36: Let's Kill My Mom: The Murder of Susan Bailey
Send us a text Susan Bailey, age 43, was a single mother of 2 teenagers. Jennifer Bailey, age 17 and David Bailey, age 13. Susan was working 3 jobs non-stop to provide her two children with everything they wanted. But, what they wanted most of all was to kill her. Susan had forbidden her teenage daughter from seeing her toxic boyfriend, Paul Henson Jr., age 16. But, forbidden teenage love will...
47m Jul 23, 2024
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35: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf: The Halloween Murder of Doreen Erbert
Send us a textOn Halloween night in 1984, a pregnant woman named Doreen Erbert heard a knock on her door. It was the Big Bad Wolf. That night one of the most vicious crimes to ever hit San Jose, CA would occur. Who was that masked intruder that tore a loving family apart? This week on Residue I will tell the scariest, most heartbreaking Halloween true story that you’ve ever heard. Never answer ...
32m Jul 16, 2024
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34: The TikTok Killer: Ali Abulaban aka Jinnkid
Send us a text The case of rising TikTok star, Ali Abulaban (aka Jinnkid),explores the dark side of social media fame and the warning signs of intimate partner violence. The case is currently featured in a new Peacock documentary titled "TikTok Star Murders". On this week's episode of Residue, I recap the motives of the crimes portrayed in the documentary. A combination of domestic violence, j...
36m Jul 09, 2024
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33: Murder In A Small Town: Josh Niles & Amber Washburn
Send us a text On October 22, 2018, Joshua Niles and his girlfriend Amber Washburn were gunned down in their driveway in Sodus, NY. Police would soon learn that there was a mastermind behind the tragedy. A web of lies weaved all the way from a small town in Upstate NY to a small town in Dumas, Texas. *TRIGGER WARNINGS: verbal and physical child abuse. Audio played at 18:25. Listener Discreti...
41m Jul 02, 2024
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32: Surviving A Nightmare: The Tracey Thurman Story
Send us a textThe Tracey Thurman case was a landmark legal case in the United States that led to a significant change in the way police departments handle domestic violence calls.In 1983, Tracey Thurman was brutally beaten and stabbed by her estranged husband, Charles "Buck" Thurman, in Torrington, Connecticut. Despite having a restraining order against him. The Thurman case led to a major shif...
37m Jun 25, 2024
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31: The Cheerleader Murder: Kirsten Costas
Send us a textPretty and popular 15-year-old Kirsten Costas had it all. She was the teenage dream at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California in the 1980's. Jealousy and rage from a member of her peer group would cause a horrific crime to take place on the night of June 23, 1984. A community would never be the same. The 1994 TV movie, Death of a Cheerleader, starring Tori Spelling and Kellie...
39m Jun 18, 2024
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30: Lady Starlight: The Murder of Missy Avila
Send us a text A case filled with teenage violence, jealousy, and the darker side of female friendships. Michelle "Missy" Avila was a smart, beautiful, and charming 17-year-old girl with her whole life ahead of her. Increasing jealousy and insecurity within Missy's friend group would cause 3 teenage girls to commit a horrific crime.  *Trigger warnings for mentions of suicide, child abuse, ch...
48m Jun 11, 2024
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29: The Mysterious Disappearance of Heidi Allen: Part 2
Send us a textOn Easter Sunday, April 3, 1994, 18-year-old Heidi Allen was working alone as a cashier at the D&W Convenience Store located in the Oswego County Town of New Haven, New York. About 7:50 a.m., a marked Oswego County Sheriff’s Department patrol unit was flagged down in the area by a citizen who reported that the convenience store was open, with lights and gas pumps on, but no one te...
41m Jun 04, 2024
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28: The Mysterious Disappearance of Heidi Allen: Part 1
Send us a textOn Easter Sunday, April 3, 1994, 18-year-old Heidi Allen was working alone as a cashier at the D&W Convenience Store located in the Oswego County Town of New Haven, New York. About 7:50 a.m., a marked Oswego County Sheriff’s Department patrol unit was flagged down in the area by a citizen who reported that the convenience store was open, with lights and gas pumps on, but no one te...
