True Crime in the 50
by Katy Accardo
Hey True Crime fans! Get ready for True Crime in the 50, the podcast that delves into the craziest True Crime story in each and every state! Every two weeks, I'll take a look at the most unbelievable murders, serial killers and disappearances that took place in all 50 states, from Alabama to Wyoming. If you love True Crime (and America) you won't want to miss this! Do you feel safe in your state?
Episodes
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The Evergreen Murders: A Mackenzie Monroe Christmas Mystery Holiday Honeymoon
After High-Powered Hollywood Agent Mackenzie Monroe married the love of her life, Nick Tenenbaum, last year in a Christmas Eve ceremony, things have finally settled down for the couple. With their new roots in Evergreen, Ohio, Mackenzie's satellite office at the Sandra Hersch Talent Agency is...
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Virginia Bonus Episode: The Strange and Mysterious Death of Johnny Cashman Jr.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Johnny Cashman Jr is discussed. Show Notes:
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Virginia: The Disappearance of Katelin Aikens
The Disappearance of Katelin Aikens is discussed. Show Notes: https://www.andthentheyweregone.com/
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Vermont: The Murders of Roland and Maram Hanel
Roland and Maram Hanel lived a quiet life in the tiny town of Jay, Vermont, just five miles from the Canadian border. Roland was retired from the plastics business and had done very well in life. Maram was his Egyptian-born second wife and the two were homebodies who loved nature and biking…
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Utah: The Murder of Eric Richins
Eric Richins grew up on a cattle ranch in Kamas, Utah and was close with his family. When he was in his early 20s, he started a masonry business with a friend and became quite successful. Becuase of his business, he had to go to the Home Depot quite frequently, and that is where he met a cashier...
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Texas: The Murders of Cody Beavers and Gelareh Bagherizadeh
Nesreen Ursan and her siblings grew up in Conro, Texas, a small rural town just north of Houston and were raised by their father, Ali, and their stepmother, Shmu. Ali was a devout and strict Muslim and did barely allowed his two daughters, Nesreen and Nadia out of the house. Until Ali had a heart...
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Tennessee: The High School Class that Solved The Redhead Murders
Alex Campbell is the kind of High School Sociology teacher that students actually listen to. Alex has been the sociology teacher at Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tennessee for the past 18 years. And, in 2018, Alex Campbell got an idea for a lesson plan. He wanted his class to look…
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South Dakota: The Murder of Darlene VanderGiesen
Darlene VanderGiesen was born in July 1963 in Osborn, Kansas. She and her sister were born completely deaf to hearing parents. Darlene went to the prestigious School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs, Iowa and then on to community college. After graduating, she moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota…
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South Carolina: Samantha Josephson's Fake Uber Ride
Samantha Josephson, who everyone called Sami, was a senior at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina and was looking forward to attending Drexel University for law school in the fall. But on March 28th, 2019, with only one month until graduation, she and some friends decided...
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Rhode Island: The Unexplained Death of Shawn O'Brien
On Friday, July 21st, 2006, 35-year-old Shawn O'Brien left his roofing job in Cranston, Rhode Island and went to meet his ex-girlfriend Amy, and their 13-year-old daughter Natalia to give Amy some child support money. The three made plans to meet up later that afternoon to attend the St. Mary's...
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Pennsylvania: Ellen Greenberg
On January 26th, 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania experienced a huge blizzard in the early afternoon hours. That is why Ellen Greenberg, an elementary school teacher at Juniata Park Academy, was sent home early to the Venice Lofts apartment that she shared with her fiance Sam Goldberg in the...
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Oregon: The Murder of Eric Tamiyasu
On the night of June 25th, 2001, Eric Tamiyasu, a 41-year-old third generation fruit farmer from Hood River, Oregon, had his friend Diane Anderson over to his house on a rural plot of land, for a date. Eric and Diane had been friends for years and were exploring the possibility of growing their...
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Oklahoma: The Mysterious Deaths of Molly Miller and Colt Haynes
On Sunday, July 7th, 17-year-old Molly Miller wanted to go to a house party in Wilson, Oklahoma to see her new crush, 21-year-old Colt Haynes. Molly had started to fall in with the wrong crowd and had begun experimenting with drugs. Also at the house party was a man named James Con Nipp who went…
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Ohio: The Murder of Aliza Sherman
On Sunday March 24th, 2013, 53-year-old Aliza Sherman told her son Jeremy that she had some errands to run and needed to stop by her divorce attorney's office, but that she would be home later with pizza. When 7:45 rolled around, Jeremy got concerned and called his sister who lived a few miles...
