Small Town Mysteries
3 lifelong friends who like to dish on true crime and the kind of drama that only small towns can provide đź’€
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On a Monday morning in February 1986, in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sherri Rasmussen’s life came to a violent end. Sherri, a young nurse, was found dead in her condo. She had been brutally beaten and shot three times.
Following this discovery, the Los Angeles Police Department quickly labeled the case as a botched burglary. But to Sherri's father, Nels, this felt wrong. He had a suspect in mind...
On July 4, 2016, David Isaiah Goodwin (age 25)Â murdered Wendy Tamagne (age 37) and then dismembered her body and shoved her remains into trashbags.
Sources:Â
1) https://wcti12.com/news/local/deliberations-finish-jury-begins-discussion-of-sentencing-for-david-godwin
2) https://www.wnct.com/news/david-godwin-sentenced-to-death-justice-has-been-served/
3) https://www.jdnews.com/news/murder-suspect-to-be-returned-t...
Sometimes on this podcast, or in true crime in general, there’s discussion over so-called “black widows,” or women who have had multiple husbands die mysteriously, with the implication that they were responsible for those deaths.Â
But that’s not why we’re here today. Today, we’re going to talk about a bluebeard – yes, a man rather similar to a black widow, whose wives or partners mysteriously died.Â
Over 40 years ago, on July 15th, 1984, in the rugged wilderness of the Madison Range in Montana, 22-year-old Kari Swenson went missing.Â
Kari was a recent Montana State University graduate and rising star in the world of biathlon, a sport that combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting. One sunny morning in July, Kari went for a run on a scenic forest trail. She was actually hoping to see a grizzly bear during he...
One unhinged person murders their in-laws and the sister of her mother-in-law via death cap mushrooms.Â
Sources:Â
1) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3ngr2n3vo
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders
3) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-02/police-charge-erin-patterson-mushroom-poisoning-deaths/103056694
4) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/30/erin-patterson-mushroo...
On May 13, 1998, the body of a woman was found on the side of I-85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. On September 25 of the same year, the body of a young boy was found underneath a billboard off of I-85 in Mebane, North Carolina. The bodies were found about 3 hours away from each other – in different months, in different stages of decay, even in different states. But more than 20 years later, the truth would come out –...
In the summer of 2005, Melanie Metheny’s family had a cookout. For Catherine Moles, it's a vivid memory of her niece, Melanie, then 20, doting on her three-year-old son, Ryan. Catherine remembers Melanie as "very, very watchful," and "very protective." The cookout was just a small glimpse into Melanie's world: her kids were everything to her. But little did Catherine know that the cookout...
On September 21, 1909, six members of the Meadows family were murdered and had their log cabin set on fire. George and Lydia Meadows, as well as their children: Will, Noah, and Lafayette, and Lydia's mom, Elizabeth, were all hit in the head with an axe or hatchet.Â
Sources:Â
1) https://blueridgetruecrime.substack.com/p/death-rides-a-fast-train-the-laurel?open=false#%C2%A7an-unsettling-development
2) https://www...
Listen to Kate talk about how truly witless this man was!
Sources:Â
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Wozniak_(murderer)
2) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/theater/inspired-by-true-events-true-crime-play.html
3) https://abcnews.go.com/US/community-theater-actors-final-performance-chilling-confession-double/story?id=63181588
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_(musical)
Today, Christine talks about a person whose mission to complete a charitable act ended in tragedy. We are going to uncover the truth that was buried in the remote Scottish Highlands for three, long years. This is the story of Tony Parsons.
Sources:Â
1) https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-66614488Â
2) https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-56927878Â
3) https://www.theguardian.com/uk...
Today we are going back in time to the 1890s to talk about the murder of the Meeks Family.
Sources:Â
1) https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2011/04/meeks-family-murder.html
2) https://sullivan.mogenweb.org/meeksmurders.html
3) https://www.hannibal.net/archive/article/history-in-hannibal-folktale-relates-towns-horror-over-meeks-family-murders/article_78cc9a66-7ce1-521a-a5e6-10c7363aa413.html
4) https://www....
Over the course of just two days, so began a panic that ultimately led to the deaths of at least 7 people directly, and more from copycats – and borderline hysteria that would change the pharmaceutical industry forever.
Sources:Â
1) https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/09/30/the-tylenol-murders-40-years-ago-an-infamous-chicago-area-crime-took-these-7-lives/
2) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982<...
On December 5th, 1872, about 400 miles off the coast of the Azores, crew members on the British ship Dei Gratia spotted a ship adrift in the sea. The Captain of the ship was shocked to find that the unguided ship was the Mary Celeste, which had departed from NYC eight days before him, and had been well past-due to have arrived in Genoa, Italy.
A small crew was sent to the ship. Below deck, items had been tossed ar...
This week, we talk about the murder of Patricia Richmond. This case will throw you for a loop!
Sources:
1) Murder in the Heartland, Season 3, episode 3: Beautiful MessÂ
2) https://www.yampavalleyfh.com/obituary/5151291
3) https://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/24/man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-cousins-fiance-in-routt-county/
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts
5) https://www.uncover...
An online connection that Vickie Edge thought was fate, turns out to be a nightmare.Â
Sources:Â
1) https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/vickie-edge-owner-of-destin-day-spa-murdered-by-man-she-met-online/
2) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/vickie-edge-allegedly-murdered-by-boyfriend-jerry-odum
3) https://www.wkrg.com/video/family-remembers-murder-victim-vickie-edge/5754161/
4) https://www.the-independent.com/new...
When Bobbi Parker vanishes one day, her family is concerned. She was thought to be taken by an inmate under her care. However, over a decade later, the mystery begins to unravel, and let's just say that everything is not as it seems!
Sources:Â
1) https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Bobbi_Parker
2)https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/f6nhp0/bobbi_parker_sufferer_of_stockholm_syndrome_or/
Often in true crime spaces we come across cases where a murder is never solved, where a murdered person’s family never finds justice, where a body is never properly laid to rest. Sometimes we get one of these things, or two, and, more rarely than it SHOULD happen, sometimes we get all three. Today’s case is all 3: a body found, a murder solved, and justice served. This is the case of April Tinsley.
Sources:Â
1) https://...
Do you know the expression: "The Dingo ate my baby"?
Okay, but did you know that it was based on an actual case in Australia in the 1980s?
This week, Christine covers the famous Australian case - and talks about how one of the most publicized cases of its decade was botched, in large part due to public pressure.Â
Sources:Â
1) https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/azaria-chamberlain-inquest
2) htt...
Rachael walks us through the murders of Bruce and Darlene Rouse. As always, there's a niiiiice little twist in there...just to keep you all on your toes.
Sources:Â
1) https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/william-billy-rouse-confesses-parents-murders-illinois
2) https://vocal.media/criminal/the-libertyville-murders
3) https://www.lhsdoi.com/3511/news/libertyvilles-own-american-horror-story/
4) https...
Daniel Williams was 21 years old when he was sentenced to one year in prison for non-violent drug charges. He was bounced around to multiple facilities during this year, and was set to finish out the last few weeks of his sentence at Staton Correctional Center in Elmore, Alabama. Little did Daniel know that he would die in that prison, both at the hands of someone yet to be convicted of any crime AND at the hands of t...
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