Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend knows that there is no such thing as a small town where murder never happens. She's 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 on the Hell and Gone feed called Hell and G...
Sep 14, 2023•2 min
Larry Gould was supposed to meet with the prosecutor, but that meeting got postponed...indefinitely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 21, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Catherine learns new information about the Arkansas State Police's investigation and explores the concept of contamination in confessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 14, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Catherine talks with Rebekah’s father Larry Gould about his victim statement and meeting Rebekah’s killer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 07, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 12
A man has finally been convicted for the murder of Rebekah Gould. But his confession leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Catherine Townsend attends a pre-trial hearing, seeing photos of the crime scene and Rebekah’s autopsy for the first time, and talks to investigator Jennifer Bucholtz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 30, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In the last episode of season 4, Catherine learns a theory about how Ebby's body was discovered and confirms details about Ebby's call with Trevor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 11, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Catherine looks into an incident involving Guy Hooper and talks to Ebby's friend who switched phones with her. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 04, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Catherine talks to a toxicology expert and identifies another person Ebby was in contact with in the days, and maybe even hours, leading up to her disappearance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 27, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Catherine tries to figure out why there are inconsistencies in the security guard's stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 20, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Catherine talks to one of Ebby's close friends and gets some shocking information from the LRPD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 13, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Catherine and Mike go down the drain where Ebby was found and track down one of the guys from the party. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 06, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Ebby's family searches for her everywhere. Catherine talks with private investigator Monty Vickers and former LRPD detective Tommy Hudson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 30, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Catherine Townsend heads to Little Rock, Arkansas to investigate the death of 18-year-old Ebby Steppach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 23, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 1
On October 30, 2015, the Little Rock Police Department searched an abandoned car in a small residential park. The keys were in the ignition and the car was out of gas as if it had been left running. The car belonged to 18-year-old Ebby Steppach, and Ebby had vanished without a trace. What really happened to Ebby Steppach? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 16, 2022•4 min
Catherine follows the trails at the back of the Malibu Canyon Ranch. As season three comes to an end, we reflect on a tumultuous year in Los Angeles and what could have happened to Mitrice. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 16, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Catherine goes back to the trail to look for more access points to Dark Canyon. Catherine also discusses Mitrice’s family’s legal battle against the LASD, Los Angeles County, and the officers on duty the night Mitrice was arrested. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 09, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 7
With the pandemic in mind, Catherine does some cyber sleuthing. She discovers that the area where Mitrice's remains were found has seen a variety of other murders and deaths. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 02, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In an attempt to find out what happened to Mitrice while she was at the police station, the team attempts to track down one of the most crucial pieces of physical evidence...the surveillance videotape. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 25, 2020•40 min•Season 3Ep. 5
An arrest has been made in the season one case of Rebekah Gould. Catherine has an update. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 20, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Should police have released Mitrice from the police station on the night she disappeared? Her friends and family say she should have been taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, which is known in California as a “5150”. But the police said that she was fine. So, which is it? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 18, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 4
After Mitrice's remains were found, miscommunication between police and personnel from the coroner's office led to a huge misstep in the extraction of the body. And once her remains were analyzed, there were more questions than answers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 11, 2020•48 min•Season 3Ep. 3
As Mitrice's family and friends pressure the police to invigorate their search efforts, Dr. Ronda Hampton works with Tashaka Starwell of REACT LA and documentary filmmaker Chip Croft to follow all leads to track down Mitrice. The police receive a call that Mitrice has been spotted in the bucolic neighborhood of Monte Nido. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 04, 2020•44 min•Season 3Ep. 2
This season, private investigator Catherine Townsend and her team investigate the mysterious disappearance and death of Mitrice Richardson. Mitrice was arrested at a seaside restaurant in Malibu, California on September 16, 2009. Later that night, she was released but never seen alive again. Catherine talks with Mitrice’s mentor and family friend Dr. Ronda Hampton and begins to retrace Mitrice’s steps the night she went missing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwor...
Oct 28, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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Oct 21, 2020•3 min
While Catherine and the team investigated the death of Janie Ward for season two, they spent some time looking back into the murder of Rebekah Gould from season one. All of the updates for season one are consolidated in this bonus episodes. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 25, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In the final episode of season two, Catherine talks with former a FBI agent, who worked as a consultant on ABC's program about Janie's case. She also explores one last theory of how Janie could have died: rubbing alcohol poisoning. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 11, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In 2007, a third autopsy is performed on Janie, which comes to yet another conclusion that doesn't make sense to the Ward family. Catherine talks with a pathologist and a neurosurgeon about the results. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 04, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In 2004, a new investigation into Janie's death is opened. Catherine reviews the investigation and tries to piece together the route from the cabin to the bank parking lot. She talks with the Ward's lawyer and with the special prosecutor on the new investigation. Catherine also gets a call from a woman named Sylvia, who says she witnessed Janie getting hit in the face. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 28, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Catherine considers whether or not Janie even died at the party. She also talks with a forensic psychologist, who investigated Janie's death and also concluded it was a homicide. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 21, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Catherine dives into the most talked about theory of all in the Janie Ward case: that someone killed Janie at the party with a baseball bat. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 14, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 4