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North Dakota: Nikki Entzel
The case of Nikki Entzel is discussed. Show Notes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26421694/
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North Carolina: Zebb Quinn and The Codd Family
Zebb Quinn was a 17-year-old senior in High School who lived in Asheville North Carolina. He was a proud member of ROTC and worked a full-time job at Wal-Mart. On the evening of January 2nd, 2000, Zebb wanted to buy a new car and Robert Jason Owens, who went by Jason, a fellow employee at the...
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New York: The Disappearance of Craig Frear
On Sunday, June 26th, 2004, a 17-year-old rising High School senior named Craig Frear left his friend's house and went home and grabbed his shirt for his shift at the Price Chopper, a local grocery store in Glenville, New York. Craig had been working at the Price Chopper for two years and had...
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New Mexico: Sarah Beard and Tara Calico
The cases of Sarah Beard and Tara Calico are discussed Show Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/cr/podcast/unresolved-sarah-beard/id1484748807?i=1000538808554 https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Calico https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Case-Detective/dp/B09RJTPKMC
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New Jersey: The Suitcase Killer Melanie McGuire
On May 5th, 2004, a fisherman named Chris Henkle and his buddy Don took their kids out of school for the day to go fishing on Chesapeake Bay by the Bay Bridge Tunnel, an 18-mile long bridge that connects Eastern Virginia to Virginia Beach. In the water, they spotted a Kenneth Cole suitcase…
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New Hampshire: Emily Long and Julianne McCrery
The crimes of Emily Long and Julianne McCrery are discussed Show Notes: https://wondery.com/lawandcrime/?lg=en https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/truecrimene/episodes/Episode-93-Julianne-McCrery-e245v20
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Nevada: Sin City American Gigolo/Murderer: Ash Armand
The case of Ash Armand is discussed Show Notes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35708730/
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Nebraska: The Beatrice Six
In the early morning hours of February 5th, 1985 a 68-year-old grandmother named Helen Wilson was raped and murdered in her apartment in the 600 block of North 6th Street in Beatrice Nebraska. No one could solve the case until a girl named Lisa Puttendorf went to the cops and told them that a...
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Montana: Patricia Meehan and Nicole Waller
The Episodes of Patricia Meehan and Nicole Waller are discussed Show Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jDYnrLUBgQ https://www.andthentheyweregone.com/ https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/missing-america-nicole-waller-n307146...
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Missouri: The Kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby
On October 6, 2002, 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck asked his mom if he could go bike riding in his hometown of Richwoods, Missouri. His mom said yes, because Shawn had ridden his bike alone hundreds of times before. She told him to be home by dinner. But, when he wasn't, and it got dark out, the...
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Mississippi: The Murder of Presh Campbell
Mississippi: The Murder of Presh Campbell Show Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devil-in-the-ditch/id1715007204
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Christmas Around the World Bonus Episode: Interview with Christy and Steve
Christy and Steve, an interfaith couple are interviewed
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Christmas Around the World: The United States of America
Christmas Around the World: The United States of America Show Notes: WhyXmas.com History.com/articles of Christmas RottenTomatoes100BestXmas What is Hannukah GoodHousekeeping.com
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Christmas Around the World: Latin America
Christmas Around the World: Latin America Show Notes: Spanishacademy.com JourneyMexico.com Weareconcina.com History.com/LA Holiday Traditions NatGeo.com SpanishPanic.com
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Minnesota: The Disappearance of Joshua Guimond
At the time of his disappearance on November 10, 2002, Joshua Guimond was a sophomore at St. John's College in Collegeville, Minnesota. Even though he had broken up with his girlfriend, Katie, of five years only two months before, Josh was thriving at his school. He had lots of friends and was...
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Christmas Around the World: Asia
Christmas Around the World: Asia Show Notes: Japanesefoodguide.com Japanguide.com ChinaHighlights.com China-admissions.com TheWorldofChinese.com
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Christmas Around the World: The Middle East
Christmas Around the World: The Middle East Show Notes: The Three Wise Men: The History and Legacy of the Biblical Magi by Charles River Editors Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices by S.K. Ali and Aisha Saud The Magi: Who They Were, How They've Been Remembered and Why…
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Michigan: The Stalking of Samantha Stites
The Stalking Case of Samantha Stites is discussed. Show Notes: https://www.hulu.com/series/stalking-samantha-13-years-of-terror-4f4280ca-ad11-46d2-ac17-efd6c8c79e2c
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Bonus Episode: Interview with Pia from Crimes From the East Podcast
Pia from Crimes From the East Podcast is interviewed about her Indian heritage and how she celebrates the holiday.
