True Crime DEADLINE

NEW INTERVIEW: With Larry Woodcock, grandfather of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan.In 2023, Lori Vallow-Daybell was found guilty for the murders of her children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan and in her fifth husbands first wife Tammy Daybell.Host Matt Johnson was in the courtroom just feet away from Lori during her trial and heads to Idaho to cover the murder trial of her husband Chad Daybell. This episode explores the case against Doomsday Prophet Chad Daybell, behind the scenes of Lori Vallow's trial and focuses on the young victim's and their families.Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINESupport the show

CASE DEEP DIVE: The Long Island Serial Killer Case investigationThe case of the Long Island Serial Killer went unsolved for more than a decade. In December 2010 near Gilgo Beach on Ocean Drive, a shocking discovery - the badly decomposed bodies of four women were found, each wrapped in burlap.Victims: Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello and Maureen Brainard-Barnes would become known as the Gilgo Four.The case first started as a missing persons case of 24 year old Shannon Gilbert who was an escort from New Jersey. She disappeared after a out-call with a man in Oak Beach, near Gilgo. Her remains were discovered in 2011.In 2023 an arrest in the case. 59 year old architect from Manhattan Rex Heuermann was arrested for three of the four murders. Prosecutors say a combination of DNA evidence, cell tower data and witness descriptions made him the prime suspect in at least three of the Long Island killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders.Anyone with information in the long island serial killer or gilgo four cases please contact: Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-tips (8477)WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comSOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/Support the show

IN DEPTH INTERVIEWS: Murder victim’s wife Kirsten and his brother Adam.On February 16, 2022 father of four Jared Bridegan had dropped off his older children at his ex wife's home in the Sanctuary neighborhood of Jacksonville Beach Florida. Jared and the kids had gone to dinner for a daddy date night.Jared called his wife Kirsten to say: "I love you and will be home soon" and started driving home to St. Augustine from his ex wife's house. His toddler daughter Bexley was in the back seat of his SUV as he approached the one-way road leaving the subdivision. Suddenly he noticed it was blocked with a tire.When Jared went to move the tire he was ambushed and executed in front of his daughter.Since his senseless murder Jared's ex wife Shanna Gardner, her husband Mario Saldana and the confessed hired hit-man Henry Tennon were all arrested  and charged in his murder.Anyone with information in the case please call Jacksonville Beach Police Department at 904-270-1667 or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS(8477).WEBSITE: BRIDEGAN FOUNDATIONhttps://www.brideganfoundation.org/WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/Support the show

NEW INTERVIEW: Murder victim’s daughter Madison McGhee.On July 11, 2002 John Cornelius McGhee, known as JC McGhee was shot and killed in the doorway of his Ohio home. No arrests have been made in the case and now his daughter Madison McGhee is on a mission to solve the case.Madison tells host Matt Johnson that she was only 6 years old when the murder happened.Police called it a home invasion "Gone Wrong". Madison says her father had a history selling drugs in his younger days and was also a police informant. In 2002 he had turned his life around, was helping others and being a police informant.Madison says the deeper she dives into the Cold Case the more unanswered questions she has. Can you help solve the murder? Anyone with information please call the Crime Stoppers of the Upper Ohio Valley: 877-847-7487WEBSITE: ICE COLD PODCASThttps://www.icecoldcase.com/homeWEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comSOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/Support the show

NEW INTERVIEW: FBI Supervisory Crime Analyst Christie Palazzolo.The FBI calls Samuel Little the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history.The Killer confessed to 93 murders before his death, and crime analysts believe his confessions are credible. Police have been able to verify more than 60 confessions, with many still pending.Little says he strangled his victims between 1970 and 2005. Many of his victims’ deaths were ruled overdoses, accidental or undetermined. Some bodies have never been found.Currently, the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) is working to link more cold cases to the convicted Serial Killer.In this episode, ViCAP Crime Analyst Christie Palazzolo talks about the case and how the public can help.If you have any information connected to Little’s confessions, please call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comSOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/Support the show

