Bitter Endings is a true crime podcast.
Episode 43: The Brutal Murder of Athalia Lindsley is now available: https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/athalialindsley
Almost five decades ago on January 23rd, 1974, 56-year-old Athalia Ponsell Lindsley was brutally attacked and murdered on the front steps of her home in St. Augustine, Florida. A month later, a man was arrested and charged with her murder—and yet, to this day, the case remains officially unsolved.
Episode 40: The Disappearance of Mary Denise Lands is now available: https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/marylands
It was a cold Michigan night on March 12th, 2004 when 39-year-old Mary Denise Lands vanished without a trace in Marshall, Michigan. Allegedly she got into an argument with her boyfriend Chris Pratt that evening and leaving her cell phone and keys to her Dodge Durango behind, she walked into the frig
Episode 38: Deb Green: A Mother Who Murdered is also now available on the Bitter Endings Podcast. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/deboragreen
It was a windy October night in 1995 when the family of Debora Green and Michael Farrar was forever ripped apart. A fire had started at an upscale house Prairie Village, Kansas, and by the time it had run its course, the once immaculate home would be little more than charred ruins. Amongst those rui
I forgot to post a link to episode 37- The Murder of Pamela Dorrington. Here's the link if you want to listen. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/pameladorrington
It was an ordinary morning in Helena, Montana for nineteen-year-old Pamela Dorrington on February 17th, 1968. Pamela slept in her second story apartment, her black lab nearby, as her cousin and roommate left for her shift at the hospital. Pam’s roommate would return that afternoon to find Pam gone...
Episode 36: The body in the blueberry field is now live. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/robertcaraballo
It was a chilly spring day on May 8th, 2002 when a farmer drove onto his wooded property in Ottowa County, Michigan. It was an area where he grew and harvested blueberries. As he drove through the property he made a chilling discovery. A burned body lay in a trunk in an area of scorched forest. The
Episode 35: Nannie Doss, Murderess is now live. This is the true crime that inspired my latest fiction release: Ashwood's Girls. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/nanniedoss
She looked like an ordinary housewife, a mother, a grandmother. Full bodied, always smiling as she prepared dinners and baked pies. But the innocent appearance of Nannie Doss belied a much darker, much uglier persona. Nannie was a murderess, a woman who killed not only callously, but casually, elimi
Episode 34: The Murder of Amanda Davies is now available: https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/amandadavies
Episode 34: The Murder of Amanda Davies Nov 17 Written By Jacki Erickson Let’s rewind back the clock to that Sunday, April 12th, 1992 in Dansville-a small rural town in mid-Michigan. Amanda Davies was feeling good. She’d just had a week-long spring break vacation in Clearwater, Florida with girl...
Missing in Charlevoix County.
Missing from Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Brandon Santo was last seen on October 29th on the campus of MSU at Yakeley Hall (this was my dorm when I attended MSU). Be on the lookout. Brandon is a student at Grand Valley who was visiting MSU. https://www.wilx.com/2021/11/06/search-party-organized-family-offering-5000-reward-leads-search-brendan-santo/
Santo was seen last Friday, Oct. 29 just before midnight leaving Yakeley Hall on the campus of Michigan State University.
Episode 33: The Halloween Vanishings of Pamela Hobley and Patricia Spencer from Oscoda, Michigan is now available. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/pamhobleyandpatriciaspencer
It’s been fifty two years, more than five decades, since a terrible mystery that continues to haunt a small northern Michigan town occurred. It was Halloween day, October 31st 1969, when 16 year old Patricia Spencer and 15 year old Pamela Hobley walked away from Oscoda High school in Oscoda, Michi...
Episode 32: The Murder of Danielle Shinaver is now available on the podcast. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/danielleshinaver
It was an unseasonably warm day on March 13th, 1996 when 25-year-old Danielle Shinaver finished work and prepared for an evening hanging out with friends at her new apartment. Danielle’s life had not been easy, but the tide was turning and things were looking up. However, sometime in the early mor...
