Missing Magnolias
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMissing Magnolias tells the stories of the murdered or missing but certainly not forgotten. Too often we sensationalize the offender and undermine the victim. This true crime podcast combats the norm by offering a curation of interviews with victims, criminologists, experts, and truth- seekers who begin the dialogue: what is the "real true crime experience?"
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The Red 'Heads'
July 08, 2022 00:57 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBWhy is no one talking about the red 'heads'!?! Our Google alerts are set with a potential serial killer at large. His victims were women with reddish hair whose severed heads were discarded in trash bags and were discovered in both southwest Louisiana and Texas in March of 2018 by cleanup crews. Police believe that the two cases could be connected. Neither women's remains were ever uncovered. Dr. Michelle Jeanis weighs in with her expertise on serial offenders, while we posit who were these ...
From Skull to Sketch
July 02, 2022 01:40 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBNatalie Murry is a fellow Ginger gal and a Texas-based forensic artist with a background in law enforcement . Natalie's skills in composites, skull reconstructions, age progressions and post-mortems have been instrumental in creating matches and ID's for cold cases. One of her more well-known ID's was that of Jane Doe known for many years to the true crime world as that of "Orange Socks" ---she now has her real name back. Natalie offers her services through her freelance company, Natalie...
Rooted with Jason Berry
June 15, 2022 16:37 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB"On trips to the store, I stared at missing children on milk cartons and thought of Cajun altar boys," wrote New Orleans-based investigative reporter, author, and film director, Jason Berry, in his first book on the Catholic Church sexual abuse and coverup, Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children (1992), which was compiled through court documents from both the criminal and civil cases against Lafayette Diocese priest, Father Gauthe, who admitted to abus...
Peter Jordan
May 26, 2022 16:56 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBNineteen-year-old Peter Jordan was the victim of a homicide in 2014. He was gunned down on February 19, 2014 in a drive-by shooting outside a friend's apartment complex in Huntersville, North Carolina. His case remains unsolved. With potential witnesses, new information, and evolved investigative techniques, his family seeks answers and has asked that his case be re-opened. Anyone with information can contact North Meck Crime Stoppers at 704-896-7867 with anonymous tips or they can email ...
Welcome to Nub City
May 05, 2022 17:07 - 17 minutes - 13.4 MBNo one is sure how it started , whether accidental or intentional, but soon one city in the Panhandle during the 1950s and 1960s was responsible for 2/3 of all loss of limbs insurance claims in the US , with the city of Vernon as the main culprit. Payouts moved faster , as we say, than boudin in the break room. When one payout reached $100,000 , insurance agents got suspicious and were sent to investigate the city of Vernon where as one insurance agent noted in his 1972 report, the two major...
Welcome to Nub City
May 05, 2022 17:07 - 13.4 MBNo one is sure how it started , whether accidental or intentional, but soon one city in the Panhandle during the 1950s and 1960s was responsible for 2/3 of all loss of limbs insurance claims in the US , with the city of Vernon as the main culprit. Payouts moved faster , as we say, than boudin in the break room. When one payout reached $100,000 , insurance agents got suspicious and were sent to investigate the city of Vernon where as one insurance agent noted in his 1972 report, the two major...
Don't F**k with Dogs
May 02, 2022 17:44 - 21.2 MBBack in New Orleans in 1983, a landlord received complaints from her tenants that their dogs had gone missing along with complaints about a creepy tenant and his missing roommate. Michelle, Scarlett, and special guest Allyson Wade (the Ginger Trifecta) weigh-in. Allyson Wade (Lafayette native) is a Los Angeles-based singer song writer. Be sure to check-out Allyson's latest music video "Lonely With You" available on all streaming platforms! "Lonely With You" music Video Lonely With You - A...
Don't F**k with Dogs
May 02, 2022 17:44 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBBack in New Orleans in 1983, a landlord received complaints from her tenants that their dogs had gone missing along with complaints about a creepy tenant and his missing roommate. Michelle, Scarlett, and special guest Allyson Wade (the Ginger Trifecta) weigh-in. Allyson Wade (Lafayette native) is a Los Angeles-based singer song writer. Be sure to check-out Allyson's latest music video "Lonely With You" available on all streaming platforms! "Lonely With You" music Video Lonely With You - A...
Take Me to Church
April 22, 2022 16:22 - 37.1 MBTwo brutal murders occurred with a church setting and remain as cold cases. Reverend Carol Daniels was murdered on August 23, 2009 on the way to preach at her church in Anadarko, Oklahoma. She was found nearly decapitated, stabbed, doused in chemical agents, and left in a crucifix-like position near the church's altar. Another woman, Missy Bevers, was murdered in the early hours before teaching a fitness class outside Creekside Church in Midlothian, Texas on April 18, 2016. The suspect was ...