True Crime DEADLINE returns for Season V with host Matt Johnson in 2023.Matt is a 2X EMMY award winning journalist who dusts off his reporter notebooks to bring you his first hand account of covering notorious crimes and lesser known cases over his career.This season covers the Trial of Doomsday Prophet Chad Daybell, The Murder of father Jared Bridegan, the unsolved cases of Serial Killer Samuel Little and the Unsolved murder case of JC McGhee.Episodes include exclusive interviews with family members and witnesses, plus Matt's first hand accounts of seeing Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell and Rex Heuermann in court.Please listen, subscribe, rate the podcast and write a review.Podcast website:http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/Support the show

NEW INTERVIEW: With Kerri Rawson, daughter of Dennis Rader known as the BTK Serial Killer.  Which stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill” a nickname he gave himself during a cat-and-mouse game with press and police.Rader is now the “Prime Suspect” in the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney, a16-year-old cheerleader who was last seen at a laundromat in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.And the murder of 22-year-old Shawna Beth Garber, whose body was discovered in December 1990 in Mcdonald County, Missouri. An autopsy revealed she had been raped, strangled and bound. The same Modus Operandi as Rader.Rawson opens up about life at home with Rader and how she recently spoke with him in prison to help investigators solve the cold cases.WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comSOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/Support the show

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: With a witness to the murder of college student Jody LeCornu.Plus an interview with her twin sister Jenny Carrieri who is on a mission to solve the cold case murder.Jody was a student at Towson University in Baltimore Maryland when she was murdered in cold blood on March 2, 1996. Today her identical twin sister Jenny Carrieri is ramping up the investigation to find her sisters killer.On that Saturday morning, the 23-year-old had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend over drinking and going to a local bar without him. Jody went to work that day, then went back to the 'Mt. Washington Tavern', her favorite hang out and stayed there till the bar closed. An employee asked Jody to take a employee home because it was snowing. Jody drove him home, then bought a six pack, and started drinking in a parking lot where her killer approached her car, shot and killed her. Then he followed her across the street where she crashed, he put her car in park and then stole something from her car, in front of several people watching.Jody's family is offering a $100,000 cash reward for information leading to the killers arrest.The suspect in 1996 was described as a black man, between 5'10" to 6'2", 200-220 pounds, 20-30 years old, stocky build, driving a white BMW.Anyone with information please call Baltimore County Police Department or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.WEBSITE (case photos and blog)http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/SOCIAL (Latest on case and true crime)https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/Support the show

NEW INTERVIEW: With Doomsday Cult Mom's Cousin Megan Eyden.Lori Vallow-Daybell was found guilty in the murders of her children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan and in her fifth husbands first wife Tammy Daybell.Host Matt Johnson was in the courtroom just feet away from Lori during the trial.This episode explores the case against cult mom, behind the scenes of the trial and dives into Lori's family life with an interview with Lori's cousin.Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINESupport the show

LOST INTERVIEW: Sister of murdered actress Sharon Tate Speaking Out over fear of Manson Followers being released from prison.Matt Johnson opens the TRUE CRIME VAULT for his interview with Debra Tate. (Note: It’s an older interview but fascinating with lesser known facts. Including: Tate smuggled herself into the L.A. County jail and looked Charles Manson in the eyes after he was arrested.)In July 2023, Manson Family Cult follower Leslie Van Houten was released from state prison in Corona California. The 73 years old was convicted of brutally killing Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1969. During a parole hearing she admitted to holding Rosemary down with a pillow case as Leno was murdered in the room next door. Then, Charles “TEX” Watson and Van Houten stabbed Rosemary 16 times.The Manson Murders remain a life sentence for family and friends of the victim’s. Tate is an outspoken victim’s right’s advocate and runs a website to keep other living Manson Family members from being paroled. In 2017 Cult Leader Charles Manson died behind bars of natural causes. He was 83.No Parole for Manson Followers pagehttps://noparoleformansonfamily.com/Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINESupport the showSupport the show

NEW DETAILS in the Murder of Tamara Tucker. Her boyfriend Eric Newman has been convicted of killing her during her birthday trip onboard a Carnival Elation cruise ship. Years earlier, Robert McGill killed his wife on the Carnival Elation after drinking heavily. He said a  scorpion inside the tequila bottle possessed him to kill.55 year old McGill was celebrating his birthday with his wife of five years Shirley, and some friends on the Carnival Elation cruise to Mexico from San Diego.Friends said that Robert McGill loved Shirley with "All his heart". He and Shirley were high school sweethearts who has reconnected and gotten married before their 30th Claremont High School reunion.On July 14, 2009 McGill was drinking heavily in Cabo San Lucas. He reportedly drank half a bottle of tequila and a six pack of beer. After he boarded the ship passengers heard screaming coming from his stateroom.We would later learn that McGill had beaten his wife and strangled her.  Other passengers would find him on the upper deck smoking a cigar after the murder.WEBSITE:(case photos , news clips + pictures)http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/Support the show

