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Feb. 20, 2025

UPDATE: Beaumont Children

Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont disappeared nearly 60 years ago without a trace. On February 22, 2025, a third and final dig at a location of interest might give answers to a family who’s been waiting for over half a century.

Feb. 17, 2025

WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 1

In 2021, we set out to cover the case of Rhys Pocan, a 35-year-old Indigenous woman who was murdered in Wisconsin in the ‘80s. But while we were in the field, we uncovered a disturbing pattern of murders with similarities to Rhys’ that were just too blatant to ignore. So, we spent the next three ye…

Feb. 10, 2025

BREAKING NEWS MURDERED: Marcus Rutledge

A young father moves to Nashville chasing his college dreams, but in June 1998, 23-year-old Marcus Rutledge vanishes after taking his daughter to daycare. His disappearance reveals a life filled with secrets...and even after the discovery of his skull, his family is left wondering if they'll ever k…

Jan. 27, 2025

MISSING: Randy Leach

For over 36 years, the people of Linwood, Kansas, have been asking the same question… what happened to Randy Leach?

Jan. 20, 2025

MURDERED: Elizabeth Barraza

Elizabeth Barraza was 29 when she was gunned down in her driveway in Tomball, Texas, while setting up for a garage sale. The murder was so calculated and shocking, police were certain they'd catch her killer within hours. But years later, the case is still unsolved. And her family’s hoping that som…

Jan. 13, 2025

INFAMOUS: Highway 20

Over several decades, women and girls have encountered a monster whose full reign of terror might not even be fully known. He hunted his own backyard, the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, and there could be victims out there that have yet to be discovered.

Jan. 6, 2025

SURVIVED: Dianna D'Aiello

When a pregnant woman is found brutally beaten in her apartment, the race is on to find out whether she’s a serial killer’s latest target – or if her attacker is hiding in plain sight.

Jan. 2, 2025

MURDERED: Lesly Palacio from Las Vegas

This episode was originally released in September 2024, exclusively in the Crime Junkie Fan Club, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year. And now you know why... we’re going on tour! Get your tickets now at crimejunkiepo…

Dec. 30, 2024

INFAMOUS: The Jeff Davis 8

Between 2005 and 2008, eight women are killed in and around the small town of Jennings, Louisiana. Rumors of a serial killer on the loose are met with apathy by local law enforcement, possibly due to the corruption that’s broken the trust between the public and the forces meant to protect them. Ove…

Dec. 26, 2024

MURDERED: Aaron Taylor from Phoenix

This episode was originally released in January 2023, and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year. And now you know why... we’re going on tour! Get your tickets now at crimejunkiepodcast.com! <3

Dec. 23, 2024

MURDERED: Robin Benedict

A discovery in a rest stop trash can leads police to suspect a young artist and sex worker has been brutally murdered by someone close to her. But without a body, will she ever get the justice she deserves?

Dec. 19, 2024

MURDERED: Karina Holmer in Boston

This episode was originally released in January 2018 and is one of seventeen episodes from the archives we’ll be bringing you every Thursday, now through top of next year. And now you know why... we’re going on tour! Get your tickets now at crimejunkiepodcast.com! <3

Dec. 16, 2024

MURDERED: Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca

When Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca, a young mother on the brink of a new beginning, is found murdered just weeks after she vanished, the search for answers unravels a web of her boyfriend’s lies...

Dec. 12, 2024

INFAMOUS: The Preppy Murder in New York

This episode was originally released in October 2019, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimeju…

Dec. 9, 2024

INFAMOUS: The Lake Waco Murders Part 2

A community demands answers when three teenagers are found brutally slain in a scenic lakeside park, and it breathes a collective sigh of relief as righteous local lawmen quickly zero in on the perpetrators. But when the dust finally settles, many are forced to ask: who pays the price when ego ecli…

Dec. 5, 2024

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Joyce Chiang in Fairfax

This episode was originally released in Septemebr 2021, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crime…

Dec. 2, 2024

INFAMOUS: The Lake Waco Murders Part 1

A community demands answers when three teenagers are found brutally slain in a scenic lakeside park, and it breathes a collective sigh of relief as righteous local lawmen quickly zero in on the perpetrators. But when the dust finally settles, many are forced to ask: who pays the price when ego ecli…

Nov. 28, 2024

MISSING: Brian Wehrle from Atlanta

This episode was originally released in May 2023, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkie…

Nov. 22, 2024

MURDERED: JonBenét Ramsey

On December 26th, 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing only for her body to be discovered hours later in her family’s home. Nearly three decades later, the questions remain: What really happened that night? Who is responsible for her death? And why has this case gone unsolved for…

Nov. 21, 2024

INFAMOUS: The Todt Family from Orlando

This episode was originally released in June 2023, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunki…

Nov. 18, 2024

MURDERED: Lyric Cook-Morrissey & Elizabeth Collins

When two young cousins go out for a bike ride and never come home, a community has to ask: is a predator living among them?

Nov. 15, 2024

MURDERED: Nathaniel Jones

When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones was found brutally beaten to death and bound with tape inside his home’s carport on November 15, 2002, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina his loved ones and the community were devastated by the senseless crime. For two decades, the question at the heart of the…

Nov. 14, 2024

CAPTURED: Hammer Killer in Denver

This episode was originally released in September 2021, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crime…

Nov. 11, 2024

MURDERED: Malvina Krutz

When a young woman is found brutally murdered in her Indianapolis home in 1958, police start pointing fingers at everyone that’s been in and out of the house. But for every twist and turn and decade that has passed, there’s still so many questions around who killed Malvina.