A Simpler Time True Crime

Megan Storm
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I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past, stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of the “good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one. This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case, focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

  1. 6d ago

    Lured To Babysit: The Unsolved Abduction of Margaret Fox

    In the summer of 1974, two teenage cousins placed a classified ad offering their babysitting services. A man responded saying he was looking for someone to babysit his five-year-old son. When the younger girl’s parents weren’t comfortable with her traveling for the job, he moved on to her 14-year-old cousin, Margaret Fox. Over the next several days, plans were made, canceled, and eventually rescheduled for a Monday morning. That morning, Margaret boarded a bus to a nearby town where she was supposed to meet the man’s wife and be brought back to their home.Margaret never came home.When her father called the number the man had given them, he discovered it went to a payphone outside of a grocery store. Then, in the days after Margaret disappeared, her family received a ransom demand, and police were able to record part of the caller’s voice. That recording still exists today. More than 50 years later, Margaret has never been found. No one knows who the man was who arranged that babysitting job, whether the family he described even existed, or who was behind the ransom call that came after she disappeared. TIPS: contact the FBI’s Newark Field Office at 973-792-3000, or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov NEW SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/ASimplerTimeTrueCrime/ Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material:  https://charleyproject.org/case/margaret-ellen-fox https://www.fbi.gov/audio-repository/newark-margaret-ellen-fox-phone-call-062419.mp3/view https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-search-for-sitter-focuses-on-m/206803593/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-fbi-joins-hunt/206804089/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-search-widens/206804219/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-pi-12/206804604/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-do-we-have-our-own-boston-s/206804741/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-many-tips-no-clues/206804924/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-fake-model-calls/206805112/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-one-girl-returns/206805521/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-ransom-call/206805550/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-nov-1975-false-confession/206805822/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-sept-86-haunted-by-cases-12/206806030/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-haunted-by-missing-persons-cas/206806046/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-atlantic-highlands-jan/206806348/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-more-on-jane-doe/206806708/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-jersey-times-2017-retired-cop/206806796/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-fbi-25k-reward/206807028/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-jersey-herald-enhanced-audio-clip/206807069/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/burlington-county-times-cold-cases-2024/206807132/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/burlington-county-times-2024-cold-cases/206807196/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-acquitt/206807903/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-1969-at/206807954/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-jack-ho/206808012/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-1973-re/206808094/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-mom-beg/206808170/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-mom-com/206808261/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-missing-girl-found-dead/206809336/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-lured-to-job/206809436/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-sex-offender-charged/206809574/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-indicted/206810278/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-admits-to-crime/206810366/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-life-in-prison/206810494/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-gf-guilty-of-concealin/206810547/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-susan-s/206810650/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-susan-s/206810692/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-ss-miss/206810747/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-still-n/206810793/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-susan-s/206810854/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-500-re/206810905/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-margaret-fox-p/206811660/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-family-in-desp/206812141/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-fox-investigat/206812285/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-shreds-of-hope/206812334/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-autopsy-fails-to-pinpoin/206812503/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-who-kil/206812827/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-walked/206813140/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-susan-s/206813183/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-psychiatrist-sifting-clues/206813315/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-found-in-closet/206813517/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-theresa-2/206813641/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-composite/206813748/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-suspect-sketch/206813793/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-harassi/206814460/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    Lured To Babysit: The Unsolved Abduction of Margaret Fox

  2. Sep 21

    Trouble at Rocky Comfort Creek: The Mysterious Disappearance of Bill “Bo Peep” Farrer

    On Friday the 13th of September 2002, a Georgia man vanished without a trace. Bill Farrer’s vehicle and fishing supplies were found abandoned at a quiet creek where he often went fishing. At first, it seemed like Bill may have suffered some kind of accident and drowned. But after an extremely thorough search of the shallow creek turned up nothing, that explanation started to seem less likely. As the hours passed, Bill’s close-knit family started thinking back on some of the things that had happened in the years and months leading up to his disappearance. There were questions about whether Bill had stumbled into something he shouldn’t have, and just months earlier, he had been attacked by two men at that very same creek. Bill lived a pretty simple life, but there was a lot more going on beneath the surface. More than two decades later, his family is still trying to figure out what happened to him that Friday morning. TIPS: the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 478-625-7538 or Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Thomson Regional Investigative Office at 706-595-2575, or submit a tip through the GBI tip line at 1-800-597-TIPS Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: Renetta DuBose WJBF Piece from 2021 reported on by Renetta DuBose The Charley Project Farrer Family File on Bill's Disappearance which included a ton of reporting from the late journalist Ben Nelms of The News and Farmer Newspaper Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    Trouble at Rocky Comfort Creek: The Mysterious Disappearance of Bill “Bo Peep” Farrer

