Sideline Sleuths

Sideline Sleuths

Hosts, Jasmine & Megan, discuss a different true crime story in each episode, but one has no idea what’s coming. Megan brings the facts, and Jasmine brings some memorable, off-the-cuff reactions. Don't miss it! If you like being an armchair detective, you'll love being a sideline sleuth. Music and editing by Chris Petro

Episodes

May 6, 2022 5 mins

Join Megan and Jasmine as they pay their respects to a beloved podcast and all the people who came along for the ride.



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In 2007, the four daughters of Banita Jacks all stopped attending school. Slowly people noticed changes about the family, most notably not seeing the girls anymore. It wouldn't be until early 2008 that the truth about what happened in the house was revealed. Banita had murdered all four of her daughters. Join Megan and Jasmine as they share the details of a story that shocked the nation. 

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March 4, 2022 45 mins

In December 2000, seven men escaped from a maximum security prison in Texas and went on a crime spree that led to a nationwide manhunt. Join Megan and Jasmine as they rehash the elaborate escape, and all its twists and turns.

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February 4, 2022 57 mins

When Richard Hernandez was a no call, no show two days in a row at work, friends and coworkers sounded the alarm in Dallas, TX. After finding only ominous clues in and around his apartment, investigators concluded he had been murdered. Join Megan, Jasmine and special guests as they follow the trail that led right to the man responsible. 

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Canadian businessman, Gerald Cotten, was recently married and celebrating his honeymoon when he unexpectedly died. As the news of his untimely death unfolded, the world learned that it wasn't just Gerald that was gone. The shocking details that emerged left many questioning how he died or if perhaps he wasn't dead at all. Join Megan and Jasmine as they deep dive into this unusual case. 

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December 3, 2021 48 mins
When Cari Farver vanished, the people closest to her knew that something just wasn't right. Somehow, it would take years before her disappearance was actually confirmed and no one could have imagined the truth behind the strange circumstances surrounding what happened to her. Join Megan, Jasmine, and a special guest as they flip out trying to piece it all together.
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November 5, 2021 48 mins

Tony Costa was a carpenter, husband and father who was later found to be responsible for the murders of at least 8 women in the mid to late 60s in the Cape Cod area. Join Megan and Jasmine as they discuss the ways Tony eluded police for years right down to the bananas mistake that got him caught. 

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October 1, 2021 28 mins
Demi Cuccia was viciously stabbed the day after her 16th birthday by her former boyfriend. She did not survive. Sadly, domestic violence is all too common. Statistics indicate that as many as three women die daily in an intimate violence-related homicide. Join Jasmine and Megan as they discuss this heartbreaking and avoidable story. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, an event created to tackle domestic violence issues w...
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September 3, 2021 31 mins

In this very special reboot episode, Megan tells the story of the gruesome murders of Fred and Edwina Rogers in 1965. Authorities suspect that one man is responsible, but the efforts to find him uncover all kinds of twisty conspiracies. 

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August 20, 2021 6 mins

Big News! After a break, the Sleuths are finally back and ready to catch up up on all things Megan, Jasmine and the podcast going forward. Tune in to get the scoop on when and where you can hear the newest stories from the sidelines...

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In 2011, Josh Hilbering was pushed out of a high rise window and died. In 2013, his wife Amber was convicted of his murder. A few years later, she was found hanging in her jail cell. Join us as we discuss the story a 2019 Bustle article calls "shocking from beginning to end." For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: http://www.sidelinesleuths.com/sources
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Paula Wade and her three-year-old son, Brandon, vanished from Valdosta, GA in October of 2002. Tina Sinclair and her daughter, Bethany, disappeared suddenly from the home Tina shared with her boyfriend in 2001. Jennifer Lancaster went missing in Topeka, KS in May of 2000 with her two daughters. What happened to these three families? How could they all vanish without a trace? Join Jasmine and Megan as they discuss the disappearances...
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August 7, 2020 34 mins
Hannah Graham's friends last heard from her via text message around 1:20 on the morning on September 13, 2014. She told her friends that she was on her way to a party, but that she was lost. When police finally tracked down her killer, they realized Hannah's death was the tip of the iceberg. For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: https://www.SidelineSleuths.com/sources
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July 31, 2020 33 mins
On this week's episode of Sideline Sleuths, we follow the mystifying trail of breadcrumbs surrounding the disappearance of Adam Emery. He was convicted of murder and released while he awaited sentencing. By the time investigators realized he was missing, their search turned up more questions than answers. For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: https://www.SidelineSleuths.com/sources
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July 24, 2020 37 mins
Two year old October Ann Perez was rushed to a Salt Lake City hospital after sustaining  blunt force head trauma consistent with child abuse. She was declared brain dead soon after. Even with a history of abuse reports and visits from CPS, October lived in the care of her mother and her boyfriend. Could this brutal murder have been prevented? Join Megan and Jasmine as they review the tragic details of this case. For a list of sourc...
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July 17, 2020 36 mins
Everett Palmer Jr walked into York County Jail in Pennsylvania and never walked out. Join Megan and Jasmine as they discuss the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: https://www.SidelineSleuths.com/sources
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Pearl Pinson was abducted at gunpoint on her way to school in 2016. Police were able to determine the identity of her captor, but not Pearl’s whereabouts. It’s been more than four years since she was taken, but she has never been found. For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: https://www.SidelineSleuths.com/sources

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July 4, 2020 36 mins
Christopher Reese, Darrance Kindle, and Jason Vesper were all murdered and their cases are unsolved. Their deaths are not related, but they do have something in common: each murder was caught on surveillance footage. Join Jasmine and Megan as they share what little details are known about these murders despite all of them being at least somewhat recorded. For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: https://www.Sideline...
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In June of 1995, a young, well known, and well liked news anchor named Jodi Huisentruit was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex. She was legally declared dead years later, but no one really knows what happened to her that morning. Join Jasmine and Megan as they theorize about the possibilities of who may have wanted to harm Jodi. For a list of sources used to craft this episode, visit: https://www.SidelineSl...

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June 19, 2020 46 mins

In April of 2015, three Baltimore police officers arrested a 25-year-old man named Freddie Gray. Within an hour of that encounter, he was unresponsive with a spinal cord injury. He died a week later. The question became: did Freddie die at the hands of police or did he simply die while in their custody? Join Jasmine and Megan as they share the facts, their outrage, and how those questions are two sides of the same coin. For a ...

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