The Murder Diaries

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October 14, 2021 MURDERED: Polly Klaas
Polly Klaas was a thriving 12 year old girl in 1993 when a man broke in to her house during a sleepover with friends. With her mom being asleep in the next room and her friends right there, Polly was taken. Unthinkable, horrific events ensued.

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Resources:
FBI Files season 1, Episode 1
Article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-17-mn-3000-story.html
Op-Ed by Polly’s friend and sister: https://www.yahoo.com/now/op-ed-polly-klaas-sister-100052511.html
Article: https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/09/15/city-nearly-demolishes-polly-klaas-bench-in-pacific-grove/
Article: https://www.petaluma360.com/article/news/two-decades-after-it-closed-petalumas-polly-klaas-theater-eyes-2021-grand/
Article: https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-polly-klaas/amandasedlakhevener
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Polly_Klaas
Article: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6887238/polly-hannah-klaas
Article: https://www.montereyherald.com/2018/10/01/polly-klaas-remembered-at-memorial-bench-in-pacific-grove/
Article: https://kion546.com/news/2018/10/01/family-and-friends-gather-in-pacific-grove-for-25th-anniversary-of-polly-klaas-murder/

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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49 min
October 07, 2021 MURDERED: Christina Grimmie
At just 22-years-old, Christina Grimmie conquered the music world one performance at a time. However, her career — and her life— came to a screeching halt when an obsessed fan gunned her down in a theater full of people.

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RESOURCES:
https://christinagrimmie.com/#!/about
https://christinagrimmiefoundation.org/
https://player.vimeo.com/video/536140377
https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/us/christina-grimmie-the-voice-orlando-police-end-investigation/index.html
https://www.insider.com/christina-grimmie-death-5-year-anniversary-2021-6
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/adam-levine-offered-to-pay-for-christina-grimmies-funeral-93028/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/voice-singer-christina-grimmie-shot-dead-after-concert-107853/
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/06/22/grimmie.investigative.supplement.pdf

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

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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41 min
September 30, 2021 MURDERED: Curtisha Morning
In the Fall of 1995 17 year old Curtisha was thriving. She was getting ready for college on a military scholarship and enlistment in the to Army. She was nominated for homecoming queen band had a strong group of friends. So on February 29th, 1996 it was a mystery as to why she went missing. A month later answers would being to unfold when her body was found.

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Resources
Killer beauty queen Season 2, episode 1
Snapped Season 12, episode 2
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/27/nyregion/body-of-girl-is-discovered-near-school.html
Article: https://dejame-enpaz.tumblr.com/post/151252876783/curtisha-morning-was-a-very-beautiful-17-year-old
Article: https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/jury-finds-kalila-taylor-guilty-in-1996-murder-1.3819081
Article: https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2010/06/1519/kalila-taylor-rejects-court-offer-of-18-to-life-in-jail/
Article: https://patch.com/new-york/riverhead/mom-of-murdered-teen-there-s-a-hole-inside-of-me
Article: https://patch.com/new-york/riverhead/mom-of-murdered-teen-there-s-a-hole-inside-of-me
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/11/nyregion/romantic-rival-is-arrested-in-1996-death-of-a-teen-ager.html
Article: https://nonreligiously.rssing.com/chan-1817104/article2352.html?zx=813
Article: https://riverheadlocal.com/2012/08/23/taylor-gets-maximum-sentence-in-1996-murder-of-curtisha-morning/

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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36 min
September 23, 2021 UNSOLVED: Gabby Petito
Like many of you, Paige and I have been following the news of Gabby Petito’s disappearance for the past few weeks. Unfortunately, as of late Sunday evening (that’s September 19th, 2021 for those listening at a later time), authorities and Gabby’s family have confirmed the discovery of Gabby’s body. We’re crushed and heartbroken about the news and can’t imagine the pain felt by all those who knew and loved her. However, there’s still questions that need answers until Gabby gets justice. Most prominently: “What happened to Gabby and why?”

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SOURCES:
Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.insider.com/gabby-petito-missing-timeline-locations-brian-laundrie-relationship-history-2021-9%3famp

Article https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-reports-social-media-provide-timeline-gabby-petito-s-disappearance-n1279390

Article https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-bodycam-video-shows-emotional-gabby-petito-after-reported-fight-n1279334

Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/crime/brian-laundrie-tiktok-hitchhiker-grand-teton-national-park-gabby-petito-missing/%3Famp%3Dtrue

Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/09/18/us/gabby-petito-missing-saturday/index.html

Article https://nypost.com/2021/09/16/gabby-petito-pal-suspicious-of-phone-call-before-she-went-missing/

Article https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/brian-laundrie-was-controlling-had-episodes-gabby-petito-pal/

Article https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-gabby-petito-crystal-turner-kylen-schulte-brian-laundrie

Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-north-port-police-tiktok-laundrie-hitchhiking.amp

FBI https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/gabrielle-gabby-petito

Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-utah-hotel-fbi-office.amp

Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wfla.com/news/sarasota-county/north-port-community-holds-candlelight-vigil-for-gabby-petito/amp/

Article https://patch.com/new-york/patchogue/li-mom-missing-daughter-we-just-need-see-you-again

Article https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2021/09/15/search-on-for-north-port-woman-missing-from-cross-country-trip/

Article https://nypost.com/2021/09/16/gabby-petitos-family-says-brian-laundries-parents-know-where-she-is/

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

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

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1 hr 2 min
September 16, 2021 UNSOLVED: Sandra Stevens
Just before 5 AM on Dec 6th, 2014, 21 year old Sandra Stevens' boyfriend called in to 911 to report that she has shot has shot herself. Questions from loved ones remained and a major twist in this case leaves all that hear it questioning as well.

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Resources:
Still a mystery – Season 2, episode 15
Article: https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/suspicious-suicides-ruling-on-cause-of-young-womans-2014-death-not-believed-by-all/article_1b175390-7358-59f8-b9db-3c950d194d7d.html
Article series: https://www.oklahoman.com/article/5547506/suspicious-suicides-oklahoma-city-police-declared-sandra-stevens-death-a-suicide-but-were-they-right
Article: https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-family-wants-questions-answered-surrounding-daughters-death/
https://www.oklahoman.com/article/5550334/suspicious-suicides-part-4-comparing-notes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-QCpDgLWcU

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

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33 min
September 09, 2021 MURDERED: Linda Stoltzfoos
18 year old Amish community member, Linda Stoltzfoos, left church, walking her normal route back home. Unfortunately she never made it.

Today’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp!
Special offer for Murder Diaries listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/MURDERDIARIES

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SOURCES:
Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.oxygen.com/crime-news/pennsylvania-man-justo-smoker-pleads-guilty-to-killing-amish-teenager-linda-stoltzfoos%3Famp
Article https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/a-plea-agreement-brings-a-measure-of-justice-to-the-family-of-linda-stoltzfoos-we/article_28fa4514-f00a-11eb-9417-975d1e684a86.html
Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/crime/justin-smoker-pleads-guilty-stabbing-strangling-murder-amish-teen-linda-stoltzfoos/%3Famp%3Dtrue
Article https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/cumberlink/name/linda-stoltzfus-obituary?pid=199385222

Article https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/pa/bird-in-hand/linda-sue-stoltzfoos-12638525

Article https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/ten-months-after-disappearance-linda-stoltzfoos-laid-to-rest/article_4a77462e-a794-11eb-a0c5-7365d2e01ba8.html

Article https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ydr.com/amp/7332890002

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

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26 min
September 02, 2021 MURDERED: Petit Family
The Petit family was living an idyllic life in an idyllic Connecticut town until a trip to the local grocery store one evening in the Summer of 2007. The family was spotted by a man with ill intentions and stalked all the way home. Later, they endured a horrific night of terror. This case is also known as the Cheshire Murders as the beloved family's untimely murder effected the town of Chesire, CT deeply.

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Resources
HBO Docu - The Cheshire murders (2013)
People Magazine Investigates – Season 2, Episode 4.
Wiki: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawke-929
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut,_home_invasion_murders#cite_note-JENNIFER-52
Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hartfordcourant/name/hayley-petit-obituary?pid=118862380
Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/butlereagle/name/hayley-petit-obituary?pid=91594251
Article: http://www.countytimes.com/community/dartmouth-colleges-new-life-sciences-center-honors-the-memories-of-the-wife-and-children-of/article_dcd673ea-740e-5fce-8910-039b3c6b0bf0.html
Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hartfordcourant/name/jennifer-hawke-petit-obituary?pid=91512044
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/nyregion/07slay.html
Memorial Garden article/ Pictures: https://www.nhregister.com/news/slideshow/PHOTOS-Petit-Memorial-Garden-164661.php
Article: https://www.fox61.com/article/news/community/a-new-memorial-the-petit-family-cheshire-ct/520-6c0a9805-1afd-4f08-92d3-7a41cf61409c
Article: https://nypost.com/2013/07/23/police-errors-may-have-caused-victims-their-lives-in-ct-home-invade-horror/
Article: https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Joshua-Komisarjevsky-once-sentenced-to-death-in-11321289.php
Article: https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/connecticut-abolishes-the-death-penalty.aspx
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/steven-hayes-cheshire-transgender.html
Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/08/13/connecticut-supreme-court-says-the-death-penalty-is-unconstitutional-banning-it-for-remaining-inmates-on-death-row/

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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27 min
August 26, 2021 MURDERED: Hope Melton
Hope stopped to get gas on the way to her grandmother’s home. Little did she know... a predator had her in his sights.

