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Back to Bardstown

93 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 5.2K ratings

Season four, "Back to Bardstown", is coming Tuesday, March 26. 

A puzzling web of victims and suspects now have more overlap than ever before. In season one, host Shay McAlister investigated five unsolved mysteries in Bardstown, Ky. This season, she takes us back to America's 'Most Beautiful Small Town' where shocking arrests and new developments in one case is linking victims and suspects from other cases in a way many only suspected, but never knew for sure.

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Episodes

Bardstown: A Mother Waits

August 13, 2020 13:45 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

As the FBI continues to investigate the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, we sit down one-on-one with Crystal's mother Sherry Ballard. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: A Mother Waits (bonus episode)

August 13, 2020 13:45 - 24 minutes

As the FBI continues to investigate the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, we sit down one-on-one with Crystal's mother Sherry Ballard. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BREAKING IN BARDSTOWN: The FBI Steps In

August 07, 2020 21:39 - 19 minutes

Five years after Crystal Rogers disappeared we have some major developments to share in the investigation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: The FBI Steps In

August 07, 2020 21:39 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Five years after Crystal Rogers disappeared we have some major developments to share in the investigation.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

California City

July 20, 2020 14:01 - 48 minutes

What if you were told buying a piece of land in the Mojave Desert could help you be rich one day? That was the dream developers of California City sold to thousands of people. But the reality is much different. California City – the new podcast from LA-ist Studios – chronicles the dark side of the American Dream, where those thousands of people were left with land that is nearly worthless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Selena: A Star Dies in Texas is now live!

May 07, 2020 14:57 - 2 minutes

1995 was supposed to be a breakout year for Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Already a multi-platinum recording artist and Grammy Award winner who was dubbed the “Queen of Tejano Music,” Selena and her band played to a sold-out Houston Astrodome in February, and an upcoming crossover album was set to launch her into mainstream superstardom. Yet there were long-simmering tensions in Selena’s personal and business life that were about to alter the course of her life. On March 31, 1995, in a motel room...

VAULT Studios presents "Selena: A Star Dies in Texas"

April 01, 2020 21:14 - 3 minutes

Twenty-five years ago, Selena Quintanilla-Perez was already a legend in the Tejano music world and on the verge of superstardom. But on March 31, 1995, Selena’s close friend Yolanda Saldívar pulled a gun from her purse and fired a single bullet. Selena was pronounced dead a short time later.  Selena’s murder left her family, friends and fans around the world stunned, heartbroken and speechless. In the days, months and years that followed, one question would linger: "why?" Why would someone wh...

The Officer's Wife: A New Podcast from VAULT Studios

February 07, 2020 17:56 - 2 minutes

In April 2016, hours after an argument with his wife Jessica, Griffin, Georgia police officer Matthew Boynton radios for assistance and reports hearing two gunshots coming from inside his home. Officers rush to the scene to find Jessica Boynton inside a locked closet, with an apparent gunshot wound to her head. Underneath her body, officers find her husband's service weapon. But this story of small-town romance gone wrong was far from over. The investigation into what really happened inside t...

Urge to Kill Trailer: A New Podcast from VAULT Studios

November 06, 2019 16:47 - 1 minute

From KGW8 in Portland, Oregon and the studio that brought you Bardstown, a new podcast that delves into the story of a young woman who disappeared in the middle of a July night in 2016. The horrific details of her brutal rape and eventual death shook the residents of a quiet town in the Pacific Northwest. Her killer would go on to terrorize several other families in a multi-state crime spree, simply because he said the had the "urge to kill." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

Listener feedback and questions with Shay McAlister and Jessica Noll

October 23, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes

This week we answer some of your burning questions about the cases in Bardstown! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: Listener Q&A

October 23, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

Hosts Shay McAlister and Jessica Noll answer some of your burning questions about the cases in Bardstown. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Connections | Ep. 9

October 16, 2019 05:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

In the final chapter of our story, we ask the same question that Bardstown residents have been asking for years: Are these cases connected?  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Connections

