Lurking In the Shadows Podcast

Episode 44: Brianna Cook, Dylan Parker, and Ashley Sullivan were three teenagers from the Silver Valley region of Northern Idaho whose deaths between 2014 and 2015 sparked significant controversy and community suspicion. All three teens attended Kellogg High School and were part of the same social circle. The same coroner responded to all 3 deaths and had a gut feeling something was wrong and that...

Episode 43: In April, 1998, five friends headed into the remote Trinity Alps of Northern California for a fun camping trip to party. They were young, they were free, and they were looking for an escape. But only four of them would ever leave the woods. Lora Sinner wasn’t killed by a stranger in the dark or a predator on the trail; she was methodically tortured and murdered by the very people she s...

Episode 42 : 17-year-old Taylor Behl disappeared on Labor Day, September 5, 2005, just two weeks after starting her freshman year at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia. Surveillance footage showed her leaving her dormitory with Benjamin Fawley, a 38-year-old amateur photographer she had met online earlier that year. Investigators used Fawley's internet activity—specifical...

Welcome to True Crime In a Dime Chapter 8, our short stories segment. In this themed episode we are discussing murders in the sports world with the stories of Steve McNair (murder suicide), Ray Lewis (involved in a double homicide), Sally McNeil (bodybuilder turned murderer), and Brian Blades (killed his own cousin). https://people.com/who-killed-steve-mcnair-death-8693843 https://en.wikipedia.org...

Welcome to Lurking In the News Vol. 10, our True Crime News segment. In Vol. 10 we discuss the stories of Spencer & Monique Tepe (double homicide), Cleophus Cooksey (spree killer trial verdict), Camila Mendoza Olmos (missing person turned suicide), Norman Prater (cold case solved), Linda Marie Rutledge (cold case solved), and Jonathan Gerlach (grave robber/bone collector). https://www.nbcnews.com/...

Episode 41: 20 year-old nursing student Holly Bobo was abducted from her Tennessee home in April, 2011. Her disappearance sparked a massive search that eventually led to her remains. 3 men, Zachary Adams, Dylan Adams, and Jason Autry, were charged and convicted of her kidnapping and murder after a (coerced) confession from one of the men who has an intellectual disability. The prosecution has been...

Episode 40: From April 1971 to September 1972 six young African American girls were abducted from their neighborhoods in Washington, DC and murdered. Their bodies were found in both the District of Columbia and in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The suspect in these murders has been called “The Freeway Phantom” by the media but has never been identified. Who was D.C’s first serial killer? https:...

Episode 39: The Ant Hill Kids was a violent Canadian doomsday cult led by self-proclaimed prophet Roch Thériault, who went by the name "Moses," in the 1970s and 1980s. The cult, primarily based in remote communes in Quebec and later Ontario, became notorious for its extreme physical and psychological abuse, torture, and murder. Viewer discretion is advised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Th%C3...

Episode 38: It’s December 23, 1974 in Fort Worth, Tx. The air was cold, and the city was alive with holiday anticipation. Stores were packed and streets were busy. Threefriends—Mary Rachel Trlica (17), Lisa Renee Wilson (14), and Julie Ann Moseley (9)—set out for the Seminary South Shopping Center looking for Christmas gifts, but they never came home. Their disappearance would become one of the mo...

Welcome to Lurking In the News Vol. 9, our True Crime News segment. In this episode we cover the cases of Malquan Tyreek Hawkins (John Doe identified), Rebecca Park (pregnant and murdered), Malicai Calder (murdered), Lonene Rogers (cold case solved), Sarah Hunter (cold case solved), and the Pageant Queen Murder Trial (trial verdict). https://dnasolves.com/articles/malquan-tyreek-hawkins-horry-coun...

Welcome to True Crime In a Dime Chapter 7, our short stories segment. In Chapter 7, we are discussing cases of murder that occurred while hitchhiking. In this episode, we tell the stories of Amber Tuccaro, Maria Wahlen & Marie Lilienberg, Anita Cunningham & Robin Hoinville-Bartram, and hitchhiker turned murderer- Gary Lee Sampson. Please tune in! https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2020/02/17/the-mur...

Episode 37: In this episode, we discuss the mystery surrounding the Sodder children, where five out of ten children disappeared after a house fire on Christmas Eve 1945 in West Virginia. The official explanation was that the children died in the fire, but their bodies were never found, and the family refused to accept this conclusion. The mystery is fueled by a number of factors, including the fir...

