Women and Crime

Ep 13: On August 8, 2007, seven-year-old Adrianna Hutto drowned in her pool in what seemed like a clear accidental drowning, not uncommon in Florida, but a surprise witness would quickly come forward and accuse Adriana’s mother of her murder so is this a case of accident or was it murder?Sources Cited for this episode:Killer Women with Piers Morgan, ABC documentary “What did A.J. See? Murder of 7-year-old Adrianna Hutto”, True Crime with Aphrodite JonesSponsors: Daily Harvest - Get $25 off your first order at http://www.daily-harvest.com when you use the promo code: WOMENSupport Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: Adrianna, AJ Hutto, "What AJ Saw", Esto Florida, 2007, Drowning, Possible Wrongful Conviction, Pool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 12: On the evening of December 3, 2016, police received a report of an abandoned vehicle on a bridge in Belmar, NJ. It didn’t take long for them to discover that the car belonged to 19 year old Sarah Stern. Air and water searches were conducted immediately, but turned up no sign of Sarah. The initial theory was that she had taken her own life, however we would come to find out that something far more sinister had happened to Sarah. Support Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: Liam McAtasney, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Preston Taylor, Neptune, Dateline "The Betrayal of Sarah Stern"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 11: The brutal murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu in 2009 would shock and devastate a small town in Californa but the revelation of her killer would be even more shocking and would leave everyone asking why. In this episode of Women and Crime, we investigate the true motives behind this seemingly senseless act of violence again an innocent child.  Sources Cited for this episode: The Daily, Beast, People Magazine, ABC newsSupport Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: Sandra Cantu, Tracy California, Johnny Huckaby, Sunday School Teacher, See No Evil: "Someone You Trust", mental illness  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 10: In the early morning hours of March 1, 2008, 2 young men burst into the Caffey home in the middle of the night and embarked on a killing spree that would leave two young children and their mother dead. Their father, Terry suffered multiple gunshot wounds but somehow managed to drag himself to a neighbor for help just before the house became engulfed in flames. It took less than 24 hours for police to discover that Terry’s 16 year old daughter played an integral role in this heinous crime. Why would a teenage girl want her whole family dead and exactly what role did she play in these brutal murders? Sources Cited for this episode:Pierce Morgan, Deadly Women, Huffington Post, CNN, ABC News, The IndependentSupport Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: Penny, Matthew, Tyler and Terry Caffey, Juvenile, Texas, homeschooling, Charlie Wilkinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 09: Dominique Dunne was a talented young actress who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in a fit of jealousy and rage. The trial that would follow shocked the victim's family, observers and the entire community and left public wondering whether the courtroom is a place where justice can actually be found.Sources Cited for this episode:Vanity Fair Article, "Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of his Daughter's Killer," by Dominic Dunne, Articles by the LA Times, and People MagazineSupport Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: Poltergeist, actress, John Thomas Sweeney, West Hollywood, Griffin Dunne   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 08: Lavena Johnson was just a few days shy of her 20th birthday when her body was found lifeless in a tent on a U.S. military base in Iraq. Her death was quickly ruled a suicide by army investigators, however it didn’t take long for questions to arise. Was this a case of suicide? Murder? A systematic cover-up by the U.S. military?More than a decade later, questions still linger …Sources Cited for this episode:Democracy Now, Huffington Post, NPR, The Silent Truth, LavenaJohnson.com, St. Louis Public RadioSupport Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: United States Army, Mysterious Death, Suicide, Cover-up, Iraq, Balad, Department of Defense, John and Linda Johnson  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darlie Routier, convicted of murdering her two small children, maintains her innocence. The podcast explores the debate of her guilt, the lack of defense experts, and the rushed trial. Possible motives, lack of witnesses, and the potential impact of a video on the case are also discussed.

Ep 06: In the early morning hours of June 5, 2005, 18 year old Noura Jackson discovered her mother naked and brutally stabbed in their Memphis home. Just three months into the investigation Noura was arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder. Was this a case of cold-blooded murder of a mother by her daughter or was this a case of wrongful conviction? Sources Cited for this episode: Charged by Emily Bazelon New York Times Magazine The Daily Memphian 20/20: Season 40, Episode 29  Support Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: Jennifer Jackson, Matricide, Tennessee, Shelby County, Nazmi Hassanieh, overturned, Alford plea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 05: Sheila Davaloo was convicted of the attempted murder of her husband and sentenced to 25 years in prison but was that her only brutal crime? She says she is guilty of a crime but also the victim of a wrongful conviction. What is the real story and who is the real victim?Sources Cited for this episode: Snapped, Killer Women with Piers Morgan and The Stamford AdvocateSupport Our Work:The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrimeMerchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merchCredits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | TwitterKeywords: Love Triangle, Connecticuit, Paul Cristos, Anna Lisa Raymundo, Iranian, Stabbing  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, the podcast explores the case of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two teenage best friends convicted of murdering Pauline's mother. The hosts discuss the deep bond between the girls, shared delusional disorder, age and decision-making, and the true identity of famous novelist Anne Perry. They also delve into the controversy surrounding their sentences and the need for rehabilitation efforts.