Aren't You Worried?

Aren't You Worried?

Aren't You Worried is a true crime podcast about crimes that have piqued Lauren's interest. Every week Lauren will have a guest on and while she is telling the true crime case with care and sensitivity, she hopes we can also laugh along the way.

Episodes

July 17, 2025 46 mins

This week Lauren and Keith discuss the I-5 Strangler. How many women did he actually kill?

Sources: 

  • Crime Library: Roger Reece Kibbe: The I-5 Strangler by Katherine Ramsland
  • CBS 12: California inmate charged with attempted murder of convicted killer of Kristin Smart by Stephen Hawkins 
  • AP News: Serial killer who was spared execution is killed in prison by Don Thompson
  • Wikipedia
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Welcome to Aren't You Worried? 

This week Lauren and Sandy discuss the crimes of Juan Corona. Was he actually a serial killer or was he framed? 

Sources: 

  • 10 Most Infamous Criminals by Jo Durden Smith
  • Crime Library: Juan Corona: Rush to Judgment? by Katherine Ramsland
  • All That’s Interesting: The Gruesome Crimes Of Juan Corona, The ‘Machete Murderer’ Who Slaughtered Migrant Workers by Austin Harvey 
  • Wikipedia
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This week Lauren tells Gabby about Susan Walters' fight for her life.

Sources:

  • Hospital Watchdog: "ER Nurse Kills Attacker While Defending Herself" by Bob Aller
  • Blurred Bylines: "A Hitman Came for Susan Kuhnhausen. He Didn’t Survive." by Shari Rose
  • Willamett Week: "A Hit Man Came to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. She Survived. He Didn't. Ten years later, she tells her story." by Beth Slovic
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June 26, 2025 40 mins

Our Final Episode!

This week Amanda and Lauren say goodbye the only way they know how! They talk about the ten fugitives currently on the FBI's Most Wanted list, what their crimes were, and in some cases, where they might be found.

Have you seen one of these fugitives? Do you have information to share? Please visit tips.fbi.gov, or call 1-800-CALL-FBI. 

One of us only cried once!

Sources:

  • FBI's Most Wanted websi...
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June 19, 2025 99 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who perpetrated the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 

Sources:

  • FBI History: “Oklahoma City Bombing”
  • British Medical Journal: “The Execution of Timothy McVeigh: Must See TV?” by Stuart WG Derbyshire
  • CNN: “Terror on Trial: Who was Timothy McVeigh?” by Court TV
  • PBS: “Factual Chronology” by Amber McLaughlin, ...
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June 12, 2025 139 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and the road to the Waco siege.

Sources:

  • The New Yorker: “The Children of Waco” by Peter J. Boyer
  • NPR: “30 Years after the siege, ‘Waco’ examines what led to the catastrophe” by Dave Davies
  • Vox: “The Waco tragedy, explained” by Tara Isabella Burton
  • Texas Monthly: “The Enemy Within” by Gary Cartwright
  • People: “What Was the Waco Siege? Revisiting the 51-Day Standof...
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June 5, 2025 113 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Ruby Ridge. The 11 day siege between Randy Weaver, his family, and federal agents in the Idaho mountains. 

Sources:

  • Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter
  • American Experience on PBS: “Ruby Ridge”
  • Standoff: What Happened at Ruby Ridge? By Slate Podcasts
  • Wikipedia




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May 29, 2025 44 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the horrible crimes commited by the Monster of the Andes.

Sources:

  • Crime Library: Pedro Lopez: The Monster of the Andes by David Lohr
  • Biography.com: Pedro Alonso Lopez
  • Medium: “The Monster of the Andes”: Pedro Alonso López Murdered Hundreds of Children in South America and Then Disappeared by Tim Reynolds
  • Wikipedia
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May 22, 2025 53 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the murder of David Blakely at the hands of Ruth Ellis.

Sources:

  • The Standard: Ruth Ellis: the tragic story of the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK by Vicky Jessop
  • Penn Church: David Blakely 1929-1955 [Obituary]
  • 100 Most Infamous Criminals by Jo Durden Smith 
  • Wikipedia
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May 15, 2025 77 mins

This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss an infamous - and officially unsolved - murder case. They’re talking about Michael Skakel and the murder of Martha Moxley.

Sources:

  • CBS News: “Michael Skakel, Kennedy cousin whose conviction in killing of Martha Moxley was overturned, sues investigator and town” by AP News
  • CBS News: “Martha Moxley murder: Case timeline” by Morgan Canty
  • CNN: “Moxley Case: Who is Michael Skakel?” by Court TV
  • CNN: “...
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May 8, 2025 61 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the disappearance of a whole family.

