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True Believer: The Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth Mackintosh

TJ Ingrassia & Ruth Serven Smith

Early on the morning of March 26, 1990, Elizabeth Mackintosh was murdered on the campus of Covenant Theological Seminary in Creve Coeur, Missouri. To date it"s the only unsolved murder in the city’s history. True Believer examines the circumstances surrounding Elizabeth"s murder and speaks to the people affected by it as they, and the men suspected in her death, search for answers.

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12:42

Series Update - Garden of Lament and Hope

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2025/03/28

On March 26, 2025, the 35th anniversary of Elizabeth's murder, Covenant Seminary held a "Service of Lament" and dedicated a new "Garden of Lament and Hope" on the campus grounds. TJ and Ruth discuss the service (which TJ attended) and how Covenant chose to memorialize Elizabeth. Visit www.truebelieverpodcast.com to see additional materials related to each episode or to get in touch with us.

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43:47

Morgan's Story

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2024/12/10

The main True Believer project is finished, at least until there are any updates on the Elizabeth Mackintosh murder investigation. But we do want to return with a postscript that addresses a different question: What happened to other people who were students at Covenant Seminary in 1990?Many students and professors went on to respected careers in the ministry. One of them was a man named Ian, who in 2023 was deemed unfit to lead his church after a sexual misconduct allegation was made public ...

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Series Update

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2024/07/23

The family of David Winecoff recently reached out to “True Believer” with concerns about recent episodes. After reviewing their concerns, we have made several updates to Episodes 13 and 14. Ultimately, however, we stand by our work and our decision to include an examination of David Winecoff’s death in “True Believer.”A formal statement from the Winecoff family is forthcoming, which we will link to here upon release.

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Ep 15: It's Also Worth Saying...

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2024/06/18

In this final episode of the series, Ruth and TJ sit down with PCA pastors Doug Serven and Kyle Hackmann to discuss what they all learned from working on this series, and to answer some of the comments and critiques that listeners (and those that haven't listened) have made.We do have some bonus content in the works, so stay tuned for that. And if there are any updates in the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Mackintosh, we'll publish additional content when appropriate.Visit www.truebelieverpodca...

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Ep 14: The Light of Day

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2024/06/04

In the last episode we heard about David Winecoff's connection to Elizabeth Mackintosh, and his apparent belief that Michael, the prime suspect, had nothing to do with her murder.When we left Norm Reed, he and David were planning a climbing trip to the Sangre de Christo mountains of Colorado. Today we’ll hear what happened on that trip, the fallout that followed, and how, just like with Elizabeth’s murder, administrators at Covenant Seminary wanted everything to go away as quickly as possible...

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Special Announcements

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2024/05/31

A couple quick announcements.First, Ruth and TJ will be in Richmond, Virginia the week of June 9th, for the PCA General Assembly. If you’re going to be there and you’d like to meet up with us, or if you have any information that you’d like to share, if you know someone who’ll be there that you think we should meet, visit www.truebelieverpodcast.com to get in touch with us.And second, we'll be publishing our next episode this coming Tuesday, June 4th. So you won’t have to wait another week.

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66:06

Ep 13: A Skilled Man

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2024/05/28

In this episode we begin to talk about David Winecoff, the pastor of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, which Elizabeth Mackintosh attended.David was something of a lightning rod in St. Louis Presbyterian circles, and his death in 1993 enshrined him as a sort of a mythic figure, especially for those who attended his church.But despite his elevated status and the high regard that so many have continued to have for him, many questions remain about his knowledge of and possible connection ...

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Ep 12: The Secret Admirer

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2024/05/14

We’ve talked about some of the interesting characters around Covenant Seminary in 1990. But as we enter the final phase of this series, we’ll explore the most interesting, and potentially most important, characters yet.In this episode, Detective Worth will start to lay out his own theory of the case, which differs pretty dramatically from everything the Creve Coeur police had believed before him and, as far as we know, what they still believe today.In December 1989 a married man approached El...

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54:43

Ep 11: Shady Characters

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2024/04/30

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33:19

Bonus Content: Sandra Interview

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2024/04/23

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Ep 10: The Forgotten Children

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2024/04/16

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38:24

Bonus Content: Ryan Davidson Interview

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2024/04/09

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59:18

Ep 09: What Happened to Michael

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2024/04/02

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10:35

Bonus Content: 34 Years

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2024/03/26

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54:29

Ep 08: The Polygraph

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2024/03/19

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0:27

Series Update

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2024/03/12

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45:14

Bonus Content: Liam Adams Interview

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2024/03/05

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73:50

Ep 07: Let's Talk About It

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2024/02/27

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33:13

Bonus Content: Ruth Serven Smith Interview

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2024/02/20

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56:59

Ep 06: Don't Talk About It

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2024/02/13

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