Take Me to Church
April 22, 2022 16:22 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBTwo brutal murders occurred with a church setting and remain as cold cases. Reverend Carol Daniels was murdered on August 23, 2009 on the way to preach at her church in Anadarko, Oklahoma. She was found nearly decapitated, stabbed, doused in chemical agents, and left in a crucifix-like position near the church's altar. Another woman, Missy Bevers, was murdered in the early hours before teaching a fitness class outside Creekside Church in Midlothian, Texas on April 18, 2016. The suspect was ...
The Gene Genie: Carla Davis
April 13, 2022 21:10 - 23 minutes - 20.8 MBCarla Davis is an Investigative Genetic Genealogist who in the past year has contributed more than $100,000 dollars of her funds to a genetics lab to assist in solving cold cases, mainly those from her home state of Mississippi. Carla is the founder of DNA Davis and has been instrumental in solving several cold cases by using skills honed from working with unknown parentage cases. In this episode, we are given a day-in-life as Carla describes her process of scouring obituaries, newspapers, c...
They Smell Dead People
April 08, 2022 20:31 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBTina Frey, is the founder and owner of Cypress Arrow Cane Corso and trains and breeds dogs in a multitude of services including search and rescue and (HRD) human remains detection. Cypress Arrow is Louisiana's largest Cane Corso breeder and all breeds dog trainer and is nationally recognized. We learn more about what it takes to conduct and manage a grid search with the dogs and how they are trained to find people on both land and water.
They Smell Dead People
April 08, 2022 20:31 - 39.3 MBTina Frey, is the founder and owner of Cypress Arrow Cane Corso and trains and breeds dogs in a multitude of services including search and rescue and (HRD) human remains detection. Cypress Arrow is Louisiana's largest Cane Corso breeder and all breeds dog trainer and is nationally recognized. We learn more about what it takes to conduct and manage a grid search with the dogs and how they are trained to find people on both land and water.
Minisode Michelle's Search History: Hands on Hard Bodies
March 30, 2022 17:35 - 34.2 MBOur minisodes are a break from true crime where we discuss Michelle's internet search history, which is teeming with the weird and wonderful. In this episode's crime adjacent topic, we have created a safe space to discuss and admire both reborn and sex dolls or "hard bodies," as we like to think of them with special guest, Andrea Schmidt. Sprinkled into the conversation, we cover Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and give nod to our lord of lords "Britton," the reborn doll known worldwide. An...
Minisode Michelle's Search History: Hands on Hard Bodies
March 30, 2022 17:35 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBOur minisodes are a break from true crime where we discuss Michelle's internet search history, which is teeming with the weird and wonderful. In this episode's crime adjacent topic, we have created a safe space to discuss and admire both reborn and sex dolls or "hard bodies," as we like to think of them with special guest, Andrea Schmidt. Sprinkled into the conversation, we cover Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and give nod to our lord of lords "Britton," the reborn doll known worldwide. An...
The New Orleans Italian Massacre of 1891
March 28, 2022 14:54 - 21 minutes - 26.6 MBFollowing the murder of a New Orleans police chief by an unknown assailant, 11 Italian immigrants and Italian Americans were lynched by an angry mob on March 14, 1891. The event remains the largest mass lynching in US history. In 2019, the city issued an official proclamation of apology for the tragic event, which had plagued the Italian community worldwide.
The New Orleans Italian Massacre of 1891
March 28, 2022 14:54 - 26.6 MBFollowing the murder of a New Orleans police chief by an unknown assailant, 11 Italian immigrants and Italian Americans were lynched by an angry mob on March 14, 1891. The event remains the largest mass lynching in US history. In 2019, the city issued an official proclamation of apology for the tragic event, which had plagued the Italian community worldwide.
The Missing, Missing: Homeless Women Part 2
March 19, 2022 14:37 - 25 MBIn Part 2, we continue our discussion of women experiencing homelessness with special guest, Staci Alziebler-Perkins, the Executive Director of Gathering for Women-Monterey, a day shelter that services 400 women annually, many of whom are over 60-years-old and who are locals. 80% of those who filed for unemployment at the height of the pandemic in 2020 were women. We learn the stories of these resilient women who are teachers, mothers, caregivers, scientists who had their lives changed in ...
