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Welcome to the Cults, Crimes & Cabernet podcast!

We know you are anxiously awaiting season 4 to begin, but we first wanted to share a story from one of our listeners. Kimberly approached Melissa and I earlier this year wanting to talk about her sexual assault by a member of the military. As we have learned through countless victims, this is an all too common occurrence. the Department of Defense conducted a survey resulting in an estimate that 2...

Don Kemp was a hot shot advertising executive on Madison Avenue in New York during the 70s and 80s. A major accident left him questioning his life. It took years for him to recover and when he did, he decided to sell off all his belongings and move to a slower paced life in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Don was obsessed with the Abraham Lincoln assassination and decided he would live in a cabin and write...

Over three decades have passed since Susan Poupart was seen getting into a vehicle after a friend’s party. The 29 year old indigenous mother would be found 6 months after her disappearance murdered and left in the woods miles away from her home town of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. Susan’s children are still seeking justice for their mother who was an active member of the community. Indigenous women...

Roberta Elam was on her way to becoming a full-fledged nun when her life was taken at only 26 years old. She was described as a happy, energetic, educated woman fiercely devoted to her faith. Sister Robin, as she was known at the convent, was on a silent retreat when, in broad daylight, she was murdered by an unknown man. All leads dried up quickly, and her case became cold, but Sister Robin’s cas...

Courtney Holden was placed into the foster care system at an early age. Unlike many kids, she was quickly adopted by the Holden Family. Unfortunately, this was the beginning of a terrible life for Courtney. Her family would call her names and force her to do chores. This happened well into Courtney's late 20's when she was a mother as well. When she was 26 years old, Courtney went missing. It was...

On Saturday March 2nd, 1996 Alicia Showalter Reynolds was on her way to Charlottesville, Virginia to meet her mother for a day of shopping. This was about a three hour drive from her Baltimore home where she lived with her husband. Alicia would never make that mother-daughter day. Her vehicle was found abandoned that evening and it would take two months to find her remains. f you have any informat...

Sixteen years ago, a hard-working, blue collar, "teddy bear" of a man went to a party were 50-60 people were present and disappeared into the night. Four hundred plus miles of roads have been searched as well as the local reservoir to no avail. What happened at that party? Did someone upset Donnie? Where is Donnie Messier? If you know anything about the disappearance of Donnie Messier, please cont...

Rosie Tapia was what her family would describe as a dramatic, funny, and beautiful six year old girl and that is how she will forever be remembered. In the early morning hours of August 13th, 1995 someone climbed through her bedroom window while her family slept nearby and stole her from her bed. She was found a few hours later, a few miles away in a canal that runs behind her apartment complex. I...

July 16, 2018 was set to be a core memory for Danniella Vian. After working double shifts for months to save enough money to purchase her own vehicle, Danniella went down to Pearl Motors in Mobile, Alabama and drove away in a 2014 Chevy Cruz. This was the first step to gaining custody of her daughter and building a life together. Danniella went out that night with friends to celebrate and would ne...

October 12, 2004, was the last day 16 year old Samantha Leighann Tapp was seen or heard from. Afraid she may be in some trouble, Samantha went to visit her sister and hoped to stay the night with her, but her sister told her to return home. Samantha left in a huff and has been missing since. What happened that night? It has been almost 2 decades since her family has spoken with her. What happened...

Blair Adam’s murder is a baffling mystery to say the least. He was a normal Canadian construction foreman who started displaying some odd behaviors days before he died. Blair took all of his savings out of the bank and tried multiple times to cross the border into the United States. Random plane tickets were purchased and never used and somehow through a series of unfortunate events he ends up in...

Approximately 33% of missing people in South Dakota are indigenous women. In 2016, Larissa Lonehill became a member of this statistic. After an argument with her sister, a conversation with her mom, and being picked up by two men to go to a party… Larissa was never seen again. This mother of one, has had little to no attention to her case. Authorities have stated that they believe she is deceased...

Malakia Logan was just a normal eight year old girl playing outside on a warm May evening when in a blink of an eye she vanished. The case seemed to be heading in the right direction within that vital first 48, but things slowed quickly after that. It took two years to find remains that pointed in the direction of this little girl that had overcome so much. It took another eight years to positivel...

When a young mother isn't heard from for several days, her concerned boyfriend and sister contact police for a welfare check. When police arrive they find Lori “Sled Dog” Malloy deceased in her bathroom floor with a questionable crime scene. A medical examiner deemed her death as a heart defect and closed the case. Years later he was deemed incompent and now the fight to reopen Lori’s case is on....

Three months and 15 miles is all that separate two home invasion murders. A man named Nobel Wine was shot in the head before his house was set on fire. Then a few months later Betty Jane McClellen was shot and killed and her husband Jake was shot twice but somehow managed to survive. The close proximity and timeframe are not the only coincidences in these two cases. Both men were scrap metal colle...

LIVE from CrimeCon 2022, we are joined by Eric Carter-Landin from True Consequences. We discuss the murder of Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte. This couple had recently married and were happily living the van life when they were shot and killed in their campground. ***update in case since live recording*** suspect has been named! #murder #moabutah #moabnewlywedmurders #kylenschulte #crystalturner...

Two women with no relation in a town of only 16,000 people go missing within 2 months and 2 miles from each other. Glenda Campbell went on her evening walk along the beach never to return. Two months later Holly Berry left her apartment one afternoon only to be found deceased after months of searching. Are they connected or where these two women simply plagued by bad luck? If you have any informat...

How does an entire family vanish on a day trip to view property for sale? That is what happened to the Jamison family. Bobby, Sherilynn, and six year old Madyson disappeared on October 8th, 2009 and there was no sign of them until over four years later. Their remains were found about three miles from where their vehicle was left in a straight line facedown. The theories outweigh anything actually...

15 year old Chelsea Johnson was a bright typical teenage girl. She made good grades, loved to read and wanted to be a veterinarian. April 15, 2012 her life was taken from her when she was brutally stabbed and her body left next to a creek. Law enforcement investigated Chelsea's murder and came up with a strange neighbor with oddly specific information, and a family acquaintance that has a past but...

It has been 25 years since Keith Mann disappeared. An evening with friends, a midnight appointment that no one can corroborate and an abandoned car outside of his parent's home is all law enforcement has to go on. What happened to Keith Mann? The Crimestoppers reward was just increased to $25,000 for qualifying information in Keith’s disappearance. Keith Mann Resources: Facebook: https://www.faceb...

Kristi Nikle was what everyone would call a social butterfly. Born with a mild intellectual disability Kristi never let that hold her back. On the night of October 3rd, 1996 it was reported that Kristi went to play bingo and could have won $500. This was the last time Krist was seen. She was a very trusting young woman so did she get in a car with a stranger or was she tricked by a suspected seria...

Saturday, September 12, 1964 was a typical day for 11 year old Terry and a 7 year old Alan. The brothers spent the morning doing all the normal things kids do. Riding bikes, playing games, watching morning cartoons. Their step father took them to a double feature at the local theater and planned to pick them up after the movies but they were never seen again. What happened to Terry & Alan Westerfi...

Tiesha Sargeant was not only beautiful, academically gifted, and driven she was fierce when it came to her beliefs. This 26 years college graduate was just starting to make her way as a business woman, she seemed to have everything within her grasp. Everything changed on May 14th, 2006 when she was shot execution style in her second floor apartment. She was loved and admired by so many, who would...