What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Six: Confidential Informant

In 1978, Mary Beth “Pixie” Grismore — a 26-year-old mother and former pageant star — vanished from her Indiana farmhouse, just hours before she was set to start a new life. Seventy-one days later, her...

23 Jun 202522min

For nearly 30 years, Wilma June Nissen’s name was lost —buried in a ditch in rural Iowa, remembered only as Jane Doe.In this episode of The Girl in the Ditch, we revisit the decades-long mystery throu...

9 Jun 202526min

In 2006, a fingerprint match gave Jane Doe a name: Wilma June Nissen. For nearly three decades, her identity was lost—but not anymore.In this episode, we uncover how Wilma was finally identified, foll...

2 Jun 202526min

In October 1978, a utility worker in Rock Rapids, Iowa, made a grim discovery—a young woman’s body in a roadside ditch. No identification. No name. And for 27 years, no answers.She was buried under a ...

26 Mai 202525min

In 1998, Stacey Colbert disappeared without a trace.Six years later, her remains were found beneath brush in a wooded area of Delaware County, Ohio. But no one has ever been arrested — and the questio...

19 Mai 202519min

As a follow up to previous episodes, we go beyond the headlines and into the aftermath — where incarcerated women, brutalized inside the Clark County Jail, are still waiting for justice.This episode e...

12 Mai 20258min

This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, assault, and trauma. Please listen with care.Nathanael Sexton terrorized women in Southern Indiana for nearly two decades. Eight survivors came...

5 Mai 202517min

She went out with friends in 1979. And then she was gone. Vali Davis’s case is just one of many cold cases from the 1970s, where slow investigations and lack of technology left too many questions unan...

28 Apr 202523min