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Send us a text This week, Lauren and Amanda dive into one of the most infamous cases in US history, which was the (alleged) inspiration for a popular Oscar-winning movie. This roller coaster story catches Lauren completely by surprise! Sources:  Famous Trials: “Dr. Sam Sheppard Trials: An Account” Case Western Reserve University, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: “Sheppard Murder Case” The Nation...

Send us a text This week Lauren and Amanda head to out east to discuss Maine's Most Notorious crime according to Readers Digest. Sources: All That’s Interesting: The Grisly Story Of The Purrington Massacre, When A Revolutionary War Veteran Killed His Family With An Axe by Genevieve Carlton Main Genealogy Blog: Case Study: The Last Purrington 988 Lifeline Website Wikipedia Murder, She Told: Horrid...

Send us a text We are so back! This week Lauren tells Amanda abut an incredible survival story in Houston, Texas! Sources: Blurred Bylines: How Jennifer Morey Survived a Brutal Knife Attack & Rebuilt Her Life byShari Rose  Blurred Bylines is like a blog that laid out the story really well, but it’s where I got the 9-1-1 transcript from. So, thank you Shari Rose and Blurred Bylines. Medium: Wom...

Send us a text This week Lauren tells Keith about Susan Walters' fight for her life. Sources: Hospital Watchdog: "ER Nurse Kills Attacker While Defending Herself" by Bob Aller Blurred Bylines: "A Hitman Came for Susan Kuhnhausen. He Didn’t Survive." by Shari Rose Willamett Week: "A Hit Man Came to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. She Survived. He Didn't. Ten years later, she tells her story." by Beth Slovic...

Send us a text This week Lauren tells Sarah and Hannah an incredible story of survival. Sources: Blurred Bylines: How Mary Vincent Survived Lawrence Singleton’s Attack by Shari Rose Mary Vincent Speaks Out: ‘He Destroyed Everything About Me.’ by Paul Dean Opening Ceilings: Mary Vincent: A Life of Survival by Fiona Davis CBSNews: Singleton Found Guilty of Murder by Lisa Holewa “I Survived… Mary/Bro...

Send us a text This week Amanda tells Lauren and Sandy about the Tinder Swindler! Sources: Esquire: "The Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev Pretended to Be the King of Diamonds" by Lauren Kranc Vanity Fair: "Beware the Tinder Swindler, a Real-Life Dating-App Villain" by Julie Miller Newsweek: "LLD Diamonds Responds to 'Tinder Swindler' Simon Leviev's Lies" by Molli Mitchell Tudum by Netflix: "Who Is the...

Send us a text This week Lauren tells Amanda about the 7th woman to make it on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitive’s List.   Sources: Casetext: U.S. v. Sababu Rolling Stone: FBI Adds 10th Woman to ‘Most Wanted’ List: Meet Them All From 1960s militant radicals to a hardened gangster, meet the women who've made the FBI's infamous list by Sonia Weiser  FBI: Most Wanted: 412. Donna Jean Willmott  2 Radical...

Send us a text This week Amanda is back for a limited time! Lauren decided to wrap up week eight of Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series with the disappearance of Paislee Shultis! It's an interesting story you won't want to miss. Sources: CNY Central: 'Missing since 2019, child found hidden under staircase with accused abductor' by Heather Kovar Hudson Valley One: 'Charges adjourned against Kim...

Send us a text Special Guest: Hannah This week Lauren tells Hannah about the abduction of Jayme Closs and her amazing escape. Sources: CNN: Timeline of the 87 days of Jayme Closs’ disappearance by Faith Karimi  Rausch and Steel Funeral Home: James and Denise Closs of Barron, Wisconsin | 2018 | Obituary WEAU 13: Sheriff shares message of hope, thanks community on 5-year anniversary of Jayme Closs e...

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Send us a text Special Guest: Sandy This week Lauren and Sandy discuss the disappearance of Kyron Horman. Week 5: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: Crime Library: Missing: Kyron Horman by Tricia Romano Medium: Disappearance of Kyron Horman The Oregonian: Kyron Horman, missing 10 years: A timeline by Lizzy Acker KGW8: ‘Something in there that yearns to touch him’: Mother remains hope...

Send us a text Special Guest: Megan This week Lauren tells Megan about the kidnapping of Shasta and Dylan Groene. Week 4: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: CBS News: The Groene Case Crime Library: Joseph Edward Duncan III by Gary C. King People Magazine Investigates: Groene Family Massacre (Max) People Magazine: A Child Survived a Serial Killer — and Now Tells Her Story on Season Pr...

Send us a text Special Guest: Chelsea This week Lauren and Chelsea discuss the disappearance of Amber Hagerman and what the powerful legacy she created today. Week 3: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources:  Crime Library: Amber Hagerman by David Krajicek KIRO7: Police release new photos, seek new info in unsolved 1996 murder of Amber Hagerman By Crystal Bonvillian HubPages: How Amber Hag...

