Send us a text Special Guest: Megan This week Lauren tells Megan about Jerry Brudos, The Lust Killer and Shoe Fetish Slayer! Soruces: That Oregon Life: A Serial Killer in Oregon: “The Grisly Tale of Jerry Brudos “Shoe Fetish Slayer”” by Danielle Denham Biography.com: “Jerome Brudos” Crime Library: “The Fetish Killer” by Katherine Ramsland 100 Most …

Send us a text Special Guest: Keith This week Lauren tells Keith about Elaine Parent, an American criminal known as "the world's most wanted woman" in the late 1990s and early 2000s! Sources: Murderpedia: Elaine Parent The Guardian: Hunt for the Chameleon The Telegraph: 'Chameleon Killer' cheats the Florida police by ending her many-faced life by T…

Send us a text Special Guest: Sandy This week Lauren tells Sandy about Tom Petters, a former American businessman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide. Fun fact: he ends up in Lauren and Amanda's favorite penitentiary! Sources: Fraud Magazine: Ponzi Strikes Again: A 13-year, Multibillion-dollar Fraud Leaves Mouths Agape by Steven J. Carlson, PhD; Ken…

Send us a text On this short bonus episode, Amanda tells Lauren about the Olympic Gymnastics Bronze Medal Ruling Sources: Athlon: “Jordan Chiles Sends a Clear Message to IOC About Returning Bronze Medal” by Michael Gallagher Forbes: "Jordan Chiles' Bronze Medal Fiasco Has 2 Critical Lessons For Leaders" by Sonia Thompson Defector: "The Jordan Chile…

Send us a text This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Raymond Abbott aka RoboCop and the crime that got him planted on the US Marshal's 15 Most Wanted Fugitive list. Sources: Fox News: ‘RoboCop” Raymond Abbott Wanted for Prison Break, Weapons Smuggling by Fox News Fox News: Arms Smuggler Nicknamed RoboCop Most Wanted by US Marshals by Fox News US Mars…

Send us a text This week Amanda and Lauren cover the murder of Jennifer Levin at the hands of the "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers. Sources: New York Magazine: East Side Story from the November 10, 1986 issue of New York Magazine by Michael Stone A&E True Crime Blog: Stories & News: Robert Chambers: The Murder of Jennifer Levin and Where 'The Preppy…

Send us a text Amanda and Lauren discuss updates in the Jesse James Hollywood case, which was covered in Episode 75. Sources: Change.org: Started Bby Nicole Lane to Gov. Gavin Newsom and The State of California Give Ryan Hoyt A New Fair Trial Noozhawk: Gunman in 'Alpha Dog' Murder Granted Death-Penalty Reprieve Ryan James Hoyt, 44, is now serving a…

Send us a text This week Amanda and Lauren discuss an old timey murderer. A man with wild nicknames such as the Bluebeard of Texas, the Butcher of Elmendorf and Alligator Man. Sources: 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Joe Ball by Jo Durden Smith Murderpedia: Joseph D. Ball Texas Monthly: Two Barmaids, Five Alligators, and the Butcher of Elmendorf: Did …

Send us a text This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss the many lies and horrible crimes of Christian Michael Longo. Sources: All That's Interesting: The Chilling Story of Christian Longo, The Man Who Killed His Family To Hide His Life of Lies by Jessica O'Connor KGW8: Victim's sister upset Oregon governor will commute death sentence of her family's k…

Send us a text This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss supposed "gentleman" bank robber, Leslie Ibsen Rogge. They also take some time at the beginning to recap their weekend at the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival in Denver! Sources: The Hustle: “The first fugitive caught by the internet” by Katherine Laidlaw CNN: “Internet helps FBI nab a ‘…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren discuss an American former professor at the University of Southern California, who in 2013, was arrested for a crime abroad. Sources: Los Angeles Times: "Ex-USC professor and FBI fugitive gets 5 years in prison for child sex" by Richard Winton and Kate Mather US Department of Justice Office of Public Affa…

