Kendrick Johnson attended his first three periods of high school in Valdosta, GA on January 10, 2013. However, he would not make it through that day alive, yet he never left the grounds of his high school. He was found almost 24 hours later, in one of the gyms. His body was upside down in a rolled up wrestling mat that was standing up vertically. A…

On September 6, 1949, in just 12 minutes, 13 lives were lost to a mass shooter on River Road in Camden, NJ. Unlike today, mass shootings were not a regular event that was normalized on the news. In a post World War II era, automatic guns were relatively new and held mostly for military use, not often seen in public. However, on this day, the mundan…

This episode is more conversational than our usual case episodes. We will provide an update on the Alexis Gabe case, which is local to Northern California. We also discuss the currently unsolved murders of the University of Idaho students, Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20. Join us in a current true cri…

Whether it is truth, lore, urban legend or just straight up spooky that you want, we got it here at our Darkcast Network Halloween Sleepover. Grab some snacks, your favorite beverage and lean in close as we take this journey to the dark side with several podcasts from the Darkcast Network. We hope you enjoy! Info on each featured podcast included b…

Part 2 will take a look into the happenings on the Gunness Farm after the suspicious death of Belle's second husband Peter. Belle then successfully hired farm hands to help on her farm through a newspaper ad. Unfortunately for Belle, these hired farmhands keep suspiciously up and leaving without notice. Instead of help wanted ads, she turned to mat…

Belle Gunness immigrated to the United States in the late 1800's from Norway with big dreams of marrying well and raising a family of her own. However, when life didn't go exactly as planned, she tried to find a way to success on her own... by any means necessary. In Part 1 of this 2 Part Episode on Belle Gunness we hear of her early days in the Un…

Just a quick update from Molly and Cody. We also give you a breakdown of what to expect for the coming month of October! Looking forward to talking to all of you neighbors soon!Av Molly & Cody

Listen to this important update regarding the status of the Over The Fence - True Crime Podcast. We will be on a hiatus for an undetermined period of time... listen in for more information. Remember we have a back catalog of 120 episodes that you can binge at any time! We look forward to talking to you all soon!…

Please excuse the audio quality of this interview as we had some technical difficulties. But don't let the audio dissuade you from listening to this amazing author and woman, Kathryn Miles. Thank you again Kathryn for the amazing session! To purchase her book, you can use the following link: https://www.workman.com/products/trailed/hardback For mor…

Julie Williams and Lollie Winans were well versed in hiking, camping and wilderness trips. On May 19, 1996 they arrived at Shenadoah National Park with a plan to hike and camp along portions of the Appalachian Trail. Their permit intinerary had them scheduled to leave the park on May 27, 1996. Ony May 31st, Park Rangers were alerted by Julie's fath…

After being lured out of her home by four older teenage girls, Shanda Sharer, only 12 years old, was brutalized for more than 9 hours until her death the following morning on January 11, 1992. The death of a child never makes sense. The death of a child at the hands of individuals who are all still children as well, between the ages of 15 and 17, m…

Today we present you with ***BEYOND THE RAINBOW PODCAST*** www.beyondtherainbowpodcast.com Alex VanDalsen was a 21 year old trans man who died in Lafayette, Indiana. Law enforcement quickly ruled his death a suicide. Yet there was no blood splatter, no bullet casings and the coroner miss marked bullet entrance/exit wounds. A gun was found under Ale…

The Trailside Killer emptied State and National Park trails in the Northern California area in the late 1970s and early 1980s as it was no longer a safe place to be. Male or female, alone or in a group. With a dog or without one. It seemed that no one was safe even in broad daylight. With the help of a spot on profile by founding FBI profiler John …

On this episode we delve into the mysterious case of the Yuba County 5. In February of 1978, a group of five men, referred to endearingly as "The Boys" by their families, watched a basketball game at Chico State University and on their travels home, ended up traveling approximately 70 miles in the wrong direction from home. The end up on a rural gr…

On May 28, 1998, the famous comedic actor Phil Hartman was murdered in his Los Angeles home by his wife, Brynn, before she also took her own life. We discuss the life and career of Phil Hartman and the tragic events that seemed to unfold up until the early morning hours where he is found deceased at home. Although much is known about Phil's life, h…

In this episode, Cody & Molly keep it California-centric and discuss the murders of 5 individuals, including 2 children at a beautiful home in the beach town of Soquel. The victims, Dr. Victor Ohta, Virgina Ohta, their 2 sons and Dr. Ohta's Personal Assistant, Dorothy Cadwallader were found when firefighters were alerted to the crime scene after th…

In the early morning hours of April 18, 2016 as Missy Bevers arrived at the location where her fitness class was to be held, she was unaware of the fact that there was an unknown assailant wandering the hallways of the facility waiting for her arrival. As the lone killer roamed the hallways waiting for Missy to arrive they are clearly captured on s…

John Douglas, one of the founding fathers of the profiling unit at the FBI posed a thought...What if werewolves and witches were how those from Europe and early America explained away the original serial killers? Instead of coming to terms with the atrocities that your neighbors performed, you instead blamed it on the occult or the supernatural? We…

In 2008, an 11 year old boy and the family's 57 year old housekeeper were found brutally murdered inside of a family home in an affluent neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. Despite multiple eyewitnesses seeing the actual person that committed the murders, because he was unknown in the area, these murders went unsolved for 5 years. In 2013, 2 more brut…

