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It’s been twenty years since 21-year-old nursing student Maura Murray disappeared without a trace on February 9, 2004. Yet countless questions remain and her family continues to fight for resolution. Her mysterious disappearance is a story that strangers have told hundreds of times. But absent in the story you’ve heard are the voices of those who knew Maura, those closest to the investigation. Not anymore. Maura’s sister, Julie Murray, hosts Season 1 of Media Pressure- The Untold Story of Maura Murray. The goal for this season is to cut out the noise and reveal who Maura really was with exclusive interview...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · August 2026
A sister-hosted, evidence-heavy account of the Maura Murray case built on interviews and leads few outside accounts can match.
Media Pressure keeps its true crime coverage inside one family. Julie Murray hosts a season built around her sister Maura's 2004 disappearance, working from interviews with the people closest to the case and the investigation itself rather than a reporter's outside view.
You want the Maura Murray case with the family in the room, not subreddit fog.
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A family search widens as an early police theory deepens their frustration.
Episode 6 tracks the days after Maura Murray vanished, moving from the warrant for the Saturn in Mike Lavoie's garage to a family search that stretched across Vermont and Maine toward the Canadian border.
A focused look at how vacation economies, fear, and police follow-up can collide around cases needing sustained attention.
Media Pressure's Episode 8 follows a guest's argument that protecting the image of "vacation land" can influence how police respond when crime threatens a visitor-dependent economy.
A disappearance story that follows family urgency as crucial early hours begin to slip away.
Jennifer Kessie's 2006 disappearance is framed as a tense study of early urgency, with the episode staying close to the hours after she fails to arrive at work.
Julie Murray traces Mara's final days through family routines, private distress, online speculation, and a final phone call.
The days before Mara Murray's disappearance are framed through small disruptions: a single room in Kennedy Hall, work after winter break, a Thursday-night emotional breakdown, and relatives trying to understand what they missed.
A careful Q&A on media attention, family advocacy, and the search for Maura.
This bonus Q&A uses listener questions to examine how public attention shapes Maura's case while keeping the family's search for her at the center.
A roadside account turns on flashlight beams, reverse lights, and conflicting memories of what happened to Mara.
Conflicting accounts of what happened when Mara's Saturn was on the roadside give the episode its tension. Butch, Atwood, Mrs. Westman, and a neighbor each press on the same uneasy stretch of time, and the strongest moments come when the story lingers over small but…
Julie Murray follows faint leads, disputed details, and a family's refusal to let Mara's story drift away with time.
The episode finds its sharpest image in an 82-year-old father following a tip with Julie Murray: a family still searching for Mara Murray, unwilling to let age, distance, or time turn into reasons to stop.
Evidence first, rumors on trial.
Julie Murray hosts this episode to explore the untold story of her sister Maura's disappearance, starting with their family background in Weymouth and the personal grief that drives the investigation.
Media Pressure presents Sarah Turney and Courtney Nicole’s investigation of Jennifer Kessie, a 24-year-old Orlando financial analyst who disappeared on January 24, 2006.
Media Pressure: Episode 8, “Engage With Empathy,” examines how Maura Murray’s unresolved disappearance affected the Murray family and how true-crime coverage shaped public perceptions of them.
Media Pressure: Episode 6: The Search reconstructs the days after 21-year-old UMass Amherst student Maura Murray disappeared, beginning with a February 10 search warrant for her Saturn.
Media Pressure: Episode 5, "The Fateful Day," reconstructs Mara Murray's movements on February 9, 2004, from a 3:32 a.m.
Media Pressure: Episode 4 reconstructs Mara Murray’s final days at the University of Massachusetts before her February 2004 disappearance.
Media Pressure: Episode 9: Q&A features host Amy and executive producer Sarah Turney answering listener questions with Julie Murray about Maura Murray’s 20-year disappearance investigation.
Julie Murray reviews a year of follow-up work in the disappearance of her sister Maura Murray, including tips, searches, records, and a firsthand witness account.
Media Pressure host Julie Murray reviews major searches and leads pursued during the 19 years since Maura Murray disappeared, including the Loon Mountain 3, a disputed Cumberland Farms sighting, and searches of Claude Moulton’s former property.
This episode introduces the mysterious 2004 disappearance of nursing student Maura Murray, detailing her last known actions and the abandoned car in New Hampshire.
Julie Murray hosts an episode exploring Maura Murray's life, including her time at West Point and the rigid cadet training she underwent.