Episode 99: Cynthia and Jackie Leslie with special guest Catherine McKenzie
They said they were going to go babysit, but secretly had other plans to meet up with a friend. When teenagers Cynthia and Jackie Leslie left their Mesa, Arizona home in 1974, no one was worried. After all, everyone assumed they were exactly where they said: babysitting. When they didnāt return home, though, their family was plunged into a mystery now almost 50 years old. In this episode we cover both what was reported by the media and what was contained in their over 200 page police file. This week, weāre joined by writer Catherine McKenzie. A graduate of McGill in History and Law, Catherine practiced law for twenty years before leaving the practice to write full time. Sheās the author of numerous bestsellers including HIDDEN, FRACTURED, THE GOOD LIAR and IāLL NEVER TELL. Her works have been translated into multiple languages and PLEASE JOIN US and IāLL NEVER TELL have all been optioned for development into television series. You can find Catherine onĀ ā InstagramĀ ā andĀ ā TikTokā .Ā ā”ļøĀ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified womenāsubscribe and share this episode. šĀ Find us onā Ā Instagramā Ā &Ā ā Facebookā . šĀ Get Aimeeās book, Doe, now available viaĀ ā University of Akron Pressā ,Ā ā Bookshop.orgā , andĀ ā Amazonā . š°Ā For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimeeās newsletter,Ā ā GIRLHUNTā .
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They said they were going to go babysit, but secretly had other plans to meet up with a friend. When teenagers Cynthia and Jackie Leslie left their Mesa, Arizona home in 1974, no one was worried. After all, everyone assumed they were exactly where they said: babysitting. When they didnāt return home, though, their family was plunged into a mystery now almost 50 years old. In this episode we cover both what was reported by the media and what was contained in their over 200 page police file. This...