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17-year-old Carolynne Watson and her 22-year-old boyfriend Julian Buchwald disappeared from Budgeree, Australia in 2008, only to be found alive seven days later and over 200 miles away, but their story of survival was bizarre (to say the least). Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

TW: Domestic Violence In February 1984, an amateur diver named Neil Pritt was searching Wasdale Lake for a missing college student when he stumbled upon a large piece of rolled-up carpet anchored with a concrete block about 110 feet below the surface.  Join Kaylee & Hannah as we discuss the life and death of Margaret Hogg with special guest Shane, host of Peak True Crime . Like our content? Be...

CW: SEXUAL VIOLENCE 33-year-old  Agnes Chappell was recently separated from her husband and three children due to her uncontrollable alcoholism when her mutilated body was found by a housekeeper at the York Hotel in 1962. With the help of hotel employees and fingerprints found at the crime scene, police were able to quickly find Agnes' male companion from that night, but her death was eventually w...

TW: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Sheila Bellush did everything she could to protect her kids and escape her abusive ex-husband Allen Blackthorn, but he wouldn't be satisfied until his ex-wife was seriously maimed or killed, and he had the money to make that happen. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

New York's most infamous body snatcher, Michael Mastromarino, made over four million dollars by stealing human body parts from thousands of corpses in the early 2000s. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

TW: Rape When police receive an unsettling phone call from a woman taken hostage in Ashland, Ohio, they were not expecting to unravel the dark and twisted trail of a serial killer living right under their noses. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

TW: Suicide Jane Ellen Neumann was a 30-year-old wife and mother found shot to death in the basement of her home in Hudson, Wisconsin in 1993. While her husband initially told police she had been murdered by an unknown intruder, the crime scene investigation and autopsy results told a different story. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter ,...

Sam Cooke was on the fast track to becoming bigger than Elvis when his life abruptly ended at a seedy motel in Los Angeles, December 11th, 1964. His death was ruled a "justifiable homicide" but the math doesn't quite add up. His family believes he may have been the target of a....higher authority. Join Kaylee and Hannah for our special celebrity SEASON FINALE where we discuss the details of Sam Co...

On June 5th, 1960, four teenagers were found stabbed and bludgeoned near their campsite at Lake Bodom. Only one of them survived but his witness account seemed almost....paranormal. Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the various suspects in this case and who we think may be responsible for the deaths of Maila Björklund, Anja Mäki & Seppo Boisman. Like our content? Be sure to check out our we...

13-year-old Rachel Marie Mellon Skemp disappeared while staying home sick with her stepfather on January 31, 1996. After Rachel’s disappearance, her friends came forward to police to say she was seen crying by her locker the day before she went missing. Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the details of Rachel's case and who we think is responsible for her disappearance! Like our content? Be sure...

19-year-old Elsie Sigel came from a wealthy family in Manhattan and was even the granddaughter of renowned civil-war general Franz Sigel. So how did she end up strangled and stuffed in a Chinese man’s trunk?  Join writer/producer Hannah Knaphus and guest host Freyja Miller as we discuss the details of Elsie's case and why her murder was so influential. This week's sponsor! Listen to the ' Explain...

Rae Elaine Tourtillot was only 19 years old when she disappeared on the Menominee Indian Reservation in October 1986. After an evening with friends, two people claimed to have driven her home. But according to Rae's family, she never arrived. Police suspected homicide from the very beginning but they aren't disclosing why. Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss what's known (and isn't known) about R...

After discovering a large sum of money hidden in a shoebox belonging to her deceased mother, 19-year-old Sarah Stern became the target of a greedy killer. After hearing her story, you may need to re-examine some of the people closest to you. Like our content? Be sure to follow us on social media! Instagram @crime_soup Twitter @crime_coup TikTok @crimesouppodcast And we also have an awesome new web...