25-year-old Bailey Cristofori has been missing since Sept. 26th. She was last seen at the Co-Op in Marquette, Michigan. Reach out to the Luce County Sheriff's Department if you have any info and please share to spread the word.
The Luce County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a missing Waterford Township woman. The Sheriff’s Department shared a post from the Waterford Township Police Department, which details that 25-year-old Bailey Cristofori has been missing since Sept. 26. Waterford Township Police say Cristofo...
Episode 30: The Murder of Rose Larner is now available on the Bitter Endings Podcast. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/roselarner
It was December 7th, 1993, weeks away from Christmas when eighteen-year-old Rosie Larner climbed into a car in the cold, early morning hours in Lansing Michigan. She had no reason to be afraid. She was with friends, people she loved and trusted. She did not know she was hours away from breathing h
Episode 29: The Body in the Wych Elm is now live. This story in this episode was the inspiration for my latest novel, Darkness Stirring. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/wychelm
It was a spring Sunday on April 18th, 1943 when four boys wandered into Hagley Wood in Worcestershire, England. They had no idea they were about to stumble upon a crime scene that would mystify the world for decades to come. In a strange-looking tree, the boys discovered a skull. When
Episode 28: The Murder of Anita Carlson is now available.
On June 30th, 1987 22-year-old Anita Carlson had a lot to be excited about. Two months before she’d graduated with honors from Bemidji State University with a degree in communications and she’d already been offered a job at a television station. The upcoming weekend was an exciting time for resi...
Episode 27: The Murder of Chris Northon is now available. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/chrisnorthon
It was an odd weekend for camping on October 8th, 2000 in Wallowa County, Oregon. The weather was cool and would soon be turning cold, especially in places like the Wollowa-Whitman National Forest, but that didn’t deter 44-year-old Chris Northon and 38-year-old Liysa Northon from taking their thre...
Episode 26: The Murder of Ann Fox Smith is now live. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/annfoxsmith
It was warm spring day on Friday April 25th, 2008 in Aiken, South Carolina when 47-year-old Ann Fox Smith didn’t show up for work. Ann was a beloved special education teacher at Kennedy Middle School and this was definitely out of the ordinary. As the day went on with no word from Ann, her friend ...
Episode 25: The Vanishing of Cherryl Pearson is now available on the Bitter Endings Podcast. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/cherrylpearson
Nothing about Cherryl’s day on Friday January 4th, 2002 foretold the trouble awaiting her. The 37-year-old pediatrician lived in Bartlett, Tennessee; a city located northeast of Memphis with a population of more than 50,000 people. That evening, she attended a Memphis Grizzlies game at the Pyramid
Episode 24: The Disappearance of Joan Risch is now live. This is the story that inspired by my latest fiction novel, Helme House. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/joanrisch
It was a seemingly ordinary day for thirty-one-year-old stay-at-home mom Joan Risch on October 24th, 1961 at her home in Lincoln Massachusetts. Joan was married and lived with her husband and two children, a son and a daughter, in a nice suburban home in a quiet, safe neighborhood. That morning Jo
The latest episode is now available and covers the suspicious death of Adam Campbell in Escanaba, Michigan. Sorry for the delay in a new episode. I'm getting ready to launch my latest novel (Helme House) next week, and It's consumed most of my time this month. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/adamcampbell
In the cold early morning hours of April 9th, 2011, 26-year-old Adam Campbell left Baron’s Bar where’d been hanging out with friends in downtown Escanaba, Michigan. He walked west on Ludington Street and seemed to vanish into the night. Adam would not be gone for long, just one hour after he lef...
Just a quick update for those waiting for the next episode of Bitter Endings, I'm in the finishing stages of my latest novel (Helme House), which will release in the next few weeks. Thus, I'm swamped and probably won't record a new episode of the podcast until mid-month. Thank you for listening.
