Most Wanted

In the second installment of the two-part series on Bernardine Dohrn, Amanda and Lauren follow the Weather Underground as they continue to fight against the government, and then follow them back aboveground into the present day. Sources: Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough Mother Country Radicals podcast, written and hosted by Zayd Ayers Dohrn Truthout: “New Podcast Spotlights Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ay...

In part one of their two-part series on Bernardine Dohrn, Amanda and Lauren revisit the "radical" groups of the late 1960s, including the Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Panthers, and the Weathermen. Sources: Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough Mother Country Radicals podcast, written and hosted by Zayd Ayers Dohrn Truthout: “New Podcast Spotlights Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, and Their C...

Amanda and Lauren discuss the disappearance of Skylar Neese and two notoriously terrible friends. Sources: Dateline Season 22 Episode 23: "Something Wicked" Snapped Season 18 Episode 1: "Shelia Eddy" ABCNews: "From Best Friends to Killers: Teens Murder Friend Because They 'Didn't Like Her'" by ABCNews Staff All That's Interesting: "Inside Skylar Neese's Murder at the Hands of Her Best Friends" by...

On this bite-sized episode, Amanda and Lauren discuss Steven Ray Stout, a man who did not remember the murders that he committed. Sources: FBI website: “422. Steven Ray Stout” Deseret News: “Can’t Recall Any Details of Killings, Stout Says” by Brent Israelsen Deseret News: “Board of Pardons Urged to Never Parole Killer” by Steve Fidel United Press International (UPI): “One of FBI’s ‘most wanted’ c...

Lauren and Amanda discuss the Hillsboro House of Horrors. Paul Erven Jackson, who was one of John Walsh's Dirty Dozen, and his half brother, Vance Roberts, perpetrated a series of horrifying sex crimes in the Portland, Oregon area in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sources: KGW8: “18 years in prison for Hillsboro ‘House of Horrors’ fugitive” by KGW Staff ABC News: “Fugitive in Oregon Kidnapping, T...

This week, Amanda and Lauren discuss Eric Bartoli, who opened up a mutual fund in the financial capital of the United States... Marshallville, Ohio. Obviously, this was a completely legitimate business. No white collar crimes happening here! Sources: The Daily Record: “Eric Bartoli A Man of Mystery, Money” by Staff Writer The Daily Record: “Shisler charged with sale of unregistered securities” by...

Amanda and Lauren are joined by a special guest for this episode that takes them Down Under, where they discuss a private religious school principal who was abusing students. Special content warning on this episode for sexual abuse, including some discussion of sexual abuse of minors. Sources: Sydney Morning Herald: “A haven for paedophiles: The ultra-Orthodox settlement where Malka Leifer hides”...

In the second installment of their Old West series, Amanda and Lauren explore the Mann Act, and Amanda tells Lauren about some famous people who were charged under the Mann Act, including some names you'll probably recognize! Sources: PBS: “The Mann Act” by Ken Burns NPR: “The Long, Colorful History of the Mann Act” by Eric Weiner History Channel: “1910: Congress Passes the Mann Act, aimed at Curb...

In part 2 of the story of Eric Robert Rudolph, Amanda and Lauren discuss the rest of the bombings perpetrated by Rudolph, along with his years on the run and his eventual capture. Sources: Southern Poverty Law Center: “Deborah Rudolph Speaks Out About Her Former Brother-in-Law, Olympic Park Bomber Eric Robert Rudolph” (no byline) Southern Poverty Law Center: “Eric Rudolph Charged in Bombings” (no...

In the first part of a two part series on Eric Rudolph, Amanda and Lauren delve into Eric's childhood and early adulthood, including crucial life events that led him to Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Sources: Southern Poverty Law Center: “Deborah Rudolph Speaks Out About Her Former Brother-in-Law, Olympic Park Bomber Eric Robert Rudolph” (no byline) Southern Poverty Law Center: “Eri...

Kendra and Ricky were about to start their perfect life together; until Brenda took matters into her own hands with some hired help. Sources: Rolling Stone: "FBI Adds 10th Woman to 'Most Wanted' List: Meet Them All" by Sonia Weiser TV Guide Time: "Brenda Delgado" The US Sun: "Jealous Lover's Fury: Who was Kendra Hatcher and what happened to her?" by Kevin Quinitchett Dateline Season 29, Episode 12...

Shane Franklin Miller was a marijuana farmer with a mean streak who took the lives of his entire family to prevent them from leaving him.  Content warnings for this episode: abuse, murder, and suicide. Take care of yourself, friends. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or thehotline.org National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 or 988lifeline.org Am I Abused? https://dvsbf.org/dvsbf...

