Crime Salad

On the day after her 52nd birthday, Emily Noble's husband, Matheau Moore, called the police to report that his wife had gone missing. For months, Emily's friends and family searched high and low for her in her hometown of Westerville, Ohio. But when her body was suddenly found, months after her disappearance, hanging in a tree just behind her home, all eyes quickly turned to her husband. As a warn...

The gruesome murder of Colleen Ritzer in 2013 shocked everyone. Colleen was a young, well-loved math teacher in a small Massachusetts town, and her killer was a quiet, but seemingly kind, freshman soccer player. With no record, no prior offences, what made this young boy suddenly snap? The death of any person at the hands of a killer is always terrifying, but today's case, which grapples with unde...

When Hannah Graham enrolled in the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, she was ready to change the world. She was an avid skier, a straight A student, and could find a way to make anyone laugh. But when she was brutally murdered in 2014, at the beginning of her sophomore year of school, her family was understandably beyond shocked and devastated. But as the investigation unfolded, Hannah's...

When Denise Amber Lee was kidnapped from her Florida home in the middle of the day in 2008, five calls to 911 came in with information related to finding her--including one from Denise herself and three from eyewitnesses. Sponsors: Thrive Causemetics Go to ThriveCausemetics.com/crimesalad for 15% off your first order!  Generation Why Listen to Wondery's The Generation Why Podcast on Apple Podcasts...

When it comes to true crime, one of the biggest names that people think of is BTK--a serial killer whose reign of terror over Wichita, Kansas lasted more than 15 years. But while BTK might be the most famous killer, for the people of Wichita, Reginald and Jonathan Carr's week long crime and killing spree caused citizens to fear for their lives both while out and inside their own homes. In the 20 y...

Jill Meagher's story is every woman's worst nightmare. In Brunswick, Jill was wrapping up a great night out with friends and was on her less than half a mile walk home, when she was attacked, raped, and murdered by a man she had never met before. Her coldblooded attack became national news and sparked controversy for years to follow. Sponsors: Dame Products Go to dameproducts.com/CRIMESALAD today...

A few months back, we covered the 2004 case of Lisa Marie Montgomery--a woman who murdered Bobbie Jo Stinnet as she brutally cut open Bobbie Jo's abdomen to take her unborn baby. This case made national headlines, and in 2021, Lisa Marie became the first woman to be executed by the federal government in decades. Our case this week follows a similar trajectory. A 22 year old pregnant woman was lure...

Katelin Akens, a 19 year old who went missing over five years ago while visiting her family. On the day Katelin was supposed to return back to her home in Arizona with her fiance, her step-father allegedly dropped her off at the airport, but Katelin never arrived. Sponsors: Thrive Causemetics Visit ThriveCausemetics.com/crimesalad for 15% off your first order! Support us! Want ad free listening? P...

It's not everyday that cases that have gone cold get reopened. The odds are even slimmer when there's no body or DNA evidence that can tie a suspect to the disappearance. And after 25 years? It seems almost impossible. But this past May, for the five children of Linda Lunsford, they might have finally found some answers to what happened when their mother didn't come home from work in December of 1...

When police responded to a domestic dispute call in Louisville in 2009, they had no idea that they were about to learn about a murder that had happened six months earlier--a murder of a man they didn't even know was missing. Sponsors: Dipsea Dipsea is offering an extended 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/CRIMESALAD Daily Harvest Go to DAILYHARVEST.com and enter code "crimesalad"...

The death of 5 year old AJ Freund in 2019, is as heartbreaking as it is enraging. Despite numerous complaints filed against his parents to the Department of Child and Family Services and multiple investigations to rule out neglect, AJ somehow slipped through the cracks. And there were deadly consequences. Sponsors: Charlotte's Web CBD Go to charlottesweb.com to get started with the OG CBD brand wh...

Everything is on the internet...The good, the bad, and the downright horrible. And among these content creators are a growing number of social media celebrities-people who have become famous for their YouTube videos, TikToks, or livestreams. While much of this content is harmless and relatively wholesome like dance crazes or baking tips, a darker side of streaming has started to rise up. Sponsors:...