26m May 28, 2024
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27: Unfriended: Social Media Feuds
Send us a text This week I tell two stories about young women who let their rage get out of control after feuding with their best friend on Facebook.  Listen to this week’s podcast recommendation: The Last Trip https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-last-trip/id1715813037 Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057170/Woman-tried-burn-house-long-time-friend-defriended-Facebook...
24m May 21, 2024
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Introducing Residue: A True Crime Podcast
Send us a text Trailer/Promo for Residue: A True Crime Podcast  *This podcast is independently produced using publicly available information and personal research. I approach each story with care and respect, though I recognize that I may not always have access to every voice or perspective involved. If you’re connected to the story and would like to share your experience, I truly welcome the...
1m May 16, 2024
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26: Stacey Castor
Send us a text Stacey Castor, also known as the "Black Widow" of Central New York, was a serial killer who would stop at nothing to prevent being caught. Even if that meant killing her own flesh and blood. Her story would not only rock an entire community to its core, but it would also divide a family to the point of no repair.  Sources: Mommy Deadliest by Michael Benson  https://www.health...
43m May 14, 2024
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25: Revenge Mother: Marianne Bachmeier
Send us a text On March 6th 1981, Marianne Bachmeier fatally shot the man who murdered her 7-year-old daughter, right in the middle of his trial. The incident is one of the most well-known cases of vigilante justice in West German history. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vcjYHfI4I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Bachmeier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilantism#:~:text...
21m May 07, 2024
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24: Tragedy On Set: Twilight Zone The Movie
Send us a text The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) is a science fiction anthology film directed by Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante, and George Miller. The film is based on the classic TV series "The Twilight Zone" created by Rod Serling. The film's first segment, "Time Out," directed by John Landis, ended in tragedy. The incident led to a high-profile lawsuit and changes in film indu...
20m Apr 30, 2024
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23: Stacey DeGrandchamp
Send us a text Stacey DeGrandchamp was excited for her senior year of high school when a fight at a high school house party took a deadly turn.  When justice is not served, Stacey's cousin steps up and demands an arrest. This is the story of a life lost too soon. A life lost simply because of "mean girl" jealousy.  Sources: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/show/mean-girl-murders-invest...
30m Apr 23, 2024
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22: The Senseless Murder of Nia Wilson
Send us a text Nia Wilson was a young woman who tragically lost her life in a senseless act of violence. On July 22nd, 2018, Nia and her sisters were waiting to board a train at MacArthur Station in Oakland, CA when a random stranger attacked them.  Sources: #textmewhenyougethome Lifetime network S2, EP 6 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/22/nia-wilson-bart-oakland-murder-mother-...
35m Apr 16, 2024
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21: The Tragic Story of Erin Maxwell
Send us a text Erin Maxwell, age 11, was found hanging by a rope in her Palermo, NY home in 2008. The little girl had slipped through every single crack in the system designed to protect our children. Her older stepbrother, Alan Jones, would be arrested for her murder. A case that shocked the community of Central NY. Sources: https://www.syracuse.com/indepth/2009/09/you_can_read_the_documents...
33m Apr 09, 2024
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20: Brianna Ghey: Peace & Mind
Send us a textOn February 11th, 2023,  Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old girl, was murdered in a premeditated attack by Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe. The trial heard her murderers had a "thirst for killing" and a fascination with violence, torture, and murder.https://peaceandminduk.org/Sources: BBC A Plan To Kill: The Murder of Brianna Gheyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Brianna_Ghe...
28m Apr 02, 2024
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19: The Amityville Horror Part 2: The Lutz Family
Send us a textGET OUT! After the Lutz family moves into 112 Ocean Ave, they start to notice strange things are constantly occurring. Demon pigs, green slime, black sludge, hundreds of flies in the dead of winter! The young family was terrorized by paranormal experiences until they were forced to flee their new home after only 28 days. The "true" story that would go on to create a sensational H...
