Utilizes narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to explore true stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, and corporate evil. From corruption and fraud to Ponzi schemes and environmental disasters, these financially motivated crimes have shaped our world in unimaginable ways. All in the name of greed. Become a ValuedListener™ at ValuedListener.com
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Hell And Gone is a true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans that follows journalist and private investigator Catherine Townsend as she investigates unsolved deaths. Now in its fifth season, Hell and Gone is going weekly. Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend has received hundreds of messages from people all around the country asking for help with an unsolved murder that’s affected them, their families and their communi ...
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Welcome to Angry little Welshman and friends, the fortnightly, seasonal podcast exploring mental health, male attitudes towards it and anger, and in particular how we can use that to make positive change, I call angergy. In each episode, I will share my own mental health journey, as well as being joined by a special guest to hear their experiences on these topics and how they may be using their Angergy.
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Bad days at work, shady people, internet trolls, break ups, obesity, stress, depression, grief, divorce, anxiety, road rage and a partridge in a pear tree. We all have to deal with the rigors of life and its random occurrences. Join author Nicholas Grooms and Addison Morgan as they share unbelievable tales of their bad days, stressful mishaps and lessons learned in a way that shares a bit of heart and encouragement with the listener. The new podcast based on Grooms's book "Me, Myself and I H ...
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UX Wizards Podcast is for creatives of all levels who want to learn more about the paths that led them to UX. We interview designers, researchers, entrepreneurs, students, and design enthusiasts about their background, interests, and education (informal or otherwise!) Join us as we will explore their stories, passions, and any advice that they would like to share with other designers. Our show is produced by Keri F, Grace Lee, Chirag Ghube, James Naito and Nolan Stewart. New episodes on Frid ...
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Watch me mentor people and show them how to make lots of money without compromising who they are. We have over 15 millionaire students and counting. Listen while cooking dinner, working out, or driving to work.
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No Spoiler Reviews - Instant reviews with the surprises left in and the spoilers taken out. By subscribing to our podcast, you will be alerted to our instant reaction movie podcasts, where we cover every new release in 5-10minutes or less.
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Inside career tips from Police Officers working in specialties such as Crime Scene Investigation, K-9, and Homicide Investigation. Learn how you can have a great career in law enforcement.
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From Palestine and Sudan to Duwamish and Lenape lands – we are a mass movement of people interconnected not only in our struggle against injustice, but in celebration of our collective power to demand and create change. Join host Zahyr Lauren – aka The Artist L. Haz – in conversation with movement leaders and trailblazing artists who use their cultural power to confront erasure and censorship with creativity and connection. Produced by and centering the voices of women, queer, trans, and gen ...
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Hannah Truelove
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27:55On August 24, 2012, a Vietnam veteran who had been staying at the Lake Lanier Club Apartments off Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville, Georgia with his daughter and grandchildren, was taking a walk through the woods behind the complex. The man liked taking nature walks, and he was also following up on a report that he had made to the apartment manag…
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At 1:40 AM on Saturday, September 28, 1974, police got a call about a traffic accident on State Highway 77 in Crittenden County Arkansas, three miles north of the Lake David Overpass. When they got there they found a 1964 Chevrolet which was stopped in the southbound lane of the highway. Near the abandoned car in a ditch, they found the body of 35-…
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131. The Utopia (Galt's Gulch Chile)
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1:37:55A proposed libertarian paradise in the Chilean countryside devolves into a spectacle of betrayal and broken promises. Prelude: Lazarus Long's Principality of New Utopia. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–-------------------------------…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Amanda Tusing (Archive Episode)
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32:41On June 14, 2000, there was a huge storm brewing in northeast Arkansas. It had been raining heavily all day and according to local weather data, tornados had hit. Over 100 trees were downed, power lines were down and homes were destroyed. Twenty year old Amanda Tusing was hanging out with her fiancé, Matt Ervin, at his apartment in Jonesboro. Amand…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Caroline Glachan
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33:45It was around midnight on Sunday August 25, 1996, and 14-year-old Caroline Glachan was out walking on a path by the River Leven in Bonhill, Scotland. She told a friend she was on her way to a date. Caroline's curfew was 2 am. But she never made it home. In the morning, her mother woke up, alarmed. She started calling Caroline’s friends, but no one …
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Rerun: The Crusader (Nicholas Alahverdian)
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1:21:00Originally published June 5, 2022. The untimely death of an outspoken advocate for foster children reveals his despicable double life. Prelude: A tragedy occurs after a woman in Rhode Island adopts eight children with developmental issues. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Apple Podcasts Patreo…
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In the early morning hours of n July 30 1977, Charles Boatwright was hanging out with his cousin Ronnie Lewis at the home of another cousin of theirs Loy Harriman in Wesley, Arkansas. According to police statements, the three cousins stayed up all night, and early in the morning, they decided to go fishing in an area called War Eagle. At around 5 A…
