Welcome back to SIC!

Today we cover one of the most confusing missing persons cases from the early 2000's.

In February 2004, 21-year-old nursing student Maura Murray vanished after a car crash on a dark New Hampshire road. Within minutes, she was gone — leaving behind a locked car, spilled wine, and a trail of confusing leads. Was she running away, the victim of foul play, or caught in something stranger? In this episode, we unravel the final days of Maura’s life, the conflicting witness accounts, and the haunting theories that still leave more questions than answers.

Sources:

• Media Pressure podcast by Julie Murray (sister of Maura Murray)
• New Hampshire State Police Cold Case Unit reports
• FBI ViCAP missing persons bulletin on Maura Murray
• Disappearance of Maura Murray – Wikipedia
• The Maura Murray Evidence Project
• True Crime Addict by James Renner (investigative reporting, with noted controversy)
• The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Oxygen documentary, 2017)
• News coverage and anniversary reports: People, The Sun, Boston Globe, Concord Monitor

The murder of Hae Min Lee, and the conviction of her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, has become one of the most debated true crime cases of our time. With resurfacing witnesses, changing stories, and DNA evidence revealed, the question remains unsolved: is Adnan Syed guilty? If Adnan didn’t kill Hae, then who did? 

From the original evidence to the most current updates, this episode offers a surface-level rundown of the case that launched modern true crime podcasting.

Sources:

• Serial (Sarah Koenig, 2014)
• Undisclosed Podcast (Rabia Chaudry, Susan Simpson, Colin Miller)
• Truth & Justice Podcast (Bob Ruff, recent Aug 2025 episode)
• Baltimore Sun archives (1999–2025 coverage)
• Court filings & Maryland Judiciary updates
• Innocence Project updates on DNA testing

Welcome back to another episode of SIC!

This weeks case started as a quick trip to see a used car. Somewhere between the parking lot and the open road, 18-year-old Zebb Quinn took an unexpected detour — and was never seen again. Four days later, his car surfaced under eerie circumstances: headlights still glowing, a puppy in the seat, and lipstick markings on the back window. The clues are strange, the connections even stranger, and every possible lead seems to raise more questions than it answers.

Listen now for all the clues, theories and confessions.

Sources:

• Asheville Citizen-Times archives
• State of North Carolina v. Jason Owens court documents
• North Carolina Department of Public Safety offender records
• WLOS ABC 13 news reports
• Wikipedia – Murder of Zebb Quinn

What happens when the justice system isn’t fast—or harsh—enough for a grieving parent? In this episode of Siblings in Crime, we dive into two true stories of vigilante justice that shocked the world. First, we follow the case of Gary Plauché, the Louisiana father who calmly waited at an airport with a revolver in his boot—then shot his son’s abuser on live television. 

Then, we cross the ocean to West Germany, where Marianne Bachmeier walked into a courtroom and gunned down the man who murdered her 7-year-old daughter. Both parents took the law into their own hands. Both were arrested. 

And both were asked the same question: Was it justice… or just revenge?

Sources:

Gary Plauché & Jody Plauché Case:

• Plauché, Jody. Why, Gary, Why? (2019)
• People Magazine – “Jody Plauché Speaks Out”
• Propensity Podcast – Episode on Jody Plauché
• ESPN – “A Father’s Justice” by Mike Fish
• News.com.au – “Gary Plauché’s Son Speaks About Vigilante Killing”
• The Guardian – Jody Plauché Interview
• AllThatsInteresting – “The Gary Plauché Story”

Marianne Bachmeier Case:

• Wikipedia – “Marianne Bachmeier”
• HowStuffWorks – “Marianne Bachmeier’s Courtroom Shooting”
• The Evidence Locker Podcast – Ep. 68: Vigilante Mother
• Morbidology – “Marianne Bachmeier: The Vengeance of a Mother”
• AllThatsInteresting – “The Vigilante Justice of Marianne Bachmeier”
• Medium – “The Mother Who Avenged Her 7-Year-Old Daughter”

In the early 1980s, Minneapolis was terrorized by a mysterious voice on the other end of 911 calls. The man was sobbing- sometimes incoherent, sometimes begging for help- but always too late to save his victims. For years, police struggled to identify the caller behind the murders and assaults that shook the city. In this chilling episode, we follow the case from the first desperate call to the final confession of the man the media would call... 

The Weepy-Voiced Killer.

Sources:

1. A&E – Cold Case Files: “Weepy-Voiced Killer”
2. Star Tribune Archives – Paul Michael Stephani Case Reports (1982–1997)
3. FBI Case Summaries on Serial Offender Profiling, 1980s
4. YouTube – Weepy-Voiced Serial Killer Confesses to More Crimes | Cold Case Files | A&E
5. Court Records: State of Minnesota v. Paul Michael Stephani (1982)
6. YouTube - 911 Calls of the Weepy Voiced Killer - Paul Michael Stephani

On a cold night in North Philadelphia, flames tore through a family home. A ten-day-old baby girl was believed to have died in the fire, leaving behind only smoke, confusion, and a mother who never fully accepted the story she was told.

As the years passed, the case was closed—but one detail stayed lodged in Luz Cuevas’s mind: the window was open.

This episode unpacks a tragedy that never sat right, a grieving mother dismissed as delusional, and a birthday party that changed everything.

