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February 21, 2023 Fugitive Father
Back on July 2, 1970, tourists visiting Loch Ard Gorge, Australia, found a crashed car teetering on the edge of an oceanside cliff. It looked like the car could plunge into the water at any moment. After investigators were called to the scene, the mystery grew deeper. The car’s license plate was traced to a family living over 100 miles away.
Once the car was towed from the cliff’s edge, the inside was inspected. Investigators were horrified to find four dead bodies, including three young children. The back seat of the car had been removed and someone had attached a hose leading from the tailpipe to the front window, suggesting suicide. This find sent waves of grief and confusion throughout Australia. There were so many questions and very few answers.
Join us at the quiet end for Fugitive Father, a dialogue about a terrible crime which has become an enduring mystery. The victims in the car were identified as members of the Crawford family from 136 Cardinal Road, but the father was missing. It seemed possible that Elmer Crawford had been thrown from the vehicle, until witnesses came forward to say that they had seen Elmer after the car was found.
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Almost Perfect: The True Story of the Brutal, Unsolved Crawford Family Murders, Greg Fogarty, 2010
Crawford Executed, Bashed Family, Heraldsun.com.au, 2/10/2008
The Crawford Family, Felon S1 E1, 3/10/2020
Killer Crawford Still Haunts Ex-Cop, The Standard (Warrnambool), 7/13/2010
Precise Detailed Detection of Faces and Facial Features, IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Ding, L., Martinez, A. 2008
The Crawford Children: Katherine, James, & Karen

1 hr 23 min
February 20, 2023 Introducing COLD: The Search for Sheree
Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, […]
10 min
February 07, 2023 Who Killed Kaitlyn?
After 18-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette was murdered in 1989, the Albuquerque police department believed it was a random act of violence. But as details were released, possible motives for her murder came to light.
Join us at the quiet end for Who Killed Kaitlyn? Kaitlyn had argued with her boyfriend on the night she was killed. She also had knowledge of a gang-related insurance scheme. But despite her family’s efforts and an extensive police investigation, Kaitlyn’s case went cold. Until early last year, when a suspect was indicted.
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Albuquerque Journal Archives 1988-2022
Kaitlyn Arquette Website https://kaitarquette.arquettes.com/
One to the Wolves by Lois Duncan
Paul Apodaca indicted for high profile murder of Kaitlyn Arquette, KOAT7, Laflin, Nancy, 2/23/2022
Who Killed My Daughter? by Lois Duncan
The Arquette family: Kerry and Brett (back row), Don with Donnie, and Lois with Kaitlyn and Robin (front row).
1 hr 8 min
January 24, 2023 Sweet Talker
Registered Nurse Julie Keown had goals for her life: start a family, purchase a home, advance in her career. She just needed to stay the course while her husband completed his MBA at Harvard and they would be all set. But sadly, Julie’s life was cruelly cut short and she didn’t live to see the future which she had worked and planned for all her life.
Join us at the quiet end for Sweet Talker. Julie and her husband James moved from Missouri to Massachusetts after James was accepted into Harvard Business School’s MBA program. Julie was able to work from home setting up hospitals with medical software and she believed that their finances were on the upswing. But James had secrets. He was fired from his job for lying, he had racked up thousands in credit card debt, his car was repossessed, and there were issues with his education. From all angles, James’ life was falling apart. We’ll never know how much Julie knew about James’ lies, but we do know how far he was willing to go to save himself from financial and social ruin.
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Commonwealth v. James Keown, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 10/23/2017
Death by Deception, Dateline, 1/9/2009
Lie After Lie by Lara Bricker, 2010
Man Guilty of Killing Wife with Antifreeze, CBS News, 7/2/2008
Julie & James
1 hr 52 min
January 23, 2023 Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to […]
5 min
January 10, 2023 A Killer at the Door
McKay Everett was the adored only child of Paulette and Carl Everett. The tight-knit family of three lived a comfortable life in an upscale subdivision in Conroe, Texas, a town just a few miles north of Houston. Crime was uncommon in the Everett’s neighborhood, but they still took precautions, including the installation of a home security system.
Join us at the quiet end for A Killer at the Door: The Abduction and Murder of McKay Everett. At 12-years-old, McKay knew all about stranger danger. But kidnapping by a complete stranger is rare. And one of the rarest murders of all is a murder committed in the course of a kidnapping. In this case, McKay had been taken from his home by someone he knew, someone who had lured McKay’s parents out of their home to get them out of the way. So, how did McKay know his killer and what was the motive behind this inconceivable betrayal?
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Deadly Betrayal: The Kidnapping and Murder of McKay Everett by Paulette Everett-Norman, J.M. Marquart, and J.L. Mullings, Texas Review Press, 2007
Execution Report Hilton Crawford, Texas Execution Information Center
Hilton Crawford Executed for 1995 killing of Montgomery County Boy, The Huntsville Item, B. Lacy, 7/2/2003
Houston Chronicle Archives, 1995-2003
The Samuel McKay Everett Foundation Website, https://www.protectingchildren.com/
‘Uncle Hilty’ Returns to Huntsville, The Huntsville Item, B. Lacy, 6/30/2003