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130. The Wunderkind (Ephren Taylor II)
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1:10:04A self-proclaimed “socially conscious” entrepreneur uses church seminars and motivational speeches to lure investors into a nationwide Ponzi scheme. Prelude: "King" Perry Santillo and Chris Parris perpetuate a financial fraud to which they had fallen victim. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify …
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It was around 7 pm on August 13, 1981, and 36-year-old Carol Morgan was working the till at her corner shop in a town called Leighton Buzzard in the county of Bedfordshire, England. This was a close knit community. Carol owned and ran the shop with her husband, Allen Morgan. Everyone in town knew and loved Carol, who was described by friends and fa…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Lauren Johansen
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34:13On Monday, December 11, 2023 22-year-old Lauren Johansen and her boyfriend, Bricen Rivers, were on vacation in Nashville and out at a bar. Bricen and Lauren had known each other for years. They had dated on and off since high school and on the surface, seemed happy. But behind the scenes, the relationship was violent. Lauren’s father later told pol…
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On June 27, 2000, Magi Bish drove her 16-year-old daughter, Molly Bish, to her summer lifeguarding job at Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts. Molly, the youngest in a close-knit family with her parents Magi and John, sister Heather, and brother John Jr., had started her new job eight days prior. A bright, athletic, and social teen, Molly had just…
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129. The Death Trap (Ride the Ducks Intl.)
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1:11:31A tourism industry's ugly past is revealed after a "duck boat" sinks on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, during a storm. Prelude: The sinking of Miss Majestic in Hot Springs, Arkansas. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–-----------------------…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Dannarriah Finley
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34:02In the early morning hours of July 4, 2002, 4-year-old Dannarriah Finley was sleeping in her bedroom in her home in Orange, Texas. Orange is the easternmost city in Texas, and it’s right across the border from Louisiana on the Sabine River. It feels like a small town. The population was only about 19,000. Dannarriah lived with her mother, 26-year-o…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Barbara Bryan (Archive Episode)
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29:56On Friday, December 12, 1980 at approximately 6:45 in the morning, the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department got a call about a female body lying on the side of Highway 181, just south of Highway 158. The woman was dressed in a striped red colored dress and velveteen jacket and was five foot five. She weighed around 115 pounds. It wasn’t hard to …
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Dardeen Family Murders
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32:51On November 18, 1987 29-year-old Russell Dardeen, who went by his middle name Keith, did not show up to his 7 a.m. shift at a local water plant. This was very unlike Keith, who lived in a mobile home in the tiny town of Ina, Illinois. The area back then had a population of just 460. He lived with his family: his wife 30-year-old Ruby Elaine, who al…
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128. The Charade (Scott W. Rothstein)
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1:28:41A Fort Lauderdale lawyer's ostentatious lifestyle is supported by the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida history. Prelude: The body of attorney Melissa Britt Lewis is found in a Florida canal. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–-----------------------------…
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On December 17, 2013, 20-year-old Heather Elvis headed out on a first date in Carolina Forest, South Carolina, west of Myrtle Beach in Horry County. Heather grew up in this area, which is known for its beautiful beaches. Her parents and her younger sister described her as a kind fun-loving young woman who had dreams of working in cosmetology. After…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Connie Townsend Part 2
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29:27On January 7, 1995, 43-year-old Connie Townsend’s home burned to the ground in Brockwell, Arkansas in front of over 20 witnesses. Connie was moving out of her house that day. She had separated from her estranged husband, David Townsend years earlier. David had been staying with his parents, Dale and Ramona, and also with his girlfriend of three yea…
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Rerun: The Inferno (The Station nightclub fire)
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1:18:12Originally published September 27, 2021. Incompetence and negligence lead to a devastating loss of life at a concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Prelude: A fight in the E2 nightclub in Chicago triggers a deadly stampede. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Apple Podcasts Patreon –––-–-------…
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Mental Health AND Masculinities...with Ben Hurst
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1:04:59TRIGGER WARNING: This podcast covers sensitive topics that may be triggering for some. If you need support, there are links at the bottom. Mental Health AND... exploring different topics and how it impacts our mental health and how it affect us. This is Series 1, episode 3, with the beautiful, enigmatic and brilliant Ben Hurst, from Beyond Equality…
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E6 - Angry Little Welshman & LinkedIn 'Top Voice' George Bell
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1:09:35TRIGGER WARNING - This podcast covers sensitive topics, has lots of swearing and has real emotions, there are links at the bottom if you need support, enjoy. Hello listeners, long time no hear! Great to be back. Join me for Episode 6 where i share some big news and have a fabulous conversation with George Bell, about suicide, Linkedin and our menta…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Connie Townsend Part 1