Send us a text On this holiday week, Lauren and Amanda cover famed Hollywood director Roman Polanski, who has been a fugitive from American justice for almost 50 years. Sources: The Los Angeles Times: “Roman Polanski and the woman he pleaded guilty to raping pose together 45 years later” by Nardine Saad AP News: “Director Roman Polanski is sued ove…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren cover the murder of Nicholas Markowitz at the hand of his half brother's ex-best friend, Jesse James Hollywood. Sources: All That’s Interesting: "The Disturbing Story Of Nicholas Markowitz, The Teenager Who Was Murdered Over His Brother’s Drug Debt" by Marco Margaritoff Santa Barbara Independent: "Prosecu…

Send us a text Amanda and Lauren discuss updates in the Malka Leifer case, which was covered in Episode 30. Sources: The Guardian: “Malka Leifer: former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal sentenced to 15 years for child sex abuse” by the Australian Associated Press The Conversation: “Dassi Erlich and her sisters were ‘easy pickings for predators.’ Wit…

Send us a text This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss Sara Jane Olson, formerly known as Kathleen Soliah, former counterculture leftist and current Midwest housewife. Sources: The Washington Examiner: “The Terrorist Next Door” by Elliot Rothenberg History.com: “This Day in History: June 16, 1999 - SLA member captured after more than 20 years” by Hist…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren cover a guy who was featured on both “The Hunt with John Walsh” and on the US Marshal’s 15 Most Wanted. Fun (?) Fact: He was identified by a missing toe! Sources: CNN: "Texas murder suspect featured on ‘The Hunt’ caught in Mexico" by Nicole Chavez CNN: "The Hunt with John Walsh: Alleged killer on the run …

Send us a text This week, Amanda, Lauren, and their special guest (their mom!) discuss Sarah Panitzke, fraudster and one-time most wanted woman in the United Kingdom. Sources: The Independent: “One of UK’s most wanted tax fugitives has sentence doubled after failing to pay back stolen millions” by Jonathan Kanengoni BBC: “Sarah Panitzke: UK’s most …

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren head back to the Most Notorious list, this time to talk about Delaware's only serial killer, Steven Brian Pennell. Sources: All That’s Interesting: "The Disturbing Crimes Of Steven Brian Pennell, The Only Serial Killer In Delaware History" by Neil Patmore Delaware Today: "Route 40 Serial Killer Remains an…

Send us a text In the final episode of their World's Most Wanted series, Amanda and Lauren discuss Russian mob boss and overall wanted guy, Semion Mogilevich. Sources: All That’s Interesting: “Why Russian Crime Lord Semion Mogilevich Lives Up to His Title as ‘the World’s Most Powerful Mobster’” by Marco Margaritoff Fox 5 New York: “FBI: $5 million …

Send us a text In the third episode of their World's Most Wanted series, Lauren and Amanda discuss Samantha Lewthwaite, the white widow of the UK. Sources: The Guardian: “The radicalisation of Samantha Lewthwaite, the Aylesbury schoolgirl who became ‘the white widow’ by Zoe Williams BBC News: “Profile: Samantha Lewthwaite” by no byline The Week: “I…

Send us a text In the second week of their World's Most Wanted series, Lauren and Amanda discuss Félicien Kabuga, the financier of the Rwandan genocide. Sources: AlJazeera: “Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga should not face trial, UN judges say” by AlJazeera Editors AlJazeera: “Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga declared ‘unfit’ to stand trial” by AlJaze…

Send us a text This week kicks off a new theme month, where Amanda and Lauren explore the World's Most Wanted criminals from the 2020 Netflix series. The ladies start the series with Ismael Zambada García, also known as El Mayo, the longtime leader of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico. Sources: ABC7: “El Mayo and son: New indictment brings father and so…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren discuss the infamous Susan Smith. This case gained international attention when Susan falsely claimed that a black man had kidnapped her sons during a carjacking. Sources: Fox 29: "Susan Smith, nearing parole after murders of young sons, says she'd be 'good stepmom': report" by Christina Coulter GoUpstate…

