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Hell and Gone

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Hell And Gone is a true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans that follows journalist and private investigator Catherine Townsend as she investigates unsolved deaths. 

Now in its fifth season, Hell and Gone is going weekly. 

Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend has received hundreds of messages from people all around the country asking for help with an unsolved murder that’s affected them, their families and their communities. 

In past seasons of the show, she’s only been able to focus on one case. But now, she’s hosting a new weekly show called Hell and Gone Murder Line. Every Thursday, Catherine features a new case, adds updates to old ones, and helps as much as she can to get the word out about unsolved murders. 

If you have a case you’d like Catherine and her team to look into, you can call the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. 

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Episodes

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Aaron Hodge [From the Archives]

In October of 1995, something strange was going on inside the Flick home at 302 McNabb Street in Rector, Arkansas. This family was made up of 36-year-old David Flick, his wife 34-year-old Barbara, their daughter 11-year-old Andria Flick, and Barbara’s son 17-year-old Aaron Michael Hodge, who she had from a previous relationship. Barbara was a nurse, and her husband David had a transmission shop that specialized in fixing transmissions. Friends and family said that they were a happy couple. Andri...

May 28, 202635 minSeason 7Ep. 29

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Oklahoma State Fair Murders

On September 23rd 1987 in Oklahoma City, two sisters, 25-year-old Cheryl Genzer and 16-year-old Lisa Pennington were hanging out together at the Oklahoma State Fair. The girls didn't come home that night and were never seen alive again. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 21, 202634 minSeason 7Ep. 29

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Ramona Gregory

Late in the afternoon on March 20, 1990, Jim Hannigan, a caretaker for the Carney property, was checking property lines and fences near Clayton Expressway in Fort Smith, Arkansas when he saw something in the distance. At first, he thought it might be a dead animal. But when he got closer, he realized it was not an animal. It was a body. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omny...

May 14, 202635 minSeason 7Ep. 28

Hell and Gone: Mary "Bobo" Shinn

On July 20, 1978, 25-year-old Mary Jimmie Shinn - who everyone knew by her nickname, Bobo, was getting ready to sell a house. That day, a man called her asking to meet up to get a tour of the house. Bobo left to meet him but she never came back, and her family and friends never saw her alive again. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

May 07, 202630 minSeason 7Ep. 27

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Tarryn Trybus

On November 28, 2017, 34 year old Tarryn Baird, who lived in Swindon, a town in southwest England, about 80 miles from London, called the police non emergency line. When the police answered, Tarryn told them that she needed them to come get rid of a body - her body- because she was going to kill herself. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Apr 30, 202635 minSeason 7Ep. 26

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Asha Degree

It was 3:45 in the morning on February 14, 2000—Valentine’s day, and a truck driver was barreling down Highway 18 right outside Shelby, North Carolina. Through the pouring rain he sees a little girl walking on the road. But when he pulled his vehicle up toward her to see if she needed help. She ran off the side of the road - into the woods. And she was never seen again. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-...

Apr 23, 202634 minSeason 7Ep. 25

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Paul Loyd

Sometime between seven and eight AM on Saturday January 15, 1994, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 31 year old David Ferrell knocks on his roommate Paul’s door. 36-year-old Paul Loyd would soon realize that maybe David was not who he thought he was... If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 16, 202631 minSeason 7Ep. 24

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Lori Murchison [From the Archives]

On Sept. 1, 1995, a police officer in Fort Smith, Arkansas pulled over a vehicle. A man named Jerry Cogan was driving and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Lori Murchison, was the passenger. Lori worked at a local nursing home. She had a four year old daughter, Britney, and adored her little girl. But Lori had been battling an addiction to drugs, according to what her friends told police, mainly to methamphetamines and also alcohol. Because of that, Lori had been living with her mother, Nancy, in betw...

Apr 09, 202638 minSeason 7Ep. 23

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Tripp Brazeale [From the Archives]

On Saturday, November 2, 2024 15-year-old Tripp Brazeale headed out of his house in Forrest City, Arkansas on a four wheeler. He was thrust into a high-speed chase with a Deputy police officer. Something happened that caused Tripp to abruptly stop and jump off his four wheeler at 12:42 AM and take off running into the woods. Tripp didn’t stop or turn back, he just disappeared. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 6...

Apr 02, 202634 minSeason 3Ep. 22

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Larry and Josh Schulman

On August 21, 2017 seventy year old Larry Schulman was home alone sleeping in his upstairs bedroom at his home on Outer Bridge Lane in the Providence Commons area, an affluent suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. Then at around 3:00 a.m. Larry was woken up in a daze, and found someone on top of him, brutally beating him with a gun. Larry soon realized he wasn't the only victim in the house. Down the hall, his son, Josh, was fatally shot. And their attackers were never found... If you have a case...

