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She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast
She Goes by Jane is a true crime podcast that focuses on the stories of missing women and unidentified women. Each episode explores unsolved disappearances and Jane Doe cases with deep research, historical context, and original poetry, featuring guest readings by actors and advocates. Unlike other true crime podcasts, we center the victims—not the killers. No gore. No gimmicks. Just the truth, told with care. Perfect for listeners who want ethical true crime storytelling about unsolved…
Episodes
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast162: The Woman Behind the Gordon Mountain Ghost
On April 5, 1925, a couple picking wildflowers on Broad Mountain in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, found the body of a young woman. She’d been murdered. More…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast161: Maya Millete: The Investigation Into Her Disappearance | Part 2
When Maya Millete disappeared from her home in Chula Vista, California, in January 2021, her family began searching for answers. But as days passed without…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast160: Bonus Episode: Mimi, Where Are You? Missing Women and the Ghost Stories We Tell
Before they were ghost stories, they were women.In this Halloween bonus episode, Aimee and Vanessa revisit three missing persons cases whose unsolved…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast159: Maya Millete: The Warning Signs | Part 1
In January 2021, Maya Millete, a 39-year-old mother of three and Navy contracts negotiator, disappeared from her home in Chula Vista, California. Before she…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast158: Pamela Butler: The Security Footage & The Search for Answers
“If something happens to me, don’t give up until you find out what happened," Pamela Butler told her brother. He could never have guessed he would need to do…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast157: Jami Hagel Sherer: When Domestic Violence Becomes a Disappearance, Pt 2
For years, Steven Sherer had called his wife, Jami Hagel Sherer, over and over whenever she was away from him. It was a way for him to constantly monitor where…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast156: Jami Hagel Sherer: When Domestic Violence Becomes A Disappearance
In 1986, 22-year-old Jami Hagel met Steven Sherer at a bar in Redmond, Washington. He was charming, persistent, and was soon sending her a dozen roses. Within…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast155: Barbara Kelley: A Murder on the California Coast
On a June night in 1950, seventeen-year-old Barbara Kelley left home for a date with Henry Baird, a 28-year-old World War II veteran she had been seeing for…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast154: Bonus Episode with Jami Rice of Murderish - Serial Streamer’s Club | Death of a Pastor’s Wife
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She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast153: Jacqueline Levitz: A Disappearance in Vicksburg
On November 18, 1995, Jacqueline “Jackie” Levitz spent two hours choosing wallpaper for the new home she was renovating in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She had only…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast152: Still Missing: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 3
Irene Silverman was missing. And by the time Sante and Kenneth Kimes went to trial for her murder, there was still no body, no murder weapon, and no definitive…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast151: The Man in the Mansion: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 2
By the summer of 1998, Irene Silverman was becoming increasingly uneasy about her new tenant.Manny Guerin had only been a tenant for a few days when he started…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast150: The White Elephant: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 1
Before Irene Silverman was a missing woman, she was a ballerina, a wife, a hostess, and the owner of one of Manhattan's most unusual homes: a home that would…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast149: Hernando County Jane Doe: The Women Left Behind, Pt 2
In 1981, investigators were just beginning to uncover the extent of Billy Mansfield Jr’s violence, and his arrest for the murder of a young mother in…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast148: Hernando County Jane Doe: The Women Who Vanished Before Her, Part 1
In 1980, Pam Sherrell escaped a violent attack by a man who abducted her and tried to kill her. He evaded capture, but her escape would set off a chain of…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast147: The Missing Women of Pinellas County, Pt 2: Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson
He was finally caught. Just not for the women. For years, Cleveland Hill Jr. was connected to the disappearances of Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast146: The Missing Women of Pinellas County, Pt 1: Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson
Three women disappeared from Pinellas County, Florida over the course of fifteen years. They came from different backgrounds. Their lives followed different…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast145: San Diego’s Lost Women, Episode 3: The Jane Does
Law enforcement called some of San Diego's missing and murdered women "NHIs," short for No Humans Involved. It was police slang used to describe victims they…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast144: San Diego’s Lost Women, Episode 2: Mary Colette Rawlinson
In October 1985, 19-year-old Mary Colette Rawlinson walked out of a home in San Diego, California, telling her boyfriend she'd be right back. She was never…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast143: San Diego’s Lost Women, Episode 1: Cynthia Maine
