Women and Crime Podcast

Heather Rovet

844 views · 1w ago · 39:43

Ep 338: She thought she found the love of her life, but her perfect match turned into a nightmare. This is the Heather Rovet story. Heather Rovett believed she had found her perfect match in Jace Peretti, a charming handyman and software developer who swept her off her feet in Toronto. Their whirlwind romance included a planned trip to Italy and plans for a backyard wedding.

Topics: Meeting Jace Peretti · The Custody Battle Lie · The Business Venture and Rising Tension · Discovering the Double Life · Revealing Jason Porter's Identity · Confrontation and Eviction

Carla Stefaniak

1K views · 1w ago · 35:50

Ep 390: A woman’s stay at a Costa Rica AirBnB ended in her murder. But whether the company holds any responsibility for her death is still in question. This is the Carla Stefaniak story. In November 2018, Carla Stefaniak flew to Costa Rica with her sister-in-law April Burton to celebrate her 29th birthday. Born in Venezuela and raised in South Florida, Carla was warm, adventurous and constantly in touch with her enormous extended family.

Topics: Who was Carla Stefaniak · Her last night in San José · When Carla goes silent · Police retrace her steps · No jury trials in Costa Rica · The lawsuit against Airbnb

Maura Murray

1K views · 2w ago · 42:10

Ep 336: A woman packed a week’s worth of clothing and left without warning. She vanished on the side of a Massachusetts highway and has never been seen again This is the Maura Murray story. On February 9, 2004, twenty-one-year-old nursing student Maura Murray crashed her black Saturn on Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire, and vanished within minutes. This episode explores the enduring mystery surrounding her disappearance in the rural White Mountains region.

Topics: Episode highlight · Maura Murray's early life and education · The crash on Route 112 in Haverhill · Suspicious activity days before disappearance · Family investigation and police response · Theories: voluntary disappearance vs foul play

Tina Watson

609 views · 2w ago · 45:08

Ep 388: On their honeymoon in Australia, newlywed Tina Watson died minutes into her first ocean dive — and almost immediately, questions emerged about how she ended up on the seafloor alone This is the Tina Watson story On their honeymoon in Australia, newlywed Tina Watson died minutes into her first ocean dive, sparking immediate questions about how she ended up on the seafloor alone.

Topics: Episode highlight · Tina's background and heart condition · The relationship and diving pressure · Wedding and honeymoon plans · The dive to the SS Yungala · The incident underwater

Shanquella Robinson

941 views · 3w ago · 39:25

Ep 334: A young woman dies while on vacation with her friends. But dueling international inquests stall the wheels of justice This is the Shanquella Robinson story In October 2022, Shanquella Robinson left Charlotte, North Carolina for a birthday trip to Cabo San Lucas with six travel companions she knew from her Winston-Salem State University days. Barely a day after the group checked into a luxury villa, her mother, Salamondra Robinson, got a frantic phone call.

Topics: Who Shanquella Robinson was · The Cabo 6 · Timeline of her final hours · An anonymous phone call · Video from inside the villa · Two countries, two standards

Jennifer Shah

886 views · 3w ago · 36:49

Ep 332: For years, this woman showcased luxury and success on national television. However, off-camera investigators were building a case that would put her at the center of a major federal investigation. This is the Jennifer Shah story.

Topics: Meet Jennifer Shah · Bravo fame and vague businesses · Inside the telemarketing scheme · An arrest caught on camera · Why New York had jurisdiction · Greed, hubris and criminology theories

The Vanishing of Agatha Christie

1.9K views · 4w ago · 35:59

Ep 330: A silent car at the edge of a quarry... a vanished woman... and a mystery even the Queen of Mysteries never solved This is the Agatha Christie Story On the night of December 3, 1926, the world's most famous mystery writer got into her car and drove into the dark. The next morning her headlights were still glowing beside a chalk quarry, her fur coat and suitcase left behind, and Agatha Christie was gone.

