Samantha Smith and Jeffrey Siefert

It Just Makes Sense

Society EN ↓ 414 episodes

Welcome to “It Just Makes Sense!” the podcast by two easily distracted higher educated former lovers that explores all of the unpopular opinions, conspiracy theories and cult leaders that make you want to scream “THAT JUST MAKES SENSE!”

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Author

Samantha Smith and Jeffrey Siefert

Category

Society

Podcast website

jmspodcast.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Oct 9, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 121 The Murder of Vanessa Guillen 23.12.2022

Episode 121 is about the disappearance and Murder of Vanessa Guillen.  Vanessa Guillen was a 20-year-old soldier stationed at Ft.  Hood in Texas.  She was missing for 2 months before her remains were found.  The motive behind her murder is unclear with a couple theories. The man who murdered her took his own life after escaping military custody.  It was discovered after the murder he disposed of t...

Chit Chat 66 Likes Sands through the hour glass 20.12.2022

The Chit Chatters ate their weight in food this week. Dinners Dinners Dinners and more dinners!  Jeff's dating and hating.  Sam dressed as Elf on the Shelf for work and got in the holiday spirit at her nephew's choir concert.  Jeff started harkening back to his teenage years watching Days of our lives!  Sam's got a great new book too!

Episode 120 A Cheerleading Whack Job! 16.12.2022

Episode 120 is a good ole cheerleading murder for hire plot! In Houston in 1991, football was all everyone was talking about.  For Wanda Holloway she wanted her daughter Shanna to become a star cheerleader!  BUT Shanna lost her spot to Amber Heath her biggest rival.  Wanda Holloway hatched a plan to have Amber and her mom Verna whacked but couldn't afford it.  She decided the death of Vern wo...

Chit Chat 65, Confirmation Names, Georgia Holt and Sodastreams 14.12.2022

This week's chit chat we talk confirmation names, the latest installments of Single, Gay, Employed, and over 30. Jeff talks about the staffing changes at Gigi's and the new bitchy bartender! He went to the bills game and stayed the whole time like the dedicated fan that he is.  Sam did a little Christmas shopping and hanging with long time listener big time fan Evangeline! RIP Georgia Ho...

Episode 119 The Murder of Dana Laskowski 09.12.2022

This week's episode we cover the murder of Dana Laskowski.  In Puyallup, Washington Dana Laskowski was a single mom of triplets.  She was working as a Nanny for a local couple.  After Dana doesn't show up for work, her employers call the police to do a welfare check.  They police arrive at her home to find her dead.  Strangled with trace blood evidence on the ground next to her body.  

Chit Chat 64 Traffic Tickets, Casey Anthony and Single Crazy and Over 30's BACK. 07.12.2022

This week's Chit Chat, your hostesses with the mostesses regal with some stories of days gone by.  Traffic tickets, covid bills game and uber rides!  Jeff got a new car! Woot Woot!  He then went in the Uber ride of death.  Sam had a fabulous brunch with her F45 gal pals and a wonderful birthday celebration with long time listener Evangeline!  She read Matthew Perry's memoir and they disc...

Epsiode 118 The State of Alabama vs Brittany Smith 02.12.2022

Episode 118 is about the State of Alabama vs Brittany Smith.  This documentary is about Brittany Smith's case using the stand your ground law.  Brittany claimed she needed to use the stand your ground law to kill a man who was assaulted and raped her and attempted the strangulation of her brother.  There are some discrepancies in her story that may have led to some complications in her case. ...

Chit Chat 63 Pie, Detroit the Murder Mitten, Queer as Folk 30.11.2022

This week's chit chat Jeff recounts pies, pies and more pies.  Sam went to Detroit for the Bills Game on Thanksgiving.  Jeff attended the Jinx and Dela Holiday show the on-thanksgiving eve, the show was SO funny!  He had a fabulous dinner and night on the town with AFK.  Sam read a snoozer of a new book and Jeff finally took some of her movie recommendations. 28 Days People we hate at the wed...

Episode 117 The Murder of Susan Schumake 25.11.2022

This week's episode is about the murder of Susan Schumake, a coed from the University of Southern Illinois.  It was August 17th, 1981, in between semesters and the campus was quiet.  Susan was working for the University radio station.  She was walking back to her residence hall from the radio station via "The Path" but sadly she never made it.  Her body was found near the trail with...

Chit Chat 62 Club Q, Thanksgiving Pies and The Chrisleys get sentenced 23.11.2022

This week's Chit Chat starts with a somber and angry chat about another mass shooting.  This one at Club Q in Colorado Springs.  This one isn't different than many others but hits home.  Five people are dead and 13 people are injured at the time of recording. As always, we try and keep it light and carry on with pop culture news and what we're watching, eating and reading.  The Chri...

Episode 116 Samuel Lea 18.11.2022

In 2005, Arlington police were called to the scene of an apartment with a foul odor.  They open the doors to find 28-year-old Samuel Lea strangled and rolled up in the middle of a comforter.  But oddly there was a foreign purple substance all over the apartment.  This substance had destroyed any hopes for dna evidence left behind.  The investigation took several twists and turns with people falsel...

Chit Chat 61 A Big Democratic Victory and A Crushing Bills Loss 16.11.2022

The terrible twosome chat about the recent midterm elections.  Recap there weeks where, as usual there's a lot of eating involved.  Both of them attended the bills game, a crushing emotional loss.  

