The Murder Diaries

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January 13, 2022 MURDERED: Adrienne Shelly
In 2006 screenwriter and actress Adrienne Shelly was found hanged at a secondary apartment that she rented to use as an office space. It’s a space where she could get piece of mind, away from the busy life of being a mom and wife, and focus on writing. When she was found the question remained: Did Adrienne take her own life and if not, then who did this to her? It was start of her family's worst nightmare.

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Resources:
The Perfect murder – Season 4, episode 2; ID discovery
Documentary – Adrienne
https://archive.ph/20121209131117/http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/indie_film_sweetheart_adrienne_shelly_3159
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/04/obituaries/04shelly.html
https://nypost.com/2006/11/03/indie-film-star-suicide-stunner-hubby-finds-gal-40-hanged-in-village-apt/
https://www.bing.com/k/celebrities/adrienne-shelly/timeline
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/nyregion/07actress.html
https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/adrienne-shellys-widower-confronts-her-killer-in-new-film/
https://findadeath.com/adrienne-shelly/
https://gothamist.com/news/adrienne-shellys-murder-caused-by-construction-noise-complaint
https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pillco-diego.htm
https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-diego-pillco-now/
https://www.playbill.com/article/the-pie-is-served-waitress-musical-opens-on-broadway-tonight
https://news.yahoo.com/film-always-designed-bring-adrienne-111700859.html

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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30 min
December 16, 2021 MURDERED: Sarah Everard
She was only walking home…

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SOURCES
Article https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58746108
Article https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58742568
Article https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58733714
Video https://youtu.be/FtgIKOrF54Q
Article https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/who-missing-sarah-everard-what-do-we-know-b923327.html
Article https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/10/we-miss-our-friend-sarah-everard-loved-ones-hope-for-her-safe-return
Article https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/09/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens-white-vauxhall-astra-police

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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31 min
December 09, 2021 MURDERED: Morgan Harrington
On Oct 17, 2009 a 20 year old college student from Roanoke, VA went missing from a Metallica concert. She seemingly vanished without a trace. Stingers would report seeing her later that night, but her friends and family never seen her again.

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Resources
Disappeared Season 4, Ep 3; Heavy metal mystery
https://www.wtvr.com/2016/03/03/the-key-piece-of-evidence-police-found-on-jesse-matthews-bedroom-floor
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan_Harrington
https://roanoke.com/archive/trumping-the-evil-slain-student-morgan-harringtons-parents-have-worked-to-turn-their-heartbreak-to/article_c091d3ba-cd3b-5466-b685-cf8d96481f14.html
https://dailyprogress.com/news/tentative-timeline-released-in-harrington-disappearance/article_1d7743cb-6e28-5b0a-a64b-1cfe19e4bd8e.html
https://theroanokestar.com/2018/07/23/dick-baynton-the-modern-florence-nightingale/
https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2018/12/vtcsom-interimdean.html
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/state/uva-police-searching-for-missing-tech-student/article_fe12ef7b-e901-55a0-bc95-22fb566f55c4.html
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/state/uva-police-searching-for-missing-tech-student/article_fe12ef7b-e901-55a0-bc95-22fb566f55c4.html
http://helpsavethenextgirl.com/about/morgan-harrington/
http://www.readthehook.com/69512/missing-pieces-witnesses-share-their-tales-morgan-sightings
http://www.readthehook.com/67960/pantera-find-shirt-15th-street-was-morgan-harringtons
http://omnimissions.com/site/about_us/morgan-harrington/
https://roanoke.com/morgan-harrington-and-hannah-graham-timeline/collection_0b700201-1be0-5e9b-ad49-e5d07a2ed90b.html
https://www.wtkr.com/2014/09/29/breaking-forensic-evidence-links-hannah-graham-suspect-to-murdered-virginia-tech-student-morgan-harrington/
https://disappearedblog.com/morgan-harrington/
https://kfor.com/news/jesse-matthew-jr-pleads-guilty-to-killing-hannah-graham-morgan-harrington/
https://www.wric.com/news/chilling-details-emerge-in-murders-of-hannah-graham-morgan-harrington-2/
https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/jesse-matthew-jr-the-back-to-school-killer-7527669772c0

