
True crime where closure gets questioned.
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Without Warning Podcast® is a true-crime investigation series built around deaths whose official answers are still disputed. Its episodes move between family memory, police procedure, evidence gaps, and conversations with investigators connected to Nashville cases.
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About Without Warning Podcast®
Without Warning Podcast® approaches true crime from the place where a case stops feeling settled. It follows deaths, violent crimes, and disputed investigations through testimony, family memory, case records, and conversations with people close to the work. The show’s center of gravity is accountability. Lauren Agee’s death receives sustained attention, especially through episodes with Sherry Smith and Allison that describe grief, remembrance, investigative concerns, and the effort to keep Lauren’s story visible. These conversations are raw without becoming theatrical. They move from personal memories to precise questions about autopsies, interviews, scene response, DNA collection, and whether protocols were followed. Other episodes shift into Nashville crime history. Pat Postiglione discusses Bruce Mendenhall, Paul Dennis Reid, evidence trails, witness accounts, and the pressure surrounding cases that frightened an entire city. The series also features process-heavy episodes that break apart 911 calls, officer statements, changing accounts, and crime-scene photographs. Corrections are handled openly, including distinctions such as blood transfer versus blood spatter and cause of death versus manner of death. That transparency gives the show a working-room feel. It is not simply retelling cases for suspense. It is testing conclusions, asking who controlled the story, and returning to the parts of an investigation that can shape everything that follows. The pacing can be uneven and intense because the material often comes through long conversations, clips, and real-time review. That is part of its identity. Without Warning Podcast® is best understood as victim-centered investigative audio for listeners who care about procedure as much as narrative. It asks what families do when the official answer does not match their gut, and what the public can learn when those questions stay on the record.
Made for: For true-crime listeners who want investigative process, family perspective, and case-file scrutiny more than tidy storytelling. It especially fits audiences interested in disputed deaths, police procedure, and public accountability.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by combining emotional family interviews with granular challenges to investigative work, from missed evidence collection to inconsistent statements. It often feels like an active case review rather than a finished crime narrative.
In their own words
Without Warning Podcast® is a true crime in real-time. This podcast goes behind the scenes with renowned private investigator Sheila Wysocki as she pulls back the curtain on official police investigations of real, tragic deaths that don’t add up. Crowdsourcing Justice™. In Season One of the Without Warning® podcast, Wysocki investigates the tragic death of Lauren Agee, who died while attending a lakeside boating event with friends. Is the police's conclusion that it was an accident consistent with all the evidence? Hear what Lauren's mother, her friends, others at the scene, and law enforcement have to say. In Season Two of Without Warning Podcast® Crowdsourcing Justice™, Wysocki turns her a…
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Episodes
- 1
Off The Record: On The Air~ Pat Postiglione stops Bruce Mendenhall
Hidden gemInside Bruce Mendenhall’s truck, Pat Postiglione found bloody napkins, women’s clothing, and a loaded .22 rifle.
Nov 6, 2025·33m·2 clips - 2
Paul Dennis Reid Episode
Hidden gemPat Postiglione says the Baskin Robbins case in Clarksville immediately felt connected to Captain D's and McDonald's.
Oct 9, 2025·35m·2 clips - 3
CRIME HOUSE DAILY
Sep 16, 2025·10m - 4
I Forgive You
Hidden gemSherry Smith says she would tell the people who know the truth: "I forgive you."
Aug 21, 2025·33m·2 clips - 5
Lauren Agee Sister~Alison Speaks Up
Hidden gemAllison says the case had "critical flaws," including no fingernail swab and no rape kit.
Aug 7, 2025·40m·2 clips - 6
Off The Record: On The Air~LAUREN AGEE
Hidden gemLauren Agee had no water in her lungs, yet authorities called the death an accident.
