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Tell Me a True Crime Story
True crime stories delivered with compassion. All research, writing, recording, and editing is done by me, your host, Holly.
When 18-year-old Naomi Irion drove into the Walmart parking lot on the morning of March 12, 2022, it was still dark out. She parked her car, then chatted with friends on social media that were in other time zones, while she waited for the shuttle bus. It was her typical work-day routine. Naomi had no way of knowing that a determined predator lurked nearby. He’d been there since 4:22am, watching the Walmart parking lot and waiting on a young woman that he could make his prey. Troy Driver had all of the preparations in place; the kill spot was chosen and the grave had been dug. Then, at 5:09am, he spotted a young woman, alone, pull into the parking lot. The young woman was Naomi Irion.
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When 18-year-old Naomi Irion drove into the Walmart parking lot on the morning of March 12, 2022, it was still dark out. She parked her car, then chatted with friends on social media that were in other time zones, while she waited for the shuttle bus. It was her typical work-day routine. Naomi had no way of knowing that a determined predator lurked nearby. He’d been there since 4:22am, watching the Walmart parking lot and waiting on a young woman that he could make his prey. Troy Driver had all of the preparations in place; the kill spot was chosen and the grave had been dug. Then, at 5:09am, he spotted a young woman, alone, pull into the parking lot. The young woman was Naomi Irion.
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On Monday, July 8, 2013, Cody Lee Johnson did not show up for work and was reported missing. Four days later, his body was recovered from the bottom of a 300-foot cliff in Glacier National Park in Montana. It was soon revealed that his death was no accident.
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In broad daylight, in the early afternoon, on Halloween in 1989, 30-year-old Sylvia Salinas was working in her small corner grocery store in Galveston, Texas when she was murdered with a single stab to the heart. Her killer has never been caught.
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In 2007, women started disappearing from the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of East Cleveland, Ohio. In the fall of 2009, the decomposing bodies and partial remains of 11 women were recovered from a home located at 12205 Imperial Avenue in Mount Pleasant.
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In 2007, women started disappearing from the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of East Cleveland, Ohio. In the fall of 2009, the decomposing bodies and partial remains of 11 women were recovered from a home located at 12205 Imperial Avenue in Mount Pleasant.
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In Oak Harbor, Ohio, in the early morning hours of Halloween in 2010, William "B.J." Liske murdered his dad, Bill Liske; his stepmom, Susan Liske; and his stepbrother, Derek Griffin.
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Nine-year-old Lisa Ann French never made it back home from Halloween trick-or-treating in 1973.
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24-year-old Rebekah Gay was reported missing on the morning of Halloween in 2012 when she didn't show up for work. She never got to take her son trick-or-treating for Halloween that evening, or ever again. (Updated and re-recorded episode.)
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Lynette Ledford was hitchhiking on Halloween in 1979 when she got a ride from two of the most sadistic killers in American history, the Toolbox Killers, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris.
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On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, Jared Bridegan, a 33-year-old father of four, was murdered in a targeted, ambush-style attack. He was gunned down by multiple shots at close range in a residential area of Jacksonville Beach, Florida. His two-year-old daughter, Bexley, was the only witness to his murder besides his cold-blooded killer.
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On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, Jared Bridegan, a 33-year-old father of four, was murdered in a targeted, ambush-style attack. He was gunned down by multiple shots at close range in a residential area of Jacksonville Beach, Florida. His two-year-old daughter, Bexley, was the only witness to his murder besides his cold-blooded killer.
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36-year-old Georgia mom of three, Lindsay Shiver, was recently arrested in the Bahamas in what Bahamian authorities say was a conspiracy to kill her estranged husband, Robert Shiver. Also arrested was her alleged lover, Terrance “Adrien” Bethel and another man, Faron Newbold, Jr., the alleged would-be hitman.
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The seemingly peaceful backdrop of rural Orange, Virginia has been hiding a chilling mystery since 2010. Samantha Ann Clarke, fresh out of high school, vanished into the night, leaving behind a trail that has been cold for over a decade. Investigations led to a man, that three years later, was convicted of murdering another local teen. This episode immerses you in the eerie story of Samantha's vanishing and the pursuit for answers that followed.
The search for Samantha took a grim turn in 2021 when it was reclassified as an abduction and homicide investigation. This case intertwines with our previous episode where I tell you the story of what happened to Alexis Tiara Murphy.
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Alexis Murphy went missing on August 3, 2013 from Lovingston, Virginia. The Nelson County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Anthony Martin, decided to move forward with the prosecution of a no-body murder case in the disappearance of Alexis. He succeeded and Randy Allen Taylor was convicted of Alexis’ murder in 2014. Since 2010, Randy Taylor has been considered a suspect in the sudden disappearance of another young woman, 19-year-old Samantha Clarke, from Orange, Virginia. Her case is now being investigated as an abduction and homicide.
