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This year for Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren are going to go on a journey through some tragic deaths of young women, and their lives that were cut too short. Because they were wanted too. In the second episode of their Women's History Month series, Amanda and Lauren discuss the murder of Dru Sjodin, a case that was local to them when they were young, and the effect the outcome...

This year for Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren are going to go on a journey through some tragic deaths of young women, and their lives that were cut too short. Because they were wanted too. In their first Women's History Month episode, Amanda and Lauren discuss the senseless murder of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, and the light her tragic death shined on the epidemic of Missing an...

For the fifth and final week of Black History Month, Lauren and Amanda discuss the murder of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin.  Sources: CBS News: "Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later" by CBS News History.com: "This Day in History: February 26, 2012: Florida Teen Trayvon Martin is Shot and Killed" by History.com Editors NPR News: "A Look Back At Trayvon Martin's Death, An...

For the fourth week of Black History Month, Amanda and Lauren return to Mississippi in the Civil Rights Movement era to discuss the murders of three civil rights workers in June 1964 - Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman. This case is most commonly known as the Mississippi Burning case, or MIBURN, and it's a real doozy, everyone. Sources: The US Code FBI website: “Mississippi...

As they reach the halfway point of Black History Month, Lauren and Amanda are changing up their format a little bit to spend two weeks in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. This week, they're covering the murder of activist and NAACP Mississippi Field Secretary Medgar Evers. Sources: Medgar Evers College: “History: The Murder of Medgar Evers” FBI History: “Medgar Evers” Zinn Educat...

This week, Amanda and Lauren continue their Black History Month series and discuss Black Liberation Army member and current Most Wanted "terrorist" Assata Shakur. Those quotes are sarcastic... obviously.  Sources: Assata Shakur’s website: “About Assata Shakur” Democracy Now!: “Sekou Odinaga, Black Liberation Activist who Helped Free Assata Shakur, Dies at 79” by No Byline The Guardian: “...

It's Black History Month! This week, Lauren and Amanda cover the inspiring academic and activist Angela Davis, who was on the FBI's Most Wanted list for a crime she didn't commit, and who has made it part of her life's work to fight back against the systems of oppression that put her there. Sources: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture: “Angela Da...

This week, Amanda and Lauren celebrate their one-year podcast anniversary by discussing a deeply unsettling argument over music.   Sources: The San Diego Union Tribune: "Woman wanted in murder of pregnant mom added to FBI's '10 Most Wanted' list: A confrontation over loud music preceded the shooting" by Sandy Coronilla Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Milwaukee woman gets...

This week, Amanda and Lauren go back to the Old West to talk about some infamous outlaws - Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the Wild Bunch. And what a wild bunch they were! Sources: Westgate Resorts website: “20 Things You Didn’t Know about the Sundance Film Festival” by Westgate Resorts (blog) Biography: “Butch Cassidy” Biography: “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: The True Story of the Fam...

In this week's more lighthearted episode, Amanda and Lauren cover the rise and fall of the crypto king, Gerald Cotten. Sources: CBC: “Quadriga CEO’s widow speaks out over his death and the missing crypto millions” by Cassie Williams with additional reporting by Andrew Chang CBC: “Crypto exchange Quadriga was a fraud and founder was running a Ponzi scheme, OSC report finds” by Tara Deschamps C...

It's a new year, and Amanda and Lauren are starting strong! In their most requested episode to date, the ladies discuss the supposed original family annihilator, John List. Spoiler alert - he sucks. Sources: New York Times: “John E. List, 82, Killer of 5 Family Members, Dies” by David Stout All That’s Interesting: “John List, the Mass Murderer, Who Killed His Family So He’d See Them in Heaven...

As a holiday surprise, Amanda and Lauren cover a local case! It may not be on a wanted list, but it's still a wild ride.  Sources: State of Minnesota v. Everson St. Paul Pioneer Press: "No forgiveness, only pain as dad confronts son in Chaska murder" by Emily Gurnon St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Minnesota Supreme Court Rules No New Trial for Chaska Man, 23, Convicted in his Mothers...

