Small Town Mysteries
Small Town Mysteries
Kate, Christine, and Rachael
3 lifelong friends who like to dish on true crime and the kind of drama that only small towns can provide đź’€
When DNA Is(n't) Enough
Send us Fan Mail When beloved schoolteacher Genai Coleman was shot while reading her Bible in her car, detectives thought they had an open-and-shut case after finding a cigarette butt in the stolen vehicle that matched suspect Donald Smith’s DNA. However, the investigation hit a wall when Donald revealed he had an identical twin brother, Ronald, sharing his exact genetic code... In our second case this week, we discuss a 1987 gas station sexual assault in Woodbridge, Virginia that went cold f...
Aug 25
28 min
The Boy in the Walls: The Gustafson Family Tragedy
Send us Fan Mail What starts as a series of strange, ghost-like pranks against a local family escalates into one of Massachusetts' most shocking crimes. We examine the 1987 murders of Priscilla, Abigail, and William Gustafson, and the terrifying intruder who lived hidden inside their home for months. Sources: 1) https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/416/416mass433.html 2) https://allthatsinteresting.com/daniel-laplante 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_L...
Aug 4
29 min
The Man in the Hat
Send us Fan Mail Kassandra Cantrell was 10 weeks pregnant when she went missing from Tacoma, Washington, in August 2020. Security footage showed a mysterious man in a hat hovering around Kassandra's car, along with other suspicious movements. Who was this man, and what was his motive? Sources: 1) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kassanndra-cantrell-murder-colin-patrick-dudley-digital-evidence-mysterious-killer-hat-man/ 2) https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/most-common-causes-maternal...
Jul 22
22 min
Coerced: The Gary Gauger Story
Send us Fan Mail In 1993, Gary Gauger woke up to find his parents brutally murdered on their Illinois farm, only to quickly find himself targeted as the prime suspect. After a grueling, 19-hour interrogation filled with psychological pressure and police deception, an exhausted Gary was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn't commit, landing him on death row for years. Support the show
Jul 15
23 min
Jeanie Childs: The Hot Dog Napkin That Solved a Murder
Send us Fan Mail Today 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-murder 2) https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/2024/a22-1679.html 3) https://...
May 5
26 min
Two Women, One Axe, and Zero Convictions
Send us Fan Mail In 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.wi...
Apr 28
27 min
Girly Chew: The Woman Who Predicted Her Murder
Send us Fan Mail The 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 some...
Apr 21
25 min
A Daughter’s Betrayal: The Murder of Barbara Keim
Send us Fan Mail In 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-murder 2) https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/court-of-appeals/2006/20a03-0605-cr-217-0.html 3) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/in-supreme-court/1364686...
Apr 18
27 min
The French Family Annihilator
Send us Fan Mail We'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-48790276 2) https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/jan/13/weekend7.weekend1 3) https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=honorscolleg...
Apr 7
33 min
The Unsinkable Terry Jo
Send us Fan Mail It 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 ...
Mar 31
23 min
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