Murder Sheet

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Indiana, Louisiana, California, and the United Kingdom. MyWabashValley’s report on the murder of Sarah “Jeanette” Benson: https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/police-seek-help-in-1981-farmersburg-cold-case/ Forensic Magazine's article...

Luigi Mangione is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024. He faces two upcoming trials: a New York trial and a federal trial. Recently, United States District Judge Margaret M. Garnett issued some important orders in the federal case around the police search of Mangione's backpack and the death penalty. We will discuss those in-depth. Find discounts for Murder...

We talk about a criminal trial as if it was a single event but of course that’s not entirely true. A trial is made up of multiple parts starting with jury selection and going all the way to the delivery of a verdict. Not all of these stages of a trial always get attention but each of them can be tremendously important. In fact, some attorneys claim that a trial can be won or lost in the jury selec...

On October 21, 2021, a woman named Kayla died in Whitehorse, Yukon, in Canada. She was 33. She died in a crackhouse with fentanyl and cocaine in her system.  But what happened to Kayla? What happened in her life that led her to that point? What happened as she died?  Kayla was loved. She had a family that loved her — that still loves her. That continues to fight for answers about wh...

Correction: We mistakenly referred to North Dakota as North Carolina at one point in this episode. The Murder Sheet sincerely regrets the error. The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Indiana, New York, California, North Dakota and Delaware. Please look at the updated ima...

Police have found the body of 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee in Ohio's Perry County. Investigators believe she was murdered in a short-term rental in neighboring Hocking County. Today, we talk about updates in the case and get some insights from a source familiar with that part of Ohio. Find discounts for Murder Sheet listeners here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/discounts Check out our upcoming book...

Update: This episode has been updated to include a statement from the police in Columbus, Ohio. That comes in around 15:40 and ends around 17:30. On February 1, 2026, authorities in Fishers, Indiana announced that they believed missing 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee to be dead. The following day, news broke that police had found her body. Find discounts for Murder Sheet listeners here: https://murdersh...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and England and Wales as a whole. Information from Stop Abuse for Everyone on strangulation:  https://www.safeaustin.org/the-violent-reality-of-strangulation/ NBC Chicago’s article on the murder...

On January 24, 2026, Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota shot and killed Alex Pretti. Video showing an interaction prior to the shooting of Alex Pretti from Newsweek: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gYEetmWjGbc Videos showing the view from both sides of the street of the Alex Pretti shooting from the Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15494997/alex-jeffrey-pretti-minnea...

William J. Mann has written Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood, a terrific new book on the Black Dahlia case and he joins us to discuss the murder- and his victim centric approach. Support local booksellers and order Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters and madness in Midcentury Hollywood from Bookshop. Org https://tinyurl.com/5n7jkx2f Order Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters...

On February 28, 1983, two men discovered the bound, decapitated body of a little girl in an abandoned building in St. Louis, Missouri. We still don't know her name. We call her Precious Hope. Today, we'll have on Bob Cyphers, an author and longtime journalist who dug into her case. Buy Bob Cyphers's latest book, 25 Frozen, 1 Thawed: Murder and Mayhem in the Midwest here on Amazon: https://www.amaz...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Indiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Georgia, and the United States of America as a whole. A Facebook post from the Fishers Police Department on the disappearance of Hailey Buzbee: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CDwqcAe1v/ The India...

Luigi Mangione is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024. An article from Gizmodo on Mangione's alleged manifesto: https://gizmodo.com/they-continue-to-abuse-our-country-for-immense-profit-luigi-mangiones-manifesto-leaks-online-2000536812 An article from Business Insider on Mangione's alleged social media posts: https://www.businessinsider.com/luigi-mangiones-...

On Sunday January 18, 2026, somebody shot Judge Steven Meyer and his wife Kimberly Meyer in Lafayette, Indiana. A Journal & Courier article on Judge Steven Meyer's upcoming retirement: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2020/11/04/tippecanoe-county-voters-select-three-superior-court-judges-including-one-who-says-he-wont-serve-ben/6130268002/ Fox News's coverage of Judge Steven Meyer's work on...

Malcolm Kempt worked for years as a criminal defense attorney in the Canadian Arctic. He served clients in some of the coldest, most remote places on the planet. And he saw some horrific crimes. He channeled that experience into his incredible debut novel, A Gift Before Dying . That centers a ruined investigator trying to get to the truth in the mystery of a young girl's death in a remote Nunavut...

In the early morning hours of August 17, 2018, at the intersection of McDowell Road and 40th Street in Phoenix, Arizona, an unidentified perpetrator left 29-year-old Micah Badoni for dead. Now his cousin Taylor Chimoni is speaking out about his case. Statistics on missing and murdered Indigenous people from the United States Department of the Interior Indian Affairs: https://www.bia.gov/service/mm...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Florida, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. CNN's reporting on the murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan, allegedly by Juliana Peres Magalhães and and Brendan Banfield: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/us/brendan-banfield-tri...

On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis wired a shotgun to Richard Hall's neck. Then he paraded him through the streets of Indianapolis. What followed was one of the most extraordinary hostage crises in history. We talked to documentarians Alan Berry and Mark Enochs about their 2018 documentary film on the case: Dead Man's Line. They will talk about the facts of the case, the underlying personalities o...

Police arrested Michael David McKee for murdering Spencer and Monique Tepe in Columbus, Ohio on December 30, 2025. McKee was previously married to Monique Tepe. He comes from Zanesville, Ohio. The probable cause affidavit in the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26466258-2025cra-000517/?embed=true&responsive=false&sidebar=false The Columbus Dispat...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from New Hampshire, California, and Texas. Fox 4 News’s report on the sentencing of sex trafficker Emily Hutchins: https://www.fox4news.com/news/tarrant-county-human-trafficking-emily-hutchins Hoodline ’s report on the sentencing of sex t...

On November 6, 1998, a serial killer murdered 43-year-old Linda Rutledge in Lexington, Kentucky. She was killed in her parents' business, the Nixon Hearing Aid Center. Now, police in Lexington, Kentucky just announced that they have determined the culprit was serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers. He murdered women and girls across several states, and was also responsible for the quadruple homicide...

On December 30, 2025, somebody murdered a young couple in Columbus, Ohio. Who killed Spencer and Monique Tepe? CNN’s coverage of the murders of Spencer and Monique Tepe: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/us/spencer-monique-tepe-columbus-ohio-homicide 10TV’s coverage of the murders of Spencer and Monique Tepe:: https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/weinland-park-double-homicide-person-of-interest/53...

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The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from New Hampshire, New Jersey, Colorado, and Mississippi. NBC Boston’s coverage of the murder of Judy Lord: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/nh-cold-case-unit-to-announce-significant-development-in-decades-old-case/3850076/ CBS News’...

We got a lot of questions, so this is part two. Find discounts for Murder Sheet listeners here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/discounts Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/events Order our book on Delphi here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shadow-of-the-bridge-the-delphi-murders-and-the-dark-side-of-the-american-heartland-aine-cain/2...