Episode 99: Cynthia and Jackie Leslie with special guest Catherine McKenzie

They said they were going to go babysit, but secretly had other plans to meet up with a friend. When teenagers Cynthia and Jackie Leslie left their Mesa, Arizona home in 1974, no one was worried. After all, everyone assumed they were exactly where they said: babysitting. When they didn’t return home, though, their family was plunged into a mystery now almost 50 years old. In this episode we cover both what was reported by the media and what was contained in their over 200 page police file. This week, we’re joined by writer Catherine McKenzie. A graduate of McGill in History and Law, Catherine practiced law for twenty years before leaving the practice to write full time. She’s the author of numerous bestsellers including HIDDEN, FRACTURED, THE GOOD LIAR and I’LL NEVER TELL. Her works have been translated into multiple languages and PLEASE JOIN US and I’LL NEVER TELL have all been optioned for development into television series. You can find Catherine on ⁠Instagram ⁠and ⁠TikTok⁠.  ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on⁠ Instagram⁠ & ⁠Facebook⁠. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via ⁠University of Akron Press⁠, ⁠Bookshop.org⁠, and ⁠Amazon⁠. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, ⁠GIRLHUNT⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices