Police in Miami received a 911 call on April 3, 2022.  The female caller said there had been an altercation and that a man had been stabbed to death.
This is the story of influencer Courtney Tailor and her boyfriend Toby Obumseli.
Courtney has over 2 million Instagram followers and according to social media, she seemed to be living a high-flying life.  She lived with Toby in a luxury condo in Miami and things seemed to be going well for the couple.
But their reality was very different.  Sources now say that the couple were in a toxic relationship and were abusive to each other.  They had apparently split up in the weeks before this incident, but Toby would allegedly find his way into the apartment complex and would sleep in common areas, waiting for Courtney.
It is still unclear what happened on April 3, but Toby died after he was stabbed in the shoulder.  Courtney is claiming self-defence, but Toby?s family are adamant that he was not the aggressor.
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the case of Courtney Tailor and Toby Obumseli.  We also discuss another high-profile case ? the murder of Phil Hartman and the consequent suicide of his wife Brynn.
 
 You can read our blog for Courtney and Toby here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/09/courtney-tailor-and-christian-toby-obumseli-murder-or-self-defense/
And our Hartman family blog here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/19/the-hartman-family-murder-suicide/
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In this episode, we will be discussing horrific instances of child abuse.  Listener discretion is advised.
In 2018, a brave 17 year-old managed to escape the home where she had been held captive her entire life.  She found a deactivated cell-phone that she took with her on her escape, and she called 911.  She told police that she had been kept locked in a room for 20 hours a day and was allowed one shower per year. 
When police arrived, they found TWELVE additional children locked in the house.  Human feces, dead animals and rotten food covered the entire property. This was not a case of human trafficking or abduction though, this is the horrific case of the Turpin Family.
David and Louise Turpin had 13 children during their marriage.  Outwardly, the parents portrayed the family as loving and close knit ? they took the children on vacation to Disneyland and Vegas, where they all posed in matching outfits.  In reality, they did not care for any of them and mistreated them in the worst possible ways.  All of the children were uneducated and physically and emotionally abused.  They used to eat ketchup, mustard and ice as there was literally nothing else to eat. 
And what happened to some of the Turpin Children after they were rescued will break your heart. 
In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the case of the Turpin Family and their house of horrors. 
You can view our blog for the Turpin case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/12/the-turpin-house-of-horrors/
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Usually, we go about our daily routines without a care in the world.  Wake up, get ready and drive to work.  Naomi Irion (18) did exactly this on March 12, 2022 in Fernley, Nevada.  She got ready for work at Panasonic, stopped to buy a drink and drove her vehicle to the Walmart parking lot like she did daily.  She sat in her car and waited for the shuttle bus that would ferry her to work.
Naomi would not make it to work on March 12.  She would never be seen alive again.  
A man was captured on CCTV loitering in the parking lot where Naomi was waiting.  He can be seen going up to her vehicle and forcing her into the passenger seat.  He then drove off in her vehicle, taking her captive.
The search for Naomi spanned over two weeks.  On March 29, authorities found her body dumped in a shallow grave in a remote area of Nevada. 
Troy Driver (41) has since been arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder in Naomi?s case.  Police have been very tightlipped about the investigation.  Was this a random abduction?  Had Naomi come across Troy Driver in some capacity before she disappeared?
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the heinous murder of Naomi Irion.
You can view our blog for Naomi here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/23/abducted-from-walmart-the-death-of-naomi-irion/
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On April 28, 2021, police entered a home in Moffatt, Colorado.   Their visit was caught on body cam ? they can be seen entering a home filled with adults and children.  They made their way into a bedroom where they came across the unimaginable ? a mummified body wrapped in a sleeping bag and enshrined in fairy lights.  This is the story of Amy Carlson and the Love Has Won cult.
In 2007, Amy left her husband, three children and job at McDonald?s and ran away to start a new life with a man she had met on an internet forum.  The group was known as the "Galactic Federation of Light".  Amy was the head of the group and she was known as ?Mother God?.
The group evolved over the years, and it eventually became known as ?Love Has Won?.  Amy began taking on the negative energy of the world (apparently) and she became weaker and sicker as the years went on.  She told followers she had ?stage five? cancer and she began ingesting colloidal silver to treat her ailments. Her skin would turn a grey colour.
After alarming photos of Amy were posted online, her family requested multiple welfare checks and were always turned away by Love Has Won members.  When police finally obtained access on April 28, Amy?s remains were discovered.  According to cult members, Amy is still part of the group, just from the 5th Dimension.  
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss Amy Carlson and the Love Has Won cult.
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Kyron Horman was so excited to head to school on June 4, 2010.  He had prepared a project on Tree Frogs for the school science fair.  He got dressed in his favorite CSI t-shirt and headed off to school with his stepmother Terri and his sister Kiara.
When the trio arrived at Skyline Elementary, Kyron put his coat and his bag in his classroom.  Just a few minutes later, he disappeared.
The search for Kyron was the biggest in Oregon?s history ? volunteers from three states travelled to help.  The FBI became involved almost straight away.  Even with all this manpower, Kyron has never been found ? it has been 12 years since he was last seen.
Did an opportunistic predator snatch Kyron from his school?  Or does his stepmother Terri know more about what happened to Kyron? 
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the disappearance of Kyron Horman.
You can read our blog for Kyron here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/22/kyron-horman-missing-since-2010/
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There are some cases that captivate the attention of the entire world ? Elizabeth Smart and Gabby Petito are names that we would all recognize.
I am sure that most of us also know the name Sherri Papini.  Sherri?s case got worldwide attention back in 2016 when she was abducted.  Her husband Keith raised the alarm when Sherri was not home when he finished work for the day.  She had also failed to pick up her two children from daycare.
The search for Sherri cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and went on for weeks.  On November 24, 2016, 22 days after she was reported missing, Sherri was found alive on the side of a road in Yolo County, California.  She was battered, branded and bruised but otherwise okay.
We all breathed a collective sigh of relief ? thank goodness for a happy ending! 
Until more details emerged.  Allegations of Sherri?s racist background and details that did not add up made some of us wonder about the validity of her story.   As the years went on, I think many people assumed that Sherri had not told the truth about her experience, but that nothing would ever come of it. 
In March 2022, Sherri Papini was charged with making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer and mail fraud.  Her whole abduction was a lie and she schemed a plan at the time to run off to be with an ex boyfriend, leaving her husband and young children to worry for weeks.
In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the ?abductions? of Sherri Papini and Madison Bell.  

