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November 01, 2022 Amazon Music Presents SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow
For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United […]
7 min
November 01, 2022 Despicable She: The Plot to Kill Bruce Cleland
Bruce Cleland was a shy, intelligent man who, at age 41, had very little experience with women. Rebecca Salcedo was younger, extremely manipulative, and very experienced with men. When the two came together as a couple, it was a complete disaster. Bruce adored Rebecca and would do anything to please her. Unfortunately, there was no pleasing Rebecca.
Join us at the quiet end for Despicable She: The Plot to Kill Bruce Cleland. After winning Bruce’s love, Rebecca began making demands. An opulent home, no sex before marriage, a Mercedes, a boat, an unlimited line of credit, and the wedding of her dreams. As an engineer who had always been frugal, Bruce was able to provide everything. Sadly, no matter how much he gave to her, Rebecca was unfaithful, dismissive, and cruel. But Bruce never predicted how far Rebecca would go to get rid of him and to keep his all of his money for herself.
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Sources
Honeymoon with a Killer by Don Lasseter & Ronald E. Bowers
The People v Rebecca Cleland et al., Court of Appeal of the State of California, Division Seven, Filed 5/27/2003
Snapped: She Made Me Do It, Oxygen True Crime, S1 E1
Wife Allegedly Hired Killer, Faked Carjack, Matea Gold, The Los Angeles Times, 2/18/1998

1 hr 31 min
October 28, 2022 Dateline Rewatch: The Halloween Party
In a classic Keith episode of Dateline, a rural Michigan community searches for a young woman last seen at a Halloween party. The party took place on acres of farmland with hard rock bands, plenty of alcohol, and no guest list. 22-year-old Chelsea Bruck went to the party with her girlfriends, but they left without her. She had been so excited about having fun in her homemade Poison Ivy costume, but the party did not go as planned. Alone, crying, and without transportation in a crowd of hundreds of partiers, Chelsea was a vulnerable target for a predator. Join Keith as he leads us through the investigation, finding her killer, and reliving the real horrors of Chelsea Bruck’s last party.
Happy Halloween and be careful out there, kids!
47 min
October 18, 2022 One Lived to Tell: The Victims of Richard Marc Evonitz
Richard Marc Evonitz had already abducted three girls from their front yards in Virginia before he took 15-year-old Kara Robinson from her friend’s house in South Carolina. Evonitz had a troubling history of criminal sexual behavior, but his friends and neighbors knew him as a good-looking, intelligent, and compassionate person living an ordinary middle-class life. Only his victims, teenage girls who were used to fulfil his twisted sexual fantasies, knew the monster inside of him.
Join us at the quiet end for One Lived to Tell: The Victims of Richard Marc Evonitz. On June 24, 2002, Evonitz imprisoned Kara Robinson in his apartment for 18 hours and repeatedly sexually assaulted her. After Kara managed to escape, Evonitz fled to Florida. In the end, it was Evonitz’s sister who tipped off the police, setting off a high-speed chase which would end his life of cruelty and violence.
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Read “Legally Dead” by Flynn & Lavoie
Sources
End Came with Love, Fear, Horror, Fredricksburg.com, Hall & Pugh, 6/16/2002
Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story, Oxygen True Crime
Into the Water by Diane Fanning
The Making of a Murderer, Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star, , Hall & Pugh 6/14/2004, ret. 10/8/2022
Three Slain Girls’ Case Closed, The Washington Post, Maria Glod, 8/14/2002
Kara & her sons
1 hr 36 min
October 04, 2022 Gaslighting
Vicki Bader’s divorce from her attorney husband Seth Bader was beyond contentious. Alimony and child custody issues persisted well after the break up. Vicki, emotionally fragile and at times suicidal, endured months of harassment and gaslighting by Seth and his toxic accomplices. But when Seth decided to involve their oldest son in his campaign to destroy Vicki, things took an ominous turn.
Join us at the quiet end for Gaslighting: The Extermination of Vicki Bader. Seth Bader was a terrible human being who would stop at nothing to destroy his ex-wife. After getting custody of their children, he withheld alimony payments, had her tires slashed, and even cooked her beloved parakeets in her oven.
More than anyone, the Bader’s oldest son Joey was put in the middle of his parents’ conflicts. Turned against his mother and living in fear of his father, Joey’s life would be upended by his own actions, done on behalf of Seth Bader. The plot to kill Vicki Bader included several people who either hated her or expected financial gain after her death. But sadly, Vicki never imagined that people could be so heartless as her killers were.
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Sources
Legally Dead by Kevin Flynn & Rebecca Lavoie
Seacoast Online Archives, 1996-2011
Seth Bader v. Warden New Hampshire Prison, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 05/25/ 2007
The State of New Hampshire v. Seth Bader, 9/13/2002

1 hr 57 min
October 03, 2022 Introducing: The Generation Why Podcast
The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron & Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries and conspiracies. One of the longest running true crime podcasts out there, Generation Why has a little something for every true crime listener. Follow The Generation Why Podcast on Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app.
