Crime Salad

With an eyewitness who watched Holly Bobo get abducted from her home in April of 2011, it seemed like her case could be solved right away and Holly would be brought home. Instead, for years, nothing came to light. Until suddenly, three years later, the police had six main suspects--three of which had taped confessions. Follow us! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimesaladpodcast Twitter - ht...

Sean Vincent Gillis was born on June 24, 1962 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Norman and Yvonne Gillis. Norman wasn't around for much of Sean's childhood, but for the brief time that he was, he was hardly paternal. Sponsors: Charlotte's Web CBD Go to charlottesweb.com to get started with the OG CBD brand who kicked off this whole CBD craze and use code CRIMESALAD at checkout to save 15% on your order...

The small town of Courtland, Mississippi isn't perfect by any means, but when 19 year old Jessica Chambers was found burning alive along the side of the road on a horrible night in December of 2014, her small community did whatever they could to help find justice for her. For months, police interviewed, searched, and questioned as much as they could to find a lead, but all that they had to go off...

If you were paying attention to the news in the early 1990s, there is no doubt that you would have caught some of the coverage on the Menendez Brothers: two wealthy, upper class boys living in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles who brutally murdered their parents before going on a spending spree with their father's money. Sponsors: Charlotte's Web CBD Go to charlottesweb.com to get started with the OG CBD...

This week, we'll investigate the case of a 28 year old woman from Michigan who disappeared after work in December 2016. Authorities quickly pieced together what appears to be a solid case against one of the victim's acquaintances from work, and all signs pointed to murder. But, in the four years since Danielle Stislicki was last seen, her body has never been found and the prime suspect isn't givin...

Our case this week investigates the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam--the first person to go missing from a Disney Cruise Line on March 22nd, 2011. Since she vanished many have tried to piece together what little evidence there was from the scene and the investigation, but with Disney officials refusing to comment, a minimal and insufficient police investigation, and only one short clip of CCTV foo...

Only a month ago, Brittany Gosney, a 29 year old mother of four, and her 42 year old boyfriend, James Hamilton, walked into the police station in Middletown, Ohio to report that her six year old son had gone missing. They said that when they had gone to sleep the night before, he was safely in his bed, sound asleep in Batman pajamas. But when they woke up the next morning, James had vanished. Spon...

When free-spirited Joshua Maddox failed to return home after leaving for a walk in May of 2008, authorities and family members believed the 18 year old had simply left to start a new life after the sudden loss of his brother two years earlier. For seven long years, there were no signs of Josh and no new leads pointing to his location. That is, until a stunning discovery in the chimney of an old ho...

Sarah Gonzales-McLinn was only 19 years old when she drugged, tied up, and nearly decapitated a man she once thought of as a father, 52 year old Harold Sasko. While Sarah herself has admitted to her crime and the details of the murder itself are clear, her motivation and the trauma that led up to the murder were hardly mentioned in her trial. Sponsors: Vital Choice Save 10% on one order of sustain...

In this episode, we'll uncover the abuse and violence committed by a couple living in a small Washington town, who on the outside, seemed to be a kind, quiet, wholly average pair, but inside their home, their actions caused the deaths of at least three people starting in the 1990s. Sponsors: Vital Choice Save 10% on one order of sustainable seafood delivered direct to your door with the code CRIME...

In 2019, Kevin was working as a hairdresser while finishing up a degree in Applied Psychology. On Christmas Eve of that year, he ventured out to meet a man he had been chatting with on the dating Grindr. When he didn't make it to a Christmas breakfast the next morning, his family and friends knew that something terrible had happened. But as the investigation unfolded, what they found was worse tha...

Our case this week details the grisly murder of young, up-and-coming tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh At the time of his death this past July, he was only 33 years old, but his companies had amassed millions of dollars already. Given the gruesome nature of his murder, police originally hypothesized that it was the work of a professional hitman or assassin, but it turns out, the murderer was someone m...

In more typical years than what we all experienced in 2020, the holiday seasons mean families are gathering, gifts are exchanged, and for some, it's the most joyous time of the year. On Christmas Eve of 2008, Joseph "Papa Joe" Ortega and his wife Alicia, were hosting a festive holiday party for their children and grandchildren at their home in Covina, California. When they opened the front door th...