Andrew Cunanan's killing spree never really made sense to the investigators who were attempting to track him down, which is part of the reason the Cunanan manhunt turned into the "largest failed manhunt in US history." As Amanda and Lauren discuss, in their third and final episode in the series on Andrew Cunanan, investigators may not have been using all of their available resources to find Cunana...

The big questions are... are Andrew Cunanan's victims connected? How did they know Cunanan and get involved in his life? In the second of the three-part series on Andrew Cunanan, Amanda and Lauren cover the story from the aftermath of Cunanan's first murder through his third murder, including some wild rumors, some cringeworthy policework, and a fair amount of speculation. Sources: Mirror: “What h...

Prior to his infamy, Andrew Cunanan just wanted to spend money and not work. Was that too much to ask? Well... in short, yes, but there's a lot more to the story with this guy. In the first episode of a three-part series, Amanda and Lauren cover the Andrew Cunanan story from his beginnings through his first murder. Sources: Mirror: “What happened to Gianni Versace’s long-term boyfriend? Antonio D’...

Did you know that there was a southern gang that acted as the muscle for the Ku Klux Klan in the Jim Crow South? Enter... the Dixie Mafia, including members Jerry Ray James and Donald Eugene Sparks. Sources (some are old-timey and don’t have bylines): Hobbs Daily News-Sun (Hobbs, New Mexico): “Two Former Hobbsans on FBI’s List” The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri): “Jerry Ray James, Gang Leader...

When confronted about the overdue rent that he owed, Thayne Alan Smika took being a bad roommate to a whole new level. Sources: 9News Denver: “39 years later, FBI searching for Boulder murder suspect” by Matt Jablow Investigation Discovery: “Thayne Smika Has Been on the Run Since 1983 When He May Have Murdered His Roommate” by Michelle Sigona CNN: “‘The Hunt’: Thayne Smika” by CNN Staff Denver Pos...

Ernest Tait was a robber at his very core... even if he wasn't very good at getting away with it. He's one of the few criminal dudes in history who made the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list twice in his lifetime! More horrifyingly, though, he was a really really bad friend. Sources (most are old-timey and don’t have bylines): Nashville Banner: “Ernest Tait Joins Rank of ‘Ten Most Wanted” by James...

David James Roberts was just an everyday career criminal/dirtbag until a brand new TV show solidified his place in history as the first person featured on America's Most Wanted. He went on to also be the show's first capture! Sources: New York Post: “How This Staten Island man became America’s Most Wanted’s first capture” by Dean Balsamini United Press International: “Feds seek shelter director be...

We're doing something a little different this week and we're giving you an ad free bonus episode! There are two new people on the FBI Most Wanted List!

Amanda and Lauren travel back in time to the Old West to discuss some famous - or infamous - horse thieves. Old fashioned crime is afoot! Sources: Legends of America: “Dutch Henry Borne - Biggest Horse Thief in the American West” by Kathy Weiser True West: “The Notorious Dutch Henry” by Marshall Trimble True West: “Flora Quick, aka Tom King” by Marshall Trimble Texas State Historical Association:...

Amanda and Lauren are joined by a special guest this week - their dad, Keith! The three of them go through the story of Yaser Abdel Said, a real control freak who did so many gross things that the content warnings include basically... everything. He made the FBI's Most Wanted list, America's Most Wanted, the Interpol Most Wanted list, and was one of John Walsh's Dirty Dozen. This one is a doozy. T...

This episode (also) has everything! Prison escape! Actual aliases! Love on a boat! More underground things! Drug running! Narcissism! There's so much going on here! In this second (longer) episode of our two-parter, we hear the origin stories of Ruth Eisemann-Schier and Gary Steven Krist, how they managed to pull off the wild kidnapping of Barbara Mackle, and what their lives were like afterward....

During finals week in December 1968, an affluent college student with the flu was kidnapped and buried alive. In the first episode of a two-parter, this is the story of the kidnapping of Barbara Mackle. Sources: 83 Hours Till Dawn by Gene Miller and Barbara Mackle Corrections 1: “Notorious Georgia kidnapper out of prison again” by Arielle Kass United Press International: “Mackle kidnapper says he...

This episode has everything! Murder! Prison break! Air piracy! Misplaced male confidence! Nearly naked federal agents! What started out as a night of "harmless" armed robberies ended in a murder. That night kicked off George Edward Wright's life of crime, which culminated in some light... terrorism? Sources: FBI Website: Wanted poster for George Edward Wright NPR: “Fugitive George Wright Captured...