Sources Used

• CBS News
• People Magazine
• E! Online
• The Guardian
• Tampa Bay Times
• AOL News
• Vindy Archives
• Wikipedia - Delimar Vera Case
• Reddit - r/MrBallen
• Crime and Coffee Couple
• Little Girl Lost Movie

A man buys a $20 plane ticket with cash. Thirty minutes later, the flight crew is handing him parachutes and $200,000 cash. Then… he disappears. No gun. No struggle. Just a calm voice, a rear stairway, and a case that has haunted the FBI ever since. 

This week, we take you inside the unraveling of one of the boldest escapes in aviation history.

Sources Used

• FBI Case Files and Archived Reports on the Cooper Investigation
• Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray
• D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy by Bernie Rhodes and Russell Calame
• FBI.gov Official 2016 Closure Statement
• Witness interviews including Tina Mucklow and Bill Mitchell (passenger)
• Flight logs and aircraft records of N467US (Boeing 727-100)
• Tom Colbert’s investigative team and the decoded letters 

A girl goes missing. But she never leaves her home.

In this chilling episode, we unravel the case of Josef Fritzl—the Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in a hidden cellar for 24 years. While the world believed she’d joined a cult, Fritzl was raising two separate families: one in the light… and one in total darkness.

What begins as a missing person case unravels into one of the most horrifying deceptions in modern history.

When a teenage girl collapses in 2008, doctors start asking questions. And behind eight locked doors, the truth begins to surface.

Listen @Siblingsincrimepod everywhere 

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, incest, child abuse, and long-term captivity. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Sources:

• The Guardian, “The basement torture chamber of Josef Fritzl,” 2008
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/28/austria.internationalcrime
• BBC News, “Josef Fritzl: The man who imprisoned his daughter,” 2009
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17820709
• Der Spiegel, “Fritzl Speaks: ‘I Knew What I Was Doing Was Wrong,’” 2008
• https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/fritzl-speaks-i-knew-what-i-was-doing-was-wrong-a-552224.html
• ABC News, “Josef Fritzl Admits Imprisoning Daughter for 24 Years,” 2008
• https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5044586
• Reuters, “Neighbors relieved as Fritzl dungeon sealed off,” 2013
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-fritzl-idUSBRE95K0F520130621

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When a double homicide shakes a Southern lakeside town, a teenage killer is sent to prison — and a grieving daughter is left to pick up the pieces. Years later, she returns to the family estate, determined to rebuild not just the house, but something deeper. What follows is a story of legacy, loss, and the radical choice to forgive the unforgivable.

In today’s episode, we explore a haunting true crime that spans decades, questions what justice really looks like, and challenges everything we think we know about redemption.

Sources:

1. https://people.com/crime/ark-woman-befriended-moms-killer-out-of-spiritual-obligation-and-then-he-murdered-her
2. https://people.com/crime/inside-the-bizarre-case-of-a-killer-striking-twice-23-years-apart-murdering-a-mother-and-daughter
3. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/authorities-say-travis-lewis-allegedly-killed-martha-mcmay
4. https://aymag.com/murder-mystery-murder-at-horseshoe-lake-part-1
5. https://teenkillers.org/juvenile-lifers/offenders-cases-state/arkansas-offenders/travis-lewis
6. https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1ccajjw/daughter_forgave_her_mothers_killer_gave_him_a

They looked like ordinary teenagers—ribbons in their hair, bicycles underfoot, lipstick religiously applied. But behind every smile was a secret. And behind every secret… a weapon.

In Nazi-occupied Holland, a string of unexplained deaths begins to unfold. A soldier disappears after a flirtatious encounter. A woman is shot in a park. A collaborator winds up in a canal. No one sees a connection. But this wasn’t chaos. It was precision.

In this episode of Siblings in Crime, we follow a story that starts with compassion and ends with a gunshot. Based on the true lives of Freddie and Truus Oversteegen, two teenage girls turned assassins, this tale unravels the most unlikely faces of resistance.

Because sometimes, the deadliest people in history… are the ones you’d never think to fear.

Sources:

• BBC Reel: The Teenage Dutch Girls Who Seduced and Killed Nazis
• https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0808hpm
• Time Magazine: Inside the Remarkable Friendship of 3 Teenage Girls Who Fought the Nazis
• https://time.com/5661142/dutch-resistance-friendship/
• History.com: Freddie and Truus Oversteegen: Teenagers Who Killed Nazis
• https://www.history.com/articles/dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis-freddie-oversteegen
• Open Culture: How Two Teenage Dutch Sisters Ended Up Joining the Resistance and Assassinating Nazis
• https://www.openculture.com/2020/07/how-two-teenage-dutch-sisters-ended-up-joining-the-resistance-and-assassinating-nazis-during-world-war-ii.html
• The Guardian: Hannie Schaft: The Girl With Red Hair Who Fought the Nazis
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/29/hannie-schaft-dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis
• BrickTanks Blog: Heroes of WWII – Freddie and Truus Oversteegen
• https://bricktanks.co.uk/blogs/news/heroes-of-wwii-freddie-and-truus-oversteegen
• Smithsonian Magazine: Teenage Assassins Who Fought the Nazis in the Netherlands
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/teenage-girls-who-resisted-nazis-in-wwii-180975265/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannie_Schaft