True Crime with Kendall Rae

Jelani Day was a graduate student studying speech pathology at Illinois State University when he went missing. About two weeks after his disappearance, his body was found in the Illinois River, where his cause of death was ruled to be drowning. But his family is convinced that he did not commit suicide. GoFundMe: https://bit.ly/3FFru6r FB Page: https://bit.ly/30IxFaw   Town Hall Link: https://bit....

In 2015, a few days before Christmas, Richard Dabate was allegedly on his way to work when he got an alert that his home’s security alarm had been tripped. Upon returning home, he says he found an intruder who attacked him and killed his wife, who had also just returned home. In follow-up interviews with Richard, the story started unraveling, and he was seemingly changing his story every time he w...

On July 6, 2001, 10-year-old Tionda Bradley and her 3-year-old sister Diamond Bradley disappeared from their Chicago home. After 20 years, the family is still looking for answers… and their missing girls. Donate to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: https://give.missingkids.org/campaign...   If you know anything about the abduction of these girls, please call the Chicago Polic...

In 2012, Sandra Melgar was spending the night before her wedding anniversary with her husband, Jaime, when their dogs started barking somewhere in the house. Sandra says she had a seizure and doesn’t remember much else after that, but she was found the following day barricaded in her closet, bound on the floor. Her husband was found stabbed and beaten to death nearby. FREE Sandy:  https://www.free...

In 2018, Jennair Gerardot realized that her husband Mark was cheating on her with one of his colleagues, Meredith Chapman. Jennair had had enough, and after spying on him with listening devices and realizing that the end of their marriage was imminent, she decided to take action against her husband's lover. Mark’s blog Shop my charity merch! https://milehighermerch.com/  All profits from this char...

Emmett Corrigan was a father of four with another child on the way when he began an extramarital affair with Candy, a paralegal in his employment. Both spouses of Emmett and Candy were aware of their partner’s increasing distance, and grew upset. One night, tensions were high, and Candy’s husband had had enough of his wife’s infidelity. Dr. Phil Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jVUa... As...

Jordan Brown was just eleven years old when his dad’s girlfriend was found shot dead in her bed. Law enforcement investigating the scene decided that Jordan was the only one who could have done it, and took the opportunity to kill her out of a jealous rage. Shop my charity merch! https://milehighermerch.com/  All profits from this charity merch will be donated to the National Center for Missing an...

On June 10, 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was walking to her school bus stop when she was abducted by convicted sex offender, Phillip Garrido, and subsequently held captive for the next 18 years. Shop my charity merch! https://milehighermerch.com/  All profits from this charity merch will be donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/   Don...

In the early hours of November 13, 2022, a man broke into an off-campus house at the University of Idaho and stabbed four students to death. On December 30, 2022, 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger, a PhD student in criminology, was arrested and charged with four counts of murder in the first degree, and one count of felony burglary. Featuring the voices of the victims’ parents and friends. Xana Kernodle...

Rico Harris was a former Harlem Globetrotter with dreams to reach the NBA, who mysteriously disappeared in 2014. If you are or you know anyone struggling with addiction, please visit help.org to learn more. If you have seen Rico or have any information, please contact the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office: +1 (530) 668-5280 Shop my charity merch! https://milehighermerch.com/  All profits from this char...

Melissa Highsmith had been missing for the last 51 years – since she was a baby. After years of feeling like they’d never see her again or have closure, her family’s wish came true, and Melissa was recently finally reunited with those she lost so long ago. Shop my charity merch! https://milehighermerch.com/  All profits from this charity merch will be donated to the National Center for Missing and...

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Called the Queen of Tejano music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century.  Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mile Higher Follow Kendall! YouTube Twitter Instagram Facebook Mile Hi...

Jessica Easterly was married to a man who was allegedly physically and emotionally abusive to her, cutting her off from most of her friends. One day, she decided that she had had enough. Jessica let her friend know that she was planning on leaving, but the following day, when she was supposed to get back in touch, she went silent. Suddenly, Jessica was missing, and no one seemed to know where she...

