Hell and Gone

Hell and Gone

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Hell And Gone is a true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans that follows journalist and private investigator Catherine Townsend as she investigates unsolved deaths.  Now in its fifth season, Hell and Gone is going weekly.  Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend has received hundreds of messages from people all around the country asking for help with an unsolved murder that’s affected them, their families and their communities.  In past seasons of the show, she’s only been able to focus on one case. But now, she’s hosting a...

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brandy Dyson Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brandy Dyson Part 2

On November 5, 2005, a jogger found the body of 32-year-old mother of three Brandy Dyson floating in a lake behind the Lake Charles Civic Center.  Brandy had been struggling with mental health issues and with addition.  For a while she was doing well, and settled into an apartment. But then she lost her apartment after taking refugees in from Hurricane Katrina. She then moved to the Civic Center in Lake Charles with a lot of other evacuees from the storm.  After that, Brandy was caught drinking,

Feb 20, • 33:19

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brandy Dyson

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brandy Dyson

On November 5, 2005 a jogger was out running beside a lake in Lake Charles, Louisiana, behind the Civic Center, when he saw something floating in the water. When he took a closer look, he realized it was the body of a woman.   Police identified the body as 32-year-old Brandy Renee Dyson, a mother of three who had recently been made homeless after Hurricane Katrina and then Hurricane Rita, which devastated the state.  It’s been almost 20 years, there’s been one arrest and  a lot of controversy, b

Feb 13, • 35:38

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cass County Three

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cass County Three

It was July 29, 2022, just another quiet summer night in Atlanta, Texas. The sun had just gone down when 28-year-old Shommaonique Oliver got a panicked phone call. That’s when her nightmare began. Three of her children- her middle daughters, nine-year-old Zi’Ariel Robinson-Oliver, eight-year-old A’Miyah Hughes, and little five-year-old Te’Mari Robinson-Oliver were missing. Law enforcement found them a few hours later. Divers dragged their lifeless little bodies out of a neighboring pond.   Initi

Feb 6, • 39:58

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Nicholas Rudd

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Nicholas Rudd

On July 30, 2020, in Starke County, Indiana, a 911 call came from North County Road 1025 East just before 3:30 a.m.  The caller, a man named Zachary, had worked late that night and had gotten home and climbed into bed when he said that he and fiancé were woken up by someone pounding on their door.  The man was 27-year-old Nicholas Rudd. Nick said that he had been shot, but neither Zachary nor his fiancé had heard gunshots.  What he didn’t know was that Nick had not been shot, he had been attacke

Jan 30, • 33:15

Hell and Gone Murder Line: James Escalante Part 3

Hell and Gone Murder Line: James Escalante Part 3

Six bodies were found in Wonder Valley between December of 2019 and January of 2021. Some of the bodies in the desert, including the disappearance of 37 year old single mother Erika Lloyd, started making local, then national, news. But there were no national news reports about James Escalante. We’re going to dive into the missing persons report and compare accounts from the last people who saw James to see if we can shed more light into what really happened out there in the des

Jan 23, • 32:26

Hell and Gone Murder Line: James Escalante Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: James Escalante Part 2

On June 25, 2020, 56-year-old James Escalante, who also went by Blackhawk, left home on a red mountain bike to help Dee, a friend of his and his girlfriend Sherry’s, whose truck had gotten stuck in the desert. But he never made it back home, and no one reported him missing until September 7th. Heather Escalante and her husband Jon, James’ son, began their own search. After Heather started posting on social media and looking for information, she heard that remains were fou

Jan 16, • 33:32

Hell and Gone Murder Line: James Escalante Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: James Escalante Part 1

On June 25, 2020, a 56-year-old named James Escalante, who had Native American heritage and was also known by his nickname, Blackhawk, left his home in Wonder Valley, California on his mountain bike James lived with a girlfriend, Sherry, and she told law enforcement that he left the home that day to head down the road about 10 minutes from their place to help a friend of theirs named Dee whose car had gotten stuck in sugar sand, which is almost like dry desert quicksand. It’s h

Jan 9, • 23:18

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 4

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 4

On September 29, 2023, just over nine months after William Vick was found dead on his bedroom floor in Clarksville Arkansas, his house caught on fire and burned down under very suspicious circumstances.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 2, • 23:24

Introducing: Someone Knows Something

Introducing: Someone Knows Something

Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges, confessing to her murder, but the case falls apart and Christine's family are left without answers. In Season 9 of the award winning podcast Someone Knows Something, David Ridgen, along with Christine's mother, reopen the investigation and come face to face with the man who said he killed Chrissy. Someone Knows Something is the investigative true cri

Dec 26, 2024 • 35:04

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 3

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 3

On January 23, 2023, just six days after William Vick was found dead on his bedroom floor at 1954 County Road 3259 in Clarksville Arkansas, police did a welfare check on his wife Larenda’s mother, 72-year-old Martha McLean, who lived in a detached house on the property with William and Larenda. They found Martha struggling to breathe with drugs including lorazepam and morphine around her. Martha had overdosed and was close to death, but paramedics administered Narcan, a drug that blocks op

Dec 19, 2024 • 28:35

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 2

On January 17 2023 at 11: 22 PM the Johnson County deputy coroner arrived at 1954 County Road in Clarksville Arkansas and found the body of 53-year-old William Vick. The case of death on William’s autopsy was listed as a combined mixed prescription and illicit drug toxicity. Manner of death: homicide. William’s family was suspicious of his wife, LaRenda, but someone else confessed: LaRenda's mother, Martha McLean. She was in her late seventies, terminally ill with throat cancer

Dec 12, 2024 • 24:14

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: William Vick Part 1

On January 17, 2023, 53-year-old William Vick was recovering at home in Clarksville, Arkansas. William was in good health. He loved making videos for his YouTube channel. But William had gone in for tonsillectomy operation the week before, and had been experiencing some complications. He had texted his daughter, Ashley to say that he believed that something inside him was broken and that he was throwing up a large amount of blood in the sink.  Ashley was worried, and told her dad that this didn'

Dec 5, 2024 • 25:11

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 4

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 4

Last week, we talked about the mystery regarding whether or not Deputy Blake Hassell ever went out to the area in Kingston where on August 5th at 12:34 AM, a 911 caller reported that she heard a woman screaming - that it sounded like she was being raped or tortured.  The dispatch report reads, "A caller advised she believes that she heard a woman in the woods behind her house yelling. Stated she believes at one point the woman screamed for help. Caller advised there is not a physical address but

