The Toll
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The Toll focuses on the effects a violent crime or traumatic event has on a family and community. Season 1 focuses on a cold case from Springfield, Missouri; the 1975 murder of 9-year-old Shirley Jane Rose. Our host, award winning journalist Nancy Simpson, interviews investigators and family members, taking the listener on a journey of what ends up being not just one, but many tragedies intertwined.
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Jeanette shares, in her own voice, the mental anguish and bouts with self doubt she had leading up to and after the discovery that maybe her mom, Jeanne, was hurting family members.
Nancy Simpson, with special guest Emily Wilson, dives into poison cases that ring a little too familiar.
Jeanette was well known for her "thought trees" in college. Later though, she'll use this same tool of reasoning in the fight for her life.
Nancy goes through every detail with Jeanette about what she saw in the salt shaker at Thanksgiving.
More stories from our shocking second season. This bonus content highlights the accounts of two additional family members who were suspiciously ill in Jeanne's circle.
Jeanette uses chess in the game of her life. But she says make no mistake, her mom is the queen.
Jeanette searches for answers to a traumatic, childhood event that continues to haunt her. The FBI investigation ends. Jeanette hires another private investigator, yearning for the truth.
Jeanne marries husband number 4 and is headed on her next Mormon mission. Jeanette worries about his safety. National media goes after this story again.
Jeanne stars in a play about poison during the FBI investigation. She’s facing a civil suit over money and her daughter is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Jeanne starts a grim tour bus business. Websleuths blog sheds light on the FBI investigation. National media works to get the story. The first husband’s body gets exhumed.
Jeanne’s third husband, Bruce, dies. His son gives the eulogy hours after finding out Jeanne is being investigated by the FBI.
Jeanne gives herself a “cereal killer” name. Jeanette wonders what chemicals were in her grandfather’s darkroom. A private investigator grills Jeanne on family deaths.
While Jeanne’s father is suffering from a neurological attack, her first husband dies while jogging during a visit to Missouri. Dennis has been throwing up from food allergies.
FBI papers confirm their investigation for a serial killer. Jeanne’s first husband complains of chest pains and has ‘impressions’ of dying.
Roy, husband #2, visits the Mayo Clinic. Jeanne gives several explanations for his decline. Jeanette gets very sick after her mother moves close to her in Utah.
Jeanne’s second husband goes crazy after money troubles. His son outlines concerns after his father marries the Morman mom of four in Iowa.
Jeanne’s brother gets sick and dies after visiting her in Utah. Their mother gets sick weeks later. Jeanne’s daughter, Jeanette, goes to the ER after eating soup.
A Mormon mother of four, Jeanne, was investigated by the FBI for several years for poison while married to her third husband, Bruce. Salt shakers and Easter candy are at the center of the story.
Nancy here... A pregnant teenager was murdered in the Ozarks in the 1970s. My mother married the girl's killer. So many lies. What was the truth? Eventually, I had to know more.
A woman's body was found on a truck stop parking lot in Springfield, Missouri in 1997 - far from her home near Memphis. Gloria Jean Barnes' body was discovered the day before her 36th birthday. No family gathering, no cake, no celebration. Gloria got an autopsy for her birthday. As police work on leads, all they find are dead ends. For the first time in over two decades, Gloria's sister and brother are speaking out about what they believe happened the night Gloria was taken from Joiner, Arkansas. A family's secret, a mother's crusade to catch a killer, and details in this case that have never been revealed. It's a cold case brought back to life by "The Toll: Hearts For Gloria."
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One of the best, most well researched and written podcasts about anything Springfield and true crime in general. I listened in one afternoon. Nancy Simpson is a true Ozarks treasure and the work the crew put into researching and exploring the options, going back and interviewing the people that are still around and available. I am a podcast junkie and this was the best I've heard in a long, long while.