Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps

SHORT CUTS | EP14: Catholic Scandal, Smiley Face Killer, Slenderman, and Missing College Student Josh Guimond

A college student abruptly gets up from a poker game, says nothing, and leaves the dorm. With a five-minute walk ahead of him home, somewhere in between … he vanishes… never to be seen again. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV series, and my iHeartMedia podcast, Paper Ghosts, in addition to the ideas you send me. A lot of them grab hold of me emotionally—especially the victims' stories and the ordeal their families go through. A good number of the cases, for myriad reasons, don't fit into the model for a more complete CTL episode. So I wanted to create a sub platform to showcase some of those stories, as well. That said, thank you for supporting Crossing the Line, which has allowed me to produce this new expansion of the brand … Once or twice per month, maybe more, I'll present a 15 to 20 minute episode, covering murder and missing person cases, and other interesting crimes I think you'll want to hear about—but maybe more importantly, cases that give us a deeper understanding of the crimes and scumbags who commit them. Sign up for your free Patreon account here [http://www.patreon.com/mwilliamphelps], where I'll be streaming "live," dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you cannot find anywhere else. Visit www.crossingtheline.biz [https://www.crossingtheline.biz/] to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-paper-ghosts-the-ozarks-70977237/], now in its fourth season, wherever you get your favorite shows. M. William Phelps [http://mwilliamphelps.com/] is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books [https://www.amazon.com/M.-William-Phelps/e/B001IR1K9Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share] and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine [http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/March-2013/Blonde-Blue-Eyed-and-Gone/] and Hartford Courant [http://articles.courant.com/2014-08-18/news/hc-op-phelps-addiction-not-suicide-got-robin-willi-20140818_1_dave-second-time-addiction]. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer [https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Ground-Friendship-Serial-Killer/dp/1496709527]. **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI [https://www.nami.org/support-education/nami-helpline/] website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**

EP164 | A True Crime Murder Party - Blake, MaryJo and Tyler Hadley

Sixty kids show up to a house party one night and dance the night away, get their drink on, and stay until the pre-dawn hours of the following morning… Unbeknownst to everyone is that there are two mutilated bodies hidden inside the same house, with evidence of both murders just about everywhere you look. Find Phelps on X @MWilliamPhelps Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mwilliamphelps [https://www.facebook.com/mwilliamphelps] IG and TikTok @mwilliamphelps For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. [http://www.patreon.com/mwilliamphelps] Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crossing-the-line-with-m-william-phelps/id1588735439] Visit www.crossingtheline.biz [https://www.crossingtheline.biz] to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 Apple Podcast hit PAPER GHOSTS [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paper-ghosts-the-ozarks/id1526682330], now in its 5th season, "The Texas Teen Murders," wherever you get your favorite shows. M. William Phelps [http://mwilliamphelps.com/] is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books [https://www.amazon.com/M.-William-Phelps/e/B001IR1K9Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share] and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine [http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/March-2013/Blonde-Blue-Eyed-and-Gone/] and Hartford Courant [http://articles.courant.com/2014-08-18/news/hc-op-phelps-addiction-not-suicide-got-robin-willi-20140818_1_dave-second-time-addiction]. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer [https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Ground-Friendship-Serial-Killer/dp/1496709527]. **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI [https://www.nami.org/support-education/nami-helpline/] website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**

EP163 | The Genetic Murder Ghost - The True Crime of Guilt By Association

It's called the Village of Drummond, an exclusive neighborhood in Chevy Chase, Maryland. On a pleasant spring morning, homicide investigators are called out to a swanky brick colonial with blood smeared all over the walls. It takes decades, but two determined investigators finally find the answer to a murder in which the wrong man had been targeted all along. Find Phelps on X @MWilliamPhelps Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mwilliamphelps [https://www.facebook.com/mwilliamphelps] IG and TikTok @mwilliamphelps For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. [http://www.patreon.com/mwilliamphelps] Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crossing-the-line-with-m-william-phelps/id1588735439] Visit www.crossingtheline.biz [https://www.crossingtheline.biz] to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 Apple Podcast hit PAPER GHOSTS [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paper-ghosts-the-ozarks/id1526682330], now in its 5th season, "The Texas Teen Murders," wherever you get your favorite shows. M. William Phelps [http://mwilliamphelps.com/] is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books [https://www.amazon.com/M.-William-Phelps/e/B001IR1K9Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share] and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine [http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/March-2013/Blonde-Blue-Eyed-and-Gone/] and Hartford Courant [http://articles.courant.com/2014-08-18/news/hc-op-phelps-addiction-not-suicide-got-robin-willi-20140818_1_dave-second-time-addiction]. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer [https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Ground-Friendship-Serial-Killer/dp/1496709527]. **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI [https://www.nami.org/support-education/nami-helpline/] website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**

EP162 - Cold Blooded Murder: The True Crimes of Kevin Weismore

It's the day after Christmas. A young man takes off on his motorbike and heads out to a popular Connecticut trail to meet a young woman. By late evening, when he fails to return home, his parents call the state police and a search gets underway. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. [http://www.patreon.com/mwilliamphelps] Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crossing-the-line-with-m-william-phelps/id1588735439] Visit www.crossingtheline.biz [https://www.crossingtheline.biz] to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 Apple Podcast hit PAPER GHOSTS [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paper-ghosts-the-ozarks/id1526682330], now in its 5th season, "The Texas Teen Murders," wherever you get your favorite shows. M. William Phelps [http://mwilliamphelps.com/] is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books [https://www.amazon.com/M.-William-Phelps/e/B001IR1K9Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share] and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine [http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/March-2013/Blonde-Blue-Eyed-and-Gone/] and Hartford Courant [http://articles.courant.com/2014-08-18/news/hc-op-phelps-addiction-not-suicide-got-robin-willi-20140818_1_dave-second-time-addiction]. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer [https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Ground-Friendship-Serial-Killer/dp/1496709527]. **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI [https://www.nami.org/support-education/nami-helpline/] website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**

EP161 - Coors Beer, Nancy Guthrie, Abduction, Kidnapping, Murder: True Crime & Joseph Corbett, Jr.

You've heard of the beer and the name ... Coors. But behind all that wealth, fame, and the iconic name, almost 70 years ago, the Coors family is connected to one of the most intriguing kidnapping/murder cases … my bet is, you have never heard about. A case which, more recently, has come back into the spotlight after a well-known Today Show anchor's mother, Nancy Guthrie, was kidnapped in Tucson, Arizona. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. [http://www.patreon.com/mwilliamphelps] Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Visit www.crossingtheline.biz [https://www.crossingtheline.biz] to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 Apple Podcast hit PAPER GHOSTS [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paper-ghosts-the-ozarks/id1526682330], now in its 5th season, "The Texas Teen Murders," wherever you get your favorite shows. M. William Phelps [http://mwilliamphelps.com/] is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books [https://www.amazon.com/M.-William-Phelps/e/B001IR1K9Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share] and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine [http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/March-2013/Blonde-Blue-Eyed-and-Gone/] and Hartford Courant [http://articles.courant.com/2014-08-18/news/hc-op-phelps-addiction-not-suicide-got-robin-willi-20140818_1_dave-second-time-addiction]. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics. Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer [https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Ground-Friendship-Serial-Killer/dp/1496709527]. **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI [https://www.nami.org/support-education/nami-helpline/] website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**