  3. Sep 14

    The Secret Trip: The Unsolved Disappearance of Patricia "Patti" Adkins

    In the summer of 2001, a woman clocks out of her shift at the Honda factory, eagerly anticipating a week away with her boyfriend. She had been telling her family about the trip for weeks and was so excited. They were going to spend some much-needed time together at a secluded cabin in Canada, and it would be the first time she and her boyfriend had been able to take a trip like this. Her family did not expect to hear from her throughout the week, but when she didn’t return to pick up her daughter, they knew something was wrong. Suddenly, the strange details she had shared about the trip beforehand took on a more sinister meaning. The more her loved ones looked into what she had told them, the more disturbing it became. This year marked 25 years without justice in her case, one where many people believe someone blatantly got away with murder. TIPS: Union County Sheriff’s Office at 937-645-4110 Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://charleyproject.org/case/patricia-ann-adkins https://manufacturing.honda.com/ohio/marysville-ohio/marysville-auto-plant/ https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ng/date/2011-03-10/segment/01 https://fox17.com/news/local/new-investigator-now-tasked-to-investigate-union-county-moms-2001-disappearance https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Missing-Persons/Missing-Adults-1/Adkins https://www.unioncountyohio.gov/media/Sheriff/Patricia%20Adkins%20Cold%20Case%20Information%20(002).pdf Various newspapers.com articles under asimplertimetruecrime username  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    The Secret Trip: The Unsolved Disappearance of Patricia "Patti" Adkins

  4. Sep 6

    Staten Island Serial Killer: The Unsolved Abduction of Ethel Atwell Part 2

    Andre Rand once worked at Willowbrook and would eventually become one of Staten Island’s most notorious convicted criminals. In this second and final part of Ethel Atwell’s story, I look at Rand’s criminal history, the cases connected to his name and the crimes for which he was charged.Many believe Rand was a serial killer responsible for multiple disappearances and murders across Staten Island. But what actually connects him to Ethel Atwell and Shin Lee? Was Rand responsible for both women, or has the focus on him allowed another killer to remain hidden? TIPS:   908-413-7258    You may also contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential. Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-1/205350291/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-2/205399311/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-hundreds-join-sear/205401839/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-more-search/205401978/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-new-security-gates/205402013/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-security-gate-22/205404475/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee-missing/205405889/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-found-12/205406000/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-discovered-in/205406325/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee/205408172/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-threats-to-bosses/205408406/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-search-expands/205410750/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-phone-calls-12/205411533/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shift/205411779/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-still-missing/205415065/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-1982-no-leads/205415110/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-more-cases/205415135/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p/205415877/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-2/205415975/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-3/205416017/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-4/205416067/ https://charleyproject.org/case/alice-pereira https://charleyproject.org/case/holly-ann-hughes https://charleyproject.org/case/tiahease-tiawanna-jackson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropsey_(film) More on newspapers.com username: simplertimecrimepod  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    Staten Island Serial Killer: The Unsolved Abduction of Ethel Atwell Part 2

  5. Sep 6

    Staten Island Serial Killer: The Unsolved Abduction of Ethel Atwell Part 1

    Before dawn, Ethel Atwell arrived at the Willowbrook State School for her shift and disappeared from the employee parking lot. Her murder would later become part of a much larger mystery surrounding the institution, the nearby woods and a series of missing and murdered women and children. Was convicted kidnapper and former Willowbrook employee Andre Rand responsible for Ethel’s death, or was another predator hunting in Willowbrook’s shadow? TIPS:   908-413-7258    You may also contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential. Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-1/205350291/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-intensive-search-2/205399311/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-hundreds-join-sear/205401839/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-more-search/205401978/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-new-security-gates/205402013/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-security-gate-22/205404475/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee-missing/205405889/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-found-12/205406000/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-body-discovered-in/205406325/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shin-lee/205408172/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-threats-to-bosses/205408406/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-search-expands/205410750/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-phone-calls-12/205411533/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-shift/205411779/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-still-missing/205415065/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-1982-no-leads/205415110/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-more-cases/205415135/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p/205415877/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-2/205415975/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-3/205416017/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-alice-p-4/205416067/ https://charleyproject.org/case/alice-pereira https://charleyproject.org/case/holly-ann-hughes https://charleyproject.org/case/tiahease-tiawanna-jackson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropsey_(film) More on newspapers.com username: simplertimecrimepod  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    Staten Island Serial Killer: The Unsolved Abduction of Ethel Atwell Part 1

