

Crime Curious
Crime Curious Podcast
A true crime podcast where two friends’ journey through true crime cases in a lighthearted and in-depth way through the lens of a Judge and trained investigator. We give educated details without being boring to listen to. Enjoy!
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Dec 9, 2021 • 49min
92: Where is Mary Johnson??
Mary Johnson (also known as Mary Davis) was last seen almost one year ago, on November 25th of 2020. Since that date, very little information is known as what what happened to her. Last seen walking with a man en route to a friend’s house, Mary never made it there. Mary’s case captures an example of the lack of information and coverage on the cases of murdered and missing Indigenous women. She is one of thousands. Her case remained unsolved.
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wbaltv.com/amp/article/the-disappearance-of-mary-johnson-highlights-a-silent-crisis-for-missing-indigenous-women/37707616
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/11/25/us/mary-johnson-missing-indigenous-women-crisis/index.html
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/mary-johnson-davis
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/fbi-offers-10000-reward-for-info-on-missing-tulalip-woman/

Dec 5, 2021 • 1h
91: Ashley Loring Heavyrunner
Ashley Loring Heavyrunner had big plans for her future. She was smart, kind hearted, and passionate about helping others. June 5th of 2017 was the last time that Ashley’s family heard from her. Since that day, it’s as if Ashley had vanished. Ashley’s family continues to search for her with very few leads or answers. We hope that sharing her story and her name will bring awareness, to not only her, but the thousands of murdered and missing Indigenous women who also have unsolved cases in the United States.
Sources: https://thehueandcry.com/ashley-loring-heavyrunner
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.insider.com/ashley-loring-heavyrunner-vanished-in-2017-cared-about-missing-native-women-2021-10%3famp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/crime/ashley-loring-heavyrunner-indigenous-woman-vanished-2017/%3famp=true
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/25/a-young-woman-vanishes-the-police-cant-help-her-desperate-family-wont-give-up
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell

Dec 2, 2021 • 1h 19min
90: Dan and Fran’s Daycare
Before 1991, Dan and Fran Keller were just an All- American couple running their own day care business in the town of Oak Hill, Texas. When accusations
surface from several children, allegedly disclosing the details of what was happening at the daycare, the entire town turns upside down. Those aware of the allegations developed one mission, to bring the Keller’s down. This case is a prime example of what happens when people cannot see beyond a narrative that was created right from the start. But was it the TRUTH? You truly will not believe the outcome.
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell
Frances Keller - National Registry of Exonerations (umich.edu)
Oak Hill satanic ritual abuse trial - Wikipedia
Fran’s Day Care case – Dan and Fran Keller – News Article Excerpts from 1991 – 1993 : S.M.A.R.T.'s Ritual Abuse Pages
Smith, Jordan (March 27, 2009). "Believing the Children: It's likely Fran and Danny Keller were innocent of charges of child sexual abuse, but they're still in prison after 17 years". The Austin Chronicle. Austin, Texas: Austin Chronicle Corp. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
Herskovitz, Jon (November 27, 2013). "Texas frees daycare operator accused of 'satanic' sexual abuse". Reuters. Austin, Texas. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
King, Michael (June 20, 2017). "Kellers Exonerated". Austin Chronicle. Austin, Texas: Austin Chronicle Corp.
Lindell, Chuck (August 22, 2017). "Dan, Fran Keller to get $3.4 million in 'satanic day care' case". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas: Gannett. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
The Day Care Ritual Abuse Moral Panic - Mary de Young - Google Books
Embarassing Holiday Stories - Most Embarrassing Moments (cosmopolitan.com)

Nov 28, 2021 • 1h 55min
89: The Case of Laila Daniel
Music by: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell
Sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ajc.com/news/local/the-short-life-and-tragic-death-laila-marie-daniel/RoUb8hgCcWJZBB5NhhGqJO/%3foutputType=amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/crime/nightstick-fracture-doctor-testifies-about-broken-bones-suffered-by-laila-daniel/85-ef2bba53-b7fa-4334-bf73-d01e0c799f9e
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/toddler-laila-marie-daniel-murder-case-will-move-out-henry-county/vMgFGfEZXW9p1RZ6mnZanO/%3foutputType=amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5dd39f01342cca69bd879cf0/amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/crime/mistakes-made-by-dfcs-workers-are-focus-of-rosenbaum-foster-child-murder-trial/85-c58f68c3-d06f-4e69-ba4d-59c4f4d0f88e
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/crime/it-hurt-7-year-old-details-spankings-belt-use-at-trial-of-2-year-old-sisters-alleged-murder-by-foster-parents/85-0e65df1c-3be5-47a7-98e2-a4501fdca38f
https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/crime/foster-parents-beat-boy-2-death-found-guilty-murder/%3famp=true
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/now-sequestered-jury-deliberating-in-trial-of-foster-parents-accused-of-murder/971888570/%3foutputType=amp
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invisible-choir/id1407577718?i=1000491099692

