Teachers Talk Crime

Conrad Henri Roy III was a young, handsome American teenager who tragedy died by suicide at the age of 18 years old. His current girlfriend, 17-year-old Michelle Carter, played a huge role in this life ending occurrence. She had encouraged him in multiple strings of text messages to kill himself on a weekly if not daily basis. Listen for more as we dive into this case surrounding topics of mental...

The Faraday School kidnapping occurred in October 1972 at what Australia called a one-teacher school. These schools were located in in the rural towns, but this case took place in Faraday, which is apart of Victoria, Australia. Two men, Edwin John Eastwood and Robert Clyde Boland, kidnapped six female students and their teacher, Mary Gibbs for a $1,000,000 ransom. They were unsuccessful in collect...

Surprise, we released our second teacher chats. Today we talked about state testing (blah) and good ole Jill Biden. Teacher chats is an episode where we just chat about all things teacher related and sometimes not teacher related. These are mini episodes where you just get to chat with us and hear our most inner thoughts about certain topics. We hope you enjoy volume 2 of teacher chats. Check out...

We are currently having our own happy hour in Nashville, so wish us luck. The disappearance of Eliza Fletcher took the internet world by surprise. It sparked movements for women safety and allowed Tennessee to find many flaws in their system. Eliza Fletcher went out on a 4:00 am run as she did most mornings, but never returned. It was discovered that she was abducted and murder by Cleotha Abston,...

Good luck Ashleigh on testing this week & happy Bachelorette Week to Brooke.   Welp, this case may seem familiar to some of you as we covered a very similar case recently. See if you can find any similarities and/or differences. This is the murder of Kayla Rolland, a 6 year old who was shot by her classmate Dedrick Owens, also 6 years old. Dedrick brought a handgun to school and killed Kayla,...

In the summer of 1976 in Chowchilla, California three armed men from upscale neighborhoods kidnapped a school bus full of children with the intentions of demanding $5 million dollars from authorities. After 32 hours held captive the driver and children dug themselves out and escaped, all surviving. Listen for more as we tell who was behind this horrible act and where they are now.  Sources: 1.) ht...

 I think we actually kept this one somewhat mini. This is a more recent case that was brought to our attention by social media and the stir it caused among teachers. This is the assault on Joan Naydich. Joan, although she now says she didn't, was attacked because she took a students Nintendo Switch. The student was Brendan Depa and is currently facing charges for this brutal attack.  Sources: 1.) ...

A 19-year-old female was murdered in Anchorage, Alaska – shot in the head by her so called best friend. Cynthia Hoffman was murdered in an online scandal surrounding her best friend Denali Brehmer. Now 6 people face charges related to this murder. Listen for how cat-fishing and meeting online turned deadly.   Sources: 1.) https://people.com 2.) https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2023/DAO/021523...

Welcome to this month's full moon BONUS episode. We have a very interesting and very high profile case for you guys. This is the shooting of Abby Zwerner, the 1st grade teacher who was shot by her 6 year old male student.    Sources: 1.) https://www.13newsnow.com 2.) https://www.today.com 3.) https://abcnews.go.com 4.) https://www.wavy.com 5.) https://www.vpm.org 6.) https://abcnews.go.com 7.) htt...

Welcome to volume 1 of teacher chats. We are literally just chatting with you guys and we would love to make this a monthly thing. Let us know on social media what you think? We would love to pick a topic and just chat about it. Today we got on a soapbox about Teacher of the Year and the Nashville school shooting. Happy Monday and have a wonderful week.  Check out our socials for more content from...

OMG we hit 100,000 downloads and we have ALL of you to thank. So,  THANK YOU!  Hey you 1% Australian listeners, this case is for you! An Australian man was recently found not guilty by reason of insanity for murdering his mother, sister, and half-brother in their home. Teancum had been suffering from schizophrenia at the time. Teancum will now be held in a mental health hospital until he is deemed...

Happy Monday TTC Peeps. This case might be familiar to some of you, but others may still be in shock as we discuss the murder of Skylar Neese.  Skylar Neese's body was found on January 16, 2013 in Greene County, Pennsylvania after being missing since July 2012. Skylar was murdered by two of her "best friends", Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. On January 3, 2013, Rachel Shoaf had a mental breakdown an...

