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A Simpler Time True Crime
Megan Storm
90 episodes
4 days ago
 I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past—stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of “the good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one.
 This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case—focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served. 

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 I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past—stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of “the good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one.
 This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case—focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served. 

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A Simpler Time True Crime
The Day It Was To Finalize: The Unsolved Abduction of Deborah McKneely
A fifth grader comes home from school in 1991 expecting to see his mother but instead is greeted by an empty home and a terrifying scene. Everything from the home pointed to foul play for the mother. Other clues made it seem like aspects had been staged to make the scene look like something that it wasn’t. On the day of Deborah’s disappearance, she was supposed to be meeting with her husband to finalize their divorce. And while that may seem like suspicious timing, he has always maintained his innocence and nobody has ever been charged in her case and her body has never been found. In the years after her disappearance, her mother would tell the papers that she would hear the voice of her daughter telling her not to give up. And with her mothers passing, that quest has been passed down to her brothers. Answers in Deborah’s case are long overdue, so that a family and community can heal.

TIPS: Rockdale Sheriff’s office at770-918-6700 or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-597-8477
Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/
Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast 


Source Material:
https://gbi.georgia.gov/cases/missing-persons/deborah-jean-mckneely
https://www.truecrimepi.com/part-3-unsolved-the-disappearance-of-deborah-mckneely/
https://www.truecrimepi.com/unsolved-the-disappearance-of-deborah-mckneely/
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/479dfga.html
https://charleyproject.org/case/deborah-jean-mckneely
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-rockdale-woman-missi/188017569/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-kids-sit-and-wa/188018062/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-kids-sit-and-wait/188018984/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-a-year-later-no/188020777/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-reward-notice/188020866/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-family-left-with-pai/188021248/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-family-left-without/188021492/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-3-year-anniversary-1/188084684/

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4 days ago
29 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Terror After Sundown: The Murder of Carol Jenkins-Davis
In September of 1968, a young saleswoman named Carol was traveling through Indiana, selling encyclopedias for a company based in Indianapolis. She was part of a small crew made up of another black woman and two white men. That day, their route brought them to Martinsville, Indiana, a town that was already known among Black travelers as a dangerous place to be. As the term was better adopted over the years, it would be known as a sundown town. 
That evening, Carol began facing harassment. As the evening wore on, she tried to seek help, reaching out to locals and even to police. But by the time night was over, Carol would be dead, brutally attacked at one of the town’s main intersections. Two men were sought as suspects in her murder. And through the years many would be questioned as pressure mounted. Eventually one suspect would be captured. The other was never identified. And some wonder if they got it right. Her story is a stark reminder of the very real dangers Black Americans faced while doing ordinary, everyday things during the civil rights era. It is also a sobering reminder that the echoes of those dangers have not disappeared. And even now, decades later, there are people who know exactly what happened to Carol that night. People who still have the opportunity to come forward and give her loved ones the truth they have been denied for far too long.

TIPS: 1- 800-453-4756 or contact the FBI at 1-800-225-5324. You can also submit tips online at tips.fbi.gov
Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material
https://www.reporter-times.com/story/news/local/2014/02/25/local-couple-featured-in-sundown-town-show-say-they-were-deceived-about-programs-inte/47562105/
https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2014/02/24/1968-killing-of-black-woman-in-martinsville-featured-in-documentary-airing-monday/47455303/
https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/harlems-victor-hugo-greens-the-green-book/
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-girl-in-the-yellow-scarf-jk9x7a/
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/martinsville-dedicates-memory-stone-to-remember-victim-of-race-murder/531-27532654-3bbc-4378-8666-6a34abd208ae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Carol_Jenkins
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125584151/carol_marie-jenkins_-_davis
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-carol-jenkins-death/187537057/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-times-brutal-murder-in-martin/187537838/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-times-brutal-in-martinsville/187538310/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-rushville-woman-fa/187538510/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-rushville-book-sel/187538864/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-rushville-woman-kil/187539409/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-2-men-sought-in-sl/187551951/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-2-men-sought-in-sl/187551951/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-citizens-asked-to-hel/187555310/Show more...
1 week ago
54 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Steps From Home: The Unsolved Abduction of Rachel Louise Cooke
In January of 2002, a college student is home in Texas for winter break, just days away from returning to school. Like she does nearly every morning, the avid runner laces up her shoes, grabs her Walkman, and heads out on her familiar four-mile route through her family’s quiet subdivision. Neighbors see her along the way. Her movements are accounted for. One neighbor even places her less than a football field from her own driveway. And yet, she never makes it home. Her disappearance shatters the sense of safety in the community. In the years since, theories, suspects, and even a confession have emerged, but no trace of her has ever been found and no one has been held accountable.