  6. Aug 31

    Encountering Evil: The Cowden Family Murders

    A young family takes a spontaneous camping trip over Labor Day weekend in 1974. On Sunday morning, everything at their campsite looks normal. There are things from breakfast on the picnic table, a dishpan filled with water, children’s belongings, and a carton of milk bought just hours earlier. But by that evening, the entire family is gone. Their truck is still parked nearby. The keys, a wallet, and a purse have all been left behind. It looks like they stepped away from the campsite expecting to come right back. The family was camping near Copper, Oregon, a tiny community within the Siskiyou National Forest that has since been inundated and buried beneath Applegate Lake. More than fifty years later, the full story of what happened there remains buried with it. TIPS: contact the Oregon State Police Cold Case Team at OSP.CCU@osp.oregon.gov Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.oregon.gov/osp/pages/cold-case-unit.aspx?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/cowden-murders https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DWWC592?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback Various newspapers.com articles that will be linked but can be found under username simplertimetruecrimepod  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    Encountering Evil: The Cowden Family Murders

  7. Aug 24

    Abducted at the Arcade: The Unsolved Murder of Alexander Harris

    Just after Thanksgiving in 1987, a seven-year-old boy was traveling home to California with his family after spending the holiday in Las Vegas. Heavy traffic led the family to stop at a hotel and casino along the way. The hotel had an arcade, and his family set him up with a game while they waited. They believed he would be safe there. But shortly before they were ready to leave, he was gone. Witnesses would later report seeing the boy leave the arcade hand-in-hand with an unknown man. An intensive search continued for weeks before ending with the worst possible outcome. In the years that followed, the case would take a complicated path toward justice. But nearly four decades later, no one has ever been held responsible. TIPS: If you have any information on the abduction and murder of Alexander Harris in 1987, please contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555 or visit crimestoppersofnv.com Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/boys-killing-near-nevada-border-remains-unsolved-after-30-years/?clearUserState=true https://www.lvmpd.com/about/bureaus/homicide/open-cases-by-year/1980-1989 https://www.lvmpd.com/home/showpublisheddocument/8386/639160949781030000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-police-scour-area-f/204385046/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-fbi-joins/204386054/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-search-continues-de/204389409/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-no-leads-dec-2/204389859/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-believed-to-be-in-l/204390302/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-body-found-1/204390453/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-body-identified/204391487/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-missing-boys-body/204393993/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-services-held-for-s/204395005/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-arrest-made-1/204395249/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-waive-extradition/204396220/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-paul-haupt/204402599/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-makes-bail/204402687/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-sad-ending-t/204402786/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-workplace-su/204402855/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/desert-dispatch-alexander-harris/204403100/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-missing-boys-body-discovered/204403429/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-confident/204403973/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-trial-opens-jury-s/204404057/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-mistaken-identity/204407183/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-kimberly-luce/204407197/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-time-of-death/204419580/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-witness-id-and-no/204419608/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-spent-hours-on-vid/204419633/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-items-found-in-hom/204419682/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-witness-plac/204419718/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-witness-2/204419774/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-video-technology/204419944/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-not-guilty-verdict/204420851/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-judge-intimidated/204420867/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-mom-sues-casino/204420915/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elko-daily-free-press-haupt-suit/204420944/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-surveillance/204421166/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-iverson-case/204421174/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    Abducted at the Arcade: The Unsolved Murder of Alexander Harris

  8. Aug 17

    The Job Offer: The Unsolved Murder of Sharmini Anandavel

    In the summer of 1999, a Toronto teenager leaves her house for what she believes is a new job. She is 15 years old, about to start high school, and had been eager to make some money over the summer. But that afternoon, she never comes home.It would take months of searching before Sharmini Anandavel's family would learn what happened to her. But they still wouldn't know who was responsible.Police would eventually come to believe that the job Sharmini thought she had that day wasn't actually a job at all. They believed someone may have used the offer to get her out of the house. And they had reason to look closely at the man who had connected Sharmini with that job in the first place.He was someone her family knew. Someone they trusted. And although police would come to consider him a strong suspect in Sharmini's murder, he has never been charged. TIPS: please contact the Toronto Homicide team at 416-808-7400, or at homicide@torontopolice.on.ca. You can also remain anonymous by contacting 416−222−TIPS (8477); or via the internet at www.222tips.com Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Sound Effect by OpenMindAudio from Pixabay Thumbnail Art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast  Source Material: https://www.tps.ca/organizational-chart/specialized-operations-command/detective-operations/investigative-services/homicide/case/36/1999/ https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/sharmini/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s5-sharmini-e1-the-crime-beat/id1364665348?i=1000449161869 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-missing/203801685/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-sun-sharmini-please-come-hom/203860501/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-search-is-on/203916517/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-always-trying-to-help/203931183/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-sun-vigilsearch/203931224/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-plaza-video/203931989/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-post-missing-kids/203932013/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-classmates-honor/203932035/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-mans-life-hell-since/203932187/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-tippett-2/203932611/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-august-baffling/203932631/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-remains-found/203932744/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

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I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past, stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of the “good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one. This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case, focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

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