When Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca, a young mother on the brink of a new beginning, is found murdered just weeks after she vanished, the search for answers unravels a web of her boyfriend’s lies and manipulation. If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic abuse of any kind, you are not alone. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) ; for TTY: 1-800-787-3224 ; or text “START” to 88788 .. For a list of domestic violence resources, click HERE . Source materials for...
Dec 16, 2024•48 min
This episode was originally released in October 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! When Jennifer Levin is found murdered in Central Park in 1986, one of her private school friends is arrested for the crime. This catalyzes bitter debates about sex,...
Dec 12, 2024•46 min
A community demands answers when three teenagers are found brutally slain in a scenic lakeside park, and it breathes a collective sigh of relief as righteous local lawmen quickly zero in on the perpetrators. But when the dust finally settles, many are forced to ask: who pays the price when ego eclipses justice? This is Part 2 of 2. Make sure to listen to INFAMOUS: The Lake Waco Murders Part 1 before diving into this one… you’re going to want to know the first part of this wild and twisty case. A...
Dec 09, 2024•58 min
This episode was originally released in Septemebr 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! One woman’s promising career in Washington, D.C. is cut short when she mysteriously vanishes one night on her way home from work. Source materials for this episo...
Dec 05, 2024•37 min
A community demands answers when three teenagers are found brutally slain in a scenic lakeside park, and it breathes a collective sigh of relief as righteous local lawmen quickly zero in on the perpetrators. But when the dust finally settles, many are forced to ask: who pays the price when ego eclipses justice? This is Part 1 of 2. Want to listen to Part 2 right away? You can find Part 2 in the Crime Junkie Fan Club App , available in the Apple Store and Google Play . And for more information on...
Dec 02, 2024•58 min
This episode was originally released in May 2023, 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! Brian Wehrle vanished without a trace during a trip to his hometown of Carrollton, Georgia. Everyone suspects foul play, but no one knows what could have happened to hi...
Nov 28, 2024•47 min
The morning after Christmas Day 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing... only for her body to be discovered hours later in her family’s home. Nearly three decades later, the questions remain: What really happened that night? Who is responsible for her death? And why has this case gone unsolved for so long? For years, Ashley Flowers vowed never to cover this infamous case – unless she could hear directly from the Ramsey family. In this episode, Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat exp...
Nov 22, 2024•3 hr 24 min
This episode was originally released in June 2023, 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 police and federal agents descended on the home of the Todt family, they never expected to discover the gruesome scene waiting for them inside. While investigato...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min
When two young cousins go out for a bike ride and never come home, a community has to ask: is a predator living among them? If you have any information about the disappearance and murders of Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins in 2012 in Iowa, please email any tips to [email protected] , or text 274637 and include the word “CEDAR.” You can also remain anonymous by calling 815-300-8477. If you would like to join audiochuck in supporting the Elizabeth Collins Foundation , ...
Nov 18, 2024•53 min
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, 2024•41 min
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, 2024•45 min
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, 2024•57 min
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, 2024•46 min
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, 2024•42 min
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, 2024•35 min
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, 2024•1 hr 9 min
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, 2024•52 min
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, 2024•38 min
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, 2024•57 min
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, 2024•49 min
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, 2024•47 min
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, 2024•1 hr
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, 2024•53 min
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, 2024•48 min
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, 2024•20 min
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, 2024•44 min
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, 2024•45 min
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, 2024•21 min
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, 2024•48 min
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, 2024•1 hr 6 min