In the 1980s, dozens of women disappeared from San Diego, California. One of them was 26-year-old Cynthia Maine. Cynthia was a daughter, sister, mother, and…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast142: The Only Missing WASP: The Disappearance of Gertrude Tompkins Silver
On October 26, 1944, Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins Silver took off from Mines Field in Los Angeles in a P-51 Mustang on what should have been a routine ferry…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast141: The Disappearance of Ilonka Cann: A Coroner’s Jury Speaks
On May 26, 1970, twenty-six-year-old Ilonka Cann vanished from the rural Pennsylvania farmhouse she shared with her husband and fifteen-month-old son. The day…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast140: The Empty Seat: The Disappearance of Thora Chamberlain
On November 2, 1945, fourteen-year-old Thora Chamberlain left school in Campbell, California, expecting to attend a football game that evening. Her friends…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast139: The Women Who Talk to the Dead: A Conversation with Katherine Schweit
Most people assume that unidentified persons' cases are actively investigated, that somewhere, someone is still working to restore a name to the dead. But the…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast138: Lois and Karen Williams: A Mother, Daughter, and the Shadow of Melvin Chelcie Carr
In January 1967, Lois Williams and her 17-year-old daughter Karen disappeared from their apartment on East 21st Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Inside…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast137: Clackamas County Jane Doe: The Victim Richard Marquette Said No One Would Remember
In June 1975, investigators followed serial killer Richard Marquette into the woods near Oregon’s Clackamas River. There, buried beneath the soil of a popular…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast136: Patricia Weeks & Cynthia Jabour: The Unsolved Mysteries Case of Robert Weeks
Patricia Weeks, Cynthia Jabour, and Carol Ann Riley disappeared years apart after ending relationships with the same man: Robert Weeks, whose case would later…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast135: The Evidence Left Behind: The Disappearance of Toni Bachman (Part 2)
When Toni Bachman disappeared from White Bear Township, Minnesota in April 1997, investigators initially faced uncertainty. Some believed she may have left on…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast134: Missing After Logging Off: The Disappearance of Toni Bachman (Part 1)
In 1997, as the internet connected strangers across state lines, Minnesota-native Toni Bachman formed a close bond with a man in West Virginia. Friends say she…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast133: Honolulu Jane Doe: The Unidentified Woman Found Alive in Hawaii | Unsolved Case with guest reader Louise Penny
An unidentified woman found living in Honolulu in 2004 remains without a name—exploring the rare and overlooked reality of living Jane Doe cases in the U.S. In…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast132: Tammy Lynn Leppert: The Actress Who Vanished | An Unsolved Florida Disappearance with guest reader Kathy Garver
If you grew up in the 1980s, you may have seen Tammy Lynn Leppert without ever knowing her name. A model, aspiring actress, and rising presence in Hollywood…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast131: The Texas Killing Fields Update: Clyde Hedrick, Laura Miller, and New Charges in the Calder Road Murders
In this update episode, we return to the Texas Killing Fields—specifically the 25-acre stretch of land off Calder Road in League City, Texas, where four women…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast130: The Morgan City Murders: Mary Rodermund, Bertha Gould, and the Teens Who Never Came Home
In 1978, a series of disappearances and murders terrified Morgan City, Louisiana. Sixteen-year-old Mary Rodermund vanished after leaving home to run a simple…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast129: A Fatal “Accident”: The Disappearance of Leslee Larson
In June 1975, 20-year-old Leslee Larson disappeared while mushroom hunting with her husband near Little Prickly Pear Creek in Wolf Creek, Montana. He told…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast128: She Went for a Morning Run: The Unsolved Disappearance of Elizabeth Miller (1983) with guest reader Chrissy Champagne
On August 16, 1983, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Miller left her home in Idaho Springs for a routine morning jog. It was something she did often—a way to stay…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast127: The Disappearance of Charlotte Lysdale: Minnesota’s First Murder Trial Without a Body
On June 14, 1985, Charlotte Lysdale, a widow living in Pine River, Minnesota, drove to her former home on Lower Hay Lake to meet the man buying the property…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast126: The Identification of Ventura County Jane Doe: The Story of Maricela Rocha Parga
In July 1980, the body of a young pregnant woman was discovered in the parking lot of Westlake High School in Westlake, California. She had been brutally…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast125: Vanished in Wyoming: The Irene Gakwa Case
In February 2022, 32-year-old Irene Gakwa vanished from Gillette, Wyoming. A nursing student who had moved from Kenya to pursue her dreams, Irene was deeply…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast124: Lola Celli
It’s 1946. Twenty-four year old Lola Celli is visiting her parents in Grandview Heights, Ohio when she decides to take a bus into Columbus to buy some nylons…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast123: The Disappearance of Yeda “Dede” Rosenthal | Missing Woman in New Jersey
