At 2pm on Tuesday 25TH February 2014 an off duty police officer and his wife were walking along Perranporth beach in Cornwall at high tide and found the body of a man washed up on the beach about 30 meters in front of the Watering Hole bar. The off-duty officer said he and his wife initially saw a shape at the water’s edge and joked that it looked like a body. “I didn’t believe it was a body, I thought it was probably a couple of plastic containers,” he said. His wife walked closer and shouted t...
Mar 15, 2022•56 min•Ep. 82
In a quiet, upper middle-class neighborhood, overlooking San Pablo Bay in Northern California, a brazen killing in 1997 shocked and shattered the innocence of a whole community. To this day, it is still unknown as to why the killer or killers targeted the victims. With the lack of answers, multiple theories have been put forth and discussed. Was it a home invasion gone wrong? Was it a drug related murder? Was it a part of a vast government conspiracy? Or could it have been the end result of a lo...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 81
In the small picturesque village of Lound, England a 50-year-old man returned home from an afternoon at his local pub. This man was well liked, calm and friendly; a man who was described by people that knew him as a caring and gentle man who liked nothing more than catching up with friends and having a pint. Later that week, the man would be found brutally murdered, and there appeared to be no motive and no suspects. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crime...
Mar 01, 2022•55 min•Ep. 80
In 1977, a man disappears and is later found dead on a dirt road in the Arizona desert. For nearly 45 years, his baffling death has been shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Did he take his own life? Was it a mafia hit job? Was he silenced by the government because he knew too much? Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cr...
Feb 22, 2022•52 min•Ep. 79
Imagine being abducted from your home, by two men. Being bundled into a car and driven miles away, not knowing where you are going or what your fate will be. Imagine the thoughts going through your mind. Of your children, of your family who have no idea where you are or what’s happening to you.The car stops and you’re dragged out. Thrown onto a cold floor and doused in petrol. Imagine the pure fear you feel. For the past 28 years that’s what Tracey Mertens family have been doing. Imagining, worr...
Feb 15, 2022•59 min•Ep. 78
Hundreds of Indigenous women go missing under suspicious circumstance every year in North America and Ashley Loring Heavy Runner wanted to do her part to help find the missing. But she would become a victim of the very thing that she wanted to help with. It’s been nearly 5 years since Ashley disappeared from the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. While the case remains open, there have been no new leads in Ashley’s case. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.ac...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 77
On Wednesday May 14th 2008 at around 15.30pm in a house on Glyn Farm Road in Quinton in Birmingham the burned body of 25 year old Kuldeep Kaur Sidhu was found by firefighters when a neighbour alerted them after smelling smoke coming from her house. She was found half-naked, with a rope around her neck. There was a suicide note found on a table in the lounge nearby. It claimed that she had killed herself because her husband was having an affair. But was this as it seems? Did Kuldeep take her own ...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 76
Larissa Sam loved to sing and play guitar. In June 2015, Larissa was preparing for an upcoming audition of American Idol. She saw this as her chance to provide a better life for her young son. But Larissa would vanish without a trace just days before the audition. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crimepedia--589468...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 75
Dean Wright was a larger than life character. A Geordie guy with a wicked sense of humour and a love for traveling and meeting new people. He had visited Mexico on previous occasions, but this trip would be his last. Dean didn’t make it home after this trip. On this trip he lost his life and his family need your help. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podca...
Jan 18, 2022•47 min•Ep. 74
When 10-year-old Holly Jones disappeared in broad daylight after walking a friend home in her west-end Toronto neighbourhood, it would shock Canada, send ripples of panic and fear throughout the city, and bring a community together. The investigation into what happened to Holly would turn into the largest manhunts in Canadian history, as police would through everything they had at the case. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. Se...
Jan 11, 2022•50 min•Ep. 73
It's New Years Day 2006 in Belfast. 21 year old Martin Kelly is out with friends at a bar in the docklands area watching a game of football. Somehow his friends leave the bar without him – perhaps assuming he got into the other of the two taxi’s they were taking. They realized he wasn’t with them when they reached their destination. They called his phone- he answered and said he'd join them after finishing his pint. He never did. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.ac...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 72
Join us this week as we go over the 12 Murders of Christmas Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crimepedia--5894684/support ....
Dec 21, 2021•50 min•Ep. 71
A murder in 1931. A woman is found in her house, bludgeoned to death. The house is in good order, although things have been rifled through. Some money is missing, but other items of value are still there. All doors are reportedly locked when her husband comes home and discovers her body. This is Crimepedia and this is the case of the impossible murder of Julia Wallace. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 70
It's been nearly 20 years since 7-year-old Alexis Patterson walked to school on the morning of May 3, 2002. When she failed to return home, and after an intensive search, many people lost hope that she would ever be found. But for her mother Ayanna, she still holds on to hope the one day Alexis will make her way home. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podca...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 69
1980 in Whiston, two best friends left home to go out to play. The 11 year old boys were inseparable. They attended Halstead Junior School and were both members of the local Scout Group. The boys walked a short distance to a local rubbish tip. Their bodies were found a short time later. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod...