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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39 min
December 02, 2021 MURDERED: Amber Belken
Back in 2007, 25-year-old Amber Belken managed an EB Games store at the 7300 block of San Pedro Street in San Antonio, Texas. And, it’s here that her coworkers stumbled upon a horrifying scene in the back storeroom. Amber’s lifeless body lay on the floor with a bag over her head. She had been viciously and cruelly murdered.

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SOURCES:
On the Case with Paula Zahn: Season 15, episode 5 “Murder in Store”
Article: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Ex-fugitive-gets-life-in-prison-for-video-game-795060.php
Article: http://homicides.expressnews.com/2007/14/
Article: https://2paragraphs.com/2018/10/dateline-amber-belken-murder-95000-reward-put-up-by-eb-games/
Article: https://kotaku.com/suspect-arrested-in-san-antonio-eb-murder-5034169
Article: https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/monsters-among-us-geovany-rivera-killed-amber-belken-during-a-robbery-at-a-eb-games-store-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sanantonio/name/-belken-obituary?pid=92235121
Article: https://www.gamezone.com/originals/eb-games-clerk-murdered-in-store/
Article: https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tearful-family-friends-confront-womans-killer/353123151

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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33 min
November 25, 2021 MURDERED: Faith Hedgepeth
19 year old Faith was found by her roommate, murdered in September 2012. Faith case is one that has mystified a college community for 9 years now. It not a lesser known case, as many of us have heard about it over the years, but in the last few months there have finally been some updates and possibly some questions answered.

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Resources:
Who killed the Co-Ed? An ID Murder Mystery
https://www.haliwa-saponi.org
https://justiceforfaith.com/obituary
https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/family-slain-unc-student-faith-hedgepeth-desperate-answers-nearly-eight-n1187001
https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/11580201/
https://www.thegatesscholarship.org/scholarship
https://thecinemaholic.com/karena-rosario/
911 Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOXY0LgH3yY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdtVZbbIN3Q
https://greensboro.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/faith-hedgepeth-a-timeline-and-resources-tracing-the-unc-students-unsolved-killing/article_87f8dabe-8f69-11eb-85c0-632f30ddb804.html
https://heavy.com/news/2016/09/eriq-takoy-jones-faith-hedgepeth-murder-voicemail-death-karena-rosario-ex-boyfriend-abc-news-2020-suspect-eric/
https://chapelboro.com/news/crime/persons-interest-listed-hedgepeth-murder-investigation-documents
https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-release-facial-image-identify-murdered-unc-students/story?id=42312443

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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39 min
November 18, 2021 MURDERED: Mary Lewis
It’s June 1995. 16-year-old Mary Lewis and her friends cruise around their Garden Grove, CA neighborhood, flirting with cute, older guys while drinking a beer or two. Hours later, a man calls 911 and reports a victim of a hit and run. Officers arrive to find Mary clinging to life in a pool of her own blood, but things aren’t as they appear. What happened to Mary and why?

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SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Grove,_California
https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Garden%20Grove/1995-06-20
https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-murder-of-mary-lewis
https://www.inmateaid.com/inmate-profiles/alan-david-salomon
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152076331/mary-irene-lewis
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-11-me-33979-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-15-me-38567-story.html
http://www.gocpomc.org/Lewis_Family_Parole_Block-Salomon__Alan_David.pdf
https://abc7chicago.com/alan-david-salomon-murder-suspect-creates-facebook-page-in-jail-prison/302538/

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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44 min
November 11, 2021 MURDERED: Dru Sjodin
In 2003, 22 year old Dru Sjodin worked a shift at her retail job at Grand Forks, North Dakota’s Columbia Mall but never made it home.

