Crimelines True Crime

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Crimelines walks you through true crime events, pairing captivating tales with clear storytelling. Host Charlie brings in appropriate historic and cultural context to look beyond what happened and consider why it happened.

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Cindy Monkman | The Apelt B...

12.06.2023

Cindy Monkman met a charming German man in a bar one night, and the two began dating. But when his visa was about to expire and he suggested a green card marriage, Cindy thought she was helping him out. What ...

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12.06.2023 Cindy Monkman \| The Apelt Brothers' Plot Cindy Monkman met a charming German man in a bar one night, and the two began dating. But when his visa was about to expire and he suggested a green card marriage, Cindy thought she was helping him out. What ...
11.29.2023 Bonus: Lay Them To Rest \| Giveaway! Charlie and Eric sit down with author Laura Norton about her new book Lay Them To Rest. Email for giveaway: [email protected] Music: Critical Thinking by Philip Ayers
11.22.2023 Dorothy Mayfield \| The Punishment of Gina Grant When a juvenile is charged with a heinous crime, the idea is to punish to rehabilitate and allow that child to live a healthy adult life. But are all crimes, even when committed by a 14-year-old, forgivable? And how soon ...
11.15.2023 Carol Taggart \| Prison of Control When Carol Anne Taggart went missing, it wouldn’t take long for the authorities to close the book on what happened to her. But due to a loophole in Scottish law, her killer would be controlling things for years to come. ...
11.08.2023 The Conclusion? \| John Robinson Part 3 In June of 2000, John Robinson was arrested on two complaints of sexual assault and one of theft. The arrest gave the police probable cause to search for evidence of what they really thought he was guilty of–murder. And that’s ...
11.04.2023 Beverly Bonner, Sheila and Debbie Faith, Izabela Lewicka, and Suzette Trouten \| John Robinson Pt 2 John Robinson was known in Kansas and Missouri as a conman, and eventually found himself locked up for about 6 years in state prison. But when he was released, the prison librarian moved to be with him and then she ...
11.01.2023 Paula Godfrey, Lisa Stasi, and Catherine Clampitt \| John Robinson Part 1 In the year 2000, the Kansas City Metro area was rocked with the news that a serial killer had been operating in the area for at least 16 years, and more than that, he had been on police radar almost ...
10.31.2023 Maze of Secrets \| Halloween BONUS! ..1 eerie corn maze... ...9 haunting figures... ...9 spine-tingling tales... ...Will YOU find your way out? This holiday season, step into a labyrinth of shadows and suspense with Shane Waters as your guide. In this chilling collaboration, you'll encounter the ...
10.25.2023 Alan Helmick \| A Prenup of Protection When Miriam Giles met Alan Helmick, it was nearly love at first sight. His children worried she was after his money so she signed a prenup that would leave her with virtually nothing. But would that prenup really be the ...
10.18.2023 Wayan Mirna Salihan \| Ice Cold Justice? Mirna Salihin had distanced herself from her friend Jessica Wongso after an awkward conversation. But when she decided to meet up with a group of friends, including Jessica, tragedy would strike and Indonesia’s trial of the century would follow. This ...
10.11.2023 Jane Bashara \| A Husband's Secret If you like this bonus episode and are interested in getting more every month, go to https://www.patreon.com/crimelines or subscribe in your Apple Podcast App! When Jane Bashara was found dead after what looked like a carjacking, the police zeroed in ...
10.04.2023 Craig Rideout \| A Family Plot Even the most carefully planned murders can unravel when details are overlooked. But in the case we’re discussing tonight, one person said the details weren’t missed–they were intentional in order to frame him. This case is solved. Tickets to the ...
09.27.2023 The Swartz Family \| Both And Bob and Kay Swartz adopted three older children, hoping that love and boundaries would be enough to heal their trauma. But as behaviors escalated, their ability to cope diminished and it led to tragic results. This case is solved. Book ...
09.25.2023 Listen Now: 48 Hours Listen to 48 Hours ad-free right now by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts: Wondery.fm/48_CL One of television's most popular true-crime series is now adapted for your ears with the “48 Hours” podcast. Every week, ...
