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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 Podcast102: Unsolved: The 1995 Disappearance of Robin Murphy | Part 1 with guest reader Nora McLellan
In the spring of 1995, seventeen-year-old Robin Murphy vanished after borrowing her mother’s car to visit her boyfriend in New York’s Hudson Valley. The car…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast101: The Disappearance of Merrian Carver (2004) – Cruise Ship Disappearance
In August 2004, 40-year-old Merrian Carver vanished from a Celebrity Cruise ship traveling from Seattle to Alaska. She was last seen the next day—and then she…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast100: Unsolved: Angela Allen’s Disappearance | Syracuse, 1979 with guest reader Chioma Umeala
In December 1979, 28-year-old Angela Allen vanished from Syracuse, New York, the day after Christmas. That morning, she called her mother — sounding tired, but…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 99: Cynthia and Jackie Leslie with special guest Catherine McKenzie
They said they were going to go babysit, but secretly had other plans to meet up with a friend. When teenagers Cynthia and Jackie Leslie left their Mesa…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 98: Pah Pow with guest Reader Rainbow Dickerson
When 30-year-old Pah Pow leaves her apartment, the only witness is her young son who says she left with a man he recognized but whose name he didn’t know. Her…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastThe Unsolved Kidnapping of Carrie Lawson--Missing from Alabama with guest reader Kristin Minter
In September 1991, 25-year-old attorney Carolyn “Carrie” Lawson was living the life she had worked so hard to build—newly married, just admitted to the bar…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastUnsolved in Georgia: The Disappearances of Twyla Mickey & Belinda Norred, and the Murder of Rita Creasman
In 1986, 28-year-old Rita Eubanks Creasman was found strangled in a Georgia creek. Just three years later, Twyla Mickey left a chilling message for her…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastCase Update: Bitter Creek Betty & I-90 Jane Doe Identified as Irene Vasquez and Cindi Estrada
For more than 30 years, they had no names. One was known only as Bitter Creek Betty, found murdered near a Wyoming highway in 1992. The other was called the…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 94: Ruth Loader
In August 1994, 79-year-old Ruth Loader was recovering from her cancer treatments at her rural Ohio farmhouse, ready for a quiet evening with her book. She…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 93: Amelia Zelko, Part 2 with guest reader Taylor Meskimen
After newspaper owner and journalist Amelia Zelko vanished in 1957, the search for answers stretched from the streets of Joliet, Illinois, all the way to…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 92: Amelia Zelko, Part 1 with guest reader Taylor Meskimen
Just before midnight on September 27, 1957, a quiet neighborhood in Joliet, Illinois, was jolted awake by the sound of a woman’s scream, a car door slamming…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 91: Nicole Russo with guest reader Elisa Donovan
Sixteen-year-old Nicole Russo loved poetry, dreamed of becoming an auto mechanic, and had just started preparing for her GED. In March 1995, she left her…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 90: Arrilla Webb-Vaul with guest reader Cassandra Naud
When 23-year-old Arrilla Webb-Vaul vanished from Bossier, Louisiana in 1979, all she left behind was a slashed tire and a silent car on a quiet road…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 89: Laurie Partridge with guest reader Liz Vassey
On December 4, 1974, 17-year-old Laurie Partridge left school early, saying she wasn’t feeling well. She never made it home. Missing with her were the pair of…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 87: Case Update: Tanya Jackson (Peaches) and Tatiana Dykes (Baby Doe) with guest readers Raven Goodwin and Coco Jones
For years, they were known only by nicknames—Peaches and Baby Doe. A woman and her toddler, found miles apart in Long Island, unidentified and unnamed. But…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 86: Yeda “Dede” Rosenthal with guest reader Laura Ault
When 32-year-old Yeda "Dede" Rosenthal vanished without a trace, it shocked everyone who knew her. A dedicated professional at New Jersey’s Elywn Institute…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 85: Barbara Ann Bockwith with guest reader Julia Reilly
Barbara Ann Bockwith was just 20 years old when she vanished from her college campus in Pensacola, Florida.The University of West Florida student arrived early…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastWhat Happened to Masumi Watanabe? A Case That Shook Oahu with guest reader Erika Prevost
At 21 years old, Masumi Watanabe traveled from Japan to Hawaii to gain independence and confidence while staying with family friends. By all accounts, she was…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastSonoma County Jane Doe & Jeannette Kamahele: The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders
