The Generation Why Podcast

April 15, 1992. Agawam, MA. On April 15, 1992, 24-year-old Lisa Ziegert was abducted from her second job at a card store. Four days later, her body was discovered a few miles away. She had been raped and murdered. Lisa’s loss was devastating for her family, who worked hard to keep her case at the forefront of the minds of both law enforcement and the community. 25 years later, a warrant for the DNA from 11 persons of interest led to a surprising turn of events that ultimately ended with the arrest of Lisa’s killer.

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January 2013, Yuba City, CA. In a small town north of Sacramento, CA, 94-year old Leola Shreves was found dead in her home by her son-in-law. Windows were broken and Leola had been badly beaten. After only a few months, police arrested and obtained a confession from Leola’s neighbor, Michael Alexander. Ultimately the charges against Alexander were dropped after DNA evidence vindicated him from the false confession. Six years after Leola’s death, familial DNA tracing led to the arrest and conviction of Armando Cuadras.

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October 5th, 2018. Idaho County, Idaho. Terrence Woods Jr. was part of a crew filming a Discovery show in a remote area. At the end of the workday, Terrence reportedly dropped his radio and ran down a steep cliff, disappearing into the woods. Terrence Woods has never been found.

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May 28, 1980. Anaheim, California. When Dorothy Jane Scott noticed her co-worker had an inflamed red wound on his arm and seemed unwell, she insisted on driving him to the local hospital to get treatment. While her co-worker waited for his prescription, Dorothy went to fetch her car to pick him up at the exit but would never return or be seen alive again. For the next four years her family would receive taunting phone calls from an unknown man who claimed to be her killer. What happened to Dorothy Jane Scott?

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Justin & Aaron give commentary on Demons and Saviors, the documentary about the conviction of Christina Boyer for the death of her daughter, Amber.

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For halloween we speak with Lindsay about the Borley Rectory haunting and Julia Georgiana Seabrook Legare.

We hope you have have a fun and safe Halloween and we'll be back with more true crime next week!

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RedHanded the podcast jumps head first into all manner of macabre madness. We cover everything from big time serial killers (and those you may never have heard of), to hauntings, possessions, disturbing mysteries, bizarre whodunits and basically anything that tickles our creepy fancy. So, join us, plug in, sit back and prepare for scares. http://wondery.com/shows/redhanded 

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Lisa Marie Young was a 21-year-old Indigenous Canadian who disappeared from Nanaimo, British Columbia on June 30, 2002. She had attended a local nightclub and two parties before accepting a ride from a stranger to get something to eat. Her case is being treated as a homicide. Caitlin & Graeme from True North True Crime are our guests on this episode.

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Nothing is as terrifying as the sounds we hear in the dark. The slow creak of a door opening late at night... or a whisper in a room when you thought you were alone... or a distant scream in the wind. One noise at the wrong time or place can scare us for days.

Each episode of I Hear Fear plunges the listener into a tale inspired by real events, from a deadly dance party to a cursed film set. Join host and two-time Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan for six immersive stories designed to jangle your nerves and haunt your dreams.

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We took a much needed week off but wanted to give a quick update, talk Crimecon, and give a few podcast suggestions. You can find Marooned, and all of the other podcasts we mentioned, wherever you listen to podcasts.

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