True Crime DEADLINE returns for Season IV with host Matt Johnson in 2023.Matt is an EMMY award winning journalist who dusts off his reporter notebooks to bring you his first hand account of covering notorious crimes and lesser known cases over his career.This season covers the Trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, The Cruise Ship Murders case, Dennis Rader AKA the BTK Serial Killer, Manson Murders and the Unsolved murder case of college student Jody LeCornu.Episodes include exclusive interviews with family members and witnesses, plus Matt's first hand accounts of seeing Lori Vallow and Rex Heuermann in court.Please listen, subscribe, rate the podcast and write a review.Podcast website:http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/Support the show

NEW INTERVIEW with Sherry Ballard, mother of Missing Mother of five Crystal Rogers.On July 5, 2015, Crystal Rogers was reported missing by her mother, after she had not been seen or heard from since the evening of July 3, 2015. The same day Rogers was reported missing, her car was found abandoned with a flat tire at mile marker 14 on the Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown, Kentucky. Rogers' keys, phone, and purse were still inside her red Chevrolet Impala. Rogers is not known to go anywhere without her children. On November 19, 2016, Rogers' father Tommy Ballard who was investigating the case of his daughter, was shot and killed on family property near Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown, Kentucky. His death is also unsolved.Crystal's mother tells host Matt Johnson in a new interview, there has been a suspect named in  her daughters disappearance, but no arrest in the case and Crystals body has never been found.Recently NEW INFORMATION: The FBI has done more DNA testing on her car and police have conducted new searches of the area.If you have information related to the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, please call the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit the websites below.FBI pagehttps://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/crystal-rogersCrystal Rogers Task Forcehttps://crystalrogerstaskforce.com/Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINESupport the show

EXCLUSIVE - Sister of John Wayne Gacy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history emails host Matt Johnson.(name) Her emails include MIND BLOWING allegations that her brother didn't act alone when he lured and murdered dozens of young men and boys in the 1970's.Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys. Recently more John Doe victims have been identified through familial DNA.Remains of 26 victims were found in the crawl space under Gacy's home just outside the city of Chicago. Three victims, meanwhile, were found buried on Gacy's property and four others whom Gacy admitted killing were found in waterways south of Chicago.Cook County Sheriff - unidentified bodyshttps://www.cookcountysheriff.org/departments/c-c-s-p-d/unidentified-victims-john-wayne-gacy/Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINESupport the show

SHOCKING NEW DETAILS in the death of newly engaged, mother of two Jen Myers in Wheat Ridge Colorado.PLUS: INTERVIEW with Jen Myer's mother and aunt.On March 30, 2018 the mom of two decided to go to a neighborhood bar and day-drink. She posted happy pictures on social media and was dancing at the bar. Shortly after arriving witnesses say she became extremely intoxicated. A older man at the bar offered to give Jen a ride home.Jen was later found dead inside his home with a gunshot wound to her head/face.In this Episode host Matt Johnson interviews her Mother, Aunt who play him a copy of what they say is the 9-1-1 call from that deadly afternoon.NOTE: No one has been named a suspect in her death.JUSTICE FOR JEN FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/Justice4JEN/Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINESupport the show

NEW DEVELOPMENTS in the Murder of Molly Bish.  New DNA samples have been collected in the case from key "Persons of Interest" and some of Molly's belongings have been returned to her sister Heather.Sister of Molly, Heather Bish sits down with host Matt Johnson for a NEW INTERVIEW to talk about the case, how her family learned of Molly's abduction, missed steps in the initial investigation and what she is doing to help solve the case and other unresolved cases using familial DNA.On June 27, 2000 - Maggie Bish drove her 16 year old daughter Molly to the parking lot at Comins Pond in Warren Massachusetts (Very Small town, one stop light). Moments later, she was abducted.Molly was working alone as a lifeguard at the pond. It was a job her brother had done a previous Summer. The Search for Molly would become the largest in state history. Three years after she was dropped off in the parking lot at the pond, her blue bathing suit and her remains were found in the woods. The rest of her clothing has never been found.There have been several persons of interest named in the case. So far, no arrests.Molly Bish Case Tip-line:508-453-7575True Crime DEADLINE: http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/Molly Bish Foundation:https://www.mollybishfoundation.com/ Support the show

