Black Girl True Crime

In Episode 26, Kay Simone dives into the double life of Jeremy Strohmeyer and the investigation that led to his capture.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of child sexual assault and murder. Listener discretion is strongly advised. In this episode, Kay Simone uncovers the heartbreaking case of Sherrice Iverson , a 7-year-old girl whose life was tragically cut short in 1997 inside a Nevada casino. She walks through the backgrounds of Sherrice and her murderer, the events leading up to the tragedy,...

March 5, 1959, The Negro Boys Industrial School went up in flames and 21 black boys burned to death. In this episode, I take a deep dive into the history of the school and the men put in charge of running it. Over the years rumors circulated of a cover-up regarding the fire and how it started and the State of Arkansas has some explaining to do. Check out the links provided so you can read about Ar...

In 2005 Latoyia Figueroa went missing without a trace. During the duration of her disappearance her family and local bloggers banded together in the fight to get her story to mainstream news. Between July and August the city of Philadelphia was turned upside down in search of clues that could explain how a pregnant mother of 1 could vanish out of thin air. Join me as I discuss racial bias in journ...

Happy Black History Month my friends, its our time to turn up. I drove our bus back to the Crescent City to tell y'all the story of Renetta Yemika-Lowe Bridgewater aka Magnolia Shorty. In 2010 Renetta was murdered in a double homicide along with Jerome Hampton and their deaths were nothing less than violence. In this episode I dive into the history of New Orleans and the Magnolia Projects whic...

3 white men offered an innocent black man a ride and drug him to death in back logging roads of Jasper, Texas. Let's discuss the life and murder of James Byrd Jr at the hands of 3 avowed white supremacists; John King, Shawn Berry, and Lawrence Brewer.

October 16th of 2002, the Dawson Family was murdered by Durrell Brooks. The murder was to retaliate at the family Matriarch Angela Dawson for reporting crime on the corner where they lived.

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This time i got to take a step back and learn something. My brother Sammie takes the pod down the twisted mind of Jim Jones.

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Henry Louis Wallace terrorized black communities in North Carolina and murdered 11 beautiful black women. Each case was investigated by a different detective and each case went cold. Let's discuss the Taco Bell Strangler.

Join me and Coach AJ as we dive in to the Grim Sleeper Part 2. I thank ya'll for tuning in because for decades the Grim Sleeper hunted in his own backyard and because his victim profile was black sex workers who suffered from the illness of drug addiction; his crimes went unnoticed. Check out these cool links which are resources that I used for the episode https://www.amazon.com/Grim-Sleeper-W...

The Grim Sleeper was 1 out of many serial killers who preyed on Los Angeles. What's different about this case is the skin color of the victims. Black women in South Central LA were targeted and found murdered in alleys and amongst trash and many believe that LAPD stood by and allowed it to happen. Join me in part 1 while I take ya'll thru the timeline of the victims that were found up unti...

Lisa Rene was 16 years old when she was abducted and buried alive; all because of a botched drug deal. I broke this case down so we can understand that all parties were equally culpable. Lisa’s murderers walk among us today and I need to know, at what point do we forgive, at what point can someone be redeemed. Thank y’all for tuning in.

November 3rd, 2018 Tamla went to an adult sleepover in Cummings, Ga. Tamla would never make it back home alive and her cause of death was ruled accidental. We call bullshit.

Kayla Barfield was held hostage and used for ransom after providing support to a woman claiming to be in a domestic situation. Her battered body was found in the backseat of her own vehicle in another city and her captors escaped not once but twice due to poor police response. Detective Adelemeyer and Lt. Petz from the D.C Homicide unit have failed to return phone calls, bring in witnesses, and pr...

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If you have any information send it to 1800-577-8477. This is the NYCPD tip line. 

Chile, i am over these men. Muhammad is in the dirt, and Malvo is serving a life sentence. Listen to part 1 and part 2 first! 

Thank ya’ll for tuning in. I had to update this episode with information that I found. Oluwatoyin Salau and Victoria Sims went thru hell at the hands of Aaron Glee Jr., who had no business being on the streets to begin with. Let’s get into it.

Anchor audio w/ guests is absolute trash. In this single episode I take a dive into the victims who were shot between February and October. Part 3 I’ll bring back Coco and Bobby to talk about the Beltway Sniper Attacks and the investigation.

Join me and Coco as we take a deep dive into the backgrounds of Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammed who were tried and convicted of the Beltway Sniper Attacks of 2002. There are so many parts to this case and there is more to it than the infamous October attacks. Let's talk about it.  Information for this episode came from interviews from Mildred Green and Isa Nichols

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ―    Audre Lorde

Delphine Macarty was accused of the brutal torture and murder of her slaves in 1834. Let’s talk about it. Check out Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House by Carolyn Morrow Long

Contact Metro Police at 202-727-9099 or send an email to unsolved.murder@dc.gov . Join me as I discuss the murder of Diane Dennis Williams as well as suspects considered in the Freeway Phantom Case. Check out where I got some good information from with the links in this description.  Get to know me by checking out Black Girl True Crime's social platforms  Personal Tik Tok: https://www.ti...