The Murder In My Family

Episode 78 Lori Lynn Sixty year-old Mother and Grandmother, Loraine "Lori" Lynn went missing on August 1st, 2017 after driving to her Mom Wanda's home in Liberty Twp, Ohio to pick her up and run an errand. When Lori arrived and found that Wanda was out, she left. What happened after that remains a mystery. What is known is that the following day, Lori's family frantically searched Wanda's 40 acre...

Episode 77 Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen In August, 2004 an engaged couple, 22 year-old Lindsay Cutshall, and 26 year-old Jason Allen, were sight seeing in Northern CA when they found themselves in the small town of Jenner. Unable to get a hotel room for the night, they decided to camp out on an isolated stretch of Beach known as Fish Head Beach. Despite the secluded cliff-lined area, they were...

Introducing: The Apology Line from Wondery If you could call a number and say you're sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as "Mr. Apology." As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessi...

Introducing; DNA: ID We all hear stories almost daily now about cold cases being solved by investigative genetic genealogy. This new crime-solving tool answers the "who" question about these often decades-old crimes.... but what about the why? This podcast will look at crimes solved by genetic genealogy, and examine the connection - if any - between the victim and the killer, and why the crime occ...

Episode 76 Gregory Stewart 31 Year-Old Gregory Hakeem Stewart Sr. 'AKA' 'Lil Georgia' was a rising star in the St Louis area hip hop scene as both a performer and producer, but sadly the father of 5 was shot down in an act of gun violence in May, 2020. Gregory's murder left his children fatherless, and his parents desperate for answers. Gregory's mother Latatia discusses the challenges of trying t...

Episode 75 John White & Keitha Morris 21 year-old college student John White, and his girlfriend of about a month, aspiring actress 19 year-old Keitha Morris, were attacked as they picnicked together in a secluded area along Bull Creek near Austin, Texas. John was murdered where they were attacked. Keitha was abducted and found murdered nearly 60 miles away. Police quickly arrested a suspect, and...

Wondery Presents: Death of a Starlet Nineteen eighty was going to be Dorothy Stratten's year. Playboy's Hugh Hefner thought it might even be her decade. She was just 20 years old, the girl next door with the shy smile and whispery voice who didn't know her own beauty. But who was Dorothy really? And how did her rise to fame ultimately lead to her death? This is a six-part series about love, sex an...

Episode 74 Sabrina Jean Cain Eighteen year-old Sabrina Jean Cain vanished from Belleville, IL in February, 1974. It wasn't until April of that year that Sabrina's body was located in a pond by two men who were out target shooting. Police recovered her body, and found evidence that Sabrina was the victim of a brutal, execution-style murder. She had been shot multiple times, and her body tied to a c...

Episode 73 Clare Stone The February, 1922 abduction and murder of 8 year old Clare Stone shocked her Baltimore, MD community. Despite clues, and possible eye witnesses, the killer of the little girl was never apprehended, and her case remains unsolved nearly a century later. Clare's great Niece, Noel discusses the senseless crime, and the challenges she has faced trying to research such an old cas...

Wondery Presents: Do No Harm Wondery (Dr. Death, Dirty John, The Shrink Next Door) and NBC News (Dateline, The Thing About Pam, Motive for Murder) present Do No Harm. The Bright family was thrust into a medical and legal system so committed to protecting vulnerable children from abuse, it failed to protect innocent parents. From the hospital room to the courtroom, we walk in the footsteps of the B...

Episode 72 Kyle Byrtus Kyle Byrtus, was a gifted athlete with a promising future. But like too many people, he lost his way and got mixed up in drug and battled addiction. His addiction derailed his plans, and caused a hurdle in his relationships with his family. His Mom, Lynne, feared that one day she would get a call that her son was dead, and that he had overdosed. Sadly, in August 2013, Lynne...

Introducing: Dr. Death Season 2 If someone you love is diagnosed with cancer you want them to get the best treatment from the best doctors. In 2013, patients in Michigan thought Farid Fata was that doctor. Between his prestigious education, years of experience and pleasant bedside manner, Fata was everything you could want in a doctor. But he was not who he appeared to be. From Wondery, this is th...

