When 33-year-old Jared Bridegan is gunned down on a Florida back road, the only witness is his two-year-old daughter. As authorities and the family team up in their search for the person or persons responsible, the tabloids uncover details surrounding the acrimonious divorce and custody battle between Jared and his ex-wife... prompting growing suspicions about the ex’s possible involvement. RESOURCES: Article https://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-bridegan-mormon-microsoft-executive-was-murdered-in...
Sep 01, 2022•39 min
The American psychological Association accounts that “one in three teens and young adult is the victim of physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual abuse by a dating partner”. National studies also show that one in ten high school students has been physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend. For Lauren Dunne Astley and her love ones, this became all too real in July 2011. It was her senior year. The world was at Lauren and her boyfriend fingertips. 18. College bound. After three years together, b...
Aug 25, 2022•34 min
On the evening of November 28, 2012, 26-year-old Emma Fillipoff caught an acquaintance’s attention as she stood barefoot, hugging shoes to her chest on a street corner. Uneasy, almost nervous about crossing. She showed other signs of distress too, as she looked over her shoulder time and time again as if she were expecting someone, or something to be following her. Not knowing what else to do, the acquaintance contacted authorities who spent 45 minutes with Emma before releasing her on her own r...
Aug 18, 2022•34 min
In April 2015 last time anyone had seen 22 year old Alma Del Real, she was getting in to her friend’s truck after a night out. Family and friends started to worry after she didn’t show up to work for two days. From there it was a difficult time for investigator figuring out what happened to Alma. Luckily a second look at cell phone records would lead them to her. This is her story. Resources: Paula Zahn season 17, episode 8 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200965959/alma-angelica-del_real htt...
Aug 11, 2022•25 min
After begging the University of Utah police for help, track star Lauren McCluskey was gunned down in her dorm parking lot by her ex-boyfriend-turned-stalker on October 22nd, 2018. RESOURCES: Obituary https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/lauren-mccluskey-obituary?id=1980850 Article https://www.saltlakemagazine.com/lauren-mccluskey/ Article https://www.deseret.com/2019/5/31/20675000/what-really-happened-to-lauren-mccluskey-the-inside-story-of-her-tragic-death Article https://w...
Aug 04, 2022•37 min
After a night with her boyfriend, 20 year old Elaine Park went missing in January of 2017. She was seen on camera leaving his home in the morning. Text messages and other phone related timestamps stop not long after. That’s the last evidence of Elaine alive. Her car was found 5 days later, on CA’s picturesque Pacific Coast Highway, but the road to Elaine was a dead end. This is her story. Resources: Missing: s1, e7 https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/elaine-park https://www.elaineparkismissing.com...
Jul 28, 2022•24 min
24-year-old Mitrice Richardson vanishes after being released (without a cell phone, wallet, or any way home) from a remote sheriff's station in Malibu, California. If you know anything or have any more information please call the LA Crime Stoppers at: 1-800-222-8477 RESOURCES: Article https://www.lamag.com/longform/what-happened-to-mitrice-richardson/ Article https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-17/mitrice-richardson-l-a-county-supervisors-increase-reward-in-mysterious-2009-death Doc...
Jul 21, 2022•39 min
Sage a was teenager on the path of self-discovery when she went missing in November 2012. She left her apartment in Charlottesville, VA, and headed down to Main street. She stopped to talk to talk to her stepsister, to whom she told she she was off to meet up with a man at the Amtrak station. After that, Sage was never seen again. This is her story. Resources: Disappeared Season 9, ep 5 https://uncovered.com/cases/sage-smith/timeline https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/six-years-on-the-search-f...
Jul 14, 2022•29 min
If you haven't yet listened to the episode on Mia Zapata go do that and come back to this bonus episode :). In this interview we talk to Mia's close friend and Gits drummer, Steve Moriarty, about their days at the rat house and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 11, 2022•31 min
When Miya Marcano is abducted from her own apartment, her family launches an unofficial investigation bringing them face-to-face with Miya’s killer. They demand answers, but instead are met with a brutal twist leading to more questions. Case recommended by our listener Nevaeh. RESOURCES: Article https://abcnews.go.com/US/horrifying-details-miya-marcano-case-19-year-found/story?id=80455392 Article https://people.com/crime/miya-marcano-cause-of-death-ruled-a-homicide-by-undetermined-means-by-medic...