Send us a text It's Lauren's birthday week, so she made an episode request! Amanda and Lauren return to a wanted fugitive that was mentioned way back in Episode 10 to discuss the full story of El Gato. Sources: FBI Dallas: “FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Jose Rodolfo Villareal-Hernandez Captured in Mexico” by Public Affairs Officers Melinda Urbina an…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren head to trial with Jodi Arias where she spends 18 days on the witness stand for the murder of Travis Alexander. You won’t want to miss this dramatic conclusion! Sources: Snapped: Season 11, Episodes 9 & 10 Dateline: Obsession: The Jodi Arias Story ABC News: "Friends say they warned Travis Alexander that J…

Send us a text This week Amanda and Lauren head back to 2008 and discuss the murder of Travis Alexander at the hands of his ex-girlfriend - spoiler, it's Jodi Arias. Sources: Snapped: Season 11, Episodes 9 & 10 Dateline: Obsession: The Jodi Arias Story ABC News: "Friends say they warned Travis Alexander that Jodi Arias was dangerous for months befo…

Send us a text As the ladies exit Women's History Month, Amanda surprises Lauren with a bonus episode! Support us! Drink Moment | Moment Botanical Water Drink your meditation. Use code MOSTWANTEDAMANDA at checkout! Kind Cotton Consciously-sourced, inclusive, impactful, kind clothes. Use code AMOSTWANTEDPOD at checkout! Devon + Lang Life changing un…

Send us a text This year for Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren are going to go on a journey through some tragic deaths of young women, and their lives that were cut too short. Because they were wanted too. In their final week of Women's History Month, Lauren and Amanda discuss the stalking and murder of Lauren McCluskey, the failures of the …

Send us a text This year for Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren are going to go on a journey through some tragic deaths of young women, and their lives that were cut too short. Because they were wanted too. It's a long one, folks! For the third week of Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren head to Aruba to discuss the disappearance of bran…

Send us a text This year for Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren are going to go on a journey through some tragic deaths of young women, and their lives that were cut too short. Because they were wanted too. In the second episode of their Women's History Month series, Amanda and Lauren discuss the murder of Dru Sjodin, a case that was local to…

Send us a text This year for Women's History Month, Amanda and Lauren are going to go on a journey through some tragic deaths of young women, and their lives that were cut too short. Because they were wanted too. In their first Women's History Month episode, Amanda and Lauren discuss the senseless murder of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, and the ligh…

Send us a text For the fifth and final week of Black History Month, Lauren and Amanda discuss the murder of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin. Sources: CBS News: "Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later" by CBS News History.com: "This Day in History: February 26, 2012: Florida Teen Trayvon Martin is Shot and Killed" by History.com Editors NPR News: "A Look …

Send us a text For the fourth week of Black History Month, Amanda and Lauren return to Mississippi in the Civil Rights Movement era to discuss the murders of three civil rights workers in June 1964 - Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman. This case is most commonly known as the Mississippi Burning case, or MIBURN, and it's a real dooz…

Send us a text As they reach the halfway point of Black History Month, Lauren and Amanda are changing up their format a little bit to spend two weeks in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. This week, they're covering the murder of activist and NAACP Mississippi Field Secretary Medgar Evers. Sources: Medgar Evers College: “History: The Mur…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren continue their Black History Month series and discuss Black Liberation Army member and current Most Wanted "terrorist" Assata Shakur. Those quotes are sarcastic... obviously. Sources: Assata Shakur’s website: “About Assata Shakur” Democracy Now!: “Sekou Odinaga, Black Liberation Activist who Helped Free A…

Send us a text It's Black History Month! This week, Lauren and Amanda cover the inspiring academic and activist Angela Davis, who was on the FBI's Most Wanted list for a crime she didn't commit, and who has made it part of her life's work to fight back against the systems of oppression that put her there. Sources: Smithsonian National Museum of Afr…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren celebrate their one-year podcast anniversary by discussing a deeply unsettling argument over music. Sources: The San Diego Union Tribune: "Woman wanted in murder of pregnant mom added to FBI's '10 Most Wanted' list: A confrontation over loud music preceded the shooting" by Sandy Coronilla Milwaukee Journa…