Episode 71 Melissa Sue Mims Platt In October, 2008 police in North Carolina were called to do a welfare check on 31 year-old mother of 2, Melissa Sue Mims Platt. After not hearing from Melissa in quite a while, her mother Marian felt something was wrong. Police found Melissa, in the home she shared with her boyfriend, lying on her bed covered in her own urine and excrement. She had been severely b...

Episode 70 Thomas Hegar Fifty Year-Old Thomas Hegar was a hard working, and well-liked family man. For the last few years of his life, like many Americans, he battled addiction issues that he was trying to overcome. Sadly, before he was able to, he crossed paths with a mentally ill man who shot Thomas, and his friend Dustin to death in Oregon in March, 2017. The loss of Thomas has been tough on hi...

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Wondery presents Click Bait with Bachelor Nation Everyone loves a good bit of gossip. Go inside the juiciest stories on Click Bait with Bachelor Nation. Hosts Tayshia Adams, Hannah Ann Sluss and Joe Amabile, know what it's like to live in the spotlight. They've seen that fame can mean being praised, adored, and sabotaged. Sometimes all in the same day! On Click Bait, they share what they've learne...

Wondery Presents Even the Rich: The Kennedy's On July 19th, 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy, scion of the greatest political dynasty in modern America, drove his Oldsmobile into a pond. He escaped. But his passenger, a woman named Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. In the days that followed, he leveraged the Kennedy political machine to shield himself from scrutiny and safeguard his presidential aspirations....

Episode 69 Briuna La'fey Harps In May, 2019, Nineteen year-old Briuna La'fey Harps was wrapping up her first year of college at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX when she decided to visit her cousin in Fort Worth, TX. It was there that Briuna's short life ended when she was shot in the head after being caught in the crossfire of two gangs. Briuna's dream was to become a doctor and h...

Episode 68 Case Updates In this episode we are bringing you updates on 3 cases previously covered on The Murder In My Family- Christine Gallegos (Episode 12) Rachael Runyan (episode 9) Cheri Domingo & Greg Sanchez (episode 5) We talk with Utah Private Investigator Jason Jensen who is working on both Christine's and Rachael's cases, and he shares what new clues might help solve both cases. We also...

Episode 67 Leland Allen Thirty-Six Year old Leland Allen, was a well known, and well liked husband and father in the small town of Cooper, TX. In February, 1980, Leland, a truck driver, was gunned down in a spray of bullets in Dallas, TX, 80 miles from Leland's hometown. News of Leland's violent murder shocked his community, and initially, the crime seemed random, and motiveless. But soon, multipl...

Episode 66 Linda Surginer Preston In October, 2012, Linda Surginer Preston, a 47 year-old mother & grandmother, was brutally murdered insider her Weatherford,TX home. She was stabbed repeatedly and her throat slashed. Her Daughter Kristi, who was ready to give birth to her son in the hospital desperately called Linda but got no reply and knew something was wrong. Linda's Husband discovered her bod...

Episode 65 Andreu Batten By all accounts, 36 year-old Andreu Batten was a friendly, out going Father of 4. In his hometown of St Augustine, FL Andreu was known as a Gentle Giant. But on June 2, 2012 his life came to a violent and mysterious end. Andreu had traveled to South Carolina with his father to their hunting cabin. Tired from a day of hard work, Andreu's father went to bed. Andreu however c...

In the roaring 1980s X world, Traci Lords reigned supreme. No one questioned her right to sovereignty. Only, it turned out, the biggest star in Adult, wasn't one. As America would discover in July 1986, when the FBI busted down her door. Traci Lords was really Nora Kuzma, who entered the industry as a 15-year-old high school sophomore. Traci, the victim, was saved. And the industry, the villain, w...

Episode 64 Wayne Ruder 56 year-old Wayne Ruder was gunned down in his Baltimore, MD jewelry store in 2009. Wayne's nephew Michael Ruder, who happened to be his best friend, and co-worker found Wayne dead in a pool of blood. The scene shocked Michael to his core, forever altering his life. It took years for the killer to be arrested and convicted of Wayne's murder, and Michael struggled along the w...

Wondery presents GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment When we face challenges in life, we seek answers from people we believe can help us. When tragedy strikes an exclusive retreat with a self-help superstar, many people are left to wonder: how far is too far? James Arthur Ray was an Oprah-endorsed self-help teacher who achieved fame, fortune, and influence. But friends and family members of his f...