How They Got Away

On Christmas night 1951 Harry and Harriette Moore, civil rights activists, had been settling into bed after their 25th wedding anniversary when a bomb exploded. Join us at the table to discuss what has been referred to as the first assassinations of the Civil Rights Movement.

Georgette Bauerdorf was the daughter of an oil tycoon with dreams of becoming a Hollywood actress. One fateful night in October 1944 she was brutally murdered in her own home, and the question of who did it remains a mystery.

This week we return to the Texas Killing Fields, 29 bodies were discovered over a span of 35 years, for the finale of our series. We will be discussing a number of cases, including those perpetrated by serial killer William Reece. Brace yourselves this is a rough one.

Ellen Rae Simpson Beason, Laura Miller, Audrey Cook, and Donna Prudhomme, known as the Four, are women whose lives were cut short by the monsters that lurk in the Texas Killing Fields. Join the table this week to discuss the possible suspects and the serial killer amongst them.

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This week the table is returning to the Texas Killing Fields for part 2 of our series. We’ll be discussing 7 of the estimated 29 victims found in the fields. These cases range from a 12 year girl kidnapped on her walk home to a couple possibly killed for leaving a cult.

Angelo Bruno was known as the Gentle Don, and ran the Philadelphia mafia for many years. Join the table this week as we discuss how his brutal murder set in motion the most violent time in the Philadelphia mafia’s history

A man named Edward Bell claimed to kill 11 girls who he called the "Elven who went to Heaven". Many of them were found in the infamous Texas Killing Fields. Join the table this week for part 1 of our series where we discuss the area described as the perfect place to hide a body.

Join our table for the conclusion of our deep dive into Enron as the truth comes to light and Enron spirals into ruin and jail sentences

2 days before Christmas, 3 girls went shopping at a mall in Fort Worth Texas. By 6pm they had not returned home. Their car was found in a Sears parking lot filled with Christmas presents. The next day a letter came in the mail saying they ran away and they were never seen again.

The entire American business world was always singing Enron’s praises. A consistent entry on the Fortune 500 list, economists wrote dissertations on what made Enron so successful. But it was all a lie. Join the table as we begin to discuss the foundations of this story, and how fraud was a part of Enron since the beginning.

Are you ready for things to go bump in the night? Join the table as we dive into all things spooky, from ghosts to witches to pukwudgies. These tales will leave you questioning if they were tricks played by humans or something a little more supernatural.

On June 7th, 1992, Janis McCall left to go check on her daughter after hours of calling. Her daughter Stacy had just graduated and gone out with her friend Suzie. When she arrived at Suzie's house there was no answer at the door, she went into the house and found nothing. Sources: https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2022/06/06/springfield-3-missing-women-cold-case-anniversary-stacy...

When Jeannie, Al, and Daphene Mills were killed in their home , a nation that thought they had no more to fear from the cult suddenly saw Jonestown hit squads around every corner. But was this the result of a hit squad…or something else? Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_attorney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affidavit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

February 1st 1922 William Desmond Taylor, a silent film star and director, suddenly died at only 49 years old. It would be another 12 hours until police were notified. Rumors circulated that after his death bosses from Paramount and others from the upper echelon of Hollywood were at William’s house when the police arrived. What were they doing? Were they trying to check on their business partner a...

Indigenous women and girls have and continue to experience violence at catastrophic rates in North America and beyond. To make matters worse, very little is known about their stories. Join the table to discuss some of these tragic stories.

After being found in July 1974 there were very few leads about who the Lady of the Dunes could have been. Decades later she was identified as Ruth Marie Terry, but this was only one piece of the puzzle. Who killed Ruth and why haven’t they been found?

Between the years of 2005 and 2009, the bodies of 8 women would be found in and around the canals of Jennings, Louisiana. Their deaths, possibly the work of a serial killer, possibly the work of a crime heavy town, have never been solved. Join the table for a deep dive into the Jennings 8, also known as the Jeff Davis 8; and determine if the reason these cases have escaped justice is due to the wo...

Venus Xtravaganza of the House of Xtravaganza, competed in the ballroom scene. Her life was cut short when 4 days before Christmas she was strangled to death. Join us this week as we discuss the ballroom community and the transphobic climate in the United States in the 80s.

One fateful and stormy spring night in rural Victorian England would lead to murder, mystery, scandal, and not one but two hung juries. Join the table as we discuss whether this unpunished murder really is unsolved. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasenhall_murder https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-peasenhall-murder-rose-harsent/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry...

Oneal Moore and Sammy Leamon Young Jr. were both black men living in civil rights era America whose lives were cut short. Moore was one of the first African American deputy sheriffs in Washington Parish, Louisiana and Young was a student civil rights activist. Join the table this week as we discuss this time in American history, these men, and civil rights cold cases as a whole.

In 1966 Tallahassee, Florida, football games were such an event that they were known to leave streets empty. This would be the perfect opportunity for person or persons unknown to enter the Sims family home and kill Robert, Helen, and 12 year old Joy Sims. Join the table this week as we discuss a murder that terrified a community so much that it canceled Halloween.

Life in 17th-century Italy for women was not ideal. Domestic violence was common and due to religious beliefs divorce was not an option. One woman had just the solution… a little poison called aqua tofana. Join the table this week as we discuss how Giulia Tofana and her associates assisted in 600 murders over the 30 years they were in business.

Best friends Abby and Libby were taking photos on the old railroad bridge when they went missing. They were found dead a day later. After 5 years with no justice a video taken by Libby of what may be her own murderer has led to an arrest that may mean justice for these vivacious 13 year old girls.

TW: This case does involve young children. For current information on the Jane Doe middle child: https://www.missingkids.org/poster/ncmu/1100662 On November 10th, 1985 the first of two barrels containing the bodies of 4 women were found. The identities of these victims were a mystery for over 30 years, until finally in 2019 3 of the 4 were identified. Join us this week for one of the worst cases w...