October 16, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes

In the final chapter of our story, we ask the same question that Bardstown residents have been asking for years: Are these cases connected?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: Connections

October 16, 2019 05:00 - 27 minutes

In the final chapter of our story, we ask the same question that Bardstown residents have been asking for years: Are these cases connected?  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hunting the Houcks

October 09, 2019 05:00 - 27 minutes

The podcast team sets out to find the Houck family and get their side of the story. We knock on doors, including the family farm, the grandmother’s home and Brook Houck’s home that he shares with his girlfriend.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: Hunting the Houcks | Ep. 8

October 09, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

The podcast team sets out to find the Houck family and get their side of the story. We knock on doors, including the family farm, the grandmother’s home and Brook Houck’s home that he shares with his girlfriend.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Hunting the Houcks

October 09, 2019 05:00 - 28 minutes

The podcast team sets out to find the Houck family and get their side of the story. We knock on doors, including the family farm, the grandmother’s home and Brook Houck’s home that he shares with his girlfriend.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Hunter

October 02, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes

On a crisp Fall day in November 2016, Tommy Ballard set out to go to deer hunting with his 10-year old grandson. What happened that morning is still a mystery and another tragic chapter in Bardstown's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: The Hunter

October 02, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes

On a crisp Fall day in November 2016, Tommy Ballard set out to go to deer hunting with his 10-year old grandson. What happened that morning is still a mystery and another tragic chapter in Bardstown's history. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: The Hunter | Ep. 7

October 02, 2019 05:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

On a crisp Fall day in November 2016, Tommy Ballard set out to go to deer hunting with his 10-year old grandson. What happened that morning is still a mystery and another tragic chapter in Bardstown's history. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Prime Suspect | Ep. 6

September 25, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

Weeks and then months go by, but still no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers. It's the fourth tragedy to strike Bardstown in recent years. But then, for the first time, investigators give family and friends hope that there's been a break in one of the cases.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Prime Suspect

September 25, 2019 05:00 - 24 minutes

Weeks and then months go by, but still no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers. It's the fourth tragedy to strike Bardstown in recent years. But then, for the first time, investigators give family and friends hope that there's been a break in one of the cases.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prime Suspect

September 25, 2019 05:00 - 23 minutes

Weeks and then months go by, but still no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers. It's the fourth tragedy to strike Bardstown in recent years. But then, for the first time, investigators give family and friends hope that there's been a break in one of the cases.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus Episode: Live Update From the Kentucky Bourbon Festival

September 23, 2019 19:24 - 16 minutes

It's Bardstown's annual party with thousands of people flocking into town, and we wanted to be there.  But not just for the festival. There's some recent news in Bardstown that isn't sitting well with a lot of people. Jessica Noll goes back to Bardstown to give us an update.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown Bonus Episode: Live Update From the Kentucky Bourbon Festival

September 23, 2019 19:24 - 16 minutes

It's Bardstown's annual party with thousands of people flocking into town, and we wanted to be there. But not just for the festival. There's some recent news in Bardstown that isn't sitting well with a lot of people. Jessica Noll goes back to Bardstown to give us an update.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown Bonus Episode: Live Update from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival

September 23, 2019 19:24 - 16 minutes

It's Bardstown's annual party with thousands of people flocking into town, and we wanted to be there. But not just for the festival. There's some recent news in Bardstown that isn't sitting well with a lot of people. Jessica Noll goes back to Bardstown to give us an update.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Live Update from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival

September 23, 2019 19:24 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MB

It's Bardstown's annual party with thousands of people flocking into town, and we wanted to be there. But not just for the festival. There's some recent news in Bardstown that isn't sitting well with a lot of people. Jessica Noll goes back to Bardstown to give us an update.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: The Brothers

September 18, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes

With no leads and no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers, detectives question her boyfriend Brooks Houck. But when his interview is cut short by a phone call, a new line of investigation begins and a Bardstown police officer is in the hot seat. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Brothers