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Munk Pack: www.munkpack.com Code:Diaries

Warby Parker: www.WarbyParker.com/murderdiaries

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Resources:
On The Case With Paula Zahn S8 E10 – 9 Days of terror
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota
Articles:
https://people.com/archive/searching-for-dru-vol-60-no-24/
https://www.nsopw.gov/en/About/DruSjodin
https://www.nationsearch.com/blog/understanding-sex-offender-classification/
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/us/09sentence.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14348581
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/10/31/prosecutors-begin-round-2-of-arguing-rodriguez-death-penalty/
https://lacrossetribune.com/newsupdate/jurors-sentence-rodriguez-to-death-in-sjodin-case/article_5fbf667f-8e61-5f11-a3c5-21687a35e8ec.html
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2021-09-24/explainer-whats-next-in-dru-sjodin-death-penalty-case
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-31-na-briefs31.3-story.html
http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/A-memorial-in-her-hometown-allows-friends-family-1854738.php

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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43 min
November 04, 2021 MURDERED: Bridget Shiel
Imagine achieving your childhood dream, putting your middle school and high school bullies to shame. That’s exactly what Bridget Shiel did when she became a model at the age of 19. However, Bridget’s modeling career came to an end not long after it started when she was viciously gunned down in an Atlanta park.

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Sources:
The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta (Season 1, Episode 6 – The Cooler)
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DB2Q_L_Uy8
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVZOMEsDxGI
Article - https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/crime/how-a-sprite-bottle-helped-solve-the-brutal-murder-of-bridget-shiel/83-560429756
Article - https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/a-year-later-still-no-arrests-what-happened-to-bridget-shiel/444330206
Article - https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/georgia-supreme-court-upholds-conviction-of-christopher-spencer/85-c76e15d8-d739-4112-9fad-5a893c898d2f
Article - https://people.com/crime/bridget-shiel-suspect-arrested-model-naked-body-atlanta-park/

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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32 min
October 28, 2021 MURDERED: Yara Gambirasio
Yara Gambirasio was a spirited, young, Italian rhythmic gymnast in 2010. At just 13, on a cold night in November, Yara never made it home from gymnastic practice. The case and search for Yara consumed Italy, and would unlock even more dark secrets beyond “who took Yara”.

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Resources:
Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/08/-sp-the-murder-that-has-obsessed-italy
Article: https://www.ansa.it/lombardia/notizie/2021/01/14/yara-difesa-richiesta-revisione-prima-analisi-reperti_f814be1a-fc09-4a5e-a44d-dfad26dbfee7.html
Article: https://www.ruetir.com/2021/06/05/case-yara-the-judges-deny-bossettis-defense-access-to-the-findings-of-the-trial/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4qz_S8oW0

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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53 min
October 21, 2021 UNSOLVED: Wilma June Nissen
On January 2, 2006, Wilma June Nissen was positively identified after nearly three decades without her name. Now that investigators have Wilma’s name and updated forensic data, they will stop at nothing to solve her murder and bring the responsible party or parties to justice.

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Reward Offered for Information
There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Wilma Nissen’s death. The ANONYMOUS HOTLINE is 712-472-8334.
Additional Contact Information:
Detective Jerry Birkey, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, (712) 472-8300

RESOURCES:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/05/14/gone-cold-wilma-nissen-killed-1978/84379226/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/wilma-june-nissen/

https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/new-lead-for-lyon-county-cold-case/article_31e9c062-1961-11e6-a014-53443c67e206.html

https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/suspect-photo-released-in-1978-murder-case/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19379833/wilma-june-nissen

https://www.dglobe.com/news/1343416-foster-parents-sheriff-pay-respects-wilma-nissen

https://siouxlandnews.com/archive/arrest-made-in-1978-lyon-county-cold-case-01-26-2016

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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34 min

About The Murder Diaries

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The Murder Diaries is a victim-centered true crime podcast with three distinct episodes each week. We cover missing persons and cold cases that need your attention, unpack the real lives behind Hollywood’s most tragic figures, and break down true crime and adjacent documentaries that are worth a deeper look.