Most Wanted

By Amanda and Lauren

Most Wanted is a true crime podcast about history's Most Wanted. Amanda and Lauren combine their research and storytelling skills with the humor only sisters can create to tell a new story each wee

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The podcast currently has 106 episodes available.

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December 19, 2024100. Donna Jean Willmott & Claude Daniel Marks
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This week Lauren tells Amanda about the 7th woman to make it on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitive’s List.

Sources:
Casetext: U.S. v. Sababu
Rolling Stone: FBI Adds 10th Woman to ‘Most Wanted’ List: Meet Them All
From 1960s militant radicals to a hardened gangster, meet the women who've made the FBI's infamous list by Sonia Weiser
FBI: Most Wanted: 412. Donna Jean Willmott
2 Radical Fugitives Wanted by FBI Surrender by Stephen Braun and John Beckham
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1h 21min
December 12, 202499. Paislee Shultis
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This week Amanda is back for a limited time!
Lauren decided to wrap up week eight of Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series with the disappearance of Paislee Shultis! It's an interesting story you won't want to miss.

Sources:
CNY Central: 'Missing since 2019, child found hidden under staircase with accused abductor' by Heather Kovar
Hudson Valley One: 'Charges adjourned against Kimberley Shultis in Saugerties abduction case' by Crispin Kott
Hudson Valley One: 'The story of Paislee, found alive in a secret room' by Rokosz Most
CNN: 'Authorities are piecing together what happened to Paislee Shultis, who was found alive under a staircase. Here’s what we know' by Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris
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December 05, 202498. Jayme Closs
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Special Guest: Hannah
This week Lauren tells Hannah about the abduction of Jayme Closs and her amazing escape.

Sources:
CNN: Timeline of the 87 days of Jayme Closs’ disappearance by Faith Karimi
Rausch and Steel Funeral Home: James and Denise Closs of Barron, Wisconsin | 2018 | Obituary
WEAU 13: Sheriff shares message of hope, thanks community on 5-year anniversary of Jayme Closs escape by Lindsay Alowairdi
NBC News: Video shows Jake Patterson, kidnapper of Wisconsin girl Jayme Closs, in prison fight by Erik Ortiz
People Magazine: Jayme Closs Case: Timeline of Murder, Abduction and Her Miraculous Escape Jayme Closs, 13, escaped her abductor, Jake Thomas Patterson, who killed her parents so he could kidnap her. Patterson said he decided to kidnap Jayme after seeing her board a school bus by Jeff Truesdell
Kare11: 'I can’t believe I did this' | Accused Jayme Closs kidnapper writes letter from jail Jake Patterson says he will plead guilty in a letter written to KARE 11 reporter Lou Raguse.
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56min
November 27, 202497. Elizabeth Thomas
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Special Guest: Gabby
This week Lauren and Gabby discuss the abduction of Elizabeth Thomas
Week 6: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series

Sources:
ABC News: Timeline of the alleged kidnapping of Tennessee student Elizabeth Thomas
NBC News: Tennessee Teacher Kidnapping: Elizabeth Thomas is Reunited with Family, Attorney Says by Dakshayani Shankar and Sammi Davis
The Tennessean: timeline shows troubling events before Elizabeth Thomas’ disappearance by Jordan Buie
All That’s Interesting: Tad Cummins, The Tennessee Teacher Who Kidnapped His 15-Year-Old Student And Claimed ‘The Devil Made Him’ Do It by Austin Harvey
Crime Online: ‘He is the devil’: Elizabeth Thomas explains what happened while on the road 38 days with teacher kidnapper, Tad Cummins by Leigh Egan
"20/20" From Classroom to Captive #2 (TV Episode 2018)
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1h 9min
November 21, 202496. Kyron Horman
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Special Guest: Sandy
This week Lauren and Sandy discuss the disappearance of Kyron Horman.
Week 5: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series

