Women and Crime

Ep 312: A young woman takes a deal to downgrade a drug sentence, but instead of freeing her, it cost her everything

This is the Rachel Morningstar Hoffman story.

Sources for Today's Episode:

ABC News

Medium.com

Naples Daily News

The New Yorker

The Tampa Tribune

Tallahassee Democrat

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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 309: Reconsidered: 44 - Sandy Melgar
Women & Crime: Reconsidered is where we revisit our episode catalog and bring new insights, behind the scenes or updates.

Original Airdate: 03/23/21

A few days before Christmas in 2012, Jim & Sandy Melgar were celebrating their 32nd wedding anniversary. However, by the end of the night, tragedy would strike and the next day family members would find Jim dead, brutally stabbed and beaten, while Sandy was found alive locked in a closet tied to a chair. Controversy would soon arise as investigators would question whether this tragedy was indeed a home invasion, or if there was a more sinister plot behind these events?

Sources for Today's Episode:

Dateline

ABC News

KHOU 11

ABCnews

FreeSandyMelgar.com

Credits:

Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks

Produced by James Varga

Music by Dessert Media

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Ep 310: She was the girl next door on screen until a tragic evening put her in the headlines for all the wrong reasons...
This is the Amy Locane story

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Reconsidered: 43 - Myrah Hindley
Women & Crime: Reconsidered is where we revisit our episode catalog and bring new insights, behind the scenes or updates.

Original Airdate: 03/18/21

Over the period of 2 years, five children would disappear in Manchester England and would never seen by their loved ones again.
Known as the most notorious child murders of their time, the country was shocked when the identity of the two perpetrators was made public… a killer couple was responsible for these brutal murderers, a match made between a cruel sadist and, to everyone’s surprise, a young female accomplice.

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• Produced by James Varga
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Ep 308: A woman vanished right before the 9/11 attacks, but whether she was a victim of the devastating national attack or unrelated foul play has never been discovered

This is the Sneha Anne Philip story.

Sources for Today's Episode:

Fox News

The Medium

NY Mag

The Charley Project

Documentary called The Woman Who Vanished on 9/11

NY Post

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