The Missing, Missing: Homeless Women Part 2
March 19, 2022 14:37 - 18 minutes - 25 MBIn Part 2, we continue our discussion of women experiencing homelessness with special guest, Staci Alziebler-Perkins, the Executive Director of Gathering for Women-Monterey, a day shelter that services 400 women annually, many of whom are over 60-years-old and who are locals. 80% of those who filed for unemployment at the height of the pandemic in 2020 were women. We learn the stories of these resilient women who are teachers, mothers, caregivers, scientists who had their lives changed in ...
The Missing, Missing: Homeless Women Part 1
March 11, 2022 22:39 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBWomen who experience homelessness have fallen through the cracks in our databases and are among the population that is statistically referred to as the "missing, missing." We speak with Michael Reid who is a retired Episcopal priest, advocate for the homeless, co-founder and organizer of The Fund for Homeless Women of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, and author of No Vacancy: Homeless Women in Paradise. Michael's message remains timely and urgent: this issue concerns us all a...
The Missing, Missing: Homeless Women Part 1
March 11, 2022 22:39 - 39.5 MBWomen who experience homelessness have fallen through the cracks in our databases and are among the population that is statistically referred to as the "missing, missing." We speak with Michael Reid who is a retired Episcopal priest, advocate for the homeless, co-founder and organizer of The Fund for Homeless Women of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, and author of No Vacancy: Homeless Women in Paradise. Michael's message remains timely and urgent: this issue concerns us all a...
How Not to Create Tiny Psychopaths
February 28, 2022 18:15 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBMost people neglect to consider how mass incarceration affects children and families generationally. Our guest, Whitney Storey, teaches parenting classes for incarcerated parents at the Lafayette jail through Project H.O.P.E and is a Senior Instructor of Psychology, as well as a PLPC with a master's degree in both Psychology and Counseling. Whitney shares with us how her jail parenting classes have been successful, while also weighing-in on the informative 1992 HBO documentary Child of Rage...
Trafficking
February 18, 2022 01:41 - 28.2 MBIn areas where the drug epidemic is rampant like in Louisiana, low-income families will often exploit their children to have their basic needs met. Maegan d'Autremont is a trafficking coordinator at the Children's Advocacy Network where she conducts forensic interviews with children who have been sexually abused. She notes that there are many types of trafficking that go beyond what Hollywood has portrayed.
Trafficking
February 18, 2022 01:41 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBIn areas where the drug epidemic is rampant like in Louisiana, low-income families will often exploit their children to have their basic needs met. Maegan d'Autremont is a trafficking coordinator at the Children's Advocacy Network where she conducts forensic interviews with children who have been sexually abused. She notes that there are many types of trafficking that go beyond what Hollywood has portrayed.
Minisode: Everyone Luvs a Long Boi (Long Furbies)
February 09, 2022 19:25 - 32.5 MBOur minisodes are a break from true crime where we discuss Michelle's internet search history, which is teeming with all things weird and wonderful. For this episode's crime adjacent topic, we have created a safe space to discuss and admire long furbies with our special guest, Paige Haggerty.
Minisode: Everyone Luvs a Long Boi (Long Furbies)
February 09, 2022 19:25 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBOur minisodes are a break from true crime where we discuss Michelle's internet search history, which is teeming with all things weird and wonderful. For this episode's crime adjacent topic, we have created a safe space to discuss and admire long furbies with our special guest, Paige Haggerty.
Give Em' Hell
February 04, 2022 16:20 - 23.4 MBTom Aswell is an award-winning journalist, author, and publisher of Louisiana Voice. Tom has made a career of exposing white-collar crimes and Louisiana political corruption. In recent years, he has expanded his skills to 'armchair detective' in investigating homicide cases at the request of victims' families. He joins us today to discuss his latest book, Murder on the Teche: A True Story of Money and a Flawed Investigation, which explores through court documents the 2010 murder-for-hire plo...
Give Em' Hell
February 04, 2022 16:20 - 20 minutes - 23.4 MBTom Aswell is an award-winning journalist, author, and publisher of Louisiana Voice. Tom has made a career of exposing white-collar crimes and Louisiana political corruption. In recent years, he has expanded his skills to 'armchair detective' in investigating homicide cases at the request of victims' families. He joins us today to discuss his latest book, Murder on the Teche: A True Story of Money and a Flawed Investigation, which explores through court documents the 2010 murder-for-hire plo...
Keiosha Felix
January 26, 2022 21:01 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBDuson teen, Keiosha Marie Felix, nicknamed "Red" has been missing since April 30, 2012. At the time of her disappearance, Keiosha was living in a group home for teenage girls and young mothers with her eight-month-year-old daughter. Despite an inactive cellphone and social media, Keiosha's case was initially treated as a runaway youth. The FBI would later report that Keiosha was possibly trafficked and could be living in Baton Rouge or Houston. Keiosha's case continues to weigh heavy on th...
