When Dalia Dippolito returned home from the gym in the early morning hours of August 5, 2009, she came home to a scene that would be anyone’s worst nightmare – police officers were waiting for... Read More
OJ Simpson’s parole hearing is coming up on July 20, 2017. Here’s a look back at how he landed in prison. Music in this episode by: Break Through by Pictures of the Floating World – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures_of_the_Floating_World/Approach/05_Break_Through Urban... Read More
At just 18 years old, Conrad Roy III tragically took his own life in July 2014. When police arrived at the scene, they found his cell phone, which would reveal some shocking text messages he... Read More
On June 17, 2015, 21-year-old Dylann Roof walked into the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and joined the weekly Bible Study. The 12 church members welcomed the newcomer, completely unaware of his... Read More
In November 2012, a horrific murder occurred in a charming single family home in Willoughby Hills, Ohio. But everything wasn’t as it seemed… Music in this episode by: Laberynth Mind by Marcos H. Bolanos – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Marcos_H_Bolanos/Unchained_Melodies_Vol2/Laberynth_Mind_master... Read More
In October 2011, a 32-year-old Ohio teacher went on trial for sexual battery, accused of having inappropriate relations with 5 of her students. Her plea? Not guilty by reason of insanity. Music in this episode... Read More
Hazing is unfortunately a common practice that can often turn deadly. In this episode, I cover the unfortunate deaths of three college students – 26-year-old Robert Champion, 19-year-old Michael Deng, and 19-year-old Tim Piazza. Thank... Read More
On April 9, 2016, a road rage shooting took place in New Orleans, Louisiana that would claim the life of former NFL star Will Smith. With conflicting stories from both sides, what would happen during... Read More
It’s a story that has been told numerous times before – On Halloween night in 2001, Kent Heitholt, a 48-year-old sports editor, was brutally murdered in the Columbia Tribune parking lot as he was leaving... Read More
In September 2014, the Blooming Grove Barracks in Pike County, Pennsylvania came under attack by a sniper, hiding in the woods. What followed was a tragedy, a manhunt, and a death penalty trial. Music in... Read More
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Ep 21: The Final Trial For Aaron Hernandez (The Murders of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado)
In March 2017, former NFL star and already-convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez went on trial for the murders of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. Daniel and Safiro were murdered in July 2012, after a possible... Read More
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Ep 20: Lisa Harnum’s Fall
On July 30, 2011, 30-year-old Lisa Cecilia Harnum died, after falling from her 15th floor balcony. Her fiancé, Simon Gittany, was arrested and charged with murder. Thank you to Melissa for suggesting this case, and... Read More
On Thursday, February 5, 2015, 19-year-old Cornell University student Charlie Tan suddenly left campus to return to his hometown, over 100 miles away. Four days later, his mother would place a 911 call that would... Read More
19-year-old Kenia Monge disappeared after a night out with friends on April 1, 2011. As her family launched a desperate campaign to find her, her father met with the man who last saw her, a... Read More
In August 2014, 22-year-old Christy Mack and her friend Corey Thomas were abruptly awoken in the middle of the night by Christy’s ex-boyfriend, an MMA fighter named War Machine. What followed was a brutal attack... Read More
In November 2010, 20-year-old Cody Legebokoff was pulled over by an RCMP officer while speeding away from a dark abandoned road. Little did the officer realize that his actions that night would be stopping a... Read More
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Ep 15 Part 2: Justice in Bali?
In Part 2 of this episode, you’ll hear about the third arrest in the murder of 62-year-old Sheila Von Weise-Mack. And with this arrest, comes some additional shocking evidence against Heather and Tommy, in the... Read More
In this episode, I explore the case of Sheila Von Weise-Mack, a Chicago mother who was murdered while on vacation in Bali with her 19-year-old daughter. After wheeling a suspicious-looking suitcase out into the lobby... Read More
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Ep 14: The Vaughn Family Tragedy
In the early morning hours of June 14, 2007, a 32-year-old man is found walking down the side of a frontage road off I-55 in Channahon, Illinois. He’s bleeding and seemingly in shock. A passerby... Read More
In this episode, I cover former NFL player Aaron Hernandez’s harsh fall from grace. In 2015, Aaron was convicted of the murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd. As he sits in prison, he is now preparing... Read More
Kelsey Smith was just 18 years old when she was abducted from a Target parking lot in Overland Park, Kansas in June 2007. Finding her would take a battle with a cellular phone company and... Read More
In this episode, I take you behind-the-scenes of each case I covered in the Court Junkie podcast, as well as go over the latest updates. You’ll also hear from Pravin Varughese’s mom and family friend,... Read More
In August 2012, 66-year-old John Wise went to the Akron General Medical Center to visit his ailing wife of 45 years. He would leave there in handcuffs. It’s a case that isn’t as it seems... Read More
In Part 2 of this episode, Kristine and her newly-formed defense team fight to win back her freedom. Read More
In Part 1 of this episode, you’ll hear about one woman’s nightmare come true. After losing her three-year-old son to a tragic house fire, 21-year-old Kristine Bunch becomes the main suspect in her son's death. Read More
Ryan Poston and Shayna Hubers had been dating on and off for about a year when one night in October 2012, a 911 call was placed from Ryan’s condo. When officers arrived, they found Ryan dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Shayna claimed it was self-defense even though Ryan had been shot 6 times. Read More
In Part 2, you'll hear the conclusion of Stephanie's interrogation, the evidence presented at trial, and the final outcome of the case. Read More
On February 24, 1986, John Ruetten came home from work to find his newlywed wife, Sherri Rasmussen, dead on their living room floor. The case went unsolved for 23 years until new DNA testing lead to an unlikely suspect. Read More
17-year-old Alexis Murphy was abducted in August 2013 from a gas station in Lovingston, Virginia. Police charged a local man with her abduction and murder - even though her body has never been found. Read More
Judge Shanes made his decision last Friday on Melissa Calusinski's request for a new trial. I attended the hearing and go over the ruling, as well as Melissa and her team's next steps. Read More
Just days after releasing my original episode about Erica Parsons, there was a major breakthrough in the case. In an expected yet tragic ending to the Erica Parsons case, Rowan County investigators announced that they found Erica's body. Read More
In April 2006, the small city of Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada, was shocked by an unthinkable murder no one ever saw coming – A 12-year-old girl convinces her 23-year-old boyfriend to murder her entire... Read More
Could a jailhouse conversation be the key to finding out what happened to Erica Parsons? Erica Parsons had been missing from her home in Salisbury, North Carolina for two years before she was finally reported missing to police by her adoptive brother. Read More
I attended day 3 of Melissa Calusinski's evidentiary hearing, where allegations arose that the x-ray evidence may have been tampered with before her trial. Read More
19-year-old Pravin Varughese was a college student at Southern Illinois University when he was mysteriously found dead in the woods after leaving a party. Read More
This is the story of Gabriel Johnson, an 8-month-old boy who has been missing from Tempe, Arizona since 2009 after being taken by his mother. Read More
I went to Melissa Calusinski's recent evidentiary hearings for a new trial and learned some bombshell information that highlights the need for a retrial. Read More
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Episode 1: Melissa Calusinski – A Shot At Freedom
In the first CourtJunkie podcast, we look into the case of Melissa Calusinski, a 22-year-old daycare worker who was convicted of the murder of a toddler. Read More