TIPS: FBI 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov or you can contact the Williamson county cold case team at 512-943-5204
Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material:
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/rachel-louise-cooke
https://charleyproject.org/case/rachel-louise-cooke
https://vocal.media/criminal/the-baffling-disappearance-of-rachel-cooke
https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/new-sketches-of-persons-of-interest-released-in-connection-to-rachel-cookes-disappearance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJDYofJapHw
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/blood-possibly-found-in-car-linked-to-rachel-cooke-disappearance/1477367419/
Ste
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-georgetown-wom/187175333/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-relatives-of-m/187176001/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-family-clings/187176309/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-picture-to-go/187176345/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-volunteer-inju/187176452/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-police-looking/187177012/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-vlunteers-need/187179042/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-suspect-sketch/187179416/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-two-search-gro/187180033/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-volunteer-non/187180193/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-church-as-comm/187180415/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-equusearch-hal/187180747/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-thank-you-mess/187180850/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-ride-for-rache/187180991/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-tim-miller-pie/187181080/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-tim-miller-22/187181163/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-ride-for-rache/187182793/Show more...
2 weeks ago
51 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Payphone Call at 1:58 AM: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dr. Cherryl Lamont Pearson
A treasured pediatrician from Tennessee spends the night out at an NBA basketball game. She calls her mom from the game and mentions to her that she isn’t feeling well. After she gets home, she hosts a couple of girlfriends at her place to finish out the evening as a quiet night in before heading to bed. What happens to her after they leave her home is a mystery, but her family began to worry when she wasn’t around early the next morning to babysit her sister’s children, something she was scheduled to do and would never miss. In the days following, alarming clues would point to her meeting with foul play and circumstantial evidence would cast suspicion and shift public opinion on those closest to her. Still, almost everything in her case is surrounded by mystery. She was known to love jigsaw puzzles, meticulously working on them and then gluing and framing the finished product to display.  A puzzle seems like the perfect metaphor for this case, with little pieces everywhere, that all must fit together somehow but that authorities and her loved ones have not been able to connect at this point. Is the mysterious phone call to her house at 1:58 AM the missing piece?

TIPS:Bartlett Police Department at (901) 385-5555.
Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/


Source Material:
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12756112
https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/tennessee-cold-case-the-disappearance-of-dr-cherryl-pearson-bf8f643964b8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppdGbsWLQn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PetQ2W9FJK4
https://circuitdata.shelbycountytn.gov/crweb/ck_public_qry_doct.cp_dktrpt_docket_report?case_id=CT-000624-01&begin_date=&end_date=
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-charlton-hildreth/186806654/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-cherryls-father-obituar/186803141/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-jackson-family-searches/186632772/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-remains-not-cherry/186802465/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-14-homicide-cases/186802126/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-no-fresh-tips/186801865/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-reward-up-to-41k/186801770/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-4-year-anniversary/186801582/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-spotlight-on-witho/186800464/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-probe-stalls-22/186800080/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-probe-in-case-stal/186799137/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-doctor-missing-sin/186799010/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-fbi-adds-her-to-th/186798833/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-family-adds-5k/186798743/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-bartlett-police-ne/186798662/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-police-continue-search-f/186798480/Show more...
3 weeks ago
37 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Special Updated Episode: Judy Lord's Case Is Solved
UPDATED EPISODE: When I first covered this case in October 2025 the case was unsolved. As of November 24th, 2025 a suspect was confirmed in the case with advanced DNA evidence and NHSP Closed the case. Today I go through the evidence police have released after their big press announcement. This is the full original episode with an updated ending. 

Rest Peacefully, Judy. The truth is known. 

A young woman is living in a small Concord, New Hampshire apartment with her husband and their little boy. Their marriage is rocky, and he comes and goes often, leaving Judy alone with their toddler. During those stretches, she was said to have been uneasy and fearful, convinced someone might break in. Neighbors didn’t quite understand her worry until one summer day in 1975, when Judy was found dead inside her apartment. In the decades since, investigators have looked closely at several suspects, some of whom have since passed away. Yet nearly fifty years later, hope remains that modern technology might finally reveal the truth about who killed Judy.

