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Raytown is a city in Jacksonville County, Missouri with a population of 30,000. One of those 30,000 was Ann Marie Harrison, age 15 at the time this story begins. Ann was born in Kansas City, Missouri on February 22nd 1974. She was a sophomore honor student at Raytown South High School, Ann attended church with her parents and two sisters, and played on a softball league. Annie, as she was known by...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Mollie Cecelia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, and raised in both San Francisco and Brooklyn, Iowa. She graduated from BGM High School in 2017 and was pursuing a degree in psychology at the University of Iowa, driven by her dream of becoming a child psychologist to help children struggling with mental health issues. Mollie loved life, and it showed in everything she...

Tyler loved to play with his trucks and watch the show Scooby Doo, he used to spend time cooking with his mother Jamie, and he always protected his little sister. Ariana was the more outgoing of the two, she loved to color and dress up and she wore her favorite baseball cap with every outfit. This is the tragic story of Tyler and Arianna Payne. If you suspect child abuse or neglect is occurring pl...

This is the tale of the many child disappearances and murders in Los Angeles county starting in the early 50’s and continuing until 1970. It is believed that one person is responsible for tearing these children away from their loved ones.

On Halloween of 1984, the life of 31 year old Doreen Erbert came to a tragic end. Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

Ten year old Scotty Baker was checked out of school the day before Thanksgiving by someone he thought was his cousin. Once he got into her car, he realized that she wasn't, but by that time, it was too late. Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823

When five year old Myretta Jones didn't return from the grocery store, her grandmother called her mother Lorene. Deputies and neighbors searched that night and came upon a gruesome discovery. Reminiscent of the 1956 movie, The Bad Seed, this case takes us way back to 1947 and the story of a young girl, Joyce Nichols, and her grizzly acts. Music: CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic1823...

On May 2nd, 2001, Mary Jean Pearle dropped her two daughters, Faith 9, and Liberty 6, off for their weekly visit with their father, even though they didn’t want to go, Wednesday was his visitation night as stated in their divorce decree. Their father, John Battaglia, was a man who had a long list of domestic abuse charges on his record and probably some jail time was looming over him, several days...

Gwen Vivian Miller didn’t show up for work on Leap Day, February 29th, 1968. Gwen was 60 years old, had no children, and ran the pharmacy at Bennett–Clarkson Memorial hospital, now known as Regional West in Rapid City, South Dakota. Despite her independence, though, Gwen was in declining health and had a history of medical complications due to her diabetes. So, when she didn’t show up for work, tw...

A chance meeting at a convenience store in 1988 turned into a terrifying and deadly night for Gordon and a case full of twists and turns that is ongoing to this day. The details of this crime are graphic, discretion is advised. Todays promo is one of my favorites, Stolen Lives. Find Stolen Lives on your favorite podcast platform, and follow it on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Thanks Ali! Music:...

Welcome to Crimeatorium, the place where crime resides. I’m your host, Madeline O’Brien, and each week I cover lesser known true crime cases, stories of murder, abduction, missing persons, and more. These are the cases you don't often hear about, told with no banter, just the facts. If you’re interested in exploring lesser known true crime cases, then take the next step and subscribe to Crimeatori...