Prime Time Krime

On this weeks episode of summer series 2025 we get to hear wiretap calls between Jake, Wagner and Angela, Wagner as well as Jake and George Wagner. This episode is very wiretap heavy but it gives us great insight into the Wagner family dynamic. 

Sources for episode: 
https://www.youtube.com/live/P6jyF_A0Xgs?si=LiJmNF5v5BTI5oDc

Right now in true crime: BK sentencing and victim impact statements, Erik Menendez update. 


1977 in San Jose, California 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston lost her life in a horrific way, and while her case remained cold for many years,
We now have resolution. In recent months, law-enforcement decided to dig back into evidence in her case. It has finally been solved and an arrest has been made. Let’s discuss how we got here and where everything stands today. 


Sources for episode: 

https://youtu.be/NYLEyczYEE0?si=p75BhDYCy8-cGg4k (Alieva's impact statement) 

https://www.wlbt.com/2025/05/07/son-woman-found-strangled-death-1977-reacts-suspects-arrest/?outputType=amp

https://people.com/cops-think-theyve-cracked-womans-slaying-inside-volkswagen-beetle-11733074

https://www.kbtx.com/2025/05/07/son-woman-found-strangled-death-1977-reacts-suspects-arrest/?outputType=amp

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/us/jeanette-ralston-cold-case-murder-suspect.html

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/14/us/san-jose-cold-case-arrest-jeanette-ralston-death

https://da.santaclaracounty.gov/da-cold-case-unit-charges-ohio-man-1977-murder

https://www.kgns.tv/2025/05/07/69-year-old-man-identified-suspect-1977-cold-case-involving-woman-found-strangled/?outputType=amp

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/tenth-court-of-appeals/2001/4113.html

In part eight of our summer series 2025 we get into a few more witnesses in the trial of George Wagner IV and we discuss wire taps and what will and won’t be allowed into the trial. We also hear some of the first wire tap conversations between Jake and his then wife Beth Ann Wagner. 

Sources for episode: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis/id1519114534?i=1000585385451

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis/id1519114534?i=1000585405687

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis/id1519114534?i=1000585580884

https://www.youtube.com/live/P6jyF_A0Xgs?si=LiJmNF5v5BTI5oDc

Right now in true crime: Lori Vallow daybell, Alex Murdaugh update, Menendez brothers update. Sam Haskell JR case update 

20 year old Brenda Gerow left home in 1980 with a man who was her boyfriend named Jack Kalhauser. she always kept in touch with her younger brother Bill and at one point even told Bill that she was on her way back home. He never heard from her again.  It wasn’t until 34 years later when her brother finally got the answers that haunted him for so many years. Brenda was identified as a Jane Doe and the mystery surrounding her death has left investigators with way more questions than it has answers. We are going to discuss everything from the start of Brenda‘s life to her unfortunate death, and where her case stands today and who may be responsible. 

Sources for episode: 

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Brenda_Gerow
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/brenda-gerow-jane-doe-new-hampshire/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29309025/brenda-marie-gerow
https://charleyproject.org/case/diane-k-van-reeth
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ma-court-of-appeals/1467963.html
https://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1999/05/11/70909-kalhauser-makes-deal-for-20-year-sentence/
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1449dfaz.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cops-social-media-tips-lead-to-identification-in-1981-slaying/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anatomy-of-murder/id1532894981?i=1000546245074

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Angela Wagner takes the stand during part 7 of Summer Series 2025 where we are covering the trial of George Wagner IV. Buckle up cause Angela is a very interesting character in all of this.

Sources for episode: 

https://www.fox19.com/2022/11/02/angela-wagner-you-never-get-away-with-it-you-live-with-it/?outputType=amp

https://www.fox19.com/2022/11/03/angela-wagner-back-stand-cross-examination-pike-county-massacre-trial/?outputType=amp

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis/id1519114534?i=1000584727683

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis/id1519114534?i=1000584858715

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis/id1519114534?i=1000584982558

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis/id1519114534?i=1000585007353

In late October 1995,18 year-old Shana Jaros had just moved out of her parents home and was renting an apartment nearby with a roommate. What seemed to be a normal ordinary Halloween night soon turned into a nightmare for the Jaros family when 18-year-old Shana was found murdered the following morning. Let’s unpack her story and find out where the case stands today.