TIPS: Cold Case Unit at (800) 525-5555 or by e-mail at coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov

Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material:
https://www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/24/judy-lord-feared-her-next-door-neighbor-he-was-the-one-who-killed-her-50-years-ago-in-concord/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-slaying-no-ar/182374894/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-first-article-with-detai/182374730/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-back-history/182375106/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-back-history/182375106/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-hair-samples-refused/182377586/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-court-hears-case/182380244/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-blood-and-hair-studied/182381237/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-news-many-unsolved-cases/182381436/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-new-details/182381875/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-details-on-physical-evid/182382155/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-time-technology-could-he/182382251/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-new-technology-22/182382312/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-earnest-stanberry/182382630/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-old-complex-new-attitude/182382701/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-all-about-the-complex/182383157/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-5k/182383209/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-reward-in-place-2022/182383292/ https://www.wmur.com/article/concord-new-hampshire-judy-lord/64828305
https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/still-unsolved-judy-lord-was-killed-concord-gardens-50-years-ago



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4 weeks ago
30 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Wedding Dress For Sale: The Unsolved Murder of Patricia "Denise" Palmer
On a Tuesday morning in late November of 1981, a newlywed met up with a man she thought was purchasing her wedding dress from her. She was scraping together any cash she could for a down payment on a house. Little did she know, the man had no intention of buying her dress. Her murder has stuck with the Tulsa community for over four decades, but with DNA advancements there is still hope.

TIPS: https://www.tulsapolice.org/cold-cases
Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/10/27/tulsa-man-has-record-of-violence/61918519007/
https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/oklahomas-cold-case-files-denise-palmer
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1981/11/19/similarity-of-slayings-draws-the-attention-of-tulsa-police/60364788007/
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1982/01/06/tulsa-police-check-leads-in-drowning/62898218007/
https://www.tulsapolice.org/cold-cases/pamela-tollett
https://www.tulsapolice.org/es/cold-cases/lisa-henderson
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-wedding-dress-ad/186317803/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-woman-found-in-bathtub-12/186340645/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-body-found-in-bathtub-22/186340698/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-new-home-goals/186355674/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-police-release-description-o/186375029/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-suspect-composite/186375199/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-answers-elusive-in-old-killi/186375575/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-reenactment-on-ktul/186375924/





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1 month ago
37 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
"If It Is A Joke It Is A Very Poor One" : The Unsolved Murders of Andrew and Patricia Puskas
“I don’t know if it is a joke or not. The timer is not ticking or anything, but if it is a joke, it is a very poor one. I would like someone to come over and look at it please.” Those were some of the last words Andrew Puskas ever spoke to a Middlesex, New Jersey police officer. Moments later, his home exploded, killing both Andrew and his wife and stunning an entire community.

The Puskas family was quiet. Middle class. Ordinary in all the ways that usually keep people safe. They had no known enemies, no ongoing disputes, nothing that would make them a target. So why did someone leave a bomb on their porch that morning, wrapped and addressed to Andrew? And who was behind it?

For more than 40 years investigators have searched for those answers. Today we are revisiting one of Central New Jersey’s most baffling unsolved cases, walking through the timeline, the theories, and the haunting questions that still linger in the hope that someone holding a missing piece finally comes forward.

TIPS: http://www.middlesextips.com/sitemenu.aspx?P=misc&D=1&ID=924&SID=921

Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Sources: All available on Newspapers.com public username asimplertimetruecrime all will be listed 12/1/25 PM 

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1 month ago
39 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Murder at Cloverleaf Mall: The Unsolved Double Homicide of Charlita Singleton and Cheryl Edwards
In November of 1996, two co-workers are closing up their retail store in large mall outside of Richmond, Virginia. Their closing routine is like clockwork so when they don’t return to their homes, alarm bells went off. The next morning would reveal a horrific scene inside the mall. How could two women be brutally murdered inside a popular mall with security nearby? Nearly thirty years later, this case still baffles authorities and police and families are hoping for a break in the case.

TIPS: Please contact Chesterfield Law Enforcement at (804) 717-6024

Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
IG: @simplertimecrimepod
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material: 
https://www.wric.com/news/crime/23-years-later-family-still-looking-for-answers-in-unsolved-cloverleaf-mall-murders/
https://charleyproject.org/case/donna-gail-harris
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-2-women-stabbed/185305145/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-charlita-obituar/185305517/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-van-stolen-night/185305715/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-van-stolen-night/185305715/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-security-effort/185306064/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-charlita-was-bac/185306319/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-family-backbone/185306489/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-reward-posters/185358778/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-cloverleaf-murde/185358991/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-1-year-familie/185359166/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-1-year-later-clo/185359339/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-new-reward/185361139/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-progress-index-crime-stoppers-boost/185361266/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-mall-planted-see/185361434/

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1 month ago
27 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Prime and Only Suspect Part 2: The Unsolved Disappearance of Kip Hess, Keith Fleming, and Charles Collingwood
In Part 2, we pick back up on what happens after John Rodney McRae is released from prison. In this episode, we leave off after discussing Kip Hess's disappearance and the early conviction of McRae in Joey Housey's murder. After his sentence is commuted, McRae relocates to Florida and other boys begin disappearing. 
While these cases may appear solved on the surface, the boys have never been located and its believed that there are many more victims out there that have not been identified or tied to McRae. 

