Women and Crime

Ep 361: Women & Crime: Reconsidered is where we revisit our episode catalog and bring new insights, behind the scenes or updates.

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Original Airdate: 02/22/22

This mother appeared generous to family and friends and the community. Helping those in need, but in reality, she ran a house or horrors hiding the most shocking of atrocities.
This is the Michelle \"Shelly\" Knotek story

Sources for Today's Episode:

“If You Tell” by Gregg Olsen

The NY Post

An episode of snapped

The U.S. Sun

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Credits:

Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks

Produced & Edited by James Varga

Music by Dessert Media

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Ep 360: A woman confesses to a brutal crime. But what could have pushed someone with no criminal history to such violence?
This is the Sarah Buzzard story.

Sources for Today's Episode:

Oxygen

Mercer County Outlook

The Daily Standard

Yahoo News

WHIO TV 7

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Credits:

Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks

Produced by James Varga

Audio Editor, Jose Alfonzo

Script Editor, Abagail Belcastro

Music by Dessert Media

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Ep 359: Women & Crime: Reconsidered is where we revisit our episode catalog and bring new insights, behind the scenes or updates.

Brand new episodes are STILL every Tuesday!

Original Airdate: 02/08/22 - This woman, like any loving mother would do anything to protect her kids from this unpredictable world turned into a highly overprotective mother who took the law into her own hands when her own son was molested by a Christian summer camp worker who had a previous history of child molestation. Many supported and heralded Ellie Nesler as a hero but that was before a sensational trial that would reveal a side of Ellie Nesler the public had not seen before and this side would raise serious doubt about Ellie's actions.

Sources for Today's Episode:

Los Angeles Times

Recordnet.com

Law.justia.com- People v. Nesler (1997)

South Florida Sun Sentinel

CBS News

The New York Times

Oprah.com

Shouse California Law Group

Credits:

Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks

Produced & Edited by James Varga

Music by Dessert Media

Help is Available:

If you or someone you know is in a crisis situation, or a victim of domestic, or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation.

For direct links to these organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/
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Melissa Herstrum: A Campus Killing Revisited

This week on Women & Crime, we’re sharing a case from our sister podcast, Campus Killings, while we take a short holiday break.

In January 1992, 19-year-old Melissa Herstrum was a nursing student at the University of Toledo with her whole life ahead of her. But when her body was discovered in a campus parking lot, the investigation quickly revealed something deeply unsettling,

In this episode, we revisit Melissa’s story and the shocking betrayal at the center of her murder. We look at campus safety, institutional trust, power, authority, and what happens when the person wearing the badge becomes the threat.

Sources note: Core case details verified against contemporary reporting and later parole coverage, including reports that Melissa Herstrum was a 19-year-old University of Toledo nursing student killed in 1992 by University of Toledo police officer Jeffrey Hodge. 
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Ep 357: Women & Crime: Reconsidered is where we revisit our episode catalog and bring new insights, behind the scenes or updates.

Brand new episodes are STILL every Tuesday!

Original Airdate: 01/25/22

On June 30, 2009, a black Nissan Sentra was found submerged in the Rideau Canal in Ontario Canada. The car contained the bodies of three young girls and one older woman.
It would seem on the outset like a tragic accident but a deeper look would reveal that these women were targeted by someone they knew in an act of betrayal that would shock the entire country

Sources for Today's Episode:

An article in Maclean’s

An episode of Forbidden: Dying for love

An article from the Toronto Star

Stacy Mallicoat’s book, “Women and Crime”

Credits:

Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks

Produced by James Varga

Music by Dessert Media

Help is Available:

If you or someone you know is in a crisis situation, or a victim of domestic, or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation.

For direct links to these organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/
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