Skip the banter: 5:48 (give or take 30 seconds depending on ads)

It was the Saturday before Thanksgiving when 22-year-old Dru Sjodin left work, walked through the mall, and called her boyfriend while heading to her car. Four minutes into the call, her voice shifted—distracted, tense. She said, “Okay, okay,” and the line went dead. He thought the call had dropped. By the time her abandoned car was found, night had fallen and the trail was already cold. What no one knew yet was that the voice on the other end of that call had just heard Dru’s final moments of freedom.

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Kelsey covers Baron Li, while we talk about Alan Helmick.

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Skip the banter: 00:05:02 (give or take 30 seconds depending on how many sponsors)

You ever hear something so strange it sounds like a made-up urban legend...until you realize it actually happened?

This week, we talk about Ruthie Mae McCoy, a woman trying to piece her life together in one of Chicago’s most dangerous housing projects. She’d finally started turning things around, getting treatment, going back to school, planning her escape from a place that had swallowed so many lives. But then, she made a 911 call. She said someone was coming through her bathroom wall.

What happened next is one of the most haunting true stories we’ve ever covered—eerie, tragic, and almost impossible to believe. If you think “Candyman” was just a movie, wait until you hear what really happened in apartment 1109.

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Skip the banter: 00:07:34 (give or take 30 seconds based on ads)

In 2011, 20-year-old Madison Scott headed to a party at a remote campground in British Columbia, a place where the wilderness stretches as far as the eye can see. She was ready for a night of fun with friends, her tent pitched by Hogsback Lake. But by morning, Maddy was gone. Her truck was still parked, her rings left in the dirt, her phone and keys nowhere to be found. What happened after the party died down? Allison tells us the rest of the story.

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In 2012, Ryan Poston was a rising star in Cincinnati’s legal scene, a 29-year-old attorney with big dreams and a bigger heart. But on a quiet fall night, a 911 call shattered everything. His 21-year-old girlfriend, Shayna Hubers, claimed she shot him in self-defense, painting a chaotic scene of violence. Yet her chilling words on the call, talking about firing extra shots to “make sure” he was gone, tell a different story.

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A little girl with a name as gentle as Harmony should have had a life filled with bedtime stories, scraped knees, and warm arms to run into. Instead, Harmony Montgomery was handed off like paperwork between systems, disappearing into broken homes and blind spots.

This episode is not just about one child. It’s about the terrifying consequences of silence, apathy, and the cracks in a system that was supposed to be her safety net.

You’ll walk away from this story thinking not only about Harmony, but about every child who doesn’t have a voice loud enough to be heard. And maybe you’ll question what we’re really doing when we say we’re protecting children.

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Surprise! It's a bonus episode from our podcast BFFs Till Death Do Us Part.

Case begins around 16:15 - Factoids went long

Listen as Melissa tells Daniel a case that took 8 long years to prosecute but only recently came to a dramatic end.

When a celebrity hairdresser is savagely murdered in his home, was his death the result of a string of high-end burglaries or something much more sinister. We are going with sinister. Enjoy!

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Skip the banter (boo): 6:11

You know how some people just give you the creeps? This Sapp piece of garbage was next-level dark. It all starts with a woman named Una Timmons, just walking down the road one night in 1996, when Sapp pulls up offering a ride. Sounds innocent enough, right? But things quickly take a turn. She barely escapes, and when the cops start peeling back the layers on this guy, it’s like opening a door to a nightmare. There’s this one chilling detail that ties him to some truly horrifying crimes, including cases with kids. It’s the kind of story that makes your stomach twist, wondering how someone gets that twisted. And the way it unravels, with confessions spilling out and old cases cracking open, it’s like a puzzle you can’t stop thinking about. You’re gonna want to hear this one. It’s haunting.

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Skip the banter: 00:05:18 (this can change depending on ads, but it's a good guess)

Summary: Two Michigan families, strangers to each other, are forever linked by a devastating accident in 2006. When a truck crashes into a Taylor University van, the Cerak and Van Ryn families face unimaginable loss and hope. This episode dives into a story of grief, faith, and a twist so profound it defies belief. Don’t miss this one. Seriously. You’ll be thinking about it for days.

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You’re out for a run, the trail stretching ahead, fresh air filling your lungs. It’s your time to unwind, to feel strong. But for Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mom of five, that peace was shattered on a summer evening in 2023. She headed out on Maryland’s Ma & Pa Trail, a place she loved, and never came home. What happened to her—a brutal crime that shook a community—exposes a chilling reality: for women, even a simple walk can carry unspoken risks.

Allison dives into Rachel’s story, a vibrant woman whose life was cut short, and the relentless search for her killer that spanned states and borders. We’ll talk ab out the dangers women face outdoors, the gut-wrenching details of her case, and the emotional questions it raises about safety, justice, and how we protect ourselves when the world feels unsafe. It’s a conversation that’ll hit you hard and leave you thinking long after it ends.

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