Most Wanted

Send us a text Special Guest: Sandy This week Lauren and Sandy discuss the disappearance of Kyron Horman. Week 5: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: Crime Library: Missing: Kyron Horman by Tricia Romano Medium: Disappearance of Kyron Horman The Oregonian: Kyron Horman, missing 10 years: A timeline by Lizzy Acker KGW8: ‘Something in there that yearns to touch him’: Mother remains hope...

Send us a text Special Guest: Megan This week Lauren tells Megan about the kidnapping of Shasta and Dylan Groene. Week 4: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: CBS News: The Groene Case Crime Library: Joseph Edward Duncan III by Gary C. King People Magazine Investigates: Groene Family Massacre (Max) People Magazine: A Child Survived a Serial Killer — and Now Tells Her Story on Season Pr...

Send us a text Special Guest: Chelsea This week Lauren and Chelsea discuss the disappearance of Amber Hagerman and what the powerful legacy she created today. Week 3: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources:  Crime Library: Amber Hagerman by David Krajicek KIRO7: Police release new photos, seek new info in unsolved 1996 murder of Amber Hagerman By Crystal Bonvillian HubPages: How Amber Hag...

Special Guest: Sandy  This week Sandy and Lauren discuss the disappearance and the murder of Jacob Wetterling Week 2: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: Jacob, Megan, and Pam: Federal Sex Offender Registration Legislation by David M. Heger Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jacob Wetterling’s killer gives-chilling details of abducted 11-year-old’s final moment alive by Crystal Bonvillian...

Special Guest: Sarah  This week Lauren tells Sarah about a kidnapping in Chowchilla, California. Week 1: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: 26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows how one plotted their escape – and what happened years later by Holly Yan The Chowchilla Kidnapping by Douglas MacGowan Chowchilla CNN film Wikipedia Support us! Drink Moment | Moment...

Special Guest: Chelsea This week Lauren tells Chelsea about The Candy Man of Texas. Sources: Texas Monthly: "The Lost Boy"s by By Skip Hollandsworth  Crime Library: "Dean Corll" by Marilyn Bardsley 100 Most Infamous Criminals: "Dean Corll" by Jo Durden Smith Wikipedia Support us! Drink Moment | Moment Botanical Water Drink your meditation. Use code MOSTWANTEDAMANDA at checkout! Kind Cotton Conscio...

Special Guest: Amy This week Lauren tells Amy about the "Monster" Aileen Wuornos. Sources:  Biography.com: Aileen Wuornos: “Serial killer Aileen Wuornos led a vagabond lifestyle as a sex worker before she was found guilty of murdering six men in Florida in 1989 and 1990.” by Biography.com Editors and Sara Kettler All That’s Interesting: “Was Aileen Wuornos A Serial Killer, A Victim, Or Both?” by R...

Special Guest: Lizzie   This week Lauren tells Lizzie about Gary Heidnik. Heidnik was one of the inspirations for the character of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs. Sources: Crime Library: Gary Heidnik: To Hell and Back by Patrick Bellamy CNN: His gruesome crimes were a basis for ‘Silence of the Lambs.’ The sister of one of his victims has mixed feelings about his execution by Faith Kari...

Special Guest: Keith  This week Keith and Lauren discuss the Butcher of Plainfield.  Sources: Biography: "Ed Gein: Convicted murderer Ed Gein was a notorious grave robber known for dismembering victims. His gruesome activities inspired the creation of some of Hollywood’s most infamous characters, including Norman Bates of Psycho" by Biography.com Editors and Tyler Piccotti  All That’s Interesting:...

Special Guest: Josh  This week Lauren tells Josh about infamous spree killer Charles Starkweather and his accomplice Caril Ann Fugate. Sources: Crime Library: Charles Starkweather & Caril Fugate by Marilyn Bardsley All That’s Interesting: The Chilling True Story Of Charles Starkweather, The Teenage Serial Killer Who Terrorized America’s Heartland by Marco Margaritoff  Let’s Go to Court: Episod...

Special Guest: Gabby  This week Lauren tells Gabby about the Xerox murders. Sources: KHON2: “Xerox Murders” by Brigette Namata IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I: STATE OF HAWAI`I vs .BYRAN UYESUGI Murderpedia: Byran Uyesugi Hawaii News Now: “20 years ago, a killer shattered the morning calm and changed Hawaii forever” by Ben Gutierrez and Mileka Lincoln Wikipedia Support us! Drink Momen...

Send us a text Special Guest: Megan This week Lauren tells Megan about Jerry Brudos, The Lust Killer and Shoe Fetish Slayer! Soruces: That Oregon Life: A Serial Killer in Oregon: “The Grisly Tale of Jerry Brudos “Shoe Fetish Slayer”” by Danielle Denham  Biography.com: “Jerome Brudos” Crime Library: “The Fetish Killer” by Katherine Ramsland 100 Most Infamous Criminals by Jo Durden Smith Wikipedia S...