Jul 26, 2025·47m·2 clips - 7
Janet March
Jul 10, 2025·32m - 8
Ghosts, God and the Gold Dome
May 29, 2025·34m - 9
Is Nashville Safe
May 15, 2025·40m - 10
Wondery Death County
May 3, 2025·8m - 11
Join Sheila Wysocki, a relentless and fearless truth-digger, alongside Emmy-winning reporter Dennis Ferrier, no-nonsense former cop turned entrepreneur Jeff Lucas, and church safety expert Lori Morrison, who has a radar for real talk.
May 1, 2025·45m - 12
TONY JONES
Jan 16, 2025·24m - 13
The Utter Truth
Sep 19, 2024·31m - 14
The Final Call
Aug 23, 2024·32m - 15
The DA Showdown: Truth or Consequences Revealed
Aug 8, 2024·1h - 16
PART 2 EVIDENCE EVERYWHERE
Jul 25, 2024·32m - 17
Evidence Everywhere Except in the File
Jul 11, 2024·29m - 18
Bayou Secrets
Jun 20, 2024·27m - 19
Bayou Secrets
Jun 13, 2024·6m - 20
FINAL JUDGMENT
Apr 4, 2024·27m - 21
Appraise The Diamonds
Mar 21, 2024·35m - 22
JONATHAN CREW: THE VERDICT ~ Say His Name
Mar 7, 2024·43m - 23
Sidebar
Feb 22, 2024·26m - 24
Brenda Lazaro Kelley Takes the Fifth
Feb 15, 2024·20m - 25
THE FIFTH
Feb 8, 2024·35m - 26
The Jonathan Crews Case
Jan 19, 2024·40m - 27
In Limine
Dec 21, 2023·25m - 28
Johnathan Crews Trial:The Verdict: Voir Dire
Nov 9, 2023·27m - 29
Jonathan Crews Trial Q and A
Oct 26, 2023·29m - 30
EXHIBIT 100
Oct 12, 2023·35m - 31
JONATHAN CREWS: THE VERDICT: THE ENCOUNTER
Sep 28, 2023·26m - 32
The Expert
Sep 18, 2023·43m - 33
Without Warning Podcast
This episode covers the story of Jonathan Cruz and the $206 million verdict awarded to his family after a shooting, highlighting the investigative team known as the Avengers.
Sep 2, 2023·32m·2 clips - 34
WITHOUT WARNING THE JONATHAN CREWS CASE CONTINUES
Aug 24, 2023·5m - 35
MILLER TIME~CHRISTIAN ANDREACCHIO
Jun 15, 2023·38m - 36
Crowdsourcing Justice~CHRISTIAN ANDREACCHIO CASE~Asked and answered…or did he?
May 18, 2023·25m - 37
CROWDSOURCING JUSTICE~IS IT TRUE: LIES ALWAYS CHANGE AND TRUTH STAYS THE SAME?
May 5, 2023·40m - 38
Rae Andreacchio and Sheila Wysocki catch up
Mar 23, 2023·45m - 39
Reputation: the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something
Mar 9, 2023·39m - 40
Jett's Version Under Oath
Feb 16, 2023·37m - 41
Jett Miller: Duly Sworn under oath
Feb 2, 2023·38m - 42
The Chilling Effect ~ Defamation or Truth? In the Matter of: Christian Andreacchio
Jan 19, 2023·36m - 43
In the Matter of Christian Andreacchio
Jan 16, 2023·5m - 44
CHRISTIAN ANDREACCHIO CASE~Defamation or Truth? In the Matter of : Christian Andreacchio
Jan 3, 2023·6m - 45
Waiting on Evidence
Jul 8, 2022·6m - 46
Dani Smith's case "RED FLAGS" Second Part
Jun 21, 2022·32m - 47
RED FLAGS The Dani Smith Case
Jun 17, 2022·36m - 48
Who's Telling the Story?
A private investigator reexamines a suspicious death at a lakeside boating event, questioning the official accident conclusion.
May 31, 2022·40m - 49
Storytime
This episode analyzes conflicting statements from a 911 call and police interviews in a death investigation.
May 13, 2022·42m - 50
No Hole, No Bullet
Private investigator Sheila Wysocki investigates the suspicious death of Lauren Agee, questioning the official accident conclusion.
Apr 29, 2022·32m