54: Diane Downs- Part 2

March 22nd, 2018, after getting a weird feeling regarding his ex-girlfriend, Jason Mengel went to his friend Alex Woodworth’s house to check in on him.  Ezra McCandless is the ex in question, and she told Jason she had some personal items to return to Alex, since they were friends as well.  Once at Alex’s home, Jason saw the two talking, and a passerby called the police when they saw Jason pacing back and forth in front of the apartment.  After the police showed up and talked with everyone, they determined that there was no issue and left along with Jason.  It was the last time anyone besides Ezra saw Alex alive. ***TRIGGER WARNING*** Murder - Stabbing - False Sexual Assault Accusations - Abortion Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Bombas: Go to Bombas.com/queens and get twenty percent off your first purchase. Philo: With Philo, you can start watching in seconds for less money, with less hassle, and channel comfort! Sign up today at philo.tv/queens and you’ll get 25% off your first two months. Lumi: Microdose is available nationwide. To learn more about microdosing THC just do a quick search online or go to Microdose.com and use code: QUEENS to get free shipping & 30% off your first order. Betterhelp: Our listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp dot com slash Queens. © 2022 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Juli 20221h 9min

On October 8th, 2009, the Jamison family, consisting of dad, Bobby, mom, Sherilynn, and 6-year-old Madyson, left their home in Eufaula, Oklahoma to drive to a nearby mountain area to check out a parcel of land that they were considering purchasing. Eight days later, their truck was found on a dirt road in the mountain area, abandoned, with the family dog locked inside. What happened to the family and where were they now? It would be another four years before investigators were able to answer just ONE of those questions. They found the Jamisons, but still had no idea what happened to them in October of 2009. Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Lumi Labs: To learn more about microdosing THC just do a quick search online or go to Microdose.com and use code: QUEENS to get free shipping & 30% off your first order. Boll And Branch: The Annual Summer Event is starting soon, but Boll & Branch is giving our listeners exclusive early access before anyone else to 20% off with promo code QUEENS at bollandbranch.com. Prose: Try your own custom hair supplements and you’ll get 15% off! Get yours at Prose.com/QUEENS. June’s Journey: Find your inner detective -- Download June’s Journey today! Available on Android and iOS mobile devices, as well as on PC through Facebook Games. © 2022 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Juli 20221h 9min

TRIGGER WARNING: drug use, heavy alcohol use In the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, 20-year-old college sophomore, Lauren Spierer, disappeared off the face of the earth. After a night of heavy drinking and reported drug use, Lauren, extremely intoxicated, was said to have left a friend’s apartment, alone, barefoot, and without any of her belongings, and began walking towards her apartment. She was never seen again and her remains have never been located. Was Lauren a victim of opportunity, falling prey to a serial killer? Or were the “friends” she’d been with all night covering up Lauren’s death, whether it had been intentional or accidental? Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Betterhelp - Our listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/Queens. Simplisafe - You can customize the perfect system for your home in just a few minutes at SIMPLISAFE.com/killerqueens. Go today and claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off with Interactive Monitoring. Hello Fresh - Go to HelloFresh.com/killerqueens16 and use code killerqueens16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Credit Karma - Ready to apply? Head to creditkarma.com/loanoffers to see personalized offers. © 2022 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Juli 20221h 1min

***TRIGGER WARNING*** Murder - Kidnapping - Rape - Gun Violence Throughout the 70s and into the early 80s, Robert Hansen was able to kidnap and murder several women from the 4th Avenue district of Anchorage, Alaska.  The Butcher Baker, as he would be known, took women out to the remote wilderness and would hunt them like wild animals.  It wasn’t until one of his victims escaped that Hansen was even on the radar of investigators and eventually captured. Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! aHang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Boll and Branch: Get 15% off your first set of sheets when you use promo code QUEENS at bollandbranch.com. Prose: Try your own custom hair supplements and you’ll get 15% off! Get yours at Prose.com/QUEENS. Best Fiends: Download your new favorite getaway, BEST FIENDS, for FREE today on the App Store or Google Play. You'll even get $5 worth of in-game rewards when you reach Level 5. © 2022 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Juni 20221h 2min

