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Missing Magnolias

Missing Magnolias tells the stories of the murdered or missing but certainly not forgotten. Too often we sensationalize the offender and undermine the victim. This true crime podcast combats the norm by offering a curation of interviews with victims, criminologists, experts, and truth- seekers who begin the dialogue: what is the "real true crime experience?"

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00:28:44

The Missing, Missing: Homeless Women Part 1

Missing Magnolias ·

2022/03/11

Women who experience homelessness have fallen through the cracks in our databases and are among the population that is statistically referred to as the "missing, missing." We speak with Michael Reid who is a retired Episcopal priest, advocate for the homeless, co-founder and organizer of The Fund for Homeless Women of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, and author of No Vacancy: Homeless Women in Paradise. Michael's message remains timely and urgent: this issue concerns us all and until

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00:27:34

How Not to Create Tiny Psychopaths

Missing Magnolias ·

2022/02/28

Most people neglect to consider how mass incarceration affects children and families generationally. Our guest, Whitney Storey, teaches parenting classes for incarcerated parents at the Lafayette jail through Project H.O.P.E and is a Senior Instructor of Psychology, as well as a PLPC with a master's degree in both Psychology and Counseling. Whitney shares with us how her jail parenting classes have been successful, while also weighing-in on the informative 1992 HBO documentary Child of Rage with

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00:20:31

Trafficking

Missing Magnolias ·

2022/02/18

In areas where the drug epidemic is rampant like in Louisiana, low-income families will often exploit their children to have their basic needs met.Maegan d'Autremont is a trafficking coordinator at the Children's Advocacy Network where she conducts forensic interviews with children who have been sexually abused. She notes that there are many types of trafficking that go beyond what Hollywood has portrayed.

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00:23:41

Minisode: Everyone Luvs a Long Boi (Long Furbies)

Missing Magnolias ·

2022/02/09

Our minisodes are a break from true crime where we discuss Michelle's internet search history, which is teeming with all things weird and wonderful.For this episode's crime adjacent topic, we have created a safe space to discuss and admire long furbies with our special guest, Paige Haggerty.

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00:20:24

Give Em' Hell

Missing Magnolias ·

2022/02/04

Tom Aswell is an award-winning journalist, author, and publisher of Louisiana Voice. Tom has made a career of exposing white-collar crimes and Louisiana political corruption. In recent years, he has expanded his skills to 'armchair detective' in investigating homicide cases at the request of victims' families. He joins us today to discuss his latest book, Murder on the Teche: A True Story of Money and a Flawed Investigation, which explores through court documents the 2010 murder-for-hire plot of a

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00:13:37

Keiosha Felix

Missing Magnolias ·

2022/01/26

Duson teen, Keiosha Marie Felix, nicknamed "Red" has been missing since April 30, 2012. At the time of her disappearance, Keiosha was living in a group home for teenage girls and young mothers with her eight-month-year-old daughter. Despite an inactive cellphone and social media, Keiosha's case was initially treated as a runaway youth. The FBI would later report that Keiosha was possibly trafficked and could be living in Baton Rouge or Houston. Keiosha's case continues to weigh heavy on the

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00:34:11

Lafayette's Big Sister: Charlie Shunick

Missing Magnolias ·

2022/01/20

Charlie Shunick shares with us the very personal and public murder of her younger sister Mickey Shunick and how the experience served as a catalyst for starting her non-profit RAMP (Resource Association for Missing People).

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00:21:17

Where is Tabitha Queen?

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/12/23

Tabitha Queen, a 29-year-old mother of three was abducted from her home by an unidentified man in Bastrop, Louisiana the day after Mother's Day on May 10th, 2021. With little assistance from local police who have treated Tabitha's case more as a runaway and less like a potential homicide, the colossal challenge of conducting an investigation has fallen onto the shoulders of Tabitha's mother, Mary Lunford. Flash forward seven months, Tabitha Queen is still missing with no leads and the police have

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00:19:25

Paradise Lost: Ariel Sellers' Case

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/12/15

YouTuber, Sleuth Mom, joins us to discuss the case of Ariel Sellers, a six-year-old girl from Hawaii who is believed to have been murdered by her adopted parents in August of 2021. Before she disappeared, Ariel was starved and kept in a cage by these adopted parents with her nose and mouth taped. There is current lobbying for reform under Ariel's Law, which would prohibit anyone with a felony from adopting or fostering a child. The law also lobbies for other safeguards to better protect children