Nov 28, 2024 • 24:12

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 3

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 3

We’ve been trying to figure out what happened to Taylor Barksdale in the last few weeks of her life that led her to Kingston, Arkansas At 12:34 on August 5, a 911 caller reported that it a woman was screaming on a rural property in Kingston  and that she sounded like she was being raped or tortured.  Just over a month later, on September 9, Taylor’s remains were found in a field near where the 911 call was made.  We have made some headway in finding out what was going on in Taylor Barksdale’s li

Nov 21, 2024 • 28:45

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 2

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office got a 911 call in the early morning hours of August 5, 2024 from caller who heard sounds that she believed could be from a  woman being raped or tortured.  But the police never came. Then a few weeks later, people were expressing concern about Taylor Barksdale, a 30-year-old woman who had been living in Huntsville and who had gone missing. When police finally went to the area of the 911 call to investigate on September 9, they went out to a residence in Kingst

Nov 7, 2024 • 25:48

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Taylor Barksdale Part 1

On September 9, 2024, searchers on a property in Madison County in the area of Kingston, Arkansas, broke open a hay bale and found a body.  Police have shared almost no information about this investigation. And while Sheriff Ronnie Boyd at the Madison County Sheriff’s office has publicly denied this, some people in Madison County think this body was discovered while the police were searching for Jason Lierl.   We did several episodes about that case: 41-year-old Jason Lierl was going through a t

Oct 31, 2024 • 27:11

Introducing: American Homicide

Introducing: American Homicide

American Homicide explores mysterious and iconic murder cases from all across America. Whether it’s the spacious skies and vast deserts of New Mexico or the backwaters of the Louisiana bayou, these murders are connected to their settings. Journalist Sloane Glass leads you through each crime with interviews from the victim's family and investigators. Listen here and subscribe to American Homicide on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info

Oct 26, 2024 • 2:26

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Lee Collins Update

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Lee Collins Update

In this summer we covered the case of Shannon Lee Collins, the 48-year-old veteran who vanished without a trace from his family home in Pottsville Arkansas.  I am thrilled to report that we have a major update in this case: federal fraud charges have been filed against Shannon’s wife Treasa and her daughter, Brittany. And now that the fraud has been uncovered could murder charges come next? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 24, 2024 • 16:47

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 4

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 4

After Doug Janis was murdered in 2020, police were focused on one suspect: his wife, 31-year-old April Mae Janis.  Was April a loving wife who adored Doug or a master manipulator who orchestrated his murder? In Hemphill, Texas, it depends on who you ask. Half the town thinks that April was this vixen who has murdered multiple people, while the other half see her as a victim of sexual abuse.  This week, we finally got in touch with April Janis. And we learned about an alternative suspect...someon

Oct 17, 2024 • 31:51

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 3

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 3

We’re in Sabine County, Texas, investigating the area where Doug Janis was murdered. We’ve talked a lot about April and Doug’s relationship - one that went on for years - but what I wonder is, if April did kill Doug, why did she choose that moment? What was her motive?  I think that solving Doug Janis murder starts with figuring out what really happened to April’s mother, Anna, on the night she was fatally shot, September 3, 2004. That's the same night when Anna told her friend Yvonne that she f

Oct 10, 2024 • 41:43

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 2

Catherine and Amy head to Sabine County, Texas, where on December 13, 2020, there was a massive explosion on Toledo Bend lake. The houseboat belonging to 64-year-old Doug Janis, a well known commercial catfisherman, went up in flames. Doug Janis was found dead inside the boat. At first, police assumed that it had been a propane leak, but then the medical examiner found the two bullets in the back of Doug’s head.  Doug Janis had been murdered. And his much younger wife, 30-year-old April Mae Jani

Oct 3, 2024 • 40:56

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Doug Janis Part 1

On December 13, 2020, in Hemphill, Texas, police in Sabine County got a call about a houseboat on fire.  The houseboat was docked behind 322 Echo Ridge, off of Cedar Grove Road on Highway 21 in the Pendleton area of Toledo Bend. And the scene very quickly descended into total chaos.  The firefighters had trouble getting out to the remote location, and by the time they got there the boat was engulfed in flames. Firefighters and paramedics rushed to the boat but it was too late. By the time they g

Sep 26, 2024 • 27:18

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 4

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 4

Hello Hell and Gone listeners! We'll be back on September 26th with brand new episodes of Hell and Gone Murder Line.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 19, 2024 • 40:20

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 3

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 3

Hello Hell and Gone listeners! We'll be back on September 26th with brand new episodes of Hell and Gone Murder Line.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 12, 2024 • 40:30

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 2

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 2

Hello Hell and Gone listeners! We'll be back on September 26th with brand new episodes of Hell and Gone Murder Line.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 5, 2024 • 41:08

Hell and Gone Murder Line Season 2 Trailer

Hell and Gone Murder Line Season 2 Trailer

New episodes of Hell and Gone Murder Line start September 26th! In the meantime, if you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend and her team to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 30, 2024 • 1:58

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 1

RERUN Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 1

Hello Hell and Gone listeners! We'll be back on September 26th with brand new episodes of Hell and Gone Murder Line.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 29, 2024 • 50:49

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Barbara Bryan

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Barbara Bryan

On Friday, December 12, 1980 at approximately 6: 45 in the morning, the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department got a call about a female body lying on the side of Highway 181, just south of Highway 158.  The woman was dressed in a striped red colored dress and velveteen jacket and was five foot five. She weighed around 115 pounds.  It wasn’t hard to figure out the cause of death - Barbara had massive holes blown into her body by a shotgun. The shots were so violent that pieces of her hair and s

Aug 22, 2024 • 29:18

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Dana Stidham Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Dana Stidham Part 2

On Tuesday July 25 1989, 18 year old Dana Stidham went home to do some laundry. She drove from her home in Centerton to where her parents Lawrence and Georgia lived in Hiwasse, Arkansas.  After she put her clothes in the wash cycle, she headed out to run an errand for her dad. His stomach was upset and he needed some medicine.  She left the Phillips food store - which is now a Harp’s grocery - in Bella Vista at 3:17 pm.  We know this because the receipt was later found in her car, and the cashie

Aug 15, 2024 • 28:47

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Dana Stidham Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Dana Stidham Part 1

On July 25, 1989, 18-year-old Dana Stidham had just graduated from high school in Gravette, Arkansas and had her whole life in front of her. Dana had moved out on her own for the first time to Centerton where she was living with her older brother Larry and a cousin. She was starting her life and excited about the future, but on that day, she had to do some laundry and like a lot of kids that age, she was going to do her laundry at home. And she was a little homesick; she wanted to spend some tim

