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. Murder on the 4th of July: The Unsolved Homicide of Jone Knapton

    3D AGO

    Murder on the 4th of July: The Unsolved Homicide of Jone Knapton

    On a holiday weekend in 2003, a woman was working overtime to get a project across the finish line for her employer. When her digital footprint trailed off and loved ones failed to hear from her, both her friends and colleagues grew concerned. Concern that was merited when a grisly discovery in the nearby Green River revealed she had met a horrific end to her life. Those closest to her believe the answer to who killed her is obvious, but despite this shared belief, nearly 23 years have passed without an arrest. TIPS: Quad City Crime Stoppers 309-762-9500  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/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.kwqc.com/2021/07/09/we-want-bring-justice-jone-family-police-still-seeking-answers-east-moline-womans-2003-murder/ https://www.wqad.com/article/syndication/podcasts/the-cities/missing-and-murdered-episode-6-examining-henry-county-cold-cases/526-9f215825-d2a7-49d4-97b7-23e2af69b80c https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thecyberseekerssociety/jone-knapton-missing-since-july-4-found-deceased-t537.html https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-divers-hunt/190681805/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-police-looking-for/190792868/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-woman-still-missin/190793528/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-body-found-22/190794062/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-body-id-uncertain/190794825/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-autopsy-reveal-bod/190795145/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-officials-suspend/190795584/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-both-cases-in-need/190796189/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-sunday-page-of-inv/190796533/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-em-police-still-waiting-81/190797486/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-remains-id-12/190797749/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-remains-id-22/190797780/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-obit-jone/190798144/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-inquest-oct-2/190798373/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-body-in-river-5-days-cause/190807506/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-sister-losing-hope-12/190807908/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-sister-frustrated-22/190808058/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-looking-for-unusua/190808159/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-jone-knaptonlaci/190844834/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-task-force-formed/190844976/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-reward-from-yosemi/190845072/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-we-want-justice/190845138/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-friends-hope-to-ra/190845229/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-family-growing-imp/190845376/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-oct-2004-fundraise/190845449/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-huge-success/190845488/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-40k/190845870/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-40k-full-article/190845943/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-skepticism-of-task-force/190846181/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-public-auction/190846257/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-2-yr-anniversary/190846369/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-child-porn-arrest/190846555/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-i-am-scared-of-him/190846740/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-scared-of-him-22/190846807/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-undecided-on-life-insurance/190847209/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-family-relives-murder/190847268/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-family-frustrated-reliving/190847323/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-4-year-vigil/190847427/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-letter-from-niece/190847584/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-with-states-attorn/190847687/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-50th-bday-nearing-5-year-an/190847913/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-merchie-circumstan/190848257/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    36 min
  2. A Random Act of Violence: The Unsolved Murder of Jennifer Delgado