Send us a text This week, Amanda and Lauren go back to the Old West to talk about some infamous outlaws - Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the Wild Bunch. And what a wild bunch they were! Sources: Westgate Resorts website: “20 Things You Didn’t Know about the Sundance Film Festival” by Westgate Resorts (blog) Biography: “Butch Cassidy” Biograph…

Send us a text In this week's more lighthearted episode, Amanda and Lauren cover the rise and fall of the crypto king, Gerald Cotten. Sources: CBC: “Quadriga CEO’s widow speaks out over his death and the missing crypto millions” by Cassie Williams with additional reporting by Andrew Chang CBC: “Crypto exchange Quadriga was a fraud and founder was r…

Send us a text It's a new year, and Amanda and Lauren are starting strong! In their most requested episode to date, the ladies discuss the supposed original family annihilator, John List. Spoiler alert - he sucks. Sources: New York Times: “John E. List, 82, Killer of 5 Family Members, Dies” by David Stout All That’s Interesting: “John List, the Mas…

Send us a text As a holiday surprise, Amanda and Lauren cover a local case! It may not be on a wanted list, but it's still a wild ride. Sources: State of Minnesota v. Everson St. Paul Pioneer Press: "No forgiveness, only pain as dad confronts son in Chaska murder" by Emily Gurnon St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Minnesota Supreme Court Rules No New Trial f…

Send us a text In the final episode of their three-part series on foreign mob bosses, Lauren and Amanda cover sports enthusiast Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, who says that he's not a bad guy, don't worry. Sources: ABC News: “Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower” by ABC News Mother Jones: “How Did an Alleged Russian Mobster E…

Send us a text Amanda and Lauren have a special guest on the podcast this week to discuss the Matteo Messina Denaro in the second installment of their foreign mob boss series. Turns out this leader in the Sicilian Costa Nostra is a terrorist too?? Is this kind of a terrorist series now? Perhaps! Sources: The Guardian: “Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last …

Send us a text In this week's episode, Amanda and Lauren go international to discuss the first of three foreign mob bosses (and terrorists!), Dawood Ibrahim, who has been running his D-Company gang in Mumbai, India for decades. Additionally, at the end of this episode we have a fun promo to share with you all - our friends Jen and Cam at Our True C…

Send us a text We're doing something a little different this week and we're giving you our third ad free bonus episode! A new person was added to the FBI Most Wanted List!By Amanda and Lauren

Send us a text On this week's episode, Amanda and Lauren discuss a woman who called 911 needing help and the terrible aftermath that followed. If you have any information that could help investigators, contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office, the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-877-WANTED-2, or online at www.usmarshals.gov/tips. S…

Send us a text We've got a listener request this week! Amanda and Lauren discuss Ira Einhorn, a murderer and former fugitive who did NOT create any major beloved holidays. He also gave himself the nickname the Unicorn, which eventually morphed into the Unicorn Killer, because of course it did. Please know that this episode discusses domestic abuse.…

Send us a text This week on the podcast, Amanda and Lauren discuss Robert William Fisher, the supposed family man who murdered his entire family, then disappeared without a trace. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Robert William Fisher, please contact your local FBI field office, tips.fbi.gov, or call the Scottsdale Police De…

Send us a text In this episode, Lauren and Amanda head back to the Most Notorious list where they cover the Slenderman attack. Payton Leutner thought she was having a sleepover with her two best friends, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser. However, they turned out to be another group of notorious friends who were influenced to commit an act of violence…

Send us a text Did you know that there's an old law in some states that allows women to sue their former fiancés if the man decides not to marry her after all? In their third installment of the Old West series, Amanda and Lauren discuss breach of promise lawsuits, including some interesting cases of the not-so-distant past. Sources: Smithsonian Mag…