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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else.
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- SERIAL KILLER: Homer Jackson · 59 minIn 2008, a single fingerprint from a vacant Portland house linked Homer Lee Jackson III to the 1983 murder of 14-year-old Angela Anderson. Detectives went on to tie him to the…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Heather Turner Part 2 · 1 h 3 minNine years after Heather Turner was found dead on her bathroom floor in Dallas, Georgia, the questions surrounding her final night haven’t gone away. They’ve only gotten louder…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Heather Turner Part 1 · 45 minIn the early hours of May 4, 2017, responding deputies arrived at a home in Dallas, GA after receiving a report of a woman with a gunshot wound to the head. While it first…
- MURDERED: Nori Amaya · 54 minOn Halloween night in 2009, 38-year-old D.C. restaurateur and salsa queen Nori Amaya went out dancing, came home alone, and was found strangled in her bed two days later. Police…
- MISSING: Gregory ‘Keith’ Mann Jr. · 31 minIt’s the kind of detail that lingers: a meeting, just after midnight… that no one can explain. In May 1997, 20-year-old Keith Mann was building a future—new apartment, new job…
- INFAMOUS: The Horsch House of Horrors · 58 minIt started with a parked car near Philadelphia's Liberty Bell and a woman's voice from inside: "You're going to hurt me." Within hours, investigators were at the door of a…
- MURDERED: Dorothy “Toby” Tate · 38 minThe murder of 41-year-old Toby Tate is a case that no one thought would ever be resolved – one that spent decades collecting dust in a file box at the San Luis Obispo County…
- MURDERED: Marina Ramos · 50 minIn 1989, a woman is found brutally murdered in Mohave County, Arizona. Decades later, a detective identifies her as Marina Ramos, and discovers that her two young children…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Lakesha Thompson · 50 minIn May 2023, Lakesha Thompson’s entire family was upended by a single bullet that took their mother away from them forever. From the beginning, who pulled the trigger has been…
- UPDATE: The Sodder Children · 31 minIn 2019, we covered the Sodder children, five siblings who vanished after their family’s home burned down on Christmas morning in 1945. Officials said they died in the fire, but…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Alyssa Romine-Olson Part 2 · 55 minWhen 30-year-old Alyssa Romine-Olson is found floating naked and face down in the pond of a Gilbert, Arizona nature preserve in 2016, online coverage makes the case sound like a…
- CJ SPIRAL: Mica Miller · 1 h 49 minCome spiral with us as we recap the biggest true-crime documentary right now, "Death of the Pastor's Wife." The takes are hot, the eyes will roll, and Ashley and Brit will be…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Alyssa Romine-Olson Part 1 · 56 minWhen 30-year-old Alyssa Romine-Olson is found floating naked and face down in the pond of a Gilbert, Arizona nature preserve in 2016, online coverage makes the case sound like a…
- MURDERED: Bill & Peggy Stephenson · 41 minIn 2011, 74-year-old high school sweethearts Bill and Peggy Stephenson were found murdered inside their Kentucky condo on Memorial Day weekend. Nothing valuable appeared to be…
- MISSING: Kerry O’Brien-Krueger · 1 h 4 minWhen Kerry O’Brien Krueger vanished in 1989, her husband claimed she left for a work trip that never existed. Decades later, investigators are still untangling shifting stories…
- MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2 · 47 minIn part two of Joyce’s story, we dig deep into the case file and letters left behind by Joyce herself, which reveal even more suspects, including the roommate she’d been avoiding…
- EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Guthrie · 54 minIn this special episode of Crime Junkie on the Nancy Guthrie abduction case, breaking news reporter Briana Whitney and host Ashley Flowers reveal all details from the ransom…
- MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 1 · 45 minIn the summer of 1971, 21-year-old Joyce LePage disappears after a skydiving lesson followed by a beer with friends. In the beginning, the only clue is a piece of missing carpet…
- WARNING: Roger Hueber · 46 minIn August 2005, a woman disappeared just days before she was supposed to testify against her boyfriend, a corrections officer accused of sexually abusing minors. For years, her…
- MURDERED: Carmen Van Huss · 49 minOn March 23, 1993, screams tore through the thin walls of a gated Indianapolis apartment complex as 19-year-old Carmen Van Huss fought for her life. Neighbors heard the attack…
- MURDERED: Christine Banfield & Joseph Ryan · 1 h 7 minWhen 37-year-old Christine Banfield and 39-year-old Joseph Ryan were found fatally injured inside a Virginia home in 2023, investigators were initially told that Ryan was a…
- MISSING: Brittany Wallace Shank · 1 h 15 minOn November 30, 2018, 23-year-old Brittany Wallace Shank showed up barefoot and bleeding at a stranger's door asking for help. She said the man she was with had crashed their car…
- MURDERED: Alberta O. Jones · 56 minAlberta O. Jones was breaking barriers in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the first Black woman prosecutor in the city’s history, she helped register some 6,000 Black citizens to…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp Brazeale · 1 h 17 minIn November 2024, 15-year-old Tripp Brazeale was found hanging from a tree in the middle of the woods of Forrest City, Arkansas. His death was quickly ruled a suicide, but in the…
