a south Louisiana true crime podcast. We tell the stories of the missing and murdered.
It’s a great honor for us to be featured in the Summer/ July 2024 edition of . Thank you Kathy Barron for the lovely worded write-up and for including us in this dynamic collaboration of women podcasters and story-tellers! It’s great to see and support other women as we collectively recognize the hard work and dedication that goes into podcasting that go beyond “hobbies.” ❤️ Be sure to pick up your digital copy of the magazine for $5.99 in the link below. ⬇️
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NEW episode LIVE! Special guest: Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell
Many have known but few have had the data to contextualize until now--that pregnant and postpartum women are particularly vulnerable to violence, particularly black women and girls.
Better reporting and better access to quality healthcare can result in better outcomes for all.
NEW episode drop!
Research has shown that homicide is the second-leading cause of pregnancy related-deaths. Joining us to share the findings of her research is board certified OBGYN Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell.
Dr. Bell is the Section Head of Women's Services at Oschner Medical Center, Director for the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative and Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review
In 1948 in Mississippi, socialite Ruth Dickins is convicted of savagely attacking her mother with gardening shears (150 stab wounds!) but makes an unfounded claim that a Black intruder is to blame. Despite inconsistencies in her story, she's sentenced to life, only to be released after 6 years. Joining us to dissect this case of matricide, race, and privilege is author Beverly Lowry, who explores the crime in her book, Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta.
New Episode Live!
Beverly Lowry helps unpack the role of white privilege, media portrayals of women, and lingering questions that still haunt the South and our justice system.
Clay and Shelia Fletcher were convicted of manslaughter in their daughter's gruesome death
NEW episode drop! Fascinating discussion with Dr. David Gibson, author of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes
Did you know:
that there is a 'halo effect' or 'greening effect' to the vegetation surrounding a decomposed, buried body?
that someone who consumes fig seeds before they pass, can grow a fig tree from their co**se even on a Greek island?
that a forensic botanist can establish PMI or (postmortem interval) from a victim's stomach contents and possibly identify a last meal down to a Wendy's 🥗?
that Ted Bundy's infamous arrest at a traffic stop, had plant matter and soil in the tires of the stolen white van that later linked him to the site of his last known victim?
Be sure to tune in!!
Ever wondered how a simple leaf or a speck of pollen can crack a case?
Dr. David Gibson, a forensic botanist, professor, and author of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes, teaches us to how to combat 'plant blindness:' the idea that plants are all just the same thing
NEW episode live with author of Shutter, filmmaker, and crime scene photographer, Ramona Emerson
Naturally in talking about death, we discuss what it means be haunted, literally and figuratively, what it means to grieve, and ultimately what determines justice for those who have lost.
Ramona Emerson joins us to discuss Shutter which was longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction, whose central character, Rita, works as a crime scene photographer with the unique ability to communicate with the dead, which poses some challenges as a Navajo person.
Tis the season
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233775869/sandra-young-dna-oregon-missing-persons-case
Sandra Young was between 16 and 18 years old when she went missing in the late 1960s. Police in Oregon say an upload to the genealogy database GEDMatch helped them identify her remains.
Tomorrow (Thursday), NewsNation is reporting on Jason's case. If you are interested, look for the "Missing with Marni Hughes" podcast at 12PM/11C on NEWSNATION DIGITAL.
Here is the podcast direct link: https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/about-missing/missing-with-marni-hughes-podcast-2/
You can also find it on Apple, Amazon Music and the other usual places.
Father Daughter studio time
NEW episode drop! Sound all the way up.
Gather around the campfire! We are joined by special guest and Michelle's dad, John Bedford Jeanis, to discuss the secret but yes, well-documented, family legend of their ancestor, Jean Jeanis, who is believed by the folks of Pointe Noire to shift into a 'mangy dog' at will otherwise known as the Chien de Lune or the Rougarou.
NEW minisode out now! Joining us is John Beford Jeanis!
It's a rare privilege and point of pride to speak with our families and to inherit their stories of working from sunup to sundown or their memories of freshly baked cornbread on hot summer days and of course there's always a werewolf story or two if you're lucky.
NEW Episode with forensic anthropologist, Dr. Lauren Pharr Parks, here to discuss how vultures' scavenging affects crime scenes and can help solve cases!
NEW Episode ! Dr. Lauren Pharr Parks , a forensic anthropologist, joins us to discuss how vultures and their scavenging habits can help better solve cases!