Aug 8, 2024 • 38:05

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Amanda Tusing

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Amanda Tusing

On June 14, 2000, there was a huge storm brewing in northeast Arkansas. It had been raining heavily all day and according to local weather data, tornados had hit. Over 100 trees were downed, power lines were down and homes were destroyed.  Twenty year old Amanda Tusing was hanging out with her fiancé, Matt Ervin, at his apartment in Jonesboro. Amanda lived 40 miles away in Dell, Arkansas, which is in Mississippi County, with her father Ed, her mother Susan and her twin brother, Andy. She also ha

Aug 1, 2024 • 32:03

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Lee Collins Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Lee Collins Part 2

On March 11, 2021, Shannon Lee Collins, a 48-year-old veteran, came back from a work trip to his home in Pottsville, Arkansas. Then, he seemed to vanish into thin air.  Catherine continues her investigation from last week, focusing on two things: one, what angles are the police investigating, and are they making any progress in finding out what really happened to Shannon? And two, what do you do if you suspect foul play but there is no body or sign of a struggle?  And what will happen to the fam

Jul 25, 2024 • 31:24

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Lee Collins Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Lee Collins Part 1

On March 11, 2021, Shannon Lee Collins, a 48-year-old veteran, came back from a work trip to his home in Pottsville, Arkansas. He was working a part time job delivering packages, which sometimes took him on the road out of state. He had been married to his wife Treasa for more than 20 years, and they raised their family together. They had their son Josh, who was in his early twenties, and Shannon’s step daughter Brittany, who was in her early thirties. But Shannon had raised Brittany since she w

Jul 18, 2024 • 31:28

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Thomas Hayden

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Thomas Hayden

On January 18 2012, a contractor was walking along a road In Dover Township Pennsylvania, called Schoolhouse road in York County when he noticed a plastic bag there.   It was heavy and had a weird kind of liquidy consistency.  At first he said he thought it might be a dead animal but then he saw the blood and what looked like long, gray human hair and skin he called the police…he realized what he was looking at was a human scalp. The lab confirmed that this was human but they ran the DNA and cou

Jul 11, 2024 • 34:10

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jay Slater

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jay Slater

On Sunday June 17, 2024, Jay Slater, a 19 year old bricklayer’s apprentice who lived in Lancashire, England was on his first ever foreign holiday - and he seemed to be having a blast.   He had gone to the island of Tenerife in Spain with a female friend named Lucy and a guy named Brad. That night he and Lucy went out to a music festival called New Rave Generation. It was held at Papagayo Beach Club, along a strip called Veronica’s Strip that has a ton of nightclubs and neon signs. It was there h

Jul 4, 2024 • 40:28

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Victor Collins

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Victor Collins

On the night of Saturday, November 21, 2015, Victor Collins, a 47-year-old former police officer who worked in loss prevention at Walmart, was hanging  out with some friends, Owen McDonald and Sean Henry, who all also worked at Walmart, and 31-year-old James Bates. The four friends went back to James' house in Bentonville, Arkansas to watch a Razorbacks football game. According to court documents, these four guys were drinking. At some point, the guys went out to the back patio to have some beer

Jun 20, 2024 • 29:11

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Karyn Kupcinet

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Karyn Kupcinet

On November 30, 1963, just eight days after president John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas - across the country in  Los Angeles, friends of a 23-year-old actress named Karyn Kupcinet were getting concerned. She was supposed to get to their house to eat at 6:30 PM but arrived an hour late at 730 PM. When she did arrive, she was acting strangely. She barely touched her food and was acting like she was under the influence. At 8:30 PM that night, they sent her home in a taxi. A few days

Jun 13, 2024 • 34:12

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Tyler Smith Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Tyler Smith Part 2

On September 14, 2018, in Galesburg, Illinois, a 23-year-old graduate of Western Illinois University named Tyler Smith headed out to party with some friends. The next day, he was due to report for drills. But he never showed up. And twelve hours later, his body was found in the Cedar Fork Creek area, just two blocks from where he was last seen the night before. Since then, Tyler's family has been trying to find out what happened to him: did he fall, did he drown, or was he murdered? And after li

May 16, 2024 • 39:26

Introducing: The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister

Introducing: The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister

In Season 1, The Girlfriends told the story of how a group of incredible women came together to bring down one bad ex-boyfriend and seek justice for the murder of Gail Katz. But there’s one part of that story that’s still a mystery. During the investigation into Gail’s case, a torso washed up on Staten Island and was misidentified as Gail. Nobody knows her name or what happened to her after she was ruled out from the case. In Season 2, the amateur ladies detective club are back with a new missio

May 11, 2024 • 1:32

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Tyler Smith Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Tyler Smith Part 1

On September 14, 2018, in Galesburg, Illinois, a 23-year-old graduate of Western Illinois University named Tyler Smith headed out to party with some friends.  Tyler had dreams of becoming a police officer. He was super athletic, played football in high school, and after graduating from Western Illinois University, he applied to and was accepted into the police academy in San Jose, California. Tyler hoped to eventually possibly become a DEA agent or working with a K9 unit. He was starting his lif

May 9, 2024 • 41:54

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Pauline Storment

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Pauline Storment

It was April 12, 1971, a 27-year-old woman named Pauline Storment was walking down South Duncan Avenue in Fayetteville, Arkansas, just a few blocks from her apartment. She didn't know someone was following her in the darkness.  And then, while she was walking and just a few blocks from her apartment, her attacker came out of the darkness and attacked her, stabbing her eight times in a frenzied attack that lasted several minutes.  It was a hot night so at 9:45 pm when Pauline started screaming a

May 2, 2024 • 36:54

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Heidi Planck

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Heidi Planck

On Sunday October 17, 2021 in Los Angeles, a 39-year-old mother of one named Heidi Planck went to watch her 11-year-old son Bond play football. When Heidi left the game, she said that she would call her son later, but even though she ALWAYS talked to him every day she never called him. In fact  Bond never talked to his mother again. Because that day, Heidi Planck vanished.  If you have a case you’d like the Hell and Gone team to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line

Apr 25, 2024 • 32:21

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Interview with Crime Scene Expert

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Interview with Crime Scene Expert

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been covering two cases in Arkansas: the murder of Gail Vaught, whose body was found on March 17, 1980, and Dennis Flowers. Police believe that Dennis was responsible for the execution style murders of Lee Dickson, a pharmacist who had become addicted to cocaine and started dealing it with Dennis, and Lee’s wife Karen Dickson who was eight months pregnant. A few days after the brutal double homicide, Dennis’ body was found under extremely mysterious circumstances,

Apr 18, 2024 • 34:48

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Lee Dickson, Karen Dickson, and Dennis Flowers

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Lee Dickson, Karen Dickson, and Dennis Flowers