Info? Michigan Author Christie Lypka is writing a book with the goal of bringing awareness to the other cases and trying to bring the Florida boys home. Please contact her directly at (734) 645-0973 with info. 

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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20211203172703/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-12-22-9812220060-story.html
https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2001/dec/19/man-suspected-of-lewdness-after-spending-night-wit/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoVYQpb3Qr4
https://charleyproject.org/case/charles-edward-collingwood
https://charleyproject.org/case/keith-dean-fleming
https://charleyproject.org/case/kipling-randolph-hess-iii
https://charleyproject.org/case/john-clifton-ballenger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rodney_McRae
https://www.clarecountycleaver.net/stories/mcrea-case-investigated-by-michigan-author-christie-lypka,137983
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109831148/randy_ray-laufer
https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-housey-initial-arti/185004393/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-widespread-hunt/185004449/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-drag-canal/185013592/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-two-sightings/185013810/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-no-body-found-in-cana/185014156/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette-headlamp-found/185015077/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ann-arbor-news-double-reward/185015364/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-fbi-pulled-in/185015661/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-joeys-body-found-in/185015765/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ann-arbor-news-police-search-for-boy/185023561/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bay-city-times-search-widens/185023710/Show more...
1 month ago
28 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Prime and Only Suspect Part 1 : The Unsolved Disappearances of Kip Hess, Keith Fleming, and Charles Collingwood
When a young teen vanishes on his way to school, a single note left behind pushes police toward the idea that he was a runaway. But the people who knew him best never believed that. As the days stretched on, that theory began to crumble and a prime suspect emerged. On this podcast, I never center the perpetrator, and that remains true here. But to show just how unsafe the so-called simpler times could be, today I am walking you through a pattern of violence and how one man’s repeated behavior, combined with a weak response from the systems meant to protect children, allowed him to continue harming young boys and likely take multiple lives.

This week I’m doing something a bit different. Because the crime spree here stretches over decades and involves so many people, this episode will focus first on the disappearance of a boy named Kipling, how a suspect emerged, and then backtrack to the earliest known crime that suspect committed. 
The following day, Part 2 will be released which will focus on the crimes that occurred after the suspect’s release from prison. The cases featured in part 2 will largely be that of teen Keith Flemming and young adult Charles Collingwood, but Kipling’s story will continue to be woven in as well. Police finally close in on the suspect, but another boy will go missing first.  While these two episodes do have a highly probably suspect and may appear as solved, Kipling, Keith, Charles and a couple of other boys I’ll get into are still missing and their families still don’t have answers.

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All Source Material Will Be Listed After The Release of Part 2 11/17/2025 

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1 month ago
26 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
The Motorcycle Gang: The Unsolved Murder of the Deal Family
A family of three is brutally murdered in their rural New Jersey home in 1978. Police dismissed early rumors of connections to a violent motorcycle gang, but as the years went on they began to lean into that theory more, especially after a chillingly similar crime 3.5 years later. While many accept this theory, some say the killings feel more personal and fall outside of the way outlaw motorcycle gangs operate. Despite extensive theories and speculation, the triple homicide remains unresolved nearly fifty years later, with surviving family members continuing to seek answers that may provide closure.  

TIPS: NJ State Police Homicide South Unit (609) 561-1800

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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/


Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-of-cumberland-county-killer-wip/184580852/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-mr-deal-kept-to-himself/184580961/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-search-for-motive/184581325/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-hunt-for-motive-22-lo/184581478/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-murder-suicide-ruled-out/184581525/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-location/184581936/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-location/184581936/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-lived-across-from-police-ch/184582176/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-autopsies-yield-no-clu/184582555/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-autopsies-released/184582674/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/morning-news-deal-anniversary-and-leg-in/184582785/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-first-discussion-of-motorcy/184583439/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-road-block/184583666/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-motorists-stopped/184583863/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-gary-deal-funeral/184583995/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-mother-collapses/184584059/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-roadblock-yields-possi/184584100/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-looking-into-back/184584249/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-crime-stoppers/184584526/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-info-on-wallet-and-guns/184585198/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-february-much-m/184585066/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-millville-daily-cycle-gangs-havent/184585433/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-more-on-pagans-motorcycle-g/184585825/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-police-long-baffl/184586521/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-more-details-on-criminal-ac/184587119/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-2018-new-info-i/184587287/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/21/riding-with-evil-ken-croke-pagan-motorcycle-club
https://www.slashgear.com/1971741/pagan-motorcycle-club-rules-biker-gang-members-follow/
https://www.inquirer.com/crime/louis-giambi-pine-hill-massacre-new-jersey-stuarts-miriam-20200813