1 hr 42 min
December 27, 2022 The Body in Belknap Creek
Heather Rich was only 16-years-old when she was brutally victimized by people she knew and trusted. A petite and pretty girl with translucent gray-blue eyes, Heather liked to laugh and she enjoyed the attention of her peers. But adolescence is not everything that they make it out to be in the movies. As a cheerleader and a nominee for homecoming queen, Heather was also a troubled girl who was testing her own limits.
Join us at the quiet end for The Body in Belknap Creek. It’s true that Heather made a poor decision when she snuck out of her home on October 3, 1996, but the decisions made by her killers were careless, cruel, and just plain evil. When Heather was reported missing, the police dismissed her as a runaway who would return home in a day or two. But her parents knew better. The search for Heather would last one week, but it took much longer for investigators to reveal the shocking truth of what happened to her on the night of October 3rd.
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A Bend in the River, Texas Monthly, Pamela Colloff, 7/2002
Killer Homecoming King’s Parole, Dallas Morning News, Darrell Franklin, 11/20/2014
Monsters Among Friends, Shadow of Doubt, S1 E1, Discovery +
A Murder Before Homecoming, American Justice, S12 E6, A&E
The Oklahoman Archives, 1996-2002
A Question of Mercy, Texas Monthly, Pamela Colloff, 3/2014
Tangle of Guilt and Repentance Follows Slaying of Cheerleader, Los Angeles Times, Mike Cochran, 5/31/1998
1 hr 29 min
December 13, 2022 From Missing to Murdered: Arlene Fraser
The disappearance of Scottish mother-of-two Arlene Fraser in April of 1998 alarmed her loved ones and set off rumors and theories throughout her community. After all, she’d waved goodbye to her children as they went off to school one morning and was never seen again. It was as if she had vanished into thin air. But, of course, she hadn’t.
Join us at the quiet end for From Missing to Murdered: Arlene Fraser. When Arlene didn’t return home, her husband Nat told everyone that she had been drinking to excess, using drugs, and sleeping around. Therefore, she must have run off with one of her lovers. Some believed him, but those familiar with Arlene and her husband’s relationship didn’t. Then things became complicated. It came to light that Arlene had recently visited a solicitor about divorcing her husband. But Nat had an ironclad alibi. Had Arlene been unhappy enough to leave behind her children and start over somewhere else or had Nat hired someone to make her disappear? Let’s discuss!
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BBC News Archives 1998-2013
Death in a Cold Town by Steve MacGregor
Meet, Marry, Murder, FilmRise Television, S1 E17
Murdered or Missing, The Arlene Fraser Case: Riddle of the Rings, Daily Record, Glasgow, Scotland 4/25/2005
The Murder Trial, Channel 4 UK, Documentary, 7/2013
1 hr 59 min
November 29, 2022 The Staton Jewelry Store Slayings
Rick Anderson and his girlfriend Chantina Ginn were carnies, following a travelling carnival from Kansas to Arkansas in September of 1980. At the campground where the two slept, they met another couple. The two men, strung out on uppers and looking for cash, made plans to rob a jewelry store. Of course, their intended victims had no idea of what was coming.
Join us at the quiet end for The Staton Jewelry Store Slayings. Kenneth Staton opened his family store for the last time on September 10. His youngest daughter, Suzanne, was working with him that day. It wasn’t until that evening, when Suzanne and Kenneth didn’t show up for dinner and no one answered the store’s phone, that the rest of the Staton family realized that something had gone terribly wrong.
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Anderson v. State, Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1/17/1983
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Archives, 1980-1993
Arkansas Execution For 1980 Double Murder, The New York Times, 8/7/1997
Closing Time by Anita Paddock
Perry v. State, Supreme Court of Arkansas, 11/15/1982

1 hr 46 min
November 15, 2022 The Amish Stud: Eli Weaver
Barbara Weaver was raised in a strict Amish community where she learned to be caring and obedient. She knew her future husband, Eli Weaver, from childhood. They courted according to their church rules. But after marriage, Eli did not live up to the expectations of a devoted husband. He left the community more than once and was repeatedly unfaithful, making life miserable for Barbara.
Join us at the quiet end for The Amish Stud. In 2009, Barbara Weaver was living in a marriage with her five young children and a callous man. But in the Amish community, divorce is virtually unheard of. As Barbara tried to hold it all together, Eli became abusive. He had several girlfriends and broke the Amish rules by using computers, cell phones, and even online dating apps. But Eli’s behavior was not only hurtful and dismissive, it put a target on Barbara’s back.
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Domestic and sexual abuse in Amish, Mennonite communities, Lancaster Online, L. Espenshade and L. Alexander, 7/12/2004
A Killing in Amish Country by Rebecca Morris and Gregg Olsen
Snapped: Killer Couples, S15 Ep3
State of Ohio v. Barbara A, Raber, Appeal from Judgement, Ninth Judicial District, 8/30/2010
1 hr 55 min