Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries
Crawlspace Media
Crawlspace is where crime meets culture.We host interesting conversations about unsolved murders, serial killers, cold cases and paranormal activity. We go beyond entertainment as we dig deeper to tell stories of crimes, vanished people, and injustices. Our guests include survivors, authors, journalists, podcasters, advocates, and educators. Starting in 2017 with a deep dive into the disappearance of Brianna Maitland, Crawlspace is hosted by Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna of the Missing Maura Murray and Missing podcasts. Frequent topics include unsolved murders like the JonBenét Ramsey case, wrongful convictions like John Giuca, serial killers like the Zodiac killer, Christopher Wilder, and Jeffrey Dahmer. We speak with experts in criminal psychology like Dr Michelle Ward, survivors like Jane Boroski, and even Satanist Lucien Greaves. But we also have a lighter side where we discuss ghosts and paranormal activity, weird cryptids like Bigfoot and Mothman, and fun mysteries like the dolls found in a Michigan couple’s mailbox.Authors like Jon Ronson, Rabia Chaudry, and Daniel Stone have joined us and we’ve even spoken with familiar names in comedy and entertainment like Melissa Rivers, Patrick Hinds, and Dave Holmes.Crawlspace is a Crawlspace Media production.
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Dec 10, 2025 • 55min
601 // Missing Paige Renkoski w/ Nina Innsted of Already Gone
In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna discuss the mysterious disappearance of Paige Renkoski from Fowlerville, Michigan on May 24th, 1990 with Nina Innsted of Already Gone.
This episode was previously published on Missing on October 6th, 2025.
If you have any information on the disappearance of Paige Renksoki please call the Livingston County Sheriff's Dept at 517-540-7880.
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Dec 7, 2025 • 1h 19min
600 // The Murders of Elizabeth Short & Leila Welsh - Live w/ Eli Frankel
In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by author Eli Frankel to discuss his new book, "Sisters In Death: The Black Dahlia, The Prairie Heiress, and Their Killer." This is a groundbreaking account of the gruesome 1941 murder of Leila Welsh and the equally horrific 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short. Eli believes the murders are connected and one man is responsible.
This conversation aired live on Missing's Youtube page on 10/27/25 and was published on Missing on November 10th, 2025.
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Dec 3, 2025 • 59min
599 // The Rise of The Slasher Film w/ Dr. Adam Jortner
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, Dr. Adam Jortner. Adam is the Goodwin-Philpott Professor of History at Auburn University and has contributed his expertise in a series for Audible called The Great Courses. Dr. Jortner speaks about the rise of 80s slasher movies and their cultural impact and inspiration in the lecture, Slash and Grab: Horror of the 1980s.
Check out Dr. Jortner's Great Courses work here:
https://www.audible.com/author/Adam-Joseph-Jortner/B0050PVMFM?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=f6da0b63-439d-48a7-a859-b187b7c50705&pf_rd_r=YABFKA072XAW3SAKVH4S&plink=eNUJ8il2sogjZ0ne&pageLoadId=xlfwG6To7pPs6ZZ9&creativeId=16015ba4-2e2d-4ae3-93c5-e937781a25cd&ref=a_pd_Slash-_pin_author_1
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Nov 30, 2025 • 1h 5min
598 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 6 - Vermont Mysteries & Folkore w/ Joseph Citro & Ross Griffiths
In today's episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Worcester State University archives librarian Ross Griffiths and Vermont folklorist and author Joseph Citro. Joe coined the term Bennington Triangle, and we discuss that as well as Joe's writing, etc.
This episode was previously published on Missing on November 20th, 2025.
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Nov 29, 2025 • 56min
597 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 5 - Frieda Langer
In this episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Worcester State University archives librarian Ross Griffiths about the mysterious Bennington Triangle disappearances of Vermont. Today we speak about the disappearance of 53 year old Frieda Langer from Bennington, Vermont on October 28th, 1950.
This episode was previously published on Missing on October 27th, 2025.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle.
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Nov 28, 2025 • 1h 5min
596 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 4 - Paul Jepson
In this episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Worcester State University archives librarian Ross Griffiths about the mysterious Bennington Triangle disappearances of Vermont; and the disappearance of 8 year old Paul Jepson from Bennington, Vermont on October 12th, 1950.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle.
This episode was previously published on Missing on July 24th, 2025.
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Nov 27, 2025 • 1h 10min
595 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 3 - James Tedford
In this episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Worcester State University archives librarian Ross Griffiths about the mysterious Bennington Triangle disappearances of Vermont and the disappearance of James Tedford.
68 year-old World War I veteran James Tedford went missing on December 1st, 1949. Tedford had been visiting relatives who accompanied him to the local bus station and observed him boarding a southbound bus. The last confirmed sighting of Tedford was at the bus depot in Burlington, Vermont where he had a brief conversation with an acquaintance before he boarded to a Bennington-bound bus at about 6:15 PM.
This episode was previously published on Missing on June 5th, 2025.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle.
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/10/12/the-bennington-disappearances-vermonts-very-own-bermuda-triangle/.
https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/brave-little-state/2025-03-06/the-bennington-triangle-how-5-mysterious-disappearances-developed-a-cult-following-online.
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Nov 26, 2025 • 1h 35min
594 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 2 - Paula Welden
In this episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Worcester State University archives librarian Ross Griffiths about the mysterious Bennington Triangle disappearances of Vermont and the disappearance of Paula Welden on December 1st, 1946.
Paula Welden was last seen on the afternoon of December 1st, 1946. She left the campus that afternoon after telling her roommate she was going for a hike. Several hikers reported seeing her on the Long Trail, just off Route 9 near Glastenbury Mountain. She was reported missing by her roommate the following morning, after she did not return to campus.
An extensive search of the area did not show any signs of Welden. Investigators from New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut assisted in the investigation, due to limited police services in Vermont at the time. Numerous theories were investigated, but no conclusive outcome was ever determined.
This episode was previously published on Missing on April 24th, 2025.
Sources:
https://vimeo.com/752091171.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/bennington-triangle-paula-welden-vermont-mystery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Paula_Jean_Welden.
https://coldcasene.org/f/paula-welden.
https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2023/12/paula-welden-went-missing-in-vermont-in-1946-her-case-remains-cold-77-years-later.html.
https://vsp.vermont.gov/unsolved/missing/c/welden.
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Nov 25, 2025 • 1h 14min
593 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 1 - Middie Rivers
In this episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Worcester State University archives librarian Ross Griffiths about the mysterious Bennington Triangle disappearances of Vermont and the disappearance of Middie Rivers from Bickford Hollow, Vermont on November 12th, 1945.
74 year old Middie Rivers was known to be an outdoorsman and disappeared near Bickford Hollow while hunting with a small group. He has never been found, despite exhaustive searches.
This episode was previously published on Missing on February 27th, 2025.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle.
https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/omeka/items/show/5262.
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Nov 23, 2025 • 53min
592 // Understanding That Beast w/ Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon, a retired forensic psychologist and author. In his new book, That Beast Was Not Me, Dr. Smalldon recalls the five decades he has spent corresponding with and and studying serial killers, mass murders and spree killers. Jeffrey also shares his origin story; the unsolved brutal murder of two of his colleagues, Patricia Matix and Joyce McFadden.
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