NEW INTERVIEW with JULIE MURRAY, the sister of missing nursing Student, Maura Murray.  Murray disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Rt. 112 in Haverhill, NH. She was spotted by an elderly couple across the street and she spoke with a Bus Driver who lived on the remote street, after the crash.When police arrived her car was locked, there were no footprints in the snow and the 21-year-old UMass Amherst student was missing without a trace.Recently the FBI issued a VICAP (Violent Crime Apprehension Program)  Alert on Maura Murray.Anyone with information please call police.FBIhttps://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/maura-murray---haverhill-new-hampshireMaura Murray Family run Website (photos and tip line) https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/True Crime DEADLINE (w/ photos) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/Support the show

True Crime DEADLINE returns for Season III with host Matt Johnson in February 2022.Matt is an EMMY award winning journalist who dusts off his reporter notebooks to bring you his first hand account of covering notorious crimes and lesser known cases over his career.This season kicks off with several exclusive interviews connected to Missing Maura Murray, Crystal Rogers, Molly Bish and letters from the sister of Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy.Please subscribe, rate the podcast and write a review.Podcast website:http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/Support the show

NEW SHOCKING DETAILS: Daughter of the 'San Francisco Witch Killer' Jenn Carson, speaks out about her father and stepmother's murder spree across California.James Clifford Carson (aka Michael Bear Carson) and Susan Barnes Carson (aka Suzan Bear Carson) are convicted of three murders between 1981 and 1983 in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Carson's are referred to as the 'Witch Killers' after Suzan claimed to hear voices that instructed her to hunt and kill witches.Michael's daughter Jenn Carson believes there are more victim's out there and is speaking out to help shed light on the case and help others.In March 1981, 23-year-old Keryn Barnes, an aspiring actress was found dead inside her apartment. She was stabbed 13 times and her skull crushed before being wrapped in a blanket and thrown into the basement. The Carson's later confessed to the murder saying that they believed Keryn was a witch.In May 1982, Michael shot and killed Clark Stephens, a co-worker at a pot farm in Humboldt County. The couple burned and buried his body and burned the grave site. They told police they believed that Stephens was a devil. His skull was later recovered by a dog and sparked the Murder Mountain legend.In January 1983, 30-year-old Jon Charles Hellyer was stabbed by Suzan and shot and killed by Michael in broad daylight at a fruit stand in Sonoma County. Afterward Carson stole Hellyers truck and led police on a high speed chase.Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos and video)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINESupport the show

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Anita Walters, mother of  Christine Walters who mysteriously disappeared after being found naked on a stranger's doorstep.Christine Walters is described as a nature lover, animal lover and yogi. She was a junior in college studying Botany and wanted to help rebuild  ecosystems.Then in the Summer of 2008, Christine decided to visit friends living in Portland Oregon. From there she met new friends, self proclaimed spiritual environmental activists living off the grid. Christine followed her new friends to Arcata California, a small old logging town just outside Eureka CA. It is unclear what happened to her while she was there. Some say she was working at a marijuana grow farm and was owed money, others say she had taken part in a so-called 'tea ceremony' and ingested hallucinogens which led to a bad trip.On November 12, 2008, then 23-year-old college junior Christine Lindsey Walters was found naked, confused, frightened and bleeding, covered in scratches. She was on a stranger's doorstep and claiming someone was after her.Police took her to the hospital. The next day Christine called her mother in Wisconsin who faxed over a copy of her identification so that she could board an airplane home.After picking up her I.D. she was never seen again.Christine Walters would now be 35. At the time of her disappearance she was described as 5'2", 100-115 pounds, caucasian with strawberry blonde hair. Her ears and nose are pierced and she has a black butterfly tattoo on her hip and a green and purple iris flower tattoo on the back of her neck.If you have any information in the case please call the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office at 707-445-7251Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos and video)http://www.truecrimedeadline.comPodcast SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadlinehttps://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINEFB Group:https://www.facebook.com/HelpFindChristineLindseyWalters/Support the show