Fifty States of Crime Podcast

Fifty States of Crime

Blair Lant & Anne Marie Sekhon
True crime podcast brought to you by two criminal law attorneys. Each episode focuses on crime stories from one of the fifty states.
Arizona
Blair covers the cold case of Diana Shawcroft and Jennifer Lueth, and Anne Marie discusses murderer Gary Tison.  Sources:  https://www.12news.com/amp/article/news/crime/murders-of-two-arizona-women-still-an-unsolved-mystery-26-years-later/75-10270cc2-5bc3-4dae-8645-3290c976da86  https://youtu.be/1SKarxr4Cis  https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/tison-gary-gene.htm  The Tison Prison Break by Beverly Roath https://murderpedia.org/male.T/images/tison_gary_gene/Tison.pdf  https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-best-reads/2017/09/19/arizona-tison-gang-spree-prison-escape-1978/660262001/
Oct 7, 2022
1 hr 25 min
Alaska
Blair and Anne Marie talk about the alarming issue of missing and murdered indigenous women, including the stories of Mackenzie Howard, Jade Williams, and Florence Okpealuk.   Sources:  https://www.adn.com/crime-justice/article/kake-teens-slaying-shocks-village-investigators-press/2013/02/10/  https://alaskapublic.org/2013/02/01/tlingit-elder-clarence-jackson-dies/  https://www.sealaska.com/about/  https://www.indianz.com/News/2014/08/04/teen-held-for-brutal-murder-of.asp  https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1593&context=alr  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/08/05/a-killer-on-the-loose-in-a-remote-alaska-town-with-no-law-enforcement/  https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2019/122319-Friday. html https://www.kfsk.org/2018/08/15/one-year-after-tragedy-stakes-are-high-for-kake-vpsos/  Indigenous Women Targeted in Murder Spree | Fatal Frontier: Evil in Alaska Highlights | Oxygen, S1 Ep6,  YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSx_akk9Q3Y&t=1s  https://www.aknwrc.org/resources/aknwrc-resources/mmiw-resources/  https://www.npr.org/2022/05/08/1097458584/alaska-appoints-investigator-dedicated-to-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people  https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw  https://dataforindigenousjustice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/We-Are-Calling-To-You-1.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SG3tN3ZVzg   Resources: Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) Awareness: In 2019, The White House designated May 5 as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls
Sep 13, 2022
1 hr 3 min
Alabama
Blair and Anne Marie discuss the lives and deaths of Albert Patterson and Angel Downs.  Sources used: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-suicide-or-murder-investigating-the-death-of-angel-downs/ http://media.al.com/news_mobile_impact/other/angeldownsfamilystatement.pdf https://mynbc15.com/news/local/steve-nodine-served-protection-from-abuse-order-from-atmore http://www.mobilebaytimes.com/nodinehilyer.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Patterson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Mafia https://crimecapsule.com/the-dixie-mafia-the-mob-you-never-knew/
Aug 29, 2022
1 hr 22 min