09.20.2023 Sian Simmonds \| A Tangled Plot When a man scratched Sian Simmonds’s car outside her home, she invited him inside to exchange insurance information. Hours after the stranger left, Sian was found dead. The killer left behind a clue so obvious that the police thought it ...
09.06.2023 Cher Elder \| The Destruction of Tom Luther When Cher Elder disappeared, the police learned she was last seen with a man with a violent past. But when that past was not allowed in at trial and jury deliberations stalled, some wondered if the law was getting in ...
08.23.2023 Pepita Madalyn Redhair \| MMIW Crimelines and Consequences Enjoy this episode of Crimelines and Consequences and subscribe in your favorite podcast app! Pepita Redhair was reported missing by her mother in March 2020, at the beginning of shutdowns. The case was slow to get started and three years ...
08.21.2023 Listen Now - Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities suspect he was eaten by alligators but the true predators who took Mike may lurk much closer to home. The mystery of Mike’s disappearance might have faded from memory, if ...
08.16.2023 Shannon Siders \| The Last To See Her When a young woman was murdered in Michigan, her father kept the pressure on the police and the public demanding to know who killed his only child. Eventually, two witnesses came forward with what they said was the answer. But ...
08.02.2023 April Barber \| A Walk on the Beach April and Justin Barber were celebrating their third wedding anniversary when tragedy struck. The police were suspicious about the story they were being told but finding conclusive evidence proved to be tricky. This case is solved but only partially resolved. ...
07.26.2023 The Uden Family and Ron Holtz \| One Case Solves Another When Virginia Uden and her children went missing, her ex-husband Gerald was the prime suspect. But with little evidence to go on, the case went cold. That was until another, unrelated disappearance broke this case wide open. This case is ...
07.19.2023 Stefanie Rengel \| A Hidden Plot When two teens tried to scare a third, everyone thought it was just teenage melodrama. The parents tried to scare the kids out of their feud but little did they know that the plotting continued. This case is solved. Sponsors: ...
07.17.2023 Listen Now: Suspect "Five Shots in the Dark" Leon Benson spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. His conviction hinged on the testimony of two eyewitnesses – but what if their memories turned out to be ...
07.05.2023 Taylor Wright \| With Friends Like This In 2017, Taylor Wright had been ordered by the court to return the money she took out of a joint account she held with her ex-husband. She left one morning to go to the bank to get the money and ...
06.28.2023 Leann Fletcher \| Stories versus Clues When only two people are in the room when a gun goes off, only two people can tell us what happened. But when one of them is dead and the police don’t believe the survivor, it’s up to the evidence ...
06.26.2023 Matthew Rattlesnake Grant \| Introducing The Fall Line Matthew Rattlesnake Grant disappeared and was murdered on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in December of 2016. His family in the United States and Canada now push for media coverage of missing and murdered Natives as part of the MMIP (Missing ...
06.21.2023 Lita McClinton Sullivan \| A Deadly Delivery A stranger carrying flowers rang a doorbell in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood and carried out a murder-for-hire. Though the police identified their prime suspect on day 1, it would take nearly 20 years for justice. This case is solved. Want ...
06.07.2023 Gregg Williams \| A Web of Lies When someone’s default position is to lie, everything they do raises eyebrows. And when they have changing stories about how their husband died, the eyebrows being raised are those of the police. This case is solved. Podcast Recommendation: Cult Liter ...
05.24.2023 Judy Smith and Chad & Jason Burnett \| Enhanced Evidence In 1989, a man was arrested for a triple murder. What no one knew at the time was that his story would eventually lead to the overhaul of the death penalty in Tennessee 33 years later. This case is solved. ...
05.17.2023 Richard & Phyllis Nelson \| An Accidental Defense From the outside, Richard and Phyllis Nelson had the perfect marriage. And even those on the inside, like their daughters, saw it that way until their father’s personality seemed to change. Phyllis saw his anger as a byproduct of work ...
05.10.2023 Bonus Part 2: Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters (including CRIMELINES!) as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be ...
05.10.2023 Bonus Part 1: Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters (including CRIMELINES!) as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be ...
