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Aug 27, 2026 38 min

MURDERED: Kelsey Smith

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Kelsey Smith was 18 years old in June 2007 when an innocent trip to Target would turn in to her worst nightmare. Original air date: 7/8/2021 Listen Ad Free And Get Access to Exclusive Journal Entries Episodes: Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HEzJSwElA7MkbYYie9Jin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themurderdiariespod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: Hit subscribe/ 1 week free trail available ⁠Resources: See No Evil on ID Discovery, Season 1, Episode 1 (2015) YouTube video (summary of case and contains some surveillance footage): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr3LiOBT9U⁠ CNN (Nancy Grace) Transcripts: ⁠http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/06/ng.01.html⁠ Article: ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20150517121217/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kelseys-law-helps-reunite-lenexa-parents-with-kidnapped-5-month-old-baby-in-record-time ⁠Article: ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20080726165757/http://www.kctv5.com/news/16966786/detail.html ⁠Article: ⁠https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3249158 ⁠Article: ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19107235 ⁠Article: ⁠https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article10539872.html ⁠Article: ⁠https://medium.com/chameleon/abducted-from-a-target-parking-lot-murdered-now-she-saves-lives-6baa1117adb3 ⁠Article: ⁠https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-kelsey-smiths-parents-now/ ⁠Blog: ⁠https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19751202/kelsey-ann-smith ⁠Wiki: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kelsey_Smith#cite_note-disappeared-3⁠ Music Used: Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne Link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ License: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Links: Link Hub: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://msha.ke/themurderdiaries⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/themurderdiariespod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Edited by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.landispodcastediting.com/

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