Madison vanished in 2020 after she told her mother that she was ?going tanning?.  Her car was found abandoned and the FBI got involved.  It turns out that Madison fled to be with a man that she had been speaking with online. 
You can view our blog for Sherri here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/13/the-abduction-of-sherri-papini/
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Orrin and Orson West had a sad start to life.  They were removed from their care of their biological mother when they were tiny and were placed in the care of their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West.
The boys lived with four other siblings in California.  In December 2020, their ?father? Trezell claims they went outside to play and were never seen again.  
The local community in California searched alongside the police for months and months.  Jacqueline and Trezell had their other children placed into care, allegedly because of ?threats? made by the public.  
Police interviewed neighbors who said they had never actually seen Orrin and Orson in the area.
How could two little boys vanish, possibly months before they were reported missing?
This case seemed like it may be turning cold.  Until March 2022, when Trezell and Jacqueline were each arrested on counts of second-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child and  false reporting of an emergency.  Police have now said that Orrin and Orson were murdered by the people who were meant to care for them most, months before the search for them began.  The boys still remain missing.
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the murders of Orrin and Orson West.  
You can read our blog for the boys here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/03/01/themurderof-brothers-orrin-and-orson-west/
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The rise of social media has led to it being easier for us to make new friends, keep in touch with friends and family all over the world.  Technology has given us access to any information we could ever need, all within seconds.
With this increase in social media use comes some downsides too.  People are now more easily able to take advantage of others and money is able to change hands so easily.
In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we chat about three Social Scammers ? women who have been in trouble with the law after obtaining funds fraudulently from unsuspecting social media followers.
Belle Gibson is one of Australia?s most prolific social scammers.  She managed to deceive huge corporations.  Apple planned to include her health and wellness app on all iPads and Apple Watches.  She told lie after lie about her health ? she claimed to have terminal cancer that she cured by using holistic therapies.  She also claimed that she underwent multiple heart operations and had endured strokes.  None of this was true.  When her deception was uncovered, she was dropped  by Apple and Penguin Books.  Belle has been ordered to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars ? so far, none of the repayments have materialised. Coco Berthmann had a troubled start to life.  She has claimed that she managed to escape Germany as a teenager and that she had been trafficked by her parents for years.  She moved to America and became a human rights activist.  She established the Coco Berthmann Scholarship Fund and spoke about her ?experiences? publicly.  In early 2022, Coco told a friend that she had stage 3 mantle cell lymphoma cancer.  A GoFundMe was started for Coco, and it raised thousands of dollars.  In February 2022, Coco was arrested on suspicion of communications fraud.  Police investigated her ?cancer diagnosis?  and found no evidence that Coco ever had the illness.  Many of Coco?s other claims have now been questioned.  There have been allegations that she was not actually a victim of child sex trafficking, said police, who could not verify her claims of working with the FBI. Brittany Dawn has had a long, troubled run as an Influencer.  She started out as a fitness influencer with her company BDawnFit.  She got into trouble with her followers years ago after her ?personalized? eating plans, that people paid up to $500 for, turned out to not be so personal.  She was also accused of triggering people with eating disorders by using tags such as #skipdinnerwakeupthinner.  Brittany refused to refund most members and tried to move on with her life as a ?Christian? influencer.  She married Jordan Nelson, a man who lost his job as a police officer after he used ?excessive force? during an arrest.  She also faced much backlash after she released a tearful video, detailing how her husband shot her dog after it was hit by a car.  The dog was still alive and breathing, but the couple decided to shoot it instead of taking it to a vet.  In February 2022, the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the state of Texas was suing Brittany for between $250,000 and $1 million in penalties and court fees for misleading customers. 
You can read our blogs on these cases:
https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/28/the-deception-of-coco-berthmann/

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/28/social-scammer-belle-gibson/

https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/28/the-continuing-fall-of-brittany-dawn/
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 UPDATE - February 24, 2022.  The bones that were found in the search for Susan do not belong to her and have been determined to be animal bones.


SUSAN?S STORY

When Susan Cox met Josh Powell, she envisioned her own ?happily ever after?.  They were both members of the LDS church and seemed to have similar values and goals in life.    
The couple settled down and had two sons, Charlie and Braden.
One early pressure point in their marriage was interference and unwanted advances that were continually being made by Josh?s father, Steven Powell.  Steven would film Susan without her consent and he wrote many cringe-worthy love songs for her.  Susan became fed up and the family moved states from Washington to Utah.
Not too long into their marriage, Josh began to change.  He became increasingly controlling -  even though Susan was the breadwinner in the family, he would control their finances so tightly that she did not have enough money to feed her children.  She began to grow vegetables to make sure they had enough to eat.  Susan also told family and friends that Josh threatened to "destroy her" if she filed for divorce. She then said that if she dies "it may not be an accident, even if it may look like one." 
One cold December day in 2009, Susan?s neighbor visited the Powell family and they ate together.  Susan said she felt tired and wanted to nap.  This was the last time anyone would see Susan alive.  
Josh?s version of events on the day that Susan disappeared is that he took his two young sons camping, at midnight, in ?blizzard like? conditions?. He told police that when he arrived home, Susan was gone.  
Josh moved with Charlie and Braden back to Washington and they lived there for the next few years.  Susan?s family battled for custody of the boys for years, and it got to a point where Josh was only allowed to see them during visits that were supervised by a social worker.  When it became evident that he was never going to regain full custody of his sons, Josh killed both children and then himself in one of the most horrendous crimes that you could imagine.
Police closed their active investigation into Susan?s case in 2013.  I think we all assumed that her case would remain cold indefinitely.  Until now.  Just a few days ago, searchers recovered bones and clothing from a mine in the Utah desert.  Susan?s family have said they are hopeful the remains belong to Susan.  
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we tell the story of Susan Cox Powell and her sons, Braden and Charlie.
You can read our blog for Susan here -  https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/21/the-disappearance-of-susan-powell/
You can listen on Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000552074931

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Two people with two very different stories have vanished without a trace in Los Angeles.
Heidi Planck seemed to be living the California dream ? she drove a top of the line Range Rover, lived in a beautiful house and had a great co-parenting relationship with her ex-husband.  They worked together to raise their 11 year-old son.  
On October 17, 2021, Heidi loaded her labradoodle named Seven into her Range Rover and she drove to watch her son?s football game in Downey.  Her ex was also there, and he said she seemed ?edgy?.  She left the game without warning at half time and has not been seen again.  Seven was found wandering around the 28th floor of an upscale apartment complex in downtown LA later that day.  Heidi?s car was found parked nearby.  Heidi remains missing to this day, despite extensive searches of landfill by the LAPD.
Heidi?s case is a complex one that involves fraud, FBI raids, CCTV images and there are many plausible scenarios for what may have happened to her.  Could her disappearance be related to a fraud scheme that was being carried out by the company she worked for?  There are also whispers that Heidi may have overdosed during a party and that her body may have been disposed of down a garbage chute.  Or did Heidi leave her complicated life behind?
You can read our blog for Heidi here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/14/the-bizarre-disappearance-of-heidi-planck/
Beau Mann was known to be an entrepreneur.  He founded a social network for recovering addicts, ?Sober Grid?.  He had been interviewed by Forbes Magazine about his own sobriety.  Things were looking good for Beau ? he had recently started taking a salary from his company and he seemed on track for big things.  
Beau had just returned to his home in LA after spending Thanksgiving with his family in Texas.  He was last seen on CCTV on November 30, 2021 at a 7-11.  It is believed that Beau got into an Uber, and less than 10 minutes later, he sent a 9-11 text from his phone.  Beau has not been seen since that time.  The Uber drive is adamant that Beau was dropped off at his apartment.  Beau?s family have combed through hours of CCTV and have said that Beau never entered the apartment complex again.   
LAPD have suggested to Beau?s family that he may be undergoing a ?digital detox?.  This is an idea the family flat out refuse to entertain and say that Beau would never leave his company unattended for this long.  Beau?s mother is worried that he has suffered a relapse or a mental health crisis.  Another theory is that Beau may have been harmed for his belongings ? he was carrying phones and computers at the time he vanished.
You can read our blog for Beau here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/02/15/where-is-beau-mann/
As of February 2022, both Heidi and Beau remain missing.  This episode of the True Crime Society podcast tells their stories.
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 Lauren Smith-Fields was a vibrant and ambitious 23 year old woman who loved matcha tea, working out and was studying to be a physical therapist.  In December 2021, she met a man off the dating app, Bumble.  Lauren invited the man to her apartment in Bridgeport, CT, where they had some tequila and watched a movie.  During the evening, Lauren left the apartment for 10-15 minutes to meet someone outside.  When she came back in, they continued watching a movie and Lauren fell asleep on the couch.  Her Bumble date alleges that he carried her to bed and he then fell asleep beside her. 
When he woke up at 6.30am, Lauren was not breathing and she had blood coming out of her nose.  He called 911 and was said by police to be ?frantic, trembling, and visibly shaken.?  When authorities arrived, Lauren was pronounced dead at the scene.  
The investigation into Lauren?s death has been botched from the start.  Lauren?s family have said that: Lauren?s Bumble date was not taken into custody and questioned because he seemed like a ?nice guy?, according to police. They were not informed by authorities about Lauren?s death.  They had to find out by going to her apartment when they could not get in touch with her.  There they found a note on the door from the landlord, and that is how they learned their daughter had passed away.   Police treatment of the family has been horrible.  Police officers who were initially working the case have been taken off it, and an investigation into their conduct is being carried out by Internal Affairs. No forensic examination of Lauren?s apartment was conducted until the family stepped in.  When Lauren?s family went to clear out her apartment, they found a used condom, an unidentified pill, as well as bloody sheets, that had not been taken into evidence.  
An autopsy was conducted and the Medical Examiner has determined that Lauren died from a drug overdose of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine, and alcohol.  Lauren?s family are adamant that she was not a drug user.  
Because fentanyl was found in Lauren?s system, Bridgeport PD opened the investigation which will be conducted by the Narcotics and Vice Division with assistance by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. 
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the death of Lauren Smith-Fields.
You can read our deep dive blog for Lauren here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/27/23-year-old-lauren-smith-fields-found-dead-after-bumble-date/
This week, we also discuss the cases of Warriena Wright and Sydney Loofe.  Both these women died after meeting people on dating apps.  Warriena fell 14 floors to her death after she was allegedly locked on a balcony by a man she met on Tinder.  Sydney was brutally murdered by a couple, Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail, after she met Bailey on Tinder.  Sydney was dismembered and her body was hacked into 14 pieces.  
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We hear almost daily about mothers and fathers killing their children, sometimes their entire family.  You would absolutely be familiar with Scott Peterson, Susan Smith and Chris Watts.

