Crime Junkie

The morning after Christmas Day 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing... only for her body to be discovered hours later in her family’s home. Nearly three decades later, the questions remain: What really happened that night? Who is responsible for her death? And why has this case gone unsolved for so long? For years, Ashley Flowers vowed never to cover this infamous case – unless she could hear directly from the Ramsey family. In this episode, Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat explore the chilling details of JonBenét’s case, the infamous ransom note, and the lingering theories surrounding the investigation. With exclusive insights from JonBenét’s father, John Ramsey, this is a story you won’t want to miss. We referenced a lot of reporting and resources surrounding this case! You can find them below: * Officer French’s 12/26/96 Field Report [https://juror13lw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/french-dec-26-1996-report.pdf] * Det. Linda Arndt’s 1/8/97 Detective Supplemental Report [https://juror13lw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/linda-arndt-jan-8-1997-report.pdf] * Clips from John and Patsy Ramsey’s 1/1/97 CNN Interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP5UVrxyqYA&t=92s] * Det. Linda Arndt’s 1999 Good Morning America Interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9T-SKjB50] * The full text of Fleet White’s letter “To the people of Colorado” [https://extras.denverpost.com/news/whiteltr.htm] * The full text of Det. Steve Thomas’s resignation letter [https://web.dailycamera.com/extra/ramsey/1998/07thomle.html] * To learn more about Lou Smit’s suspect database, and his work on the case, listen to The Killing of JonBenét Ramsey on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-killing-of-jonbenet-ramsey/id1469962833], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5HER2XlomobJ83pyQgdanT?si=8c09422478c44920], or wherever you get your podcasts. * And be sure to head to Netflix on November 25th to watch their new documentary, Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? [https://www.netflix.com/title/81705443] Head over to the Crime Junkie YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/c/crimejunkie] to watch this episode and Ashley’s sit-down interview with John Ramsey, you won’t want to miss it! Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-jonbenet-ramsey/ [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-jonbenet-ramsey/]   And you heard it right – Crime Junkie Tour 2025 is officially on the books! To stay up to date on any and all things tour and tickets, be sure to visit our website [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/tour/]. Don't miss out! Shop the Crime Junkie Merch Store [https://merch.crimejunkiepodcast.com/] and explore our best collection yet now until November 30th. Grab all of your favorite items before they're gone!  Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie.app/library/ [https://crimejunkie.app/library/] to view the current membership options and policies.   Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! * Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/crimejunkiepodcast/] | @audiochuck [https://www.instagram.com/audiochuck/] * Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod [https://twitter.com/crimejunkiepod] | @audiochuck [https://twitter.com/audiochuck] * TikTok: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.tiktok.com/@crimejunkiepodcast?lang=en] * Facebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast [https://www.facebook.com/CrimeJunkiePodcast/] | /audiochuckllc [https://www.facebook.com/audiochuckllc] Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.  * Instagram: @ashleyflowers [https://www.instagram.com/ashleyflowers/] | @britprawat [https://www.instagram.com/britprawat/?hl=en] * Twitter: @Ash_Flowers [https://twitter.com/ash_flowers] | @britprawat [https://twitter.com/britprawat?lang=en] * TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie [https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleyflowerscrimejunkie?lang=en] * Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF [https://www.facebook.com/ashleyflowers.af]   Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

This episode was originally released in June 2023, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! <3    When police and federal agents descended on the home of the Todt family, they never expected to discover the gruesome scene waiting for them inside. While investigators had been able to piece together bits and pieces of what may have happened, questions still remained about who instigated everything... and why.   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-todt-family/ [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-todt-family/]   Don't miss out! Shop the Crime Junkie Merch Store [https://merch.crimejunkiepodcast.com/] and explore our best collection yet now until November 30th. Grab all of your favorite items before they're gone!    Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie.app/library/ [https://crimejunkie.app/library/] to view the current membership options and policies.  Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! * Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/crimejunkiepodcast/] | @audiochuck [https://www.instagram.com/audiochuck/] * Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod [https://twitter.com/crimejunkiepod] | @audiochuck [https://twitter.com/audiochuck] * TikTok: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.tiktok.com/@crimejunkiepodcast?lang=en] * Facebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast [https://www.facebook.com/CrimeJunkiePodcast/] | /audiochuckllc [https://www.facebook.com/audiochuckllc]   Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. * Instagram: @ashleyflowers [https://www.instagram.com/ashleyflowers/] | @britprawat [https://www.instagram.com/britprawat/?hl=en] * Twitter: @Ash_Flowers [https://twitter.com/ash_flowers] | @britprawat [https://twitter.com/britprawat?lang=en] * TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie [https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleyflowerscrimejunkie?lang=en] * Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF [https://www.facebook.com/ashleyflowers.af]   Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

