Missing Magnolias

Hi there! Back for Season Two, Michelle and Scarlett continue to offer listeners a curation of interviews from experts, criminologists, and truth-seekers who begin the dialogue: what is the 'real true crime' experience? Check out the highlights from our Season Two in the trailer.

Natalie Murry is a fellow Ginger gal and a Texas-based forensic artist with a background in law enforcement . Natalie's skills in composites, skull reconstructions, age progressions and post-mortems have been instrumental in creating matches and ID's for cold cases. One of her more well-known ID's was that of  Jane Doe known for many years to the true crime world as that of "Orange Socks" ---she now has her real name back.  

Natalie offers her services through her freelance company, Natalie Murry Forensic Art.  

As she tells us, "The goal of the drawings is to raise public awareness."  We hope to shine a light on a couple of Natalie's active cases like that of Helen Doe who was a young unidentified Indigenous woman who tragically died in a fire as the result of car crash in Kalama Washington in 1991.  We also hope to raise awareness around an unidentified man who expired in 2018 as the result of a fatal fall in a Cinerama movie theater in Washington. 

For information regarding Washington's Helen Doe contact the cold case department, Detective Stacy Moate at [email protected] or call (425) 401-7754

For information regarding "Cinerama Man", contact the King County Medical Examiner's Office at (206) 731-3232. 

And be sure to follow Natalie Murry on social:

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"On trips to the store, I stared at missing children on milk cartons and thought of Cajun altar boys," wrote New Orleans-based investigative reporter, author, and film director, Jason Berry, in his first book on the Catholic Church sexual abuse and coverup, Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children (1992), which was compiled through court documents from both the criminal and civil cases against Lafayette Diocese priest, Father Gauthe, who admitted to abusing 37 children from 1972-1983 in southwest Louisiana. Father Gauthe was the first Catholic priest to face a highly publicized criminal trial for the sexual abuse of a child. Jason is lauded as being the first to break the Catholic Church story and is a pioneer for his reporting and advocate for the survivors.

Jason remains deeply rooted to his home Louisiana and his beloved city of New Orleans. As a writer, the music has always been his salvation and has kept him grounded through the years.

He joins us today to discuss his latest book and film, City of a Million Dreams, which explores the rich history of New Orleans through the lens of jazz funerals and the unique tradition of the second line.  The film City of a Million Dreams is available now at various film festival screenings. You can also purchase the book, which is available at your local bookstores or on Amazon.

To check-out the various screenings and locations, visit the website!!

Be sure to also follow City of a Million Dreams on social:

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"On trips to the store, I stared at missing children on milk cartons and thought of Cajun altar boys," wrote New Orleans-based investigative reporter, author, and film director, Jason Berry, in his first book on the Catholic Church sexual abuse and coverup, Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children (1992), which was compiled through court documents from both the criminal and civil cases against Lafayette Diocese priest, Father Gauthe, who admitted to abusing 37 children from 1972-1983 in southwest Louisiana. Father Gauthe was the first Catholic priest to face a highly publicized criminal trial for the sexual abuse of a child. Jason is lauded as being the first to break the Catholic Church story and is a pioneer for his reporting and advocate for the survivors. 

Jason remains deeply rooted to his home Louisiana and his beloved city of New Orleans. As a writer, the music has always been his salvation and has kept him grounded through the years. 

He joins us today to discuss his latest book and film, City of a Million Dreams, which explores the rich history of New Orleans through the lens of jazz funerals and the unique tradition of the second line.  The film City of a Million Dreams is available now at various film festival screenings. You can also purchase the book, which is available at your local bookstores or on Amazon. 

To check-out the various screenings and locations, visit the website!! 

Be sure to also follow City of a Million Dreams on social:

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Nineteen-year-old Peter Jordan was the victim of a homicide in 2014. He was gunned down on February 19, 2014 in a drive-by shooting outside a friend's apartment complex in Huntersville, North Carolina. His case remains unsolved. With potential witnesses, new information, and evolved investigative techniques, his family seeks answers and has asked that his case be re-opened.  

Anyone with information can contact North Meck Crime Stoppers at 704-896-7867 with anonymous tips or they can email the anonymous tip line: [email protected]. 

Be sure to also check out our guest's podcast Moments with Manifesting Mama RI and be sure to follow the social:

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No one is sure how it started , whether accidental or intentional, but soon one city in the Panhandle during the 1950s and 1960s was responsible for 2/3 of all loss of limbs insurance claims in the US , with the city of Vernon as the main culprit. Payouts moved faster , as we say, than boudin in the break room. When one payout reached $100,000 , insurance agents got suspicious and were sent to investigate the city of Vernon where as one insurance agent noted in his 1972 report, the two major past times were ‘watching hound dogs mate’ and ‘self-mutilation for cash.’ On this episode “Welcome to Nub City” we discuss how a small town suffering a financial depression, turned people to desperate measures to stay afloat or get rich quick …. Joining us to discuss is special guest and podcast host Sai Sion of Build a Better Ally. 

 We also discuss Errol Morris’s documentary Vernon, Florida, which due to threats from the Nub Club’s goons has nothing to do with the loss of limbs scam, but is instead a delightful character study of Vernon’s non-Nub Club Members. Be sure to tune in. There may or may not be an impromptu Nub Club theme song from our wonderfully talented guest! 

Be sure to tune into the podcast Build a Better Ally and follow on social!

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Back in New Orleans in 1983, a landlord received complaints from her tenants that their dogs had gone missing along with complaints about a creepy tenant and his missing roommate. Michelle, Scarlett, and special guest Allyson Wade (the Ginger Trifecta) weigh-in.

Allyson Wade (Lafayette native) is a Los Angeles-based singer song writer. Be sure to check-out Allyson's latest music video "Lonely With You" available on all streaming platforms!

"Lonely With You" music Video

Lonely With You - Allyson Wade (Official Music Video) - YouTube

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Two brutal murders occurred with a church setting and remain as cold cases. Reverend Carol Daniels was murdered on August 23, 2009 on the way to preach at her church in Anadarko, Oklahoma. She was found nearly decapitated, stabbed, doused in chemical agents, and left in a crucifix-like position near the church's altar. Another woman, Missy Bevers, was murdered in the early hours before teaching a fitness class outside Creekside Church in Midlothian, Texas on April 18, 2016. The suspect was seen on the church’s surveillance wearing mock SWAT garb and the footage was released to the public by authorities to assist in the identification.

Anyone with information regarding these case(s), please contact the hot lines below:

For Carol Daniels contact:

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation tip line : 1-800-522-8017 or email [email protected]

For Missy Bevers contact:

*Midlothian Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 972-775-7634.

*Midlothian Crime Stoppers of Ellis County at 972-937-PAYS (7297)

Carla Davis is an Investigative Genetic Genealogist who in the past year has contributed more than $100,000 dollars of her funds to a genetics lab to assist in solving cold cases, mainly those from her home state of Mississippi. Carla is the founder of DNA Davis and has been instrumental in solving several cold cases by using skills honed from working with unknown parentage cases. In this episode, we are given a day-in-life as Carla describes her process of scouring obituaries, newspapers, census records, and of all things Facebook! This is the 'GoFundMe era' and forensic genetic genealogy is a complete game-changer. It is the long-term goal to eradicate cold cases and get cases funded and solved. Listeners are encouraged to submit their DNA or to donate money directly to cases on sites like DNA Solves or Justice Drive. Listeners who have already taken consumer DNA tests are encouraged to upload their results to Family Tree DNA or GEDmatch.