32 episodes
Murder in Illinois iHeart True Crime
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3.0 • 2.5K Ratings
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In 2007, Chris Vaughn was arrested during a funeral for his wife and three children. He would be tried and convicted of their murders. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred that tragic day 20 years ago. Murder in Illinois follows the complicated circumstances that led to Vaughn’s conviction, as well as the forensic evidence his supporters believe proves his innocence- in attempt to answer one question: Who killed the Vaughn family?
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Miami - MIM E1
Phil Stanford leaves political reporting in Washington D.C. to cover crime stories and stumbles directly into the dangerous, cocaine-fueled world of Miami in the early 1980s. In the process he finds himself intertwined with an unsolved murder after a chance encounter at a dive bar with a private detective named Clay Williams.
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Introducing: "Murder in Miami"
In the 1980s crime journalist Phil Stanford dove into the decadent and dangerous world of Miami just as the city was becoming the cocaine- and murder- capital of the United States. His path would place him in the crosshairs of a federal investigation focusing on a mysterious and controversial drug smuggling pilot who claimed to be an operative of the American government- all while flaunting his extensive illicit activity. Murder in Miami traces the connection between the murder of a missing Miami private investigator to the sprawling roots of an international money laundering scheme as Stanford tries to make sense of his role in a surreal story of spies, smugglers, killers and corruption. All reaching to the highest levels on both sides of the law.
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The Tragedy - MII E1
In the quiet pre-dawn hours of June 14th, 2007 the Vaughn family- Christopher, his wife Kimberly and their three children- set out for an impromptu trip to a waterpark. The family would never arrive.
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Before - MII E2
Before Christopher Vaughn was known as a convicted killer, he was a son and a brother in the Vaughn family of Missouri, the eldest of Gail and Pierre Vaughn’s three boys. He would meet his wife- and become a father- while he was still a teenager.
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Family Dynamics - MII E3
As a young couple Kimberly and Christopher struggle with financial insecurity, the pressures of parenting and the growing dysfunction between their two families.
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Devastation - MII E4
Gail receives an unfathomable call as news of the horrific family massacre dominates the media. Chris Vaughn is interrogated, while still in a hospital gown, within hours of the killings.
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Customer Reviews
Interesting story but…
So heavily one sided. It turns into a bashing of Kimberly and her family. It loses credibility as a fair representation of Chris or Kimberly, their marriage. Disappointed.
Frustrating
It kept me intrigued, but also soooo frustrated. There was so much left out. You can’t tell me that no one questioned that he listened to all the evidence and THEN created a story to account for it years later? And she started this based on his eyes in the mugshot? Am I seeing the same photo?
There has been no point in this podcast that I have questioned his innocence.
Bless their hearts
Does this family really believe what they are saying or are they just so desperate that they’ll believe anything?
I have never listened to a podcast that made me say “oh BULLSH*T” over and over again.
He killed his family. Y’all know it. I know it. But, bless their hearts, that family is all the way in denial. And this podcast is a slap right in face to that girl’s family. Shame on you.