9 min
September 20, 2022 Trophy Wife
Steven Beard grew up poor in Dallas, Texas. He had ambitions to go to medical school, but he joined the Navy during World War II. After the war, Steven took a job at a department store. He met his first wife, Elise, while working at the store. They had three children together. Hard working, smart, and good with people, Steven worked his way up to become an executive and co-found Austin’s first independent TV station. Steven and his wife, Elise, were a rags to riches success story. But then, Elise died of cancer. After 42-years of being happily married, Steven was lost and despondent.
Join us at the quiet end for Trophy Wife. As a wealthy widow, Steven began spending much of his time at the exclusive Austin Country Club. A 31-year-old waitress there, Celeste Martinez, caught Steve’s eye. He hired Celeste to be his housekeeper. But within a year, the two were married. Unfortunately, Steve was not aware of Celeste’s checkered past or that she was only marrying him for his money. Within months, Celeste was cheating on Steve and stealing from him. But nothing was ever enough for Celeste, who wouldn’t be satisfied until Steve was out of the picture.
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Read “She Wanted it All” by Kathryn Casey
Steve & Celeste
Sources
Betrayed by Her Own Children, Rebecca Leung, CBS.com, 5/12/2003
Celeste: The Celeste Beard Johnson Story by Nancy Hall
She Wanted It All by Kathryn Casey
Snapped: Celeste Beard, S1 E1, 2004
The Waitress & The Millionaire, Power Privilege & Justice, 2003
2 hr 2 min
September 06, 2022 Dead Woman Walking
The Story of Debra & Christopher Milke:
Debra Milke was a cute 24-year-old single mother in 1989. She and her 4-year-old son, Christopher, were living with a friend while Debra prepared to move into her own apartment and start a new job. She was excited for what she saw as a fresh start, saving up new clothing and household items for her and Christopher’s new life. But, on December 2nd, Christopher disappeared.
Join us at the quiet end for Dead Woman Walking. When Debra’s son went missing on a trip to see Santa Claus, she was frantic. Trying to do everything possible to find her son and bring him home safely, Debra readily spoke to the police. But when one detective finished interviewing Debra, he claimed to have a confession. Debra, he said, had had her son murdered to collect on a small life insurance policy. Put on trial for murder and abandoned by most of her family and friends, Debra found herself living a 20-year nightmare which was likely to end with her execution by lethal injection.
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A family photo of Debra & Christopher
Sources
Brain-Damaged Roger Scott May Be Only One Executed in Debra Milke Case, Elizabeth Stuart, 9/30/2015, ret. 8/29/2022
Debra Milke: A Mother’s Story, Folks Documentary, YouTube Video, 9/6/2016
Debra Milke, The National Registry of Exonerations, ret. 8/29/2022
Former Death Row Inmate Debra Milke and Her Lawyers Speak to Press, Fox 10 Phoenix, 3/24/2015
Requiring Interrogations to be Taped, OLR Research report, Kevin E. McCarthy, 12/4/2017
A Stolen Life: The Debra Milke Story by Jana Bommersbach
State of Arizona v. Debra Jean Milke, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, 1989-2015
1 hr 39 min
August 29, 2022 Introducing: Blood Ties S3: Strange Days
Our family members are not always who we think. When Eleonore Richland exposed her father’s dark legacy, she vowed to clean up the family business – and hired her half-brother, Santino Reyes, to help her do it. But old habits die hard. In the shocking new third season, Eleonore reckons with what her father always […]
6 min
August 23, 2022 In the Cold Light of Day
The Murder of Alan Helmick
On the morning of June 10, 2008, a robbery was staged in the Colorado home of businessman Alan Helmick. His wife, Miriam, came home to find Alan on the floor in a pool of his own blood. Because Alan had been shot in the back of his head, investigators believed that he had been taken by surprise and executed. But who was Alan’s killer and what was the motive?
Join us at the quiet end for In the Cold Light of Day. After two years of marriage, Miriam and Alan were known to be a happy couple. Miriam had financial issues in her past, but she and Alan had worked out an arrangement where his property was kept in his name and Miriam was given spending money as she needed it. It wasn’t until after his death when it came out that Alan had his own financial issues and that there had likely been previous attempts on his life.
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Alan Helmick
Sources
And Then She Killed Him by Robert Scott
A Time to Kill, Three Times to Harm, Investigation Discovery, S4 E13, 11/4/2021
Gone Ballistic, Forensic Files, S14 E16, 4/8/2011
The Last Dance, Dateline NBC, Dennis Murphy, 5/14/2010
Wife Suspected in Second Killing, The Denver Post, Kirk Mitchell, 8/15/2009
1 hr 38 min