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When you’re 14 years old, your life is ahead of you. School is an inconvenience and you can’t wait to hang out with friends. 14 Year old Charlene Downes was no exception. She liked meeting her friends and hanging out at the local arcades. She was a likeable cheeky girl, with siblings that she got on with really well. One November afternoon she kissed her mum goodbye and left with friends to visit...

Andrea Knabel volunteered countless hours searching and advocating for missing persons. But in August 2019, after an argument with family members, Andrea would go missing and has never been seen or heard from again. Was Andrea a victim in an escalating domestic dispute, did she simply just walk away, or did a high-risk lifestyle finally catch up with her?  Get bonus content on Patreon Support this...

In Bristol, 1957 in the middle of a heatwave and a young brother and sister leave home to visit a nearby field to look at the horses and ponies. When they don’t return home their parents are worried and immediately call police. The children are missing and it seems they have disappeared without a trace. Their disappearance sparked one of the biggest searches ever in England. Thousands of people ca...

When Caleb Diehl went missing in 2015, his family had no idea that dark secrets would be discovered during the investigation into his disappearance. His case would became much larger than that of just a missing teen and would shock his North Texas community.  Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

On Friday 13 September 1907, the Daily Mail reported the discovery of the naked body of a young woman in the bedroom of her flat in Camden Town. She had been brutally murdered, her throat had been cut from ear to ear almost to the point of decapitation. A number of items of value were missing, including her wedding ring, but there were other valuable items in her home that were left. Get bonus con...

It’s been 10 years since Brittney Wood walked out of her mother’s home and was never seen or heard from again. The search for Brittney would lead to numerous twists and turns which shocked and confused the public. Had Brittney simply run away, or was her disappearance part of another horrendous crime which would become one of Alabama’s most notorious cases? Get bonus content on Patreon Support thi...

This week, we speak to Rose Self and Denise Stewart, Natalie Bollinger's mother and grandmother, about her murder and how it has effected their lives. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crimepedia--5894684/support .

On December 28, 2017, 19-year-old Natalie Bollinger would go missing from her apartment in Broomfield, Colorado. The following day she was found shot to death in a wooded area of Adams County, Colorado. On this special episode of Crimepedia, we speak to the lead detectives in Natalie's case and learn how investigation unraveled. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast...

In 2007, a 14 year old boy called Andrew Gosden woke up for school. He was irritable. He left home and made his way across a local park to go to school.  Only Andrew didn’t go to school that day.  He boarded a train to London and hasn’t been seen since. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

It was the early morning hours of Palm Sunday 2003, residents and guests at 64 E. 17th Avenue were settling down for bed after enjoying the evening celebrating a 21st birthday. Without warning, smoke and fire ripped through the three-story house, leaving three people severely injured and five people dead. Investigators would determine that fire was not accidental and been purposely set. So that le...

Happy Easter everyone! Because of the holiday, there is no new case this week. But instead we have decided to share with you one of our recent episodes of Crimepedia Extra, which is available exclusively on Patreon. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

According to The Burn Institute more than half of fire-related deaths result from smoke inhalation, Smoke inhalation occurs when you breathe in harmful smoke particles and gases. Inhaling harmful smoke can inflame your lungs and airway, causing them to swell and block oxygen. This can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome and respiratory failure. Smoke inhalation commonly happens when you ge...

How does one just simply vanish? Barbara Bolick wanted to share the view of one of her favorite places with a family friend. She had just hiked a 2.6 mile trail to a beautiful overlook in the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. She was less than 30 feet away from her hiking partner, when she seemingly vanished without a trace. Despite an extensive search, no sign of Barbara was ever found. Did Barbar...

It was the hottest day of the year. The mercury in the thermometers rose to 33C/91.4F. Car parks melted. Railway tracks buckled. Moors caught fire. Fuel tanks exploded. Ann Heron was making the most of the sunshine, sunbathing in the garden listening to her radio alongside her dog. That day would be the start of over 30 years of suspicion that would cloud the Heron family. Get bonus content on Pat...

Inside the dark bathroom of room 319 at the Sports Stadium Motel in Independence, Missouri, the body of a young 21-year-old woman lies on the cold floor. Police would determine that woman had committed suicide and would close the case after a months investigation. But numerous red flags would lead many to question the thoroughness of the police investigation. Was this truly a suicide, or was this...

At 2pm on Tuesday 25TH February 2014 an off duty police officer and his wife were walking along Perranporth beach in Cornwall at high tide and found the body of a man washed up on the beach about 30 meters in front of the Watering Hole bar. The off-duty officer said he and his wife initially saw a shape at the water’s edge and joked that it looked like a body. “I didn’t believe it was a body, I th...

In a quiet, upper middle-class neighborhood, overlooking San Pablo Bay in Northern California, a brazen killing in 1997 shocked and shattered the innocence of a whole community. To this day, it is still unknown as to why the killer or killers targeted the victims. With the lack of answers, multiple theories have been put forth and discussed. Was it a home invasion gone wrong? Was it a drug related...

In the small picturesque village of Lound, England a 50-year-old man returned home from an afternoon at his local pub. This man was well liked, calm and friendly; a man who was described by people that knew him as a caring and gentle man who liked nothing more than catching up with friends and having a pint. Later that week, the man would be found brutally murdered, and there appeared to be no mot...

In 1977, a man disappears and is later found dead on a dirt road in the Arizona desert. For nearly 45 years, his baffling death has been shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Did he take his own life? Was it a mafia hit job? Was he silenced by the government because he knew too much?  Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Imagine being abducted from your home, by two men. Being bundled into a car and driven miles away, not knowing where you are going or what your fate will be. Imagine the thoughts going through your mind. Of your children, of your family who have no idea where you are or what’s happening to you. The car stops and you’re dragged out. Thrown onto a cold floor and doused in petrol. Imagine the pure fe...

Hundreds of Indigenous women go missing under suspicious circumstance every year in North America and Ashley Loring Heavy Runner wanted to do her part to help find the missing. But she would become a victim of the very thing that she wanted to help with. It’s been nearly 5 years since Ashley disappeared from the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. While the case remains open, there have be...

On Wednesday May 14th 2008 at around 15.30pm in a house on Glyn Farm Road in Quinton in Birmingham the burned body of 25 year old Kuldeep Kaur Sidhu was found by firefighters when a neighbour alerted them after smelling smoke coming from her house. She was found half-naked, with a rope around her neck. There was a suicide note found on a table in the lounge nearby. It claimed that she had killed h...

Larissa Sam loved to sing and play guitar. In June 2015, Larissa was preparing for an upcoming audition of American Idol. She saw this as her chance to provide a better life for her young son. But Larissa would vanish without a trace just days before the audition.   Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Dean Wright was a larger than life character. A Geordie guy with a wicked sense of humour and a love for traveling and meeting new people. He had visited Mexico on previous occasions, but this trip would be his last. Dean didn’t make it home after this trip. On this trip he lost his life and his family need your help. Get bonus content on Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimep...

When 10-year-old Holly Jones disappeared in broad daylight after walking a friend home in her west-end Toronto neighbourhood, it would shock Canada, send ripples of panic and fear throughout the city, and bring a community together. The investigation into what happened to Holly would turn into the largest manhunts in Canadian history, as police would through everything they had at the case. Get bo...