She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast

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63: Episode 63: Mimi Boomhower with guest reader Amber Dawn Fox Nov 19, 2024

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In August 1949, friends of Mimi Boomhower arrive at Mimi’s home to find that despite the lights on inside and outside her Bel Air mansion and her car in her garage, the wealthy widow is nowhere to be found. Seven days later her purse is found inside a grocery store telephone booth with a cryptic message written in pen on its side sending police into a flurry as they work to find her.

This week our guest reader is Amber Dawn Fox, a working actress based in the Southeast. She travels all around the US and beyond for work. She can be seen on Peacock TV, Hulu, discovery+, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen Network, AMC, Amazon Prime, and more! Although best known for portraying Officer Bello on "The Walking Dead", Amber has gone on to star in several feature films available on many streaming sites.

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Morgan County Jane Doe (1950): Unidentified Woman Found Murdered in West Virginia Nov 12, 2024

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In 1950, a mushroom hunter discovered the body of an unidentified woman along a remote road in Morgan County, West Virginia. She had been murdered and left alone in the woods.

Within the first year of the investigation, authorities believed they had identified her at least seven different times. Every lead proved wrong.

Nearly 75 years later, the Morgan County Jane Doe still has no name—and her killer has never been identified.

In this episode of She Goes by Jane, we examine one of West Virginia’s enduring unidentified persons cases, exploring the investigation, the repeated misidentifications, and what it means for someone’s identity to remain perpetually out of reach.

We also consider the limitations of mid-century forensic investigation and how some victims disappear not only from public view, but from cultural memory itself.

📍 Morgan County, West Virginia | May 1950

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Episode 61 : Helen Brach Nov 05, 2024

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“If it’s a kidnapping, I’d have a ransom note by now,” says private investigator Ernest Rizzo about the 1977 disappearance of candy heiress Helen Voorhees Brach. But despite his confidence that Helen Brach is still alive, no one has seen her. And as the days turn into months turn into years, it becomes more and more clear just how wrong Ernest Rizzo is about what happened to Helen.

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60: episode 60: Lilawattie Buerettan Oct 29, 2024

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In 1994, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office enters a property in Loxahatchee, Florida and finds a chilling sight. Hundreds of exotic birds including parrots and macaws are dead or dying inside their enclosures. While they work frantically to save the remaining birds, their focus shifts to how they got in this state. Where is their caretaker, 36 year old Lilawattie Buerettan and her 31 year old nephew Moses Lall. Did they abandon the birds, or did something more sinister happen.

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59: Episode 59: Suzanne Richerson with guest reader Sonja Ball Oct 22, 2024

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In 1998, Suzanne Renee Richerson, a Texas A&M student at their Galveston campus, headed to work as a night clerk at a hotel and condo complex. She expects to study overnight and leave at 7am. At 6am, the security guard checks on her before he leaves, but by 6:15am, as a couple goes to check out, Suzanne is no longer at her desk.

This week we’re joined by born performer and one of Canada’s voiceover elite, Sonja Ball. Sonja has over 30 years experience and is well known for her tremendous versatility in Commercials, Animation, Narrations, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Video games, Talking Toys and more. Sonja has been nominated for ACTRA’s Best Voiceover Performance Award and has voiced principal roles in a host of award-winning animation series’ and films including: Arthur, Wimzie’s House, Madeline’s Christmas, Pinocchio 3000, Snowtime, Spookley and the Christmas Kittens, and many more, with lead or principal roles in each. Her versatility often lands her multiple roles in the same productions. She has voiced everything from gaming characters for Ubisoft, to ads for well recognized companies such as Lancôme and Vaseline. She brings her broad base of experience into play as a voiceover coach for up and coming young actors.

To add to her list of credentials, Sonja is also a Montreal music scene veteran and singer/songwriter, singing the no.# 10 Billboard dance hit and number 1 England Dance Chart hit, “Can’t Live Without You” in 1986, as Suzy Q. Over the years she has performed in top venues throughout North America singing in several band scenarios opening for legends like Smokey Robinson, Glen Campbell and Charlie Bird. She has recorded theme songs and music c.d.’s related to the animation productions she has voiced, and continues to write and co-produce her own music.

Join us on Patreon! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our October 2024 selection is Madame Victoria by Catherine LeRoux and translated by Lazer Lederhendler.

