The Murder Diaries

**This episode talks about sexual assault. We want to make sure you are aware and in a safe space before listening. If you need to talk to someone, this is the number to the national sexual assault hotline: 1-800-656-4673** Today on The Murder Diaries we're doing something a little different. We're speaking about ethics and advocacy in true crime with two people we've learned a lot from. Our frien...

Her family and friends called her a “champion of the underdog.” She was always a voice for the quiet ones. Her close family and friends considered her to be one of the nicest people they knew. As a high school student, she even stood up to the principal when she felt that her friend had been wronged… and he apologized. In the summer of 2007, someone forever silenced the voice who stood up for so m...

We're off this week to enjoy a Springbreak. Enjoy this rewind episode and we'll see you next week! Colleen was a popular, young math teacher from Massachusetts in 2013 when she was brutally murdered at the place she loved most DOING what she loved most. Originally aired: May 27, 2021 Resources:  Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd8EH0Q_vKQ  Sword and Scale: Episode 88  Town Museum website: h...

In 1988, on a beautiful day in Belen, New Mexico, a 19-year-old woman got ready to do one of her favorite things: her daily bike ride. She put on a white t-shirt with the local bank’s logo on it, white shorts with green stripes, and white sneakers. She grabbed her bright yellow Walkman with a Boston cassette tape. Before leaving home on a neon pink mountain bike, she told her mom, “Come and get me...

Roxanne Paltauf said goodbye to her family after 4th of July celebrations to be with her boyfriend. The two were going to spend a few days together at a motel in the rougher part of town. It was their second anniversary and a motel was the best option to spend and extend amount of time together. They both lived at home and their families didn’t approve of the relationship... After an argument at t...

Bienvenido al podcast Murder Diaries. Esta es la versión en español de nuestra cobertura de la misteriosa muerte de Debanhi Escobar. For the English version of this episode, please click here: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-murder-diaries/id1475609603?i=1000606231324 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/76xq5oNRHBgXPSjqScNFX0?si=iMJKlFWSRHq6-AKUoCdRrA Find us @themurderdia...

In January of 2007, 37-year-old Karen Bodine was found at the entrance of an old, gravel quarry in Rochester, Washington—a small town an hour outside of Seattle. A passing motorist discovered Karen’s nude body posed in a prone position with her head resting on a vehicle seat as if it were a pillow. It’s been 16 years, and we still don’t know who killed Karen Bodine. In fact, the Lacey Sheriff's de...

What was supposed to be a joyful last hurrah ended in tragedy. Her name led news programs for months after her mysterious disappearance. Nearly 20 years later, the familiar senior portrait of the beautiful and intelligent young woman from Alabama periodically shows up in articles and news programs. That’s because her disappearance is still a mystery. Her remains have never been found. Her name was...

An eerie photo of a young woman standing alone on the edge of a dark deserted highway has come to symbolize this growing crisis in Mexico- the disappearance and murder of women. It sparked a fire among women and activists in a country where women’s disappearances and murders are often downplayed or ignored altogether. This woman had a bright future ahead of her and yet like thousands of others, he...

The case we’re going to talk about today knocked a safe, San Francisco suburb to its knees. As one friend of the victim put it, “it broke the shell of safety.” Jenny Lin was 14 years old in May 1994 when her parents weren’t able to reach her at home, where she was supposed to be after school. As the workday came to an end, her father arrived home. The TV was on, but the house was empty. Calling fo...

What should have been a day to celebrate love, quickly turned into a parent’s real-life nightmare and flipped the rural community of Shelby, North Carolina upside down. If you have any information on the case, please call (704)-672-6100 Resources: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/nc-girl-asha-degree-disappeared-10-years-ago/story?id=11591506 https://www.wbtv.com/story/37493875/finding-asha-leads-still-p...

If the name Phil Hartman doesn’t already ring a bell for you, I have no doubt you'll be familiar with at least some of his work. He was a writer, actor, and comedian. Notably, in his career, he co-created Pee-wee Herman, and landed a spot on SNL where he thrived for 8 seasons, during which he became well-loved for his impersonation of Bill Clinton. Phil was a comedy genius who no doubt had years o...