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39:32On January 7, 1995, at around 12:50 pm, two women, Monica Jones and her girlfriend Cheryl Edwards were driving down Highway 56 near Brockwell, Arkansas when Cheryl saw smoke coming from a trailer at the residence of 43-year-old Connie Townsend. The two women pulled over and ran up to the trailer to try to help. At around that same time, another wom…
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On June 1, 1987, Theresa Ann Bier was about to go on an adventure… into the woods to look for Bigfoot. Theresa was sixteen years old, and was wrapping up her freshman year at Fresno High in Fresno, California. She was one year behind a lot of her classmates, which wasn’t surprising because she was living in a very abusive environment with her uncle…
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A bizarre and sinister harassment campaign targeting a married couple in Massachusetts is linked to executives at one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies. Prelude: A content creator orchestrates a grievance-driven attack on YouTube's headquarters. –––-–---------------------------------------- PREORDER DEFORMR's "We've Met Before, Haven't We…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Justin Gaines (Archive Episode)
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42:57It was Thursday night, November 1, 2007, and 18-year-old Justin Gaines was getting ready for a night out with his friends at Wild Bill’s, a club in Duluth, Georgia. Justin was a freshman in college. He had just started at Gainesville State college, which was about an hour away from where his family was. Justin was 5 '11, 210 pounds, with blue eyes …
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Audrii Cunningham (Archive Episode)
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32:44On February 15, 2024, 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, a fifth grade student at Creekside Elementary in Livingstone, Texas, never made it to the bus stop. And when she didn’t come home after school, her family knew that something was very wrong. Audrii lived with her dad, and on that property, there was someone else living there: a 42-year-old friend…
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126. The Baby Heaven (Camp Lejeune)
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1:19:01An estimated one million people are exposed to decades of toxic water contamination at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina, leading to serious health issues, cover-ups, and endless legal battles for justice. Prelude: A mysterious leukemia cluster appears in Woburn, Massachusetts. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDL…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Nina Ingram Part 4
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31:50In 2012, six years after 21-year-old college student Nina Ingram was strangled at her apartment in Fayetteville, there was an arrest and a man named Rico Cohn was charged with Nina’s murder. But after a key witness died suddenly, the criminal case against Rico was dismissed. His legal team filed a CIVIL LAWSUIT against the Fayetteville Police Depar…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Nina Ingram Part 3
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35:16Sometime after ten pm on April 21, 2006, 21-year-old college student Nina Ingram was brutally murdered inside her apartment in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The cause of death was ligature strangulation, and The Arkansas State Crime lab ruled the death a homicide. Despite the fact that detectives interviewed dozens of Nina’s friends, coworkers and her si…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Nina Ingram Part 2
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32:49Sometime after 10 p.m. on April 21, 2006, 21-year-old college student Nina Ingram was brutally murdered inside her apartment in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It became big news, at the time it was one of only two unsolved murder cases in Fayetteville since the 1970s. Police interviewed Nina’s neighbors, her boyfriend, her friends and family but failed to…
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An investigative journalist is murdered in an act of retaliation by a Clark County elected official accused of misconduct. Prelude: The mysterious death of Las Vegas casino heir, Ted Binion. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–---------------------------------------- DONAT…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Nina Ingram Part 1
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28:07It was April 21, 2006, and 21-year-old college student Nina Ingram was coming home after a long day. Nina had a very busy life. She was two years into her business degree at Northwest Arkansas Community college in Bentonville, Arkansas and also worked full time at Walmart, part of the loss prevention team, basically a security officer. That night, …
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Rerun: The Messenger (Kevin Trudeau)
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1:26:00Originally published April 30, 2023. A series of infomercials lands a TV pitchman in federal prison. Prelude: The founder of Hooked on Phonics is criticized over dubious advertising claims before he settles a sexual assault lawsuit with his corporate attorney, who then purchases a ranch from a phony French noblewoman who faked her own death. –––-–-…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Lori Murchison
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37:49On Sept. 1, 1995, a police officer in Fort Smith, Arkansas pulled over a vehicle. A man named Jerry Cogan was driving and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Lori Murchison, was the passenger. Lori worked at a local nursing home. She had a four year old daughter, Britney, and adored her little girl. But Lori had been battling an addiction to drugs, accordi…
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124. The Pinto (Ford Motor Company)
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1:12:12An American automotive company is charged with reckless homicide related to the defective design of a popular car. Prelude: Toyota is held responsible for the ghastly deaths of three sisters. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–---------------------------------------- DONATE: Sw…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Pauline Storment (Archive Episode)
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37:32On April 12, 1971, a 27-year-old woman named Pauline Storment was walking down South Duncan Avenue in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She didn't know someone was following her in the darkness. And then, while she was walking and just a few blocks from her apartment, someone attacked her, stabbing her eight times in a frenzy that lasted several minutes. Whe…
