Episodes

5 Years of Crime Junkie!
Dec. 15, 2022

5 Years of Crime Junkie!

For our 5-year celebration episode, we take a look back at the impact Crime Junkie has made. From funding DNA testing to solving crimes, nothing would have been possible without the support of everyone who has tuned in every week for the last 5 years!
CONSPIRACY: Jonathan Luna
Dec. 12, 2022

CONSPIRACY: Jonathan Luna

When federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna was found face-down in a creek with multiple stab wounds, homicide seemed like the obvious answer. Over time, though, public officials started to pose a different theory: that he took his own life. But for those who knew Jonathan, that wasn’t an option – and th…
SURVIVED: Jaycee Dugard
Dec. 5, 2022

SURVIVED: Jaycee Dugard

11-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted as she was walking to school in June of 1991. No one would see her again for 18 years, until two campus police officers did what parole and police officers couldn’t. But her story isn’t just one of survival – it’s one of strength, resiliency, and life after tr…
MISSING: Anthonette Cayedito
Dec. 2, 2022

MISSING: Anthonette Cayedito

When a 9-year-old girl vanishes from her home overnight, investigators must try and overcome a lack of evidence and follow a number of shocking, but ultimately dead-end tips that have them convinced she is still out there somewhere more than 3 decades later.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Nadia Malik
Nov. 28, 2022

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Nadia Malik

Nadia Malik was trying to break free of an abusive relationship when she disappeared only to be found dead in a car. And while her family and many others are sure that one person is responsible for her death, the mysterious circumstances have made finding justice elusive.
MISSING: Heather Teague
Nov. 21, 2022

MISSING: Heather Teague

A young woman is abducted in the middle of the day, and despite seeming like an open and shut case, her family is still searching for answers almost 30 years later.
MURDERED: The Short Family
Nov. 14, 2022

MURDERED: The Short Family

When Michael and Mary Short are found murdered in their Virginia home in August of 2002, the question on everyone’s minds is: where is their nine-year-old daughter Jennifer? But as weeks go by with no solid leads, authorities grow more and more concerned that they won’t find Jennifer alive. And tho…
MISSING: Arianna Fitts
Nov. 14, 2022

MISSING: Arianna Fitts

When Nicole Fitts is found murdered in a park in San Francisco, both her family and law enforcement have the same two questions: who killed her, and where is her 2-year-old daughter, Arianna? The investigation into Arianna’s disappearance leads them right to the people who were supposed to be watch…
WANTED: Justice for Hassani Campbell and Tianna Kirchner
Nov. 7, 2022

WANTED: Justice for Hassani Campbell and Tianna Kirchner

Five-year-old Hassani Campbell disappears without a trace, leaving behind a community desperate for answers. No one knew four-year-old Tianna Kirchner was missing for four years, until a chilling phone call shocks law enforcement and the public. Though not connected in life, one thing is clear: the…
CAPTURED: Killer on the High Bridge
Oct. 31, 2022

CAPTURED: Killer on the High Bridge

Today, October 31, 2022, the Indiana State Police, in conjunction with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, United States Marshals Service, and the Carroll County Prosecutors Office, held a press conference where they made the announcement thousands of people have been waiting to hear: an arrest ha…
MISSING: Celina Mays
Oct. 31, 2022

MISSING: Celina Mays

Celina Mays was 12 years old when she vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night back in 1996. Her disappearance helped peel back the curtain on a small controversial church where an environment of shame, isolation and fear allowed sexual abuse to flourish.
SERIAL KILLER: Mack Ray Edwards
Oct. 24, 2022

SERIAL KILLER: Mack Ray Edwards

When 8-year-old Stella Nolan went missing in 1953, no one could have known that she was the first in a long list of children that would disappear throughout the 50s and 60s in Los Angeles, California. But despite child after child vanishing, it would take an unexpected twist of fate for anyone to e…
MISSING: Kreneice Jones & LaMoine Allen
Oct. 17, 2022

MISSING: Kreneice Jones & LaMoine Allen

Toddlers Kreneice Jones and LaMoine Allen disappear from a small town in Mississippi during a family gathering on Mother’s Day in 1992 under bizarre circumstances. The two children aren’t related – in fact, they barely know each other – and to this day, no one can make sense of what happened to the…
CONSPIRACY: Boys on the Track
Oct. 10, 2022

CONSPIRACY: Boys on the Track

When two boys are found deceased on the train tracks in Bryant, Arkansas, their deaths are considered a tragic and unexpected accident. But as their parents begin looking for answers, they uncover deep-rooted corruption and a scheme to cover up their deaths that everyone from the police to the pros…
MURDERED: Owachige Osceola
Oct. 6, 2022

MURDERED: Owachige Osceola

Recently divorced and living on her own in a new city, 27-year-old Owachige Osceola’s life was in a season of transition before she was killed in the bedroom of her Norman, Oklahoma apartment in September 2013. While the medical examiner who performed her autopsy concluded her cause and manner of d…
MURDERED: Yeardley Love
Oct. 3, 2022

MURDERED: Yeardley Love

When 22-year-old Yeardley Love is found murdered in her apartment just a few weeks before graduating college, her friends all point police to one man: George Huguely, her ex-boyfriend. It doesn’t take long for investigators to uncover a disturbing history of domestic abuse, but despite multiple peo…
MISSING: Hang Lee
Sept. 26, 2022

MISSING: Hang Lee

When 17-year-old Hang Lee leaves for a job interview and never comes home, police are quick to dismiss her as a troubled runaway. But when they finally take a deeper look into her case, they discover that the last man she was seen with has a violent criminal history, and no explanation for what hap…
CAPTURED: Timothy Coggins Killers
Sept. 19, 2022

CAPTURED: Timothy Coggins Killers

In 1983, a young Black man named Timothy Coggins is found brutally murdered in Spalding County, Georgia. But just as promising leads are uncovered, the case is inexplicably closed. And it remains that way for more than 30 years, until a new investigator comes across the file and realizes just how s…
MURDERED: Shakara Carter
Sept. 12, 2022

MURDERED: Shakara Carter

When Shakara Carter is found strangled to death on a dead-end road in Grand Rapids, Michigan, she’s days away from testifying against a serial rapist. But she’s also one of about two dozen sex workers killed in the area over the years…and unlike some of those victims, Shakara’s killer is elusive.
Update from Brit
Sept. 6, 2022

Update from Brit

PRECEDENT: John Brady
Sept. 5, 2022

PRECEDENT: John Brady

In 1958 John Brady, along with an accomplice, was accused of murdering his friend, William Brooks. John maintained that he had not taken part in the murder, that he was only part of a plan to rob the man. However, his accomplice turned on him and he was eventually found guilty. Though there was som…
MISSING: Mekayla Bali
Aug. 29, 2022

MISSING: Mekayla Bali

16-year-old Mekayla Bali vanished from a bus depot in her hometown of Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 2016, leaving no trace and no clues as to where she might be now - or why.
MURDERED: Jenny Lin Part 2
Aug. 24, 2022

MURDERED: Jenny Lin Part 2

After days of searching for 14-year-old Jenny Lin’s killer, detectives received some promising tips that left everyone hopeful they’d solve one of the most disturbing murders Alameda County had ever seen.
MURDERED: Jenny Lin Part 1
Aug. 24, 2022

MURDERED: Jenny Lin Part 1

In 1994, the brutal murder of a 14-year-old inside her parents' safe suburban house left a community shaken to its core, because not only had a bright and talented life been suddenly snuffed out, but police struggled to find a motive. And the more clues they uncovered, the more investigators realiz…