    FEB 2

    A Random Act of Violence: The Unsolved Murder of Jennifer Delgado

    On a summer night in 1988, an eight-year-old girl and her mother were at a neighborhood laundromat near their home, sitting together and talking while their first load of laundry finished. As they talked, they barely registered the movements of a man who entered the laundromat and passed through their line of sight. Moments later, he attacked them without warning. Injured and terrified, they managed to make it roughly one hundred yards back toward home before collapsing in a neighbor’s yard. The mother survived the attack. Her daughter did not. Today’s episode explores a case that is especially difficult to comprehend. Crimes committed by strangers are rare, and this one offers no clear motive, other than the possibility that the man became enraged over a vending machine that failed to give him change. Investigators believe the man who carried out the attack fled with help from another person who acted as a getaway driver. That individual has never been identified, and the man responsible for the violence has never been caught. TIPS: San Antonio Police Department Cold Case Tip Line 210.207.7401 You can also contact crime stoppers at 210.224.STOP  Donate to the Jennifer Sue Delgado Foundation: https://jennifersuedelgado.org/donate/ 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/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-memorial-slain-8-year-old/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBxjwx6bIxg https://jennifersuedelgado.org/home/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-daughter-8-kil/190258541/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-suspect-sought/190258841/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-girl-fatally-sta/190259135/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-monitor-girl-killed-in-laundromat/190259221/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-enraged-at-machine-12/190259448/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-stabbing-death-22/190259652/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-manhunt-12/190259903/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-manhunt-22/190260072/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-outrage-12/190261152/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-outrage-22/190261177/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-getaway-driver/190262231/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-appeal-for-info-12/190262555/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-public-appeal-22/190262830/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-mom-leaves-hosp/190265160/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-mom-goes-to-stay-wtih/190265313/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-donations/190265467/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-slain-girl-laid-to-res/190265635/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-22-funeral/190266019/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-mourners-honor/190266151/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-mom-afraid-kill/190267143/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-mom-afriad-kill/190267327/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-composite-sketc/190268250/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-composite-sketc/190268532/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-police-ask-for-help/190268588/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-work-backwards-from-a/190268733/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-sketch-spurs-tip/190268907/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-callers-say-man/190269835/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-police-investig/190269909/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-two-men-ruled-o/190270252/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-generic-composites/190270361/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-girl-sexually-a/190271168/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-reward-fund-est/190271310/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-working-to-rais/190271692/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-school-project/190271875/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-killings-of-six/190273759/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-police-still-lo/190274053/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-girls-death-in-88-stil/190274286/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-news-ortiz-to-leave/190275692/   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    31 min
  3. There's Something About Snowflake: The Disappearance of June Goodman

    JAN 26

    There's Something About Snowflake: The Disappearance of June Goodman

    It’s not every day that a town of just six thousand people becomes known for so many strange and unlikely things. Snowflake, Arizona, named after Erastus Snow and William Flake, is often described as the most Mormon town west of the Pecos. But in sharp contrast to its religious roots, it is also home to one of the largest cannabis cultivation operations in the country. It is the place where Travis Walton famously claimed he was abducted by a UFO in 1975, a story that would later become a bestselling book and the 1993 film Fire in the Sky. It is even home to an off-grid community of people who believe they suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Electromagnetic Sensitivity, living together without modern technology. But what many people do not realize is that Snowflake is also a place where people seem to disappear. In 2003, a beloved grandmother and longtime town mail carrier, just months away from retirement, vanished without a trace, as if she simply stepped out of her life and was never seen again. What makes her disappearance even more unsettling is that just two years earlier, one of her neighbors disappeared under strikingly similar circumstances. More than twenty years later, this small town is still without answers and still haunted by the mystery of those who never came home. TIPS: 928-536-7500 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/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://charleyproject.org/case/june-goodman https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP42792 https://charleyproject.org/case/michael-alan-tapley https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/4seh80/snowflake_arizona_where_the_residents_are/ https://www.deseret.com/2003/5/8/19720957/widow-s-disappearance-is-baffling-arizona-town/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1gukggh/june_goodman_had_dinner_with_her_sister_grabbed/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.wmicentral.com/news/snowflake_taylor/two-months-later-no-new-leads-in-goodman-case/article_42b6c428-f7d3-50b6-80a8-ebf6605e1195.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68559180/june-goodman https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/local-police-suspect-foul-play-in-missing-woman-case/article_11fb11d0-083d-5b71-8c1c-267b423169d3.html https://www.wmicentral.com/news/snow https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-snowflake-woman-dis/189734107/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-snowflake-baffled-1/189765234/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-snowflake-baffled-2/189765256/flake_taylor/memorial-service-slated-for-woman-missing-for-five-years/article_7b6fc416-e96f-5c87-ad48-829ee249d1e8.html https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/drug-bust-may-help-solve-missing-woman-case/article_0546eee1-dada-5bed-8e62-1a4c84a9e2ea.html https://www.wmicentral.com/news/snowflake_taylor/search-fails-to-find-snowflake-woman/article_4427be41-9497-5083-ab6e-764f123cebca.html https://www.wmicentral.com/news/snowflake_taylor/missing-woman-has-strong-local-ties/article_f7fe025a-7141-5df7-a4cf-3400b64bd3fc.html https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/child-molester-murder-suspect-evades-the-law/article_9cdb7e39-3d77-58c0-9d7b-f1994acc48f1.html https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/escaped-conn-back-in-custody/article_ec94aef3-829c-5596-9805-993033136dde.html https://www.wmicentral.com/news/snowflake_taylor/snowflake-murder-suspect-child-molester-caught/article_033c6131-b42a-5674-8d21-35db44a9a119.html https://www.tomhascallcole.com/Reed%20Wasson.html Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    38 min
  4. The Judge Is More Worried About The Dog Than Me: The Murder of Galina Komar

