Who Murdered Wilma June Nissen?
A Heavy Weight is re-releasing our coverage of Wilma June Nissen, a young mother of three whose homicide remains unsolved nearly five decades later. On October 4, 1978, Wilma’s body was found along Hi...
20 Jan 25min
Who Murdered Kathy Jones?
In November nineteen sixty nine, twelve year old Nora Kathylene “Kathy” Jones left her house in South Nashville with her roller skates over her shoulder, headed for the roller dome on Thompson Lane. S...
12 Jan 34min
Who Murdered Debra Mae Fulton?
Halloween night, 1981. Sixteen year old Debra Mae “Debbie” Fulton leaves her house in Hammond, Indiana, with a little cash and a simple plan: walk to the Roller Dome, skate with friends, come home.She...
5 Jan 33min
Who Murdered Victoria McDonough?
In 1974, a young woman was found shot and hidden beneath a mattress off a rural road in South Bend. It took six months before anyone knew her name: Victoria Lynne McDonough. No arrests were ever made....
30 Des 202528min
What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Ten: Where Do We Go From Here?
Episode 10 brings together the most unsettling pieces of Joseph Smedley’s case — the late-night messages, the odd cell phone pings, the missing belongings — and confronts the gaps that remain. This ep...
16 Des 202524min
What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Nine: Coverage
For Joseph’s family, this is year ten. Ten years of rereading the same note. Ten years of asking for his case files. Ten years of watching other IU students’ cases become national stories while his sl...
8 Des 202529min
What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Eight: Less than 1%
In this episode we return to the death of Indiana University student Joseph Smedley, whose body was found in Griffy Lake with a backpack weighed down with rocks. Drawing on a twenty year study of suic...
1 Des 202534min
What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Seven: Extremely Unusual
Joseph Smedley’s death was ruled a suicide by drowning, with alcohol and cannabinoids listed as contributing factors. In this episode, we slow down and examine that conclusion through the lens of Jose...
18 Nov 202543min