What you hear less often is when children plot and scheme and murder their families. The term for this is either familicide if many family members are killed, or parricide if only parents are killed.

Today on the the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss three cases of ?Kids Who Kill?.

-In 2015 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Robert and Michael Bever who were 18 and 16 at the time, went on a murderous rampage using knives and hatchets. They managed to murder their parents and three of their siblings before they were stopped by police.  The brothers had planned to go on a cross-country killing spree, hoping to kill over 100 people.  Thankfully, two Bever children survived and a lot of the testimony that was given helped to put Robert and Michael behind bars for good. 

- Christopher Porco was in trouble in 2004.  He had forged his father?s signature on financial documents and had obtained fraudulent loans.  His parents were not happy and frequently told him so.  In November that year, Christopher drove from his dorm to the family home, where he attacked his parents with an axe. His father Peter Porco sustained 16 major axe wounds to his face and head including penetration to his brain and part of his jaw ? fell? off following the attack.  Despite all this, Peter managed to get out of bed and go about his daily morning routine before dying.  He spent some time in the bathroom and at the sink, he loaded the dishwasher, packed his lunch for the day and wrote a check.  He finally collapsed and died at the front door.  Joan initially told police that Christopher was the attacker but then recanted.

- The Van Breda family lived an affluent, high-flying life in South Africa.  Martin and Teresa were very successful and were raising three children Rudi, Henri and Marli. One night, an intruder allegedly broke into their mansion in a secure, gated community, murdering three members of the family with an axe.  Henri survived with minor injuries and Marli spent months in hospital recovering. Except it turns out, there was no intruder.  Henri had an alleged methamphetamine addiction and his allowance had been cut off by his parents, so he killed them.

Please note that this episode contains recordings of 911 calls made by a child victim and one of the murderers. Listener discretion is advised.

We have detailed blogs for all three cases, including crime scene photos, at TrueCrimeSocietyBlog.com

You can listen on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Jt0K05oS2zHL6TrdBP1sm?si=-Bn926_yQUiGt1IkKoqJfg

And Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714

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Ethan Crumbley was a troubled teen.  His parents were called to Oxford High School on November 30 to discuss some drawings that Ethan had made. He drew photos of guns and blood with the words ?the thoughts won?t stop help me.?

His parents left Ethan at school following the meeting. A few hours later, Ethan went into the bathroom and emerged with a gun that his father had purchased in a Black Friday sale. 

Ethan murdered four students on November 30, and many more were injured. Since the shooting, Ethan?s parents James and Jennifer have each been charged with involuntary manslaughter.  This has been a somewhat controversial topic - do you believe they should have been charged?

In this week?s episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we talk about the Oxford High School shooting and the failing of the Crumbley family.  We discuss -
 A timeline of the shooting
Ethan?s childhood and the Crumbley family dynamics
The attempted escape and consequent arrest of James and Jennifer Crumbley
The victims of the Oxford High School shooting

You can read our deep dive blog on this case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/22/the-oxford-high-school-shooting-and-the-failing-of-the-crumbley-family/

You can listen on Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-red-flags-ignored-before-ethan-crumbley-turned/id1504300714?i=1000549130552

Listen on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5m7wmvX4ORXZcSciQ4EZJ5?si=IaXgw2ZSTmSFgXfevz4niQ

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Harmony Montgomery and Oakley Carlson lived on opposite sides of the country. They never met each other and neither had the chance to even live their own lives.

Both Harmony and Oakley vanished while in the care of their parents - the very people who were meant to nurture, care and protect them.

Harmony was last known to be alive in 2019.  She would be 7 years old if she is alive today.  Harmony?s early years were sad - both her parents had drug abuse issues and Harmony had been in foster homes.  She was eventually returned to the custody of her father Adam, and that decision sealed her fate.

It finally came to light in 2021 that Harmony had not been seen for years.  Her biological mother has just now been speaking publicly and insists she has been trying to find Harmony.  Police have been searching the last locations in New Hampshire that Harmony was known to be at and nothing has been found.   Adam has now been arrested on charges related to the abuse and neglect of Harmony.

Oakley Carlson also had a rough start to life.  She had been placed with a foster family when she was a baby and she lived with them for years.  The foster family have said publicly that they were devastated when Oakley was returned to the care of her biological parents.

Her foster mother Jamie said  ?They made a mistake. ?A big mistake. I told them in my last letter it was going to be on their shoulders if something happens to her.?

A school principal raised the alarm about not seeing Oakley in December 2021.  Police began to investigate and discovered that Oakley had not been seen since February 2021.

Oakley?s parents Andrew Carlson and Jordan Bowers have been investigated and they have since been charged with apparently withholding potentially life saving medication from one of Oakley?s siblings.

As of mid January 2022, there is no sign of either Harmony or Oakley.

You can read our blog for Harmony here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/17/slipped-through-the-cracks-where-is-harmony-montgomery/

And our blog for Oakley is here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/17/where-is-5-year-old-oakley-carlson/

You can listen on Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000548437170

And Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RWhIfAbFiBVilgL7VF5lg?si=8RzqOPx6Qd2ca0Ohq3vdkw

TW - Drug and sexual abuse.

On November 12, 2021, Christy Giles (24) and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola (26) made the fateful decision to spend a night out on the town together in LA. 

The pair decided to go to a warehouse party and they carried on from there to an after party in the Hollywood Hills.

Neither Christy or Hilda would make it home alive.