39m Mar 26, 2024
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18: The Amityville Horror Part 1: The DeFeo Family
Send us a textIn the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald (Butch) DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family.  The horrific murders of 6 family members as they slept in their Dutch Colonial home at 112 Ocean Avenue would go on to spark a horror movie franchise that would continue to deliver nightmares for decades. Sources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbCgkSOO388The Amityville Horror by Jay...
33m Mar 19, 2024
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17: The Jenny Jones Show Murder: Scott Amedure
Send us a textThe Jenny Jones Show was taping an episode titled "Revealing Same Sex Secret Crush" on March 6th, 1995. In typical "ambush tv" fashion, Jonathan Schmitz was surprised to learn that his good friend, Scott Amedure, had a crush on him. 3 days after the taping of the show, Scott Amedure would be murdered in his own home. The case would go on to spark a debate about whether or not The ...
29m Mar 12, 2024
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16: Mary Santina Collins: Mary's Voice
Send us a text At the height of the pandemic, Mary Collins, 20, took an Uber to a friend's apartment thinking she was headed to a "movie marathon girl's night."  When Mary never returned home that evening, her family would stop at nothing to find out what really happened to her on the night of March 28, 2020. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTSDt7-X9E https://22qfamilyfoundat...
39m Mar 05, 2024
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15: The Slender Man Stabbing
Send us a text In May of 2014, two pre-teen girls plot to brutally murder their best friend in an attempt to appease the fictional character Slender Man. The girls become convinced that they had to murder Payton (Bella) Leutner in order to save their families.  Sources: Slenderman by Kathleen Hale main source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsB5lLgeH8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEL_H...
37m Feb 27, 2024
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14: A Father's Revenge: The Story of Jody and Gary Plauche
Send us a text 40 years ago, Jody Plauche was kidnapped by his karate teacher, Jeff Doucet. When Doucet was finally apprehended by police, Jody's father would have his revenge. On March 16, 1984, Gary Plauche shot and killed his son's kidnapper in front of a local news crew. As officers took Gary into custody, they asked "Why, Gary, Why?!" He simply responded, "If somebody did that to your kid...
26m Feb 20, 2024
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13: Hybristophilia: I Married A Serial Killer
Send us a text Love is in the air this Valentine's Day! This week Residue explores why some women fall in love with serial killers. Richard Ramirez, Ted Bundy, and The Hillside Stranglers were all married while incarcerated for heinous crimes. What drove these women to commit to these heartless, evil men? Edited by: Chrissy Champagne   Sources: ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia#:~:te...
19m Feb 13, 2024
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12: Louise Ogborn
Send us a text On April 9th, 2004, McDonald's restaurant manager, Donna Summers, answered a phone call that would change the course of numerous lives. A man identifying himself as a police officer informed Donna that her young employee, Louise Ogborn, was suspected of theft. The events that occurred that night in that Kentucky fast food restaurant would shock the country. Edited by Chrissy ...
29m Feb 06, 2024
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11: Justice for Tamla Horsford
Send us a text On November 4th, 2018, Tamla Horsford, age 40, was discovered dead in the backyard of a home where she had been attending a "girl's night" slumber party. Her death could have very well been an accident, but a compromised investigation raised eyebrows. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth_County,_Georgia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXVXmR6j3Kc https://en.wikipe...
28m Jan 30, 2024
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10: Mia Zapata
Send us a textUp and coming Mia Zapata, age 27, was emerging onto the Seattle grunge music scene in the early 1990's with her band The Gits.  Mia was murdered on her way home after leaving a friend's house in the early morning hours of July 7th, 1993. Her murder would remain unsolved for 10 years until DNA testing would finally bring her killer to justice. Edited by Chrissy Champagne*Episode ha...
