The Murder Diaries

By Cloud10Society & Culture True Crime

Favorites
244
Followers
Typical duration
33 min
per episode

Based on Podcast App listening data

The Murder Diaries episodes

August 05, 2021 MURDERED: Keishla Marlen Rodriguez Ortiz
In Puerto Rico on April 29th 2021 Keishla (27) left home to show a famous olympic boxing star something something life changing and was never seen alive again.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

Resources:
https://youtu.be/no-p989cDWc
https://meaww.com/keishla-rodriguez-ortiz-dead-felix-verdejo-boxer

https://biographydaily.com/2021/05/02/who-is-keishla-rodriguez/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/03/felix-verdejo-boxer-killing-keishla-rodriguez/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/olympic-boxer-allegedly-killed-woman-told-pregnant-child/story?id=77460406

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rican-boxer-f-lix-verdejo-charged-killing-woman-pregnant-n1266141

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-s-new-tipping-point-horrific-femicides-reignite-fight-n1267354

https://eminetra.co.uk/former-boxing-champion-felix-verdejo-interrogates-puerto-rican-police-for-missing-woman/445145/

https://www.puertoricoheadlinenews.com/specific-cause-of-keishlas-death-has-not-yet-been-determined-says-icf-director/

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/espanol/el-sentinel-in-english/os-ex-english-boxer-felix-verdejo-arrested-killing-pregnant-woman-20210503-75lqhrrxdveynpec7dxou6o7aq-story.html

https://www.the-sun.com/news/2819220/who-felix-verdejos-wife-eliz-marie-santiago-sierra/

https://meaww.com/keishla-rodriguez-autopsy-report-jaw-nose-broken-heroin-fentanyl-felix-verdejo-murder-drown-alive

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/espanol/el-sentinel-in-english/os-ex-english-boxer-felix-verdejo-declares-not-guilty-20210511-b2itzay475hsbgm6ng25poixhq-story.html

https://www.noticel.com/la-calle/policiacas/20210429/policia-activa-alerta-rosa-ante-desaparicion-de-mujer-en-san-juan/

https://www.boxingscene.com/prosecutors-decide-whether-pursue-death-penalty-against-felix-verdejo-next-court-date-927-

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
36 min
July 29, 2021 MURDERED: Addie Hall
30-year-old Addie Hall was forever the life of the party in New Orleans’ French Quarter; however, when a man’s suicide note leads police to a gruesome discovery, investigators begin to piece together what horrors the free-spirited artist endured.

Case requested by Melissa S.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Support the show and help our caffeine addictions by buying us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

SOURCES:
Final Witness: Season 1, Episode 2
Article https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/the-gruesome-tale-of-zack-bowen-and-addie-hall-and-what-it-says-about-our-fascination-with-true-5c6170a0b0f6
Article https://nicolekenney.medium.com/the-gruesome-murder-suicide-of-the-couple-that-peaked-during-hurricane-katrina-6802cff46eb6
Article https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_e3ad2f7f-838d-57d8-bbd8-eddc97a1a26d.html
Video https://youtu.be/Kac2LCIZ5IA

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 min
July 22, 2021 MURDERED: Christina Williams
Christina Williams was a 13 year old girl with a bright future. Born in Japan to a US naval officer and filipino mother, she had just moved to the US with her family when she met a horrible fate one evening while walking her dog.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

Resources:
On the case with Paula Zahn; Season 21, Episode 6
Article: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Caller-tells-FBI-she-saw-missing-girl-in-car-3082677.php
Article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-09-me-11679-story.html
Article: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Slain-Woman-Was-Raped-Officials-Say-Records-3003165.php
Article: https://www.montereyherald.com/2020/03/09/prosecution-rests-in-charles-holifield-murder-trial/
Article: https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/12/10/charles-holifield-waives-right-to-jury-trial-and-appeals-no-longer-facing-death-penalty/
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Christina_Marie_Williams

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
36 min
July 15, 2021 MURDERED: Katie Autry
WKU student Katie Autry was assaulted and burned alive in her college dorm room. A winding investigation leads police to two suspects who have very different stories.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

SOURCES:
Southern Gothic: “Who Killed Katie Autry” Season 1, episode 6
https://thecinemaholic.com/who-killed-katie-autry-where-is-stephen-soules-now/
https://www.bgdailynews.com/more-details-in-autry-case/article_369e2711-544d-5682-8724-4e9c68b344f3.html

https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/loved-ones-remember-katie-autry-years-after-her-murder/article_2ab3ba2c-ad6a-55f2-af02-468154e443a6.html

https://www.wkyufm.org/post/lawsuit-filed-autry-murder-case#stream/0

https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/volume-written-on-autry-murder/article_54911f99-92d6-544a-9b73-4ab38abac410.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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
33 min
July 08, 2021 MURDERED: Kelsey Smith
Kelsey Smith was 18 years old in June 2007 when an innocent trip to Target would turn in to her worst nightmare.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

Resources:
See No Evil on ID Discovery, Season 1, Episode 1 (2015)
YouTube video (summary of case and contains some surveillance footage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr3LiOBT9U
CNN (Nancy Grace) Transcripts: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/06/ng.01.html
Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20150517121217/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kelseys-law-helps-reunite-lenexa-parents-with-kidnapped-5-month-old-baby-in-record-time
Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20080726165757/http://www.kctv5.com/news/16966786/detail.html
Article: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3249158
Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19107235
Article: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article10539872.html
Article: https://medium.com/chameleon/abducted-from-a-target-parking-lot-murdered-now-she-saves-lives-6baa1117adb3
Article: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-kelsey-smiths-parents-now/
Blog: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19751202/kelsey-ann-smith
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kelsey_Smith#cite_note-disappeared-3

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
40 min
July 01, 2021 MISSING: Maura Murray
In February 2004, Maura Murray drove three hours from her college dorm in Massachusetts to the White Mountains in New Hampshire without telling anyone. She was involved in a single-car collision along route 112, then vanished into thin air.