Sources:

  • People: Inside the Terrifying Case of an Ivy League Grad Who Had It All, But Killed His Family and Became Fugitive by Christine Pelisek
  • People: Her Father Murdered Family and Has Been a Fugitive for Decades: Here's What She'd Say If They Came Face to Face by Christine Pelisek
  • People Magazine Investigates: My Father Was a Mass Murderer
  • Wikiped...
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May 1, 2025 104 mins

This week Lauren and Amanda discuss an infamous heist planned out by masterminds.

Sources:

  • Super Heists Season 1 Episode 3: A Van Full of Dollars 
  • Blog Prep Scholar: The True Story of David Ghannt and the Loomis Fargo Heist posted by Hayley Milliman
  • All That’s Interesting: Inside David Ghantt’s Infamous Loomis Fargo Heist In October 1997 by Wyatt Redd
  • The Washington Post: Wild Spree Was Big Tip-Off -- Big-Spending Bank Robbers Buy T...
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April 24, 2025 61 mins

This week, Amanda and Lauren take you on the wild ride of the infamous incident between Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbitt) and John Wayne Bobbitt. 

Sources:

  • Refinery 29: “This Timeline Shows How Lorena Bobbitt Became a National Obsession” by Rachel Paige
  • The Independent: “Lorena Bobbitt, who cut off her husband’s penis, shares new revelations in documentary” by Meredith Clark
  • The Guardian: “‘I call us the Sisterhood of Ill Repute’: Am...
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April 17, 2025 54 mins

Welcome back Hannah & Sarah! This week Lauren tells them about Brenda Spencer who is often regarded as the first modern school shooter in the United States. Most people know her as the girl who didn’t like Monday’s.

Update: As of February 2025 Brenda Ann Spencer was denied parole for the sixth time.

Sources:

  • All That’s Interesting: Brenda Ann Spencer, The Disturbed Perpetrator Behind The 1979 Cleveland Elementary School Shooti...
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April 10, 2025 108 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the horrible crimes of Gene Leroy Hart and maybe a crime he didn't commit at all.

Sources:

  • Girl Scout Murders.com
  • 'People Magazine Investigates': The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders, and a Family's Pursuit of Justice by Christine Pelisek
  • KOCO: Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders: Timeline of events by Brooke Withrow
  • News9: Girl Scout Murders: DNA Closes The Case 45 Years Later by Reagan Le...
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April 3, 2025 65 mins

This week, Amanda and Lauren wrap up their Women's History Month series with the story of the tragic murder of Dominique Dunne, and the injustice that followed.

Sources:

  • People Magazine: “What Happened to Dominique Dunne? How Her 1982 Death is Connected to the Menendez Brothers Trial” by Rebecca Aizin
  • Cosmopolitan: “The Dominique Dunne Case and Its Connection to Lyle and Erik Menendez, Explained” by Lydia Venin
  • Screen Rant: “P...
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March 27, 2025 80 mins

This week, Lauren and Amanda discuss the tragic stalking and death of actress Rebecca Schaeffer.

Sources:

  • E! News: “The Terrifying Rebecca Schaeffer Murder Details: A Star on the Rise and a Stalker’s Deadly Obsession” by Natalie Finn
  • ABC News: “Rebecca Schaeffer’s co-star on ‘My Sister Sam’ says she was ‘devastated’ by her murder” by Anthony Rivas
  • ABC News: “The day a young actress was on the verge of becoming a big star was killed...
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March 20, 2025 50 mins

This week, Amanda and Lauren continue through Women's History Month by discussing the awful murder of celebrity couples and sex therapist Amie Harwick.

Sources:

  • CBS News: “Amie Harwick’s killer ‘wanted to make a statement by killing her on Valentine’s Day,’ says prosecutor” by Erin Moriarty, Richard Fetzer, and Lauren A. White
  • CBS News: “How murdered Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick ‘testified’ at her alleged killer’s trial” ...
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March 13, 2025 76 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss Tiana Notice  who was stabbed to death on Valentine’s Day, 2009. 

Sources:

  •  Deseret News: Connecticut man gets 60 years for killing ex-girlfriend by Associated Press
  • The Tiana Angelique Notice Foundation
  • AP News: Slain woman’s dad awarded $10M in police lawsuit
  • Connecticut News: Man Who Killed Grad Student Sentenced to 60 Years by LeAnne Gendreau, Debra Bogstie and and Brynn Gingras
  • Medium: MURDERE...
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March 6, 2025 60 mins

This week Amanda and Lauren discuss the Hungarian-born physician became known as the acid doctor in the 1960's.

Sources:

  • Murderpedia: Dr. Geza de Kaplany
  • The Acid Doctor: The Most Horrendous Murder in American History, 1962
  • Medium: The Torture and Murder of Hanja Piller
  • 100 Most Infamous Criminals by Jo Durden Smith
  • Let’s Go To Court: Episode 61: The Ha Ha Tonka Castle and The Acid Doctor
  • Wikipedia


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