This week Stacey tells us about Angie Dodge, an 18-year-old Idaho Falls woman who was raped and murdered in her apartment in 1996, a case that led to a wrongful conviction and was only solved 23 years later when the real killer was finally identified. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/u5IdEAokvl/idaho-falls-murder-of-angie-dodge https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/idaho-falls-will-pay-11-7-million-to-exoneree-coerced-into-false-confession-by-threat-of-the-death-penalty https://deathpenaltyinfo....
Aug 20, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 355
This week Erin tells us about the abduction and murder of 17-year-old West Australian teenager Hayley Dodd in July 1999, and the eventual conviction and life imprisonment of Francis John Wark for the crime. Sources: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3859852-Supreme-Court-Judgement-About-Trial-of-Francis/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9468501/Teenager-Hayley-Dodds-killing-solved-discovery-earring.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/mothers-persistence-helps-solve-hayley-d...
Aug 11, 2025•1 hr 14 min
This week Stacey tells us about how Chris Coleman, head of security for evangelist Joyce Meyer, murdered his wife Sheri and their two sons, Garett and Gavin, in 2009 to pursue an affair, staging threatening emails to cover up his crime. Sources: https://fox2now.com/news/true-crime/chris-coleman-a-mans-secret-life-ended-in-the-2009-murder-of-his-family/ https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ng/date/2009-06-10/segment/01?utm_source https://www.stlmag.com/A-Family-Erased-The-Chris-Coleman-Story/ Support...
Jul 29, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 353
This week Erin tells us about Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old Australian baby taken by a dingo from a tent at Uluru on August 17, 1980, leading to decades of investigation until her parents were cleared in 2012. God Damns Start: 8:32ish Sources: https://www.abc.net.au/archives/azaria https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/azaria-chamberlain-case https://justice.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/171543/d0062_2012_azaria_chamberlain.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun...
Jul 23, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 352
This week Stacey tells us about the 2021 disappearance and death of Jelani Day, a graduate student from Illinois who vanished from Bloomington in August of that year and was later found in the Illinois River near Peru, IL. God Damns end at: 10:17ish Sources: https://johnwfountain.substack.com/p/the-mysterious-death-of-jelani-day https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049377275/jelani-days-death-is-ruled-a-drowning-the-coroner-says https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-10-25/jelani-day-timeline-key-momen...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 351
This week Erin tells us about Vitaly Kaloyev, a Russian architect who became infamous after avenging the deaths of his wife and children in a 2002 plane crash by killing Peter Nielsen, the air traffic controller he blamed for the tragedy. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_collision https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8ntsf6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3Vi5LiFKw&t=992s https://simpleflying.com/uberlingen-mid-a...
Jul 10, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 350
This week Stacey tells us about Dennis Martin, a six-year-old boy who vanished on June 14, 1969, during a family camping trip in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, sparking one of the largest search efforts in the park's history. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Dennis_Martin https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/1969_GRSM_DennisMartin_dissapearance_REDACTED.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paulides https://medium.com/@brandonellis_25067/they-wa...
Jun 30, 2025•44 min•Season 1Ep. 349
This week Erin tells us about Diane and Rachel Staudte, who poisoned family members with antifreeze between 2012 and 2013 in Springfield, Missouri. Sources: https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/crime-traveler-the-chilling-murders-of-the-staudte-family/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2013/06/diane-staudte-and-power-of-poison.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://people.com/crime/pastor-tips-police-in-antifreeze-murders-ive-never-had-two-family-members-die-in...
Jun 25, 2025•38 min•Ep. 348
This week Stacey tells us about Kenneka Jenkins, a 19-year-old whose life was tragically lost after she was found in a hotel freezer, with her passing ruled accidental. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kenneka_Jenkins https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/kenneka-jenkins-freezer-death-settlement/ https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1219048773/freezer-death-family-settlement-chicago https://www.newsweek.com/graphic-photos-show-kenneka-jenkins-freezer-family-says-raise-more-question...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 347
This week Erin tells us about Janet Chandler, a Michigan woman whose 1979 abduction and murder went unsolved for decades before the shocking truth finally came out. Sources: https://www.glamour.com/story/janet-chandler https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/o4rdsk/janet_chandler_22yearsold_michigan_woman_is/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24792743 https://www.michbar.org/opinions/appeals/2009/073009/43383.pdf Support the show...
