Crime & Cookie Juice

“Evaristo Salas is a free man. At last. A jury convicted Salas in 1995 of shooting Jose Arreola twice in the head on a foggy November night. Salas was 15 at the time of the killing and 16 when he was imprisoned. The case hinged on testimony of a paid police informant who has since recanted his testimony that Salas was bragging around town about the killing; Arreola’s girlfriend at the time, who re...

Surviving prison as an innocent person is a surreal nightmare no one wants to think about. But it can happen to you.  Justin Brooks, Director and Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project, has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, he offers up-close accounts of the cases he has fought, embedding them within a larger lan...

After a night out celebrating her acceptance into grad school, Dana Feitler returned home to her apartment complex in Chicago's affluent Gold Coast neighborhood where she was abducted by 3 men. After forcing her to withdraw $400 from ATM, she was lead to an alley and shot and killed. Desperate for leads, police turned to a cop-friendly informant, willing to say anything to help them. That person w...

Drug overdoses in the US are at a record high. Heroin has been replaced by the single deadliest drug threat to our nation, Fentanyl. Marijuana has been decriminalized in over 20 states, yet people remain in federal prison serving mandatory sentences for possession and sale of marijuana. In the past fifty years, the ‘war’ on drugs has fueled incarceration, exacerbated addiction and hampered economi...

The verdict is in and the jurors are talking! Join Chris and Fatima as they go over headline cases, including how the jurors arrived at a unanimous verdict so quickly in the Murdaugh case and the latest on four Americans kidnapped in Mexico. Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and...

On June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh called police from his cell phone at 10:06 pm, saying he had discovered the bodies of his 52-year-old wife Maggie and their 22-year-old son Paul near the dog kennels at the family's hunting lodge in South Carolina. Both had been shot multiple times and with different weapons. Almost two years later, Alex Murdaugh is on trial for the double homicide of his own family....

It is estimated that, on average, approximately 15% of officers in the U.S. experience PTSD symptoms. More police officers and firefighters die by suicide than in the line of duty. They are front-row witnesses to horrific atrocities including, suicides, motor vehicle accidents that result in trauma and/or death, child abuse or neglect, overdoses, and acts of domestic violence. Exposure to these tr...

December 1984, the town of Greeley, Colorado, is getting into the Christmas spirit. At a school holiday concert, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews sings alongside her classmates. Later that night, she’s dropped off to an empty house. By the time her family returns, Jonelle has vanished. For more than 3 1/2 decades, Jonelle’s disappearance was a mystery. Was she taken? Did she runaway? Was she still ali...

On January 4, 2023, real estate executive and mother of three, Ana Walshe, was reported missing by her employer and, separately, by her husband, Brian Walshe. She was last seen early on January 1, having had dinner with Brian and a friend of his on New Year's Eve. After an initial arrest on January 8 for misleading investigators, Brian was charged on January 18 with murder and disinterring a body...

"Justice is standing up for someone who cannot stand up for themselves, even if you may not agree with everything that they are. One thing that you can connect over is they are human and so are you." - 'How to Human' by Carlos WhittakerIn this uplifting and encouraging episode of Crime & Cookie Juice, author and self-professed "hope dealer", Carlos Whittaker, talks his latest book, 'How to Hum...

​​In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield was found dead in a phosphate pit in Florida. Two years later, her husband Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Fifteen years later, previously unidentified fingerprints matched Jeremy Scott--a violent teenager who lived nearby. Jeremy has since confessed to Michelle’s murder. Yet Leo Schofield remains behind bars. In his groundbreaking podca...

The demographics for whiskey drinkers are changing quickly and Eboni Major is proud to be a part of that evolution. As one of the first Black women whiskey blenders in the U.S., Eboni is paving the way for the future generations of women of color in the whiskey industry. Bulleit's former master blender (and Birmingham native) just dropped her own bourbon with Dread River Distillery Co. and Detecti...

A suspect has been arrested in the University of Idaho student murders. Bryan Kohberger faces murder charges in the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21, on Nov. 13. Join Detective Chris Anderson and Criminal Defense Attorney Fatima Silva as they analyze the latest evidence in the case. This episode features veteran FBI Special Agent,...

Did you know that the average American consumes about 34 gigabytes of data and information each day — an increase of about 350 percent over nearly three decades? It's no wonder why many of us are feeling anxious and overwhelmed these days. A New Year is a great opportunity to practice more stillness and reflection, but how can we do that when there are distractions all around us? This special epis...

Happy Holidays from the Crime & Cookie Juice team! In this special holiday episode, Chris & Fatima get to sit down with Wes Henderson, the Co-Founder of Chris’ favorite bourbon: Angel’s Envy. Wes Henderson isn’t just the creator of one of the most groundbreaking bourbons; he is also a Death Investigator/Deputy Coroner, Pilot, former Firefighter, and Dad to six boys. Join us as we dive into...

A 10 year-old boy in Wisconsin recently shot and killed his own mother over a virtual reality headset. In Idaho, four college students were brutally stabbed to death while they slept. What drives a person to commit such horrendous crimes? How can trauma impact our mental health and lead to violent behavior? Join Detective Chris Anderson, Attorney Fatima Silva and special guest, Forensic Psychologi...

Eyewitness misidentification is by far the leading cause of wrongful convictions. Nationwide, 75% of wrongful convictions that were overturned by DNA testing involved erroneous identifications from victims or witnesses. In this episode, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. discuss the CJ Rice case in Philadelphia and speak with eyewitness expert, Jules Epstein, on why eyewitness identif...

Out of 375 exonerations in the USA, about 30% involved false confessions. That means one in 3 people who have been proven innocent by DNA, false confessed. In this episode, Detective Chris Anderson and Defense Attorney Fatima Silva discuss why false confessions are so common. They continue discussion of the murder of New York City jogger, Karina Vetrano, and the validity of the confession of convi...

Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt. In this episode, Chris and Fatima discuss cases in the headlines including the slaying of four University of Idaho students and the brutal beating that...

Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt. In this episode, Chris and Fatima discuss the murder of New York City jogger, Karina Vetrano, and question the DNA evidence used to convict Brooklyn nat...

Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt. In this episode, Chris and Fatima discuss the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart and the recent trial of her convicted killer, Paul Flores. Seasoned cr...

Do you know the stars of ID's hit show Reasonable Doubt? Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva have graced Discovery Channel for five years bringing true stories to television. They are doing the true-crime work that others ignore. Anderson and Silva talk all things true crime and pore over the evidence. You will get the behind the scenes access to these two stars while they enjoy their favori...