Same Crime, Different Time: A Historical True Crime Podcast With Jen Chambers

Same Crime, Different Time: A Historical True Crime Podcast With Jen Chambers

Host: Jen Chambers

In Same Crime, Different Time, Jennifer brings her passion for uncovering the truth to a region steeped in chilling true crime, perplexing historical events, and unsettling local lore. Each week, you'll embark on a journey through time, exploring ancient and modern cases of murder, mysterious disappearances, and strange, captivating places. With Jennifer's extensive research background in true crime and history, you'll connect the dots between past and present, revealing the enduring threads of mystery that weave through this incredible, yet often unsettling, landscape. jbchambers.substack.com

Episodes

Paper Towns
01August 16, 2025 6:04am

Paper Towns

In 1942, America’s West Coast lived with the very real fear of enemy attack. Pearl Harbor was still fresh in memory, submarines had shelled the Ellwood oil fields near Santa Barbara, and blackouts were part of daily life. People who lived a…

Fire & Darkness: The Lafayette Curse
02August 09, 2025 7:54pm

Fire & Darkness: The Lafayette Curse

In the misty wine country of Yamhill County, Oregon, lies a town with a curse—if you believe the story. It’s got classic ghost story vibes: a man hanged for murder, a grieving, defiant mother, and a string of deadly fires. Oh also, a ghost …

New Episode: The Rise & Fall of Oregon’s Love Cult
03August 03, 2025 3:40pm

New Episode: The Rise & Fall of Oregon’s Love Cult

What happens when faith twists into fanaticism?In this week’s episode, I dive into one of Oregon’s most bizarre and haunting true crime stories—the strange saga of Edmund Creffield, the self-proclaimed messiah who led a fiery cult known as …

Ice, Blood, and Vengeance: The Lava Lake Murders of 1924
04July 25, 2025 6:06am

Ice, Blood, and Vengeance: The Lava Lake Murders of 1924

In January 1924, Edward Nickols, Roy Wilson, and Dewey Morris were living the dangerous life of wilderness trappers near Little Lava Lake in Oregon's high desert. They had guns, they had experience, and they knew an escaped convict named Ch…

Lost Gold and Broken Dreams: The Blue Bucket Mine Mystery
05July 19, 2025 7:19am

Lost Gold and Broken Dreams: The Blue Bucket Mine Mystery

What if the gold rush started three years earlier… and no one noticed?In 1845, a wagon train lost in the Oregon desert made a discovery that should’ve changed history—pebbles heavy and yellow enough to ā€œfill one of these blue buckets.ā€ But …

NEW EPISODE: The Shoe Fetish Slayer
06June 25, 2025 4:36am

NEW EPISODE: The Shoe Fetish Slayer

Four young women. Formerly quiet Oregon towns ripped apart by tragedy. A man with a twisted obsession that led to one of the most disturbing serial killer cases in Pacific Northwest history.This week, I’m telling the story of Jerome Brudos,…

Stilled Voice: The Murder of Poet Pat Lowther
07June 19, 2025 1:57pm

Stilled Voice: The Murder of Poet Pat Lowther

šŸŽ¬ INTRO & OPENING ā€œWelcome back to Same Crime, Different Time. I’m Jen Chambers. Tonight, we remember Patricia ā€˜Pat’ Lowther—a rising Canadian poet cut down at 40 by the very man she trusted. Her life and voice were powerful; her death se…

Echoes in the Siskiyous: The Cowden Family Disappearance
08June 11, 2025 1:51pm

Echoes in the Siskiyous: The Cowden Family Disappearance

Welcome to Same Crime, Different Time, the podcast where we dig into the eerie echoes of Pacific Northwest history. I’m your host, Jen Chambers—and today, we’re venturing deep into the Siskiyou Mountains for a case that has haunted Oregon …

The Case of Diane Downs: A Mother’s Betrayal
09June 03, 2025 10:42am

The Case of Diane Downs: A Mother’s Betrayal

On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs drove her wounded children to a hospital in Springfield, Oregon, claiming they were victims of a carjacking by a mysterious stranger. But as investigators dug deeper, the story twisted into something far more si…

Ghosts of Oregon History I Wish I Could Meet (& Some I'm Glad I Didn't)
10May 28, 2025 5:28pm

Ghosts of Oregon History I Wish I Could Meet (& Some I'm Glad I Didn't)

Dive into the eerie side of Oregon's past in this episode of Same Crime, Different Time. Host Jennifer Chambers explores the lives—and lingering presences—of figures like Eliza Young, the last of the Kalapuya, and the brave Sheriff W. W. Wi…