We tell four near-miss true crime stories from our listeners!
Jun 23
Daniel Robinson: Arizona's Missing Geologist // 619
In June of 2021, a 24-year-old Geologist headed out to a job site in Arizona, only to vanish shortly after arriving. His co-workers story changed multiple times, but without evidence of a crime, his family set in to action their own search - confident something was wrong. And jus ... Show More
1h 5m
Jun 18
Cynthia Hoffman: Killed by a Catfish // 618
In June of 2019, a 19-year-old woman disappeared after leaving her home in Anchorage, Alaska with a few friends. But when she didn’t return, investigators began unraveling an unfathomable plot involving betrayal, manipulation, assault, and a group of friends concealing secrets fr ... Show More
52m 15s
Jun 16
Anne Marie Fahey: Anchored in the Atlantic // 617
In June of 1996, a 30-year-old woman in Delaware politics disappeared after a mysterious dinner in Philadelphia. But when loved ones found a secret diary in her apartment, police began to uncover a murder mystery that was plagued by secret affairs, scandalous cover ups, and jealo ... Show More
40m 58s
Aug 2024
The Murders of Cynthia Kane-Clark & Dawn Shippee (Rhode Island)
<p>When friends Cynthia Kane-Clark and Dawn Shippee both turned up the victims of homicide, one after the other, in the same two month span, investigators were faced with a complex investigation. It’s now been over 20 years since the two women were killed in neighboring Rhode Isl ... Show More
37m 48s
Sep 2024
The Murder of Natalie Scheublin (Massachusetts)
<p>Investigators who first worked the 1971 homicide case of Natalie Scheublin in Bedford, Massachusetts considered every possible theory for her death – kidnapping for ransom, burglary gone wrong, a random attack in an otherwise quiet community – and yet nothing led police to the ... Show More
39m 42s
Mar 2022
Episode 188: Gary Wayne Puckett, Part 2
On September 28th, 1997, a 35 year old woman is viciously attacked in a rest area bathroom in North Dakota. She miraculously survives and provides police with a description of her attacker, who is tracked down within hours. Soon after, authorities realize the attacker is not only ... Show More
51m 6s
Jan 2025
73: MURDER: Shelbey Thornburgh
On the evening of November 4th, 2015, 20-year-old Shelbey Thornburgh made arrangements to meet a man at her high-rise Houston apartment. The man was scheduled to arrive around 8:30 PM and by 10 PM Shelbey was discovered viciously murdered. Police began an immediate investigation, ... Show More
37m 54s
Sep 2025
The Murder of Jaime Melgar - 642
December 23rd, 2012. Houston, Texas. Sandra and Jaime Melgar celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary. Hours later, family members found Sandra bound and trapped in a closet, and Jaime stabbed to death in another closet. Sandra believed they were victims of a home invasion, but ... Show More
1h 4m