The Snake River Killer Podcast

06/17/2024

Episode 18: Lost Horizon of The Snake River Killer Podcast has just dropped.

Brandon returns to the LC Valley to dig into the case of Claudette Voliva. Along the way, he finds a startling connection to a previous case.

06/11/2024

New Episode Incoming, shortly! Meanwhile: you know that our team puts in 110% to make The Snake River Killer Podcast engaging, high-quality, informative, and thoughtful. But in order to do this, it takes time and takes money. Because I want the show to continue ad-free, we've set up a Patreon where subscribers can get:
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05/10/2024

Episode 17: Running in the Family is now live!

Brandon discusses his interview with Lance's second wife, Debbie, and an eye-raising detail emerges about Lance's mother, Jane. Also, another serial killer crops up with connections to Lance's family.

04/20/2024

Episode 16: "His Own Private Idaho" is now live!

Sam uncovers an article in the Bremerton, Washington newspaper dating from the time that Lance was there during his time in the Navy about a mysterious prowler. Meanwhile, Brandon begins to trace Lance's final movements in California and his eventual move to Idaho.

03/31/2024

The Snake River Killer Podcast fans! Thanks to David Blaszkiewicz, I was able to digitize the 1985 production of Footlight Frenzy, a play starring Lance Voss and Claudette Voliva, and filmed in the Lewiston Civic Theater. If you want to watch and hear Lance perform, head over to our Patreon page and check it out!

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02/14/2024

New Episode incoming! But if you want early-bird access today AND access to exclusive content, join Patreon for as little as $5 a month!

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12/25/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Snake River Killer Podcast! Enjoy a bonus episode in which Jayson Blair interviews me on his show, The Silver Linings Handbook.

On the Silver Lining Handbook Podcast, Brandon discusses the SRK cases, the toll true crime take on investigators, and what keeps him motivated.

12/19/2023

Episode 13: 38 Words Part II has landed, folks. Happy holidays!

Brandon talks with some listeners who made a troubling discovery at a Seattle Goodwill, and he interviews former FBI Profiler, Julia Cowley. He also dives back into Lance's Notes Plus article and discovers what might be more clues.

11/17/2023

Latest blog post from The Snake River Killer Podcast: "Seven."

One of the reasons I am drawn to David Fincher’s films ( Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Zodiac, Gone Girl, Se7en, Fight Club , etc.) centers on how the process of research—and library research specifically—finds its way into his stories. This is especially true in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Zo...

10/31/2023

Episode 12: "38 Words Part I" of The Snake River Killer Podcast is now live! Happy Halloween-eve!

Brandon finds an alarming clue that gives a first-hand look into Lance's thinking.

10/26/2023

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ACCESS THE CIVIC THEATER BEFORE IT IS DEMOLISHED
Friends: I have been trying over the past year to gain access to the Civic Theater before it is torn down, but have largely been ignored or brushed off by the City of Lewiston. I am willing to sign the same waivers of liability that others have signed to enter the premises.
I believe it is vital that we have one last chance to search the theater and perform final Luminol testing.
What we need from you: An email pressure campaign BEFORE the November 6th City Council Meeting. Below is the text we encourage you to use, so that we are respectful AND so that we stay on message. Feel free to copy and paste. You can also change the text a bit to personalize, if you would like, but keep it respectful and professional, and stick to the primary points. HERE IS THE EMAIL ADDRESS TO USE: [email protected]
When you have sent your email, please post back to this FB group with “Email Sent!” Between now and November 6th, we will randomly pick 3 people who sent emails to receive some free SRK swag!
Here is the message:
Dear Ms. Maurer—
As someone who is deeply committed to justice for the families who lost loved ones tied to the Civic Theater, I am asking you to provide the proper waiver of liability paperwork to Brandon Schrand and select members of the Snake River Killer Podcast team, so that they may enter the premises before it is demolished.
As you know, time is of the essence, so I am respectfully asking that this paperwork and process be fast-tracked so that a tour and search can happen by the end of November 2023.
Sincerely, ___________________

10/20/2023

For you story problem lovers, the latest from the Snake River Killer Podcast.

 A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of joining Gloria and Gloria’s sister; Detective Jackie Nichols and one of Jackie’s friends; and Jayson Blair for lunch down in the valley. I was especially interested in meeting up with Jayson who had traveled all the way from northern Virginia to

10/01/2023

Process + Momentum = Justice. New blog post from The Snake River Killer Podcast.