In 2020, 22-year-old Lesly Palacio went out with a family friend to celebrate finishing a program at school and deciding which career path she wanted to pursue. She would never be seen alive again. Later found security camera footage revealed something strange… Lesly’s body being carried out of a house by said family friends. If you have any information, contact the Las Vegas Police Department: (7...

On June 6, 2020, 65-year-old Dia Abrams disappeared without a trace. She was last seen on the Bonita Vista Ranch, near Idyllwild, California. Interestingly, all of her belongings and her dog were left untouched. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department: +1 (951) 776-1099 Investigators: +1 (760) 578-2101 or +1 (951) 203-3767 Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mile Higher Follow Kendall...

After the murders of two of the most famous rappers of the 90s, people have speculated and theorized who could have been behind the hits. Some suggest Biggie was involved in Tupac's murder. Some say music executive Suge Knight was behind both. Part 1: https://audioboom.com/posts/8223642-what-really-happened-to-tupac-shakur-biggie-smalls-part-1 Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mil...

After the murders of two of the most famous rappers of the 90s, people have speculated and theorized who could have been behind the hits. Some suggest Biggie was involved in Tupac's murder. Some say music executive Suge Knight was behind both. Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mile Higher Follow Kendall! YouTube Twitter Instagram Facebook Mile Higher Zoo REQUESTS: General case sug...

Ted Kennedy, like so many others in his family, was a well known US politician. And much like many of his family members, he seems to have been a victim of the “Kennedy family curse,” or some variation of it. After a car accident involving the death of one of his political advisors, Kennedy was essentially barred from any chance at Presidential duty. Shop my charity merch! https://milehighermerch....

Lou Perlman was a successful record producer in the 90s, but much of his success was gained in an underhanded way that took advantage of his clients, both monetarily and personally. Shop my charity merch! https://milehighermerch.com/   All profits from this charity merch will be donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and my company is matching all donations up to $50,00...

25 year old Shanquella Robinson was on vacation with a group of people in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico when she was murdered earlier this year. One of the strangest parts of this story is that this group of people didn’t react how one might expect, and they all had various differing stories about the lead-up to Robinson’s death. Access media from Shanquella Robinson's case: https://thencbeat.com/ This e...

Natalia Barnett, a Ukranian orphan was living with her adoptive parents, Kristine and Michael Barnett, who have said she is actually a 20-something woman with a short stature as a result of a condition she has called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita. They have claimed that Natalia has scammed them, and even threatened violence against them. Is there any truth to these claims? This episode is...

In 2015, Charlie Tan was a student at Cornell University when his abusive father was shot and killed by a shotgun that he purchased. Directly after the murder, Tan and his mother tried to flee the country to Canada. A deadlocked jury would mean Tan would get off on a mistrial, but prosecutors were set on charging him. And if not for murder, then for something else he’d done. This episode is sponso...

A lot of people know Erika Jayne from the "Real Housewives" TV series, and by extension, her husband Tom Girardi. But Girardi is a pretty well known figure in his own right – as a successful, wealthy, even infamous lawyer – with a shifty way of conducting business. This episode is sponsored by: StoryWorth ZocDoc Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mile Higher Follow Kendall! YouTube...

Early one morning in 2016, Nathan Carman and his mother went out on a fishing trip at sea. When something went wrong in the boat's engine compartment, Nathan inflated a life raft and abandoned ship, looking for his mother all the while. Soon after, law enforcement became suspicious of the situation, especially once they found out that in the case of his mother’s death, Nathan would stand to inheri...

On July 7th, 2013, just eight days after their wedding, Jordan Graham lured her new husband Cody Johnson to a cliff in Glacier National Park, and shoved him off. She told a lot of different people a lot of different stories as to what happened, but it seemed that she did it because she just didn’t want to be married to him. This episode is sponsored by: Vegamour - promo code: kendallrae Care/Of -...