05.03.2023 The Haldersons \| the stories of Chandler Halderson When Bart and Krista Halderson were reported missing in July 2021 by their son Chandler, the police began their usual inquiries. They had no idea that within days, they would have all the answers and those answers would be brutal. ...
04.26.2023 Sunny von Bulow \| Two Trials, Two Verdicts An heiress to a fortune falls critically ill just as her marriage is falling apart. Decades after a sensational trial where her husband was the defendant, people still ask if justice was done. This case is disputed. Podcast recommendation: FBI ...
04.19.2023 Dustin Wedhe and Tracey Richter \| Who was the victim? After Tracey Richter killed a home intruder, she was hailed as the mother who risked it all to protect her children. The dead man’s mother said the whole truth would one day come out. It took a decade before that ...
04.12.2023 Courtney Holden \| Without a Trace MMIW A Washington mother was reported missing in October 2019. When the police began investigating, they were shocked to learn that she had been missing for a year and a half and the people closest to her couldn’t keep their stories ...
04.05.2023 Kelly Dwyer \| Circumstantial Evidence A young woman was seen entering an apartment building but the cameras never saw her leave. When she was reported missing, all eyes were on that apartment but no forensic evidence was recovered. Would a purely circumstantial case ever hold ...
04.04.2023 Bonus: Deceptions & Resurrections, Part 2 This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters (including CRIMELINES!) as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and ...
04.03.2023 Bonus: Deceptions & Resurrections, Part 1 This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters (including CRIMELINES!) as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and ...
03.16.2023 Kelly Dean Hogan \| The Escape of Randolph Dial In 1981, a taekwondo instructor in Oklahoma was killed by an unknown assailant. Years later, the killer confessed though his exact motives were still in question. But when that confessed murderer escaped from prison–taking someone with him –we were left ...
03.14.2023 Introducing Against the Odds: Alaska Bear Attack Against the Odds is a podcast from Wondery about regular, everyday people who found themselves fighting for their lives against unthinkable odds. Told from the point of view of the survivors, you’ll feel first-hand what it was like for them ...
03.08.2023 FC Martinez \| The Question of Hate In the early 2000s, Colorado’s hate crime laws didn’t include sexuality or gender identity. In spite of a killer bragging about bug-smashing a gay person, the murderer of Nádleehí/Two Spirit teen FC Martinez has been walking free since 2018 For ...
03.01.2023 Ray Green \| The Missing Cowboy When the police conducted a welfare check on Raymond Green, his wife Dani welcomed them onto the property and allowed them to search… they could search anywhere except the padlocked metal box in the yard. When the police came back ...
02.22.2023 Michelle Martinko \| DNA Solve For 40 years, the city of Cedar Rapids wondered if they had a killer among them. And when the case finally looked solved thanks to DNA, the defense looked back to evidence collection methods from the 1970s and said it ...
02.20.2023 Introducing COLD: The Search for Sheree Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree ...
02.15.2023 Karen Ann Phillips \| The Dream of Steven Linscott When a woman was murdered in her apartment, the police told her neighbors to call in any tip they had, no matter how small it may seem. But when one man called in about a dream he had, he landed ...
02.10.2023 Bloody Valentine Part 2 …12 dates … …14 love gone wrong stories… …Will YOU be my Valentine? This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 14 crime podcast hosts, including Crimelines! Each host brings a new, love gone wrong ...
02.09.2023 Bloody Valentine Part 1 …12 dates … …14 love gone wrong stories… …Will YOU be my Valentine? This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 14 crime podcast hosts, including Crimelines! Each host brings a new, love gone wrong ...
02.06.2023 Wondery Presents: Stolen Hearts Sergeant Jill Evans is a small-town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she’s beginning to worry that love ...
02.01.2023 Capt. Lynn Reister \| Danger on the Homefront When a key witness refused to testify against a defendant, the entire case was in jeopardy until the prosecutors found a new angle to take. This case is solved Sponsors: Daily Harvest: Get up to $40 OFF your first box ...

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