Mitchell Johnson, 13 years old and Andrew Golden, 11 years old shot and killed their classmates and teacher in Jonesboro, Arkansas on March 24, 1998. Andrew asked to be excused from his class, pulled the fire alarm and joined Mitchell who was waiting in the nearby woods. As the school was evacuating the building the students opened fire. Four students and one teacher were killed, while 10 others w...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! WE ARE OFFICIALLY ONE YEARS OLD! Thank you for all your support and encouragement this last year. We are so blessed with the community we have built and we hope we never disappoint any of you. In July of 1971 Rita Curran a 24 year old 2nd grade teacher moved into a first floor shared apartment with two other females she met in a news paper ad. She was hard working and driven,...

Another Scream inspired murder (disclaimer the Scream franchise bares no responsibility for this tragedy). The murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart took place in Bannock County, Idaho on September 22, 2006 when Cassie was house sitting for her aunt and uncle. She was brutally attacked by two peers who she considered somewhat friends, Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik. They two killed her all for the thrill o...

Happy Monday Teacher Peeps and Non-Teacher Peeps!  Listen for the updates on our episode today. Jordan Brown was initially charged for the murder of his dad's fiance at 11 years old. Kenzie Marie Houk, 26 years old died with her unborn baby at the hands of a gunshot wound. After 9 years in jail Jordan Brown walked out and started his own life. His dad has remained supportive and loving throughout...

Please consider donating to Brooke GoFundMe in order for her to attend a professional development this summer. She was denied the funds by her district and is determined to become the best educator she can be. https://gofund.me/90f06c0c Happy Monday Teacher Peeps and Non-Teacher Peeps! This case has come highly requested, but until last week there wasn't a lot of information out there. However, th...

Please consider donating to Brooke GoFundMe in order for her to attend a professional development this summer. She was denied the funds by her district and is determined to become the best educator she can be. https://gofund.me/90f06c0c HAPPY VALENTINES DAY YOU TRUE CRIME LOVING HUMANS! We are back with a special bonus case for you and it is a cold case like your ex's heart. Jesse McBane, 19 years...

Please consider donating to Brooke's GoFundMe to send her to a professional development this summer. This is an amazing opportunity to help her grow in the classroom. https://gofund.me/90f06c0c   Now let's get to the creepy case Ashleigh has for you and just in time for the new Scream movie that is coming out soon. This is obviously not a promotion for the movie, but two young boys from California...

Welcome back to Episode 60! This is also a happy hour case, which means this is part of our bonus collection. We hope the full moon wasn't to crazy for you, but if it was we understand. Lyntell Washington was 40 years old and was a school teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She taught at Brookstown Middle Magnet Academy and had a beautiful 3 year old daughter with her ex-boyfriend Darren Glasper. W...

In April of 1997 the Lillelid family of four was on their way home from a Jehovah's Witness conference in Johnson City, Tennessee when they were kidnapped and led to their deaths. Their killers were six young adults ranging in ages 14 to 20 years old who all came from broken home lives. Listen for more details.   Sources: 1.) https://www.wbir.com 2.) https://www.wbir.com 3.) https://www.wbir.com 4...

Sherrice Iverson was 7 years old when she was killed. She was lured from an arcade inside the Primm casino to a restroom also located inside the casino. She was forced into the largest stall, sa'd and slowly strangled before her killer snapped her neck. Jeremy Strohmeyer, along with David Cash were the two boys involved in this act, however only one would be convicted. Listen now, wherever you get...

Austin Gregory Myers 19 years old and Timothy Mosley, also 19 years old were convicted of murdering Justin Back, 18 years old at his family home in order to steal a safe from the house that they believed to hold $20,000. The case received national media attention because of the discrepancy in the sentencing of the two young offenders. One was given life without parole and the other became the youn...

The Barbecue murders, refers to a 1975 double murder in Marin County, California. The victims were that of Naomi  and James Olive. They were survived by their adoptive daughter Marlene Olive who was 16 years old at the time. What police would soon find out is that Marlene was more involved than anyone could imagine. Listen for more details about this case. Sources: 1.) https://criminaldiscoursepod...

The case of Levi King is a case of nature vs. nurture. Raised in a slum of a house by an abusive drug using father Levi King had very little going for him. He was using drugs at 12 years old and in prison by 20 years old. When Levi was 23 years old he went on a 24 hour murder spree, leaving 5 dead and 1 survivor. Sources: 1.) https://serialkillercalendar.com/LEVI-KING-RANDOM-RAMPAGE.php   2.) http...