We would love to introduce you to Criminal Broads: a true crime and history podcast. Tori Telfer dives in each week to cover stories about wild women who've ended up on the wrong side of the law. Could be for leading a cult, serially murdering their husbands, faking their own deaths or even swindling billionaires.   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal-broads/id1375121031 Learn more abou...

This week, we are bringing you the story of a serial killer who went undetected for years in British Columbia and by the time he was captured, he was one victim away from having killed 50 women. Fifty! Today we're covering the life and capture of Robert Pickton, a pig farmer whose horrific crimes make him one of Canada's most prolific serial killers.  Sponsors: Dipsea For listeners of the show, Di...

With an eyewitness who watched Holly Bobo get abducted from her home in April of 2011, it seemed like her case could be solved right away and Holly would be brought home. Instead, for years, nothing came to light. Until suddenly, three years later, the police had six main suspects--three of which had taped confessions. Follow us! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimesaladpodcast Twitter - ht...

Sean Vincent Gillis was born on June 24, 1962 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Norman and Yvonne Gillis. Norman wasn't around for much of Sean's childhood, but for the brief time that he was, he was hardly paternal. Sponsors: Charlotte's Web CBD Go to charlottesweb.com to get started with the OG CBD brand who kicked off this whole CBD craze and use code CRIMESALAD at checkout to save 15% on your order...

The small town of Courtland, Mississippi isn't perfect by any means, but when 19 year old Jessica Chambers was found burning alive along the side of the road on a horrible night in December of 2014, her small community did whatever they could to help find justice for her. For months, police interviewed, searched, and questioned as much as they could to find a lead, but all that they had to go off...

If you were paying attention to the news in the early 1990s, there is no doubt that you would have caught some of the coverage on the Menendez Brothers: two wealthy, upper class boys living in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles who brutally murdered their parents before going on a spending spree with their father's money. Sponsors: Charlotte's Web CBD Go to charlottesweb.com to get started with the OG CBD...

This week, we'll investigate the case of a 28 year old woman from Michigan who disappeared after work in December 2016. Authorities quickly pieced together what appears to be a solid case against one of the victim's acquaintances from work, and all signs pointed to murder. But, in the four years since Danielle Stislicki was last seen, her body has never been found and the prime suspect isn't givin...

Our case this week investigates the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam--the first person to go missing from a Disney Cruise Line on March 22nd, 2011. Since she vanished many have tried to piece together what little evidence there was from the scene and the investigation, but with Disney officials refusing to comment, a minimal and insufficient police investigation, and only one short clip of CCTV foo...

Only a month ago, Brittany Gosney, a 29 year old mother of four, and her 42 year old boyfriend, James Hamilton, walked into the police station in Middletown, Ohio to report that her six year old son had gone missing. They said that when they had gone to sleep the night before, he was safely in his bed, sound asleep in Batman pajamas. But when they woke up the next morning, James had vanished. Spon...

When free-spirited Joshua Maddox failed to return home after leaving for a walk in May of 2008, authorities and family members believed the 18 year old had simply left to start a new life after the sudden loss of his brother two years earlier. For seven long years, there were no signs of Josh and no new leads pointing to his location. That is, until a stunning discovery in the chimney of an old ho...

Sarah Gonzales-McLinn was only 19 years old when she drugged, tied up, and nearly decapitated a man she once thought of as a father, 52 year old Harold Sasko. While Sarah herself has admitted to her crime and the details of the murder itself are clear, her motivation and the trauma that led up to the murder were hardly mentioned in her trial. Sponsors: Vital Choice Save 10% on one order of sustain...

In this episode, we'll uncover the abuse and violence committed by a couple living in a small Washington town, who on the outside, seemed to be a kind, quiet, wholly average pair, but inside their home, their actions caused the deaths of at least three people starting in the 1990s. Sponsors: Vital Choice Save 10% on one order of sustainable seafood delivered direct to your door with the code CRIME...

In 2019, Kevin was working as a hairdresser while finishing up a degree in Applied Psychology. On Christmas Eve of that year, he ventured out to meet a man he had been chatting with on the dating Grindr. When he didn't make it to a Christmas breakfast the next morning, his family and friends knew that something terrible had happened. But as the investigation unfolded, what they found was worse tha...