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An Appalachian True Crime Podcast
Homemade Christmas candy gives way to a murder case, and you're at Heather and Dylan's table.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A conversational account of Zara Baker's illness, family, and determination, anchored by a teacher's ropes-course memory.
Mountain Murders begins Zara Baker's case by staying close to the childhood that shaped how others saw her. Born in Wagga Wagga, Australia, and raised by her father Adam after Emily Dietrich gave him custody when Zara was eight months old, she is presented as a child repeatedly…
A foul-mouthed Christmas movie hangout finds warmth in Cousin Eddie, Santa bolo ties, and holiday dysfunction.
Heather and Dylan turn a drunken Christmas movie review into a loose holiday hangout, starting with a sharply spotted VA waiting-room image: an old man in a brown fringed leather coat with rhinestones, turquoise, and a Santa bolo tie.
A casual holiday start shifts into Bo White's isolated life and a troubling story involving Mills, pills, and his father.
Mountain Murders centers this single-episode review on Bo White, framed by his family as a miracle child after a rare kidney transplant at 15 and later as an awkward, sickly shut-in whose world stayed close to home, family, the internet, and video games.
A conversational true-crime character study of Jason Owens, where an ordinary image sits uneasily beside repeated trouble with the law.
This PlayNext review frames the episode around Jason Owens, drawing out the contrast between a seemingly ordinary public image and a messier personal record.
A regional murder case lands hardest through forensic detail and a suspect whose story will not stay still.
Mountain Murders treats Jessica Dishon's disappearance as a grim Appalachian true-crime case, and it is most effective when the focus stays on the evidence.
Celebrity gossip meets survival-crime chaos.
Farmhouse murders, zombie powders and Breton omens.
Murder cases, lake monsters and two hosts with opinions.
Vanishings, killings and cold trails, laid out case by case.
One friend tells the case. The other asks why.
Zara Baker's prosthetic leg had a serial number, and it turned up miles from Alyssa Fairchild's former residence.
The hosts share a humorous anecdote about an elderly man at the VA wearing a flashy cowboy outfit with a Santa bolo tie, setting a comedic tone for their true crime podcast.
Mountain Murders pairs the 2018 killing of Bo White in Lerona, West Virginia, with the 1970 disappearance of West Virginia University freshmen Merid Malarick and Karen Farrell.
Police found Christy Codd's items in Jason Owens' trash bags and charged him with three murders.
Mountain Murders recounts Jessica Dawn Dyshon's disappearance from her Shepherdsville, Kentucky home on September 10, 1999, after Edna Dyshon found her purse, one shoe, backpack, phone, and car in the driveway.
Hosts Heather and Dylan banter about their marital dynamics and recent hiking trip before diving into a true crime case from the Appalachian region.
The host interviews his mother about growing up in western North Carolina and the discrimination faced by people with mountain accents, as a special episode while his co-host is unavailable.
The hosts welcome listeners back, thank fans for feedback, and promote their Patreon for a true crime podcast.