Special Guest: Sandy  This week Sandy and Lauren discuss the disappearance and the murder of Jacob Wetterling Week 2: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: Jacob, Megan, and Pam: Federal Sex Offender Registration Legislation by David M. Heger Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jacob Wetterling’s killer gives-chilling details of abducted 11-year-old’s final moment alive by Crystal Bonvillian...

Special Guest: Sarah  This week Lauren tells Sarah about a kidnapping in Chowchilla, California. Week 1: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series Sources: 26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows how one plotted their escape – and what happened years later by Holly Yan The Chowchilla Kidnapping by Douglas MacGowan Chowchilla CNN film Wikipedia Support us! Drink Moment | Moment...

Special Guest: Chelsea This week Lauren tells Chelsea about The Candy Man of Texas. Sources: Texas Monthly: "The Lost Boy"s by By Skip Hollandsworth  Crime Library: "Dean Corll" by Marilyn Bardsley 100 Most Infamous Criminals: "Dean Corll" by Jo Durden Smith Wikipedia Support us! Drink Moment | Moment Botanical Water Drink your meditation. Use code MOSTWANTEDAMANDA at checkout! Kind Cotton Conscio...

Special Guest: Amy This week Lauren tells Amy about the "Monster" Aileen Wuornos. Sources:  Biography.com: Aileen Wuornos: “Serial killer Aileen Wuornos led a vagabond lifestyle as a sex worker before she was found guilty of murdering six men in Florida in 1989 and 1990.” by Biography.com Editors and Sara Kettler All That’s Interesting: “Was Aileen Wuornos A Serial Killer, A Victim, Or Both?” by R...

Special Guest: Lizzie   This week Lauren tells Lizzie about Gary Heidnik. Heidnik was one of the inspirations for the character of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs. Sources: Crime Library: Gary Heidnik: To Hell and Back by Patrick Bellamy CNN: His gruesome crimes were a basis for ‘Silence of the Lambs.’ The sister of one of his victims has mixed feelings about his execution by Faith Kari...

Special Guest: Keith  This week Keith and Lauren discuss the Butcher of Plainfield.  Sources: Biography: "Ed Gein: Convicted murderer Ed Gein was a notorious grave robber known for dismembering victims. His gruesome activities inspired the creation of some of Hollywood’s most infamous characters, including Norman Bates of Psycho" by Biography.com Editors and Tyler Piccotti  All That’s Interesting:...

Special Guest: Josh  This week Lauren tells Josh about infamous spree killer Charles Starkweather and his accomplice Caril Ann Fugate. Sources: Crime Library: Charles Starkweather & Caril Fugate by Marilyn Bardsley All That’s Interesting: The Chilling True Story Of Charles Starkweather, The Teenage Serial Killer Who Terrorized America’s Heartland by Marco Margaritoff  Let’s Go to Court: Episod...

Special Guest: Gabby  This week Lauren tells Gabby about the Xerox murders. Sources: KHON2: “Xerox Murders” by Brigette Namata IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I: STATE OF HAWAI`I vs .BYRAN UYESUGI Murderpedia: Byran Uyesugi Hawaii News Now: “20 years ago, a killer shattered the morning calm and changed Hawaii forever” by Ben Gutierrez and Mileka Lincoln Wikipedia Support us! Drink Momen...

Send us a text Special Guest: Megan This week Lauren tells Megan about Jerry Brudos, The Lust Killer and Shoe Fetish Slayer! Soruces: That Oregon Life: A Serial Killer in Oregon: “The Grisly Tale of Jerry Brudos “Shoe Fetish Slayer”” by Danielle Denham  Biography.com: “Jerome Brudos” Crime Library: “The Fetish Killer” by Katherine Ramsland 100 Most Infamous Criminals by Jo Durden Smith Wikipedia S...

Send us a text Special Guest: Keith This week Lauren tells Keith about Elaine Parent, an American criminal known as "the world's most wanted woman" in the late 1990s and early 2000s! Sources: Murderpedia: Elaine Parent The Guardian: Hunt for the Chameleon The Telegraph: 'Chameleon Killer' cheats the Florida police by ending her many-faced life by Tim Tate The Ledger: Murder suspect 'Chameleon' a s...

Send us a Text Message. Special Guest: Sandy This week Lauren tells Sandy about Tom Petters, a former American businessman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide. Fun fact: he ends up in Lauren and Amanda's favorite penitentiary! Sources: Fraud Magazine: Ponzi Strikes Again: A 13-year, Multibillion-dollar Fraud Leaves Mouths Agape by Steven J. Carlson, PhD; Kenneth A. Hansen, LLM; and Robert J. Dosch,...

Send us a Text Message. On this short bonus episode, Amanda tells Lauren about the Olympic Gymnastics Bronze Medal Ruling Sources: Athlon: “Jordan Chiles Sends a Clear Message to IOC About Returning Bronze Medal” by Michael Gallagher Support Us! Drink Moment | Moment Botanical Water Drink your meditation. Use code MOSTWANTEDAMANDA at checkout! Kind Cotton Consciously-sourced, inclusive, impactful,...