Today we discuss the mysterious cases of the Tamam Shud case also known as The Somerton Man case from Australia and The Boy in the Box case from the United States. Two unsolved mysteries from different continents but both with the potential of being solved with familial DNA over 50 years later.Av Molly & Cody

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND NEED HELP, PLEASE VISIT THE BELOW WEBSITE OR CALL THE BELOW NUMBER FOR CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE: https://rainn.org/ (800) 656-HOPE (4673) April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but we believe this is a topic that should be open for discussion everyday. When victims come forward there i…

In the summer of 1976 a school bus full of children seemed to disappear into thin air on the way back from a field trip. On this bus were 26 children and 1 bus driver. These victims were kidnapped and held for over 16 hours as their kidnappers had a ransom plan in mind. How do you hide that many people at once you ask? Well... you put them undergro…

Familicide, also known as family annihilation, is a type of mass murder and according to research is perpetrated more by men than women. In addition, researchers have also put familicide and the reasoning behind these events into 4 different categories to try and get a better grasp on such unfathomable and tragic events. Today we go over familicide…

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Today we present you with one of our Darkcast Network podcasting partners - And Then They Were Gone. This episode covers the very current case of missing 5-year-old Michael "Monkey" Vaughan who disappeared from his family home in Fruitland, Idaho on July 27, 2021. Anyone that may have information regarding Michael's disappearance is urged to contac…

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In this episode we discuss updates to our Current True Crimes Episode (#66), an update on Drew Peterson’s latest antics, and a very recent case of a local-ish murdered mother of 2, brought to our attention by a listener. We also want to direct you all to the podcast - They Called Her Georgia Lee — for the real story of Georgia Leah Moses’ s unsolve…

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From August 2015 to July of 2016, the streets of Phoenix, particularly the Maryvale area, were terrorized by a serial killer that would randomly shoot at individuals, most often right outside of their own homes. The shootings were finally connected through witness descriptions of the shooter and ballistics evidence. Nine people lost their lives to …

As we begin Part 2, the bodies of two of Jane's victims have been exhumed and an arrest is to occur... In this episode we discuss the WHY behind Jane's actions which came out during her psychiatric evaluation, her extremely short trial and her extended stay at Taunton State Hospital.Av Molly & Cody

After starting her career as a nurse in 1885, "Jolly" Jane Toppan started wracking up countless victims to her experimentations with various poisons. Some of these victims survived, many did not. It wasn't until 1901, when Nurse Jane killed an entire family that she was finally stopped. In Part 1 we explore Nurse Jane's childhood, how she started h…

Shortly after having his desires publicly rejected on "Megan Wants a Millionaire", Ryan Jenkins was living in Las Vegas in 2009, when he met Jasmine Fiore. Within 48 hours of meeting, the two are married, with promises that he would spoil her with all the finer things of life and really take care of her. The relationship quickly turns toxic and by …

On Staten Island, children grew up fearing the boogeyman, Cropsey. The legend of Cropsey is that of an escaped patient of a mental institution that would take children, he allegedly had a hook for a hand and any possibility of coming into contact with him would invoke fear in children growing up in Staten Island. But in the early 1970s through the …

In 2007 Stacy Peterson, the 4th wife of a police Sergeant in Illinois, goes missing. Her husband, Drew Peterson, claims she "ran off" with just a bikini and some cash, but this unlikely explanation becomes even more unlikely given the strange circumstances surrounding the death of his 3rd wife Kathleen Savio. Kathleen's death was previously ruled "…

Christy Martin stepped into the boxing ring for the first time in 1986 with zero training, zero experience but all the heart in the world. She quickly grabbed the attention of boxing promoters and was introduced to a man named Jim Martin who would become her boxing coach and husband. With her raw talent and tenacity, Christy Martin paved the way an…

On November 22, 2018, which was Thanksgiving, Kelsey Berreth is last seen on surveillance with her one year old daughter while shopping at a local grocery store. This is the last time she is seen alive in public. After 10 days she is reported missing, but not by her fiance and father of her child. She is reported missing by her mom, that doesn't ev…

On November 2, 2016 Sherri Papini was jogging nearby her home in Redding, CA when she goes missing. Her husband returns home from work to find his home empty, his two children still at day care, long after their normal pick up time, and his wife is nowwhere to be found. He tracks her phone down to about a mile away from their home, but when he goes…

In our first collab episode and our YouTube debut, we are guests on another great podcast - Bo Talks With Big Jim! This is the audio file of a YouTube video. Link to Bo Talks With Big Jim YouTube channel in the Episode Notes. Staying with our October/Halloween theme for last month, we tell of the Halloween murder of Rebekah Gay, which was the culmi…

On Halloween, 1973, 9 Year Old Lisa French began trick or treating on her way to a community event. She was alone, so to be safe, she was only knocking on the doors of people that she was familiar with... a classmate, a school teacher, and Gerald Turner, who her family previously shared opposite sides of a duplex with. These are the three doors she…

On Halloween of 1974, Ronald O'Bryan became the original candyman. He is the reason we check our Halloween candy every year looking for that one wrapper that seems to be slightly out of place. However, our current fears take us to candy from strangers, but what if it is your own father handing over a piece of candy? This must be the safest candy to…