Podcast
Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps
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Crossing the Line is a true crime podcast revealing cases of the missing and murdered, told start-to-finish each week. Using the campfire storytelling style that made Paper Ghosts a #1 hit on the charts, host M. William Phelps connects deeply with families touched by violent crime - he understands them, because he is one of them. Having gone through the murder of his own pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps brings not only his personal experience, but also 20-plus years of investigative journalism into the worlds of these stories. Follow and subscribe to Crossing the Line for a weekly dose of murder, mayhem and madness.
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Bumble Date Death, Part 2: The Brenda Rawls Case
Feb 21, 202300:35:02Tap to summarizePhelps speaks with Lauren Fields’ mother, Shantell, about the surprising cause and manner of death in Lauren’s case. He also digs into the Brenda Rawls death - another woman found dead after a date - the very same night, just down the road from where Lauren died - whose family was also never informed of her death by the police.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bumble Date Death - Part 1: The Lauren Smith-Fields Case
Feb 14, 202300:44:19Tap to summarizeYou might have heard about this case: A woman, Lauren Smith-Fields, TikTok influencer, model and college student studying physical therapy, invites a Bumble date over to her apartment in December 2021 and winds up dead … police say accidental, family says suspicious … and yet the manner of death is only half the story. What happened inside Lauren’s apartment on the night she died, and the next day, will have your jaw on the floor, wondering what is going on in the world of law enforcement investigation in some of the country’s largest cities. In the first of this two-part Crossing the Line, Phelps digs in deep and talks to Lauren’s family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Judy Nilan Case: Murder at Big Bird’s Estate
Feb 7, 202300:37:47Tap to summarizeA beloved woman in a posh Connecticut town goes out for a jog, same as she does every day. Along that route is an immense estate owned by the puppeteer, Caroll Spinney, who played the iconic “Big Bird” and “Oscar the Grouch” characters on Sesame Street. After failing to return, police searching for the woman find a literal blood trail leading directly to Big Bird’s estate … and an immaculate Chinese pagoda on the property. Soon, all eyes are following that bird—and yet neither he - nor the woman - are anywhere to be found. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Rebecca Cornell: Murder by 'Good Fire'
Jan 31, 202300:42:38Tap to summarizeWhen problems between a wealthy woman, her son and his wife begin to get ugly, people turned a blind eye. But when Rebecca Cornell catches fire one night and dies, the case is re-opened after a ghostly appearance convinces local lawmakers it wasn't just an accident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Introducing Paper Ghosts Season 3
Jan 25, 202300:02:25Tap to summarizeWhen a young college student’s car was abandoned on the side of a busy midwest highway in 1992, police figured it was a runaway case. Nine days later, she was found brutally murdered, nearly 500 miles away in another state. What happened to Tammy Jo Zywicki? Hear the story when PAPER GHOSTS returns with a new season on February 1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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‘THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE:’ The “Texting” Death of Conrad Roy
Jan 24, 202300:41:19Tap to summarizeConrad Roy died by suicide on a hot July night in 2014. But what is the true story behind “the girl from Plainville”, who faced a judge on manslaughter charges after texts reveal she might have had urged him to take his own life? Phelps digs into the social and legal aspects of this high-profile case, featured in a special Hulu series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tipster Killer
Jan 17, 202300:37:27Tap to summarizeWhen a tipster starts calling in to a California tip line saying he knows where bodies are buried, eyebrows are raised. But after cash payouts for info on several missing women, suspicions arise that an actual serial killer might just be phoning in his own murders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Frankford Slasher: The "Jack the Ripper" of Philly
Jan 10, 202300:40:43Tap to summarizeDuring the late 1980s in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, women were murdered one after the other, with the brutality of a serial killer so exceptionally grotesque, he is compared to Jack the Ripper. Phelps goes deep into his psychology, in an episode surely not for kiddos. Buckle up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Value of a Life: The Murder of Liz Romero
Jan 3, 202300:39:37Tap to summarize43-year-old Liz Romero of Waco, Texas goes missing in early April 2022. Her family and friends are concerned almost immediately. The case cools before a tip comes in. And the horror of what transpired becomes everyone’s worst reality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Petite Jasmine Tragedy
Dec 27, 202200:44:48Tap to summarizeA mother loses custody of her kids to her violent and abusive ex. Did the government go one step further and effectively sanction her murder?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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