In 1972, Jeannette Kamahele left her home near Santa Rosa Junior College and was last seen hitchhiking near a freeway onramp. She never made it to class. By…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 82: Regina Brown with guest reader Gwendolyn Osbourne
A Flight Attendant’s Fears, a Controlling Husband, and a Disappearance Ignored In 1987, Regina Brown—a devoted mother and flight attendant—was doing everything…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 81: Joanna Otto with guest reader Elizabeth Saunders
A Mother’s Grief, a Missing Daughter, and a Legacy of Remembrance When 19-year-old Joanna Otto vanished after a party in Pensacola, Florida, the world barely…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 80: The Martin Family
The 1958 Christmas holiday was quickly approaching, and the Martin family of five set out on a quiet Sunday drive to collect greenery for their holiday…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 79: Virginia Pictou-Noyes with guest read Althea Sam
On April 24th, 1994, police respond to a call at a bar in Bangor, Maine. Outside they find Virginia Pictou-Noyes who claims her husband and brother-in-law had…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 78: Maria Bozo with guest reader Ann Pirvu
In the summer of 1999, 46-year-old Maria Bozi, a Romanian immigrant living in the United Kingdom, met and married a man after a whirlwind romance. Within…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 77: Heather Elvis
On the night of December 17, 2013, 20-year-old Heather Elvis goes on a first date with a former high school classmate. The two eat dinner, look at Christmas…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 76: Audrey Moate with guest reader Janet Kidder
In 1956, the brutal murder of family man Thomas Hotard at a Louisiana lover’s lane leaves a trail of unanswered questions. Investigators quickly discover a…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast75: Paula Weldon
Summary In 1946, Paula Welden, a college student at Bennington College, mysteriously disappears, leaving behind a chilling unsolved case that has haunted the…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast74: Barbara Newhall Follett (Ep 2) with guest reader Kerry O'Malley
Barbara Newhall Follett had published her first novel at 12, traveled the world by 14, and regularly corresponded with scientists, artists, and sailors. So at…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast73: Episode 73: Barbara Newhall Follett (Ep 1) with guest reader Kerry O'Malley
By age 9, Barbara Newhall Follett had written her first novel draft. By age 12, she’d published it with a major publishing house, selling out of the initial…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast72: Etta Riel with guest reader Marsha Mason
In November 1934, new mother Etta Riel mysteriously disappears just hours before she’s set to attend a crucial paternity hearing. Her family believes she was…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast15: Episode 71: Olga Schultz Mauger with guest reader Susan Ruttan
September 1934, a 21-year-old newlywed, Olga Schultz Mauger, heads to Togwotee Pass in Wyoming to hunt elk on her honeymoon with her new husband. He says he…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast70: Episode 70: Stepha Henry
Memorial Day weekend in 2007 was supposed to be a weekend of celebration for the Henry sisters. They traveled from New York City to Miami to see friends…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 69: Special Episode, Behind the poem - Battle Lines from episode 13
Special Episode, Behind the poem - Battle Lines from episode 13. Aimee and Vanessa talk about the inspiration and process of writing the poem Battle Lines…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast68: Episode 68: God of the woods, Book Talk
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She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast67: Judy Martins: The Kent State University Disappearance
In 1978, 22-year-old Kent State University student Judy Martins left a dorm party and began the short walk back to her residence hall--a distance of less than…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast66: Episode 66: Ventura County Jane Doe
In 1980, a worker at Westfield High School in Thousand Oaks, California, is annoyed when he sees a mannequin on a slope near one of the school’s parking lots…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast65: Episode 65: Texas Killing Fields: Michelle Doherty
Michelle Doherty should have had a lifetime to come into herself. Instead, the 17-year-old mother was pressured into becoming a narcotics informant to help…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast64: Episode 64: Iris Brown with guest readers Marilyn Oliva and Tom Gilroy
In 1976, Iris Brown returns to her apartment and learns that her boyfriend is about to be released from Federal Prison the next day. The man who tells her this…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast63: Episode 63: Mimi Boomhower with guest reader Amber Dawn Fox
In August 1949, friends of Mimi Boomhower arrive at Mimi’s home to find that despite the lights on inside and outside her Bel Air mansion and her car in her…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastMorgan County Jane Doe (1950): Unidentified Woman Found Murdered in West Virginia