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2 months ago
32 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Her Last Customer: The Unsolved Murder of Gale Green
In 1987, the owner of a small lingerie shop was closing up for the night, looking forward to a busy evening of plans ahead. Plans she would never make it to.
When her brother came by later, he found her body inside the store. Investigators believe she was ambushed by someone pretending to be a customer, trapped in her own business. She fought hard for her life and injured her attacker in the process.
Now, thirty-eight years later, her murder remains unsolved. But with the amount of physical evidence collected, this may be one of the most solvable cases I’ve ever covered. A case that could finally see justice with the right tip. Today, I’ll walk you through Gale’s story and the hidden dangers faced by retail workers like her.

TIPS: contact the 88 Crime Tip Line. (520) 882-7463. There is also a mobile at p3 Tips and a website www.88crime.org

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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material:
https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/state-v-wedding-no-888736525
https://www.kvoa.com/news/local/2500-reward-offered-for-tips-on-1987-tucson-murder-case/article_5226e15e-0076-4c61-a008-9add3651da49.html
https://www.kold.com/video/2024/04/17/13-news-crime-files-unsolved-murder-gale-green/
https://www.reddit.com/r/retailhell/comments/1htfjh2/anyone_else_work_in_a_bralingerie_store_and_get/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/87379074/lingerie-shop-staff-stalked-bullied-at-australias-honey-birdette-exworkers
https://www.reddit.com/r/retailhell/comments/1htfjh2/anyone_else_work_in_a_bralingerie_store_and_get/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromRetail/comments/29dqjb/creepy_repeat_callers_at_the_lingerie_store/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromRetail/comments/1a59h9/what_are_your_stories_regarding_creepers_of_retail/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-intro-article/184111636/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-event-held/184139710/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-novelty-items/184140033/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-no-arrest/184140097/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-possible-suspect-de/184140412/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-composite-and-reward/184140492/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-chris-sought/184140672/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-randy-wedding-did-n/184141731/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-4th-suspect/184142572/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-rapist-sketch/184142658/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-rapist-a-suspect/184142721/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-pima-co-case-similar-to-g/184142829/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-interview-with-brother/184143870/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-3-years-still-a-mystery/184144042/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-2009-status-update/184168374/Show more...
2 months ago
31 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Someone She Trusted: The Unsolved Murder of Jessie Marie Twilight Song Crooks
It’s late August of 2001, and a bubbly teenager from a tiny town just outside Bowling Green, Kentucky, answers a phone call on her family’s landline. Everything that happens after that call becomes a mystery. No one knows who was on the other end, but it’s believed she slipped out of her house that night to meet the caller and never came back.

Weeks later, her body was found the day before a national tragedy, and her case faded from the headlines almost instantly. The lack of media attention is just one of the many barriers this investigation has faced. With law enforcement keeping even basic details like her cause of death under wraps, there’s only so much the public knows. But my hope today is to walk you through what we do know and maybe spark the conscience of someone who holds the missing pieces. Because small towns can’t keep a secret forever.

TIPS: Warren County Sheriff's Office 270-842-1633.

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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material:
https://sinisterdeeds.medium.com/the-murder-of-twilight-song-700b26ef9c42 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/5zfwjv/who_killed_twilight_crooks/
 https://bgdailynews.com/2021/05/12/fbi-receives-evidence-in-crooks-death/
https://www.wnky.com/cold-case-of-twilight-crooks-closer-to-resolution-after-20-years/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-a-life-too-shor/183722700/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-gone-too-soon-2/183722778/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-missing-since-t/183722966/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-memorial-planne/183722982/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-obituary-for-tw/183723265/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-still-missing/183724016/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-one-year-inve/183724210/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-friends-work-to/183724286/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-friends-help-2/183724344/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-may-2003-mentio/183724701/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-small-descripti/183724999/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-jersey-1/183725213/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-new-unit-pores/183725934/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-2011-follow-up/183726085/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-2011-could-dna/183726151/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-purple-mums/183726643/




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2 months ago
30 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
The Sales Call: The Unsolved Disappearance of Katie Eggleston
On a hot summer day in 1993, recent college graduate Katie was making sales calls in downtown Portland, Oregon. It was her first day working solo after weeks of training and shadowing. She finished her morning calls and was on her way to her afternoon appointments—appointments she never made it to. When her car was found abandoned in an industrial lot, investigators explored several theories, including that she may have left on her own. But the disappearance of another woman a decade later made police wonder if the two cases were connected and if Katie had been the victim of foul play all along, something her family believed from the very beginning.