When Ellen Greenberg is found dead in the apartment she shares with her fiancé, investigators are quick to label it suicide despite the twenty stab wounds she suffered. What ensues is an ongoing battle surrounding the classification of Ellen’s case and one family’s search for justice. To support the Greenberg family: please sign the petition, follow Justice for Ellen on FB and GoFundMe. https://ww...

In 2002 19 year old Rachel Cooke was visiting home in Georgetown, TX from college in SD for the holiday break. On the morning of January 10th she left her parents’ house for a run. She never returned. In the 23 years since Rachel went missing the family, community, and investigators have been tormented at the lack of answers and the empty place in their lives Rachel once filled. This is her story....

There’s perhaps no more well-known missing person’s case than that of three-year-old Madeleine McCann who went missing from a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007. Over the intervening 15 years, there have been countless theories, suspects, court cases, and finger-pointing but all have ultimately amounted to nothing. If Madeleine is alive, the bright-eyed toddler would now be 19 years old, a young ad...

When Alexis Sharkey didn’t show up for a movie date with her girlfriends on Friday the 27th of November 2020 they immediately knew something was wrong. Little more than 24 hours later, they would find out the devastating truth. Alexis was dead. Resources: https://abc13.com/alexis-sharkey-found-dead-in-houston-instagram-influencer-woman-missing-texas/8386200/ https://heavy.com/news/tom-sharkey-alex...

A 13-year-old cheerleader is found brutally murdered on Mother’s Day 2021. Evidence directs investigators to a demented classmate, who pretended to be her friend. RESOURCES: https://www.the-sun.com/news/3288387/tristyn-bailey-killer-aiden-fucci-karma-on-ankle/ https://www.staugustine.com/story/news/crime/2022/05/09/tristyn-bailey-timeline-disappearance-killed-st-johns-county-aiden-fucci/9681093002...

Tuesday July 19th 2016 began as any other for twenty year old, Sierah Joughin. She spent the day at home with before heading off to visit her boyfriend Josh in the early evening. She said goodbye to her mom, hopped on her new purple bicycle that she got at a garage sale to enjoy the fresh, country air while as she rode the 7 miles to Josh’s house. When Sierah was ready to return home around 6:30 s...

The case I have for you today is the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, which has been the most requested by our listeners since Paige and I started The Murder Diaries. Honestly we avoided it for a long time, because of the amount of rumors and theories there are about what “really” happened. You can literally spend years going down rabbit holes on some of these arguments, but the thing is, no matter how...

Today’s case is about a young woman who was living out her dream as a senior at Ohio State University. So close to graduation, Reagan Tokes was waitressing until she could put the psychology degree, she was almost done with to work. It’s after work one night in February of 2017, that she went missing. She had been abducted, taken away in her own vehicle. It didn’t take long to zero in on a suspect...

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Dee Ann Warner vanished from her rural Michigan home after allegedly ending her marriage. Her husband claims she left the country with a wealthy man, but authorities and her family suspect foul play. If you have any information about Dee Ann Warner or the case, please contact the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office by calling (517) 263-0524 or the Michigan State Police by calling (855) 642-4847. RESOU...

Big Bear, CA. A resort, mountain town in Southern California’s San Bernadino mountains, popular with tourists from near and far throughout all seasons. About 15 miles out of town is the small town of Running Springs. It's there in a ravine off CA Highway 330 the body of 28 year old Cori Desmond was found wrapped in trash bags. Cori was from Redondo Beach, about 100 miles away. The question stood f...

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When 23-year-old Alice Ruggles is found murdered in her flat, investigators set their sights on her ex-boyfriend-turned-stalker. RESOURCES: An Hour to Catch a Killer with Trevor McDonald Killed by My Stalker S1E1 https://www.alicerugglestrust.org/alices-story www.thesun.co.uk/news/4609410/alice-ruggles-killer-harry-dhilllon-stalking/amp/ https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-tragic-murder-of...