In 2006, Bobbie Jo was absolutely thrilled to be pregnant with her first child. When she met Lisa Marie Montgomery online who shared that she was also pregnant, and just as big of a lover of dogs as Bobbie Jo was, she thought she had made a wonderful new friend. Instead, Lisa Montgomery would become famous as only one of 50 other women to be placed on Death Row for what she did to Bobbie Jo. Spons...

The name Judith Barsi might not sound familiar to you at first, but we're sure once you saw a picture or heard her voice, you'd immediately recognize her as Ducky from Land Before Time, with the famous words, yep yep yep! or Anne-Marie from All Dogs Go to Heaven, the young girl who friends two dogs and teaches them the importance of love and friendship.. or maybe Thea from Jaws: The Revenge And we...

Today we are going to give you a deep dive into not only Billy Mansfield Jr, a man convicted of murdering and assaulting at least five women in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but we'll also look into the violent and criminal pasts of his father and brother. These crimes were committed almost 50 years ago, but a discovery on the Mansfield property in Weeki Wachee, Florida, has led to new questions...

In 2006, a popular, straight-A student was brutally murdered by two of her classmates in her aunt and uncle's home in a small Idaho town. 16 year old Cassie Jo Stoddart was house sitting, when she invited her boyfriend and two friends over for a movie night. What should have been a fun Friday night, became a nightmare as the violent fantasy of her classmates came to life. Sponsor: AndStillIVote.or...

It seems as if there is no shortage of trends and viral videos coming out of TikTok nowadays. From cute dog videos to skateboarders drinking cranberry juice to dance crazes, TikTok has it all. While most of what goes viral from the Gen Z app is simple, joyful, or comedic, the viral video that started this case is anything but. What began as a few teens having fun recording a video this summer, end...

40 year old Tamla Horsford from Cumming, Georgia tragically fell to her death, but friends and family suggest her death may be the result of something more sinister than an unfortunate accident. Sponsor: AndStillIVote.org  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/civilandhumanrights Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civilrightsorg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/civilrightsorg  #andstillivote Follow us...

When Alissa Turney disappeared from her Phoenix home in May of 2001, her siblings believed their father, when he said that she had runaway to California. Despite how out of character running away would have been for Alissa, there was little evidence to the contrary. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimesaladpodcast Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/crimesalad Facebook - https://www.facebook....

In early 2003, the media and tabloids were all about one couple, Scott and Laci Peterson. On Christmas Eve 2002, Laci, 7 and a half months pregnant with the couple's first child, went missing. From the very beginning, police and the public were quick to suspect Laci's husband, Scott. Convicted with little tangible evidence, Scott's behaviors after Laci's disappearance and his secrets, led many to...

On May 19th, 1977, Colleen Stan, a 20 year old woman from Oregon, headed to the birthday party of a friend who lived in Northern California. Because she had no money and no car, Colleen decided that she would hitchhike the 400 or so miles from her home in Eugene, or to her friend's. This was something that she'd done many times before and she felt confident that she would arrive safely at her frie...

While our past few episodes have been focused on more recent cases, the one we are going to be sharing with you today takes us back nearly 70 years. But despite how long ago these events took place, the legacy of Ed Gein's crimes lives on in popular culture today. While his name may not be as immediately recognizable to you, pieces of Ed's story can be seen in famous movies, TV shows, music, you n...

To give you a little bit of background, Vanessa Guillen was born and raised in Houston, Texas where she lived with her mother, father, and five other siblings. She loved to run, play sports, particularly soccer, and was an avid weightlifter. Vanessa, like the rest of her family, was devoutly Catholic, and committed to her education, graduating in the top 15% of her high school class. According to...

On December 15, 1950, Shirley Wilcox got married to a World War II veteran named Russell Dermond. The two were both New Jersey natives, who relocated to Georgia in the 1980s so that Russell could manage a chain of Hardee restaurants in the Atlanta metropolitan area. He was a hard worker and a successful businessman. Shirley was a homemaker and raised their four children: a daughter, Leslie and thr...