The women would be dumped unconscious at separate hospitals more than 12 hours after they were last heard from.  Christy died on the scene and Hilda was declared brain dead not long after.

Three men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of Christy and Hilda.  One of the men has a reputation that spans more than a decade - there are hundreds of comments about him on varying online pages that say he was allegedly a predator who had a penchant for drugging women. 

We don't know yet how Hilda and Christy died - their causes of death are pending with the Los Angeles Medical Examiner.  This is their story to date.

Be sure to check out our blog for a deep dive on this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/11/a-hollywood-tragedy-the-deaths-of-christy-giles-and-hilda-marcela-cabrales-arzola/

In this episode (skip to around 41 minutes), we give some updates on the cases of -

- Missing child Lina Khil
- Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie
- An outcome in the murder of True Crime Society member Savannah Paschal

You can listen on Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000547749070


You can listen on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3seQMg19EcxsXOh7kOCZE4?si=qfYAJrAwTsmr-yT6H9xrPQ

You can probably make a list of high profile missing child cases that you?ve heard of over the years - Cleo Smith, Elizabeth Smart and even Caylee Anthony.

But there are thousands of missing children that slip through the cracks of the system, every single day. In 2020 in the US, over 30,000 juveniles were reported missing. 

In the first episode of the True Crime Society podcast for 2022, we discuss the cases of missing children Michael ?Monkey? Vaughan and Dulce Alavez.

Michael is a 5 year old, boisterous little boy who loved monster trucks and playing in the dirt.  He was playing Nintendo in July 2021, when his dad left the room to attend to Michael?s baby sister.  When his father returned, Michael was gone.  Now, six months later, no trace of Michael has been found and police believe he may have been abducted.

In September 2019 in Bridgeton, NJ, Dulce Alavez and her little brother Manuel were treated to an ice cream by their mother, Noema.  They then went to the local playground to use the swings.  Noema helped a relative with some homework and when she looked up, Manuel?s ice cream was on the ground and he was crying.  Dulce was nowhere to be seen.   More than two years later, Dulce remains missing.  Police have released both a sketch of a possible suspect and an age progressed image of Dulce, to no avail.

We also discuss the current case of missing child Lina Khil.  Lina went missing from a playground in San Antonio , TX in December 2021 .  Her mother allegedly turned away to get some water and Lina vanished within minutes.

You can listen on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BWnz4D8XbufW6y9PD6seY?si=eSXGpQARSxO0mI0H18Btxg

And Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000547068268

Thank you as always for listening x

The end is upon us! The end of 2021 I mean (thankfully???)

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society podcast as we give a wrap up of this crazy year in crime. In our final release for the year, we discuss updates to some of our biggest cases-

- The murders of Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions as well as the conviction of Kylr Yust
- An update on the Long Island Serial Killer
- The brutal murders of Canadian billionaires Honey and Barry Sherman
- Possible remains found in the case of missing man Chance Englebert
- The separate trials of Tony Todt and Megan Boswell
- The suicide of Thomas Sharkey - he allegedly murdered his wife Alexis Sharkey
- The disappearance of Jason Landry
- The disgusting reason that formerly missing man Jake Cefolia took his own life
- Confirmation that former NFL player Philip Adams did have CTE when he killed 6 people in April this year
- Missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay have been found dead and an airline pilot has been arrested
- A big update on scumbag Josh Duggar
- Many updates on the Murdaugh saga
- The FBI have joined the investigation into the death of Jelani Day
- What has happened following the Travis Scott/Astroworld tragedy?

As this year comes to a close, we would like to thank you for all your support.  2021 has been our biggest and best ever, and we are excited to see what 2022 has in store for True Crime Society! 

These are the clips we used in the episode:

Kara and Jessica
https://youtu.be/AsCTfcvScVk
Honey and Barry Sherman
https://youtu.be/gc35-OKu4oU
Todt Family:
https://youtu.be/F9DHTBREdIA
Evelyn Boswell
https://youtu.be/6IBzY-Lrsgw
Jason Landry
https://youtu.be/aKeisvvycg0
Phillip Adams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3N0Fj3zfHo
Murdaugh
https://youtu.be/D0SkYNgrmCQ
Astroworld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS9SvGvbSgw&t=14s

Thank you as always for listening x

On February 13, 2017, Liberty German (14) and her best friend Abigail Williams (13) had an extra day off school due to a snow day.  They had a sleepover and fatefully decided to go to the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana to hang out.

They were dropped to the bridge at around 1.45pm on February 13 by Libby's sister.  This is the the last time the pair were seen alive.

Libby and Abby were brutally murdered and their bodies were discovered the day after they went to the bridge - Valentines Day 2017. 

Their case has had wide media coverage, partly due to footage that the girls took of the alleged suspect right before their murders.  There is some infamous audio of the suspect saying 'Guys, down the hill'.  There is also some fairly grainy video footage of the man that Libby shot with her phone.

Now, almost five years on from the girls' murders, no arrest/s have ever been made in their case.  It almost seemed to be going cold. Until just a few days ago. 

Indiana State Police made an appeal for information about an online user name - anthony_shots

The anthony_shots profile was fake and used images of a known male model. The profile?s creator portrayed the model on his account to be extremely wealthy and showed him owning numerous sports cars.

Very quickly, internet sleuths and media outlets tracked down a man who regularly used that user name - Kegan Kline.  Kegan is already in jail, arrested on 30 counts, including child exploitation, possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice.   Legal documents that have been made public prove that he used the name anthony_shots online. 

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the murders of Libby and Abby, as well as the new information regarding Kegan Kline in relation to this case.

You can listen on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rEJ7xLCqgl6onLzGEJuvF?si=FiVAHJA8QQ24Mb5JGHNidQ

You can listen on Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000545130241

Be sure to read our comprehensive blog on the case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/12/12/the-murders-of-liberty-german-and-abigail-williams/

Thank you for listening x

Summer Wells vanished from her family home in Tennessee on June 15, 2021.  No trace of her has been found since that date.

Summer had allegedly been planting flowers with her mother Candus and grandmother (also named Candus) on the day she disappeared.  She got bored, and her mother's story is that she went back inside.  Summer told her brothers that she was going to her basement bedroom to play with her toys.  This is the last time she was ever seen.

Summer's parents have a theory that she was abducted via a basement door that opens to the outside of the home.  Many believe this was not a stranger abduction though.  Did something happen to Summer and there has been a cover-up?  Could the infamous 'Cornbread Mafia' be involved?

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss:
- The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Summer Wells.
- The ongoing search for her - the TBI have so far investigated over 1200 tips in this case and are trying to track down the driver of a vehicle seen in the area at the time.
- The criminal records of her parents and other family members.  
- The removal of Summer's siblings from the care of their parents in July 2021.  
- The appearance of the parents on Dr Phil recently - Summer's mother stormed off set after being 'interrogated'.
- Theories about Summer's disappearance.  Could a shady group of characters known as the 'Cornbread Mafia' have taken Summer in retaliation from a drug debt?  Was Candus negligent and does she know more about what happened to Summer?  Could this really have been a total stranger abduction?

You can listen on Spotify here - 

And on Apple here - 

Be sure to check out our blog for clips of the crime scene.  You can also watch Summer's parents on Dr Phil here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/12/07/lost-in-tennessee-where-is-summer-wells/

Thank you as always for listening x

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Between 2009 and March 2016, authorities searching Boston area waterways recovered the bodies of at least 11 people, mostly young men, who had previously been reported missing.

This happens across the world - from small towns to huge cities.  In England, 61 bodies, mostly of young men, were recovered from the canals of Greater Manchester between 2008 and 2014.