In the final episode of their three-part series on foreign mob bosses, Lauren and Amanda cover sports enthusiast Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, who says that he's not a bad guy, don't worry. Sources: ABC News: “Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower” by ABC News Mother Jones: “How Did an Alleged Russian Mobster End Up on Trump’s Red Carpet?” by David Corn and Hannah...

Amanda and Lauren have a special guest on the podcast this week to discuss the Matteo Messina Denaro in the second installment of their foreign mob boss series. Turns out this leader in the Sicilian Costa Nostra is a terrorist too?? Is this kind of a terrorist series now? Perhaps! Sources: The Guardian: “Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness” by Lorenzo...

In this week's episode, Amanda and Lauren go international to discuss the first of three foreign mob bosses (and terrorists!), Dawood Ibrahim, who has been running his D-Company gang in Mumbai, India for decades. Additionally, at the end of this episode we have a fun promo to share with you all - our friends Jen and Cam at Our True Crime Podcast are doing a holiday series! Go listen to the Tw...

We're doing something a little different this week and we're giving you our third ad free bonus episode! A new person was added to the FBI Most Wanted List!

On this week's episode, Amanda and Lauren discuss a woman who called 911 needing help and the terrible aftermath that followed. If you have any information that could help investigators, contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office, the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-877-WANTED-2, or online at www.usmarshals.gov/tips . Sources: Fox 17: "US Marshals: Kent Co. double murder s...

We've got a listener request this week! Amanda and Lauren discuss Ira Einhorn, a murderer and former fugitive who did NOT create any major beloved holidays. He also gave himself the nickname the Unicorn, which eventually morphed into the Unicorn Killer, because of course it did. Please know that this episode discusses domestic abuse. For resources, please contact the National Domestic Violenc...

This week on the podcast, Amanda and Lauren discuss Robert William Fisher, the supposed family man who murdered his entire family, then disappeared without a trace. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Robert William Fisher, please contact your local FBI field office, tips.fbi.gov, or call the Scottsdale Police Department at 1-480-312-5000. Sources: Arizona Republic: “Still mis...

In this episode, Lauren and Amanda head back to the Most Notorious list where they cover the Slenderman attack. Payton Leutner thought she was having a sleepover with her two best friends, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser. However, they turned out to be another group of notorious friends who were influenced to commit an act of violence by a creepy fictional character. Sources: ABCNews: "'S...

Did you know that there's an old law in some states that allows women to sue their former fiancés if the man decides not to marry her after all? In their third installment of the Old West series, Amanda and Lauren discuss breach of promise lawsuits, including some interesting cases of the not-so-distant past. Sources: Smithsonian Magazine: “How the ‘Heart Balm Racket’ Convinced America that W...

In their final installment of international fugitives month, Amanda and Lauren discuss the famous Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann. As a fitting end to the themed month, this case has an ending - unlike the last three weeks! Please know that this episode will discuss Nazis, the Holocaust, and genocide. Listener discretion advised. Sources: Timeline - World History Documentaries (video): “Adolf E...

In their third installment of International Fugitives Month, Amanda and Lauren head to Brazil to discuss the la Viuva Negra, or the Black Widow, Heloíse Gonçalves. Sources: Portal Procurados (translated): “Heloíse Borba Gonçalves” by no byline UOL (translated): “Deaths of exes and connection with the world: the Black Widow who is hunted by Interpol” by Collaboration for Splash Brazilian Times (tra...

In this second installment of international fugitives month, Amanda and Lauren go down under to discuss the (maybe not so) strange case of the Crawford family murders. Sources: Murderpedia: Elmer Kyle Crawford Medium: “Father Betrays Family; Bodies Found on the Ledge of a Cliff” by Rivy Lyon Wonders LIst: “Top 10 Tantalizing World Mysteries that Will Probably Never be Solved” by Adriana John The A...

In the first episode of international fugitives month, Amanda and Lauren discuss the murder of Sandra Rivett by Lord Lucan, and Lucan's mysterious disappearance following the murder.  Sources: Sydney Morning Herald: “Runaway murderer Lord Lucan ‘alive’ and living in suburban Brisbane, expert claims” by Rob Harris Harper’s Bazaar: “Has Lord Lucan been found?” by no byline Crime + Investigation...