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58: Episode 58: Gloria Kidder Korzon with guest reader Patrisha McLean Oct 17, 2024

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“Did you find the body?” a killer asks law enforcement 38 years after his wife went missing. When Gloria Kidder met her future husband at work, little did she know she was also meeting the man who would force her to experience an escalating pattern of violence ending only in her death.

This week we’re joined by Patrisha McLean who started on her journey of activism for women’s rights upon the domestic violence arrest of her then-husband of 29 years, Don “American Pie” McLean. She is the founder and CEO of Finding Our Voices, a Maine sisterhood of survivors bringing light to domestic abuse and to each other, which can be found at FindingOurVoices.net

Join us on Patreon! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our October 2024 selection is Madame Victoria by Catherine LeRoux and translated by Lazer Lederhendler.

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57: The Disappearance of Ruth Baumgardner: Vanished from Her Dorm in 1937 with guest reader Mallory Kennedy Oct 09, 2024

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In 1937, college student Ruth Baumgardner said good night to her friends and walked toward her dorm room. She was never seen again.

The next morning, her car key was found on the dormitory staircase—but Ruth was gone.

In this episode of She Goes by Jane, we examine the disappearance of Ruth Baumgardner, a case that has remained unsolved for decades. What happened between that final walk down the hall and the moment she vanished? And how do cases like Ruth’s slip through the cracks of both memory and investigation?

We place her story within its historical context, exploring the limitations of 1930s investigative methods and the ways young women’s disappearances were understood—and often minimized—at the time.

📍 Delaware, Ohio | 1937

📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by Mallory Kennedy, producer, writer, and founder of Margrette Bird Pictures.

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About Mallory Kennedy

Mallory Kennedy is a producer, writer, and President of Margrette Bird Pictures. She is known for the award-winning documentary Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much, and is the author of multiple books focused on identity, wellness, and personal development.

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56: Episode 56: Lourdes Gruart Oct 01, 2024

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In 2000, model Lourdes Gruart disappears. Her brother says that she told him she was leaving for Europe for a modeling job and left their shared apartment. But Lourdes doesn’t have an active passport, nor has she told anyone else of her travel plans. In the 24 years since, Lourdes’s disappearance has remained a mystery.

Join us on Patreon! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our October 2024 selection is Madame Victoria by Catherine LeRoux and translated by Lazer Lederhendler.

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55: Episode 55: Bessie Haley Hyde with guest reader Musetta Vander Sep 24, 2024

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In 1928, Bessie and Glen Hyde take a scow down the Colorado River in their attempt to have Bessie become the first woman documented to have gone down the river through the canyon. Their plan is to leverage their experience into a career on the lecture and vaudeville circuit. They are last seen heading down the river in mid November.

This week we are joined by Musetta Vander. A native South African, Musetta's no stranger to the entertainment world. She debuted on stage at the age of 4. One of her first jobs was anchor host for an MTV-like television show in South Africa.

After her arrival to the USA she became part of the very world she used to host, appearing as the 'dream girl' in more than twenty music videos for top recording artists including Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Elton John, and Chris Isaak. But it was her critically acclaimed stage performance in the original South African play Soweto's Burning, that provided her transition to the big screen.

Since then Musetta has performed in numerous feature films, including Wild Wild West , O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Cell, Breaking Point, and Kicking & Screaming to name a few. Additionally she's added a slew of television credits ti including Stargate SG-1, Frasier, NCIS and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Join us on Patreon! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our September 2024 selection is Madame Victoria by Catherine LeRoux and translated by Lazer Lederhendler.

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54: Episode 54: Jean Spangler Part 2 with guest reader Sara Tomko Sep 17, 2024

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Known to the courts as a glamor girl, 26 year old Jean Spangler was trying to make her way in Hollywood as an actress and dancer while raising her young daughter as a single mom. And then the unthinkable happens, on the night of October 7, 1949, Jean Spangler left her home telling her family she would be doing a bit part at one of the studios. She was never seen again.

This week our guest reader is Sara Tomko. Sara is a Film and Television actress based in LA and CEO of In The Pocket Productions. She is most notably known as Series Regular, Asta Twelvetrees, in the hit show Resident Alien which is produced by Amblin and NBCU. Her career began in experimental theatre and musicals in Virginia and Ohio, later moving to Los Angeles to pursue Film and TV. She is an actor, producer, poet, singer and mental health advocate. Sara can be found on Instagram @saratomko19

Join us on Patreon! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our September 2024 selection is Madame Victoria by Catherine LeRoux and translated by Lazer Lederhendler.

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To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press, at Bookshop.org, and Amazon.

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