TIPS: Contact Cold Case Homicide Unit investigators directly at (503) 823-0400. To remain anonymous, witnesses may provide information through Crime Stoppers of Oregon. That number is Call 503-823-HELP (4357) and https://www.p3tips.com/823

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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dNlbFcMX7I
https://www.koin.com/news/cold-case-the-disappearance-of-katie-eggleston/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Katheryne_Eggleston
https://charleyproject.org/case/katheryn-scott-eggleston
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780786030019/the-last-time-we-saw-her/
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missing87975/update-for-katie-eggleston-t3363.html#.Vr4-8BsrHIV

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-connection-to-brooke-w-2/183277491/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-man-draws-scrutiny-in-93/183277436/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-family-seeks-tips/183277346/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-crimes-without-closure-year/183277233/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-redmond-spokesman-um-declined-to-sho/183277118/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-redmond-spokesman-3-years-later-no-a/183277095/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-2-year-anniversary/183277018/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-redmond-spokesman-body-not-katies/183233492/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-redmond-spokesman-1-year-later/183233218/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-1-yr-ann/183232349/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-225-years-in-prison/183232015/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-tignor-sentenced-to-25-yea/183231674/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-suspects-arrested/183231535/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-body-found/183231163/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-susan-rae-hosler-murder/183231102/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-not-related/183231008/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-similarities/183230956/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-possible-link-to-case/183230817/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-redmond-spokesman-6-mo-mark/183230323/Show more...
2 months ago
43 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
All Just A Game: The Unsolved Murder of Harriet Riley
In 1975 Sacramento, a young girl named Harriet went out to play at the park and never returned home. Her concerned mother called police and tragically, the next day, her body was found in a dumpster just a mile away. Police quickly focused on two local boys who claimed it was all part of a child’s game that went terribly wrong. But as you’ll hear, there’s so much more to this story. Her father — a decorated veteran — was also murdered, there were other attacks on children nearby, and the details of the story simply don’t add up. Fifty years later, questions remain about how this case was handled and whether justice for Harriet has ever truly been within reach.

TIPS: the  Sacramento Sheriff's tip line is (916) 874-8477 

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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

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Source Material:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1k3cx6f/an_airforce_sergeant_is_gunned_down_in_his/?share_id=A9erT051caSXqTrTegOrx&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee/182731430/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-body-discovered/182731726/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-no-clues-found/182731795/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-shock-anger-caution/182731841/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/oroville-mercury-register-harold-sr/182734825/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-no-motive/182734951/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-stephanie-black/182736182/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-james-black/182736220/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/enterprise-record-stephanie-black-found/182736385/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-more-details/182737214/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-child-play-part-2/182738770/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-petition-dropped/182739503/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-losing-leads/182739666/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-naacp/182739721/
https://prettydeathseller.com/2017/11/05/harriet-riley/
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/local-law-enforcement-agencies-hoping-to-shed-new-light-on-cold-case-murders/



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2 months ago
28 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
(Updated Release: Solved 11/2025) Valid Concerns For Her Safety: The Unsolved Murder of Judy Lord
Note: When I first covered this case in October 2025 the case was unsolved. As of November 24th, 2025 a suspect was confirmed in the case with advanced DNA evidence and NHSP Closed the case. Rest Peacefully, Judy. The truth is known. 

A young woman is living in a small Concord, New Hampshire apartment with her husband and their little boy. Their marriage is rocky, and he comes and goes often, leaving Judy alone with their toddler. During those stretches, she was said to have been uneasy and fearful, convinced someone might break in. Neighbors didn’t quite understand her worry until one summer day in 1975, when Judy was found dead inside her apartment. In the decades since, investigators have looked closely at several suspects, some of whom have since passed away. Yet nearly fifty years later, hope remains that modern technology might finally reveal the truth about who killed Judy.