September 18, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes

With no leads and no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers, detectives question her boyfriend Brooks Houck. But when his interview is cut short by a phone call, a new line of investigation begins and a Bardstown police officer is in the hot seat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: The Brothers | Ep. 5

September 18, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MB

With no leads and no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers, detectives question her boyfriend Brooks Houck. But when his interview is cut short by a phone call, a new line of investigation begins and a Bardstown police officer is in the hot seat. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Missing Mothers

September 11, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes

It's been two years since Officer Jason Ellis was killed in a deadly ambush and fifteen months since Kathy and Samantha Netherland were found murdered in their home. And another tragedy is about to hit Bardstown.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: Missing Mothers | Ep. 4

September 11, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB

It's been two years since Officer Jason Ellis was killed in a deadly ambush and fifteen months since Kathy and Samantha Netherland were found murdered in their home. And another tragedy is about to hit Bardstown.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Missing Mothers

September 11, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes

It's been two years since Officer Jason Ellis was killed in a deadly ambush and fifteen months since Kathy and Samantha Netherland were found murdered in their home. And another tragedy is about to hit Bardstown.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: The Netherlands | Ep. 3

September 04, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

Less than a year after the murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis, a brutal double homicide stuns the community again and leaves residents and investigators looking for answers.    To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Netherlands

September 04, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes

Less than a year after the murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis, a brutal double homicide stuns the community again and leaves residents and investigators looking for answers.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: The Netherlands

September 04, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes

Less than a year after the murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis, a brutal double homicide stuns the community again and leaves residents and investigators looking for answers.    To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Badge 139 | Ep. 2

August 28, 2019 05:05 - 35 minutes - 33 MB

What happened on that spring night as Bardstown Police officer Jason Ellis turned off the Bluegrass Parkway? We dig into the investigation, the theories and the evidence. We’ll also tell you who Jason Ellis was: a father, a husband, a baseball player, a brother and a son.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: Badge 139

August 28, 2019 05:05 - 38 minutes

What happened on that spring night as Bardstown Police officer Jason Ellis turned off the Bluegrass Parkway? We dig into the investigation, the theories and the evidence. We’ll also tell you who Jason Ellis was: a father, a husband, a baseball player, a brother and a son.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Badge 139

August 28, 2019 05:05 - 36 minutes

What happened on that spring night as Bardstown Police officer Jason Ellis turned off the Bluegrass Parkway? We dig into the investigation, the theories and the evidence. We’ll also tell you who Jason Ellis was: a father, a husband, a baseball player, a brother and a son.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Most Beautiful Small Town in America

August 28, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes

Bardstown, Kentucky is the Bourbon Capital of the World, with centuries-old history and small-town charm. But just under the surface, there are whispers, secrets and five unsolved murders. The first one to shock the small town was in May 2013 as a police officer was heading home from work.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bardstown: The Most Beautiful Small Town in America | Ep. 1

August 21, 2019 16:15 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MB

Bardstown, Kentucky is the Bourbon Capital of the World, with centuries-old history and small-town charm. But just under the surface, there are whispers, secrets and five unsolved murders. The first one to shock the small town was in May 2013 as a police officer was heading home from work.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bardstown: The Most Beautiful Small Town in America

August 21, 2019 16:15 - 39 minutes

Bardstown, Kentucky is the Bourbon Capital of the World, with centuries-old history and small-town charm. But just under the surface, there are whispers, secrets and five unsolved murders. The first one to shock the small town was in May 2013 as a police officer was heading home from work.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trailer: Introducing Bardstown

August 08, 2019 15:47 - 1 minute - 1.51 MB

Once dubbed “The Most Beautiful Small Town in America” and considered the Bourbon Capital of the World, Bardstown, Kentucky is like a lot of small, tight-knit communities all across America.But just under the surface, there’s something darker. Not everyone wants to talk about it. And a lot of people would rather forget. That’s because since 2013, Bardstown has also been the site of five unsolved murders. Now, the team behind “Bomber,” “True Crime Chronicles,” and “88 Days” is digging into th...