Jun 11, 2025•47 min•Season 1Ep. 346
This week Stacey tells us about the Hart family murder-suicide, where Jennifer and Sarah Hart deliberately drove their SUV off a California cliff in March 2018, killing themselves and their six adopted children after drugging the kids and fleeing from child welfare investigations. Sources: https://people.com/hart-family-murders-inside-shocking-case-8610367? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hart-family-crash-clak-county-washington-investigators-home-search/ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crim...
Jun 04, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 345
This week Erin tells us about how John David Terry, a Nashville pastor, murdered his church handyman and tried to fake his own death to escape prosecution. Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/terry-john-david.htm https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tn-supreme-court/1257486.html Support the show...
May 27, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 344
This week Stacey tells us about the mysterious 1980 death of Zigmund Adamski, found atop a coal pile with strange burns and unexplained clues that still baffle investigators. Sources: https://listverse.com/2020/01/23/10-lesser-known-murder-mysteries-that-remain-unsolved/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Godfrey#Connection_to_Adamski_case https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/the-unsolved-death-of-zigmund-adamski-ufo-abduction-or-foul-play/ https://jasonrobertsonline.com/who-killed-zigmund-adam...
May 20, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 343
This week Erin tells us about Robert Alton Harris, who became the first person executed in California in 25 years after murdering two teenage boys, John Mayeski and Michael Baker, in 1978. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Alton_Harris Support the show
May 15, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 342
This week Stacey tells us about the shocking 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Kansas, a brutal crime that inspired Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood . Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_family_murders https://www.amazon.com/Mindhunter-Inside-FBIs-Elite-Crime/dp/1501191969 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/05/06/issue.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1965/09/25/in-cold-blood-the-last-to-see-them-alive https://www.npr.org/2013/01/20/169889029/in-cold-blood-the-...
May 07, 2025•47 min•Season 1Ep. 341
This week Erin tells us about the mysterious disappearance and tragic murder of Cheryl Coker, whose remains were found 18 months after she vanished, leaving her family searching for answers. Sources: https://people.com/crime/cheryl-coker-case-everything-to-know/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQyepQkc5DI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgdj0fRh4YI https://www.newcomerdayton.com/obituaries/cheryl-coker Support the show...
Apr 30, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 340
This week Stacey tells us about Craig Sorger, a 13-year-old boy from Ephrata, Washington, who was brutally beaten and stabbed to death in 2003 by his 12-year-old friends Evan Savoie and Jake Eakin after being lured to a park under the pretense of play. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqED09XsmmU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Craig_Sorger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHoajc7Daw Support the show...
Apr 24, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 339
This week Erin tells us about Chad MacDonald Jr., a 17-year-old from Yorba Linda who became a police informant after a meth arrest, but was murdered by drug dealers who suspected him of cooperating with police, leading to new laws restricting the use of juvenile informants. Sources: https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2001/dec/20/jury-convicts-two-men-and-a-woman-in-killing-of-17/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200803142523/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-05-mn-36322-story.html htt...
Apr 15, 2025•42 min•Season 1Ep. 338
This week, Stacey tells us about the mysterious death of George Smith IV, who vanished under suspicious circumstances aboard a cruise ship in 2005. Sources: https://www.ibolaw.com/images/Murder-at-Sea-CBS-News.pdf https://internationalcruisevictims.org/stories/george-allen-smith-iv/ Support the show...
Apr 07, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 337
This week, Erin shares the shocking story of Kyle Clifford, who committed a horrific crime by killing his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her family members, Carol and Hannah Hunt, using a crossbow and knife, and was sentenced to life in prison. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y0l633nygt https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1j8sn91/crossbow_killer_kyle_clifford_given_wholelife/?rdt=51407 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kyle-clifford-rape-trial-louise-hunt-latest-090513318.html?g...