    JAN 18

    The Judge Is More Worried About The Dog Than Me: The Murder of Galina Komar

    “There is no actual physical injury, is there, other than some bruising? I am not suggesting that bruising is nice, but there is no disfigurement. There are no broken bones. There are no serious physical injuries, are there?” Those words were spoken by Criminal Court Judge Lorin Duckman at a bail hearing for the man who had been relentlessly stalking and abusing Galina Komar. Galina was present in the courtroom that day, forced to listen as the severity of what had been done to her was minimized. At one point she would note that the judge was more concerned about the placement of her stalker’s dog than he was about her life. Three weeks later, she would be dead. With January marking National Stalking Awareness Month, this episode does not only revisit the injustice of Galina’s case, it examines the ripple effects her murder had across New York City, exposing deep failures in how stalking and domestic violence were treated at the time. Galina’s death set off political infighting at the highest levels, and as the debate played out, a grim pattern continued to emerge: women being targeted by former partners kept being killed. If you need help with stalking, contact the National Center for Victims of Crime Helpline (800-FYI-CALL), the National Domestic Violence Hotline (800-799-SAFE), or the VictimConnect Resource Center (1-855-4-VICTIM) 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/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-galina-1/188867530/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-crazed-stalker-12/188868824/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-no-way-out/188868951/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-stalker-22/188869239/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-ex-by-shoots-kills-self/188869480/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-deadly-passion/188869537/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-freed-to-kill/188871135/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-judge-freed-him-to-kill/188874467/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-moms-record-of-abuse-and-orde/188874662/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-more-care-about-the-dog/188875210/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-funeral-and-limitations-of-dv/188875324/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-transcript-and-outrage-22/188876814/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-statements-from-ex-gfmore-on/188877181/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-additional-botched-cases/188877413/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-previous-mishandlings-and-com/188877846/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-op-ed-piece/188877923/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-op-ed-piece/188877923/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-top-judge-wont-bench-duckman/188878060/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-gov-would-bolster-das/188878123/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-rudy-g-asks-gov-to-oust-judge/188878206/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-quack-ducks-the-heat/188879161/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-two-sides-to-the-right-to-app/188879597/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-cried-for-galina-12/188879829/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-other-duckman-opinion-22/188879940/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-opin-piece/188880009/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-3-cases/188880210/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-update-on-duckman/188880420/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-da-or-judges-fault/188880626/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-list-of-cases/188880917/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-eva-rosenthal/188880972/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-paper-protection/188881247/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-curbing-domestic-violence/188882799/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-mom-rips-duckman/188882983/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-benched/188883146/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-cops-death-a-mystery/189191073/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-valdes-murder/189193232/ https://www.stalkingawareness.org/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    46 min
  5. The Answers Died With Him: The Unsolved Murder of Cynthia and Heather Johnson