On the morning of March 22, 1984, at around 6:30 am, police came to the one-story nondescript home in Fayetteville, Arkansas that belonged to a quiet unassuming 33-year-old pharmacist named Lee Dickson and his wife Karen.  When police came to the Dickson home, they knocked, but Lee and Karen didn’t answer. Finally, their young son came to the door. He told the police that his mother was sleeping and that daddy went out.  Police entered the home looking for his parents, and it didn’t take long to

Apr 11, 2024 • 47:26

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Gail Vaught Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Gail Vaught Part 2

Catherine Townsend continues her investigation into the death of Gail Vaught.  On the morning of Friday, October 17, 1980, a man was on his way to work, driving his truck down Highway 16 that runs between Siloam Springs, Arkansas near the Oklahoma border through the Ozark National Forest near Searcy when he saw something out of the corner of his eye down a small dirt road. It looked like a person lying in the road. The driver doubled back and saw to his horror that it was the body of a young wom

Apr 4, 2024 • 28:22

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Gail Vaught Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Gail Vaught Part 1

On the morning of Friday, October 17, 1980, a man was on his way to work, driving his truck down Highway 16 that runs between Siloam Springs, Arkansas near the Oklahoma border through the Ozark National Forest near Searcy when he saw something out of the corner of his eye down a small dirt road. It looked like a person lying in the road. The driver doubled back and saw to his horror that it was the body of a young woman, lying rolled over on her right side with her head and shoulders face down.

Mar 28, 2024 • 46:23

Hell and Gone Murder Line: John Forsyth

Hell and Gone Murder Line: John Forsyth

On May 21, 2023, Dr. John Forsyth, a 49-year-old ER doctor, was due to work the evening shift at Mercy Hospital in Cassville, Missouri. He had already worked the overnight shift the day before and finished up at 7 am. After that he went to crash for a few hours before starting his next shift that night.  This was a normal day for John. He had a habit of pulling long shifts and working between 80 and 100 hours per week. But John never showed up for work that night, and it wasn’t long before his f

Mar 21, 2024 • 37:14

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Justin Gaines

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Justin Gaines

It was Thursday night, November 1, 2007, and 18-year-old Justin Gaines was getting ready for a night out with his friends at Wild Bill’s, a club in Duluth, Georgia.   Justin was a freshman in college. He had just started at Gainesville State college, which was about an hour away from where his family was. Justin was 5 '11, 210 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair in a buzz cut. He was a handsome, clean cut, preppy guy.  Justin didn’t take a wallet out with him that night, so he had no credit ca

Mar 14, 2024 • 42:19

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cassie Compton

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cassie Compton

On the evening of Sunday, September 14, 2014, 15-year-old Cassie Kay Compton went out for a pack of cigarettes down the road from her small white house in Stuttgart, Arkansas...and never came back. At least that’s the official story.  We know a few things for sure: Cassie had been spending the weekend with a friend of hers named Hunter, and Cassie slept over there on Saturday night.   Hunter’s mother has said that this was not out of the ordinary. In fact, Cassie spent a lot of time at her house

Mar 7, 2024 • 36:35

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Audrii Cunningham

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Audrii Cunningham

On February 15, 2024, 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, a fifth grade student at Creekside Elementary in Livingstone, Texas, never made it to the bus stop.  And when she didn’t come home after school, her family knew that something was very wrong. Audrii lived with her dad, and on that property, there was someone else living there: a 42-year-old friend of the family’s who lived in a camper. And even though he had a very disturbing criminal record, this man was allowed to babysit for Audrii.  Once A

Feb 29, 2024 • 32:06

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Ieshia Jackson Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Ieshia Jackson Part 2

This episode continues the investigation into the disappearance of Ieshia Jackson.  It was Halloween night 2020, and 22-year-old Ieshia was getting ready to go to a party. She lived in El Dorado, Arkansas just a short distance away from her mother, her younger brother, and the rest of her family, but because she had had a couple of break-ins at her new home, she was staying at her uncle’s. Ieshia and her mother were very close and normally spoke a few times per day. So by November 2, 2020 when L

Feb 22, 2024 • 39:39

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Ieshia Jackson Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Ieshia Jackson Part 1

It was Halloween night 2020, and 22-year-old Ieshia Jackson was getting ready to go to a party. She lived in El Dorado, Arkansas just a short distance away from her mother, her younger brother, and the rest of her family, but because she had had a couple of break-ins at her new home, she was staying at her uncle’s. Ieshia and her mother were very close and normally spoke a few times per day. So by November 2, 2020 when Laquita had not heard from her daughter, she was getting worried. Laquita, he

Feb 15, 2024 • 37:24

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jason Lierl Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jason Lierl Part 2

Catherine continues her investigation into the disappearance of Jason Lierl. In January of 2022, Jason Lierl was visiting friends in Madison County Arkansas when he disappeared off the face of the earth.  Jason was last seen in Madison County, Arkansas. His abandoned car was found in the parking lot of a mall in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  His car keys, motorcycle and other belongings were found in different places, spread across Arkansas and Missouri  - but to this day, no trace of Jason has ever

Feb 8, 2024 • 43:01

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jason Lierl Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jason Lierl Part 1

In January of 2022, Jason Lierl was visiting friends in Madison County Arkansas when he disappeared off the face of the earth.  Jason was last seen in Madison County, Arkansas. His abandoned car was found in the parking lot of a mall in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  His car keys, motorcycle and other belongings were found in different places, spread across Arkansas and Missouri  - but to this day, no trace of Jason has ever been found. What happened to Jason Lierl? If you have a case you’d like Cathe

Feb 1, 2024 • 40:39

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Billie Jean Phillips Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Billie Jean Phillips Part 2

Sometime between the evening of September 2 in the early morning hours of September 3, 1994, 35-year-old Billie Jean Phillips was brutally beaten to death at her home in Alabam, Arkansas. The case soon became the biggest story in Madison County, and there was a long list of potential suspects.  But in 2002, there was an arrest in the Billie Jean Phillips murder case. One that would shock the community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 25, 2024 • 32:07

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Billie Jean Phillips Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Billie Jean Phillips Part 1

On Saturday September 3, 1994, a federal poultry inspector named Chic Philips was taking his seven-year-old son MacKenzie back to the home of his mother and Chic’s ex-wife, 35-year-old Billie Jean Philips.  When they arrived, Billie Jean’s son ran inside the house and walked back to the bedroom he saw his mom lying on the floor a few feet from the bed with her head kind of propped up against a wall. She wasn’t moving. So the little boy ran outside to the car and told his dad, “Mommy fell paintin

Jan 18, 2024 • 36:19

Introducing: Blindspot Season 3

Introducing: Blindspot Season 3

In this season of Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows, we travel back to a pivotal moment in the history of this country, and we trace how, decades before Covid-19, a virus tore through some of our most vulnerable communities while the wider world looked away. We go to a pediatric ward in Harlem, a women’s prison in upstate New York, a drug market in the South Bronx, and the inner sanctum of the National Institutes of Health. And we meet people who demanded that they, and their illness, be seen

