Jackie’s Camaro sat on Highway 160 with blood inside, and the trunk held a blood-covered bumper jack.
1. True Crime Brewery covers the Jackie Johns case from Nixa, Missouri, after Jackie vanished on a summer night in 1985.
2. Jill and Dick host the episode, and they frame Jackie Johns as a 20-year-old woman whose disappearance pulled in a small-town community.
3. The episode asks what happened to Jackie Johns during the June 17, 1985 fog and why her car, her work routine, and her phone calls mattered.
4. Jackie worked at the Sale Barnyard Cafe for Jerry Estes and at the Springfield Kmart customer service desk.
5. Friends described Jackie as a former prom queen, cheerleader, and local beauty contest winner who still lived with her parents in a trailer in Nixa.
6. The hosts describe Jackie’s reputation for giving advice at the cafe, where regulars compared her to “Ann Landers.”
7. Jackie’s life included the 7-Eleven parking lot, a black Camaro with a messy interior, and a boyfriend named Cody Wright.
8. The episode details obscene calls from a man the women called “the jerk,” including the line “You look really sexy.”
9. Jackie also received unsettling attention from Jerry Carnahan, a cafe customer who often stared at her and once called her home.
10. A separate incident at 7-Eleven left Jackie crying in the rain and shouting into a ringing payphone.
11. On June 15, 1985, Jackie spent time at Table Rock Lake with Lisa, Tony, Cody, and another couple, then left without saying goodbye.
12. On Monday, June 17, Jackie told Sonia that it was “time for change in her life” and got her hair cut before going to the tanning salon.
13. Wanda Smith noticed Jackie acting quietly at the tanning salon and saw her check the back seat of her Camaro before driving away.
14. Jackie called Lisa later and asked to meet after work, but Lisa’s mother said, “It’s foggy enough for murder.”
15. At the cafe, Jackie sat with Kirk Dooms, who asked her for advice about his relationship, reinforcing her role as the person people confided in.
16. Jackie left work around 10 p.m., and witnesses later said she turned toward the auction barn area instead of simply going home.
17. The next morning, Jerry Estes found Jackie’s Camaro on Highway 160 with blood inside, her purse open, and the bumper jack in the trunk stained with blood and hair.
18. Searchers, helicopters, horses, and ATVs combed fields and Lake Springfield before fishermen found Jackie Johns’ body near the water on June 22.
19. The tone stays grim and procedural, with Jill and Dick alternating narration and commentary while using local details from Nixa and Christian County.
20. Listeners who like small-town true-crime investigations will probably stay with it, while people avoiding graphic crime detail may skip it.