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On Tuesday, May 19, 1998, Hank Earl Carr went on a murderous rampage. He killed three Florida law enforcement officers that day.
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On Tuesday, May 19, 1998, Hank Earl Carr went on a murderous rampage. He killed three Florida law enforcement officers that day.
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A structural failure story you've probably never heard before, in which a night of drinking and dancing turned into a nightmare.
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An eviction crew was working to remove Mitchelle Blair’s belongings from her townhouse in Detroit when they discovered the bodies of two of her children in a deep freezer.
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In 2016, Christy Sheats shot both of her daughters in cold blood. This episode includes 911 calls.
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In 2007, women started disappearing from the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of East Cleveland, Ohio. In the fall of 2009, the decomposing bodies and partial remains of 11 women were recovered from a home located at 12205 Imperial Avenue in Mount Pleasant.
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In 2007, women started disappearing from the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of East Cleveland, Ohio. In the fall of 2009, the decomposing bodies and partial remains of 11 women were recovered from a home located at 12205 Imperial Avenue in Mount Pleasant.
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Women make up only about 2% of inmates condemned to die by the criminal justice system in the United States. Here are a few of their stories.
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This episode, Deadly Fire at the Station Nightclub, recounts, in detail, one of the deadliest nightclub fires in world history.
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11-year-old Carlie Brucia was walking home from a friend’s house on Sunday, February 1, 2004. This Sunday happened to be Super Bowl Sunday, and the usually busy streets of Sarasota were pretty much deserted. Most people were indoors watching the big game. Carlie took a shortcut through the back of a car wash, where she encountered a predator, and never made it home.
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Check out my other podcast about disasters and catastrophes! Listen to this full episode, Disaster in Schoharie.
A detailed retelling of a most horrific tragedy that occurred in the fall of 2018 in the Schoharie Valley, near Albany, New York.
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15-year-old Jessica Lyn Keen had always been a great kid and student, but she started to be a bit rebellious when she began dating 18-year-old Shawn Thompson. Jessica’s mom sent her for a 2-week stay for counseling at a teen crisis center. The day before Jessica was to be released to go back home, she went missing. Two days later, her body was found 20 miles away in an isolated cemetery. It would be 17 long years before her murderer would be brought to justice.
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Angela "Angie" Hammond was four months pregnant when she was abducted while using a pay phone in rural Clinton, Missouri. She was never seen or heard from again.
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Channon Christian and Chris Newsom had only been dating for a couple of months. On a Saturday evening in early January of 2007, they'd planned to go to dinner and to a friend's party afterward. But, they never made it to either place.
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Karina went for a run at 5:00pm on August 2, 2016 at a park near her home. She'd been jogging there many times before, however, this would be her last.
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In 2018, Mollie went out jogging on a summer evening in rural Iowa, and never returned.
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24-year-old Rebekah Gay was reported missing on the morning of Halloween in 2012 when she didn't show up for work. She never got to take her son trick-or-treating for Halloween that evening, or ever again.
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Lynette Ledford was hitchhiking on Halloween in 1979 when she got a ride from two of the most sadistic killers in American history.
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This episode tells the true story of a little girl who never made it home from Halloween trick-or-treating.
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In the summer of 2016, Princeton, Massachusetts had its first murder in three decades.
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Around 7:00am on Friday, August 6, 2004, a painting contractor went to a Central Florida home to pick up two of his coworkers. He knocked on the door and rang the doorbell, but no one answered. Then, the door "popped" open. He entered and discovered a devastating scene of carnage and pure savagery. According to a 2017 article in The Daytona Beach News-Journal, it was "...the most horrific mass murder in Volusia County history..."
This is the 3rd and final part of the story of The Deltona Massacre. If you haven't listened to parts 1 & 2, please go listen to them first.
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Around 7:00am on Friday, August 6, 2004, a painting contractor went to a Central Florida home to pick up two of his coworkers. He knocked on the door and rang the doorbell, but no one answered. Then, the door "popped" open. He enters and discovers a devastating scene of carnage and pure savagery. According to a 2017 article in The Daytona Beach News-Journal, it was "...the most horrific mass murder in Volusia County history..."
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Around 7:00am on Friday, August 6, 2004, a painting contractor goes to a Central Florida home to pick up two of his coworkers. He knocks on the door and rings the doorbell, but no one answers. Then, the door "pops" open. He enters and discovers a devastating scene of carnage and pure horror. According to a 2017 article in The Daytona Beach News-Journal, it was "...the most horrific mass murder in Volusia County history..."
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Hey there! Welcome to the very first episode of Tell Me a True Crime Story podcast! I'm your host, Holly, and I thank you a ton for being here.
How is a brutal, double murder that's gone cold in Florida connected to the senseless killing of a woman nearly 1,500 miles away? Listen to the story, The Tarrytown Murders, to find out.
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Note: The convicted in this case is now 46 years old, not 45 years old, as stated at the end of this recording.