What happened to Maura Murray?

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

RESOURCES:
https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-unsolved-case-file-where-is-maura-murray/16760962

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/cold-case-family-searching-for-maura-murray-17-years-after-disappearance/2298650/

https://www.boston25news.com/news/missing-umass-student-maura-murray-family-denied-historic-marker-disappearance-site/PILDHBSRBNC4JNZAO5H5IFDT7E/

https://medium.com/chameleon/nursing-student-maura-murray-went-missing-over-17-years-ago-the-search-continues-542b685a6740

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Maura_Murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVii0SQ9vPU

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
43 min
June 24, 2021 MURDERED: Haley Anderson
Haley Anderson was a young, 22 year old nursing student when she was murdered in 2018. Red flags galore, but her pure heart always believed the best in everyone, including the wrong guy at the wrong time.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

Resources:
48 hours, Season 32, ep 35 – The Murder of Haley Anderson
Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/haley-anderson-obituary?pid=188426290
Article: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/haley-anderson-murder-binghamton-university-crime-scene-evidence/11/
Article: https://time.com/5196500/binghamton-nursing-student-obsession/
Article: https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-murder-of-haley-anderson

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
47 min
June 17, 2021 MURDERED: Samantha Payne
An Alabama woman celebrates Halloween with friends, but never returns home. She's later found tied to a tree in the Talladega National Forest, with her head detached from her body. What happened to Samantha Christine Payne?

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

SOURCES:
https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20200122/appellate-court-throws-out-kidnapping-convictions-in-samantha-payne-murder-case

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20190311/trial-begins-for-final-defendant-in-samantha-payne-torture-death

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-forensics-expert-medical-examiner-give-insight-on-2015-murder/

https://wvua23.com/two-arrested-for-capital-murder-after-body-found-monday/

https://wvua23.com/body-found-in-forest-identified-two-charged-in-murder/

https://wvua23.com/man-pleads-guilty-with-parole-possibility-in-murder-of-samantha-payne/

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-witnesses-testify-trial-continues-monday/

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-man-who-pleaded-guilty-testifies/

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-woman-who-pleaded-guilty-testifies-against-2-on-trial/

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-jury-to-reconvene-to-settle-on-verdict/

https://wvua23.com/guilty-2-on-trial-in-samantha-payne-murder-found-guilty-of-murder-kidnapping/

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-two-sentenced-to-30-years-for-kidnapping-murder/

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-last-defendant-on-trial-facing-death-penalty/

https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-calls-reveal-belcher-wanted-letters-sent-to-another-defendant/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154933932/samantha-christine-payne

https://casetext.com/case/belcher-v-state-117

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 min
June 10, 2021 MISSING: Brianna Maitland
Brianna Maitland was 17 years old when she went missing in March of 2004 after a night at work. Her car was later found, but Brianna remains missing to this very day.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

Resources:
Disappeared season 4, Episode 11: Vanished in Vermont

https://charleyproject.org/case/brianna-alexandria-maitland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Vermont

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brianna_Maitland

https://www.celebsagewiki.com/disappearance-of-brianna-maitland

https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/brianna-maitland

https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/01/21/the-disappearance-of-brianna-maitland/

https://www.samessenger.com/news/vsp-partners-with-company-to-do-new-analysis-of-evidence-in-brianna-maitland-case/article_0deb31d4-0352-11eb-8339-57fa017d7f61.html

https://investigationsforthemissing.org/bruce-maitland-bio-page

Bruce Maitland's Non Profit GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/investigations-for-the-missing?member=987396

Contact with any information:
Vermont State Police 802-524-5993
The investigation’s official tip line 802-241-5355.
Text VTIPS to 274637

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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
53 min
May 27, 2021 MURDERED: Colleen Ritzer
Colleen was a popular, young math teacher from Massachusetts in 2013 when she was brutally murdered at the place she loved most.

Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at [email protected]

Buy us a coffee and support the show!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod

Resources:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd8EH0Q_vKQ

Sword and Scale: Episode 88

Town Museum website: https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/welcome-to-danvers/

Article: https://nthfmemorial.org/everyone-makes-a-difference-colleen-ritzer/

Article: https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/ritzer-family-devastated-by-chism-sentence/article_0b1ab180-fd44-5185-ac7a-713d1103f262.html

Article: https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/salem-state-university-mourns-death-of-teacher/article_2d62f8d7-db52-5b02-b378-efb59e8bf7aa.html

University Blog: https://www.assumption.edu/assumption-achieves-university-status

Article: https://www.wcvb.com/article/danvers-student-14-charged-in-death-of-math-teacher/8190166#

Article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/22/timeline-murder-collen-ritzer-danvers-high-school/NBCbSUOpBWJcArUTpF1q3J/story.html

Obituary: https://www.currentobituary.com/obit/132681

Assumption college catalog ( Pg 25 used) https://digitalcommons.assumption.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=undergraduate-catalogs

Article: https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20151216/news/151217149

Article: http://courtjunkie.com/timeline-colleen-ritzer-murder/

Article: https://www.wbur.org/news/2016/02/26/chism-sentencing

Article: https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/23/justice/massachusetts-philip-chism/index.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/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
46 min

About The Murder Diaries

From the publisher's feed

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.