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After two men are convicted of the kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico, huge questions remain about what happened the day she died.

After 21-year-old Brittany Zimmermann is murdered, her family embarks on a years-long mission to find justice.

Lisa Kimmell was just 18 years old when she set out from Denver, Colorado in her brand new Honda CRX with the license plate that featured her childhood nickname, LIL MISS.

Late in 2009 and early 2010, police in Ontario, Canada, were looking for a unique kind of sexual predator, one who broke into homes undetected and waited for his victims to fall asleep before attacking them.

Make sure you listen to the full episode on Phoebe Handsjuk first before you check out this audio extra!

We wanted to give you the Unsolved Mysteries recap Crime Junkie style!

When a 12-year-old boy is murdered in a small New York village, police narrow in on a single suspect. Outsiders think this man was railroaded but locals think a killer is getting away with murder.

Amy Mihaljevic went missing from a shopping plaza after school in October of 1989. Her case has become one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in Ohio history.

The FBI recently released some new info in the Israel Keyes’ case, and we had to tell you about it!

Listen to the full episode on Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone first! These are a few more thoughts we had on the case.

An ice-cold case turns hot when a new group of investigators make it their mission to find justice for a young woman and uncover the true story of heartbreak, jealousy, and revenge.

I watched it. You watched it. WE ALL WATCHED IT! So let’s finally talk about it.

A married couple in the United Kingdom goes from a seemingly normal husband and wife to the country’s most notorious serial killers.

Ashley and Brit have a quick chat about the true crime movie “Lost Girls” on Netflix.

Make sure to listen to the full Missy Bevers episode first! These are a few more of our thoughts on Missy’s case.

Maddy Scott went to a party on a Friday night in May 2011 with a plan to camp out at Hogsback Lake, near Vanderhoof, British Columbia. No one has seen her since.

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka’s wedding day was a lavish affair, horse-drawn carriage and all. While their guests toasted to the happy couple’s new life together, fishermen and boaters on Lake Gibson were making a gruesome discovery.

In this audio extra, we talk about the mysterious case of five young men that were found dead around Adelaide from 1979-1983.

Make sure to listen to the full Ray Gricar episode first! These are a few more of our theories on what may have happened to Ray.

When American teenager Natalee Holloway vanished on an idyllic senior trip to Aruba in 2005, her disappearance generated international attention.

Rosemary Christensen uprooted her life in Holland to move to Florida and be with the man of her dreams.

Make sure to listen to the full Brian Shaffer episode first! These are a few more of our theories on what happened to Brian the night he disappeared.

In November of 1987, Keith and Elaine Dardeen were looking forward to the birth of their second child and were preparing to move back to their hometown of Mount Carmel, Illinois.

Single mother, Paige Birgfeld, goes missing under mysterious circumstances in 2007. It would take police over 7 years to prove what happened to her.

In 1981 a young boy named Adam Walsh was abducted by a stranger from a shopping plaza. It would take almost three decades to bring closure to his family.

In the summer of 2018, single mother, Andrya DeGhelder, disappeared from her sleepy suburb of Grovetown, GA.

Check out the latest compilation of Crime Junkie bloopers with Ashley and Brit!

18 days after coming to the US, Elizabeth Salgado went missing while walking from school to her apartment, her remains were found years later.

When Natalie Bollinger goes missing from her Colorado home, a clear suspect emerges. But the case takes an unsuspecting turn after an odd request.

We interview retired Sgt. Steve Dubois, from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, asking him all the questions Crime Junkies have about life as a real detective.

After getting a strange page 18-year-old Zebb Quinn goes missing. It took 15 years before Zebb’s family would get answers.

Justin and Erik are back, talking about a shocking case and trial out of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Ashley takes another crack at fiction in this creepy story, Why I Stopped Babysitting, written by Eleni Vassiliadis.

After newlywed Sarah Widmer is found dead in her bathtub, it’s quickly ruled an accident. But an autopsy reveals evidence suggesting otherwise.

This became one of Edgar Allen Poe’s most infamous stories because when he first released it people didn’t realize it was fiction and it caused quite the panic.

In April’s full-length bonus episode we tell you the story that was SUPPOSED to be the very first episode of Crime Junkie. Brooke Baker was an Indiana college student who was murdered in 1997.

