Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps

Latest Episodes:

A Jane Doe No More Mar 07, 2024

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In late 2023, one of Keith "Happy Face Killer" Jesperson's Jane Doe victims was identified. Phelps speaks with death investigator Emily Speed, who worked on the case along with Phelps for many years. In this special hybrid episode of two podcasts, "Death Calls" with Emily Speed and "Crossing the Line," Phelps and Speed discuss how the case evolved over almost 30 years and how, finally, she was identified.

The 'Stranger Danger' Girl: Sarah Rairdon Feb 29, 2024

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A teenage girl goes missing in a small Minnesota town. Police are baffled. Her large family of nearly a dozen siblings are mortified. Weeks turn into months, there's no sign of her. Then a series of revealing events occur, tipping off police that 'Stranger Danger,' such a prevalent Public Service Announcement at the time, scaring kids from coast to coast, is likely more smoke than fire, and the culprit might be closer than anybody thinks.

LISK: The Wife, the Serial Killer and the Money Feb 22, 2024

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In this first episode of the 2024 season, Phelps discusses several recent, alarming developments in the Long Island Serial Killer case, the implications they will have on the true crime genre, and, most importantly, the Long Island serial killer's victims' families.

Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps 2024 trailer Feb 15, 2024

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Your favorite true crime podcast, CROSSING THE LINE WITH M. WILLIAM PHELPS, is back with all new episodes beginning February 22, 2024. Enjoy, share, and post the latest trailer. Check out www.crossingtheline.biz for more information. Subscribe to the show wherever you get your favorite podcasts, so you don't miss a new episode.

Bumble Date Death, Part 2: The Brenda Rawls Case Feb 21, 2023

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Phelps speaks with Lauren Fields' mother, Shantell, about the surprising cause and manner of death in Lauren's case. He also digs into the Brenda Rawls death - another woman found dead after a date - the very same night, just down the road from where Lauren died - whose family was also never informed of her death by the police.

Bumble Date Death - Part 1: The Lauren Smith-Fields Case Feb 14, 2023

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You might have heard about this case: A woman, Lauren Smith-Fields, TikTok influencer, model and college student studying physical therapy, invites a Bumble date over to her apartment in December 2021 and winds up dead … police say accidental, family says suspicious … and yet the manner of death is only half the story. What happened inside Lauren's apartment on the night she died, and the next day, will have your jaw on the floor, wondering what is going on in the world of law enforcement investigation in some of the country's largest cities. In the first of this two-part Crossing the Line, Phelps digs in deep and talks to Lauren's family.

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