Mar 26, 202632 minSeason 7Ep. 21

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Maud Crawford

On March 2nd 1957, 65 year old Maud Crawford, who was one of the most well-known women in her hometown of Camden Arkansas community after she made history as the only female attorney to ever practice law there, was stringing beans at home. Her husband stepped out to go to a movie and when he returned, Maud was no where to be found. Everything in their home was in its place but Maud was never seen again... If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our H...

Mar 19, 202634 minSeason 7Ep. 20

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Matthew Stewart

On June 9, 2009, Angela Stewart pounded on her neighbor, Mark's, door at around 12:40 AM in Mooresville, North Carolina. They lived in a quiet, suburban neighborhood so getting a panicked knock in the middle of the night was very out of the ordinary. Mark was shocked when he opened the door and saw Angela and her one year old son covered in blood. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonep...

Mar 12, 202628 minSeason 3Ep. 19

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Carol Morgan [From the Archives]

It was around 7 pm on August 13, 1981, and 36-year-old Carol Morgan was working the till at her corner shop in a town called Leighton Buzzard in the county of Bedfordshire, England. On that night, Carol was working at the shop alone, getting ready for closing, which was at 6pm. But someone surprised her. She was later found in a pool of blood. Forensic testing revealed that Carol had been brutally beaten and stabbed with a weapon, something like an axe or a machete, something heavy but very shar...

Mar 05, 202636 minSeason 7Ep. 18

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Twilight Crooks Part 2

Late at night on August 28, 2001 when 15-year-old Jessie Marie Twilight Song Crooks, who went by Twilight, took a late night phone call at her home on Larmon Mill Road in Plano, Kentucky. She snuck out of her house and was never seen alive again. In part 2, we'll dive into rumors of an older crowd, a meth ring, and a mysterious white truck among other leads to see if we can find out if one of them knows who put Twilight in those woods. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, y...

Feb 26, 202628 minSeason 3Ep. 17

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Twilight Crooks

On August 28, 2001, 15-year-old who everyone knew as Twilight, was hanging out at her home in Plano, Kentucky - when she got a phone call late at night. Twilight was picked up by someone and never seen alive again... If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 19, 202630 minSeason 7Ep. 16

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jill Lyn Euto

On January 28, 2001 Super Bowl Sunday, 18-year-old Jill Lyn Euto was getting ready to go watch the big game with her family. The game started and the halftime show came and went. Jill never arrived. She was found in her apartment a couple days later stabbed to death and her family no where closer to finding answers. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Feb 12, 202633 minSeason 7Ep. 15

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jennifer Judd Pt. 2

On May 11, 1992 20 year old newlywed Jeninfer Judd was viciously attacked and murdered at home on North Park Avenue in Baxter Springs, Kansas. At 2:30 that day, Jenifer’s husband of nine days, Justin Judd came home from work and found his wife’s body in the kitchen. 33 years later Jennifer’s murder is still unsolved. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/listener ...

Feb 05, 202633 minSeason 7Ep. 14

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jennifer Judd

May 11, 1992 started out as an ordinary day for 20-year-old newlyweds Justin and Jennifer Judd. Until Justin came home from work one afternoon to discover Jennifer on the kitchen floor, lying in a pool of blood. 34 years later, Jennifer’s killer is still out there. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. Or, you can send us a message on Instagram at HELL AND GONE POD. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Jan 29, 202628 minSeason 7Ep. 13

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Paige Autumn White

On Saturday, March 27, 2021, a hiker was taking her dogs through the woods in Hot Springs National park near the intersection of Whittington and Blacksnake Road. The hiker felt safe heading out to the woods on her own - but that that day, after what she saw, her perception of the woods as a place of peace changed forever. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. IG: @hellandgonepod See omnystudio.com/list...

Jan 22, 202630 minSeason 7Ep. 12

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Melissa Witt [From the Archives]

Thursday December 1, 1994 started out as just a normal day for Melissa Witt. She was a 19-year-old college student, who lived at home with her mom, Mary Ann, on a quiet street in a quiet neighborhood in Fort Smith, Arkansas. That night, Melissa went to meet her mom at a bowling alley...but she never made it inside. Instead, Melissa disappeared. And Mary Ann never saw her daughter alive again. If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can call the Hell and Gone Murder Lin...

