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Small Town Mysteries
Hosted by Kate, Christine, and Rachael · EN
3 lifelong friends who like to dish on true crime and the kind of drama that only small towns can provide 💀
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Jeanie Childs: The Hot Dog Napkin That Solved a Murder
3w ago00:26:23Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailToday we are traveling to Minneapolis to talk about the 1993 murder of Jeanne Childs, more frequently known as “Jeanie.” Jeanie was a sex worker who was brutally stabbed in her apartment at the age of 35 years. Sadly, it took 27 years for Jeanie to get the justice she deserved.Sources: 1) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/jerry-westrom-guilty-jeanne-childs-1993-cold-case-murder2) https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/2024/a22-1679.html 3) https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/jeanie-childs-minneapolis-cold-case-solved-footprint-to-murder/4) https://www.facebook.com/48hours/videos/mother-pens-heartbreaking-letter-to-murdered-daughter/968449605185335/Support the show
Transcribe →Two Women, One Axe, and Zero Convictions
4w ago00:27:50Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIn 1977, Yale students Terri Jentz and Avra Goldman were cycling across the United States when they stopped to camp at a park in Oregon. While they slept, a man drove his truck over their tent and proceeded to attack both women with an axe. Though both women miraculously survived the brutal assault, the attacker was never identified, and the case remains unsolved. Sources: 1) https://moonmagazine.org/terri-jentz-my-journey-to-justice-2014-02-01/3/2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Piece_of_Paradise3) https://statestories.com/the-harrowing-story-of-terri-jentz-the-19-year-old-who-caught-an-axe-blade-with-her-bare-hands-at-an-oregon-campsite/4) https://www.npr.org/transcripts/55546925) https://bendbulletin.com/2007/07/22/ax-attack-survivor-author-tells-all/6) https://www.nuggetnews.com/story/2007/07/31/news/author-returns-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/14728.html7) https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/victim-returns-to-crime-scene-30-years-later-as-an-author/Support the show
Transcribe →Girly Chew: The Woman Who Predicted Her Murder
Apr 2100:25:43Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe case of Girly Chew Hossencofft is a study in how “weirdness” can become a weapon. And I truly mean weird. Con men, fashion designers, UFO’s, and conspiracy theories about otherworldly aliens that secretly rule the Earth are just a few things that surround this case. Unfortunately, the case was so saturated with sci-fi lies and cult-like conspiracies, that the world almost lost sight of the most devastating fact: a woman was murdered, and she’s still waiting for someone to find her.Sources:1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Girly_Chew_Hossencofft2) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/the-disappearance-of-girly-chew-hossencofft-a-con-man-a-fashion-designer-ufos-and-a-ninja3) https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/convicted-wife-killer-calls-to-vacate-sentence/4) https://www.koat.com/article/jailhouse-interview-linda-henning/44718315) https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/07/ctv.henning.trial/Support the show
Transcribe →A Daughter’s Betrayal: The Murder of Barbara Keim
Apr 1800:27:10Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIn July 2005, 41-year-old Barbara Keim was killed in her own home in an act of violence orchestrated by her daughter. Investigators eventually uncovered a planned conspiracy involving the daughter, her boyfriend, and an accomplice. Sources:1) https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/hannah-stone-sentenced-100-years-murder2) https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/court-of-appeals/2006/20a03-0605-cr-217-0.html3) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/in-supreme-court/1364686.html4) https://www.wave3.com/story/4832751/teen-sentenced-to-62-years-in-murder-plot/5) https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2015/06/10/women-in-prison-local-soccer-mom-and-preachers-daughter-featured-on-tv-show/46412415/6) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57606743/barbara_jo-keim7) https://uclacovidbehindbars.org/blog/prisons-mistreat-loved-ones-belongings-after-death8) https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/court-of-appeals/2007/20a03-0605-cr-229-1.html Support the show
Transcribe →The French Family Annihilator
Apr 700:33:12Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWe've all heard the expression "fake it till you make it", right? Well, Jean-Claude Romand did just that for 18 years, but never truly made it. Instead, he chose to murder his entire family rather than face his own shame and lies head on.Sources: 1) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-487902762) https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/jan/13/weekend7.weekend13) https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=honorscollege_cj4) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2072025/5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_RomandSupport the show
