True Crime in the 50
Hey True Crime fans! Get ready for True Crime in the 50, the podcast that delves into the craziest True Crime story in each and every state! Every two weeks, I'll take a look at the most unbelievable murders, serial killers and disappearances that took place in all 50 states, from Alabama to Wyoming. If you love True Crime (and America) you won't want to miss this! Do you feel safe in your state?
Episodes
Louisiana: The Death of Danny Schneider
On April 13, 1999 at around 9 pm, Danny Schneider Jr., 20, told his parents and sister he was going to study at a friend's house in Chalmette, Louisiana, about a 20 minute drive from New Orleans. In reality, Danny was actually going to buy …
Kentucky: The Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson
The Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson are discussed.Show Notes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cincinnatis-crime-vault-beyond-the-broadcast/id1641626489https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-cincinnatis-crime-vault-be-101295692/episode…
Kansas: The Brazen Killing of Kelsey Smith
On June 2nd, 2007, at 6:30 p.m.,18-year-old Kelsey Smith went to the local Target in Overland Park, Kansas, to buy a gift for her boyfriend, John. Kelsey had just graduated from High School days earlier, was planning on going to Kansas Stat…
Iowa: The Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook
On Friday, July 13th, 2012, in the tiny town of Evansdale, Iowa, two cousins and best friends, Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10 set off on their bikes. Their grandmother told them to be back in an hour for lunch, but by late afterno…
Indiana: David Camm and Richard Hoagland
The cases of David Camm and Richard Hoagland are discussed. Show Notes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mystery-on-lockhart-road/id1464919521?i=1000463343241https://www.andthentheyweregone.com/episodes/episode-514-re-release-richard-ho…
Illinois: The Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen
The disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen and the suicide of Amy Frye Pitzen in Rockford, Illinois is discussed.Show Notes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJqFMVT-S8
Idaho: The Disappearance of Amber Hoopes
On September 14, 2001, Amber Hoopes, a 20-year-old native of Idaho Falls, Idaho left her grandparents house where she was living, and went out to their auto body shop on the premises to check her email around midnight. Amber's grandmother w…
Hawaii: Dawn Momohara and Nancy Anderson
On Monday, March 20th, 1977, 16-year-old Dawn Momohara received a call at the home she shared with her mother in Honolulu. It was an unknown male who asked to meet her at the local Ala Mohana shopping center. Telling her mother she would be…
Georgia: The Mysterious Murder of Kay Wenal
At the time of her death, Eva Kay Wenal, who went by Kay, was 60 years old and living with her millionaire fourth husband, Hal, in a large rental home in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Kay had been a former beauty queen, playboy bunny and showgirl…
Florida's Killer Grandma
Lois and Dave Reiss lived in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota and raised a family. Lois ran a daycare business for awhile out of the couple's home and Dave ran a successful wax worm farm. Everything was good, from the outside. From the inside, t…
Delaware: Charles "Bobby" Steele and Benjamin Archer
Charles Robert "Bobby" Steele had not had the best childhood. He got into a serious accident when he was 13 and became addicted to drugs not long after. But he was finally trying to turn his life around when he went to stay with his sister …
Connecticut: The Disappearance of Robert Hoagland
Robert "Hoagy" Hoagland lived in Newtown, Connecticut, with his wife, Laurie, and one young adult son. The couple had two other sons. Hoagy was a part-time paralegal, former chef and had his real estate appraiser's license. He was your all-…
Colorado: The Murders of Suzanne Morphew and Kelsey Berreth
On Mother's Day, 2020, a mother of two, Suzanne Morphew, received texts from her daughters and husband wishing her a happy holiday. Suzanne, who lived in Salida, Colorado, never responded. Soon, her husband Barry had put out a reward for he…
California: The Disappearances of Heidi Planck and the McStay Family
On Sunday, October 17, 2021, Heidi Planck, a 39-year-old divorced mother of one left the townhome that she rented in the Palms area of West LA near Culver City and got into her silver Range Rover. She brought along her Labradoodle dog, Seve…
Arkansas: Morgan Nick and Danick Adams
Colleen Nick took her oldest daughter, Morgan Nick, to watch a Little League baseball game at 9 pm in Alma, Arkansas on June 9th, 1995. Morgan ran off to play with some other little kids to catch fireflies in the parking lot of baseball fie…
Arizona: Valerie Pape
Ira Pomeranz was a playboy about Scottsdale, Arizona; he was a nightclub owner, restaurant owner and twice-divorced bachelor. Until he met Valerie Pape. Valerie was a beautiful blond woman in her mid-forties, who had come to Scottsdale from…
Alaska: True Crime in the Alaska Triangle
You have probably heard of the Bermuda Triangle, but have you heard of the Alaska Triangle? It is the area between Utqiagvik, Anchorage and Juneau, where, in the past four decades, people have gone missing at a rate of 4 per 1,000 individua…
Alabama: Audrey Marie Hilley
On January 12th, 1983, the police department in Brattleboro, Vermont, got a strange call from some colleagues at a local company about a case of what they thought to be false identity. The woman in question worked as a secretary at the comp…
Washington D.C.: The Mysterious Death of Robert Wone
