<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Nancy here... A pregnant teenager was murdered in the Ozarks in the 1970s. My mother married the girl's killer. So many lies. What was the truth? Eventually, I had to know more.</p>

Poison • Control | Where’s Your Salt, Mom? | 01

The Toll focuses on the effects a violent crime or traumatic event has on a family and community. Season 1 focuses on a cold case from Springfield, Missouri; the 1975 murder of 9-year-old Shirley Jane Rose. Our host, award winning journalist Nancy Simpson, interviews investigators and family members, taking the listener on a journey of what ends up being not just one, but many tragedies intertwined.