Could all these deaths really just be accidents or is there something more at play here?

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the possibility of Smiley Face Killer/s being responsible for some of these disappearances and deaths.  Are a network of domestic terrorists working together to carry out these crimes?

We also discuss some cases where Smiley Face graffiti was found near a location where a previously missing man was found dead -

- A smiley face was found painted on an overpass near where Dakota James' body was found.
- Tommy Booth went missing from a bar in 2008 and his body was found in a creek behind the venue two weeks later.  A smiley face was painted on a wall under the deck of the bar.
- Lucas Homan went missing from La Cross, Wisconsin in 2009.  He left a bar to walk home with a friend and was not seen alive again.  The friend woke up the next day in the ER with a head injury and no memory of what happened.  Lucas' body was pulled from the Mississippi River days after and a smiley face was found painted near the scene.
- Todd Geib went missing in 2005 from Michigan.  His body was found three weeks later in a lake that had already been searched.  A smiley face had been spray-painted on a tree near where his body was found, and a smiley face sticker was later placed on his gravesite.
- William Hurley went missing in Boston in 2009 after leaving a Bruins game.  His body was found in the Charles River six days later and there was a smiley face painted near the scene.

You can listen to this episode on Spotify here -https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OMIzW20IF3eclaVjznwqw?si=S5LLf89QQIWnwLkLmkjiFQ

and Apple here- https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000543697343

In our last episode, we did a deep dive on the cases of 6 men who had vanished and were either found in waterways or are still missing.  Make sure you listen to that episode first!  

You can listen to the first episode here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/34H1dMmMjZYO6sZ6p0aHN1?si=c36b55bc525d48f0 

and here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accident-or-murder-why-do-missing-men-keep-turning/id1504300714?i=1000543019867

You can read our blog for more information on all the cases discussed here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/11/10/missing-men-and-waterways-what-is-going-on/

Thank you as always for listening!

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Almost daily we hear of a case of a different missing man that vanishes after a night out with friends.  It happens everywhere - Boston, Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota.  Even in England.  Big cities and small towns.  The stories of these men play out in the same way.   Family and friends conduct desperate searches  and make frenzied social media posts in an attempt to find him before time runs out.  And then the worst happens,  a body is pulled from a lake or river, usually not far from where the man was last seen.    The search is over.

Can all of these cases really be attributed to accidents?  Why do these cases seem to happen in clustered locations? 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we look at the cases of five men who were missing and later recovered in water.  We also discuss one current case where the man is still missing and a river is currently being searched:

- Christopher Jenkins went missing from Minneapolis in 2002 on Halloween night.  His body was found in a river four months later.  Police originally classified his death as an accident and had to apologize to Chris' family when they determined it was actually likely a homicide.  

- Zachary Marr went missing from a bar in Boston on February 13, 2016.  He had gone outside for a cigarette and messaged his friends that he wanted to leave.  In the matter of minutes while they were getting their coats, Zachary vanished into the night.  His body was found in a river one month after he disappeared and his death is thought to be accidental. 

- Dakota James was last seen alive on January 25, 2017 in Pittsburgh.  He was walking home after a night out with friends.  His body was pulled from a river 40 days later.  Dakota's family believe he had been drugged on the night he disappeared and that the condition of his body was too 'pristine'  to have been in the water for so long.  A smiley face was found spray painted on an underpass near where Dakota's body was found.  

- Jelani Day went missing in August and his body was pulled from a river in September.  Pathologist Dr Jame Bryant said within his 50 years of experience he had never examined a body as destroyed as the 25-year-old.  

- Dakota Bingham went missing from a bar in Nashville on October 10, 2021.  He called a Lyft to get home but never made the ride.  There is apparently CCTV of Dakota falling into the Cumberland River and struggling to swim.   His body was recovered just days after he disappeared.

- Brendan Santo was visiting friends at Michigan State University on October 29.  He left to walk to another area and has not been seen since.  As of November 24, 2021, Brendan is still missing.  The Red Cedar River has been searched many times for him and police are hopeful of a breakthrough now that the water level is receding.  The FBI are also involved in the search for Brendan.

You can read our blog for the men we discuss in this episode here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/11/10/missing-men-and-waterways-what-is-going-on/

In next week's episode, we delve more into the Smiley Face Killer theory, so make sure you listen to this one first!

In terms of other updates, we also discuss the case of Jacob, Noah and Amber Clare.  Jacob abducted his son and niece and went on the run with them.  There is a lot going on - if you want to skip to the Clare update, goto 51.30 in the podcast. 

Spotify link - https://open.spotify.com/episode/34H1dMmMjZYO6sZ6p0aHN1?si=Xo16M11NRlq4NUASiGpYWg

Apple link - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000543019867

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In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the recent tragedy at the Astroworld Festival that was held in Houston, Texas.  

Since the event, over TWO HUNDRED lawsuits have been filed against Travis, the event promoters and other parties.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with Astroworld, it is/was an annual annual music festival that is run by Jacques Berman Webster II aka Travis Scott.  

The 2021 event was scheduled for November 5-6 and 100,000 people were due to pour through the gates.  Things started going wrong very quickly.  Only an hour after the festival started on November 5, hundreds of people stampeded through VIP section barricades.  

When Travis got on stage at around 8.45pm, the crowd was hyped up and going crazy.  Police had actually spoken to Travis before his set about the nervous crowd energy that existed.  A 'perfect storm' of circumstances led to mass hysteria and a crowd crush that involved thousands of people.  

At the 2021 Astroworld Festival, 8 people died at the actual event and dozens more were hospitalized.  Two additional attendees have since passed from their injuries.

This is a big episode and there is a lot to cover.  We delve into:

- How Travis has cultivated an atmosphere of chaos and raging for years leading up to Astroworld 2021
- What happened at Astroworld? What went wrong? Who is to blame? 
- Who are the victims and accounts from survivors 
- Tips to survive a crowd crush
- Instagram comments/ questions

We have more information on all the victims of this tragedy on our blog - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/11/16/tragedy-at-astroworld/

Thank you as always for listening x

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Join Stephanie and Olivia this week as they cover the highly-requested, insane story of the abduction and safe (!) recovery of 4 y/o Cleo Smith in Western Australia.

Cleo went on a camping trip with her Mum Ellie, Dad Jake and baby sister Isla on October 15.  The area where the family was camping was very beautiful but remote.  Cleo woke up at 1.30am on October 16 and asked her mum for a drink of water.    When Ellie woke up again at 6am, Cleo and her sleeping bag were missing from the tent.  

One of the largest and most comprehensive police investigations ever undertaken in Australian history began at 6.23am on October 16.

Drones and spy planes were used.  Hundreds of full-time police officers were assigned to Cleo's case and they worked tirelessly for weeks on end.  They even searched through tons of rubbish, collected from an area spanning thousands of kilometres, looking for the smallest clue.

On November 6, 18 days after Cleo disappeared, the unexpected happened.  CLEO WAS FOUND SAFE!  She was found playing with toys at around 1am in a locked house just MINUTES from her own home.  

A man named Terence Kelly has been arrested for Cleo's abduction and will face court again in December.

And just when you think this story could not get any more unbelievable, it does.  Terence had an extensive social media presence, made up of fake accounts for 'family members' that he made up.  He also had a huge obsession with Bratz dolls - his house was a shrine to them.  Are these the toys that Cleo was found playing with?   Most of the accounts have been removed, but we have the receipts.  Terence even followed Cleo's parents on social media.  

Was this really a random stranger abduction as per the police?  Or did Terence have an obsession with Cleo and her family?

