Montana Murder Mysteries

This month is Native American Heritage Month. And Montana Right Now is working to highlight the contributions of Native Americans to the state of Montana and to the United States, while also bringing to light those indigenous persons in the state who are missing or murdered. We're saying the names of those people who no longer have a voice. Host Angela Marshall gives you a sneak peek at the Season...

MISSOULA - If you are a regular listener of the "Montana Murder Mysteries" podcast, the latest episode focuses on a case that has been covered several times before. But when Host Angela Marshall first started reporting on this woman, investigators had already spent nearly 40-years trying to answer the question, "Who is Christy Crystal Creek." Now, they're wanting to know, "What happened to Janet L...

Just where is Nicole Waller of Kalispell? On February 14, 2013, the 31-year-old mother of three vanished from the town of Fairview. She had been visiting her boyfriend, Cody Johnston. And it didn't take long before this missing person's case turned into murder investigation, with Johnston being arrested and convicted for Nicole's death. In Part 2 of this podcast series, Angela Marshall finds out h...

Today, a cold case unlike any other we’ve covered on our 'Montana Murder Mysteries' podcast. The killer? Found, arrested, tried and convicted. The murder victim? Still no where to be found. And after more than eight years, family, friends and law enforcement are still tortured by the question: just where is Nicole Waller of Kalispell?

Sneak Peek: It's a cold case unlike any other we’ve covered on 'Montana Murder Mysteries.' The killer found, arrested, tried and convicted. The murder victim? Still no where to be found. And after more than eight years, family, friends and law enforcement are still tortured by the question: just where is Nicole Waller? Here's a sneak peek at the full podcast episode still to come.

Within the last year alone, Montana has seen major breaks in cold cases. And it's due in large part to a relatively new technology called forensic genetic genealogy testing, commonly known as consumer DNA testing. However, come October 1, 2021, Montana will become one of only two states in the nation set to restrict law enforcement from gathering vital clues from these consumer DNA databases, like...

It's time to get to know your hosts! Blake Simonson and Angela Marshall open up about their careers, childhoods, and how they ended up hosting a true crime podcast.

As the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons movement gains momentum in the U.S., we take a look at some of the underlying issues and how someone can vanish even if they're standing right in front of you.

A fisherman in Montana reels in a gruesome catch in 1970. The headless, armless, and legless torso sends law enforcement on the hunt for a killer with a craving for human fingers.

This week we give you a sneak peek into a case that rocked Montana in 1970 as satanic panic spread to the Treasure State when a headless human body is pulled from the Yellowstone River.

This week, we bring you an update on a murder trial we've been following throughout our series and we speak with the family about their frustrations as the trial keeps getting pushed back

What began as a mundane day in March of 1974 turned out to be anything but when two Helena men made a horrific discovery. Concerned about the welfare of their friend, 61-year-old Israel Goss, they found the hard-working and well-to-do business owner lying facedown on the floor of his saw and knife sharpening shop on Euclid Avenue in Helena. Blood everywhere. His head smashed in from several hard b...

This week, hosts Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson give you a sneak peek at the 1974 murder of Israel Goss. The 61-year-old was found beaten to death with a hammer and his throat was slit. And it's a cold case that remains unsolved for members of the Helena community to this day.

A night of celebration takes the darkest of turns when the body of a 34-year-old single mother is found inside the trunk of her burning car in Billings in the year 2000. We take a look at the timeline of the night, possible suspects, and theories in this week's episode of Montana Murder Mysteries

This week, we bring you a sneak peek into the decades old case of Jeanette "Charlie" Atwater, who went missing during a night out with coworkers and was found dead inside the trunk of her burning car in Billings, Montana in 2000.

It's a case from the 1950's that would become so cold that more than half-a-century would pass before it could finally be solved: The Lovers' Lane Slayings. Last week on 'Montana Murder Mysteries,' after combing through old newspaper clippings and speaking to both the Cascade County Sheriff and the lead detective on this case, Podcast Hosts Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson revealed more about th...

In the Season 5 Premiere of our award-winning podcast, Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson open the files on a now-solved cold case that has recently made national headlines: the 19-56 'Lovers' Lane Slayings.' Joyful Patricia Joyce Kalitzke, 16, and her handsome Airman boyfriend, Lloyd Duane Bogle, 18, were found on a dirt trail that followed the Sun River near Wadsworth Park outside of Great Falls...

On February 24th, 2021, friends and family members gathered for a memorial walk in honor of Kymani Littlebird on what would have been his 20th birthday. Kymani was found dead out by a small pond on the Northern Cheyenne on June 25th, 2020. A subsequent investigation by the BIA found no signs of foul play in his death and the coroner ruled his death a suicide. But his family vehemently disputes tha...

Hosts Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson bring you 'breaking news' of what is believed to be one of the oldest cold cases in the country, now solved using forensic genetic geneology testing. And it's a cold case that originated in Montana.

A trip through Glacier National Park takes a turn for the worst for one traveling couple. Now retired FBI agents are searching for their killer

This week we take a look back at one of our first cases where a woman was stabbed to death in her own home.

The Missoula County Sheriff's Office has identified the remains of a woman found nearly 36 years ago near Crystal Creek. The woman, formally identified as Christy Crystal Creek, is now known as Janet Lee Lucas, 23, of Spokane. Christy Crystal Creek was long thought to be a victim of Missoula serial killer, Wayne Nance. Is that now still the case?

We revisit some of our first cases as we take a break between seasons. This week, we take a look back at our very first case

In our final episode of season four, we bring you a sneak peak at two of the cases coming up on season five and we hear from Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton about theories surrounding the murder of Pamela Dorrington.

This week we bring you an update on one of our older cases and what you can do to help honor the victim's memory.