Transcribe →The Unsinkable Terry Jo
Mar 3100:23:25Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIt was November 1961. The waters in the Bahamas were as blue and beautiful as ever. But for Nicolaos Spachidakis, a second officer on a Greek freighter called Captain Theo, something seemed off. As he looked into the distance, he could make out a tiny white speck, bobbing alongside the waves. It was too large to be trash, but much too small to be a boat. As they pulled alongside the speck, everyone gasped. Because that speck was a float - barely what you could consider a raft. And sitting on top of it was a blonde-haired, eleven-year-old girl. She looked skeletal and her skin was severely burned from the sun. Her name was Terry Jo Duperrault, and she had been drifting in the Atlantic for 84 hours before this crew had found her...Sources: 1) https://allthatsinteresting.com/terry-jo-duperrault2) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-em-alone-orphaned-on-the-ocean/3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebelle_(ship)4) https://time.com/archive/6871882/the-sea-the-bluebelles-last-voyage/5) https://www.rd.com/article/orphaned-on-the-ocean-the-unbelievable-story-of-terry-jo-duperrault/Support the show
Transcribe →Virginia Hall: The Limping Spy They Couldn't Catch
Mar 2400:32:49Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailToday we are talking about Virginia Hall, an American Spy who was able to completely evade the Gestapo during WWII. The Gestapo labeled her as “The enemy’s most dangerous spy.” During WWII, Virginia organized agent networks, helped those who managed to escape being prisoners of war, and recruited both French men and women to run safe houses. Sources: 1) https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/virginia-hall-the-courage-and-daring-of-the-limping-lady/2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hall3) https://www.npr.org/2019/04/18/711356336/a-woman-of-no-importance-finally-gets-her-due4) https://historyguild.org/virginia-hall-soe-agent-to-cia-pioneer/?srsltid=AfmBOoqNl5rwJORK0t8v2tHAhkVXwnwfb_em0lW0ZYyypAVDHqX9q9BxSupport the show
Transcribe →Josephine Baker: The Spy No One Suspected
Mar 1700:41:30Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailToday we’re talking about Josephine Baker, the remarkable entertainer who took France by storm and used her unsuspecting identity for subterfuge in World War II - truly a badass woman!Sources: 1) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/josephine-baker-was-the-star-france-wanted-and-the-spy-it-needed-damien-lewis-agent-josephine2) https://nmaahc.si.edu/josephine-baker3) https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/josephine-baker4) https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/siren-resistance-artistry-and-espionage-josephine-baker5) https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/josephine-baker-from-poverty-to-stardom-to-espionage/6) https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=154087) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_BakerSupport the show
Transcribe →Elizebeth Smith Friedman – The “Mother of Cryptology”
Mar 1000:26:10Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIn honor of Women's History Month, this week we are talking about Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a woman who turned her love for decrypting Shakespeare’s plays into cracking codes and ciphers during major moments in American history, all while using only pencil and paper. Elizebeth set the standard for modern codebreaking - and then watched as powerful men took all the credit. Ahh, a tale as old as time...Sources:1) https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizebeth-smith-friedman2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fabyan3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizebeth_Smith_Friedman4) https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/2466899/watch-pbss-the-codebreaker-premiers-monday-jan-11/ 5) https://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/Historical-Figures-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/Support the show
Transcribe →The 55 Year Old Cold Case of Joseph Mulvaney
Feb 2400:20:33Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIn 1992, a Wyoming man opened a padlocked military footlocker left in his shed by a neighbor six years earlier. Inside, he found the skeletal remains of a man shot in the head, wrapped in a grocery bag. It would take decades to pass and a DNA breakthrough to reveal that the 'man in the box' was Joseph Mulvaney—a father who had been murdered.Sources: 1) https://www.kulr8.com/news/55-year-old-cold-case-murder-solved-in-wyoming/article_583c0f3f-1ca9-5dc8-b905-1f35d93d3f3c.html2) https://fox2now.com/news/true-crime/bones-in-a-box-mystery-of-missing-illinois-veteran-solved/3) https://www.wyomilitary.wyo.gov/19_088/4) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194722282/joseph_junior-mulvaney5) https://unsolved.com/gallery/skeleton-in-a-box/6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermopolis,_Wyoming Support the show
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