Episode 22: The Murder of Chanty Shiverdecker is now available. Please consider sharing this episode to help get the word out. Chanty's family deserves justice and peace in this heartbreaking case.
It has been nearly 27 years since 15 year old Chanty Shiverdecker disappeared after basketball practice in Alexander City, Alabama, nearly 27 years since her body was discovered at an abandoned lumberyard, and nearly 27 years without answers for her family. On December 9th, 1994, Chanty attended gi
I'm covering Chanty's case on Bitter Endings this week. I had the opportunity to speak with her mother, Gloria for an extended period of time yesterday. Chanty's story is heartbreaking. She and her family deserve justice.
Gloria Idiaan has entered the holidays for the last 25 years with a piece of her missing — her daughter Chanty Shiverdecker.
Episode 21: The Murder of Samantha Lang is now available on the Bitter Endings Podcast. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/samanthalang
Many people will never have heard of Derry Township Pennsylvania. Those that have might think of small town America or perhaps that most iconic of American company’s Hershey Chocolate whose first factory was built and remains in Derry Pennsylvania. But every city has its mix of light and dark. In
The latest episode is up! This is a two-parter. I did a deep dive into the case just before we left on vacation to Florida. Pretty intriguing. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/kathiedurst
Part 2 is in the comments.
It probably seemed like a fairytale when 19 year old Kathleen McCormack met Robert Durst in New York in 1972. Kathie had grown up in a blue collar family. Robert, or Bobbie had grown up in one of the most wealthy and influential families in New York City. Friends later said it was love at first sigh
Hey Listeners - I've added some updates to Fawn's case after receiving messages from Fawn's sister, Felisa and her friend, Serinna. The updated episode is linked below. The updates start at approximately 26min30sec. Thank you! https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/episode-17-the-murder-of-fawn-cox
In July of 1989, Fawn Cox was just sixteen years old, working at as a cashier at Worlds of Fun Amusement Park in Kansas City Missouri, and enjoying an ordinary life as teenage girl in the Midwest. Sadly, Fawn’s life would come to a bitter end on July 26th, 1989 when someone crept into a second sto...
The newest episode of the Bitter Endings Podcast, the Unsolved Disappearance of Heather Teague, is up. This episode is the inspiration for my latest novel, Dark River Inn. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/heatherteague
It was a hot summer Saturday in Henderson County, Kentucky on August 26th, 1995. 23 year old Heather Teague went to an isolated area on Newburgh Beach to sunbathe and perhaps have some time alone. Her peaceful tranquility was shattered when a bearded man stole from the woods and grabbed Heather by h
The latest episode of Bitter Endings, The Murder of Fawn Cox, is now available. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/episode-17-the-murder-of-fawn-cox
Episode 16: The Disappearance of Deanie Peters is now available. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/deaniepeters
It was a chilly February day in 1981 when Deanie Peters, just 14 years old, stepped away from her brother’s wrestling practice to use the bathroom at Forest Hills Central Middle School in Ada, Michigan. She’d never been seen again. Today, nearly forty years later, what happened to Deanie Peters ...
The latest episode is live. Listen to Episode 15 - The Unsolved Murder of Julia Niswender below. https://bitterendingspod.com/podcast/julianiswender
It’s December 9th, 2012, and 23 year old Julia Niswender is excited for Christmas. Santa and penguin decals cling to the windows of her first floor Ypsilanti apartment and candy canes hang from the door. She works her shift at Walmart and heads home for a relaxing evening in the apartment she shar...
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Hey There!
I’m J.R. Erickson (aka Jacki), the narrator for the Bitter Endings Podcast. I’m also a fiction author - I write the paranormal novels The Northern Michigan Asylum Series as well as living the stay at home mom life.
I’m from Mason originally, near Lansing, Michigan, but now reside in the northern Michigan woods. And I love it! Except when I listen to really creepy true crime stories of murders in the woods and then I have to watch romantic comedies to quiet my paranoia.
Thanks for checking out my page. You can listen to the podcast at BitterEndingsPod.com.