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In October of 1995, something strange was going on inside the Flick home at 302 McNabb Street in Rector, Arkansas. This family was made up of 36-year-old David Flick, his wife 34-year-old Barbara, their daughter 11-year-old Andria Flick, and Barbara’s son 17-year-old Aaron Michael Hodge, who she had from a previous relationship. Barbara was a nurse…
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123. The Acquisition (Charlie Javice)
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1:17:32The founder of a fintech company is accused of defrauding JPMorgan Chase by falsifying customer data to secure a $175 million acquisition deal. Prelude: Joanna Smith-Griffin's rising startup is built on lies. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–----------------------------------…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Tripp Brazeale
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34:15On Saturday, November 2, 2024 15-year-old Tripp Brazeale headed out of his house in Forrest City, Arkansas on a four-wheeler. After dark and into the early morning hours of Sunday November 3, Tripp, two family members, and a friend were hanging out in a part of the woods called Crow Creek, riding ATVs. Now it’s mostly illegal to ride four-wheelers …
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Join host Zahyr Lauren – aka The Artist L. Haz – as they talk with Palestinian-Syrian culinary phenom and social justice warrior REEM ASSIL about harnessing community power for protection, standing firm in the stories of her people, and food as a force for liberation. Based in Oakland, California, Reem is the founder of nationally-acclaimed Reem’s …
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: KK's Corner Part 4
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35:30After Kevin Abel died, and his death was ruled a suicide, Stacie Reeves was scared. Kevin’s friend Jordan said that Stacie told her that Kevin was in serious trouble - that he owed a lot of drug money to people - and that she was planning on talking to police officers about what she knew. One of the officers she spoke with was Jerome LaStraps, an o…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: KK's Corner Part 3
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33:48On July 6, 1997 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, Marty LeBouef, Stacie Reeves and Nicole Guidry were all shot execution style in the head. Their bodies were left in the cooler at KK’s Corner. Thedr murders were shocking. And soon, people were talking about another death. One that some people in the community thought could be linked to KK’s Corner’s …
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A viral video sparks accusations of charity fraud and other improprieties while exposing a potentially much darker truth. Prelude: Efforts to neutralize a brutal warlord in central Africa are unsuccessful. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon Apple Podcasts –––-–-------------------------------------…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: KK's Corner Part 2
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35:34Just after midnight on July 6, 1997, 21-year-old Marty LeBouef, 26-year-old Stacie Reeves and 14-year-old Nicole Guidry were fatally shot in a triple homicide at KK’s Corner convenience store near Lake Charles, Louisiana. The killings shocked the community. For months police struggled to find answers. No one seemed to have seen anything, and there …
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: KK's Corner Part 1
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35:42It was a few minutes before midnight on Saturday July 5, 1997. 21-year-old Marty LeBouef was working behind the counter as a cashier at KK’s Corner convenience store on Highway 14 in Calcasieu Parish, a few miles from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Marty and his co-worker, 26-year-old Stacie Reeves, were working together that night. There was someone els…
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121. The Derailment (East Palestine, OH)
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1:18:36A train derailment in Ohio caused by corporate greed leads to widespread environmental contamination, conspiracy, and political mudslinging. Prelude: A train derailment in Paulsboro, New Jersey, raises concerns about rail transportation safety throughout the U.S. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Patreon…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brooke Allensworth (Archive Episode)
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39:17On July 12, 2017, somewhere in the tiny town of Oil Trough, Arkansas, a 37-year-old mother of three named Brooke Allensworth vanished. Two weeks later, the police found Brooke’s car. The car was near a boat ramp and looked like it had been abandoned there for days or possibly weeks. The tire was flat, the doors were locked, and the keys were missin…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brandy Dyson Part 2
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33:19On November 5, 2005, a jogger found the body of 32-year-old mother of three Brandy Dyson floating in a lake behind the Lake Charles Civic Center. Brandy had been struggling with mental health issues and with addition. For a while she was doing well, and settled into an apartment. But then she lost her apartment after taking refugees in from Hurrica…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brandy Dyson Part 1
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35:38On November 5, 2005 a jogger was out running beside a lake in Lake Charles, Louisiana, behind the Civic Center, when he saw something floating in the water. When he took a closer look, he realized it was the body of a woman. Police identified the body as 32-year-old Brandy Renee Dyson, a mother of three who had recently been made homeless after Hur…
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Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cass County Three (Archive Episode)
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40:37It was July 29, 2022, just another quiet summer night in Atlanta, Texas. The sun had just gone down when 28-year-old Shommaonique Oliver got a panicked phone call. That’s when her nightmare began. Three of her children- her middle daughters, nine-year-old Zi’Ariel Robinson-Oliver, eight-year-old A’Miyah Hughes, and little five-year-old Te’Mari Robi…
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