A mother and daughter are kidnapped and held by a man who has every intention of never letting them out alive.

On a new Ask Me Anything, Ashley and Brit answer all our fan club questions about ourselves!

Ask Me (Us) Anything! We are here to answer all our fan club questions about true crime and podcasting!

In 2005 George and Jennifer Smith boarded a cruise ship for their honeymoon, never realizing that only one of them would make it home.

The boys are BACK! This time, they’re covering the case of the Weepy Voice Killer, and the incredibly nightmare-inducing calls from the killer himself, confessing to the murders.

Make sure to listen to the full Lynn Messer episode first! These were just our lasting “WTF” thoughts after that episode.

We learned on February 15, 2019, that Dr. No had been captured, and we found out that he had more victims than just women he picked up hitching and at truck stops.

Before Ted Bundy’s known killing spree, there was a rash of murders and disappearances in Santa Rosa, California. Could these girls be Bundy’s earliest victims?

Patty Vaughan left her home on Christmas day 1996 and never came back. Her minivan was found the next day abandoned with a flat tire.

Warning: Some Explicit language – you’re saying… “What? I don’t remember swear words in The Tell Tale Heart”… Yeeaaaa.. I know. I decided to do something a little different.

Make sure to listen to the full episode first! These are all the little details we weren’t able to discuss during the main episode but what we can’t stop thinking about!

Welcome to our experiment in marriage and podcasting! For this episode, we let the guys take over the mics to bring you coverage on the Black Dahlia case, on this, the actual anniversary of the time.

In this episode, Ashley tells you the well-known murder case of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The murders, the trial, the acquittal. It was all heavily publicized.

A friend of LaVena’s from basic training reached out to us to give us the inside scoop on what people who were in Iraq with LaVena say about her death. She gives us some details on the conspiracy that weren’t included in the regular episode.

In this episode, we discuss theories and other crimes the Colonial Parkway murders have been connected to.

In need of a laugh? We’ve put together a compilation of Crime Junkie bloopers with Ashley and Brit!

A story of a high school friendship that ended in murder.

Carly Shomaker, an Iowa Prosecutor, talks to Ashley about why it would be so hard to prosecute the Alissa Turney case and what kind of new evidence would be needed to realistically take this to trial.

November 30, 2018 will be the 42nd anniversary of Lynda McDaniels’s death and there are just as many questions now as the day she was found.

In our newest Patreon episode, we dive deeper into the Oklahoma Girl Scout murders and reveal a piece of evidence not mentioned in our free episode.

Three women, known as the Springfield Three, disappeared without a trace. Decades later, we have fewer answers and more questions.

Elisa Lam was found dead on the roof of the Cecil Hotel. The strange footage of her mysterious actions in an elevator have led to wild speculation online.

In this episode we cover the man, Ed Gein, who was the inspiration for horror films such as Psyco, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs.

During a night out, Michel VanZandt separated from his friends to find a bathroom and was never seen again. What happened that night in 2016?

Chilling crimes against children and their mothers occur across the country with seemingly no link. Until 1999, when Tommy Lynn Sells is apprehended.

When Arlis Perry is found seemingly ritualistically murdered in a college campus chapel, her young husband is the first person of interest.

Tammy Kingery was a wife, mother, and an assisted living attendant. Suddenly one day, she disappears without a trace.

In this bonus episode, we tell the story of the disappearance of Pennsylvanian nurse, Toni Lee Sharpless, and the efforts to try to bring her home.

The I-65 highway has been terrorized by a serial killer. From Northwest Indiana to Kentucky a man has been attacking night clerks at hotels off the highway.

A Boy Scout is murdered on a camping trip just a few feet away from his sleeping troop, and yet somehow, no one saw or heard anything.

An ice-cold case gets new hope for justice thanks to modern technology and creative police work.

In 1995, a new mother is killed after being attack by a man who’d been harassing her. Or at least, that’s what everyone believed.

When Pastor Carol Daniels was brutally murdered in a small Oklahoma town, her death left behind a baffling mystery.

In 1988, Miriam Rice’s brutal murder stunned South Bend, Indiana. It would take almost 30 years for her loved ones to see justice.

