Case 259: Jamie Lavis

*** Content Warning: child victims ***Oklahoma teenager Ashley Freeman celebrated her sixteenth birthday by inviting her best friend, Lauria Bible, over for a sleepover. It was a pleasant yet uneventful evening, until the following morning of December 30 1999, when neighbours not ...  Show more

When school friends Jessica Wongso and Mirna Salihin caught up for coffee in Jakarta’s upscale Olivier Cafe in January 2016, it was supposed to be a friendly get together. Then, moments after taking a sip from her Vietnamese iced coffee, Mirna collapsed and died. What unravelled ...  Show more

In June 2014, 24 year old Trukita Scott disappeared from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Trukita's family reported her missing after she failed to pick up her children from daycare. 5 years earlier 25 year old Vickie Simmons also went missing, but 2 days after Vickie's family last saw her, s ...  Show more

In July 2015, 18 year old Alesha Bell disappeared from Warren, OH. Almost a month after Alesha went missing her body was found in a fire pit at the home of a man named James Brooks. A month and half before Alesha was reported missing, 22 year old Jasmaine Smith also disappeared a ...  Show more

On May 17, 2013, 27 days after Alyssiah Wiley went missing from her college campus in Connecticut her remains were found in a wooded area in Bridgeport, CT. Her boyfriend was arrested for her murder but before her family could get justice for her, another tragedy struck her alrea ...  Show more

Dr Julia Shaw unwraps Bad People’s choice of true crime podcasts in 2022. Una Mullally discusses the extraordinary story behind Obscene, a BBC podcast that examines the political scandal that erupted following the discovery of a suspected killer in the home of the Irish Attorney ...  Show more