TIPS: Cold Case Unit at (800) 525-5555 or by e-mail at coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov

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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Source Material:
https://www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/24/judy-lord-feared-her-next-door-neighbor-he-was-the-one-who-killed-her-50-years-ago-in-concord/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-slaying-no-ar/182374894/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-first-article-with-detai/182374730/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-back-history/182375106/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-back-history/182375106/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-hair-samples-refused/182377586/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-court-hears-case/182380244/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-blood-and-hair-studied/182381237/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-news-many-unsolved-cases/182381436/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-new-details/182381875/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-details-on-physical-evid/182382155/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-time-technology-could-he/182382251/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-new-technology-22/182382312/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-earnest-stanberry/182382630/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-old-complex-new-attitude/182382701/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-all-about-the-complex/182383157/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-5k/182383209/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-reward-in-place-2022/182383292/ https://www.wmur.com/article/concord-new-hampshire-judy-lord/64828305
https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/still-unsolved-judy-lord-was-killed-concord-gardens-50-years-ago

  

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3 months ago
30 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
A Killer At The Door: The Unsolved Murder of Virginia State Trooper Johnny Bowman
In the early morning hours of August 19, 1984, a Virginia State Trooper answered his front door and was ambushed. In an attack lasting no more than three minutes, he was fatally stabbed more than 40 times in front of his wife, brother, and sister-in-law, as well as his toddler daughter – who had been asleep in bed with him prior to the attack. From the over-the-top disguises left behind at the crime scene to suspects no one would expect, the case almost feels like something out of a movie. For Johnny and those who loved him, it was heartbreakingly real. His little girl grew up to follow in his footsteps into a career in law enforcement, and today she remains determined to uncover the truth about her father’s killer or killers.

TIPS: FBI at 1-800-225-5324 or the VSP at (703) 803-2676. Or tips.fbi.gov And it should be noted that the FBI is offering a 50k reward for information and you can remain anonymous. 

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Source Material:
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/trooper-johnny-rush-bowman
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/daughter-of-slain-virginia-state-trooper-searching-for-answers-35-years-after-fathers-mysterious-death
https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/virginia-state-police/case/virginia-state-police-case-16-10880/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-solve-1984-murder-virginia-state-trooper-stabbed/story?id=58091478
https://www.trailwentcold.com/e/the-trail-went-cold-episode-428-johnny-bowman/
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/murder-of-virginia-state-police-trooper-still-unsolved-35-years-later/65-83929bda-2a59-40b6-b038-3f9ca43c7363
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/08/20/20-years-later-still-tracking-a-killer-of-one-of-their-own/41c88673-53e1-4b7e-b529-023e74f6d117/
https://www.odmp.org/officer/reflections/2106-trooper-johnny-rush-bowman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/renewed-push-to-solve-virginia-state-troopers-1984-murder/2012/08/15/6ed57874-e6ff-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/01/06/slaying-of-va-trooper-remains-a-mystery/d6fc8077-04ee-4111-bed9-83427aea3c10/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/11/26/slaying-probe-focuses-on-va-trooper/890a9819-dde0-4d01-8bd1-cc13660b1664/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/05/25/trooper-slaying-mystery/517f9bd2-23d8-4816-8389-745dd29292d0/
https://www.lawofficer.com/on-the-40th-anniversary-of-trooper-bowmans-murder-its-time-for-justice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/08/19/arrest-seen-in-slaying-of-va-trooper/9b44e1e0-031b-4af8-b89f-2a21f626e111/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/potomac-news-slain-trooper/181898183/Show more...
3 months ago
34 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Lover's Lane: The Murder of Cathy Britt
In May 1983, a young couple parked near the Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore County, Maryland, was suddenly ambushed when gunfire shattered the quiet night. Just four weeks earlier, another couple had been shot in a similar lovers’ lane attack, but they managed to survive. This second tragedy claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman and left the community shaken with fears that a serial predator was on the loose. Then, as suddenly as the shootings began, they stopped. More than forty years later, investigators are still searching for the person behind this chilling crime.

TIPS: Baltimore County Police at 410-887-3943 

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Sources:
 https://www.wmar2news.com/marylandcoldcases/1983-lovers-lane-murder-still-unsolved-who-shot-cathy-britt
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-aegis-similarities-in-the-crimes-and/181328657/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-obituary-for-cathys-bri/181328877/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-family-hopeful-until-the/181328946/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-attending-catherine-brit/1
81330312/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-aegis-composite-sketch/181330830/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-aegis-composite-sketch-generates-lea/181330950/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-aegis-suicide-12/181331171/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-aegis-john-back-at-work/181331436/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-forest-fantom-was-never/
181332188/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-killer-from-loch-raven-m/181332243/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-woman-dies/181335357/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-hopeful-to-the-last-minu/181336070/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-more-deets/181336548/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-first-attack/181350856/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-critical-condition/181336759/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/carroll-county-times-more-details-on-fir/181351045/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-no-other-cars-nearby-1/181351060/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-2nd-loch-raven-shootin/181351461/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-search-for-evidence-in/181351489/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-students-warned/181351533/