Make sure you check out our blog for the entire rundown of Cleo's case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/11/09/my-name-is-cleo/

Thank you for listening!  

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Daniel Robinson disappeared from the desert in Buckeye, Arizona in June 2021.  He remains missing to this day. 

In the weeks leading up to his disappearance, Daniel had been acting unusually.  He visited his sister and didn't utter a word during the whole visit.  He spoke to his friends about wanting to rest and about miracles.  He met a woman named Katelyn (he was her instacart shopper) and became infatuated with her.  Their 'relationship' culminated in Katelyn asking Daniel to leave her alone.  The final message he sent to Katelyn was "The world can get better, but I?ll have to take all the time I can or we can, whatever to name it. I?ll either see you again or never see you again."

Daniel's Jeep was found wrecked a few weeks after he disappeared.  The clothes he had been wearing were found in the car, along with his keys, phone and wallet.  Investigators downloaded the black box from the car and found that someone had attempted to start it FORTY FOUR times following the last accident.  There had also been a prior accident that caused the airbags to deploy, and the car had been driven at least 11 miles following that crash.

During the search for Daniel, a human skull was found in the area near his Jeep.  This turned out to be unrelated to Daniel's case.

Daniel's family are calling for his case to be reclassified as an 'endangered missing person'.  This will enable them to further the investigation with warrants.

Be sure to check out our blog to read the entire 54 page police report for Daniel's case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/11/03/danielrobinson/

In other case updates this week:
We chat about the status of the Brian/ Gabby case - 45:45
There have been a few new updates regarding Jelani Day, who we covered in last week's episode - 48:11
Abandoned Children in Houston (Gloria/ Brian) - 52:24

Yesterday, there was  HUGE break in the case of missing child Cleo Smith in Australia.  She has been found ALIVE after more than two weeks.  We are planning to do an entire episode on Cleo for our next podcast.  Such a great outcome! 

You can listen on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Og3jpSoNlkswaJBfgzil4?si=2EyV7QkCTeC8tHO14lyxsg

And Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000540699889

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Join us for the next episode of the True Crime Society podcast where we talk about the disappearance and death of Jelani Day.

TW - We discuss graphic autopsy results in this episode. 

Jelani Day was a 25 y/o man who went missing in August this year from Bloomington, IL.  He was last seen on CCTV on August 24.  

His car was found abandoned in an unusual spot on August 26 - the keys were missing and the car's license plates had been removed.

A body was pulled from the Illinois River in early September, and it was identified later that month as Jelani.  

Since Jelani has been recovered, multiple autopsies have been conducted. The Chicago Sun-Times released an article that contained graphic details:

- Jelani's jawbone had allegedly been 'sawed' out.
- His liver, spleen and brain were unaccounted for.
- His genitalia was said to be 'flayed'. 

Jelani's cause of death has literally just been confirmed - the LaSalle County Coroner has said that he drowned.  His family dispute that this was suicide or an accident.  

We discuss Jelani's disappearance, death and the investigation following in this episode.  

We have mixed it up and our case updates are now at the end of the episode, so stay tuned after Jelani's story.  

This week's updates:
- We are sick of the Brian/ Gabby conspiracy theories and click bait. We discuss all of our thoughts on the latest in the Gabby Petito case. (48:40)
- Aussie toddler Cleo Smith is still missing. Could this really be a stranger abduction? We may do a whole episode on her. Stay tuned! (1:02:35)
- The odd COD for the Chung-Gerrish family has been released and it's Olivia's hill to die on. (1:05:45)
- Missing executive Jake Cefolia's remains have been found. (1:12:14)
- A brief chat about the abandoned children in Houston, TX (1:15:00)

Thank you as always for listening!  

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THE TRUE CRIME SOCIETY PODCAST IS BACK, FEATURING PART TWO OF THE MURDAUGH SAGA

We start this episode off by yelling at you because we said Alex Murdaugh's name wrong last episode.

We have had some feedback that people want to hear the main content only ? if this is you, please fast forward as per below to your desired start point. As of next week?s episode, we are going to make some changes to formatting our podcast, so stay tuned!

CONTENT TIME STAMPS - FAST FORWARD TO YOUR DESIRED START POINT!
Gabby/ Brian - 6:05
Missing Cleo - 10:55
Murdaugh - 15:30


First up we have a BIG update on the Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie case.  We also give a quick rundown on the case of missing girl Cleo Smith, who disappeared from her family?s tent in Western Australia over the past weekend.  

 For anyone who is not familiar with this one, definitely start with Part One. Alex Murdaugh and his wife Maggie lived an affluent life with their two sons Buster and Paul in South Carolina. They were/are basically South Carolina Royalty - their family has been high profile in the area for decades. 

A few years ago, things started going really wrong for them - their housekeeper died mysteriously and Paul (allegedly) caused a boat crash while drunk that killed 19 y/o Mallory Beach. And then in June this year, Alex found Paul and Maggie murdered at one of the many homes they owned. Police have now reopened other cold cases in the area, looking for connections to the Murdaugh's. And to top it off, Alex allegedly paid someone to shoot him in the head in a suicide-for-hire insurance plot. 

In this episode we discuss (this synopsis is very general as I don?t want to spoil the story for anyone.  :

 - The reopening of the Stephen Smith case

- New information from Connor Cook about the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach ? Connor was aboard the boat on the night of the accident

- Alex?s ?suicide-for hire? plot ?  I can?t even begin to describe the whole debacle here

- Alex?s resignation from his law firm and his entry into rehab

- The ?alleged? misappropriation of funds by Alex from PMPED

- Updates on the lawsuits surrounding the boat crash

- More info on the Gloria Satterfield death settlement and Alex?s shady involvement in that case

- And we finish up with Alex in jail! 

Be sure to check out our blog for the whole rundown on the Murdaugh case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/10/13/m-is-for-murdaugh-a-saga-in-the-south/?fbclid=IwAR06bHzNvDCBjPiA5ClSKfDKnuW-eZhvg2o4vQstiqQ9hYnLXVHKMNwa_48

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We start this episode discussing some of the non-update Gabby Petito & Brian Laundrie updates (specifically, Gabby's family's Dr. Phil appearance and how Brian is probably NOT living in a bunker in his yard) and the disappointing news regarding Alexis Sharkey's alleged killer.

If you don't care about any of that and only want to hear about Murdaugh She Wrote (lol), fast forward approx 18 minutes.

Where to start with the Murdaugh saga?  It is A LOT!  We have broken down their story into two parts.  For anyone who is not familiar with this one,  Alex Murdaugh and his wife Maggie lived an affluent life with their two sons Buster and Paul in South Carolina.  They were/are basically South Carolina Royalty - their family has been high profile in the area for decades.   

A few years ago, things started going really wrong for them - their housekeeper died mysteriously and Paul (allegedly) caused a boat crash while drunk that killed 19 y/o Mallory Beach.  And then in June this year, Alex found Paul and Maggie murdered at one of the many homes they owned.  Police have now reopened other cold cases in the area, looking for connections to the Murdaugh's. And to top it off, Alex allegedly paid someone to shoot him in the head in a suicide-for-hire insurance plot. 

I told you it was a lot!

In this episode we discuss:

- The Murdaugh Family History
- The hit-and/run/possible murder of Stephen Smith
- The death of Gloria Satterfield - the Murdaugh family housekeeper for over 20 years
- The fatal drunken boat crash that killed Mallory Beach
- The murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh

We will finish off the story in next week's episode - updates are happening daily at the moment!