The Mysterious Death of Robert WoneShow Notes:https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/who-killed-robert-wone/8330027078016478112/seasons/1
Evergreen Murders: Return to Evergreen
High –powered Hollywood agent Mackenzie Monroe has just gotten engaged to her boyfriend Nick Tenenbaum and they are planning what else? A Christmas wedding in the tiny town of Evergreen Ohio where they first met... oh and where they first s…
Wyoming: The Murder of Lisa Marie Kimmell
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Wisconsin: The Gruesome Death of Shad Thyrion
On the night of February 22nd, 2002, a woman named Taylor Schabusiness picked up her boyfriend Shad Thyrion and a friend in her Town and Country minivan in Green Bay, Wisconsin to go buy drugs. The three friends did meth, marijuana and Traz…
West Virginia: The Mysterious Death of Danny Casolaro
Danny Casolaro was a journalist on the verge of discovering something huge. A U.S. Intelligence military breach, lies, scandal, computer data hackings, killings and bribery that went up to the top of the government. The conspiracy even invo…
Washington: David Anderson and Alex Baranyi
David Anderson and Alex Baranyi werhe best of friends. They were also murderers. Both boys had bad childhoods and were abused. But no one could have known that they would commit the ultimate sin. Show Notes:https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Sec…
Virginia: The Murder of Michelle Castillo
Michelle Castillo was 43 years old and lived in Ashburn, Virginia in a 10,000 square foot mansion with her four young children. Michelle had recently been estranged from her husband, Braulio Castillo and had obtained a restraining order aga…
Vermont: The Murders of George and Catherine Peacock
George Peacock, 76, and his wife, Catherine, 73 were creatures of habit. So much so, that when George did not show up at a local convenience store one morning in his hometown of Danbury, Vermont to get the paper, the clerk noticed. He also …
Utah: The Senseless Killing of Lauren McCluskey
Lauren McCluskey was an excellent 21-year-old athlete who competed on the track at field team at the University of Utah. At the beginning of Lauren's senior year there, in 2018, she met a man named Sean Fields while out at a club. Sean was …
Texas: The Murder of Mary Lou Morris and the Murder of Mary McGinnis Morris
Mary Lou Morris and Mary McGinnis Morris were two middle-aged women with short, dark curly hair and brown eyes. Mary Lou Morris was a bank loan officer and lived in Baytown, Texas. Mary McGinnis Morris was a healthcare medical director and …
Tennessee: The Bizarre Death of Blair Adams
Blair Adams was from Surrey British Columbia, Canada, was 31 years old and had a good job as a construction site manager. He had struggled with drugs and alcohol at one point in his life, but, at the time of his death, had been sober for tw…
South Dakota's Cold Cases
South Dakota's cold cases include: Tammy Haas, Eugene Prins, Morgan Bauer, Pamela Dunn and Morgan LewisShow Notes:Tammy Haas:Yankton Police Department: 605-668-5210FBI Office in Sioux Falls: 605-334-6881tips.fbi.govAnonymously at Yankton Cr…
South Carolina: Susan Smith
David Smith met Susan Vaughn at the local Winn Dixie in Union, South Carolina when the two were teenagers working as cashiers. Soon, they started dating and fell in love and Susan became pregnant. The two married and started a life together…
Rhode Island: The Brendel Family Murders
Ernest Brendel was an attorney who lived with his wife, Alice, a library assistant, and their young daugther, Emily in Barrington, Rhode Island. Through a mutual friend, Ernie met Chris Hightower, a twice-married financial advisor and the f…
Pennsylvania: The Murders of Andrew and Zachary Bagby
Andrew Bagby was a well-liked and gregarious guy who always knew he wanted to be a doctor. He went to medical school in Newfoundland, Canada, and that is where the 28-year-old met 40-year-old Shirley Turner. Shirley was twice divorced and h…
Oregon: The Cowden Family Killings
On the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, 1974, the Cowden family, which consisted of Richard Cowden, 28, Belinda, 22, David, 5, and Melissa, 5 months, made a spontaneous decision to go camping at one of their favorite spots, Carbury Creek, 40 …
Oklahoma: The Murder of Brittany Phillips
Brittany Phillips had just moved back home to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend nearby Tulsa Community College, with plans to transfer to Oklahoma State. She aspired to work in the medical field. She had a lot of friends nearby, and was very close …
Ohio: The Steubenville Rape Case
On the morning of Sunday, August 12th, 2012, a 16-year-old High School student, Jane Doe, woke up in Steubenville, Ohio, about 15 miles from her hometown of Weirton, West Virginia. She woke up in a strange basement and had no idea where she…
Re-Release: The Disappearance of Tyler Davis and the Murders of Aaron Grexa, Eric Hlass and Kayla Hurst
In February 2019, a young couple from the Cincinnati, Ohio area left their baby with his grandparents and made the two-and-a-half-hour drive up to Central Ohio to spend the night at the Hilton Hotel at Easton Town Center, a luxury shopping …
North Dakota: The Disappearance of Barbara Cotton
Barbara Cotton was born on November 10th, 1965 in Tayoga, North Dakota. She had 9 brothers and sisters and a hard life. Her family was poor and her father abused many family members. When her mother finally divorced her father in 1973, she …
North Carolina: The Father/Daughter Killer Duo
After the sudden and tragic death of his wife, Margaret in 2006, Ireland native Jason Corbett needed a nanny for his two children, Jack, 3 and Sarah, 12 weeks. Along came Molly Martens, a Montessori school teacher from the United States. Mo…