Keiosha Felix
January 26, 2022 21:01 - 18.7 MBDuson teen, Keiosha Marie Felix, nicknamed "Red" has been missing since April 30, 2012. At the time of her disappearance, Keiosha was living in a group home for teenage girls and young mothers with her eight-month-year-old daughter. Despite an inactive cellphone and social media, Keiosha's case was initially treated as a runaway youth. The FBI would later report that Keiosha was possibly trafficked and could be living in Baton Rouge or Houston. Keiosha's case continues to weigh heavy on th...
Lafayette's Big Sister: Charlie Shunick
January 20, 2022 04:37 - 47 MBCharlie Shunick shares with us the very personal and public murder of her younger sister Mickey Shunick and how the experience served as a catalyst for starting her non-profit RAMP (Resource Association for Missing People).
Lafayette's Big Sister: Charlie Shunick
January 20, 2022 04:37 - 34 minutes - 47 MBCharlie Shunick shares with us the very personal and public murder of her younger sister Mickey Shunick and how the experience served as a catalyst for starting her non-profit RAMP (Resource Association for Missing People).
Where is Tabitha Queen?
December 23, 2021 02:18 - 29.2 MBTabitha Queen, a 29-year-old mother of three was abducted from her home by an unidentified man in Bastrop, Louisiana the day after Mother's Day on May 10th, 2021. With little assistance from local police who have treated Tabitha's case more as a runaway and less like a potential homicide, the colossal challenge of conducting an investigation has fallen onto the shoulders of Tabitha's mother, Mary Lunford. Flash forward seven months, Tabitha Queen is still missing with no leads and the police...
Where is Tabitha Queen?
December 23, 2021 02:18 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBTabitha Queen, a 29-year-old mother of three was abducted from her home by an unidentified man in Bastrop, Louisiana the day after Mother's Day on May 10th, 2021. With little assistance from local police who have treated Tabitha's case more as a runaway and less like a potential homicide, the colossal challenge of conducting an investigation has fallen onto the shoulders of Tabitha's mother, Mary Lunford. Flash forward seven months, Tabitha Queen is still missing with no leads and the police...
Paradise Lost: Ariel Sellers' Case
December 15, 2021 19:05 - 26.7 MBYouTuber, Sleuth Mom, joins us to discuss the case of Ariel Sellers, a six-year-old girl from Hawaii who is believed to have been murdered by her adopted parents in August of 2021. Before she disappeared, Ariel was starved and kept in a cage by these adopted parents with her nose and mouth taped. There is current lobbying for reform under Ariel's Law, which would prohibit anyone with a felony from adopting or fostering a child. The law also lobbies for other safeguards to better protect ch...
Paradise Lost: Ariel Sellers' Case
December 15, 2021 19:05 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBYouTuber, Sleuth Mom, joins us to discuss the case of Ariel Sellers, a six-year-old girl from Hawaii who is believed to have been murdered by her adopted parents in August of 2021. Before she disappeared, Ariel was starved and kept in a cage by these adopted parents with her nose and mouth taped. There is current lobbying for reform under Ariel's Law, which would prohibit anyone with a felony from adopting or fostering a child. The law also lobbies for other safeguards to better protect ch...
Beyond the Frocks and Gallows
December 08, 2021 23:11 - 32 minutes - 38.1 MBRetired Nicholls State University librarian and historian, Fran Middleton, is writing a new history on the 1927 murder of James LeBoeuf, which was the crime of the century for St. Mary Parish. A jury in 1929 found Ada LeBoeuf and her alleged lover, Dr. Thomas Dreher, guilty of the crime and as a result they were both executed. Ada LeBoeuf was the first woman hanged in Louisiana history. Despite receiving a life sentence for shooting the murder victim, local trapper and handyman, Jim Beadl...
A Cajun Hiker's Last Trail
December 01, 2021 21:51 - 21.8 MBThe mysterious unidentified hiker 'Mostly Harmless' whose body was located in the Florida Everglades in 2018 captured the heart and imagination of the internet. The elusive story is laid to rest when the hiker is ID'd as a Lafayette, Louisiana man who leaves behind a wake of more questions than answers.
A Cajun Hiker's Last Trail
December 01, 2021 21:51 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBThe mysterious unidentified hiker 'Mostly Harmless' whose body was located in the Florida Everglades in 2018 captured the heart and imagination of the internet. The elusive story is laid to rest when the hiker is ID'd as a Lafayette, Louisiana man who leaves behind a wake of more questions than answers.
