernatural is back! Only this time, it's better than ever... it's So Supernatural. After his sudden death in 2011, friends and family of Jack Froese received mysterious emails from his account containing personal messages and information only Jack could have known. Dubbed 'Jack Froese Emails,' these messages sparked speculation about the afterlife, communication from beyond the grave, and the possibility of messages from the other side. Despite attempts to explain t...

Sep 06, 202430 min

MURDERED: Mary & Susanne Reker

Monday, September 2, 2024, marks 50 years since the murders of Mary and Susanne Reker. 50 years of pain, frustration, and unanswered questions. With every day, month, and year that passes, the urgent need for justice grows, which is why we’re bringing their story here to you Crime Junkies, in hopes that one of you can help bring closure to this half-century mystery… There is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the murders ...

Sep 02, 20241 hr 19 min

AUDIO EXTRA: The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876

When bits of meat fall from the sky seemingly at random, the citizens of Olympia, Kentucky, don't know what to make of it. Scientists and theorists alike disagree on the source, and to this day, it remains a mystery. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/the-kentucky-meat-shower-of-1876/ Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie....

Aug 29, 202430 min

MURDERED: Bryan "Nick" Moore

Described as one of the first antique hunters in the Anderson, South Carolina, area and beyond, this 35-year-old entrepreneur looked to the past to build his future. When on the hunt for his next treasure, Nick had two main things to consider: where did it come from, and what was it worth? More than 20 years later, present-day detectives are considering those same questions when figuring out which tips to follow in the investigation of his murder. It’s a case that’s developing in real-time, and ...

Aug 26, 20241 hr 2 min

MURDERED: Kent Leppink

Kent Leppink was murdered in 1996 near Hope Alaska. Many media sources attribute his death to a love triangle gone wrong but the truth is so much more complicated. After decades have passed, multiple trials, convictions and appeals, no one is currently being held responsible for his death. 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-kent-leppink/ Did you know you can listen...

Aug 22, 202450 min

MISSING: Ben McDaniel & Kenneth Plaisted

A young man disappears in the depths of an underwater cave system in 2010. A father mysteriously vanishes seemingly right outside of his daughter’s apartment complex in 1971. Both men, decades and miles apart, left their families, lives… and troubles… without a trace, leaving their families with more questions than answers. But whether it was by choice or otherwise, one question looms the largest – what happened to Ben & Kenneth? If you have any information about: The disappearance of Ben McDani...

Aug 19, 20241 hr 7 min