Murder Monday

Justin Michaels of Des Moines, Iowa, and his fiance Angie believed that they had something special and then something happened that neither saw coming.

Living alone in an apartment for the first time, Janet Walsh went out with friends on August 31st, 1979 and the next morning she was found tied up and strangled to death. The case was a mystery for years but with help from modern technology, police were able to determine a suspect.

Everyone's favorite serial killer, Dexter is coming back which reminds us of one of the most bizarre murder cases in the last 20 years, a young Canadian director full of potential also has a thirst to kill.

The story from a young exotic dancer in Alaska sounded too bizarre to be true and it was hard for a drifter like her to be believed compared to an upstanding citizen. This is the story of Robert Hansen, a baker that became a butcher.

A former FBI agent that lived for routine did something he'd never done, he broke it. This was not like Scott Horn and soon after, a search began for the father of two and when his body was eventually recovered, local investigators were left with more questions than answers.

A Denver man is found beaten to death in his home while his wife is in the hospital and the police are left bewildered at who could have been responsible. Months pass and neighbors start to make complaints about seeing strange shadows and horrible smells coming from the house. What they eventually found is something out of a horror movie.

On the morning of March 27, 2003, a four-year-old boy was seen outside the church where he attended preschool without his great-grandparents, Jack and Linda Myer. His teachers asked where they were, he told them that they were at home "melting".

Susan "Susie" Casey had been divorced twice and was settling into life as a single mother of four children. After a night out she returned home around 5am, her love interest said it was only 20 steps to her front door but she was never seen alive ever again.

Cheryl Miller is a 21-year-old Michigan college student that guys fawned over but when her roommate her found her strangled to death police wondered which one of her many admirers would want to take her life?

A soccer mom in Alabama is supposed to go shopping with a friend but never shows up and is then found the next day just a mile from her home. Who wanted to kill Teresa Mayfield?

A 25 year-old insurance adjuster from Florida disappears after checking on damage after devastating storms ravaged Florida leaving over $60 billion dollars in damage

A 19-year-old college student calls her boyfriend after getting out of work, he asks her to stop and get him some snacks, she's never heard from ever again.

A small-town mystery that shocked the area, Sarah Fassett ran the personnel department for the City of Poughkeepsie and was murdered leaving the church. The investigation revealed details you'd only expect to hear in a big city case.

After losing her mother to kidney disease, a year later, 16 year-old Cheryl Pierson deals with tragedy one more time when she finds her father murdered outside their home. It was a nightmare scenario but who would have killed her father and why?

An aspiring teacher moved from New Jersey to Florida so she could be closer to the sand, surf, and sun of southern Florida. It seemed to be a great choice until she didn't show up to work which is when the nightmare began for her family.

Jake Millison worked at his stepfathers ranch called the 7 11 Ranch outside of Colorado Springs. Jake worked the 700-acre ranch and while he dreamed of doing other things with his life he just couldn't seem to pull himself away.

A Texas choir teacher, Kathy Blair is murdered in her home, was it a robbery gone wrong? The clues pointed to yes but a few days later the exact same crime happened a few miles away. Police now believed that Austin, TX might have a murder on their hands.

After working the overnight shift at a factory, Heather Bogle walked to her car and was never seen alive ever again. The story of what happened to Heather is full of twists, mistakes and a killer that was under their nose the entire time.

A California woman makes a frantic call to 911, Linda Duffey's husband, Pat has been shot but was it an accident or cold-blooded murder.

Eric Somuah was known as the life of the party and the top salesman at a Bethesda car dealership where he sold Jaguars and Range Rovers. On June 4, 2012, the 34-year-old didn’t show up for work then two days later, police found him dead in his apartment.

Lizzi Marriott was a 19 year-old college student that had just started college at the University of New Hampshire when she went to meet a friend but was never seen alive ever again.

Nearly two decades after the murder of NYC businessman Howard Pilmar, the account of a young woman who worked for the family would finally heat up the cold case

Rachel Siani was a 21 year-old exotic dancer in New Jersey whose body was found under a bridge. Had she attempted suicide but missed the water or was she the victim of a murder?

After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis I wanted to take a moment to step back from this podcast. We'll be back next week.

In March 2020, Martha McKay was found murdered inside her family's mansion on Horseshoe Lake but this wasn't the first time tragedy struck this idealist southern property. *Edit* the home is selling for $800k but the property and home selling for $2.2 million.

A bright young dentist is shot and killed while getting out of her car at her luxurious Dallas apartment. Was this a random act of violence or a hit?