After almost 52 years, Burlington Police Department just announced this morning that Vermont's oldest cold case murder has finally been solved! In 1971, 24-year-old schoolteacher Rita Curran was found beaten, raped and strangled to death on her bedroom floor in Burlington, Vermont. Today, on February 21st, 2023, her killer has officially been identified and her case closed. If you'd like the in-de...

24-year-old Rita Curran was found beaten and strangled to death on her bedroom floor in Burlington, Vermont, in 1971. Over 50 years later, her case remains unsolved, but there were a handful of eerily similar attacks on young women around the same time. Who was behind these attacks? Were they all the same man? Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the details of Rita's case and who we think may be...

. Diane Augat was happily married with three children when her mental health took a downward spiral. Her husband divorced her,  took sole custody of their children and Diane became distraught with grief. She turned to drugs and alcohol instead of taking the drugs prescribed by her doctor and was known to roam the streets for days at a time. She was last seen alive on April 11th, 1998 in Hudson, Fl...

. On June 25th, 1983, 4-year-old Nyleen Kay Marshall disappeared while playing at a campground in the Helena National Forest. Search teams organized sniffer dogs, helicopters and hundreds of volunteers, but no trace of the little girl was ever found. Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the various developments in this case and what we think may have happened to Nyleen Marshall. If you have inform...

On Labor Day 1974, two teenage sisters disappeared from St. Cloud, Minnesota. Despite their parents' pleas, police treated the girls as runaways. Almost a month after their disappearance, the sisters were found....but it was too little, too late. St. Cloud had a dangerous individual living among them, but who was it? Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the disappearance of Mary Reker and Susanne...

On November 25th, 1974, a 27-year-old mother and her three young sons were attacked in their home by a masked man with a knife. Anna Louise Williams and her 10-year-old son Wyley Jr. were killed, but her 9-year-old and 7-year-old sons survived. They identified their attacker as a local man named Jesse Raymond Rutledge. Join Crime Soup as we break down the facts of this case and why we believe Jess...

Rita Bartschot was a beloved chemistry professor at Columbia Basin Community College in Pasco, Washington, who suddenly disappeared in August 1990 while cleaning up her deceased mother's house in Seattle. Neighbors reportedly last saw her on the morning of August 24th, doing yard work, but then noted that her car was absent from her driveway that evening. Almost three weeks later, her car was foun...

 On April 24th, 1979, a woman named Pinkey Foster was worried about her adult daughter Deroshia who was a single mother with a 7-year-old son. Upon entering Deroshia's house, Pinkey discovered a nightmare. Her daughter and her grandson had both been brutally murdered, strangled with ropes around their necks. Anyone with information, please call or message the Omaha Police Cold Case Homicide Unit a...

Between 1977 and 1990, Kansas City police had an unprecedented number of murdered women and girls on their hands whose cases remained unsolved. In that 13-year span, there were 72 open cases of femicide. In 2001, the Kansas City Police Department received a million-dollar federal grant to help close local cold cases which led to extensive DNA testing, which is how 12 of these victims could finally...

Nancy Perry Baird was recently divorced and raising her 4-year-old son in Layton, Utah, when she mysteriously vanished from the gas station where she worked on July 4th, 1975. There were no signs of a struggle, no signs of a robbery, and Nancy's car and purse were left behind untouched. Almost 50 years later her family  still has no answers. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call...

On December 6th, 1989, Canadian history would change forever when a young man decided to not only end his own life but the lives of fourteen others at the École Polytechnique engineering school in Montréal. To this day, The Montréal Massacre remains the most fatal school shooting in Canadian history. Join our host, Kaylee Carter, and writer/producer Hannah Knaphus as they discuss the details of th...

CW: Kidnapping, Rape, Murder When 15-year-old Jessica Roach from Georgetown, Illinois, seemingly vanishes into thin air while riding her bike home from school, investigators start comparing her disappearance to several other mysterious murders and abductions in the area. Is it possible they have a serial killer on their hands? Join Crime Soup host Kaylee Carter and writer/producer Hannah Knaphus a...