Topics: A lonely childhood in Torquay · A passion for the lethal · Marriage, war and Poirot · The night she vanished · Four competing theories · Miss Marple and Max Mallowan

Christa Pike Update: Botched Execution

1.5K views · 1mo ago · 43:21

Dr Sacks and Dr Shlosberg review the case with covered back in July 2023 (episode 137) and review the new developments, including her botched execution.

Diana Bahador

551 views · 1mo ago · 39:38

Ep 328: When a young woman died after publicly protesting her country’s government, her story took on global resonance This is the Diana Bahador story. In this episode, we examine the tragic story of Diana Bahadur, a 19 year-old Iranian influencer known as Baby Rider, whose death during anti-government protests in January 2026 has sparked global outrage.

Topics: Diana Bahadur story introduction · Listener mail and Responsibility to Protect · Diana Bahadur's life and defiance · The crackdown and conflicting reports · Historical context: Green Movement and Neda · International response and US involvement

Sandra Birchmore

960 views · 1mo ago · 38:19

Ep 326: An expectant mother is found deceased in an apparent suicide but later evidence revealed a more sinister reality In February 2021, 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her apartment in Stoughton, Massachusetts, in what looked like a suicide. But Sandra had been openly excited about her pregnancy and her plans for nursing school, and her family refused to accept the ruling.

Topics: Sandra Birchmore's early years · The nor'easter and a welfare check · Questions about the father · What internal affairs found · Renewed scrutiny and the FBI · Grooming in the Explorers program

Suzanne Eberson Adams

1.2K views · 1mo ago · 39:30

Ep 324: A woman is found murdered by her own son. But when the family blames a chatbot, Criminal Law is helpless to press charges This is the Suzanne Eberson Adams story. In 2025, a tragic murder-suicide in Greenwich, Connecticut, sparked a groundbreaking legal battle that challenges our understanding of artificial intelligence. When Suzanne Adams was killed alongside her son, Stein Erik Solberg, the ensuing wrongful death lawsuit named OpenAI and Microsoft as defendants.

Topics: Episode highlight · Suzanne Adams and Greenwich Connecticut · Stein Erik Solberg Background · The Murder Suicide Discovery · ChatGPT and the Wrongful Death Lawsuit · AI Reinforcing Paranoid Delusions

Ana Walshe

729 views · 1mo ago · 35:15

Ep 322: When a mother disappears on New Years Eve, investigators find her killer very close to home. This is the Ana Walshe story. On New Year's Eve 2022, Ana Walshe hosted friends at her family's home in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Days later, when she failed to appear at her Washington DC office, her colleagues and her husband both filed missing persons reports — and one of the most closely watched missing persons cases in recent memory began.

Topics: Who was Ana Walshe · Brian's art forgery scheme · New Year's Eve disappearance · The search for Ana · Inside the murder trial · Brian Walshe's background

Samantha Josephson

683 views · 1mo ago · 43:45

Ep 320: A woman’s phone showed she ordered an Uber. The app claimed the trip never happened. Somewhere in between those two facts a murder forced an entire industry to change This is the Samantha Josephson story. In March 2019, Samantha Josephson was a senior at the University of South Carolina celebrating a full scholarship to Drexel University law school with her sorority sisters in Columbia's Five Points nightlife district.

Topics: Revisiting Sammy's story · Who Samantha Josephson was · A night out in Five Points · The search begins · A discovery near New Zion · The traffic stop

Valerie Ann Almodóvar

836 views · 1mo ago · 33:49

Ep 316: A young woman’s disappearance from her home in Puerto Rico is a reminder of how urgently violence against women needs to be combated in this US territory This is the Valerie Ann Almodóvar story. Sources for Today's Episode

Lindsay Clancy

1.3K views · 1mo ago · 1:29:51

Ep 380: Both sides agreed Lindsay Clancy killed her children and was mentally ill. But on the issue of criminal responsibility, Twelve jurors could not agree. Sources for Today's Episode Boston Globe trial reporting CBS Boston CT Insider CT Post