21m Jan 23, 2024
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9: Chalino Sanchez: The Death Note
Send us a text Mexican singer-songwriter Rosalino Sánchez Félix, known as Chalino Sanchez was shot and killed on May 16, 1992, by unidentified assailants, hours after a performance at the Salon Bugambilias in Culiacán. Edited by Chrissy Champagne Sources: IDOLO - The Ballad of Chalino Sanchez - Podcast  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalino_S%C3%A1nchez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
15m Jan 16, 2024
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8: The Poltergeist Curse
Send us a textThey're Here ....Poltergeist is a beloved horror film that was released in 1982. The film was plagued by tragedy. Decades later we still wonder ... was the cast and crew of the Poltergeist franchise cursed? Edited by Chrissy & Jesse Champagne Sources: The 'Poltergeist' Curse: Inside the Mysterious Cast Deaths and Oddities On SetPoltergeist (1982 film) - Wikipedia.Steven Spielberg ...
28m Jan 09, 2024
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7: The Inspiring Survival Story Of Kelly Herron
Send us a textIn March of 2017, Kelly Herron was attacked in a Seattle public restroom. Kelly was four miles into a 10-mile run when she paused to take a bathroom break. Her worst nightmare was about to come true, but Kelly was prepared. This is the inspiring story of a woman who fought like hell to save her own life. A woman who was ready for this worst case scenario. A woman who took back her...
16m Jan 02, 2024
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6: The Backseat Killers: A 1964 New Year's Eve Triple Murder
Send us a textBill and Beverly Jay were on their way to spend New Year's Eve with their 3 children when they stopped at a roadside rest area to take a break from the long drive. A fateful stop that would forever change the course of their lives. This tragic night in 1964 would live on as the New Year's Eve Nightmare of Jefferson County, NY.  The night The Egans met their match. Sources: The Jef...
24m Dec 26, 2023
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5: The Day Mary Jo Buttafuoco Met Amy Fisher
Send us a textOn a beautiful morning in 1992, Mary Jo Buttafuoco  answered a knock on her door.  Her life would forever be changed. This is the story that shocked a nation.  Amy Fisher, wrongfully dubbed "The Long Island Lolita" by the media, was just a 17 year old girl who was groomed and manipulated by a 36 year old married man named Joey Buttafuoco. In this episode we change the narrative fr...
30m Dec 19, 2023
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4: The Bad Ass Survival Story of Susan Walters
Send us a text In 2006, a man in Portland, Oregon hired a hitman to kill his wife, Susan Kuhnhausen (now goes by Susan Walters). This is a frightening tale of survival that will haunt you for the rest of your life.  Susan Walters will be your new hero by the end of this story. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQXXKPjy1b0  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gztpsgY4jGk  https://www.b...
15m Dec 12, 2023
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3: Grace Brown: Bottom Of The Lake
Send us a text A romance gone tragically wrong in 1906 leaves a lovelorn ghost haunting the Adirondacks in Upstate NY.   Grace Brown Sources/References:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Grace_Brown https://youtu.be/ot8EGQY33Oo?si=boEl8BeH5mrUb_tw https://fpscny.org/womens-history-month-2022-the-tragedy-of-grace-brown/ https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/book_reviews/murder-in-the...
17m Dec 05, 2023
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2: The Inmates: The Tragic Story of Skylar Neese
Send us a text Even Regina George would run away from these two "mean girls".  This is the tragic story of a teenage friendship that went horribly wrong.  It is also the story of two dedicated parents who would never stop fighting for answers and justice.  Sources: https://www.newportacademy.com/resources/empowering-teens/why-are-teenage-girls-so-mean/#top https://murderpedia.org/female.E/e...
30m Nov 28, 2023
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1: The Collector: John Jamelske
Send us a textBetween 1988 and 2003, John Jamelske abducted women and girls as young as 14 and held them captive in his secret bunker.  This is the horrifying story of The Syracuse Dungeon Master. Sources:https://www.oprah.com/own-podcasts/kidnapped-and-held-captivehttps://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20140623_010000_Sex_Bunker/start/2760/end/2822https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/jamelske-...
22m Nov 20, 2023
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