Murder Sheet

In 2006, a 21-year-old Canadian woman named Jessie Foster vanished in Las Vegas, Nevada. All these years later, her mother Glendene Grant has become an activist to support other victims of sex trafficking. In this episode, the Murder Sheet will interview Glendene about her daughter's case, possible connections to other homicides, the Long Island Serial Killer, and more. Please review these photos...

Few people know the Long Island Serial Killer case as well as Robert Kolker. He is the author of Lost Girls , an account of the case which puts the focus squarely on the victims. This book was named by Time magazine as one of the best true crime books of all time– and was adapted into a Netflix feature film.  Now that an arrest has been made, we wanted to reach out to him, find out how he wro...

The Cheat Sheet  is  The Murder Sheet's  segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this edition of the Cheat Sheet, we look at the latest developments in the Idaho murders, the shocking motion in the Murdaugh case as well as cases in Virginia and Las Vegas. Here are the links to the stories we referenced about the rapper who essentially c...

In this episode, we share some of the thoughts and ideas listeners have sent us as part of our ongoing discussion of the Burger Chef murders. Please keep sending in your observations! Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com. The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

The Murder Sheet discusses gag orders in two different cases: The University of Idaho murders and the Delphi murders. Coverage of the gag order in the Idaho Spokesman-Review: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/01/hearing-related-to-goncalves-familys-challenge-of-/ Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com. The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

The Cheat Sheet  is  The Murder Sheet's  segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about the murder of Laurel Jean Mitchell, the Burger Chef murders, the murder of Bob Adair, the University of Idaho murders, and the murder of Kaylah Farmer. Links: The Daily Journal's coverage of the Burger Chef FBI documents: http...

Offbeat is The Murder Sheet's audio opinion column. It's where we give you our takes on topics in crime. In this episode, we'll talk about our collective bias toward interesting stories, the shortcomings of storytelling in the true crime genre, and how it influences how we all think about real-life crimes. Check out the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Crime Data Explorer here: https://cde.ucr.cj...

Today, we'll hear from an seasoned Indiana public defender on the nuances of mental health and the criminal justice system. Our conversation with a mental health professional focused on those declared "not guilty by reason of insanity":  https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/ff2de15b-d77e-4a6b-9644-31dd826c269c Our conversation with a mental health professional on the Indiana prison s...

Last month, a jury in Indiana's Brown County convicted Randy Small of murder in the shooting death of his neighbor Bob Adair. Today, we attended the sentencing hearing in the case. Our coverage of the sentencing of Larry Jo Taylor Jr. in the murder of Amanda Blackburn: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/9f5f355d-86ba-4e58-8608-fafc918c62dd Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com. The Murder...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we’re going to talk about the murder of Rachel Morin, the murders of Jared Bridegan and Dan Markel, Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer, the University of Idaho murders, and the murder of Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm in Indianapolis.  Sources:...

On The Murder Sheet , we've talked about a few cases involving incarceration settings, notably the Delphi murders and the case against Richard Allen. In this episode, we'll hear from a man who once worked as a corrections officer in Indiana. Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com. The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

We have recently heard some criticisms of tool mark identification analysis. In this episode, we'll hear the other side, from a forensic analyst. If you are interested in other perspectives on this subject, you can listen to our earlier episodes on ballistics: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/a00b85a5-138d-449f-b101-d6be85e2e14d https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/aa77c321-e...

David Hennesy is a legendary figure in Indiana legal circles. A long time attorney, he has done criminal defense work for 40 years — and in that time, as you will hear, he estimates that he has won 100 murder cases. Perhaps that is part of the reason people have given him the nickname Mr Murder.  But now- after finishing one last case- he is leaving all that behind and retiring.&nbs...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. Today, we'll be getting into a few new cases, namely the murders of Rachel Morin, Andre Smith, and Jared Bridegan. We'll also provide a few previews of what we're working on. WRTV’s coverage of the disappearance of Rachel Saloman: https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/impd-searc...

We tend to think of the assassinations of American Presidents as being quick and sudden affairs — such as when killers pulled the trigger on their weapons and took the lives of men like Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. But the death of President James Garfield was very different. We talked with Garfield biographer CW Goodyear about the horrible lingering death of this President — and also how...

We've all heard about the Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity — or NGRI — defense that is sometimes used in court- but what exactly does it mean? How common is this defense used? Would it be easy for a defendant to successfully fake a mental illness in order to employ this defense? To get answers, we spoke with someone who works in the field. We verified her experience but because she is still a...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode of The Cheat Sheet, we will address the following topics: The disappearance of the Perez sisters, the disappearance of Katie Schneider, the murder of Ronli Ratliff, the Burger Chef murders, the Tylenol murders, an international child sex abuse sting, the Delphi...

In this episode we continue our conversation with Courtney Alwine, the Miami County Deputy Prosecutor who led the recently concluded case against Kegan Kline.  In our first part, we discussed how Courtney first got involved with the case and took the story up to when Kegan Kline decided to plead guilty to all charges. In this part, we pick up the story from there and start with the sentencing...

If you’ve followed our episodes on the Kegan Kline case, you will surely know how impressed we have been with the work of Miami County Deputy Prosecutor Courtney Alwine, who took over the prosecution earlier this year.  In court, she always spoke with an eloquent and intelligent controlled anger. There were moments during the sentencing hearing where she confronted and called out Kegan that w...

Correction: Ronli Ratliff's body was discovered beside a couch, not atop a couch. In the early morning hours of April 15, 2004, firefighters discovered a body of a young woman in a house in Indiana's Morgan County. That young woman was 24-year-old Ronli Ratliff. Investigators quickly determined that she had been the victim of a homicide, but no one has ever been charged with her murder. All these...

Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation helped out in the earliest days of the Burger Chef murders. The 1978 quadruple homicide remains unsolved. In 2019, Kevin Greenlee requested documents pertaining to the case from the FBI. Recently, we finally received those. We'll be talking through some of the details we noticed in the files, in this episode and future installments of the show. Acces...

Last summer, a family in Muncie, Indiana underwent an unimaginable tragedy. We spoke with two people at the center of that story. They'll get into topics around loss, grief, and the devastating aftermath of violent crimes. Here's a link to Douglas Walker's article for The Star Press : https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/05/murder-defendants-reported-courtroom-comment-draws-prosec...

We recently covered the trial of Randy Small. A jury recently convicted him over murder after he shot and killed his neighbor Bob Adair in 2021. In this episode, we'll interview the case's lead investigator, Captain Brian Shrader of Brown County, Indiana. He'll talk about preparing for a murder trial, testifying before the jury, and getting cross-examined by Andy Baldwin. Send tips to murdersheet@...

Back in September 1990, Lisa Pruett, a sixteen year old resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, slipped out of her house for a late night rendezvous with her boyfriend. She never made it home. They found her body the next morning; she had been stabbed to death just about 30 feet from her boyfriend’s house.  A man named Kevin Young ended up being charged with the crime. But he was acquitted. Yet tha...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. This episode contains discussion of the following cases: the Delphi murders, the University of Idaho murders, the Long Island Serial Killer, and the murder of Laurel Jean Mitchell. ABC on presentment: https://6abc.com/bryan-kohberger-update-news-alibi/13563498/ Fox News on Heue...