Mar 31, 2025•33 min•Season 1Ep. 336
This week Stacey tells us about Bruce Saunders, whose girlfriend plotted with her other two boyfriends to murder him for his life insurance money. Sources: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/qld-woodchipper-murder-trial-sharon-graham-gregory-roser/103024716 Support the show
Mar 24, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 335
This week Erin tells us about Lizzi Marriott, who was lured to her death in 2012 by a new friend, Kat McDonough, and Kat's boyfriend Seth Mazzaglia. Sources: https://apnews.com/general-news-ddc1488a33414c208d326c309778ceec https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/lizzi-marriott-case-timeline/5/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prosecutors-done-with-girlfriend-in-lizzi-marriott-case/ https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/village-news/2014/05/30/witness-in-marriott-case-says/37223163007/ https://web.archive.org/w...
Mar 11, 2025•53 min•Season 1Ep. 334
This week Stacey tells us about the kidnapping of Colleen Stan, who was abducted by Cameron and Janice Hooker in 1977 while hitchhiking and held captive for seven years, subjected to extreme torture and abuse before finally escaping with Janice's help in 1984. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1771222.html Support the show...
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 333
This week Erin tells us about the tragic case of Shad Thyrion, a 24-year-old man who was brutally murdered and dismembered by his lover, Taylor Schabusiness, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in February 2022. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shad_Thyrion https://apnews.com/article/green-bay-killing-taylor-schabusiness-9f0e1ea990f9557d72a415fd781a1e96 https://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/woman-convicted-in-gruesome-murder-now-accused-of-prison-crime https://www.the-independent.com/news/w...
Feb 27, 2025•43 min•Season 1Ep. 332
This week Stacey tells us about Sylvia Likens, a teenager tortured and murdered in 1965 by her caregiver and others, in one of the most disturbing cases of child abuse ever recorded. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likens https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/notorious-american-murder-victim-s-sister-found-alive-with-husband-s-body-after-two-weeks-stranded-in-californian-desert-10276245.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9VFIRBluUc Support the show...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 331
This week Erin tells us about the murder of Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old gay, Jewish student, by Samuel Woodward, who was convicted of first-degree murder with a hate crime enhancement and sentenced to life without parole Sources: https://www.presstelegram.com/2018/01/10/body-of-missing-19-year-old-found-in-borrego-park-case-being-investigated-as-homicide/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/murdered-ivy-league-students-family-reflects-days-after/story?id=116963632 https://blazebernstein.org/blog/48-hou...
Feb 10, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 330
This week Stacey tells us about Zebb Quinn, an 18-year-old from Asheville, North Carolina, who disappeared on January 2, 2000, and was officially declared murdered in 2022 when Robert Jason Owens pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact of first-degree murder. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Zebb_Quinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristie_Schoen https://www.buncombecounty.org/common/sheriff/Press%20Conference%20Docs-Codd%20Case%20%203-23-2015.pdf https://wach.com/news/local/g...
Feb 03, 2025•47 min•Season 1Ep. 329
This week Erin tells us about Thomas Wyatt and Michael Lovette, who went on a crime and murder spree after escaping a road gang in 1988. Sources: http://www.floridacapitalcases.state.fl.us/Documents/Case_updates/Htm/121892.html https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/591484f8add7b049344bf3aa https://casetext.com/case/wyatt-v-state-139 https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/342121/file/00-1828_ans.pdf https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/wyatt-thomas-anthony.htm Support the show...
Jan 20, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 328
This week Stacey tells us about Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl, who was brutally murdered by her father Urfan Sharif and stepmother Beinash Batool after enduring prolonged abuse, with her body discovered in August 2023 bearing over 70 injuries. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0dper5nx4o.amp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sara_Sharif https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/europe/sara-sharif-uk-murder-sentencing-gbr-intl/index.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr3vygvyy7o Supp...
Jan 13, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 327
This week Erin tells us about Kenneth Ray Ransom, who was convicted and executed in 1997 for his role in the brutal 1983 stabbing murders of four employees at a Houston entertainment center, including Arnold Pequeno, in a robbery gone horrifically wrong. Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/ransom-kenneth-ray.htm https://abc13.com/murder-malibu-grand-prix-timely-richard-wilkerson/2168814/ Support the show...
Jan 06, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 326