Sources:
Crime Library: Missing: Kyron Horman by Tricia Romano
Medium: Disappearance of Kyron Horman
The Oregonian: Kyron Horman, missing 10 years: A timeline by Lizzy Acker
KGW8: ‘Something in there that yearns to touch him’: Mother remains hopeful 14 years after son Kyron Horman’s disappearance by Sydney Dorner
Let’s Go To Court: Episode 176: Disappearance of Kyron Horman & A Suicide Helper
https://www.thekhf.org/missing-children/kyronhorman
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November 14, 202495. Shasta and Dylan Groene
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Special Guest: Megan
This week Lauren tells Megan about the kidnapping of Shasta and Dylan Groene.
Week 4: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series
Sources:
CBS News: The Groene Case
Crime Library: Joseph Edward Duncan III by Gary C. King
People Magazine Investigates: Groene Family Massacre (Max)
People Magazine: A Child Survived a Serial Killer — and Now Tells Her Story on Season Premiere of 'People Magazine Investigates'
"My mother was crying," recalls Shasta Groene about the night that changed her life. "Someone's in the house" by Elaine Adadillas
People Magazine: Serial Killer Survivor Shasta Groene Seeks Community Help After Losing Home in Fire by Angel Saunders
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1h 32min
November 07, 202494. Amber Hagerman
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Special Guest: Chelsea
This week Lauren and Chelsea discuss the disappearance of Amber Hagerman and what the powerful legacy she created today.
Week 3: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series

Sources:
Crime Library: Amber Hagerman by David Krajicek
KIRO7: Police release new photos, seek new info in unsolved 1996 murder of Amber Hagerman By Crystal Bonvillian
HubPages: How Amber Hagerman’s Murder Inspired the AMBER Alert System by Michele Freeman
KSAT: ‘A lasting legacy’: Amber Hagerman’s unsolved murder inspires AMBER Alert
Texas Crime Stories: Amber Hagerman’s abduction and murder in 1996 inspired the AMBER Alert by Erica Hernandez and Leigh Waldman
Fox7Austin: Case that sparked AMBER Alert system remains unsolved 28 years later by Angela Shen
CBS News: 28 years later, Arlington Police Department remains dedicated to finding Amber Hagerman's killer by Annie Gimbel
All Thats Interesting: Amber Hagerman
ND Response: AMBER Alert History
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October 31, 202493. Jacob Wetterling
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Special Guest: Sandy
This week Sandy and Lauren discuss the disappearance and the murder of Jacob Wetterling
Week 2: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series

Sources:
Jacob, Megan, and Pam: Federal Sex Offender Registration Legislation by David M. Heger
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jacob Wetterling’s killer gives-chilling details of abducted 11-year-old’s final moment alive by Crystal Bonvillian
Danny Heinrich: “Long known to investigators looking into the Wetterling abduction, he originally denied connection to the case but now admits that he murdered Jacob and pointed authorities to his remains “by Madeleine Baran and Jennifer Vogel
MPR News: "The Jacob Wetterling abduction" by Kirsti Marohn
APM Reports: “The Jacob Wetterling Investigation TIMELINE OF EVENTS”
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1h 5min
October 24, 202492. Chowchilla Kidnapping of 1976
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Special Guest: Sarah
This week Lauren tells Sarah about a kidnapping in Chowchilla, California.
Week 1: Most Wanted's Missing Children's Series

Sources:
26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows how one plotted their escape – and what happened years later by Holly Yan
The Chowchilla Kidnapping by Douglas MacGowan
Chowchilla CNN film
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1h 14min
October 17, 202491. Dean Corll
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Special Guest: Chelsea
This week Lauren tells Chelsea about The Candy Man of Texas.

Sources:
Texas Monthly: "The Lost Boy"s by By Skip Hollandsworth
Crime Library: "Dean Corll" by Marilyn Bardsley
100 Most Infamous Criminals: "Dean Corll" by Jo Durden Smith
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How many episodes does Most Wanted have?

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