Sources for episode: 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna181546

https://uncovered.com/cases/shana-jaros-nokomis-il

https://youtu.be/IlX6e1jWSvk?si=BDrYItt6sFL3-BkO

https://www.houghfuneralhome.com/obituary/Billy-Malloy

In today’s episode, we are going to finish the prosecutions questioning of Jake Wagner and we will also get into the defenses cross examination of Jake and we will go ahead and finish out Jake Wagner’s testimony. 


Sources for episode: 

https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/24/day-29-jake-wagner-takes-the-stand-against-his-brother-in-the-rhoden-slaying-trial/ 

https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/25/day-30-jake-wagner-walks-jury-through-how-he-disposed-of-murder-weapons/ 

https://www.scribd.com/document/686257537/Jake-Wagner-Court-Docs-Hearing-Excerpts

Right now in true crime: BK plea deal, Diddy verdict



In Swampscott, Massachusetts in 1974, 15-year-old Henry Bedard brutally lost his life while on his way home from running some errands after school. Despite evidence being left behind including the alleged murder weapon, Henry’s case remains unsolved to this day, almost 51 years since its horrific crime was committed. We are going to discuss Henry’s story and where the case stands today. 

Sources for episode: 

https://coldcasene.org/f/henry-bedard-jr

https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/henry-bedard

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/new-englands-unsolved-murder-henry-bedard/YU6ZPQJSNVBNXLFEXYIQ43T77E/?outputType=amp

https://henrybedard.wordpress.com/case-news/murder-weapon/

https://henrybedard.wordpress.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boston-confidential-beantowns-true-crime-podcast/id1518401443?i=1000553164978

We continue trial coverage and the testimony of Jake Wagner. Jake goes into details about the homicides and we get first hand knowledge of what happened that night in 2016. 


Sources for episode: 

https://www.scribd.com/document/686257537/Jake-Wagner-Court-Docs-Hearing-Excerpts

https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/24/day-29-jake-wagner-takes-the-stand-against-his-brother-in-the-rhoden-slaying-trial/ 

https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/25/day-30-jake-wagner-walks-jury-through-how-he-disposed-of-murder-weapons/ 

Right now in true crime: Brandon Lawson update, Diddy trial update, Barry Morphew arrested. 

My favorite type of episode to bring you a now solved cold case. After 31 years, the murder of a woman named Megan Beth Johns has officially been solved. Megan lost her life in 1994 at only 29 years old when she was brutally killed in her apartment. After years of unanswered questions, after taking the chance on some untested DNA, we have learned the identify of her killer and he has a criminal history that dates back to 1990, a whole 4 years before Megan’s life was taken. 


Sources for episode: 
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/megan-beth-johns-cold-case-irving-police-arrest-suspect/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwK25fhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvroKdo_BTc2rt1EWdaZ0aFsR7a8tMitdrqaZLYuFo4XqYInHqZpe4N6T8rE_aem_OV_6rMnvSCNjG5_EqQ-SVA#2hon1dudzob7p2ybchl64qzkl8d7w0gu

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article308383455.html

https://www.solvethecase.org/case/1994-2/megan-beth-johns

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10422469/megan-beth-johns

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/fifth-court-of-appeals/2007/05-06-00579-cr-6.html

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/arrest-made-in-1994-irving-cold-case-murder-of-megan-beth-johns/287-ef606ac8-f591-413a-b634-2664e36845c4

https://www.offenderradar.com/offender-details/darryl-patrick-goggans-of-texas-388935

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article229414839.html

Brandon Lawson petition: 
https://www.change.org/p/demand-da-palmer-release-brandon-lawson-s-remains?recruiter=1377168218&recruited_by_id=51ff6450-512f-11f0-816d-85d2fbeb5e2b&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLJWoVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvEIYzwX8i-OHWoB5aO2s7mBAe7GpBJWh5O76_e255fUSn96-mUBpbLA6Tkn_aem_PNgLYdt1Wn0fRg0chvsj2A

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/barry-morphew-lead-prosecutor-withheld-evidence-leading-new-twists-murder-case.amp