Back to Bardstown

Back to Bardstown

Season four, "Back to Bardstown", is coming Tuesday, March 26. A puzzling web of victims and suspects now have more overlap than ever before. In season one, host Shay McAlister investigated five unsolved mysteries in Bardstown, Ky. This season, she takes us back to America's 'Most Beautiful Small Town' where shocking arrests and new developments in one case is linking victims and suspects from other cases in a way many only suspected, but never knew for sure.

Episodes

August 8, 2019 1 min

Once dubbed “The Most Beautiful Small Town in America” and considered the Bourbon Capital of the World, Bardstown, Kentucky is like a lot of small, tight-knit communities all across America.But just under the surface, there’s something darker. Not everyone wants to talk about it. And a lot of people would rather forget. That’s because since 2013, Bardstown has also been the site of five unsolved murders. Now, the team behind “Bombe...

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Bardstown, Kentucky is the Bourbon Capital of the World, with centuries-old history and small-town charm. But just under the surface, there are whispers, secrets and five unsolved murders. The first one to shock the small town was in May 2013 as a police officer was heading home from work.  

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August 28, 2019 35 mins

What happened on that spring night as Bardstown Police officer Jason Ellis turned off the Bluegrass Parkway? We dig into the investigation, the theories and the evidence. We’ll also tell you who Jason Ellis was: a father, a husband, a baseball player, a brother and a son. 

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September 4, 2019 30 mins

Less than a year after the murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis, a brutal double homicide stuns the community again and leaves residents and investigators looking for answers. 

 

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September 11, 2019 38 mins

It's been two years since Officer Jason Ellis was killed in a deadly ambush and fifteen months since Kathy and Samantha Netherland were found murdered in their home. And another tragedy is about to hit Bardstown.  

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September 18, 2019 33 mins

With no leads and no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers, detectives question her boyfriend Brooks Houck. But when his interview is cut short by a phone call, a new line of investigation begins and a Bardstown police officer is in the hot seat.

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It's Bardstown's annual party with thousands of people flocking into town, and we wanted to be there. But not just for the festival. There's some recent news in Bardstown that isn't sitting well with a lot of people. Jessica Noll goes back to Bardstown to give us an update.  

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September 25, 2019 21 mins

Weeks and then months go by, but still no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers. It's the fourth tragedy to strike Bardstown in recent years. But then, for the first time, investigators give family and friends hope that there's been a break in one of the cases. 

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October 2, 2019 29 mins

On a crisp Fall day in November 2016, Tommy Ballard set out to go to deer hunting with his 10-year old grandson. What happened that morning is still a mystery and another tragic chapter in Bardstown's history.

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October 9, 2019 25 mins

The podcast team sets out to find the Houck family and get their side of the story. We knock on doors, including the family farm, the grandmother’s home and Brook Houck’s home that he shares with his girlfriend. 

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October 16, 2019 24 mins

In the final chapter of our story, we ask the same question that Bardstown residents have been asking for years: Are these cases connected? 

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October 23, 2019 34 mins

Hosts Shay McAlister and Jessica Noll answer some of your burning questions about the cases in Bardstown.

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August 7, 2020 20 mins

Five years after Crystal Rogers disappeared we have some major developments to share in the investigation. 

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August 13, 2020 25 mins

As the FBI continues to investigate the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, we sit down one-on-one with Crystal's mother Sherry Ballard.

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We have new details from the FBI about recent developments in Bardstown.

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November 20, 2020 8 mins

The FBI has announced new information regarding the identity of human remains found in Nelson County in July.

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Season 2 of 'Bardstown' is coming March 31, 2021.

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March 31, 2021 43 mins

A house fire breaks out in the woods, and the wife of a local fire chief is nowhere to be found.

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In the wake of the fire, Nanette's family begins to reveal what drove her fear. They also begin to question how the investigation is being handled. 

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April 7, 2021 33 mins

Nanette’s fear wasn’t unfounded according to those who knew her well. We learn more about what caused her to isolate more and more in her final days.  

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