Cedar Creek Crime Diaries: Part 3
November 26, 2021 17:58 - 21 minutes - 48.2 MBFor our final chapter of our miniseries Cedar Crime Diaries: Part 3 we speak to a local journalist, Sabrina LeBoeuf, of The News Star, who has actively reported on the story.
Girl in the Barrel
November 24, 2021 16:52 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBAn unidentified female child was found in a barrel as a result of a homicide in Bear Brook State Park in 2000. Three other victims were also found in barrels in the park , but were identified in 2019. Authorities believe the child's mother could have genetic ties to Pearl River County, Mississippi which is not far from New Orleans. The girl is the believed victim and biological daughter of the late serial killer, Terry Rasmussen, otherwise known in our podcast as "Tiny Dick Terry." New Hamps...
Girl in the Barrel
November 24, 2021 16:52 - 34.1 MBAn unidentified female child was found in a barrel as a result of a homicide in Bear Brook State Park in 2000. Three other victims were also found in barrels in the park , but were identified in 2019. Authorities believe the child's mother could have genetic ties to Pearl River County, Mississippi which is not far from New Orleans. The girl is the believed victim and biological daughter of the late serial killer, Terry Rasmussen, otherwise known in our podcast as "Tiny Dick Terry." New Hamps...
Fort Hood Fallen: Army Private Paige Fontenot Briles
November 19, 2021 14:21 - 16 minutes - 23 MBA twenty-one-year-old Cajun girl and Army Private, Paige Fontenot Briles joined the "Fort Hood Fallen" under suspicious circumstances on Christmas Eve 2016. Returning guest, Jennifer Norris of Military Justice For All, helps to uncover how Paige's death fits into a larger pattern of young soldiers' non-combat deaths at Fort Hood , while acknowledging the frequent mislabeling of homicides to suicides by Army CID. Paige's family, the Fontenots, deserve to have their daughter's case re-opened a...
Cedar Creek Crime Diaries: Part 2
November 18, 2021 16:29 - 34 minutes - 79.5 MBDr. Amanda Nickerson is Professor of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology at the University at Buffalo, and Director of UB's Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention. Dr. Nickerson discusses with us her research and her expertise on bullying, school violence, and its effects on the victim. Part 2 of this miniseries continues its discussion on the recent allegations of abuse and bullying at Cedar Creek, a school in Ruston, Louisiana.
Cedar Creek Crime Diaries: Part 1
November 11, 2021 18:40 - 25 minutes - 24.3 MBA Lincoln Parish mother organized a protest in solidarity with a former student of Cedar Creek, a private school in Ruston, Louisiana, which currently faces a lawsuit alleging that the former student endured bullying and sexual battery over the course of several months in 2020 by eight other students with the Cedar Creek administration failing to intervene. In this miniseries, Michelle and I will explore the topics of bullying and victimization within the school setting, while asking exper...
The Woman Who Went Michelle McNamara on Their A$$
November 10, 2021 21:50 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBJennifer Norris is retired US Air Force, military sexual assault survivor, and owner of the website Military Justice for All. Jen is both digital chronicler and crusader of military crimes and abuses of power on our military bases with Fort Hood being the most notable offender. Jen helps to break down some of the complex issues within the military, while sharing her experience working with the victims' families and lobbying for reform. She has also made McNamara'd into a verb and we're her...
Lost in Yonkers
November 04, 2021 03:01 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBFew families can understand what it is like to experience the grief associated with "prolonged missing-ness." Ivy Lynn Mantell was last seen with a boyfriend in the Getty Square area of Yonkers, New York on June 9, 2011 before she vanished without a trace. Ivy's family share with us the factors that contributed to Ivy's disappearance as well their exhausted efforts to get answers within a broken system.
The OG Todd Matthews
October 27, 2021 17:39 - 24 minutes - 38.5 MBThe man, the myth, the legend Todd Matthews! Todd is the cofounder of The Doe Network and former employee of NamUs who began his journey as the original websleuth with his solving of a Jane Doe case known as "Tent Girl."
Suiting Up with Xtreme Cleaners
October 19, 2021 21:45 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBLarry and Amber Douglas, founders of Xtreme Cleaners, share with us a day in the life operating a Louisiana biohazard and crime scene cleanup company.
Holden White: Surviving a Hate Crime
October 12, 2021 06:15 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBHolden shares with us navigating life in the aftermath as a survivor of a brutal and heinous hate crime. On June 20, 2020, Lafayette teen Holden White, was attacked following a Grindr date by another gay teen who idolized serial killers. Today, Holden is recovering from his injuries and uses his experience to advocate on the behalf of others.