Murder with Millennials

Jolene Cummings was a hair dresser who worked at Tangles Hair Salon in Fernandina Beach. She was a loving daughter, sister, and mother. Her three children meant the world to her, so when she went missing on Mother's Day weekend in 2018, her family knew something must have been horribly wrong. Authorities found Jolene's abandoned car in a parking lot and their investigation quickly became f...

Jack Unterweger was born in Austria in 1950. His mother was a sex worker and that impacted him at a very early age. By the time he was 24, he had spent several years in prison for theft, pimping, and physical violence and in 1974 he was convicted of murder for strangling a sex worker, Margaret Schäfer, with her own bra. Listen to hear how he duped a nation into thinking he was rehabilitated, wrote...

On September 22, 2006, Cassie was dog sitting for her aunt and uncle in Pocatello, Idaho. She had two friends from school and her boyfriend Matt over to pass the time. What started as a normal teenage night turned into a bloody, brutal attack that no one saw coming. A murder that is suspected to be a planned thrill killing based on the popular slasher film, Scream, shook a town for a lifetime. Sou...

On June 23, 1984, an unnamed 25-year-old woman was walking in the Bronx. She stopped at a convenience store and on her way out noticed someone was following her. Her attacker put a box cutter to her throat and forced her into a blue and white Grand Prix. He drove her until his car broke down, pulled her into an empty park and assaulted her - she was badly cut and beaten, and before she lost consci...

In 1985, a 55-gallon drum was found in Bear Brook State Park, New Hampshire. The bones of a human foot were visible and the site quickly became a crime scene. What investigators went on to discover over the next few decades would tie a man known as a Chameleon Killer to not only these murders, but multiple murders across the US. Listen this week to hear more! Sources: https://www.findagrave.com/me...

Paul Bernardo started his crimes in Scarborough, Ontario in 1987. He committed vicious rapes around the city for years without capture. He was targeting teenage girls and young women who were taking the bus home late at night or walking alone on the streets. He met a girl named Karla Homolka that same year and slowly the two started to escalate these crimes together. Listen to hear about how these...

Sheila was 35 when she was brutally murdered in her home in front of her young children. Her story is full of struggle and abuse. Her ex-husband was relentless and unwavering in his efforts to control Sheila - even after their marriage ended. Listen to hear all about her life, her darkest moments, and all about her cruel and crazed ex, and the lengths he took to ensure she would never have a happy...

Dorothy Jane Scott was 32 in 1980 when she was abducted from a hospital parking lot in Anaheim, California. She had gone outside to grab her car and told her co-workers she would pull up to the door to pick them up. But when they made it to the curb, Dorothy's car sped past them without stopping. A few hours later, her white station wagon was found burning in an alley with no sign of Dorothy....

Amy Wroe Bechtel was 24 years old in 1997 when she disappeared while running in the Wind River Mountains, 15 miles outside of Landers, Wyoming. She was a competitive long distance runner who was planning to try out for the 2000 Olympics. Amy was out mapping a run for an upcoming 10k race and when she didn't come home, her husband was worried. What was initially believed to be an injured or los...

Herbert Mullin suffered from many delusions. He heard voices telling him to hurt himself and, ultimately, he heard his father's voice telling him to commit murder. This led him to target his first victim in October 1972, a homeless man looking for a ride, and this was the start of his murder spree. His brutal attacks overlapped with Ed Kemper's crimes in California at the time and at first...

Brittanee Drexel was 17 years old when she went missing in 2009 while on spring break with her friends in Myrtle Beach. She seemed to have vanished without a trace, but that didn't stop her family from fighting for years to find her and bring justice to her killer. It's because of their fierce dedication to her case that we have answers today, after a 13 year investigation. Tune in to hear...

Jessica Re'nee Johnson was 37 years old when she was found hanging from a mailbox from her shoelaces. She was a loving daughter and mother. Listen to hear about all the suspicious circumstances that led up to her death. Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/jessica-johnson-case/patrick-thornton https://cattstruecrimecorner.com/the-mysterious-death-of-jessica-renee-johnson/ https://www.chillingc...

This week, Ginger tells the story of The Harper Family Murders. Joanie and her two sons Marques and Marshall, her daughter Lyndsey, and her mother Earnestine Harper were brutally murdered in the family home July 6, 2003. Their murder trial was reported to be the "biggest criminal trial in Bakersfield in decades". Listen to hear how a collection of dead bugs were ultimately the key to cra...

Steph tells us the story of Jasmine "Jazzie" Porter, a pregnant single mother who was found strangled to death in her Bronx, New York apartment. Her 5-year-old son Jeremy was home and witnessed the brutal attack. This is the incredible story of her murder and the remarkable detectives who never gave up—the story of Jazzie's 26-year-long cold case. Sources: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/...

This week, Kait tells the story of Katherine Knight, the first woman in Australian history to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Tune in to hear this shocking lady butcher story! Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/katherine-knight https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Knight https://murderpedia.org/female. K/k/knight-katherine.htm https://murderandlove.com/...

Ginger covers the kidnapping of 9-year-old Jeannette Tamayo and her remarkable story. Kait's mom Kristy joins us to tell her badass mom story. Sources: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-JOSE-Life-term-for-man-who-raped-kidnapped-2704195.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-RvKOO9ph4 https://abcnews.go.com/2020/jeannette-tamayo-escape-kidnapper/story?id=14062737 https://medium.com/the...

Steph catches us up on the Delphi Murders and gives us new details on Abby and Libby’s case. She updates us on the Natalee Holloway murder and shares new information on the JonBenet Ramsey house. Her case this week covers the chilling 911 call from the night of December 1, 2019 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the night of Christopher Neal’s murder. Sources:  https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2022/06/ma...

This week, Kait covers the story of The Independence Day Murders. She tells us about the tragic deaths of Sue and Melinda Marshel, a mother and daughter from Illinois.

Ginger tells the story of the murder of Lori Hacking. She was a driven, successful woman from Utah who was tragically murdered in her small apartment in 2004 at the age of 27.

Murder with Millennials is a true crime comedy podcast. It's the podcast where we take crime seriously, but not ourselves. This week Steph covers the case of Sherry Black, a 64-year old woman from Salt Lake City, UT who was brutally murdered in her bookstore.