Episode 116 The Menendez Trial 11.11.2022

Notorious brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez were two children of wealthy entertainment executive Jose Menendez.  They lived in Beverly Hills, California and were rising tennis stars until one fateful night in 1989, when the boys killed their parents.  What ensued next became one of the biggest trials and cultural phenomena of the 20th century.

Chit Chat 60 Share, The Terrace, Dinner Dates Galore and a horse drawn carriage 09.11.2022
Episode 115 The Case Against Thomas Haynesworth 03.11.2022

In 1983, Thomas Haynesworth was accused and convicted of the rape of 4 women.  He had a solid alibi or so he thought.  His mother said he was at home, so not the best witness, right?  Sadly, he was charged and convicted of rape.  He served 27 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Later on, a man named Leon Davis who not so coincidentally was recommended as a suspect by Haynesworth was late...

Chit Chat 59: Happy Hallllooowwweeennnn!!! 02.11.2022

This week's chit chat your hosts had a festive eventful weekend.  A new man friend, an edible eaten too late in the for an 8 o'clock call and a strip club.  Jeff and Sam were gorgeous gorgeous Rockford peaches for Halloween and Jeff took in a bills game from the not so cheap seats with AFK and Taaliba!  NYBP Brunch Yum El Toro 

Episode 114 The Strange Case of Natalia Barnett 28.10.2022

This week's episode is the inspiration for horror movies.  In Lafayette, Indiana, Christine and Michael Barnett adopted 6-year-old Natalia Barnett an immigrant from Ukraine.  Natalia had already been through a lot after being returned by her previous family.  Natalia turned out to be a nightmare.  She has a form of dwarfism that made her look younger than she really is or did it?  This is a w...

Chit Chat 58 RIP Leslie Jordan!!! 25.10.2022

This week's Chit Chat we remember our most shocking celeb deaths as we honor Leslie Jordan.  Rest in peace you sweet comedic angel.  The kids have been eating and consuming LOTS of content.  Sam had a harrowing experience with an Auto Dealer.  Poor Honey.  Then our hosts have a HUGE DEBATE over Hillary Swank's acting talents. Lock 34 Mike and Pops Alaska Dailey AHS NYC Love is Blind seas...

Episode 113 The Murder of Peter Fabiano 21.10.2022

This week's episode is ripped from the headlines in 1957.  Peter Fabiano was a successful trucker who decided to follow his passions and become a hairdresser.  He employed his wife Betty and her soon to be friend Joan Rabel at his salon.  Betty and Peter had some difficult times in their marriage prompting Betty to move in with her friend Joan.  Soon the couple reconciled but it was never the...

Chit Chat 57 Cigs, Donuts, Weed and Farts 19.10.2022

This week the terrible twosome spent some time in Ellictoville partying it up for some friends' 40th birthdays.  Dancing, Dranking, Smoking and Fartin!  Sam has been a content machine, watched the entire season of the watcher.  Jeff tuned in for season 3 of big sky to see his FAV QUEEN SUPREME REBA MCENTIRE!  They wrap up with a little hot goss. The Watcher Big Sky Season 3

Episode 112 The Evidence Indeed and without a doubt 14.10.2022

Episode 112 is about the Netflix series The Evidence: Indeed and without a doubt!  This episode investigates the 1990 abduction and murder of Courtney Smith.  Levon Brooks was convicted of the crime based on bite mark analysis.  Meanwhile another 3-year-old girl Christine Jackson, goes missing in a nearby town and is found dead with similar bite marks.  Another man Kenndey Brewer was convicted on...

Chit Chat 56 Bros! 12.10.2022

This week's chit chat Sam and Jeff go on a day full of adventure!  He's hangry but eventfully gets a taco and sees bros! Sam turns into a Karen about admission to the Buffalo Zoo.  Some Halloween gathering where they WERE promised pictures with the Sanderson sisters, but THEY LOST THEM. Bros Reasonable Doubt Abducted in plain sight The Luckiest Girl Alive

Episoode 111 The Murder of Misti Mayo 07.10.2022

Episode 111 is about the murder of Misti Mayo.  Misti Mayo and Christine Smith were two Texas teenage girls that became the best of friends.  They supported each through miscarriages, births and being kicked out of the family home.  Christine even helped raise Misti’s baby boy Dante!  One night after a party at the girls' apartment a group of boys including Misti’s baby daddy robbed a tired s...

Chit Chat 55 Jeff's back from Vacayyyy 05.10.2022

Jeff's back from a couple weekends away to return to his post as the lead on chit chit!  Thanks to Big T for filling in.  Jeff went to meet his new boss and coworkers in Cleveland.  Then went to the bills game in Baltimore with his good Judy, Cheryl.  Sam consumed so much content she basically a pop culture influencer now.

Episode 110: The Murder of Thomas and Jackie Hawks 30.09.2022

Jennifer Henderson thought she had struck the dating jackpot when she stumbled upon Skylar Deleone's on line dating profile.  He seemed kind. charming and former child actor, what more could a girl want?  But as Skylar's inability to hold a job started to drown them in debt, Skylar did what he thought was the best option for his family, buy a 500,000 yacht for them all to live on.  What...

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