The tragic death of a 17-year-old boy sets off a quest for answers that has continued for almost 40 years.

A beautiful up-and-coming actress vanishes in Hollywood, leaving a truly baffling mystery behind her.

In 1957, a small boy was found dead in a cardboard box in Philadelphia, setting off a nationwide hunt for clues about who he was and what might have happened to him.

A man with a seemingly normal life flees his home, his country, and everything he knows, certain his life is in danger.

On New Year’s Eve 1997, Olivia Hope and Ben Smart were celebrating the new year at a party in Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

The Christmas of 1929 turns from holiday to horror when a North Carolina family is brutally murdered, leaving behind one of the state’s most enduring mysteries.

From an unknown skeleton in an unmarked grave, police gave Little Miss Nobody a face… a name… a story… and a legacy that changed forensic science forever.

On October 31, 1969, two teenage girls would go missing in their small hometown of Oscoda, Michigan.

A brutal murder and fetal kidnapping inspire a young want-to-be-mother to do the unthinkable to someone in her small town. 

In 2014, one of the most gruesome events marked Canada’s history with a triple murder in Calgary. Questions remain in the minds of many years later.

Just one day after Bear Diaz went missing another boy, Skylar Tosic, who was similar in appearance went missing from the same area of the country.

In 2015, 20-year-old Elijah “Bear” Diaz went missing from his home. It may seem like a young man leaving on his own, but Bear literally couldn’t walk away.

After the tragic death of Reagan Tokes in 2017, her family does everything they can to change the laws around how parolees are monitored.

Colleen Wood thought she found the man of her dreams and the opportunity of a lifetime when he offered to sail her around the world.

Was Leslie Mueller’s fall off a Colorado cliff a terrible accident or cold blooded murder?

When Marie Robards moves back in with her mother after her father’s sudden death, she adjusted well to her new normal.

This case will make your head hurt! Love, money, and a a taboo affair all lead up to the death of one man.

In this mini-episode, Brit talks about the disappearance and murder of the McStay Family in southern California.

In 2010, Kyron Horman attended his elementary school science fair with his stepmother and younger sister, but never returned home.

In the middle of the night, on October 15, 2018, James and Denise Closs were murdered inside their home, and their 13-year-old daughter, Jayme, was abducted. She spent 88 days with her captor before escaping.

This case ties in closely with an upcoming main episode on an Ohio serial killer. Buckskin girl was found in 1981 laying in a ditch off a road in Ohio found clothed in a buckskin poncho for which she got her name.

On Christmas Eve of 1945, The Sodder Parents went to bed leaving some of their 10 children awake to play with toys. When they woke up, the home was ablaze.

When Harvard grad student Jane Britton was viciously attacked in her own apartment, police has few leads. Who would want this vibrant and smart girl dead?

Real estate agent Virginia “Ginger” Freeman meets a potential client at a rural property that doesn’t end well. It takes 36 years for DNA to solve the case.

Michele Le went missing during a break at work. People are able to reach her by text, but her responses are off leading them to look at her best friend.

Suzanne Jovin was murdered while on a walk by her Yale campus apartment.

3 girls were murdered in similar fashions near Tacoma, Washington from the mid-70s to mid-80s. It took until 2016 for DNA evidence to bring some answers.

Jay Cook and his girlfriend, Tanya Van Cuylenborg, take an overnight trip that concerns their parents, especially when they don’t return.

A man hears and nearly sees his pregnant fiancé, Angela Hammond, get abducted from a parking lot one night, but there are few clues as to who has taken her.

In our second episode of our DNA series, we discus the random murder of Troy and LaDonna French, and how DNA brought their slayer to justice.

Two sisters, Barbara and Patricia Grimes, head out to a movie to see their idol, Elvis Presley, on the silver screen. But they never return home.

In our first DNA Series case, we cover the sexual assault and murder of Christy Mirack in 1992 and how DNA helped find her killer almost 30 years later.

In 2011, Rebecca Zahau was found hanging from a balcony in the home she shared with her boyfriend. Police rule her death a suicide, but is it really?

In one of the strangest disappearance cases we have ever covered: Joan Risch drops off her child and a friend in a neighbors yard without a word.