Crime Junkie

Two different people have one terrible thing in common: they were both brutally murdered but despite evidence left at the scene no one has been able to identify them in decades, leaving many still wondering who they are and what really happened to them.Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/unidentified-st-louis-doe-beth-doe

Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knifepoint in the middle of the night from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002. She was 14 years old. For more than 9 months, she was held captive by a predator – one who kept her hidden in plain sight.To learn more about the programs and services Elizabeth mentioned please visit https://www.elizabethsmartfoundation.org/Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/survived-elizabeth-smart/

After Mark Lundy was convicted of viciously slaying his wife and daughter, another story started to emerge, leading many people in New Zealand to wonder…was the wrong man behind bars?Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-the-lundys-part-two/

When a woman and her young daughter are found brutally murdered in their home, the investigation leads to the person who was supposed to have loved them more than anyone else in the world.Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-the-lundys-part-one

BWBRSA: Operation Fireball was one of our most popular episodes ever! And it's more terrifying than we even knew because after our episode many women from all over the country wrote in and said they experienced the exact same thing! With the help of Delia D'Ambra we tracked down the bartender and witness from our original story and spoke to a number of other survivors along with an agent from the FBI to figure out what's really going on!  Listen to Part One of this story HERE. If you want to learn more about the FBI’s human trafficking task forces and state and national hotlines to report suspicious incidents visit www.fbi.gov and www.thisishumantrafficking.com.

On a cold day in March 2010, workers discovered a woman lying unconscious under the MacKay Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - barely breathing and clinging to life. It was 31-year-old Holly Bartlett. Police say she walked almost a quarter of a mile from the front door of her condo building, where she crawled through a hole in a barbed wire fence, climbed a 20ft concrete cable abutment, and fell to the frozen ground below. But that theory makes no sense to Holly’s friends and family, who spend the next ten years trying to understand what happened to Holly Bartlett.Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-holly-bartlett/

A child's mysterious disappearance sparks tough questions about his adoptive family and the system that placed him there.If you know anything about the disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker, please contact the Cambridge-Greenwich police at 518-677-3044For more information on how you can support the nonprofit Child Advocates, check out their website www.childadvocates.netSource materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-jaliek-rainwalker/

A shockingly brutal crime rocks a rural New Zealand community, but the fallout has bigger consequences than anyone could ever have imagined. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-harvey-jeannette-crewe/

As of 2pm ET on January 21, 2021 The Sumter County Sheriff's office has identified the Sumter County Does as 25-year-old Pamela Buckley of Colorado Springs, CO and 30-year-old James Freund of Lancaster, PA. To continue to support the DNA Doe project go here: https://dnadoeproject.org/Source material for this episode:https://www.facebook.com/Sumter-County-Sheriffs-Office-Sumter-SC-178743352170569/?ref=page_internalhttps://abcnews4.com/news/local/identities-to-be-released-in-nearly-45-year-old-cold-case

When Michaela Garecht was abducted in 1988, no one was prepared for the heartbreaking investigation to drag on for over 30 years. But just when the case seems to be ice-cold forever, police make a stunning announcement. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/captured-bay-area-predator

Late one night in 2007, Jeramy Burt left his home to meet up with a friend but never made it. His disappearance opened up a mystery made even more complicated by love triangles, secret recordings, an arrest, and a connection to another missing local man years before.Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-jeramy-burt/

A normal Saturday morning at the bowling alley takes a shocking and brutal twist that shakes a New Mexico town all the way to its very foundations.If you know anything about the Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre, you can report tips to Crime Stoppers anonymously by calling 1-800-222-8477 or by visiting their website at www.nmcrimestoppers.org.Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations, for a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre/

A young college student never comes home after a night of dancing. All the evidence suggests she's been murdered, but if her body is never found, can her killer ever be brought to justice?To get some fun stuff with our new logo check out our website here!Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations, for a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-gina-hall/We’ll be taking some time off next week for the Holidays! Our next regular episode will be Monday, January 4th. See you in the New Year!

Crime Junkie OFFICIALLY turns 3 today, and we decided to give ourselves and YOU a little birthday gift...we’re still the same pod, but with a NEW LOOK! And to celebrate we are giving you a very different kind of bonus episode! Join us as we take a look back at some of the most bizarre moments in criminal justice history - Crime Junkie style!In addition to a new logo, we have a few goodies to share with you here!We seriously can’t thank you enough for all of your support these past 3 years, we couldn't have done anything of this without you. Crime Junkie has grown into something much greater than we could’ve ever imagined, and that’s all thanks to YOU!So Happy Birthday Crime Junkies, we hope you LOVE your presents :)Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations, for a full list of sources please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/audio-extra-bizarre-crime-history/

Even though they're strangers who've never met, two women suffer through similar patterns of fear and intimidation, praying for help that doesn't come until it's too late.Sources cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/stalked-dorothy-jane-scott-cynthia-jane-anderson

When a young mother fails to show up at her scheduled shift at the bank, her friends and colleagues are immediately suspicious. The investigation into her disappearance uncovers a truth so twisted, it’s almost impossible to believe -- and shows us all how tangled people can become in the web of a con-man’s lies.Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of resources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-girly-chew-hossencofft/

We're dropping in your feed on an unusual day of the week to tell you an unusual Crime Junkie story. Thanks to the podcast Something Was Wrong, Ashley stumbled across a story that shook her to her core. She's convinced that a bigger operation is going on undetected and she needs you to listen and write in to help solve this mystery! This story is also a good reminder to always be weird, be rude, watch out for one another, AND STAY ALIVE!Sources cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/bwbrsa-operation-fireball/Check out Something Was Wrong HEREand check out Jez's new podcast HERE

The investigation into one man reported missing from South Bend, Indiana, uncovers four dead bodies and many uncomfortable truths, and shines a light into one of the darkest corners of America. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-manhole-murders/

Madeleine McCann was just three years old in 2007 when she disappeared from her family’s room during a resort vacation in Portugal. The whole world watched with bated breath for the last 13 years while authorities searched, chased leads and named potential suspects. Most assumed we’d never know the truth about what happened to Madeleine. But you know what they say about assumptions…Sources for this episode cannot be listed due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-madeleine-mccann/

In 1992, a teenage girl disappears from her home during Hurricane Andrew, leaving behind only a few gruesome clues and kicking off a search for answers that hits closer to home than anyone could ever have expected. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-leigh-occhi/