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    The Murder Diaries

    The Murder Diaries is a victim-centered true crime podcast with three distinct episodes each week. We cover missing persons and cold cases that need your attention, unpack the real lives behind Hollywood’s most tragic figures, and break down true crime and adjacent documentaries that are worth a deeper look. 

    New episodes weekly:
    Mondays – Tragic Hollywood

    Tuesdays – DocuFiles

    Thursdays – True crime cases that need your attention

    Connect with us at themurderdiariespodcast.com or on socials @themurderdiariespod

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    Latest Episodes:
    MURDERED: Addie Hall Jul 29, 2021
    Show notes

    30-year-old Addie Hall was forever the life of the party in New Orleans’ French Quarter; however, when a man’s suicide note leads police to a gruesome discovery, investigators begin to piece together what horrors the free-spirited artist endured.
    Case requested by Melissa S.

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    SOURCES: Final Witness: Season 1, Episode 2
    Article https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/the-gruesome-tale-of-zack-bowen-and-addie-hall-and-what-it-says-about-our-fascination-with-true-5c6170a0b0f6
    Article https://nicolekenney.medium.com/the-gruesome-murder-suicide-of-the-couple-that-peaked-during-hurricane-katrina-6802cff46eb6
    Article https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_e3ad2f7f-838d-57d8-bbd8-eddc97a1a26d.html
    Video https://youtu.be/Kac2LCIZ5IA

    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MURDERED: Christina Williams Jul 22, 2021
    Show notes

    Christina Williams was a 13 year old girl with a bright future. Born in Japan to a US naval officer and filipino mother, she had just moved to the US with her family when she met a horrible fate one evening while walking her dog.
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    Resources:
    On the case with Paula Zahn; Season 21, Episode 6 Article: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Caller-tells-FBI-she-saw-missing-girl-in-car-3082677.php Article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-09-me-11679-story.html Article: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Slain-Woman-Was-Raped-Officials-Say-Records-3003165.php Article: https://www.montereyherald.com/2020/03/09/prosecution-rests-in-charles-holifield-murder-trial/
     Article: https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/12/10/charles-holifield-waives-right-to-jury-trial-and-appeals-no-longer-facing-death-penalty/
    Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Christina_Marie_Williams
    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MURDERED: Katie Autry Jul 15, 2021
    Show notes

    WKU student Katie Autry was assaulted and burned alive in her college dorm room. A winding investigation leads police to two suspects who have very different stories.
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    SOURCES: Southern Gothic: “Who Killed Katie Autry” Season 1, episode 6 https://thecinemaholic.com/who-killed-katie-autry-where-is-stephen-soules-now/ https://www.bgdailynews.com/more-details-in-autry-case/article_369e2711-544d-5682-8724-4e9c68b344f3.html
    https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/loved-ones-remember-katie-autry-years-after-her-murder/article_2ab3ba2c-ad6a-55f2-af02-468154e443a6.html

    https://www.wkyufm.org/post/lawsuit-filed-autry-murder-case#stream/0

    https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/volume-written-on-autry-murder/article_54911f99-92d6-544a-9b73-4ab38abac410.html
    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MURDERED: Kelsey Smith Jul 08, 2021
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    Kelsey Smith was 18 years old in June 2007 when an innocent trip to Target would turn in to her worst nightmare.
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    Resources: See No Evil on ID Discovery, Season 1, Episode 1 (2015) YouTube video (summary of case and contains some surveillance footage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr3LiOBT9U CNN (Nancy Grace) Transcripts: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/06/ng.01.html Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20150517121217/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kelseys-law-helps-reunite-lenexa-parents-with-kidnapped-5-month-old-baby-in-record-time
    Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20080726165757/http://www.kctv5.com/news/16966786/detail.html
    Article: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3249158
    Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19107235
    Article: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article10539872.html
    Article: https://medium.com/chameleon/abducted-from-a-target-parking-lot-murdered-now-she-saves-lives-6baa1117adb3
    Article: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-kelsey-smiths-parents-now/
    Blog: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19751202/kelsey-ann-smith
    Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kelsey_Smith#cite_note-disappeared-3
    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MISSING: Maura Murray Jul 01, 2021
    Show notes

    In February 2004, Maura Murray drove three hours from her college dorm in Massachusetts to the White Mountains in New Hampshire without telling anyone. She was involved in a single-car collision along route 112, then vanished into thin air.
    What happened to Maura Murray?
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    RESOURCES:
    https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/

    https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-unsolved-case-file-where-is-maura-murray/16760962

    https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/cold-case-family-searching-for-maura-murray-17-years-after-disappearance/2298650/

    https://www.boston25news.com/news/missing-umass-student-maura-murray-family-denied-historic-marker-disappearance-site/PILDHBSRBNC4JNZAO5H5IFDT7E/

    https://medium.com/chameleon/nursing-student-maura-murray-went-missing-over-17-years-ago-the-search-continues-542b685a6740

    https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Maura_Murray

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVii0SQ9vPU
    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MURDERED: Haley Anderson Jun 24, 2021
    Show notes

    Haley Anderson was a young, 22 year old nursing student when she was murdered in 2018. Red flags galore, but her pure heart always believed the best in everyone, including the wrong guy at the wrong time.
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    Resources: 48 hours, Season 32, ep 35 – The Murder of Haley Anderson
    Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/haley-anderson-obituary?pid=188426290
    Article: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/haley-anderson-murder-binghamton-university-crime-scene-evidence/11/ Article: https://time.com/5196500/binghamton-nursing-student-obsession/
    Article: https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-murder-of-haley-anderson
    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MURDERED: Samantha Payne Jun 17, 2021
    Show notes