When 19 year-old college student Brooke Wilberger disappeared, the police began investigating immediately but there were very few leads until something happened over a 1,000 miles away.

22 year old Helen McCourt was on her way home from work. She worked as an Insurance Clerk in United Kingdom. On the 9th of February 1988 before leaving work she phoned her mother to let her know she was on her way home from work.

The cards seemed to be falling into place for a beautiful 25 year-old Canadian woman named Alicia Ross. She was due to get a promotion at work, she had a boyfriend and a family that loved her but in August 2005 everything changed in a blink.

A man terrorized the women of the Twin Cities over a two year period in the 1980s. The Weepy-Voiced Killer was given the named due to a series of telephone calls he made to police, anonymously reporting his crimes in a remorseful and high-pitched voice

Denise Huber, a 23 year-old woman from California went to a concert with a friend, then headed to a bar and on her way home got a flat tire. What happened after sounds like something you'd see in a horror movie.

An 18 year-old California man called his parents to tell them that he'd be home late because of car problems. He was never seen alive ever again. What happened to Nick Howard and was it an accident?

A mother, former pro wrestler that went by "The Lady of Silence" and a horrifying Mexican serial killer who terrified the elderly of Mexico City.

A young mother disappears after an evening of gambling alone at a nearby casino. Shannon Sanderson had originally planned on going with her husband for his birthday but plans changed, they argued and she ended up going by herself.

Marvin Snyder disappeared after having what some call a midlife crisis and the main suspect walked free until a prosecutor missed something that everyone missed.

There’s no doubt Paul Gruber was gone but was it by choice? Paul had visited his daughter and grandson for Christmas and then seemed to disappear into thin air.

It was the week before Annie Le was scheduled to marry her college sweetheart. Annie Le was a researcher at Yale University completing her doctorate and one day she entered one of the University's research buildings and disappeared.

Overnight DJ Debbie Dicus, a popular radio host on WWDE-FM in Norfolk, Virginia, used a plot of land to grow vegetables in the community garden which was a nice change of pace. It was her place to get away but it was also where she lost her life.

The chance encounter online between a gorgeous young 18-year-old girl named Jessi and a handsome 18-year-old marine called Thomas Montgomery seemed on the surface to be innocent enough but who's completely honest when they're online?

A family's secrets, a forbidden affair and the murder of a father and son in South Carolina.

It was 1 a.m. on April Fool's Day in 1988 when police responded to an alarm call at the Paradise Valley home of Jeanne Tovrea. Police found her dead in her bed, the victim of five gunshot wounds to her head all at close range and two through a pillow

Stacey Hunsucker struggled to give birth to two children and a short time after her second was born she passed away while on the chair. It seemed to be due to her weak heart but in this case, very little was what it seemed.

Dr. Brian Stidham was found dead in the parking lot outside his office on Oct. 5, 2004, it sent a chill through Tucson. Stidham had been stabbed 15 times and while it was meant to look like a car jacking but it was actually MURDER.

A Russian immigrant moved to the Twin Cities in the 1970's searching for the American Dream and after finding it had it taken in away in a blink.

After dealing with a horribly bad headache Ryan Widmer's wife Sarah went upstairs to relax and take a bath but tragically ended up dying. Was this a tragic accident or a murder?

The Hunt for Bambi was written by Indira Lorick about the 1981 murder of Christine Schultz in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who was shot at close range through her back directly into heart.

A young girl is found strangled to death in NYC's Central Park during the summer of 1986.

Happy 2020 from Murder Monday! After a long break it's a brand new episode. In the early morning hours of February 16th, 2002, a black tower of billowing smoke was spotted on the horizon just outside of Atlanta. Fire Fighters finally arrived to put out the fire which is when they found something concerning in the trunk.

Sister Margaret Ann’s body was found on the floor of the sacristy of the former Mercy Hospital on Holy Saturday. Evidence showed that she had been choked to the edge of death and stabbed in the chest, the neck, and the face.

Ari Squire ran a successful construction and remodeling company that enabled him to indulge in a pastime popular at fairs and racetracks: competing to see whose diesel truck is fastest and can pull the heaviest load. He built a huge garage on his property in Lake Barrington so he had room to tinker with the big vehicles. One day in February 2008 an accident in that garage resulted in his death but was it really an accident?

While most on Prince Edward island fish for trout and tuna one fishermen caught something they never expect on the side of the road on May 5th, 1995. This episode was written by Indira Lorick https://indiralorick.com/