Jul 07, 2022•36 min
In 1993 27 year old musician and The Gits frontwoman, Mia Zapata, left her friend’s apartment around 2AM. An hour later, her body was found. She had been murdered. The drawstrings from her own band’s sweatshirt had been used to strangle her. It would take over a decade before Mia would receive justice. This is her story… RESOURCES: Link to The Gits Documentary (2005): https://dai.ly/x2fn41o Unsolved Mysteries – Season 8, episode 9 (Aired 2/1/1996) Forensic Files Season 12 Ep 7 Video of RatHouse ...
Jun 30, 2022•27 min
When 19-year-old Nona Dirksmeyer is found brutally murdered in her apartment, an investigation full of twists and turns follows. Not one, but two suspects were eventually charged for Nona’s murder; however, both were acquitted and remain free to this day. This episode is sponsored by Microdose, which is available nationwide. To learn more about microdosing THC go to https://www.microdose.com/ and use code: diaries to get free shipping & 30% off your first order. RESOURCES: Video https://yout...
Jun 23, 2022•29 min
On June 21, 1996, Swedish au pair Karina Holmer went to the now-closed Zanzibar nightclub in downtown Boston’s theater district and never made home. No one knows what happened to Karina after 3AM that night when she was removed from the club. There are accounts, tips, and stories, but as the Boston Herald puts it “This remains a haunting cold case that police are still seeking the public’s help to solve” – Boston Herald Resources: (Trace Evidence, episode 60) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpL1...
Jun 16, 2022•24 min
When pregnant Charli Scott disappears, suspicion falls on the unborn baby’s father. Investigators must sift through miles of dense forest terrain for clues and piece together her last known movements to bring her killer to justice. Resources: Disappeared S10E1: Missing in Maui Article https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168801963/carly-joann-scott Article https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wailuku-c80c9634a8414357f8fab6a9c65edd29 Article https://m.facebook.com/FindCharliScott/?_se_imp=12z43tmveDn...
Jun 09, 2022•39 min
In 2013 18 year old Zoe Campos went missing in the dead of night from her TX home. She, her sister, and their friend all went to sleep while watching a movie, but in the morning Zoe wasn’t there. Her car… missing. The family and law enforcement were perplexed as to when she would have left and where she would have gone. This is her story. Resources: Disappearances season 8, ep 6 https://www.kcbd.com/2018/11/17/zoe-campos-investigation-suspect-identified-charged-with-murder-after-human-remains-fo...
Jun 02, 2022•33 min
When 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel vanishes from Myrtle Beach during spring break, her parents are shocked to learn that she traveled across state lines without their permission. Brittanee’s family, law enforcement, and the community band together to search for the teen, but the case eventually turns cold. That is until May 2022, thirteen years later, when a confession blows the case wide open. RESOURCES: Real Life Nightmare, S2E6 Spring Break from Hell Disappeared, S2E1 The Secret Journey Articl...
May 26, 2022•29 min
In May 2004 19 year old Brooke Wilberger was home in Oregon on her Summer break from BYU, UTAH. She had just finished her Freshman year of college. While home on break Brooke was working for her sister and her brother-in-law at at an apartment complex they manage in Corvallis, OR right by the OSU campus. That’s when one morning, while washing and cleaning up some light poles in the complex’s parking lot Brooke disappeared, leaving only two, now mangled flip flops behind. The search for Brooke wo...
May 19, 2022•26 min
Hours after 16-year-old Sherita Williams is reported missing, her mother makes a gruesome discovery. Investigators spend years scrutinizing every lead and suspect, but the case grows cold. That is until DNA evidence cracks the case wide open. RESOURCES: On the Case with Paula Zahn: A Bridge Too Far Nightmare Next Door: Season 7, episode 7 Out of the Past Article: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-arrested-for-murder-of-sherita-williams/1869324/ Article - https://www.findagrave.com/m...
May 12, 2022•27 min
Today’s case is one that hits pretty close to home for me. It’s a case that happened in the church of a pastor that I know. This pastor happens to be the Uncle of my best friend of 29 years. I first told this case for The Murder Diaries when we were a baby podcast. My best friend joined and so did her cousin, David, the son the pastor. We’ll be including the phone call we had with him exploring the impact of this case on the community and his family. We’ve grown so much since I first told it and...