- WARNING: AI Voice Cloning and Virtual Kidnappings · 24 minA call from someone you love in crisis is terrifying enough - but what if the voice begging for help isn’t really them? We break down how AI voice cloning is fueling virtual…
- SERIAL KILLER: David Meirhofer · 51 minIn the summer of 1973, the Jaeger family wakes at a Montana campground to every parent's nightmare: their young daughter, Susie, is gone. Searches turn up nothing, until a man…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: The Jamison Family · 52 minBobby, Sherilynn, and 6-year-old Madyson Jamison went to the Sans Bois Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma in search of a fresh start. The family planned to live off the land in a…
- MISSING: Christopher “Cole” Thomas · 42 minOn Black Friday 2016, 22-year-old Christopher “Cole” Thomas was driving through rural North Carolina with two coworkers. Hours later, the coworkers approached police and said…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Spencer Irwin · 51 minSpencer Irwin was just 30 years old when he vanished one Sunday morning in July 2024. Days later, his body was found in a way that raised questions – naked, alone and quickly…
- MURDERED: Brittany McGlone · 54 minOn May 4, 2007, 19-year-old Brittany McGlone did something she rarely did. Instead of going home after work, she went to her boyfriend’s house. By that afternoon, she was found…
- UPDATE: Melissa Casias · 15 minThe Melissa Casias case keeps unraveling, and the more we learn, the less anything makes sense. New details have emerged about the strange woman who showed up at Sierra's job to…
- MISSING: Melissa Casias · 1 h 31 minIn June 2025, Melissa Casias dropped her husband off at work in Los Alamos, New Mexico… then did something nobody expected. She turned around and drove home. By that afternoon…
- MURDERED: Melanie Howell · 23 minIn 1976, a 22-year-old nursing student was murdered in her Los Angeles apartment, leaving behind just one clue: a bloody fingerprint. Decades later, that print was matched—and…
- MURDERED: Stephanie Casberg · 51 minIn the summer of 1969, Stephanie Casberg walked out the front door of a Milwaukee restaurant after her waitressing shift — and was never seen alive again. Days later, her…
- UPDATE: Laura Sweetman · 1 h 44 minOn the heels of our investigation into Laura Sweetman’s death, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office fulfilled our FOIA request, providing new audio files—including recordings of…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Laura Sweetman · 1 h 10 minIn December 2013, 42-year-old Laura Sweetman was found dead in the bathtub of her home in Gilbert, Arizona. Despite numerous red flags identified during early interviews, her…
- MURDERED: Nick Cordova · 53 minIn May 2020, Nick Cordova was shot in the head while on FaceTime with his children. Suspicion initially focused on one man, but surveillance video showed he was not the shooter…
- ARREST MADE: Lovers' Lane Murders · 37 minAn arrest has been made in the 1990 Lovers' Lane murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson. More than 30 years after the killings, a DNA match led investigators to a suspect…
- MISSING: Darrel “Bubba” Johnson Sr. · 29 minAt a busy campsite one summer night, Darrel “Bubba” Johnson Sr. says goodnight and zips up his tent. By sunrise, he’s gone. No Bubba. Just a borrowed flashlight, a phone that…
- MURDERED: Mary Yoder Part 2 · 51 minIn July 2015, Mary Yoder, a healthy 60-year-old chiropractor, went to work as usual. Later that day, she began feeling sick. Within 48 hours, she was dead. At first, her sudden…
- MURDERED: Mary Yoder Part 1 · 35 minIn the summer of 2015, Mary Yoder, a healthy 60-year-old chiropractor, went to work as usual. Later that day, she began feeling sick. Within two days, she was dead. At first, her…
- INFAMOUS: Mr. Cruel · 1 h 9 minIn the 1980s and early 1990s, a serial predator targeted young girls in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. He wore a mask and left little evidence behind. Investigators…
- MURDERED: Joan Webster & Marie Iannuzzi · 1 h 10 minIn 1981, a Harvard graduate student vanished after stepping out of Logan Airport the night after Thanksgiving. As investigators searched for answers, they focused on a suspect…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF: Steven Altman & Mary Ann Hayes · 32 minIn 1984, when Robin Altman was just 22 years old, her brother Steven was found hanging by his neck in an apparent suicide. 12 years later, tragedy struck this family again when…
- MURDERED: Rachel Hansen · 54 minOn June 2, 2022, Rachel Hansen opened her eyes to a dark figure standing over her bed, staring at her. She screamed, and the person took off. But the very next night — just after…
- MURDERED: Jill & Julie Hansen · 29 minThe 1986 shooting of 16-year-old twin sisters Jill and Julie Hansen stunned the small town of Willow Creek, California. The investigation into who shot the girls and set fire to…
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: The Day-Stewart Family · 1 h 6 minA Chicago house fire killed a firefighter’s wife and their three children. The city called it a tragic accident. But as we pulled records and spoke with those who knew the family…
- MURDERED: Bobby Moore · 36 minWhat began as a whirlwind romance in the midst of a murder in 1970s DC, ended in a mysterious tragedy in small-town Indiana. Separated by five months, the deaths of Bobby and his…
- AUDIO EXTRA: A Conversation With Elizabeth Smart · 1 h 30 minThis is the full sit-down interview between Ashley and Elizabeth Smart -- a powerful 90 minutes of raw, unedited conversation with one of the most real and honest and deep-down…
- Kelly Dee Wilson (10 of Spades, Ohio) · 35 minR&B radio fans in Dayton, Ohio, knew Kelly Dee Wilson as her on air name Nikki Brooks. When Wilson turned up murdered in her apartment after her show in March 2000, the community…