Part 2 of 2 **TRIGGER WARNINGS** murder, child murder, domestic abuse, violent death, child pornography, Suicide On December 7, 2009, 28-year-old Susan Powell didn’t show up to work. She never dropped her two sons off at daycare. Nobody could reach her and she hadn’t been seen since the night before. Her sons and her husband were also nowhere to be found. Within a few hours, Josh, Charlie, and Braden Powell had been located, but Susan was still missing. Josh said that he’d taken their boys on a spontaneous camping trip the night before. In a snowstorm. In Utah. In December. He said that they’d left Susan at home and had no idea where she was. The investigation that followed revealed a crumbling marriage weighed down by Josh Powell’s controlling and abusive behavior. Unfortunately, before investigators were able to determine Josh’s exact role in Susan’s disappearance, he made one last horrific play for power, giving a middle finger to his wife’s family and friends, taking the last pieces of evidence to his grave.  Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: June’s Journey: There is a detective in all of us! Find your inner detective -- Download June’s Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Prose: Try your own custom hair supplements and you’ll get 15% off! Get yours at Prose.com/QUEENS. Want a Free Episode of our weekly catch-up episode, T to the 4th Power Y??? If you want to catch an episode without being a patron, you’re in luck! Just head to: https://killerqueens.link/tttty and you’ll get to hear a full episode for free!  Betterhelp: BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can be matched with a therapist in under 48 hours. Killer Queens listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/queens. © 2021 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Juni 20221h 2min

**TRIGGER WARNINGS** murder, child murder, domestic abuse, violent death, child pornography, SuicideOn December 7, 2009, 28-year-old Susan Powell didn’t show up to work. She never dropped her two sons off at daycare. Nobody could reach her and she hadn’t been seen since the night before. Her sons and her husband were also nowhere to be found. Within a few hours, Josh, Charlie, and Braden Powell had been located, but Susan was still missing. Josh said that he’d taken their boys on a spontaneous camping trip the night before. In a snowstorm. In Utah. In December. He said that they’d left Susan at home and had no idea where she was. The investigation that followed revealed a crumbling marriage weighed down by Josh Powell’s controlling and abusive behavior. Unfortunately, before investigators were able to determine Josh’s exact role in Susan’s disappearance, he made one last horrific play for power, giving a middle finger to his wife’s family and friends, taking the last pieces of evidence to his grave. Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Credit Karma: Ready to apply? Head to creditkarma.com/loanoffers to see personalized offers. Prose: Try your own custom hair supplements and you’ll get 15% off! Get yours at Prose.com/QUEENS. Rothys: Your new favorite shoes are waiting. Discover the versatile styles you can wear absolutely anywhere and get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/QUEENS. Fuzzy: Right now, Fuzzy is offering our listeners a FREE 7-Day Trial membership. Go to YourFuzzy.com/queens today to sign up. © 2021 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Juni 202257min

***TRIGGER WARNING*** Murder - Murder of a Child - Rape - Rape of a Child Sexual Abuse - Child Abuse   - Strangulation In Houston, TX, from 1986 to 1995, Anthony Allen Shore was responsible for the rape and murder of one woman and three children.  He raped an additional girl but fled the scene afterwards and didn’t murder her.  There is a very high likelihood that his crimes may have gone unsolved for years if he hadn’t been turned in by his family for molesting his two daughters.  He is known as the “Tourniquet Killer” because it was the method he used to murder 3 of his victims.  Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Audible:CTA: audible.com/fishpriest HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/killerqueens16 and use code killerqueens16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Betterhelp: BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to. It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy. Give it a try and see if online therapy can help lower your stress. Killer Queens listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/queens.  Simplisafe: You can customize the perfect system for your home in just a few minutes at SIMPLISAFE.com/killerqueens. Go today and claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off with Interactive Monitoring. © 2021 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Juni 20221h 3min

***TRIGGER WARNING *** Rape - Murder - Strangulation - Murder & Rape of a child - Torture From September 1987 to December 1987, 4 women, aged 15 to 44 were attacked, raped, and strangled at the hands of a sadistic killer.  There were no witnesses to any of the homicides, and investigators had struggled until a hair found at one scene was tested using early DNA testing methods.  The Southside Strangler investigation was a landmark case involving DNA testing evidence.  Eventually, one man was exonerated for crimes he didn’t commit, while Timothy Wilson Spencer was convicted of these horrific crimes and eventually sentenced to death.  Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Best Fiends: Download your new favorite getaway, BEST FIENDS, for FREE today on the App Store or Google Play. You’ll even get $5 worth of in-game rewards when you reach Level 5.  Prose: Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today! Go to Prose.com/QUEENS. © 2021 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 Maj 20221h 2min