May 05, 2022•39 min
When British backpacker Grace Millane disappears just days after arriving in Auckland, New Zealand, the world watches as local police piece together her last-known movements— including a date with a man she met on Tinder. The search ends as authorities come face-to-face with her cold-blooded killer. RESOURCES: Article - https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/109205584/missing-backpacker-grace-millane-from-disappearance-to-murder-charge Article- https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/british-backpacker-grac...
Apr 28, 2022•34 min
According to The National Crime Information center there are over 5700 cases of murdered and missing indigenous women in the US. According to nativewomenswilderness.org only 116 of those cases are reported in the U.S. department of justice’s database. Alaska, the last frontier holds 229, a quarter, of those cases according to dataforindigenousjustice.com. 19 year old Alaska Native, Sonya Ivanoff, is one those MMIWs from Alaska. This story is hers. Resources: The Face of Evil - Season 1, Episode ...
Apr 21, 2022•38 min
A teenage girl walks to work, but never arrives. Three years later law enforcement continues to plead for the public’s help, while her family vows to never stop searching. If you have any information regarding Leah Croucher’s disappearance, please contact the Thames Valley Police Department and reference number 43190049929 or Operation Dawlish. RESOURCES: Article – https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/potential-sighting-of-missing-leah-croucher-revealed-by-police-two-years-after-her-disappearanc...
Apr 14, 2022•30 min
On June 9, 2017 a visiting Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was waiting for a bus in broad daylight when a car stops at the bus stop, right next to her. Instead of waiting for the bus any longer, the scholar gets in the car. She would never be seen again. This is the story Yingying Zhang. Sponsor: Babbel: Babbel.com/diaries Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com Help support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.c...
Apr 07, 2022•31 min
After a night of partying, Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer left a friend’s off-campus apartment and seemingly vanished into thin air. This upcoming June (June 2022) will mark the 11th anniversary of the 20-year-old’s disappearance, and law enforcement is still no closer to solving the case. There’s a lot to unpack with Lauren’s disappearance, and at the center of it all is the question nobody can seem to answer: What happened to Lauren Elizabeth Spierer? Follow us on instagram @themu...
Mar 31, 2022•41 min
Jessyca Arro was a teen mom form Stockton, CA who had her whole life ahead of her. In June 2006 She had just graduated from high school, and was celebrating her milestone 18th birthday. After a night of birthday festivities with friends, Jessyca would unfortunately not make it back home. She was later found in a delta of the San Jaoquin river. The question remained. What happened to Jessyca Arro? This is her story. Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gm...
Mar 24, 2022•28 min
When a little girl goes missing from her own front yard, the community is shocked to learn the offender is a sinister individual hiding in plain sight... Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com Help support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod Sources: Article - https://www.foxnews.com/story/crying-mom-charged-with-cantu-murder-rape Article - https://abcnews.go.com/US/Media/melissa-huckaby-confessed-murderer-year-girl-sentenced-li...
Mar 17, 2022•26 min
Molly McLaren was a young university student in The UK when she met who she thought was her true love. It was her first seriously relationship, but before it even hit the year mark, her new boyfriend would show his true colors. Those true colors were murderous. This is the story of Molly McLaren. Sponsor - Green Chef: www.greenchef.com/diaries130 Code: diaries130 Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com Help support the podcast: https://www.buymeac...
Mar 10, 2022•27 min
An officer responds to a 911 call for an unresponsive woman. A man answers the door and tells the officer that he awoke to find his Bumble date not breathing with blood coming from her nose. When asked for the woman’s name, the date simply says “Lauren,” clarifying that he’s uncertain of her last name except that her Instagram profile lists it as “Smith.” A problematic investigation followed... Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com Help support ...
Mar 03, 2022•31 min
Monday January 23rd 2006 24 year old Jennifer Kesse never made it work. Surveillance footage held a major clue, but unfortunately that all important clue was still hidden in the footage. Stick with us that will all make sense as you listen to the episode. This is the case of Jennifer Kesse. Sponsors- Prose: Prose.com/diaries Sundance Now: Sundancenow.com; Use code: Diaries Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com Help support the podcast: https://w...
Feb 24, 2022•28 min
When a pregnant 23-year-old mother vanished without a trace, her family was left wondering where she could have gone or if something might have happened to her. It would be a very long year before they got answers in her horrifying case. Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com Help support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod SOURCES: On the Case with Paula Zahn – It Won’t End Well season 22, episode 4 https://thecinemaholic.com/w...
Feb 17, 2022•35 min
