Four strange crime stories become a loose, funny guessing game with Josh at the center.
Murder In The Rain turns a break from the regular case format into a compact guessing game, with Josh asked to sort four strange stories into fact or fiction.

Rainy-region true crime with bite.
Murder In The Rain follows murders and criminal cases rooted in Oregon, Washington, and the wider Pacific Northwest. Its case narration is serious and detail-heavy, while the surrounding banter can turn strange, playful, and blunt.
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Murder In The Rain is true crime shaped by Pacific Northwest geography, memory, and anger. Its stories often begin in places that seem ordinary or even picturesque, then turn toward violence, failed protection, and families left with unanswered questions. The show covers murders, suspicious claims, historical cases, and current local controversies across Oregon and Washington. Heather Snively, Karina Roberts, Robin Jones, Nikki Thrasher, Warren Forest, Ted Bundy, and Anne-Marie Burr all appear in the excerpts as part of that regional map. The reporting is case-forward. It tracks timelines, relationships, police interviews, autopsy details, suspect behavior, and the frustrating gaps that remain when records are thin or public information is scarce. It also has a strong editorial conscience. The show is wary of turning killers into legends, and it repeatedly returns attention to victims, survivors, families, and the possibility that publicity can still produce movement. The format is not rigid. Some episodes are conventional narratives. Some revisit older coverage with new context. Some respond to listener requests. Some step away from the main case format for year-end updates, Patreon material, or a deduction game built around strange crimes that may or may not be real. The tonal range is wide. A detailed murder account can be followed by chaotic banter, horror-movie chatter, wordplay, household jokes, or a sudden detour about snacks. That offbeat rhythm gives the show a recognizable personality without softening the subject matter. The best fit is a listener who wants regional true crime with research, emotion, and a little mess around the edges. It is not sterile. It is often bleak. It can also be funny in the margins, especially when the hosts let the episode breathe after a hard story.
Made for: For listeners who want Pacific Northwest true crime with case detail, local texture, and a conversational edge. It suits people comfortable with heavy material and tonal shifts between grim reporting and oddball humor.
What sets it apart: The show combines regional casework with a candid, lived-in rapport that can move from victim-focused outrage to surreal banter in seconds. It also questions how true crime frames offenders, especially when attention could help survivors or unresolved cases.
With a mutual fascination for true crime, Alisha and Josh have taken it upon themselves to explore the depravity that holds a special place in the Pacific Northwest. Murder in the Rain examines the brutality, history, and humanity of these notorious murders. With the help of authors, psychologists, detectives, and victims' families, Murder in the Rain brings an understanding of who the victims were while investigating a killer's origins and motives. For images and videos of the cases, visit us at murderintherain.com.
Alicia and Josh take you from case files to saltine discourse without losing the human stakes.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Four strange crime stories become a loose, funny guessing game with Josh at the center.
Murder In The Rain turns a break from the regular case format into a compact guessing game, with Josh asked to sort four strange stories into fact or fiction.


True crime with raised eyebrows.

True crime with a messy-TV side channel.

Australian history, restored from the record.

Dark facts, loose wires, no reverence.

True crime from the investigators’ side.
["Murder In The Rain's Deduce episode turns four crime stories into a guessing game built around Keith McAllister, Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Ingmar Westlund, and a Seattle bank robber.", "The MRI segment centers on a 20-pound chain, an open MRI on Long Island, and the 'missile effect' that pulled Keith into the machine.", "The Lake Tahoe segment follows 26-year-old Mark Anthony Gonzalez after two women in Stateline, Nevada, woke around 4:30 a.m.
Murder In The Rain revisits the 2009 deaths of 21-year-old Heather Snively and her unborn son, John Stephen, after Heather moved from Maryland to Hillsboro, Oregon, with fiancé Chris Popp.
A true crime podcast episode about the case of missing 10-year-old Elizabeth Huster, whose mother went to prison for having a dismembered landlord in her freezer.
This episode provides updates on true crime cases including a vigil for Tika Lewis, a trial for Cameron Hooker, and a plea in the Blackshear case.
A true crime episode exploring the murder of Shelly Sabo, a teenager with a troubled past, and questioning whether justice was served.
Murder In The Rain investigates the Oregon murders of Robin Sue Johns and Nikki Renee Thrasher, beginning with Corey’s request to identify what happened to his former babysitter.
Alicia Holland and Josh review Murder in the Rain's year, including a six-month hiatus, the shift from a trio to a duo, and seven years since the show's creation.
Murder In The Rain's "Man In Blue Van Pt.
Carolyn Osorio and Brandon Morgan of Stolen Voices of Dole Valley say Warren Forrest stayed obscure because Ted Bundy "was sucking up all of the media attention." The episode traces the December 7, 1971 disappearance of 16-year-old Jamie Grissom, whose case police logged as a runaway and declined to treat as a missing person for 30 days.
A 1976 Fort Lewis newspaper brief leads Murder In The Rain to the cases of Jacob Brown, Peter Zito, Donald Barton, and Cindy Barajas.
Murder In The Rain interviews Caroline Fraser about Murderland, a book examining whether industrial lead pollution in Tacoma contributed to a period of elevated serial killing and violent crime in the Pacific Northwest.
This episode is a Patreon-exclusive true crime story from the Murder in the Rain podcast, with scheduling updates and a preview of upcoming episodes.
The host shares personal anecdotes about living in Oregon and Washington, leading to a reflection on a women's prison near Gig Harbor.
The hosts of Murder in the Rain celebrate their five-year anniversary by sharing personal stories and answering listener questions.
This episode of Murder in the Rain introduces a true crime story set during the Great Depression, using the film Emperor of the North as a preamble to discuss hobos and railroad violence.