Jan 16, 2024 • 1:00

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Mina and David Swan

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Mina and David Swan

Elderly couple David and Mina Swan lived in a quiet neighborhood in Clearwater, Florida. But on Saturday September 29, 2018, a neighbor of theirs was concerned when their newspapers started piling up outside. The neighbor called Mina’s daughter, and the pair of them went inside the house. What they found was horrific. David and Mina were at the kitchen table slumped over in pools of blood. The police have admitted that they are stumped, and over three years later the case is still unsolved. Who

Jan 11, 2024 • 40:27

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 4

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 4

In Arkansas, some people think that a slew of child deaths in the early 1990s are related. Those children are Christina Pipkin, who went missing in May of 1991, Steve Branch, Michael Moore, Christopher Byers, the three eight-year-old boys who were murdered in West Memphis in 1993, and also includes 16-year-old Gardenia Cross Jones and 13-year-old Geneva Smith, whose bodies were both found near Wynne, Arkansas just a few miles from Hickory Ridge shortly after they went missing. After Catherine’s

Jan 4, 2024 • 40:20

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Natalie Bollinger

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Natalie Bollinger

On December 28 2017, 19-year-old Natalie Bollinger was at home in her apartment in Broomfield, Colorado. But when her boyfriend Joey got home from work that afternoon, Natalie was gone. So was his 9mm Glock. Joey tried to call Natalie but noticed that her cellphone was still at home. So he called the police and reported Natalie missing.     The next day, December 29, police got a tip that a body had been found on land belonging to the McIntosh Dairy farm in a wooded area north of Denver, Colorad

Dec 21, 2023 • 35:46

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 3

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 3

In May 1991, nine-year-old Christina Pipkin headed out to sell jewelry for her school fundraiser. But she never made it back home. Her body was found in a ditch several days later. Who, or what, killed Christina Pipkin? Catherine Townsend tracks down other witnesses who saw Christina the night she disappeared and identifies inconsistencies in the case file.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.co

Dec 14, 2023 • 40:30

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 2

In May 1991, nine-year-old Christina Pipkin headed out to sell jewelry for her school fundraiser. But she never made it back home. Her body was found in a ditch several days later. Who, or what, killed Christina Pipkin? Catherine Townsend continues her investigation in Arkansas.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 7, 2023 • 41:08

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Christina Pipkin Part 1

In May 1991, nine-year-old Christina Pipkin headed out to sell costume jewelry for her school fundraiser. Her father gave her strict instructions: Stay on your side of the railroad tracks, and be home by dark. But Christina didn’t make it back home before dark. And she never made it home alive. Her body was found in a ditch several days later. Who, or what, killed Christina Pipkin? And could her death be connected to other dead children found in East Arkansas?   If you have a case you’d like Cat

Nov 30, 2023 • 50:49

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Thanksgiving Break

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Thanksgiving Break

Hello, Hell and Gone listeners! Catherine is headed back to Arkansas this week to investigate a slew of child deaths that have never been solved. We'll be back next week with a full episode of Hell and Gone Murder Line.  If you have a case you’d like Catherine to look into, you can reach out to us at our Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 23, 2023 • 1:38

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shirley Reine

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shirley Reine

It was May 10, 2005 when police in the tiny town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, a sleepy picturesque little town on Cape Cod, got a horrifying phone call. Fifty-one-year-old Shirley Reine had been found, slumped on the garage floor, hanging out of her Nissan Maxima in a pool of blood.  Police rushed to the scene and later said that she had been shot twice, once in the chest, and then when she fell out of the car, police believed that the killer shot her a second time in the head. There was no sign

Nov 16, 2023 • 44:45

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Robert Wayne Cox

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Robert Wayne Cox

In winter of 2011, something was very wrong with 57-year-old Robert Wayne Cox.  Robert had always been healthy and athletic, and according to his sister Lydia Cox, he was basically a happy homebody on his property in Havana, Arkansas. He had a son, lived near his father and sister, and had been happily married for over 20 years.  But then suddenly, he started to decline physically. By November, he could not really walk, he just shuffled with his chin dropped down to his chest. He was nonverbal.

Nov 9, 2023 • 47:11

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cass County Three

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Cass County Three

It was July 29, 2022, just another quiet summer night in Atlanta, Texas. The sun had just gone down when 28-year-old Shommaonique Oliver got a panicked phone call. That’s when her nightmare began. Three of her children- her middle daughters, nine-year-old Zi’Ariel Robinson-Oliver, eight-year-old A’Miyah Hughes, and little five-year-old Te’Mari Robinson-Oliver were missing. Law enforcement found them a few hours later. Divers dragged their lifeless little bodies out of a neighboring pond.   Initi

Nov 2, 2023 • 39:58

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brooke Allensworth

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Brooke Allensworth

On July 12, 2017, somewhere in the tiny town of Oil Trough, Arkansas, a 37-year-old mother of three named Brooke Allensworth vanished.   Two weeks later, the police found Brooke’s car. The car was near a boat ramp and looked like it had been abandoned there for days or possibly weeks.  The tire was flat, the doors were locked, and the keys were missing. And so was Brooke. Her family, including her three children and a father and half sister, never saw her alive again and are still searching for

Oct 26, 2023 • 38:39

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Hercutt

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Shannon Hercutt

On August 3, 2009, police found Shannon Hercutt dead inside her car, which had plunged off a cliff just off of Walker Trail in Sevier County, Tennessee. At first, the Tennessee highway patrol said Shannon had died in a car accident. But a few days later, Shannon Hercutt’s manner of death was changed to homicide. Who killed Shanoon Hercutt?  If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out to the Hell and Gone Murder Line at 678-744-6145.See omnystudio.com/listener

Oct 19, 2023 • 30:31

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jarrod Green Part 2

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jarrod Green Part 2

Just weeks after Jarrod Green was missing, police find out that the people he allegedly owed money to, Brandon Wheeler and Robert Webb, had left town and that their rental house had caught on fire. The woman who cleaned that house presents some revealing information. And a lawsuit is filed against Brandon Wheeler with disastrous consequences.  Wheeler v. City of Searcy lawsuit: https://casetext.com/case/wheeler-v-city-of-searcy If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you c