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Christmas Around the World: India
Christmas Around the World: India Show Notes: The Little Book of Diwali: The Festival of Lights Experiencing India's Navaratri NatGeo.com Lid & Ladle Sur la Table WhyChristmas.com COHNA.org TimesofIndia.com
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Christmas Around the World: Africa
Christmas Around the World: Africa Show Notes: Volunteerencounter.com NPR Dancing Devils Is Christmas Christian Colonialfamilies.wordpress.com From Holiday to Everyday
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Massachusetts: The Strange Case of Justina Pelletier
Justina Pelletier was born very premature with a slew of health problems. She mostly kept them at bay throughout her formative years, until the summer of 2010 when she was 12. That summer she complained of stomaches so bad she needed a number of surgeries. By February 2013, when Justina was 15…
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Christmas Around the World: The Nordic Countries
Christmas Around the World: The Nordic Countries Show Notes: The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters by Jeff Belanger NordicVisitor.com
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Christmas Around the World: Western Europe
Christmas Around the World in Western Europe Show Notes: Europelanguagejobs.com 18 Most Original Christmas Traditions in Europe Ricksteves.com Christmas in Europe
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Maryland: What Happened to Sarah and Jacob Hoggle?
Just before 2020, Troy Hoggle, 36, was working at a bar as a bouncer in Rockville, Maryland, and met Catherine, a pretty waitress who was only 22. The two started dating, and within four or five months, Catherine was pregnant. They had a son, and then had a girl, Sarah, and another son, Jacob, in...
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Trailer: Christmas Around the World
Hey there Holiday fans: Have you ever wondered what Christmas was like, not just in your neck of the woods, but in Western Europe, the Nordic countries, Africa, the Middle East, even India? Introducing Christmas Around the World, a new podcast coming this holiday season. With Christmas Around the...
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Maine: The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins
By the age of 17, Krystal Lee Higgins of Harrington, Maine, had been through more than most kids. She and her brother and sister were put into foster care when they were young and Krystal had been emancipated from her parents at only 16 years old. In August of 2004, right before she was due to...
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Louisiana: The Death of Danny Schneider
On April 13, 1999 at around 9 pm, Danny Schneider Jr., 20, told his parents and sister he was going to study at a friend's house in Chalmette, Louisiana, about a 20 minute drive from New Orleans. In reality, Danny was actually going to buy drugs in the seedy 9th Ward. On April 14, at around 2 am,...
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Kentucky: The Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson
The Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson are discussed. Show Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cincinnatis-crime-vault-beyond-the-broadcast/id1641626489 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-cincinnatis-crime-vault-be-101295692/episode/5-the-brutal-stephenson-murders-and-111015211/...
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Kansas: The Brazen Killing of Kelsey Smith
On June 2nd, 2007, at 6:30 p.m.,18-year-old Kelsey Smith went to the local Target in Overland Park, Kansas, to buy a gift for her boyfriend, John. Kelsey had just graduated from High School days earlier, was planning on going to Kansas State University in the fall, and was planning on studying...
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Iowa: The Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook
On Friday, July 13th, 2012, in the tiny town of Evansdale, Iowa, two cousins and best friends, Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10 set off on their bikes. Their grandmother told them to be back in an hour for lunch, but by late afternoon, the girls still had not returned. Concerned, family...
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Indiana: David Camm and Richard Hoagland
The cases of David Camm and Richard Hoagland are discussed. Show Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mystery-on-lockhart-road/id1464919521?i=1000463343241 https://www.andthentheyweregone.com/episodes/episode-514-re-release-richard-hoagland
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Illinois: The Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen
The disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen and the suicide of Amy Frye Pitzen in Rockford, Illinois is discussed. Show Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJqFMVT-S8
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Idaho: The Disappearance of Amber Hoopes
On September 14, 2001, Amber Hoopes, a 20-year-old native of Idaho Falls, Idaho left her grandparents house where she was living, and went out to their auto body shop on the premises to check her email around midnight. Amber's grandmother woke up a few hours later and noticed Amber's TV and…
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Hawaii: Dawn Momohara and Nancy Anderson
On Monday, March 20th, 1977, 16-year-old Dawn Momohara received a call at the home she shared with her mother in Honolulu. It was an unknown male who asked to meet her at the local Ala Mohana shopping center. Telling her mother she would be back later, Dawn left without another word. When she...
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Georgia: The Mysterious Murder of Kay Wenal
At the time of her death, Eva Kay Wenal, who went by Kay, was 60 years old and living with her millionaire fourth husband, Hal, in a large rental home in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Kay had been a former beauty queen, playboy bunny and showgirl and had been married four times before. On Thursday, May...
About this show
Hey True Crime fans! Get ready for True Crime in the 50, the podcast that delves into the craziest True Crime story in each and every state! Every two weeks, I'll take a look at the most unbelievable murders, serial killers and disappearances that took place in all 50 states, from Alabama to Wyoming. If you love True Crime (and America) you won't want to miss this! Do you feel safe in your state?
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Katy Accardo
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