Crime Soup

TW: Rape

When police receive an unsettling phone call from a woman taken hostage in Ashland, Ohio, they were not expecting to unravel the dark and twisted trail of a serial killer living right under their noses.

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TW: Suicide

Jane Ellen Neumann was a 30-year-old wife and mother found shot to death in the basement of her home in Hudson, Wisconsin in 1993. While her husband initially told police she had been murdered by an unknown intruder, the crime scene investigation and autopsy results told a different story.

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Sam Cooke was on the fast track to becoming bigger than Elvis when his life abruptly ended at a seedy motel in Los Angeles, December 11th, 1964. His death was ruled a "justifiable homicide" but the math doesn't quite add up. His family believes he may have been the target of a....higher authority.

Join Kaylee and Hannah for our special celebrity SEASON FINALE where we discuss the details of Sam Cooke's death and the various conspiracy theories surrounding it. Was Sam Cooke really killed in self defense or was it possibly an assassination by the US Government? Let us know your thoughts!

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On June 5th, 1960, four teenagers were found stabbed and bludgeoned near their campsite at Lake Bodom. Only one of them survived but his witness account seemed almost....paranormal.

Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the various suspects in this case and who we think may be responsible for the deaths of Maila Björklund, Anja Mäki & Seppo Boisman.

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13-year-old Rachel Marie Mellon Skemp disappeared while staying home sick with her stepfather on January 31, 1996. After Rachel’s disappearance, her friends came forward to police to say she was seen crying by her locker the day before she went missing.

Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the details of Rachel's case and who we think is responsible for her disappearance!

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19-year-old Elsie Sigel came from a wealthy family in Manhattan and was even the granddaughter of renowned civil-war general Franz Sigel. So how did she end up strangled and stuffed in a Chinese man’s trunk? 

Join writer/producer Hannah Knaphus and guest host Freyja Miller as we discuss the details of Elsie's case and why her murder was so influential.

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Rae Elaine Tourtillot was only 19 years old when she disappeared on the Menominee Indian Reservation in October 1986. After an evening with friends, two people claimed to have driven her home. But according to Rae's family, she never arrived. Police suspected homicide from the very beginning but they aren't disclosing why.

Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss what's known (and isn't known) about Rae Tourtillott's murder and who we think may be responsible for her death.

Music provided by Shane Webster
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After discovering a large sum of money hidden in a shoebox belonging to her deceased mother, 19-year-old Sarah Stern became the target of a greedy killer. After hearing her story, you may need to re-examine some of the people closest to you.

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After almost 52 years, Burlington Police Department just announced this morning that Vermont's oldest cold case murder has finally been solved!

In 1971, 24-year-old schoolteacher Rita Curran was found beaten, raped and strangled to death on her bedroom floor in Burlington, Vermont.

Today, on February 21st, 2023, her killer has officially been identified and her case closed.

If you'd like the in-depth details about this case, listen to Crime Soup Episode 19 released on February 7th, 2023-Burlington's Oldest Cold Case: The Unsolved Murder of Rita Curran.

24-year-old Rita Curran was found beaten and strangled to death on her bedroom floor in Burlington, Vermont, in 1971. Over 50 years later, her case remains unsolved, but there were a handful of eerily similar attacks on young women around the same time. Who was behind these attacks? Were they all the same man?

Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the details of Rita's case and who we think may be responsible for her death.

If you would like to submit a tip about Rita's murder, please contact the Vermont Major Crimes Unit at 802-244-8781.

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