In 1950, a mushroom hunter discovered the body of an unidentified woman along a remote road in Morgan County, West Virginia. She had been murdered and left…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 61 : Helen Brach
Summary “If it’s a kidnapping, I’d have a ransom note by now,” says private investigator Ernest Rizzo about the 1977 disappearance of candy heiress Helen…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast60: episode 60: Lilawattie Buerettan
In 1994, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office enters a property in Loxahatchee, Florida and finds a chilling sight. Hundreds of exotic birds including parrots and…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast59: Episode 59: Suzanne Richerson with guest reader Sonja Ball
In 1998, Suzanne Renee Richerson, a Texas A&M student at their Galveston campus, headed to work as a night clerk at a hotel and condo complex. She expects to…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast58: Episode 58: Gloria Kidder Korzon with guest reader Patrisha McLean
“Did you find the body?” a killer asks law enforcement 38 years after his wife went missing. When Gloria Kidder met her future husband at work, little did she…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast57: The Disappearance of Ruth Baumgardner: Vanished from Her Dorm in 1937 with guest reader Mallory Kennedy
In 1937, college student Ruth Baumgardner said good night to her friends and walked toward her dorm room. She was never seen again. The next morning, her car…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast56: Episode 56: Lourdes Gruart
In 2000, model Lourdes Gruart disappears. Her brother says that she told him she was leaving for Europe for a modeling job and left their shared apartment. But…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast55: Episode 55: Bessie Haley Hyde with guest reader Musetta Vander
In 1928, Bessie and Glen Hyde take a scow down the Colorado River in their attempt to have Bessie become the first woman documented to have gone down the river…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast54: Episode 54: Jean Spangler Part 2 with guest reader Sara Tomko
Known to the courts as a glamor girl, 26 year old Jean Spangler was trying to make her way in Hollywood as an actress and dancer while raising her young…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast53: Episode 53: Jean Spangler with guest reader Sara Tomko
Summary Known to the courts as a glamor girl, 26 year old Jean Spangler was trying to make her way in Hollywood as an actress and dancer while raising her…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 52: Parker County Jane Doe with guest reader Kate Roman
In 1998, an unidentified woman’s remains are found near a highway truck stop in Weatherford, Texas. It is believed that she died by a self-inflicted gunshot…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEvelyn Throsby : Murdered by a Conman Husband in Landmark No-Body Case
When Evelyn Throsby married her fifth husband, friends and family worried something was wrong. What they didn’t know was that he was a conman skilled at…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 50: 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 Podcast49: The Indiana Dunes Disappearances: Ann Miller, Patricia Blough, & Renee Bruhl
On July 2, 1966, three young friends—Ann Miller, 21, Patricia Blough, 19, and Renee Bruhl, 19—drove from Chicago to Indiana Dunes State Park for a day at the…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast48: Episode 48: Rocio Sperry with guest reader Tonya Todd
A serial killer sends investigators a series of notes, detailing his crimes. In them, he mentions a married woman who drove a white grand am. He claims he…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast47: From “Bone Woman” to Donna Nelton: A Jane Doe Identified After Decades with guest reader Devyn Dalton
In 1990, burned skeletal remains were discovered in rural Benton County, Arkansas. For decades, she was known only as “Bone Woman,” or Benton County Jane Doe…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast46: Episode 46: Joan Butler, Christine Rusch, and Theresa Brown Part 2
It’s June 1989 and Kansas is rocked by a series of attacks on young women. Twenty-four year old Terri Maness was found murdered in her townhouse and eleven…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast45: Episode 45: Joan Butler, Christine Rusch, and Theresa Brown Part 1
Summary In June 1989, Terri Maness is found murdered in her townhouse in Wichita Kansas. Over a week later and 200 miles away, Joan Butler doesn’t show up for…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast44: Episode 44: Camden County Jane Doe with guest reader Shay Mack
In 1979 the body of a woman was found on or under a porch in North Camden, New Jersey. Years later, her skull is found in another residence. Despite this…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast43: Episode 43: Sneha Philip with guest reader Sakina Jaffrey Part 2
Though Dr. Sneha Philip, who lived just blocks from the World Trade Center, is last seen on September 10th, she is added to the list of 9/11 victims. That is…
She Goes by Jane: A True Crime PodcastEpisode 42: Sneha Philip with guest reader Sakina Jaffrey Part 1
New York City, September 10th, 2001. The day before the attacks on the World Trade Center is a day when most New York City residents are going about their…