Episode 08: Chapter 03 - The Days Leading up to the Crash
Before Maura Murray vanished on Route 112, she was a woman in motion, navigating a series of escalating stressors that most people never saw. In this episode, we recap Chapter 3, tracing the final 48 ...
16 Mar 19min
Episode 07: Case Files - Official Records
Spotify Description: Episode 7 — The Paper Trail: Reconstructing the EvidenceHow do you build a mystery? You start with the paper trail. In this episode, we step away from the book to examine the actu...
16 Mar 19min
Episode 06: Chapter 02 - The Night of the Crash
The entire mystery of Maura Murray is condensed into a window of less than ten minutes. In this episode, we recap Chapter 2 of the book, reconstructing the freezing night of February 9, 2004. We move ...
16 Mar 15min
Episode 05: Case Files - Media Pressure Podcast
In this episode, we step away from the book to listen to a seminal source: Julie Murray’s Media Pressure podcast. To truly understand the mystery, we must first understand the person behind the "missi...
16 Mar 20min
Episode 04: Chapter 01 - The Setting and Key Figures
Before the analysis begins, we must understand the world Maura Murray inhabited and the remote, frozen stage where she vanished. In this episode, we step back to Chapter 1 to reconstruct the atmospher...
15 Mar 18min
Episode 03: Part One of the Book - The Case File
Episode 3: The Vanishing — Reconstructing the NarrativeIn this episode, we hit the reset button. Before we begin applying the scholarly tools of logic and forensics, we must first understand the lands...
15 Mar 17min
Episode 02: Introduction of the Book - Why Web Sleuths Need a Tool Set
In this episode, the hosts dive into the core philosophy of the project: moving beyond rumors and speculation to embrace the disciplined inquiry of a True Crime Scholar. The discussion begins with a c...
13 Mar 28min
Episode 01: Preface of the Book - Setting the Book About From Other True Crime Books
In the first episode of True Crime Scholars, Dr. Steven A. Schilhabel introduces the ideas behind The Case of Maura Murray. This episode explains why true crime should move beyond speculation and towa...
13 Mar 18min