Nov 25, 2021 • 60min
88: Come on Irene
Irene Schroder was the youngest of 15 children born in poverty with very little life skills and choices ahead of her. When she meets married Boy Scout leader and Sunday school teacher Walter Glenn Dague the choices they make together would lead to Irene being the first woman in Pennsylvania to be executed via electric chair.
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell
23 February 1931 – Irene Schroeder | Execution of the day (wordpress.com)
Irene Schroeder – Pennsylvania ‘Trigger Woman.’ – Crimescribe
irenes (rowdiva.com)
Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Nov 21, 2021 • 57min
87: The Sarah Henderson Case
In 2017 Sarah and Jacob Henderson were married and living with Sarah's two beautiful little girls. On November 1 Jacob became concerned for his wife and her mental state, and called 911. It turned out to be a false alarm....or so they all thought. Jacob's next call to 911 came at 2:29 a.m. on November 2 after being woke up by his wife telling him that she had done the unthinkable.
Music by: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover art by: Charnell
Why? Sarah Nicole Henderson Texas mom shoots daughters, 5 & 7. (scallywagandvagabond.com)
Monster mum, 31, AVOIDS death penalty after admitting murdering daughters, 5 and 7, when ‘everything got too much’ (thesun.co.uk)
Family, Friends Remember ‘Adorable’ Girls Allegedly Shot To Death By Their Mother – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth (cbslocal.com)
Did a Texas woman snap and kill her children, or was it premeditated murder? (lawenforcementtoday.com)

Nov 18, 2021 • 1h 5min
86: The Rattlesnake Killer
Rattlesnake James thought he was one smooth dude collecting insurance money on the wives of his life....and for a while he was. Until the fate of his actions catch up to him and he ends up being the very last man to go to the gallows in the State of California.
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art by: Charnell
In One of L.A.'s Most Outrageous Murder Cases, a Rattlesnake Was the Weapon (lamag.com)
Rattlesnake James - Wikipedia
Robert S. James | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Little Shoes: The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That Became My Family’s Secret By Pamela Everett

Nov 14, 2021 • 48min
85: The Bus Kidnapping of 1976
What should have been a typical bus ride home for 26 school children and one bus driver ended up being the longest ride of their life when they were all kidnapped and held hostage by three individuals in 1976.
Music by: Jonas Bjornstand
Cover Art By: Charnell
Chowchilla bus kidnapping survivor: "I felt like I was an animal going to the slaughterhouse" — "48 Hours" Live to Tell - CBS News
1976 Chowchilla kidnapping - Wikipedia
From the Archives: The 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Nov 11, 2021 • 1h 20min
84: The Tragic Case of Brittany Killgore
Cover Art By: Charnell
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand
Sources: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/48-hours-ncis-search-for-a-missing-military-wife-takes-ncis-agents-into-dark-world-of-bdsm/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/fallbrook-marine-wife-killing-brittany-killgore-autopsy-report-unsealed/110969/%3famp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/brittany-killgore-murder-sentencing-fallbrook-louis-perez-dorothy-maraglino-jessica-lopez/90008/%3famp
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/22/three-convicted-in-sm-murder-case-that-shocked-san-diego/

Nov 7, 2021 • 1h 22min
83: Three Bad Broads
Ocey Snead married her first cousin but that isn't even the weirdest thing that happens in her life. She is raised by her mother and two aunts that dress in mourning garb and chant prayers around people that appear to make them bend to their will. Unfortunately for Ocey, the greed of her relatives ends up bringing her to her death.
The Slow Death of Ocey Snead. Starved, overdosed, and drowned by her… | by Heather Monroe | Medium
Three Sisters in Black: The Bizarre True Case of the Bathtub Tragedy; By Norman Zierold
Ocey Snead - Wikipedia
Cover Art By: Charnell
Music By: Jonas Bjornstand