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3 months ago
30 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
A Mountain Town's Code of Silence: The Murders of Earl and Clarissa Gonzales
High in the mountains of northern New Mexico, overlooking the village of Questa, a father and his young daughter lived in the dream home he built with his own hands. Friends and neighbors knew him as the kind of man who always offered help and kept his door open to anyone in need. But that open door would one day invite in evil. In early September 1999, both he and his 9-year-old daughter were found murdered inside their home. Now, twenty-six years later, this brutal crime remains unsolved and is just one of several homicides haunting this small, tight-knit community. Investigators have long said that the biggest barrier in cases like these is that community members may know more than they are willing to share, held back by fear of retaliation. My hope in telling this story is that it might reignite the case in the mind of the right person, someone who can finally come forward with the information needed to bring justice for this father and daughter.

TIPS: at (505) 827-9066 or email Coldcase.homicideunit@state.nm.us.


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Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

Sources:
https://youthcorps.org/about-rmyc/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-beloved-in-community-12/181036761/
https://landofentrapment.blog/the-quiet-of-questa-allowing-murders-to-go-unsolved/
By EFreiboth - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45348472
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-the-note-on-the-door/181036464/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-beloved-in-community-12/181036761/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-little-light-is-gone/181037257/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-first-article-on-ear/181037800/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-no-motives/181037839/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-more-info-on-co/181038078/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-more-about-it-b/181038153/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-page-two-of-94-arti/181038226/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-new-leads-uncov/181038450/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-crimes-not-being-solved-in/181038754/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-crime-stoppers-to-offer-re/181039904/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-truck-discovery-teens-arre/181040183/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-second-arrest-made-in-truc/181040233/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-anti-violence-week-week-pr/181040558/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-anti-violence-week-week-pr/181040558/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-letter-to-the-editor-deman/181040695/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-letter-to-the-editor-deman/181040695/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-four-unsovled-slayin/181041011/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-four-unsovled-slayin/181041011/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-political-shifts/181042515/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-one-year-later-community/181042935/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-taos-news-district-attorney-plea/181042982/
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3 months ago
31 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
Disappeared from the Dorms: The Unsolved Case of Michael Negrete
It was the end of the semester at UCLA. Students were finishing exams, celebrating, and preparing to head home for the holidays. A freshman named Michael joined friends at a dorm party before winding down with a late-night computer game with another friend in the building. In the early morning hours, he stepped out to congratulate his friend on the win, then headed back toward his room. From that moment on, Michael was never seen again. In missing persons cases, people often say someone “vanished into thin air.” In Michael’s case, that phrase feels hauntingly true. Now over 25 years later, those closest to him rely on the hope that someone will come forward with the clue that makes a difference.

TIPS: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (323) 890-5500

*Please note: I had some issues with audio and editing this episode - you'll mainly notice it as a clicking sound sometimes in the background. That will be fixed for next episode and I appreciate your patience!!

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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-initial-michael-ne/180317093/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwuiySIGAJ8
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-classified-ad/180433265/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-missing-for-birthday/180432666/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-second-benefit-concer/180360368/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-second-benefit-concer/180360368/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-reward-2-quotes-fro/180359738/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-missing-5-weeks-5k/180359593/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-benefit-concert-22/180359540/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-benefit-concert-12/180359079/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-segment-on-missing-st/180357375/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-reward-increase/180433764/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-422000-family-foul/180433684/
https://www.tumblr.com/coralines-oddities/131210977015/michael-negrete
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-reward-increase/180433764/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-internet-benefit/180434092/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-rally-planned-for-fre/180535989/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-1-year-talk-of-july/180536341/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-missing-adults-lea/180536889/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-extended-article/180537134/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-page-2-of-april-ar/180537254/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2cnjzg/michael_negrete_disappeared_from_ucla_dorm_1999/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2cnjzg/michael_negrete_disappeared_from_ucla_dorm_1999/
https://dailybruin.com/2003/04/03/mary-negrete-continues-search
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2cnjzg/michael_negrete_disappeared_from_ucla_dorm_1999/
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4 months ago
40 minutes

A Simpler Time True Crime
 I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past—stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of “the good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one.
 This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case—focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served. 

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