Episode 36: In this episode, we discuss the mysterious 2006 death of 32-year-old Baltimore writer and filmmaker Rey Rivera, whose body was found in a conference room at the Belvedere Hotel days after he disappeared. Although police ruled his death a suicide, his family and others question this conclusion due to several unusual circumstances, including a cryptic note found on his computer and confl...

Episode 35: Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode, we discuss the "Thanksgiving Day Disaster" in San Francisco, where the roof of a glassworks factory collapsed on November 29, 1900, during the annual "Big Game" football game between Stanford and Cal. The factory's roof collapsed under the weight of spectators watching the game from above, killing 23 people and injuring over 100 others. https://en.w...

Welcome to Lurking In the News Vol. 8, our True Crime News segment. This month we are focusing on the stories of Dee Hammonds (murdered), Carol Ann Dougherty (cold case, solved), Melodee Buzzard (missing), Danielle & Kennedy Hoyle (murder trial verdict), Ryan Godbey (remains identified), and Little Miss Panasoffkee (remains identified). https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/cmpd-identifies-woman-kille...

Episode 34: in this episode we discuss the brutal murder of 19 year-old Colleen Slemmer in January 1995 committed by a jealous classmate named Christa Gail Pike with help from Christa's boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, and another classmate/friend named Shadolla Peterson. https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/e2009-00016-cca-r3-pd.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee...

Episode 33: We discuss the case of Dennis Andrew Nilsen, a Scottish serial killer and necrophile, who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Nilsen https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-50152862 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/08/10633641/what-did-dennis-nilsen-crimes-do-murders-victims https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...

Welcome to True Crime In a Dime Chapter 6, our short stories (but not so short in this episode) segment. In this themed episode, we are discussing 4 unfortunate cases of murder as a result of a love triangle. We discuss the stories of Laurie Show & Michelle Lambert, Sarah Ludemann & Rachel Wade, Anna Lisa Raymundo & Sheila Davalloo, and Denita Smith & Shannon Crawley. This is a crazy one so tune i...

Episode 32: in this episode we discuss the tales of Lake Marion in SC, Lake Ronkonkoma in NY, and Lake Lanier in GA, and the spooky tales that make them haunted. We also tell the horror stories of the Weissensee Children's Hospital in Berlin, Germany, West Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, WV, and Gore Orphanage in Vermillion, OH. Tune in to be spooked! https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/the-haunted-...

Episode 31: in this episode we discuss the brutal murders of 2 college roommates, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara on Halloween night, 2004 in Napa, CA. A third roommate, Lauren Meanza, was left alive. Who would want to murder 2 young college students who were new to the area? This case takes a shocking twist, and you won't believe who the killer is! https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/LegalCenter/...

Episode 30: in this episode we discuss the Manhattan Alien Abduction, a UFO sighting by a pilot named Kenneth Arnold that coined the term "flying saucer", the Stephenville, TX UFO sighting, the legend of the Mothman, the Rake, and Skinwalkers. Tune in to be spooked! https://time.com/7160509/the-manhattan-alien-abduction-netflix-true-story/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2024/11/04/the-...

Episode 29: On Oct. 27, 2007, a group of about 40 or 50, people dressed in costumes, gathered on a Halloween party bus to bar hop in Grand Forks, ND. 38-year-old Joel Lovelien was found beaten to death outside the Broken Drum Lounge and Casino. One of the only pieces of physical evidence was a blood-specked piece of cloth torn from a costume. Who killed Joel? Tune in to find out! https://www.reddi...

Episode 28: in this Bonus Episode, we discuss the mysterious death of Katherine Korzilius, who was found dead in the street after walking home from her mailbox, something she had done many times before. Her body appeared to be lying in a staged position, though. Was she the victim of a hit-and-run? An accident? Or was she murdered? Tune in to find out! All video clip rights belong to Unsolved Myst...

Episode 27: Happy Spooky Season! For the month of October, we are featuring 3 fun/spooky/haunted episodes. This week is haunted railroads and battlefields. We discuss The Anietam Battlefield, The Bloody Pit of the Hoosac Tunnel, The Stumphouse Tunnel, and The Gettysburg Battlefield. https://john-banks.blogspot.com/2017/03/shrouded-in-gloom-assassination-at.html?m=1#:~:text='Shrouded%20in%20gloom'%...

Our True Crime News segment, Lurking In the News. In Volume 7 we cover the stories of Jeremy Lyle (murder-suicide), Iryna Zarutska (murdered), Courtney Martin (missing, remains found), Catherine Daviau (cold case, solved), Emily Long (murder-suicide), and Caden Speight (fake amber alert). We also share important updates in the Yogurt Shop Murder case and an update on Travis Decker, whom we covered...