Oct 12, 2023 • 28:59

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jarrod Green Part 1

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Jarrod Green Part 1

Shannon Green remembers her baby brother Jarrod as the kid who was always laughing and smiling with a mischievous sense of humor. She said Jarrod was a little bit naive, someone who always trusted others and would do anything for a friend.  In 1993, Jarrod graduated from Searcy High School in Arkansas. Eventually, he moved out of his parents house, started junior college and got a job at the Walmart distribution center. But then, in 1994, the problems started. Jarrod started getting involved in

Oct 5, 2023 • 37:41

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Clea Hall

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Clea Hall

Clea Hall disappeared in 1994 when she was just 18 years old. The night she disappeared, she was only a few blocks away from home at her after-school job. What happened to Clea in those few short blocks between work and home? Did she get into a car with a stranger? Did someone unknown to her family pick her up? Or could something have happened at her job - something that meant that she never left that house alive?  If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can reach out

Sep 28, 2023 • 42:45

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Rebekah Gould Update

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Rebekah Gould Update

The Hell and Gone team has launched a new series, Hell and Gone Murder Line…but investigator Catherine Townsend can’t start something new without returning to the case that started it all, the case that changed her life forever. The murder of Rebekah Gould.  The case file was finally released in full a few months back, and Catherine spent countless hours reviewing it. In this episode, she goes through the parts of the file that stood out to her and raised more questions.  If you have a case you’

Sep 21, 2023 • 49:00

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Melissa Witt

Hell and Gone Murder Line: Melissa Witt

Thursday December 1, 1994 started out as just a normal day for Melissa Witt. She was a 19-year-old college student, who lived at home with her mom, Mary Ann, on a quiet street in a quiet neighborhood in Fort Smith, Arkansas.  That night, Melissa went to meet her mom at a bowling alley...but she never made it inside. Instead, Melissa disappeared. And Mary Ann never saw her daughter alive again. If you have a case you’d like Catherine Townsend to look into, you can call the Hell and Gone Murder Li

Sep 21, 2023 • 42:12

Hell and Gone Murder Line Trailer

Hell and Gone Murder Line Trailer

Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend knows that there is no such thing as a small town where murder never happens. She's received hundreds of messages from people, all around the country, asking for help with an unsolved murder that’s affected them, their families and their communities.  In past seasons of the show, she’s only been able to focus on one case. But now, she’s hosting a new weekly show on the Hell and Gone feed called Hell and

Sep 14, 2023 • 2:14

Introducing American Filth

Introducing American Filth

Hi, Hell and Gone fans! The podcast American Filth, uncovers the stories you didn’t read in the history books because they were too dirty, scandalous, trashy, or just plain filthy. About American Filth: Dives into the filthier side of American history, uncovering people whom society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’

Sep 8, 2023 • 1:06

Introducing: The Murder Years

Introducing: The Murder Years

A woman reinvestigates the murders that defined her high school years in the 1980s, murders that appear to be happening all over again with a new round of unexplainable, bizarre, and violent deaths. Is it just a stroke of bad luck for this charming small town, or is it a dark curse that refuses to be buried? Inspired by a true story where the coming-of-age drama of John Hughes movies meets the nostalgia-laced chills of Stranger Things. This is THE MURDER YEARS.   Listen here and subscribe to The

Sep 2, 2023 • 1:06

Introducing: Queen Havoc and Her Murder Cult

Introducing: Queen Havoc and Her Murder Cult

Hi, Hell and Gone fans! Dive into how South African cult leader Cecilia Steyn leads her followers to kill 11 innocent people over the course of four years. Join host and filmmaker Kurt Kubicek as he travels to Krugersdorp, SA - a small mining town rocked by these brutal serial murders. Listen to Queen Havoc and Her Murder Cult now on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts! About Queen Havoc and Her Murder Cult: Serial Cult murders in South Africa bring on a deep, winding, decade-l

May 31, 2023 • 2:26

Introducing: Death Island

Introducing: Death Island

Hi, Hell and Gone fans! Listen to Death Island hosted by Conor Powell! The seemingly idyllic paradise of Koh Tao, Thailand, once known as Turtle Island, has turned from beauty to horror as a string of brutal murders and unexplained disappearances have rocked the community.  Don't just take our word for it, check out the trailer to decide for yourself!   About Death Island: White sand beaches, untouched jungles, cloudless skies. People come to Thailand to get away from it all. But the seemingly i

Apr 4, 2023 • 1:23

Introducing: Paper Ghosts

Introducing: Paper Ghosts

Hey Hell and Gone listeners! The newest season of another true crime pod, Paper Ghosts, is live. Go check out the beginning of Season 3!”   About Paper Ghosts: When a young college student’s car was found stranded on the side of a busy midwest highway in 1992, police figured it was a runaway case. Nine days later, she was found brutally murdered, nearly 500 miles away. In season 3 of PAPER GHOSTS, investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling true crime author M. William Phelps digs de

Feb 1, 2023 • 2:21

Introducing Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children

Introducing Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children

Hi, Hell and Gone fans! The podcast, Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, follows the stories behind the little-known history of the Industrial School for Negro Children at Mt. Meig’s, a horrific penal institution for children who were accused of infractions as minor as truancy. About Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children: In 1968, five Black girls ran away from a reform school in Mount Meigs, Alabama and revealed that it

Jan 21, 2023 • 2:10

S1 UPDATE: Waiting for the Case File

S1 UPDATE: Waiting for the Case File

Larry Gould was supposed to meet with the prosecutor, but that meeting got postponed...indefinitely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 21, 2022 • 9:20

S1 UPDATE: Contaminated

S1 UPDATE: Contaminated

Catherine learns new information about the Arkansas State Police's investigation and explores the concept of contamination in confessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 14, 2022 • 31:41

S1 UPDATE: Victim Statement

S1 UPDATE: Victim Statement

Catherine talks with Rebekah’s father Larry Gould about his victim statement and meeting Rebekah’s killer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 7, 2022 • 31:21

Introducing True Crime Reality

Introducing True Crime Reality

Hi, Hell and Gone fans! True Crime and all it’s darkest secrets, are about to get a taste of reality. Each week on the ‘True Crime - Reality’ Caelynn Miller-Keyes (from The Bachelor) will be joined by a reality star as they dive deep into the details of a crime they have a direct connection to. The who, the what, the why and the what ‘were they thinking?!’ Listen here and subscribe to True Crime Reality on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for priv

Dec 3, 2022 • 0:59

S1 UPDATE: Confession, But Questions Remain

S1 UPDATE: Confession, But Questions Remain

A man has finally been convicted for the murder of Rebekah Gould. But his confession leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Catherine Townsend attends a pre-trial hearing, seeing photos of the crime scene and Rebekah’s autopsy for the first time, and talks to investigator Jennifer Bucholtz.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 30, 2022 • 39:34

