Your Ash-centric episode this week is about the murder of Lauren Giddings. Lauren was 27 years old and had just graduated law school when she was brutally murdered and dismembered by her neighbor, Stephen McDaniel. Stephen McDaniel had been stalking Lauren for quite some time, breaking into her house, moving things around and plotting her murder. There were ... Show More
Jan 12
The Sleeping Sickness Epidemic (1919-1930)
In late 1916, while treating a group of patients at his psychiatric clinic at the University of Vienna, Dr. Constantin von Economo began noticing the appearance of strange symptoms that he could not account for. At the same time, in France, Rene Cruchet began noticing similarly s ... Show More
52m 36s
Apr 2022
SUSPICIOUS DEATH: The Suspicious Death Of Lauren Smith Fields
On December 12, 2021, 23 year old Lauren Smith-Fields was found dead I her apartment in Bridgeport, CT. Lauren spent the night before her death with a man she recently met on a dating app. After she was found police did not notify her family of her death and failed to collect cri ... Show More
39m 45s
Oct 2022
Murder Mixtape 186: The Murder of Terry King
On the morning of November 26th, 2001, a call went out to emergency services about a fire at the home of Terry King and his two sons, Derek and Alex. Once the blaze was extinguished and investigators began to search the home, they discovered the body of Terry King. His two sons, ... Show More
57m 18s
Jul 2022
#389: Murder in Slow Motion™️: Connie Dadkhah
<p>Connie Dadkhah lived alone in her Rancho Penasquitos condo and had neighbors who cared about her. When they saw an angry man pounding on her front door, tampering with her electrical box, breaking into her balcony window and heard what sounded like a violent fight, they placed ... Show More
43m 11s
Apr 2024
Serial Killer Gerard Schaefer
Serving as a sheriff's deputy in Martin County, Florida, Gerard Schaefer led a double life, portraying himself as a dedicated officer while secretly engaging in gruesome acts. Schaefer was convicted of the first degree murders of two young women, Susan Place and Georgia Jessup. I ... Show More
1h 31m
Jun 2023
275: [FREE Weekly Episode] The Murder of Debbie Wolfe
On Friday, December 27th, 1985, 28-year-old Deborah Ann Wolfe didn’t show up to her job as a nurse at the Fayetteville, North Carolina Veterans’ Medical Center. Her mother was immediately concerned and reported her missing. The young nurse was found less than a week later, dead i ... Show More
1h 6m
Jan 2023
252: The Murder of Brittany Zimmerman
On April 2, 2008, Brittany Zimmermann had just returned home to her off campus apartment from class at the University of Wisconsin Madison when she was brutally attacked and murdered. Despite making a 911 call during her attack, police didn’t arrive on scene until 48 minutes late ... Show More
1h 6m
Apr 2024
The Murder of Stephanie Wasilishin
On July 9th, 1993, at 1:40 a 911 call was placed by Russell Bennett Peterson. He told the operator that he and his girlfriend had a fight and that she had been shot, but he claimed to not know who shot her. Stephanie Wasilishin was the mother of two young children who tragically ... Show More
1h 23m