Mark Michaud, a retired Slidell police officer, is a search and recovery expert and is the founder of Southeast Louisiana Underwater Search and Recovery 501c3, a nonprofit that offers something invaluable to the families of the missing. He shares with us some stories of recovery diving from his earlier years as well as the new advancements made to sonar. We learn some of the complexities of water recovery and how depth, current, temperature, and time of year are all a factor. We also learned a new word, saponification or as we prefer : "soapify."
Listen on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/.../under-the.../id1585504130...
Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JtQT3MebBdL4mX8lBb14H...
NEW episode drop! It’s a calling not a job for heroes like Mark Michaud of Southeast Louisiana Underwater Search and Recovery 501c3 . On this episode we learn more about water recovery and new advancements made with sonar. You’d be surprised to learn what lies beneath our Louisiana waterways...
Listen on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-radar/id1585504130?i=1000641957181
Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JtQT3MebBdL4mX8lBb14H?si=6de18125d91b4530
NEW Episode LIVE. Discussing LISK.
Thanks to forensic genetic genealogy and a pizza crust, in July of 2023 a perpetrator was arrested in connection with the case of the Long Island Serial Killings known as (LISK). Described as 'Ogre -like' in witness reports at 6'4 , 59-year-old Manhattan architect and Massapequa Park resident, Rex Heuermann, has been linked to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello of "The Giglo Four" and is a prime suspect in the murder of the fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes. In total, 11 remains of s*x workers who were targeted on Craigslist were discovered on the South shore of Long Island from 1996-2011, some of who remain unidentified. It is believed he could be linked to more deaths in Las Vegas and South Carolina where he had properties.
NEW Episode discussing LISK case (The Long Island Serial Killer) available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Michelle with her background in criminology helps to recenter the larger conversation back onto the victims and the necessity of our culture to destigmatize s*x work, as well as open the larger conversation as to why old typologies didn't work in this case. In other words, why what we largely know about serial offenders in their M.O. and signature is evolving and why forensic genetic genealogy is going to catch the 'less detectable' serial offenders and how that is going to inform how they are apprehended.
Female, Discovered 9-23-80, Chicago, Illinois. The DoeNetwork Case
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/355ufil.html
Date of Discovery: September 23, 1980
Location of Discovery: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Estimated Date of Death: Less than a week prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Homicide by stabbing
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 17-25 years old
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130-135 lbs.
Hair Color: Black, short and curly with a reddish tint.
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Identifiers
Dentals: Not available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Not available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: A blue sweater, a tan bra, and a navy blue zipper sweater which may have had a floral print.
Jewelry: She wore a silver ring on her left ring finger, a gold earring in the shape of a spade in her left ear, and a gold crescent shaped earring in her right ear.
Additional Personal Items: Red or pink hair comb. There were two sponge hair rollers found near the body which the victim was also believed to have been wearing.
Circumstances of Discovery
On September 23, 1980, the victim was found in the Calumet-Sag Canal in the south Chicago suburbs.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Cook County Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: Freddie Summers
Agency Phone Number: 312-666-0500 ext. 2230
Agency E-Mail: summers82(at)yahoo.com
Agency Case Number: 556 Sep 1980
Agency Name: Illinois State Police Zone 1 Investigations
Agency Contact Person: Special Agent Jim Tsambikou
Agency Phone Number: 1-847-294-4590
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NCIC Case Number: U214845229
NamUs Case Number: 8511
NCMEC Case Number: 1106799
Missing 🚨 St. Martinville
Update: Melindy Daspit has been located and is safe!
Missing Person
Investigators are asking for assistance from the public in locating Melindy Daspit. Ms. Daspit is a 42 year old female, she last spoke to her daughter 2 weeks ago. She possibly left with a friend and was living with him at a home in St. Martinville.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Melindy Daspit is asked to contact the St. Martinville Police Department at 337-394-3001.
NEW EPISODE LIVE with Paige Haggerty! Hear why the "scientific" research of a self-proclaimed vo**ur probably shouldn't be trusted. 🤣
Listen on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minisode-the-watcher/id1585504130?i=1000639201611
Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0l2WVXOzW19LomrGJKnNX0
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NEW episode LIVE! Special guest: Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell Many have known but few have had the data to contextualize until now--that pregnant and postpartum women are particularly vulnerable to violence, particularly black women and girls. Better reporting and better access to quality healthcare can result in better outcomes for all.