Send us a text Special Guest: Keith This week Lauren tells Keith about Elaine Parent, an American criminal known as "the world's most wanted woman" in the late 1990s and early 2000s! Sources: Murderpedia: Elaine Parent The Guardian: Hunt for the Chameleon The Telegraph: 'Chameleon Killer' cheats the Florida police by ending her many-faced life by Tim Tate The Ledger: Murder suspect 'Chameleon' a s...

Send us a Text Message. Special Guest: Sandy This week Lauren tells Sandy about Tom Petters, a former American businessman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide. Fun fact: he ends up in Lauren and Amanda's favorite penitentiary! Sources: Fraud Magazine: Ponzi Strikes Again: A 13-year, Multibillion-dollar Fraud Leaves Mouths Agape by Steven J. Carlson, PhD; Kenneth A. Hansen, LLM; and Robert J. Dosch,...

Send us a Text Message. On this short bonus episode, Amanda tells Lauren about the Olympic Gymnastics Bronze Medal Ruling Sources: Athlon: “Jordan Chiles Sends a Clear Message to IOC About Returning Bronze Medal” by Michael Gallagher Support Us! Drink Moment | Moment Botanical Water Drink your meditation. Use code MOSTWANTEDAMANDA at checkout! Kind Cotton Consciously-sourced, inclusive, impactful,...

Send us a Text Message. This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Raymond Abbott aka RoboCop and the crime that got him planted on the US Marshal's 15 Most Wanted Fugitive list. Sources: Fox News: ‘RoboCop” Raymond Abbott Wanted for Prison Break, Weapons Smuggling by Fox News Fox News: Arms Smuggler Nicknamed RoboCop Most Wanted by US Marshals by Fox News US Marshal Service: Raymond Abbott True Crime St...

Send us a Text Message. This week Amanda and Lauren cover the murder of Jennifer Levin at the hands of the "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers. Sources: New York Magazine: East Side Story from the November 10, 1986 issue of New York Magazine by Michael Stone A&E True Crime Blog: Stories & News: Robert Chambers: The Murder of Jennifer Levin and Where 'The Preppy Killer' Is Now by Robert Kahn CB...

Send us a Text Message. Amanda and Lauren discuss updates in the Jesse James Hollywood case, which was covered in Episode 75. Sources: Change.org: Started Bby Nicole Lane to Gov. Gavin Newsom and The State of California Give Ryan Hoyt A New Fair Trial  Noozhawk: Gunman in 'Alpha Dog' Murder Granted Death-Penalty Reprieve Ryan James Hoyt, 44, is now serving a sentence of life without parole in the...

Send us a Text Message. This week Amanda and Lauren discuss an old timey murderer. A man with wild nicknames such as the Bluebeard of Texas, the Butcher of Elmendorf and Alligator Man. Sources: 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Joe Ball by Jo Durden Smith  Murderpedia: Joseph D. Ball Texas Monthly: Two Barmaids, Five Alligators, and the Butcher of Elmendorf: Did Joe Ball really do what everyone says he...

Send us a Text Message. This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss the many lies and horrible crimes of Christian Michael Longo. Sources: All That's Interesting: The Chilling Story of Christian Longo, The Man Who Killed His Family To Hide His Life of Lies by Jessica O'Connor KGW8: Victim's sister upset Oregon governor will commute death sentence of her family's killer: In 2003, a jury sentenced Christia...

Send us a Text Message. This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss supposed "gentleman" bank robber, Leslie Ibsen Rogge. They also take some time at the beginning to recap their weekend at the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival in Denver! Sources: The Hustle: “The first fugitive caught by the internet” by Katherine Laidlaw CNN: “Internet helps FBI nab a ‘Most Wanted’ criminal” by CNN staff FBI:...

Send us a Text Message. This week, Amanda and Lauren discuss an American former professor at the University of Southern California, who in 2013, was arrested for a crime abroad. Sources: Los Angeles Times: "Ex-USC professor and FBI fugitive gets 5 years in prison for child sex" by Richard Winton and Kate Mather US Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs: "Former University Professor Sentenc...

Send us a Text Message. On this holiday week, Lauren and Amanda cover famed Hollywood director Roman Polanski, who has been a fugitive from American justice for almost 50 years. Sources: The Los Angeles Times: “Roman Polanski and the woman he pleaded guilty to raping pose together 45 years later” by Nardine Saad AP News: “Director Roman Polanski is sued over more allegations of sexual assault of a...

Send us a Text Message. This week, Amanda and Lauren cover the murder of Nicholas Markowitz at the hand of his half brother's ex-best friend, Jesse James Hollywood.  Sources: All That’s Interesting: "The Disturbing Story Of Nicholas Markowitz, The Teenager Who Was Murdered Over His Brother’s Drug Debt" by Marco Margaritoff  Santa Barbara Independent: "Prosecutor Okayed for Jesse James Hollywood Tr...

Send us a Text Message. Amanda and Lauren discuss updates in the Malka Leifer case, which was covered in Episode 30. Sources: The Guardian: “Malka Leifer: former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal sentenced to 15 years for child sex abuse” by the Australian Associated Press The Conversation: “Dassi Erlich and her sisters were ‘easy pickings for predators.’ With their abuser Malka Leifer’s conviction...