    An Alabama woman celebrates Halloween with friends, but never returns home. She's later found tied to a tree in the Talladega National Forest, with her head detached from her body. What happened to Samantha Christine Payne?
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    SOURCES: https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20200122/appellate-court-throws-out-kidnapping-convictions-in-samantha-payne-murder-case

    https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20190311/trial-begins-for-final-defendant-in-samantha-payne-torture-death

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-forensics-expert-medical-examiner-give-insight-on-2015-murder/

    https://wvua23.com/two-arrested-for-capital-murder-after-body-found-monday/

    https://wvua23.com/body-found-in-forest-identified-two-charged-in-murder/

    https://wvua23.com/man-pleads-guilty-with-parole-possibility-in-murder-of-samantha-payne/

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-witnesses-testify-trial-continues-monday/

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-man-who-pleaded-guilty-testifies/

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-woman-who-pleaded-guilty-testifies-against-2-on-trial/

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-jury-to-reconvene-to-settle-on-verdict/

    https://wvua23.com/guilty-2-on-trial-in-samantha-payne-murder-found-guilty-of-murder-kidnapping/

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-two-sentenced-to-30-years-for-kidnapping-murder/

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-last-defendant-on-trial-facing-death-penalty/

    https://wvua23.com/samantha-payne-trial-calls-reveal-belcher-wanted-letters-sent-to-another-defendant/

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154933932/samantha-christine-payne

    https://casetext.com/case/belcher-v-state-117

    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MISSING: Brianna Maitland Jun 10, 2021
    Show notes

    Brianna Maitland was 17 years old when she went missing in March of 2004 after a night at work. Her car was later found, but Brianna remains missing to this very day.
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    Resources:
    Disappeared season 4, Episode 11: Vanished in Vermont
    https://charleyproject.org/case/brianna-alexandria-maitland

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Vermont

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brianna_Maitland

    https://www.celebsagewiki.com/disappearance-of-brianna-maitland

    https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/brianna-maitland

    https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/01/21/the-disappearance-of-brianna-maitland/

    https://www.samessenger.com/news/vsp-partners-with-company-to-do-new-analysis-of-evidence-in-brianna-maitland-case/article_0deb31d4-0352-11eb-8339-57fa017d7f61.html
    https://investigationsforthemissing.org/bruce-maitland-bio-page

    Bruce Maitland's Non Profit GoFundMe:
    https://www.gofundme.com/f/investigations-for-the-missing?member=987396
    Contact with any information: Vermont State Police 802-524-5993 The investigation’s official tip line 802-241-5355. Text VTIPS to 274637
    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MURDERED: Colleen Ritzer May 27, 2021
    Show notes

    Colleen was a popular, young math teacher from Massachusetts in 2013 when she was brutally murdered at the place she loved most.
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    Resources: Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd8EH0Q_vKQ

    Sword and Scale: Episode 88
    Town Museum website: https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/welcome-to-danvers/

    Article: https://nthfmemorial.org/everyone-makes-a-difference-colleen-ritzer/

    Article: https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/ritzer-family-devastated-by-chism-sentence/article_0b1ab180-fd44-5185-ac7a-713d1103f262.html

    Article: https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/salem-state-university-mourns-death-of-teacher/article_2d62f8d7-db52-5b02-b378-efb59e8bf7aa.html

    University Blog: https://www.assumption.edu/assumption-achieves-university-status

    Article: https://www.wcvb.com/article/danvers-student-14-charged-in-death-of-math-teacher/8190166#

    Article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/22/timeline-murder-collen-ritzer-danvers-high-school/NBCbSUOpBWJcArUTpF1q3J/story.html

    Obituary: https://www.currentobituary.com/obit/132681

    Assumption college catalog ( Pg 25 used) https://digitalcommons.assumption.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=undergraduate-catalogs

    Article: https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20151216/news/151217149

    Article: http://courtjunkie.com/timeline-colleen-ritzer-murder/

    Article: https://www.wbur.org/news/2016/02/26/chism-sentencing

    Article: https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/23/justice/massachusetts-philip-chism/index.html

    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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    MURDERED: Mary Catherine Edwards May 20, 2021
    Show notes

    A sadistic murder that left a small Texas community reeling for two and a half decades now has a prime suspect thanks to genetic genealogy. And, perhaps, the most shocking revelation is the accused’s identity.
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    RESOURCES:
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/crime/mary-catherine-edwards-cold-case-murder-former-classmate-arrested/%3Famp%3Dtrue

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/amp/Genealogy-DNA-testing-helps-crack-cold-case-of-16160772.php

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.khou.com/amp/article/news/investigations/missing-pieces/missing-pieces-mary-catherine-edwards-murder-solved/285-afdf5001-4b92-4e1e-a813-7947f6db34f7

    https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_bb7d3112-ad02-11eb-9dab-539a9a215d55.html

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theepochtimes.com/man-charged-in-1995-murder-of-former-classmate_3808469.html/amp

    https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/clayton-bernard-foreman-accused-of-killing-of-mary-catherine-edwards
    Music Used:
    Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
    Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
    License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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