Raven speaks with author Marta McDowell about her new book, which takes a deep dive into how gardens and garden tools have influenced crime fiction books in her latest release, Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers.

Find the book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever you get your books.

Thanks to Marta for being on the show!

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In the Season 4 finale, Raven and guest co-host Professor Mandy McNeely dive into the case of Karol Summerville Butt with her daughter, Brooke Nicole. Brooke (@bnicole324 on TikTok and Instagram) made waves with her TikTok series about her mother entitled "How my dad killed my mom and got away with it."

Here, we share Brooke's full-length, unabridged story about what she remembers of the horrific night her mother was found dead of an apparent suicide. But was it? Or was it something more sinister?

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Raven and guest co-host Professor Mandy McNeely interview Ally Stephens, a survivor of domestic violence, on the anniversary of the attack that almost took her life. She tells her story unabridged.

We also speak with Rick Rollins, a Critical Care Paramedic; Deb Campbell, a SANE nurse, Domestic Violence Expert, and Strangulation Expert; and Carrie White, an Attorney and Domestic Violence Expert, on Strangulation. #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth

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Raven and guest co-host Professor Mandy McNeely speak with author and ghost tour guide Jeff Provine for Spooky Season, who shares a haunted Oklahoma story from the 1800s. We also discuss the afterlife and share some personal supernatural experiences.

Find Jeff, his books, and his tours at https://www.jeffprovine.com. You can also find his books in our Amazon Storefront spooky book rec section here. Make sure to follow him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJeffProvine.

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Join Rick and Raven as they interview Karen Pierce on her new cookbook "Recipes for Murder: 66 Dishes That Celebrate the Mysteries of Agatha Christie." They may have even made a dish or two from the book! Get the cookbook here. Find Karen on Facebook and Instagram @recipesformurder.

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Raven speaks with Marnie Vinge, author & podcaster, in this fun conversation. They talk about spooky season stuff, maneaters, ghosts, murder mysteries, "I Remember Everything," "For Rose," serial killers, true crime ethics, and so much more. Get Marnie's books here. Listen to Eerie Okie wherever you get your podcasts. Get some signed copies of Marnie's books, sign up for her newsletter, and more at https://marniewritesthrillers.com/.

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Follow along with some history of different Oklahoma State Fair abductions and murders, and get some safety pointers for attending public events like this one with Raven and guest co-host Professor Mandy McNeely.

Cases: September 26, 1981 disappearance of Cinda Pallett and Charlotte Kinsey, both 13; Cheryl Genzer (25) and her sister Lisa Pennington (16), sisters, abduction from the Oklahoma State Fair on September 23, 1987, found murdered; The disappearance of 19-year-old Carlene Brown and 19-year-old Christine “Christi” Ann Gross from Rawlins, Wyoming on July 4, 1974; The disappearance of Deborah Rae Meyer from Rawlins, Wyoming on August 4, 1974; The abduction and murder of 10-year-old Jayleen Dawn Banker on August 23, 1974; Carolyn Eaton AKA "Valentine Sally," 17, who ran away from her home in Missouri around Christmas of 1981 and traveled to Arizona where she was found murdered on Valentine’s Day 1982; and the July 25, 1985 disappearance of two sisters, Rozlin Rochelle Abell, 18, and Fawn Marlene Abell, 15, in Bethany, Oklahoma.

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Raven and guest co-host Professor Mandy McNeely speak with author Kathryn Casey about her true crime book, "Deliver Us," which is about the Texas Killing Fields. This book inspired the Netflix documentary "Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields," in which she appears.

We also talk about her new historical fiction book, Angel Falls, out now.

Get Deliver Us or Angel Falls wherever you get your books.

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Raven and guest co-host Professor Mandy McNeely speak with Kathy Reichs about her long-running Temperance Brennan series and show Bones with her newest edition, The Bone Hacker.

Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3P4w0Sb

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Historical Author Joe Johnston takes us into the world of his late friend Art Fleak, Wayne Henry Garrison's lifelong attorney, and their story. Wayne killed two children when he was just a child himself in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 70s, then, in 1989, he was accused of killing and dismembering a 14-year-old boy and then scattering his remains around Lake Bixhoma. Dive into this story with us from Joe's new book "He Didn't Kill That Kid: Art Fleak and the Fight for Wayne Garrison."

Spoiler Alert! We talk about big turns in this book!

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