    JAN 12

    The Answers Died With Him: The Unsolved Murder of Cynthia and Heather Johnson

    I want to be transparent about this case from the start. While it is technically unsolved, there is a strong and consistent understanding of who is responsible. This is less a whodunit and more an opportunity to walk through our criminal justice system and examine how, over the course of decades, one man was able to manipulate outcomes in his favor. Shorter sentencing, public sympathy, and ultimately a lack of meaningful consequences. It is also a reminder that even when answers seem to form almost immediately, accountability and justice can remain painfully out of reach. One reality that is not always discussed in the true crime space is that families often know, deep down, who is responsible. They are left to live with that certainty while watching that person remain free. Today I am sharing a case like that. Because even when a case is positioned to never be officially solved, the identities of the victims are not erased. Their lives mattered, and their story still deserves to be told. TIPS: Richmond VA Police at (804) 646-6741 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/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: Source material: https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/barker-glenn-photos.htm https://www.styleweekly.com/no-one-has-anything-to-fear-about-me/ https://charleyproject.org/case/katherine-sybil-worsky https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/richmond-police-department/case/cynthia-heather-johnson-double-homicide/ https://www.styleweekly.com/serial-killer-or-scapegoat/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-mother-child-fou/188466698/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-mother-daughter/188466991/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-cause-of-death-s/188467357/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-johnsons-family/188467704/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-family-mourns-w/188471071/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-both-obituaries/188606349/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-police-identify/188681869/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-police-identify/188689518/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-normal-procedure/188690306/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-ymca-league/188693130/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-nj-parents-upset/188693431/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-fliers-warn-of-p/188693654/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-obit-for-cynthia/188710100/ https://c-ville.com/law-enforcement-worsky-family-react-convicted-killer-glenn-barkers-death/ https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/the-man-we-trusted-b6c8713239b8https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19380087/cynthia_darlene-johnson https://charleyproject.org/case/kelly-bergh-dove Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    49 min
  6. The Day It Was To Finalize: The Unsolved Abduction of Deborah McKneely

    JAN 5

    The Day It Was To Finalize: The Unsolved Abduction of Deborah McKneely

    A fifth grader comes home from school in 1991 expecting to see his mother but instead is greeted by an empty home and a terrifying scene. Everything from the home pointed to foul play for the mother. Other clues made it seem like aspects had been staged to make the scene look like something that it wasn’t. On the day of Deborah’s disappearance, she was supposed to be meeting with her husband to finalize their divorce. And while that may seem like suspicious timing, he has always maintained his innocence and nobody has ever been charged in her case and her body has never been found. In the years after her disappearance, her mother would tell the papers that she would hear the voice of her daughter telling her not to give up. And with her mothers passing, that quest has been passed down to her brothers. Answers in Deborah’s case are long overdue, so that a family and community can heal. TIPS: Rockdale Sheriff’s office at770-918-6700 or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-597-8477 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/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast  Source Material: https://gbi.georgia.gov/cases/missing-persons/deborah-jean-mckneely https://www.truecrimepi.com/part-3-unsolved-the-disappearance-of-deborah-mckneely/ https://www.truecrimepi.com/unsolved-the-disappearance-of-deborah-mckneely/ https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/479dfga.html https://charleyproject.org/case/deborah-jean-mckneely https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-rockdale-woman-missi/188017569/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-kids-sit-and-wa/188018062/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-kids-sit-and-wait/188018984/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-a-year-later-no/188020777/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-reward-notice/188020866/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-family-left-with-pai/188021248/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-family-left-without/188021492/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-3-year-anniversary-1/188084684/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