The last three weeks have left me somewhat dumbfounded. After taking a break this summer, my greatest and darkest fear was that fans of the show might have moved on, or would otherwise have given up on these cases and The Snake River Killer Podcast. And to be honest, I had readied myself for that ki

09/25/2023

www.snakeriverkiller.com/blog/critical-mass

I have reported out in the past week or so that there has been a flurry of activity behind the scenes at the Snake River Killer podcast. I’ve been talking at length with team members, scheduling interviews, writing episodes, and seeking out experts on an array of topics related to these cases. But...

09/15/2023

It’s nice to be back in the studio!

09/13/2023

https://www.snakeriverkiller.com/blog/41-years

Forty-one years ago today, Kristina Nelson and Brandy Miller were murdered. Steven Pearsall vanished from the Civic Theater, and hasn’t been seen since. Anniversaries like this one serve as sober reminders of what happened , even if we don’t know why. But it takes more than anniversaries to keep...

08/29/2023

Updates from The Snake River Killer Podcast!
https://www.snakeriverkiller.com/blog/updates-new-episodes-more?fbclid=IwAR3ZznLO2ZL_YdCVfE_FPNhiLMdDTzgIem4eLmxHilLYrhT-AR8RQC709Cs

Hi everybody. I hope this post finds you well. As you no doubt have gleaned, I took much of the summer off from recording. This hiatus was necessary for a number of reasons, not the least of which was my own mental health. True crime is a dark place to dwell, and I needed to step away from recording

06/12/2023

Episode 11: The Most Dangerous Game--Part II is live. Buckle up, folks, because this episode is a doozy.

Brandon talks with Karen Dill, who not only went to school with Lance in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, but visited him in the summer of 1970 while he was living in the Bay Area. Plus, there are deep dives on

05/22/2023

When I started out on this venture of a true crime podcast, I thought if I got maybe 5k downloads, that would be a win. Never could I have imagined reaching 115,000 downloads with almost zero advertising or marketing! We have listeners from every state and territory in the US, and listeners from nearly 100 countries around the world! Crazy. To show our thanks, we are inviting listeners to submit questions, comments, or theories in the comments section on our website, and our team will respond to these questions in a special Q&A episode of The Snake River Killer. Thank you and keep spreading the word! www.snakeriverkiller.com

05/11/2023

ICYMI--Episode 10: "The Most Dangerous Game-Part I" is now live.https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandon-schrand/episodes/Episode-10-The-Most-Dangerous-Game--Part-I-e23r7vm

03/31/2023

After a brief hiatus, I am pleased to announce that Episode 9: "Lights, Camera, Knife," of The Snake River Killer Podcast will drop tomorrow! Thanks as always for your patience and support!
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03/08/2023

I had a great time talking with Bob Ruff and Erica Cantor a couple of weeks ago about The Snake River Killer podcast. And if you know who Bob Ruff is, then you know this is a big deal. Check it out! And also be sure to check out Bob's show: https://www.truthandjusticepod.com/

This week’s guest is Brandon Schrand, award-winning author and host of The Snake River Killer, a podcast covering an in depth investigation into a series of unsolved but connected murders, disappearances, and suspicious deaths in the Lewis-Clark Valley from 1979 to 1982.

03/04/2023

Finally, after much hard work and the amazing brilliance of Samantha Rose Sawyer, The Snake River Killer Podcast's new website is live! Check it out: www.snakeriverkiller.com. We even have a few promo vids!

02/25/2023

Episode 8: Remains of the Day is now live.

Brandon learns of a shocking discovery in the LC Valley. . . Back in the Diane Taylor case, Brandon talks with a former Chicagoan criminal investigator and historian familiar with the 1963 murder. A bizarre phone call in the Diane Taylor case turns up a possible connection to the Christina White cas...

02/06/2023

Episode 7-"Chicago 1963" is now live. Check it out. www.snakeriverkiller.com

02/01/2023

Hi all--Quick blog post on some breaking news. Skull found in Lewiston this morning. Police are investigating. Thanks to Tracie Babor for alerting me to this news. Check out my blogpost here:

I was just pinged by one of our listeners alerting me to this potentially significant news. A skull was found beneath Memorial Bridge in Lewiston. It is unclear at this point whether it is animal or human. That said, police are on site and are investigating it, which means there is likely some certa...

01/05/2023

Podcast rebrand! Thanks to the incredibly talented Samantha Sawyer for her work on this. I will be providing an update on upcoming episodes soon. Stay tuned, and thanks for listening.

12/27/2022

Here is a good article the Inlander did on the Moscow Murders and my podcast, The Snake River Killer. Check it out.

Brandon Schrand was traveling for a conference in Texas when he heard the news: Four University of Idaho students were dead — stabbed in their...