Introducing: The Piketon Massacre Season 4

Introducing: The Piketon Massacre Season 4

Hi, Hell and Gone fans! Listen to The Piketon Massacre hosted by Courtney Armstrong! The number-one podcast is back. More than 6 years after Ohio’s largest criminal investigation was launched, the first trial begins, starting with accused murderer George Wagner IV. With never before heard witness testimony and access inside the courtroom, the KT Studios team is tracking the case in real time. Is it the story we think we know or is there a new theory altogether? Don't just take our word for it, c

Oct 26, 2022 • 1:13

Introducing: Le Monstre from TenderfootTV

Introducing: Le Monstre from TenderfootTV

Hi, Hell and Gone fans! We're happy to introduce you to Le Monstre, the newest TenderfootTV true crime series you won't want to miss. However, you don't have to just take our word for it. Check out this trailer to decide for yourself! About Le Monstre: In the 80s and 90s, a serial killer, pedophile, and kidnapper, Marc Dutroux, terrorized the country of Belgium. His unspeakable crimes and the incompetence or unwillingness of law enforcement agencies to stop him brought the entire country of Belg

Aug 23, 2022 • 2:01

Coming Forward

Coming Forward

In the last episode of season 4, Catherine learns a theory about how Ebby's body was discovered and confirms details about Ebby's call with Trevor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 11, 2022 • 22:59

The Phones

The Phones

Catherine looks into an incident involving Guy Hooper and talks to Ebby's friend who switched phones with her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 4, 2022 • 23:43

Burns Park

Burns Park

Catherine talks to a toxicology expert and identifies another person Ebby was in contact with in the days, and maybe even hours, leading up to her disappearance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 27, 2022 • 25:45

Incident Report

Incident Report

Catherine tries to figure out why there are inconsistencies in the security guard's stories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 20, 2022 • 29:11

Pattern of Life

Pattern of Life

Catherine talks to one of Ebby's close friends and gets some shocking information from the LRPD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 13, 2022 • 25:16

Down the Drain

Down the Drain

Catherine and Mike go down the drain where Ebby was found and track down one of the guys from the party. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 6, 2022 • 25:42

Chalamont Park

Chalamont Park

Ebby's family searches for her everywhere. Catherine talks with private investigator Monty Vickers and former LRPD detective Tommy Hudson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 30, 2022 • 39:39

The Little Rock Girl

The Little Rock Girl

Catherine Townsend heads to Little Rock, Arkansas to investigate the death of 18-year-old Ebby Steppach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 23, 2022 • 28:47

Hell and Gone Season 4 Trailer

Hell and Gone Season 4 Trailer

On October 30, 2015, the Little Rock Police Department searched an abandoned car in a small residential park. The keys were in the ignition and the car was out of gas as if it had been left running. The car belonged to 18-year-old Ebby Steppach, and Ebby had vanished without a trace. What really happened to Ebby Steppach?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 16, 2022 • 3:32

Introducing: Astray

Introducing: Astray

How far would you go for enlightenment? Westerners have long been drawn to the spiritual mystique of India. While many find what they’re looking for and return home, some vanish without a trace or even end up dead. Astray investigates those who pay the ultimate cost in search of spiritual awakening. Listen to Astray on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Mar 5, 2021 • 3:01

Introducing: Tomorrow's Monsters

Introducing: Tomorrow's Monsters

In this scripted sci-fi thriller, John Boyega (STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS) stars as Jack Locke, a mysterious conman with a vendetta who infiltrates NextCorp, a Silicon Valley body hacking startup run by enigmatic CEO Max Fuller, played by Emmy winner Darren Criss (AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE). Nextcorp has secretly been developing a revolutionary new mind app that promises to amplify the human brain in incredible ways. "Shut-Eye," promises to change the world by e

Feb 9, 2021 • 2:04

Introducing Longshot: Return Man Podcast

Introducing Longshot: Return Man Podcast

Hey, Hell and Gone fans! Since you love true crime podcasts, you may want to try this one too. About Longshot: Return Man - After a Black Super Bowl champion’s suspicious death inside an all-white police station sends shockwaves through a Deep South cotton town, Jim Duncan’s widow and family members try to unravel an official story almost no one could believe, but even fewer dared question. Until now. Reported and hosted by Bret McCormick from The Herald in Rock Hill, S.C. Listen and subscribe t

Jan 27, 2021 • 1:56

Introducing: Cadaver Gals

Introducing: Cadaver Gals

Cadaver Gals is a weekly podcast hosted by three fun and flirty friends, who discuss all the bizarre ways people have died throughout history to cope with their own mortality! Listen and subscribe to Cadaver Gals on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Dec 29, 2020 • 1:14

Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets

Catherine follows the trails at the back of the Malibu Canyon Ranch. As season three comes to an end, we reflect on a tumultuous year in Los Angeles and what could have happened to Mitrice. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 16, 2020 • 32:03

Dark Creek

Dark Creek

Catherine goes back to the trail to look for more access points to Dark Canyon. Catherine also discusses Mitrice’s family’s legal battle against the LASD, Los Angeles County, and the officers on duty the night Mitrice was arrested. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 9, 2020 • 27:28

Murders in the Mountains

Murders in the Mountains

With the pandemic in mind, Catherine does some cyber sleuthing. She discovers that the area where Mitrice's remains were found has seen a variety of other murders and deaths. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 2, 2020 • 27:58

LA Confidential

LA Confidential

In an attempt to find out what happened to Mitrice while she was at the police station, the team attempts to track down one of the most crucial pieces of physical evidence...the surveillance videotape.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 25, 2020 • 40:21

S1 Bonus: Case Update - Arrest Made

S1 Bonus: Case Update - Arrest Made

An arrest has been made in the season one case of Rebekah Gould. Catherine has an update. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 20, 2020 • 10:35

5150

5150

Should police have released Mitrice from the police station on the night she disappeared? Her friends and family say she should have been taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, which is known in California as a “5150”. But the police said that she was fine. So, which is it?  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 18, 2020 • 35:35

Dark Canyon

Dark Canyon

After Mitrice's remains were found, miscommunication between police and personnel from the coroner's office led to a huge misstep in the extraction of the body. And once her remains were analyzed, there were more questions than answers.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 11, 2020 • 47:41

Where is Mitrice?

Where is Mitrice?