Jan 15, 202643 minSeason 7Ep. 11

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Rhonda Hinson

On December 22 1981 around 1 to 1:15 am, a driver was going down a dark road MINERAL SPRINGS MOUNTAIN ROAD near the town of Valdese, North Carolina. It was a dark, snowy night and there was fresh snow on the ground the night before. They saw that the car had run into an embankment, and that the driver's door was open, as they approached the car, they realized that the car was still running. Next to the car, in a ditch, was the body of a young woman, 19 year old Rhonda Hinson. She was lying on he...

Jan 08, 202634 minSeason 7Ep. 9

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Heidi Planck [From the Archives]

On Sunday October 17, 2021 in Los Angeles, a 39-year-old mother of one named Heidi Planck went to watch her 11-year-old son Bond play football. When Heidi left the game, she said that she would call her son later, but even though she ALWAYS talked to him every day she never called him. In fact Bond never talked to his mother again. Because that day, Heidi Planck vanished. If you have a case you’d like the Hell and Gone team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line a...

Jan 01, 202633 minSeason 7Ep. 9

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Charity Beallis Pt. 2

On December 3 2025, 40 year old Charlity Beallis and her six year old twins, a daughter and a son, were fatally shot at their home in Bonanza, West Arkansas. This is a complicated case, and it’s still unfolding. Today, we dive into court transcripts from Charity and Randall's divorce hearing. If you have a case you’d like me and my team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 25, 202538 minSeason 7Ep. 8

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Charity Beallis Pt. 1

On December 3 2025, at around 9:30 AM, deputies in Sebastian County, Arkansas were called to a home Bonanza, Arkansas to do a welfare check on a family. When law enforcement got there they were unable to get inside - they found two domestic workers to let them in - and it didn’t take them long to find a horrific scene - three bodies, Charity and her two young children. All three of them had been fatally shot. Who could have come in and annihilated this family right before Christmas? If you have ...

Dec 18, 202535 minSeason 7Ep. 7

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Triple Russellville Murder

On the night of December 2nd, 1976, three girls - 13 year old Teresa Williams, 14 year old Crystal Donita Parton, and 13 year old Cynthia Mabry were hanging out together at the Fairview Estates apartments in Russellville Arkansas. At some point that day, all three girls disappeared. The girls were planning to run away to Texas. The last person to see them alive was a man named James B. Grinder. They got into his car and no one ever saw any trace of the girls again. Until 10 years later, Thanksgi...

Dec 11, 202535 minSeason 7Ep. 6

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Amy Mihaljevic

On Friday, October 27, 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic rode her bike to Bay Middle School in Bay Village, Ohio. She was excited about yearbook photo retakes, but after classes ended Amy’s mother expected a daily check-in call, and although Amy phoned her saying her choir tryout went well, she never came home. Investigators learned Amy had actually walked to the nearby Bay Square Shopping Center with friends after school. An unknown caller had convinced her to meet them there to buy a “gift” for...

Dec 04, 202532 minSeason 7Ep. 5

[From the Archives] Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Hercutt

On August 3, 2009, police found Shannon Hercutt dead inside her car, which had plunged off a cliff just off of Walker Trail in Sevier County, Tennessee. At first, the Tennessee highway patrol said Shannon had died in a car accident. But a few days later, Shannon Hercutt’s manner of death was changed to homicide. Who killed Shanoon Hercutt? If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Nov 27, 202531 minSeason 7Ep. 4

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jonelle Matthews

On December 20, 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews returned home from a Christmas choir concert in Greeley, Colorado, and appeared to settle in for the evening, leaving her shoes, clothes, and a note from a phone call before mysteriously disappearing. When her father and sister arrived home later and couldn’t find her, police were called and quickly announced that they believed Jonelle had been kidnapped, as there were no signs she had left voluntarily. Jonelle remained missing until 30 years......

Nov 20, 202536 minSeason 7Ep. 3

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Karen Mitchell

On Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1997, 16-year-old Karen Mitchell vanished in Eureka, California. Originally from Whittier near Long Beach, she had moved north a few months earlier to live with her aunt and uncle, hoping the rural setting would suit her nature-loving personality better than Southern California. That afternoon, Karen caught a ride with her aunt to Bayshore Mall, then left around 2:45 p.m. to walk about a mile along Broadway (US 101) to her daycare job...but she never arrived. Wh...

Nov 13, 202534 minSeason 7Ep. 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christopher Revak

On June 10, 2006, 21-year-old Deidre Harm was headed to a night out with friends. She had a four-month-old daughter, Vegas, and had hired a babysitter to watch her. She and her friends went out downtown in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. And then, she never came home. She never called her babysitter. She simply disappeared. For months, Deirdre’s friends and family looked for her, sharing her missing poster all around town. But they found no trace of her. Police eventually began to believe that they...

Nov 06, 202534 minSeason 7Ep. 1
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