When 32-year-old Yeda “Dede” Rosenthal failed to show up for work in February 1991, her coworkers immediately knew something was wrong. Dede was a dedicated…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast122: Wanda Kirkum and the Case of “Valentine Doe”
On Valentine’s Day in 1991, a young woman was seen hitchhiking along U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys. The next morning, her body was discovered in a wooded area…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast121: Gone in Omaha: The Disappearance of Camisha Hollis with guest reader Chipo Chung
On the night of April 1–2, 2018, Camisha Hollis vanished from her Omaha home after a violent argument with her longtime partner, Marvin L. Young III. Her three…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast120: The Disappearance of Ann Gotlib, Part 2: The Confession Lost
The 1983 disappearance of Ann Gotlib, a 12-year-old girl who vanished from outside a Louisville, Kentucky mall, has long been considered one of the city’s most…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast119: The Disappearance of Ann Gotlib: A Mall, a Missing Child, and a Confession (Part 1)
In June 1983, 12-year-old Ann Gotlib vanished from outside Bashford Manor Mall in Louisville, Kentucky. Ann was a gifted pianist, writer, and recent immigrant…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast118: The Final Call: The Disappearance of Coral Hall
Fourteen-year-old Coral Hall made one last desperate call to a friend from a pay phone in Flint, Michigan on September 22, 1998—the day after her birthday…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast117: Case Update: The Disappearance of The Martin Family
In this case update, we cover the latest developments in the disappearance of the Martin Family. The 1958 Christmas holiday was quickly approaching, and the…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast116: Case Update: Tanya Jackson and Tatiana Dykes (formerly known as Peaches and Baby Doe)
Once known as Peaches and Baby Doe, Tanya Jackson and Tatiana Dykes have their names back. In this recap of their identification earlier this year, Aimee…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast115: Special Episode: Part 2 - Dorothy Mort, Sydney’s Most Sensational Murderess
In this special 2 part GIRLHUNT x She Goes By Jane crossover, Aimee and Vanessa dive into a story that filled Australia’s newspaper headlines for months in…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast114: Special Episode: Dorothy Mort, Sydney’s Most Sensational Murderess
In this special GIRLHUNT x She Goes By Jane crossover, Aimee and Vanessa dive into a story that filled Australia’s newspaper headlines for months in 1920. A…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast113: Missing in Vermont: The Mary Wilcox Case
In 2006, 78-year-old Mary Wilcox disappeared from her Westford, Vermont home. Living with Alzheimer’s, she often struggled with confusion, but on that November…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast112: Cold Case Mystery: Seminole County Jane Doe
In 1974, a teenager riding his bike stumbled upon a body behind the newly built mall in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The woman—later known as Seminole County…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast111: The Actress and the River Bride: Greta Granstedt, Bessie Hyde & a Forgotten Scandal
In this special holiday-week episode, we step away from our usual format to bring you a true-crime-meets-Hollywood story pulled from GIRLHUNT: the life of…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast110: The Disappearance of Doreen Vincent | Connecticut, 1988
On June 15, 1988, 12-year-old Doreen Vincent disappeared from her father’s home on Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut. Her father claimed they…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast109: Missing on I-96: The Paige Renkoski Case
In May 1990, substitute teacher Paige Renkoski disappeared under unusual circumstances in DeWitt Township, Michigan. After dropping her mother off at Detroit…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast108: Missing in Portland: Yolanda Panek
Yolanda Panek was a rising star—a record-breaking athlete, Rose Festival Court representative, and mentor to dozens of middle school girls in Portland’s…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast107: Evelyn Hartley: The Missing Babysitter and Ed Gein
When Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story introduced Evelyn Hartley as a victim, it blurred fact and fiction—recreating her kidnapping and murder in a visually…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast106: Oak Grove Jane Doe: Oregon’s Oldest Unidentified Victim
In April 1946, a burlap sack pulled from the Willamette River south of Portland revealed something horrifying: the torso of a woman, carefully dismembered and…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast105: Mother and Daughter Gone: The Disappearance of Liliana & Daniela Moreno
On May 30, 2016, 41-year-old Liliana Moreno and her 9-year-old daughter Daniela vanished from Hialeah Gardens, Florida. Their apartment door was locked. Her…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast104: The Disappearance of Diane Van Reeth and the Woman in His Wallet with guest reader Taylor Blackwell
In August 1995, Diane Van Reeth left her Tucson home for work and never arrived. Two days later, her minivan was found abandoned with the keys still inside…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast103: Unsolved: The 1995 Disappearance of Robin Murphy | Part 2 with guest reader Nora McLellan
Nearly thirty years after her disappearance, Robin Murphy’s case remains unsolved. In Part 2, She Goes By Jane examines the lingering questions: Was Robin’s…