As Mitrice's family and friends pressure the police to invigorate their search efforts, Dr. Ronda Hampton works with Tashaka Starwell of REACT LA and documentary filmmaker Chip Croft to follow all leads to track down Mitrice. The police receive a call that Mitrice has been spotted in the bucolic neighborhood of Monte Nido. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 4, 2020 • 44:16

Lost in Lost Hills

Lost in Lost Hills

This season, private investigator Catherine Townsend and her team investigate the mysterious disappearance and death of Mitrice Richardson. Mitrice was arrested at a seaside restaurant in Malibu, California on September 16, 2009. Later that night, she was released but never seen alive again. Catherine talks with Mitrice’s mentor and family friend Dr. Ronda Hampton and begins to retrace Mitrice’s steps the night she went missing.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw

Oct 28, 2020 • 36:38

Hell and Gone Season 3 Trailer

Hell and Gone Season 3 Trailer

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 21, 2020 • 2:42

Introducing: Racket: Inside the Gold Club

Introducing: Racket: Inside the Gold Club

Racket: Inside the Gold Club dives into the world of the Gold Club, untangling the web of players, in an immersive, character-driven drama. Subscribe to Racket: Inside the Gold Club on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Sep 1, 2020 • 2:15

Bonus: Case Update

Bonus: Case Update

While Catherine and the team investigated the death of Janie Ward for season two, they spent some time looking back into the murder of Rebekah Gould from season one. All of the updates for season one are consolidated in this bonus episodes.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 25, 2019 • 16:59

30 Years Gone

30 Years Gone

In the final episode of season two, Catherine talks with former a FBI agent, who worked as a consultant on ABC's program about Janie's case. She also explores one last theory of how Janie could have died: rubbing alcohol poisoning.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 11, 2019 • 40:20

The Final Autopsy

The Final Autopsy

In 2007, a third autopsy is performed on Janie, which comes to yet another conclusion that doesn't make sense to the Ward family. Catherine talks with a pathologist and a neurosurgeon about the results.   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 4, 2019 • 40:15

Time Opens All Wounds

Time Opens All Wounds

In 2004, a new investigation into Janie's death is opened. Catherine reviews the investigation and tries to piece together the route from the cabin to the bank parking lot. She talks with the Ward's lawyer and with the special prosecutor on the new investigation. Catherine also gets a call from a woman named Sylvia, who says she witnessed Janie getting hit in the face.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 28, 2019 • 39:27

From the Party to the Parking Lot

From the Party to the Parking Lot

Catherine considers whether or not Janie even died at the party. She also talks with a forensic psychologist, who investigated Janie's death and also concluded it was a homicide.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 21, 2019 • 27:52

Arkancide

Arkancide

Catherine dives into the most talked about theory of all in the Janie Ward case: that someone killed Janie at the party with a baseball bat.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 14, 2019 • 37:17

Botched

Botched

Catherine dives into Janie's autopsy report and takes a look at the controversies surrounding the Arkansas State Crime Lab.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 7, 2019 • 34:59

The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods

Catherine reconstructs the day leading up to the party using the Arkansas State Police case file on Janie's case. She ends up with more questions than answers.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 31, 2019 • 34:37

The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game

Catherine returns to Arkansas to investigate the death of Janie Ward. Janie died mysteriously in 1989 at a party at a cabin on the backroads of Marshall, Arkansas. Catherine meets journalist Mike Masterson, who has written over 200 articles about Janie, along with Janie's mom, Mona, and her sister, Krystal. The Ward family gives Catherine a box of materials that Janie's late father Ron collected over the thirty years since her death.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcas

Jul 24, 2019 • 32:37

Hell and Gone Season 2 Trailer

Hell and Gone Season 2 Trailer

Season Two of Hell And Gone, hosted by writer and private investigator Catherine Townsend, launches July 24. After tracking down new leads in the murder of Rebekah Gould in season one, season two focuses on the 1989 death of 16-year-old Janie Ward in Marshall, Arkansas. Janie died mysteriously at a party at a cabin in the woods, and in the 30 years since her death, no one has been able to determine what or who killed her.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Jul 17, 2019 • 2:17

We're Not Stopping

We're Not Stopping

Catherine's efforts start to pay off in small but significant ways as local investigators begin taking another look at the facts of the case. Catherine meets with Holly Meyer, lead prosecutor, and speaks with journalist, George Jared, who relays some interesting information. For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 12, 2018 • 33:02

Two Sides to Every Suspect

Two Sides to Every Suspect

Catherine hears from some of Casey's closest friends and coworkers at the time of the murder in an effort to compare stories and and see if his timeline, the most important part of this alibi, really does check out. Outreach from an unexpected source provides startling information that could change everything. For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 5, 2018 • 37:25

No Comment

No Comment

Even though he was cleared as a suspect, Catherine turns her attention to Casey, Rebekah's boyfriend at the time of her murder. She surveys some of the people closest to Rebekah to get a better idea of the nature of their relationship including Rebekah's sister, Danielle, her father, Larry Gould, and friends and associates of Casey's as well. For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for

Nov 21, 2018 • 44:38

A Death Pact

A Death Pact

Catherine turns to local radio and social media to spread the word about Rebekah's murder - and the tips start to come in. She also investigates an anonymous letter sent to Rebekah's father, Larry Gould, containing details about her possible killer(s). Catherine has a handwriting analyst, Diane Peterson, put together a profile of the person who wrote it and local journalist AK Barnes shares her theories on the murder. For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com Learn more about your ad-c

Nov 15, 2018 • 42:46

People Seem to Die Around Her

People Seem to Die Around Her

Catherine starts to check suspects off her list and turns her focus to a mysterious woman who may have been involved, as well as a possible motive, She speaks with Rebekah's mother, Shirley, Jame Gorniak, a forensic entomologist, and a convicted double-murderer, Brian Bangs, For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 7, 2018 • 42:21

You Could Get a Good Swing

You Could Get a Good Swing

Catherine and team dig into the nature of the murder weapon, the autopsy report and state of the body to get a clear picture of the injuries that killed Rebekah. They meet with journalist George Jared, Neurologist Adam Webb, and Conservationist Keith Bildstein as the hunt continues for Chris. For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 31, 2018 • 43:20

Dead in the Water

Dead in the Water

Catherine and her team use old-fashioned detective work to uncover more details about the murder and to track down possible suspects. They meet with Rusty, owner and publisher of the local newspaper, and attempt to find Jesse, JB and Chris. For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 24, 2018 • 39:45

14 Years Gone

14 Years Gone

Catherine and her team arrive in the Arkansas Ozarks and retrace Rebekah’s steps on the last day she was seen alive. They meet Rebekah’s sister Danielle, her father Larry, and local journalist George Jared. For more on the case, visit hellandgonepodcast.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 17, 2018 • 44:22

Hell and Gone Season One Trailer

Hell and Gone Season One Trailer

Hell And Gone is a new podcast launching October 17 that follows writer and private investigator Catherine Townsend as she moves back to the Arkansas Ozarks to solve the 2004 murder of 22-year-old college student Rebekah Gould.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 10, 2018 • 2:07

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