    30 min
  7. Terror After Sundown: The Murder of Carol Jenkins-Davis

    12/29/2025

    Terror After Sundown: The Murder of Carol Jenkins-Davis

    In September of 1968, a young saleswoman named Carol was traveling through Indiana, selling encyclopedias for a company based in Indianapolis. She was part of a small crew made up of another black woman and two white men. That day, their route brought them to Martinsville, Indiana, a town that was already known among Black travelers as a dangerous place to be. As the term was better adopted over the years, it would be known as a sundown town.  That evening, Carol began facing harassment. As the evening wore on, she tried to seek help, reaching out to locals and even to police. But by the time night was over, Carol would be dead, brutally attacked at one of the town’s main intersections. Two men were sought as suspects in her murder. And through the years many would be questioned as pressure mounted. Eventually one suspect would be captured. The other was never identified. And some wonder if they got it right. Her story is a stark reminder of the very real dangers Black Americans faced while doing ordinary, everyday things during the civil rights era. It is also a sobering reminder that the echoes of those dangers have not disappeared. And even now, decades later, there are people who know exactly what happened to Carol that night. People who still have the opportunity to come forward and give her loved ones the truth they have been denied for far too long. TIPS: 1- 800-453-4756 or contact the FBI at 1-800-225-5324. You can also submit tips online at tips.fbi.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/ Source Material https://www.reporter-times.com/story/news/local/2014/02/25/local-couple-featured-in-sundown-town-show-say-they-were-deceived-about-programs-inte/47562105/ https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2014/02/24/1968-killing-of-black-woman-in-martinsville-featured-in-documentary-airing-monday/47455303/ https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/harlems-victor-hugo-greens-the-green-book/ https://www.pbs.org/video/the-girl-in-the-yellow-scarf-jk9x7a/ https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/martinsville-dedicates-memory-stone-to-remember-victim-of-race-murder/531-27532654-3bbc-4378-8666-6a34abd208ae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Carol_Jenkins https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125584151/carol_marie-jenkins_-_davis https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-carol-jenkins-death/187537057/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-times-brutal-murder-in-martin/187537838/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-times-brutal-in-martinsville/187538310/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-rushville-woman-fa/187538510/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-rushville-book-sel/187538864/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-rushville-woman-kil/187539409/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-2-men-sought-in-sl/187551951/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-2-men-sought-in-sl/187551951/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-citizens-asked-to-hel/187555310/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-terre-haute-tribune-stabbing-shocks/187555597/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-mvs-dad-here/187556070/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-clues-motives-sca/187556228/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-police-seek-aid/187556452/ https://ww w.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-police-without-lea/187556587/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/palladium-item-ive-been-enough-trouble/187557336/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/muncie-evening-press-2-youths-cleared/187594878/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-terre-haute-tribune-seek-stabbing-cl/187633506/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-terre-haute-tribune-seek-stabbing-cl/187646039/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-put-a-lid-on-case/187646575/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-rumors-may-wreck/187647506/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-thought-it-was-saf/187647762/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-times-motive-a-mystery/187647955/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anderson-herald-race-motive-ruled-ou/187653542/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-potentially-valuable-i/187653846/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-letter-to-the-edito/187654069/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-locate-of-another/187655103/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-any-drivers/187655829/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-naacp/187656448/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-editorials/187656709/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-another-editorial/187657383/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-anybody-know-carol/187657515/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-1-year-later/187658231/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-1-year/187659179/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/rushville-republican-1-year/187659179/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-fake-story/187659948/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-mail-2-year-anniversary/187660523/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-times-police-blunder/187661246/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-times-police-failures-1975/187662099/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-woman-implicates-f/187666403/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support.

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  8. Steps From Home: The Unsolved Abduction of Rachel Louise Cooke

    12/21/2025

    Steps From Home: The Unsolved Abduction of Rachel Louise Cooke

    In January of 2002, a college student is home in Texas for winter break, just days away from returning to school. Like she does nearly every morning, the avid runner laces up her shoes, grabs her Walkman, and heads out on her familiar four-mile route through her family’s quiet subdivision. Neighbors see her along the way. Her movements are accounted for. One neighbor even places her less than a football field from her own driveway. And yet, she never makes it home. Her disappearance shatters the sense of safety in the community. In the years since, theories, suspects, and even a confession have emerged, but no trace of her has ever been found and no one has been held accountable. 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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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