Meika Jordan was a bubbly, bright, beautiful little 6 year old who lived every day like it was her best. She belonged to a split household and her time was devoted between two sets of parents. A call to 911 that Meika has fallen down the stairs results in a shocking investigation involving her biological dad and step-mom. 

Sources for this episode include 

Crime Beat podcast found here by Nancy Hixt

Steven Clayton was a millionaire living in South Carolina in a mansion with his wife Lana. Suddenly he gets sick for a few days and then is found dead at the bottom of a set of stairs. The death was deemed an accident, but was it? What killed Steven was a murder weapon so unlikely and unique but yet common enough you can buy it for less than $5 and you probably have it in your house. 

Sources for this episode included the 48 episode found here. 

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Today we are talking about the Hatton Garden Heist of 2015. One of the UK's largest jewelry and cash robbery where over 14 Million Pounds of valuables disappeared. They are still trying to recover most of it. The plan was carried out by a sophisticated, well organized gang of...retirees. That's right. Listen to the how the Grandad Gang almost got away. 

Ross Kemp Documentary was a big help in our research. Find it here

Lois Riess was a loving grandmother who had a bad habit, gambling. This leads her on a killing spree and cross country road trip. Join us as we talk about her movements and how she was able to slip through the authorities' grasps more than once. 

Rosemarie was just leaving for an afternoon at the movies with her sister. She takes her vitamins before leaving but then she just doesn't feel right. Rosemarie ends up dying from a minor car accident showing no signs of physical trauma. Her Dr. husband starts acting strangely after she passes. 

Sources for this episode include Dateline: Bitter Pill

This week we are talking about Katherine Knight. A truly evil woman capable of a crime so gruesome and violent that it earned her the conviction of life without parole which was a first for a woman in Australia.

Sources include Female Criminals podcast found here. 

Apologies Old Time Crime Gal listeners. Immediately after recording this episode I had a health scare that landing me in the ER. I am back and ready to get back to a regular schedule - Melissa

This week we talk about Cheryl Hughes. She had a goal on sailing the world but decided on a vacation to buy her own island and build a dream home and live her best life. 

Greed got in the way and Cheryl was caught in the crossfire. 

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Sources for this episode include Dateline NBC

This is part two of our story on Rey Rivera. Here we discuss theories about what really happened. We may never know for sure. Do you think it was homicide or suicide? 

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