Nov 30, 2021•52 min•Ep. 68
On June 23, 1985, a body was discovered off of Sunrise Highway 30 in Mt. Laguna, California, along the eastern edge of the Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County. The female victim was found nude, beaten and strangled. How she ended up discarded on the side of the road is a mystery, but the story leading up to her untimely death is one that was heavily entangled in police corruption. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. Se...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 67
In 1959, in Newham in East London, Mary Flanagan was preparing to go to her works New Years Eve Party. She had woken up late and was on her way to the late shift before going off to celebrate the new year with her colleagues. Her family would never see her again. This case has so many twists, from lost evidence to potential sightings and a family that never gave up. This is crimepedia and this is the case of Mary Flanagan...runaway or murder victim? Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 66
While a mother and father were frantically searching for their daughter who seemingly disappeared after a weekend getaway to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, law enforcement agents were investigating a suspicious car fire 55 miles away in rural Florence County. Within 48 hours, these two events would be connected as a third mystery came to light. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 65
Your home is your safe place. A place you can be yourself and live with no fear. On Halloween night in 1908 in the South West of England, a young boy was tucked into his bed in a little terraced house in Fisherton, Salisbury by his mother. That night would be the last night she would ever do that. That night would see the brutal murder of that 12 year old boy. A murder that has puzzled police and historians for over 100 years. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast...
Nov 02, 2021•55 min•Ep. 64
Jelani, in Swahili, means “great, powerful,” full of strength and by all accounts, this fully represented who Jelani Day was as a person. He was a young man full of promise, beloved by family and friends, who had a smile as bright as his future. But when Jelani would go missing under unusual circumstances in August 2021, it would leave all those who knew him concerned and heartbroken. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 63
It was July 1951 and one of the biggest title fights in boxing history was about to take place. The people of Windsor were excited to see one of the boxing legends arrive in town. However, this fight would forever be linked with a very sad story. On that day, 7-year-old Christine Butcher would leave her home and never return. She would be found dead two days later a mile away from home. Was she killed by a serial killer? Was an important or famous person involved? And was her death a complete co...
Oct 19, 2021•53 min•Ep. 62
On an early Monday morning in January 2007, the body of a woman is found nude and posed off of a country road nearly 30 miles from she was last seen the night before. The woman was deemed a transient and drug addict, and her murder would quickly fall from the public eye. But this woman was a loving mother, who’s children refused to give up hope that her murder would one day be solved. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 61
On 4th September 2017, 14 year year old Corey Junior Davis was shot and killed in a gang-related drive-by shooting just outside of a playground in Forest Gate, East London. On this episode, Cherry is joined by Keisha McLeod, CJ's mother, and gangs expert Martyn Linton about what lead to his death and failures of local agencies that could have protected him from a gang life. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 60
A night out with friends is something we all love. Carefree and with a spring In his step, Stefan Sutherland was doing just that. The 25 year old met with friends for a drink in a local hotel. Little did his family know that when they said goodbye to him that night, it would be the last time they saw him. 8 years have passed since that night, and the investigations have been exhausting, but we still don’t know what happened. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.c...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 59
In the pre-dawn hours of July 6, 2007 a 9-1-1 call is made from Whitewater Township, just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. The caller would tell the operator that a woman had been shot and was believed to be dead. When police arrived at the 20-year-old woman’s apartment, they would find her sitting on her couch, dead from a single gunshot wound. While police initially believed her death to be of an apparent suicide, it would end up ruled undetermined and has remained so for over 14 years. Get bonus ...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 58
Imagine back to when you were 14. What were you doing?Listening to Music in your bedroom, trying new make up, or maybe playing football? In March 2000 14 year old Sarah Benford’s life wasn’t so easy. She was self-harming, running away, taking drugs and having sex.Sarah’s mum was out of her mind with worry and even more so when Sarah vanished and was never seen again. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 57
In the early morning hours of January 25th 2019, 29-year old Elizabeth Barazza was getting setup for an impromptu yard sale at her home in Tomball, Texas. Within just a few minutes of putting out items for sale, shots would be heard in ringing out in this quiet suburban neighborhood. Elizabeth would be found laying on her driveway bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Aug 31, 2021•58 min•Ep. 56
Valerie and John Earl have a daughter called Jessie. In 1980 Jessie went missing. She was classified as a missing person until 9 years later when her remains were found.Valerie and John aren’t interested in revenge. They want justice for their Daughter, they want her death to be recorded and a murder and they want to know who was responsible Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a...
Aug 24, 2021•59 min•Ep. 55
In 1985, a 20-year-old woman travelled from her home Minnesota to Upstate New York to visit a young man that she met while on Spring Break in Florida a few months earlier. The two had developed a friendship over the months and romantic interests seemed to have been a possibility. On the third day of her trip, she would take a late night walk alone and never return. --- Support this podcast: Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. Se...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 54
Sligo is a small coastal seaport in County Sligo in North West Ireland. it’s known for its literary heritage and beautiful rugged countryside. Sligo County Museum displays memorabilia of local poet W.B. Yeats, paintings and Stone Age artefacts. It lies along Sligo Bay and the River Garavogue, between Lough Gill and the sea. Sligo’s Roman Catholic cathedral serves the Diocese of Elphin, and there is a Church of Ireland cathedral. Sligo has ruins of a castle and friary dating from the 13th century...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 53