When two young cousins go out for a bike ride and never come home, a community has to ask: is a predator living among them? * If you have any information about the disappearance and murders of Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins in 2012 in Iowa, please email any tips to ourmissingiowagirls@dps.state.ia.us [ourmissingiowagirls@dps.state.ia.us], or text 274637 and include the word “CEDAR.” You can also remain anonymous by calling 815-300-8477.   If you would like to join audiochuck in supporting the Elizabeth Collins Foundation [https://elizabethcollinsfoundation.org/], which educates the community on child safety and the dangers of child abduction and sex trafficking, please visit their website by clicking here [https://elizabethcollinsfoundation.org/donate]. You can learn more about The Good segment and even submit a story of your own by visiting The Good [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/share-the-good/] page on our website!   Don't miss out! Shop the Crime Junkie Merch Store [https://merch.crimejunkiepodcast.com/] and explore our best collection yet now until November 30th. Grab all of your favorite items before they're gone!    Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-lyric-cook-morrissey-elizabeth-collins [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-lyric-cook-morrissey-elizabeth-collins]   Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie.app/library/ [https://crimejunkie.app/library/] to view the current membership options and policies.   Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! * Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/crimejunkiepodcast/] | @audiochuck [https://www.instagram.com/audiochuck/] * Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod [https://twitter.com/crimejunkiepod] | @audiochuck [https://twitter.com/audiochuck] * TikTok: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.tiktok.com/@crimejunkiepodcast?lang=en] * Facebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast [https://www.facebook.com/CrimeJunkiePodcast/] | /audiochuckllc [https://www.facebook.com/audiochuckllc] Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.  * Instagram: @ashleyflowers [https://www.instagram.com/ashleyflowers/] | @britprawat [https://www.instagram.com/britprawat/?hl=en] * Twitter: @Ash_Flowers [https://twitter.com/ash_flowers] | @britprawat [https://twitter.com/britprawat?lang=en] * TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie [https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleyflowerscrimejunkie?lang=en] * Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF [https://www.facebook.com/ashleyflowers.af]   Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra is back with Season 7 of CounterClock, The Murder of Nathaniel Jones.  When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones was found brutally beaten to death and bound with tape inside his home’s carport on November 15, 2002, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his loved ones and the community were devastated by the senseless crime. For two decades, the question at the heart of the case has not been what happened to him, but rather who... who was responsible for such a heinous act? Listen to CounterClock Season 7 now, with new episodes releasing Fridays on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counterclock/id1489482036], Spotify, [https://open.spotify.com/show/3aZfzs19IagwtxnoPkb2ay?si=ead700e0fa224c4a] or wherever you get your podcasts! Or you can binge the full season by joining the Crime Junkie Fan Club [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/fanclub/] at either the $10 or $20 tiers starting November 18th!   For even more time with CounterClock, follow us on social media. * Instagram: @counterclockpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/counterclockpodcast/] | @audiochuck [https://www.instagram.com/audiochuck/] * Twitter: @CounterClockPod [https://twitter.com/CounterClockPod] | @audiochuck [https://twitter.com/audiochuck] * Facebook: /CounterClockPodcast [https://www.facebook.com/CounterClockPodcast] | /audiochuckllc [https://www.facebook.com/audiochuckllc]

This episode was originally released in September 2021, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! <3     In the 1980s, the Denver area was terrorized by a hammer-wielding mad man. But as fast as the attacks started, they suddenly stopped. Leaving the area to wonder if the mad man was dead or had moved on to another place. Once answers came, decades later the public would learn that the truth was much more concerning. You can listen to our episode MURDERED: The Hendricks Family [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-hendricks-family/] right now!   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit:  crimejunkiepodcast.com/captured-denver-hammer-killer/ [https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/captured-denver-hammer-killer/]   Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie.app/library/ [https://crimejunkie.app/library/] to view the current membership options and policies.    Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! * Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/crimejunkiepodcast/] | @audiochuck [https://www.instagram.com/audiochuck/] * Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod [https://twitter.com/crimejunkiepod] | @audiochuck [https://twitter.com/audiochuck] * TikTok: @crimejunkiepodcast [https://www.tiktok.com/@crimejunkiepodcast?lang=en] * Facebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast [https://www.facebook.com/CrimeJunkiePodcast/] | /audiochuckllc [https://www.facebook.com/audiochuckllc] Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.  * Instagram: @ashleyflowers [https://www.instagram.com/ashleyflowers/] | @britprawat [https://www.instagram.com/britprawat/?hl=en] * Twitter: @Ash_Flowers [https://twitter.com/ash_flowers] | @britprawat [https://twitter.com/britprawat?lang=en] * TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie [https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleyflowerscrimejunkie?lang=en] * Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF [https://www.facebook.com/ashleyflowers.af]   Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!