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In this episode we start off with a brief Brian Laundrie/ Gabby Petito update before talking about the recent murders of 19-year-old Miya Marcano and baby Neveah Allen. Miya was murdered by a maintenance worker at her apartment complex and Neveah was murdered by her mother and stepfather who tried to fake an abduction.

Then, we talk about the murder that changed reality tv casting forever. Ryan Jenkins, who starred in the early 2000s shows 'Megan Wants a Millionaire' and 'I Love Money,' murdered his wife Jasmine Fiore - who he had only met a few months prior. Jasmine had to be identified by her breast implant serial number due to her teeth and finger tips being removed. This is a crazy story that ends with a shocking twist. 

And, we read some interesting FindAGrave comments - because who even leaves comments on FindAGrave?

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On September 11th, 22-year-old Gabby Petito was reported missing by her family after not hearing from her since the end of August. Gabby was on a cross country road trip and vlogging living out of a van with her fiance, Brian Laundrie. It wasn't strange for her to be out of service for small stretches of time, but the silence had gone too long.

After she was reported missing, investigators discovered Brian returned to his Florida family home with the couple's van but without Gabby. Brian and his family immediately hired an attorney and gave no information about Gabby's whereabouts. The couple was last known to be visiting Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, which is where investigators began their search.

On September 17th, Brian's parents arranged to meet with police - but it wasn't to discuss Gabby. They hadn't seen Brian for 3 days and wanted to report him missing. 

The manhunt for Brian began and the search for Gabby continued until her remains were discovered in a remote area of the national park on September 19th. Her death was determined to be a homicide.

Brian remains missing.

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First, we go over the latest updates in regard to the murder of Gannon Stouch. New details were revealed during his step mother's preliminary hearing.

Then we talk about NXIVM, an MLM turned full-blown cult that blackmailed their members into having sex with founder Keith Raniere. Some women were even BRANDED with his initials.

In 2018, Keith and his associate, Smallville actress Allison Mack, were arrested and indicted on federal sex trafficking charges after a handful of victims came forward. We go over everything leading up to that moment.

We also discuss tips to identify a cult and whether or not modern day MLMs should be considered cults.

**Trigger warning: sex abuse**

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In this episode we first talk about more updates from Barry Morphew's trial and the recent searches for Crystal Rogers, who went missing in 2015. 

After hearing the horrific story of Matthew Coleman, who murdered his two children with a fishing spear gun after crossing the border into Mexico last month - we decided to do an episode on Deadly Dads.

Join us as we jump into the mix of Australian and American deadly dads.  Along with Matthew Coleman we discuss:

Henry Shepherdson strapped his baby daughter Kobi into her carrier on his chest.  He then stepped off a huge wall, plunging them both to their deaths.

John Edwards had a history of domestic violence and abuse.  Yet, his request for a gun license was still approved.  He drove to his ex-wife's house and shot their two children as they cowered under a desk.  Who failed the Edwards family?

Aziz Yazdanpanah dressed up as Santa to hand out gifts to his family on Christmas Day.  He then turned a gun on them all and himself. 

Rowan Baxter - a psycho who poured petrol his estranged wife and their children as they sat in their vehicle.  He then stabbed himself to death.

Why do these men snap and kill their whole families?  Revenge, jealousy or mental illness?  

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In this episode we go over some updates in the case against Barry Morphew, the husband of Suzanne Morphew who has been missing from Colorado for over a year. 

Then we talk about the mind-boggling unsolved murder of Judy Smith. Judy went missing from Philadelphia where she tagged along on her husband's worktrip. While he spoke at a conference, she went sightseeing around town but never turned up again that night. 

After 5 months of searching and some bizarre possible sightings of Judy, her remains were found near Asheville, North Carolina. Over a 9 HOUR DRIVE from Philadelphia! Even though her remains were skeletal, the medical examiner was able to determine Judy had been murdered. 

What happened to Judy? How did she get from Pennsylvania to North Carolina? Who did she meet along the way? There are a lot of theories to dive into with this one.

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In this episode we cracked open the box of 'old cases' and pulled out a few John Does.

First, we talk about the 4-6 year old Doe known as the "Boy in the Box." In 1957 this unidentified murder victim's battered body was found inside a bassinet box in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was determined the boy died of blunt force trauma. Investigators were puzzled because it appeared the boy had been abused and neglected but seemed well-groomed at the same time. Over the years this case garnered a lot of attention, but to this day the Boy in the Box remains unidentified - which has left us with some wild theories and ~*interesting*~ investigation tactics. 

Then, we talk about a few more lesser known John Does and for once, we leave you with a happy ending... Kind of?

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Today we are going to talk about two different cases of spousal murder that will leave you feeling very differently. 

The first is the murder of Pastor David Evans who's wife of 30 years, Kristie Evans, convinced their mutual lover to kill David. What was initially reported as a 'love triangle gone wrong' turned out to be something much darker. Kristie suffered years of abuse at the hands of her husband and was pressured into uncomfortable sexual situations to appease David's kinks. In March, 2021, Kristie had enough and arranged David's murder - which she eventually confessed to. Kristie's defense team will most likely argue that the years of abuse altered her mental state in order to reduce her sentence. Which raises the question, should victims of domestic abuse receive lesser murder sentences?

The second case is the murder of 19 year old Caroline Crouch by her 33 year old husband Charalambos ?Babis? Anagnostopoulos. On May 11th, 2021, Caroline was found strangled to death and tied to her bed after what Babis claimed was a merciless robbery. He told police foreign robbers tied him up in the basement before murdering Caroline and their puppy, and ransacking the house for cash. Of course, this was all a lie to cover up the fact that Babis murdered Caroline after a heated argument. Police were able to use data from Caroline's smart watch to figure out when her heart stopped beating - which didn't match up with Babis's story. After confessing to what police already knew, Babis claimed Caroline was the aggressor and pushed him which left him in a 'blurred state of mind.' Believe us, there's A LOT to unpack with this one.

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Do we even need an episode description for this one? In this episode, we talk about the biggest hypocrite and most disgusting human being ever - Josh Duggar. Known for his TLC fame, multiple molestations that were swept under the rug, an Ashley Madison scandal, and most recently child pornography charges. 

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In this episode we talk about 3 Jane Doe cases with some bizarre twists. 

First, is the Annandale Doe who was found with a plastic bag taped over her head in Babyland - the children's section of the Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery. We agree, Babyland is a terrible name, but that's besides the point. She was found with a small Christmas tree beside her, a Minnie mouse fanny pack and a vague suicide note.

Next, we talk about the Seattle Doe known as Mary Anderson. Mary booked a two night stay at the Hotel Vintage Park to commit suicide by drinking Metamucil mixed with cyanide (ew). Judging by her belongings, Mary seemed well-off and investigators believed she was educated due to the fact that she was able to get cyanide. Along with another vague suicide note (see above), a pressed maple leaf was found in a newspaper Mary had been carrying. 

And lastly, we talk about the case of Jennifer Fairgate of Norway. This Doe brings us to another hotel called the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel. Somehow, Jennifer managed to book a 3 night stay without showing ID or paying upfront. After realizing Jennifer never paid for her room, a hotel employee went to speak with her only to hear a gunshot. After alerting their manager and breaking into the room, they found Jennifer dead with a bullet wound to her head. It looked like she committed suicide, but some things didn't add up. Jennifer's belongings (like a suitcase full of bullets??) and behavior leading up to her death has left people wondering if Jennifer could have been some sort of spy. A man who stayed in the room across from Jennifer did an interview and made a major red flag of a mistake leaving us to wonder if Jennifer was murdered.

