logo
episode-header-image
Nov 13
36m 37s

336: Influencer Found Dead, “Friends” Ho...

Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios
About this episode
This week on Headline Highlights: Major updates emerge in the disappearance of Michael Vaughan as 33-year-old Stacey Wondra is charged with multiple offenses. The mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been arrested on charges unrelated to her daughter’s disappearance. In Kuala Lumpur, influencer Iris Hsieh was found dead in a bathtub. A former news anchor has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her mother to death on Halloween. And in Austin, a woman was chained in a backyard for months by her so-called “friends.” You won’t want to miss this.

If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow the show for weekly deep dives into the darkest true crime cases! To watch the video version of this episode, head over to
youtube.com/@annieelise 

Lured, Drugged, and Killed? The Brutal Murder of Mary Collins | Charlotte NC | Full Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mckGn-yHnWo
Missing 5 Year Old Boy: Neighbor Arrested and Charged One Year Later! | Michael Vaughan Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71tSMxOceSI&t=2924s

🔎Join Our True Crime Club & Get Exclusive Content & Perks

🎧 Need More to Binge? 
Listen to both of my weekly true crime series 10 to Life & Serialously with Annie Elise wherever you get your podcasts on the Annie Elise Channel!
🍎 Apple Podcasts | Where you can also unlock access to 100+ and growing extra exclusive deep dives.
💚 Spotify
🔴 YouTube
🎙️ All Other Platforms

📸 Follow Annie on Socials 
Instagram: @_annieelise
TikTok: @_annieelise
Substack: @annieelise
Facebook: @10toLife

⭐Sponsors
Everyday Dose: Get 45% off your first subscription order of 30-servings of Coffee+. You’ll also receive a starter kit with over $100 in free gifts by going to http://everydaydoes.com/AE or entering AE at checkout.

👗 Shop Annie’s Must-Haves! 
ShopMY: bit.ly/AnnieElise_ShopMy 
Amazon: bit.ly/AnnieElise_Amazon

🫵🏻 Get Involved or Recommend a Case
About Annie: www.annieelise.com
For Business Inquiries: 10toLife@WMEAgency.com

📚 Episode Sources 
AP News | Austin American-Statesman | Channel News Asia | Idaho News | KTVB | Law & Crime | MySanAntonio | NewsNation | New York Post | People | Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office | USA Today | WLOS

••••••••••••••••••

🚨Disclaimers

1️⃣ Some links may be affiliate links, they do not cost you anything, but I make a small percentage from the sale. Thank you so much for watching and supporting me. 
2️⃣ Sources used to collect this information include various public news sites, interviews, court documents, FB groups dedicated to the case, and various news channel segments. When quoting statements made by others, they are strictly alleged until confirmed otherwise. Please remember my videos are my independent opinion and to always do your own research. 
3️⃣ The views and opinions expressed in this video are personal and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the creator(s). These views are subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time and are not to be held in perpetuity. We make no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, correctness, suitability, or validity of any information on this video and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its display or use. All information is provided on an as-is basis. It is the reader’s responsibility to verify their own facts.
Up next
Nov 20
338: Bryan Kohberger Back to Trial, Murder Pact Gone Wrong, Man Kills GF With a Chainsaw
<div>This week on Headline Highlights: a major update in Bryan Kohberger’s restitution hearing, an important development in the Sandra Birchmore case, and Brian Walshe’s trial officially kicks off. A retired Ohio State professor is caught in a sextortion scheme. A woman is accuse ... Show More
45m 23s
Nov 17
337: The Most Disturbing & Gruesome Case I’ve Covered | Noida Murders
<div>In a crowded neighborhood just outside New Delhi, children started vanishing one by one. Their families begged the police for help, only to be ignored. So the parents decided to take matters into their own hands, and what they uncovered led to one of the most horrifying disc ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 10
335: 17 Year Old Stabbed His Twin Sister To Death While She Slept | The Case of Meghan Elliott
<div>In the still hours before dawn, a 911 call pierced the silence of a quiet Houston neighborhood. On the line was a teenage boy, his voice shaking as he confessed to something unthinkable. Moments earlier, he had stepped into his twin sister Meghan’s bedroom. It was something ... Show More
1h 6m
Recommended Episodes
Mar 2025
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
<p>Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. A California jury hears chilling details about the murder of hairstylist Fabio Sementilli from the man who admits he helped kill him. In Kansas, the lead detective on a double murder ... Show More
28m 52s
Oct 6
INFAMOUS: The Murdaugh Family Murders
<p>When Maggie and Paul Murdaugh are killed on their family’s estate in 2021, the investigation unravels a history of privilege, corruption, and suspicious deaths tied to one of South Carolina’s most influential families. But beneath the headlines and courtroom drama are stories ... Show More
56m 1s
Sep 15
INFAMOUS: The Mulholland Drive Murders
<p>In 2003, an LAPD cold case detective digging through old case files finds a piece of forgotten evidence that belongs to an unidentified woman found murdered off Mulholland Drive in 1969. As he searches for her identity, he uncovers eerie parallels to another young woman killed ... Show More
43m 41s
Apr 2025
Who Killed Emily Pike? No More Stolen Sisters
<div>On February 14th, 2025, 14-year-old Emily Pike’s dismembered body was found in garbage bags in a remote part of an Arizonan forest. This discovery came about three weeks after she had gone missing. Not only was this a horrible crime committed against a child, but Emily was a ... Show More
1 h
Oct 1
MURDERED: Idaho Murders
In November 2022, four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered inside their off-campus home. The killer left behind a trail of evidence: from DNA on a knife sheath to cell phone records and chilling witness accounts. Morgan and Kaelyn unravel the case that shocked a c ... Show More
1h 33m
Apr 2025
True Crime Round Up April 2025 - Monthly Bonus Episode
The bonus episode today, is the fourth of my regular monthly conversations with my good friend Stuart, the host of the British Murders Podcast. Once again, we sat down to chat about local, national and international crimes which have really made an impression with us. We discusse ... Show More
51m 20s
Jul 2025
EP. 208 - TEXAS: The Killing Of 11-Year-Old Audrii Cunningham
In February of 2024, a young girl disappeared in the deep, dark heart of Livingston, Texas. And when the full story was eventually investigated and revealed, the story took a darker turn than the people involved could possibly imagine. In today's episode, we spoke with Cassie Cun ... Show More
1h 37m
Jul 2023
EP. 118 TEXAS - She Killed Her Best Friend & Stole Her Baby
At the end of 2019, a puzzling crime rocked the community of Austin, Texas. A mother, Heidi Broussard, had gone missing, along with her daughter... and nobody had a clue where she had went. But when the facts of the case began to emerge, an extremely dark picture was painted... a ... Show More
1h 10m
Aug 21
448: The Murder of Hadas Winnick (from "I'm Related to a Killer")
<div>On September 25, 2007, 22-year-old Amy Winnick left her job near Calabasas, California, and headed home. Her cell phone rang. It was was her 25-year-old brother Jesse. "Don't go home," he told her. And then he said "I just killed Mom," and then he hung up. This unimaginable ... Show More
48m 32s
Apr 2025
MURDERED: Solomon Robinson
<p>A young soldier, home on leave, should have been safe in his own neighborhood. Instead, 19-year-old Solomon Robinson was murdered in a park full of people — but no one has ever come forward to say what really happened. Decades later, his family is still searching for justice, ... Show More
39m 1s