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SOURCES –
See No Evil: “Shadow of Hope” Season 4, episode 13
Obituary https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82631006/beverly-hope-melton
Article https://www.wbtv.com/story/16411401/funeral-planned-for-hope-melton-victim-of-chase-attack/
Article https://www.wistv.com/story/28263246/solicitor-former-sheriff-compromised-hope-melton-murder-case-coerced-confession/
Article https://scnow.com/news/state-will-seek-death-in-melton-trial-brutal-slaying-of-kershaw-county-woman-expected-to/article_5fd35cea-ae02-11e2-8d13-001a4bcf6878.html
Article https://www.thelancasternews.com/content/nickolas-miller-pleads-guilty-2011-rape-murder-hope-melton
Article https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-pleads-guilty-rape-murder-lancaster-county-wom/52178724/
Article https://www.wistv.com/story/16407832/victims-final-minutes-caught-on-store-surveillance/
Article https://www.wbtv.com/story/16397159/man-in-custody-after-leading-deputies-to-body/
Article https://www.fitsnews.com/2015/02/24/savage-sc-slaying-wont-see-death-penalty/
Article https://scnow.com/news/turning-tragedy-into-a-way-out---walk-for-hope/article_9c5fe71a-a573-11e2-a6e3-001a4bcf6878.html#:~:text=Frankie%20Melton%2C%20and%20Kayla%20Lindsey,a%20reminder%20of%20her%20love.
Article https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/man-threatens-deputy-who-arrested-him-and-a-friend/
Article https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.com/2020/07/01/hope-melton-death-and-her-killer-11-years-after-what-you-need-to-know/
Article https://www.yourdailyjournal.com/archive/8844/news-news-151046985-murder-victims-memory-honored
Article http://assets.matchbin.com/sites/481/assets/GMSI_01_05_2012_1325772800.pdf
Article http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2012/01/hope-meltons-family-he-began-beating.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/

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29 min
August 19, 2021 MURDERED: Rori Hache
Rori was 18 and living in Oshawa Canada when she disappeared in 2017. Her body would later be found completely violated and mutilated, but the question remained: who did this to her?

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https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-refuge-youth-outreach-centre/impact/view/

Resources
Sword and Scale – + subscription episode 97

That chapter – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euSLzE0BcEg

Obituary – https://canadianobituaries.com/durham/82551-rori-chantal-hache.html

Article – https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/7948256-murdered-oshawa-teen-rori-hache-was-too-afraid-to-talk-before-she-disappeared-uncle-says/

Article – https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/you-sir-have-brought-darkness-to-everyone-rori-hache-s-father-says-to-daughter-s-killer-in-victim-impact-statement-1.5444629?cache=yes?cli

Article – https://www.toronto.com/news-story/7913331-torso-discovered-at-oshawa-lakefront-identified-as-missing-teen-rori-hache/

Article – https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/oshawa-murder-victim-rori-hache-was-pregnant-and-determined-to-keep-the-baby

Article – https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/rori-hache

Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa

Article – https://www.toronto.com/news-story/10276150-bruising-skull-fractures-found-in-rori-hache-autopsy-strong-murder-trial-hears/

Article – https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/hunter-killer-adam-strong-is-all-about-adam-strong

Article – https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/10273334-rori-hache-s-blood-found-throughout-adam-strong-s-apartment-witness/

Article – https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/body-parts-found-with-undetonated-explosive-matched-to-torso-found-in-september

Article – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/adam-strong-murder-charges-1.4897703

Article – https://www.cp24.com/news/oshawa-man-found-guilty-of-murder-manslaughter-in-deaths-of-2-young-women-1.5348709?cache=yes

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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37 min
August 12, 2021 MURDERED: Samantha Josephson
On March 29, 2019, surveillance footage captured 21-year-old Samantha Josephson leaving a local bar and stepping into the ride-share she ordered... fourteen hours later her body was found.

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SOURCES:
Obituary https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/trenton/name/samantha-josephson-obituary?n=samantha-josephson&pid=192041486&fhid=17127
Article https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/samantha-josephson-to-get-posthumous-degree-from-university-of-south-carolina-after-murder
Article https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/benson-deangelo-vainieri-huttle-bill-samis-law-requiring-rideshare-driver-car-identification-passes-assembly/
Article https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/30/us/south-carolina-missing-college-student/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Article https://www.wistv.com/2021/07/20/nathaniel-rowland-trial-his-dna-not-found-samantha-josephson-someone-elses-was-defense-says/
Article https://www.abccolumbia.com/2021/07/27/nathaniel-rowland-found-guilty-of-the-murder-of-samantha-josephson/
Article https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/life-prison-man-killing-south-carolina-student-who-mistook-his-n1275215
Article https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article253034933.html
Article https://abcnews.go.com/US/love-life-boyfriend-slain-university-south-carolina-studentwho/story?id=62096308
Article https://nypost.com/2019/04/03/grieving-dad-eulogizes-daughter-samantha-josephson-during-tear-filled-ceremony/
Article https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-jewish-student-murdered-after-ride-share-mistake/
Article https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article253026598.html
Article https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article228658979.html
Foundation https://www.whatsmyname.org/foundation

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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30 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.