We also talk about how it's pretty much always a bad sign when a hotel room door is dead bolted, how all of these cases could have been solved if they happened today, and what we think may have happened to each doe. 

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First, we have lots of updates for you guys - Alan White's body was found, Lori Vallow & Chad Daybell are still messy, and the Mollie Tibbetts murder trial comes to a conclusion after the defense throws us a wild hail-mary.

Then, we go over some missing person cases that will leave you scratching your head. 
  
- 25-year-old Jenna Van Gelderen of Atlanta, GA went missing from her home along with a bizarre family heirloom - an Egyptian tapestry. Her car was found abandoned but there have been no sightings of Jenna or the tapestry to this day.
 
- 26-year-old Terrence Woods was last seen running into the Idaho woods by the production crew of a TV show he was working on in the middle of his shift. His family believes something is being covered up by the production company.
 
- And 31-year-old Dr. Sneha Anne Phillip vanished right before the 9/11 attacks in NYC, leaving many to wonder if she used the chaos to start a new life or if she perished trying to render medical aid to people in need.

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In this episode we give you a geography lesson on Australia and 'the bush' before diving into the case of missing 70-year-old campers, Russell Hill and Carol Clay.
 
Senior citizens disappearing while camping in a dangerously rugged area? Seems pretty self-explanatory as to what happened. Except there is A LOT more to this story than meets the eye.
 
As it turns out, Russell was married to another woman and had been having an affair with Carol for years. When police reached their campsite after the two were reported missing, they found it burned to the ground. The area has been searched numerous times, but there has been no sign of the pair. 
 
At first, many people thought they ran off and started a new life together or that they got lost in the bush and died of exposure, but police believe a third party may be involved.
 
Plus - stick around until the end to hear why our Facebook Page is similar to the Australian Bush (spoiler: it's because it's out of friggin CONTROL).

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On April 7, 2021, 32-year-old former NFL player Phillip Adams shot and killed six people, including two young children, at a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina before killing himself.

The victims of the attack were Phillip's doctor, Robert Lesslie, his wife, their two grandchildren, and two air conditioner technicians who were working at the home.

A motive hasn't been confirmed, but it's been said that Dr. Lesslie had discontinued prescribing Phillip pain medication that he was prescribed after suffering multiple injuries and concussions in the NFL.

Phillip's family say that his mental state had rapidly deteriorated over the last few months and believe head trauma from his football career is to blame.

His brain will be tested for CTE as part of his autopsy, but the results can take a few months. 

In this episode, we continue our overall discussion on CTE in regard to WWE Superstar Chris Benoit (Part 1) and Phillip Adams.

**Note: There have already been a few minor updates to Phillip's case that we will talk about briefly in our next episode**

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For the next two episodes we're going to discuss two murder-suicides where chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is considered a contributing factor due to the assailant being involved in contact sports.

Over the weekend of June 22, 2007, WWE superstar Chris Benoit killed his wife Nancy and their 7-year-old son Daniel before using his exercise equipment to hang himself. 

The media was quick to call this an episode of "roid rage," but after Chris's brain was studied, it was revealed he suffered from severe CTE due to  years of head trauma. 

In this episode, we cover everything related to the Benoit double-murder-suicide. Next week we discuss the recent murder-suicide involving ex-NFL player, Phillip Adams.

Should CTE be a defense for murder? 

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In this episode, we finish our "it's always the husband... allegedly" series with the cases of Jennifer Dulos and Suzanne Morphew.

Jennifer went missing from New Canaan, CT on May 24, 2019 after dropping her children off at school. Her soon-to-be ex husband, Fotis Dulos, and his new girlfriend, Michelle Troconis were then caught on camera disposing of bloody clothing and cleaning supplies. The two, along with a third person, were eventually charged with her murder - but there has been A LOT of twists along the way. Jennifer remains missing to this day.

Suzanne Morphew of Chaffee County, CO was reported missing on Mother?s Day ? May 10, 2020. She reportedly left her house alone for a bike ride and never returned. Her bike was recovered less than a half mile away that same day. Her husband, Barry Morphew's story doesn't line up and his strange behavior has left Suzanne's family feeling suspicious. Suzanne also remains missing to this day.

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It's ALWAYS the husband (allegedly). Over the next two episodes we discuss cases where all signs point to the victim's significant other, but they are seemingly getting away with it.  
  
In part one we talk about Melinda Davis, who was found deceased in the trunk of her car in March, 2021 after meeting her ex-partner to pick up some belongings, and Crystal Rogers who has been missing since July, 2015 after last being seen "playing games on her phone" by her boyfriend.

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In two separate but similar incidents, Alan White and & Jake Cefolia were both last seen on surveillance pumping gas before each of their luxury vehicles were found abandoned in vacant areas. After months of searching, neither man has been found and clues to their disappearance are limited. While some have speculated that either man could have left to start a new life, others fear something much more sinister may have happened to them.

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When someone is reported missing, it's generally safe to assume they're not in their house. Surely, the police or the family would have checked there already. 

Except sometimes, after the headlines, the search parties, and the emotional public pleas from family members - that's exactly where the person turns up.

In this episode, we cover a handful of cases where this phenomenon happened and the theories surrounding them. Julie Snyder, Molly Meghan Miller, and Christopher Woitel were all found dead in their homes after being reported missing and searched for. 

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We're back to let you know why we hate Facebook and to fill you in on everything that happened while we were on break. This includes, the murder of influencer Alexis Sharkey, the disappearance of Jason Landry, and the identification of Mostly Harmless. 

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A mother is meant to be the ultimate protector of their children.  Sometimes though, they are perpetrators of the ultimate betrayal.

In this episode we speak about four cases where mothers have taken the lives of their children, before killing themselves.  What could drive a woman to the edge like this?

1 ? Michele Boudreau Deegan drugged her twin 7 y/o daughters before shooting them and then herself in the head
2 ? Cynthia Collier fired 34 rounds into her four adopted teenage children, before taking her own life
3 ? Kimbra Shanafelt and her 5 y/o daughter were found dead in their home from carbon monoxide poisoning
4 ? Tristen Watson was pregnant when she took her toddler son into the Rocky Mountains National Park.  She shot him and then herself, and her unborn baby also passed away.

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... or maybe you'll want to visit? We wont judge. 

In honor of Halloween, we discuss three famous (and possibly haunted) murder houses - the Villisca axe murders house, the Los Feliz murder mansion, and the Sowden house and it's possible connection to the Black Dahlia. Would you ever live in one of these houses?

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With surveillance cameras becoming more and more accessible, it makes sense that more and more crimes are being caught on camera.

In this episode we talk about four crimes that were caught on camera - the Watts family murders, the murder of Elizabeth Barraza, missing Leila Cavett, and the mysterious death of Elisa Lam.

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In this episode we go over all the updates (and non-updates) to the cases we've covered so far with the award for BIGGEST update going to the Michael Shaver case (finally!!)

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15-month-old Evelyn Boswell was reported missing on February 19th, 2020 by her grandfather, but she hadn't actually been seen since December 2019.

I'm sure you're wondering - how does a missing baby go unreported for 2 months?

Her mother, 18-year-old Megan Boswell, tried to explain during an interview, "Well, the reason I didn?t report it or anything was I knew the person who had her and I didn?t want them to run away with her. In a way, I knew that as soon as anything went down this person was going to disappear and they have."

A month later, Evelyn's remains were found in a shed on a family member's property with her toys, clothes, and diapers. With a family full of felons pointing fingers at each other, investigators had a long road ahead of them - but ultimately they were able to make an arrest.

Story beings @ 14:45

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