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00:32:33

Beyond the Frocks and Gallows

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/12/08

Retired Nicholls State University librarian and historian, Fran Middleton, is writing a new history on the 1927 murder of James LeBoeuf, which was the crime of the century for St. Mary Parish. A jury in 1929 found Ada LeBoeuf and her alleged lover, Dr. Thomas Dreher, guilty of the crime and as a result they were both executed. Ada LeBoeuf was the first woman hanged in Louisiana history. Despite receiving a life sentence for shooting the murder victim, local trapper and handyman, Jim Beadle, was

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00:15:53

A Cajun Hiker's Last Trail

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/12/01

The mysterious unidentified hiker 'Mostly Harmless' whose body was located in the Florida Everglades in 2018 captured the heart and imagination of the internet. The elusive story is laid to rest when the hiker is ID'd as a Lafayette, Louisiana man who leaves behind a wake of more questions than answers.

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00:21:02

Cedar Creek Crime Diaries: Part 3

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/11/26

For our final chapter of our miniseries Cedar Crime Diaries: Part 3 we speak to a local journalist, Sabrina LeBoeuf, of The News Star, who has actively reported on the story.

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00:24:50

Girl in the Barrel

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/11/24

An unidentified female child was found in a barrel as a result of a homicide in Bear Brook State Park in 2000. Three other victims were also found in barrels in the park , but were identified in 2019. Authorities believe the child's mother could have genetic ties to Pearl River County, Mississippi which is not far from New Orleans. The girl is the believed victim and biological daughter of the late serial killer, Terry Rasmussen, otherwise known in our podcast as "Tiny Dick Terry." New Hampshire

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00:16:45

Fort Hood Fallen: Army Private Paige Fontenot Briles

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/11/19

A twenty-one-year-old Cajun girl and Army Private, Paige Fontenot Briles joined the "Fort Hood Fallen" under suspicious circumstances on Christmas Eve 2016. Returning guest, Jennifer Norris of Military Justice For All, helps to uncover how Paige's death fits into a larger pattern of young soldiers' non-combat deaths at Fort Hood , while acknowledging the frequent mislabeling of homicides to suicides by Army CID. Paige's family, the Fontenots, deserve to have their daughter's case re-opened and

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00:34:43

Cedar Creek Crime Diaries: Part 2

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/11/18

Dr. Amanda Nickerson is Professor of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology at the University at Buffalo, and Director of UB's Alberti CenterforBullying Abuse Prevention. Dr. Nickerson discusses with us her research and her expertise on bullying, school violence, and its effects on the victim. Part 2 of this miniseries continues its discussion on the recent allegations of abuse and bullying at Cedar Creek, a school in Ruston, Louisiana.

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00:25:50

Cedar Creek Crime Diaries: Part 1

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/11/11

A Lincoln Parish mother organized a protest in solidarity with a former student of Cedar Creek, a private school in Ruston, Louisiana, which currently faces a lawsuit alleging that the former student endured bullying and sexual battery over the course of several months in 2020 by eight other students with the Cedar Creek administration failing to intervene. In this miniseries, Michelle and I will explore the topics of bullying and victimization within the school setting, while asking experts to

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00:29:25

The Woman Who Went Michelle McNamara on Their A$$

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/11/10

Jennifer Norris is retired US Air Force, military sexual assault survivor, and owner of the website Military Justice for All. Jen is both digital chronicler and crusader of military crimes and abuses of power on our military bases with Fort Hood being the most notable offender. Jen helps to break down some of the complex issues within the military, while sharing her experience working with the victims' families and lobbying for reform. She has also made McNamara'd into a verb and we're here for

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00:17:40

Lost in Yonkers

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/11/04

Few families can understand what it is like to experience the grief associated with "prolonged missing-ness." Ivy Lynn Mantell was last seen with a boyfriend in the Getty Square area of Yonkers, New York on June 9, 2011 before she vanished without a trace. Ivy's family share with us the factors that contributed to Ivy's disappearance as well their exhausted efforts to get answers within a broken system.

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00:24:02

The OG Todd Matthews

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/10/27

The man, the myth, the legend Todd Matthews! Todd is the cofounder of The Doe Network and former employee of NamUs who began his journey as the original websleuth with his solving of a Jane Doe case known as "Tent Girl."

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00:21:53

Suiting Up with Xtreme Cleaners

Missing Magnolias ·

2021/10/19

Larry and Amber Douglas, founders of Xtreme Cleaners, share with us a day in the life operating a Louisiana biohazard and crime scene cleanup company.

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