The Girl in the Barrel: The Murder of Mary Ann Higginbotham
A Heavy Weight4 Elo 2025

The Girl in the Barrel: The Murder of Mary Ann Higginbotham

In the summer of 1979, a rusted barrel bobbing in a shallow Indiana creek revealed a secret the town had almost forgotten: the skeletal remains of 21-year-old Mary Ann Higginbotham. She had vanished without a trace a year earlier. No missing persons report. No search parties. No headlines.

As police began unraveling the threads of her disappearance, they uncovered a web of stolen cars, criminal informants, and a second victim—her boyfriend, Timothy Willoughby—who also vanished without a trace.

This is a story of betrayal, silence, and justice that slipped away. And it still hasn’t been solved.

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Episode 8: Less Than 1%

Episode 8: Less Than 1%

Episode eight of A Heavy Weight: Forensic pathologists Dr. Andrea Zaferes and Dr. Darin Wolfe join us again to talk about the likelihood of suicide by drowning in Joseph’s case. What does the evidence...

17 Marras 202129min

Episode 7: Extremely Unusual

Episode 7: Extremely Unusual

Episode seven of A Heavy Weight: We begin to unpack Joseph’s autopsy and toxicology reports with the help of experts Andrea Zaferes and Dr. Darin Wolfe. What do the reports tell us about Joseph’s deat...

10 Marras 202139min

Episode 6: Confidential Informant

Episode 6: Confidential Informant

Episode six of A Heavy Weight: The investigation into Joseph’s death takes shape; but does the story being presented make sense?Joseph’s family try to get more answers from law enforcement and begin t...

3 Marras 202133min

Episode 5: Does this make sense to anyone in the room?

Episode 5: Does this make sense to anyone in the room?

Episode five of A Heavy Weight: The body of 20 year old IU sophomore Joseph has been recovered and the investigation into what could’ve happened to him shifts. The prevailing theory around his death i...

27 Loka 202133min

Episode 4: 66 Pounds of Rock

Episode 4: 66 Pounds of Rock

Episode four of A Heavy Weight: 20 year old IU sophomore Joseph has been missing for nearly a week. What clues could the group chat found on his laptop hold? The search for Joseph takes a turn no one ...

20 Loka 202127min

Episode 3: Rumors

Episode 3: Rumors

Episode three of A Heavy Weight: 20 year old IU sophomore Joseph hasn’t been heard from in days. What clues do detectives and his sister find as the search continues…

14 Loka 202128min

Episode 2: Someone Knows Something

Episode 2: Someone Knows Something

Picking up the night of September 27th, 2015 after Joseph vanished. Where could he have gone? What clues did he leave behind?

6 Loka 202129min

Episode 1: Blood Moon

Episode 1: Blood Moon

Episode 1 of A Heavy Weight; a podcast re-investigating the unexplained disappearance of Joseph Smedley. 20 year old sophomore Joseph vanishes on the night of a blood moon, September 27, 2015.

27 Syys 202133min

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