In 1948 in Mississippi, socialite Ruth Dickins is convicted of savagely attacking her mother with gardening shears (150 stab wounds!) but makes an unfounded claim that a Black intruder is to blame. Despite inconsistencies in her story, she's sentenced to life, only to be released after 6 years. Joining us to dissect this case of matricide, race, and privilege is author Beverly Lowry, who explores the crime in her book, Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta.
NEW episode drop! Fascinating discussion with Dr. David Gibson, author of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes Did you know: that there is a 'halo effect' or 'greening effect' to the vegetation surrounding a decomposed, buried body? that someone who consumes fig seeds before they pass, can grow a fig tree from their corpse even on a Greek island? that a forensic botanist can establish PMI or (postmortem interval) from a victim's stomach contents and possibly identify a last meal down to a Wendy's 🥗? that Ted Bundy's infamous arrest at a traffic stop, had plant matter and soil in the tires of the stolen white van that later linked him to the site of his last known victim? Be sure to tune in!!
NEW episode live with author of Shutter, filmmaker, and crime scene photographer, Ramona Emerson Naturally in talking about death, we discuss what it means be haunted, literally and figuratively, what it means to grieve, and ultimately what determines justice for those who have lost.
NEW episode drop! Sound all the way up. Gather around the campfire! We are joined by special guest and Michelle's dad, John Bedford Jeanis, to discuss the secret but yes, well-documented, family legend of their ancestor, Jean Jeanis, who is believed by the folks of Pointe Noire to shift into a 'mangy dog' at will otherwise known as the Chien de Lune or the Rougarou.
NEW Episode with forensic anthropologist, Dr. Lauren Pharr Parks, here to discuss how vultures' scavenging affects crime scenes and can help solve cases!
Mark Michaud, a retired Slidell police officer, is a search and recovery expert and is the founder of Southeast Louisiana Underwater Search and Recovery 501c3, a nonprofit that offers something invaluable to the families of the missing. He shares with us some stories of recovery diving from his earlier years as well as the new advancements made to sonar. We learn some of the complexities of water recovery and how depth, current, temperature, and time of year are all a factor. We also learned a new word, saponification or as we prefer : "soapify." Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../under-the.../id1585504130... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JtQT3MebBdL4mX8lBb14H...
NEW Episode LIVE. Discussing LISK. Thanks to forensic genetic genealogy and a pizza crust, in July of 2023 a perpetrator was arrested in connection with the case of the Long Island Serial Killings known as (LISK). Described as 'Ogre -like' in witness reports at 6'4 , 59-year-old Manhattan architect and Massapequa Park resident, Rex Heuermann, has been linked to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello of "The Giglo Four" and is a prime suspect in the murder of the fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes. In total, 11 remains of sex workers who were targeted on Craigslist were discovered on the South shore of Long Island from 1996-2011, some of who remain unidentified. It is believed he could be linked to more deaths in Las Vegas and South Carolina where he had properties.
NEW EPISODE LIVE with Paige Haggerty! Hear why the "scientific" research of a self-proclaimed voyeur probably shouldn't be trusted. 🤣 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minisode-the-watcher/id1585504130?i=1000639201611 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0l2WVXOzW19LomrGJKnNX0 #MissingMagnolias #LouisianaTrueCrime #MissingPersons #TrueCrime, #CrimePodcast, #ColdCase, #VoyeursMotel, #MurderMystery, #SerialKillers, #CrimeStories, #Voyeurism, #PodcastDiscovery, #Voyeur, #PodcastAddict, #RealCrime, #TrueCrimePodcast, #PodcastInterView
NEW EPISODE LIVE where we explore self-defense products and strategies. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ninja-nancy/id1585504130?i=1000638426519 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Sh5S1aV8izC0fvdGAm9er
NEW EPISODE Live on Apple Podcasts and Spotify with Ninja Nancy! Learn about the self-defense products that help protect and empower and what you should know to preventing yourself from becoming a victim! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ninja-nancy/id1585504130?i=1000638426519 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Sh5S1aV8izC0fvdGAm9er #MissingMagnolias #LouisianaTrueCrime #MissingPersons #TrueCrime, #CrimePodcast, #ColdCase, #CriminalInvestigation, #MurderMystery, #SerialKillers, #CrimeStories, #CriminalJustice, #PodcastDiscovery, #UnsolvedCases, #PodcastAddict, #RealCrime, #TrueCrimePodcast, #PodcastInterView, #Criminology
