She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast

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  152: Still Missing: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 3 15.09.2026 59min

  Irene Silverman was missing. And by the time Sante and Kenneth Kimes went to trial for her murder, there was still no body, no murder weapon, and no definitive account of what happened to her the day she was last seen. The prosecution was face with building a "no body" murder case, a tricky proposition even with the mounting evidence against Sante and Kenneth. So they carefully assembled a slate of witnesses and evidence: Sante's notebooks, a forged deed, wigs, and testimony from friends and staff who could attest to what had been happening in Irene's mansion in the days leading up to her disappearance.As the lead up trial heated up, investigators around the country started scouring their own records intent on answering one question: what other crimes might the mother and son duo have committed. And as they dug, the list of crimes grew.But back in New York, those who loved Irene were faced with a question they still don't have answers for today: where was Irene.In Part 3 of our three-part series on Irene Silverman, we share the trail of devastation the Kimses left and just what questions are left in Irene’s disappearance.📍 Manhattan, New York | July 5, 1998 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Kate Hewlett. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook and Patreon. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Kate Hewlett: Kate is a screenwriter, actor and songwriter from Toronto, Canada. Her feature film based on her play The Swearing Jar premiered at TIFF in 2022 and received both a Canadian Screen Award and a Writer’s Guild Award nomination. Kate’s favourite TV-writing credits include: Malory Towers, Corner Gas Animated, The LA Complex, Backstage and InSecurity. As an actor, Kate currently has a recurring role on The Testaments and select screen credits include: The Girlfriend Experience, Degrassi, Stargate Atlantis, Holly Hobbie, Murdoch Mysteries as well as upcoming seasons of St. Pierre, Hudson & Rex and Law & Order Toronto. Kate is a graduate of the National Theatre School (Acting), Queen’s University (BA) and the Canadian Film Centre (TV writing). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  151: The Man in the Mansion: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 2 08.09.2026 39min

  By the summer of 1998, Irene Silverman was becoming increasingly uneasy about her new tenant.Manny Guerin had only been a tenant for a few days when he started making her uncomfortable. He would avoid her eyes when they passed, slink around the edges of the lobby to stay out of range of the security camera, and he seemed to be sneaking an older woman into his apartment.Irene noticed it all, and she wanted him gone. She asked her building manager to draw up the eviction notice.But on July 5th, Irene disappeared. And there was only one suspect. Investigators moved in quickly, releasing a sketch of Manny Guerin to the public. What they quickly learned is that Manny might not have been his real name after all. Instead, they already had in custody a man named Kenneth Kimes and his mother, Sante Kimes.Just as quickly, they'd learn who they were dealing with: a pair of grifters who had been conducting increasingly violent crimes as they crossed the country. And it seemed like Irene was one of their targets.In Part 2 of our three-part series on Irene Silverman, we journey into the days leading up to Irene’s disappearance and see just who rented an apartment in her mansion.📍 Manhattan, New York | July 5, 1998 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Kate Hewlett. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook and Patreon. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Kate Hewlett: Kate is a screenwriter, actor and songwriter from Toronto, Canada. Her feature film based on her play The Swearing Jar premiered at TIFF in 2022 and received both a Canadian Screen Award and a Writer’s Guild Award nomination. Kate’s favourite TV-writing credits include: Malory Towers, Corner Gas Animated, The LA Complex, Backstage and InSecurity. As an actor, Kate currently has a recurring role on The Testaments and select screen credits include: The Girlfriend Experience, Degrassi, Stargate Atlantis, Holly Hobbie, Murdoch Mysteries as well as upcoming seasons of St. Pierre, Hudson & Rex and Law & Order Toronto. Kate is a graduate of the National Theatre School (Acting), Queen’s University (BA) and the Canadian Film Centre (TV writing). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  150: The White Elephant: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 1 01.09.2026 44min

  Before Irene Silverman was a missing woman, she was a ballerina, a wife, a hostess, and the owner of one of Manhattan's most unusual homes: a home that would become the centerpiece of her missing persons case. Irene grew up in New Orleans and became a ballet dancer before moving to New York City. There, she joined the corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall. In 1941, she married a businessman with a mysterious past: Samuel Silverman. And in the 1950s, the couple brough a six-story mansion on East 65th Street. Sam called it a "white elephant" but would come to admire the building, too. After his death in 1980, Irene made it her own.She renovated the mansion into apartments and filled it with an eclectic cast of tenants and guests, creating a kind of private Parisian salon in the heart of Manhattan. Irene entertained artists, businesspeople, intellectuals, and strangers. There she told stories about a life that sometimes seemed almost too colorful to be true.But the mansion that gave Irene a place to build a life would eventually make her a target. In Part 1 of our three-part series on Irene Silverman, we get to know the woman behind the headlines and the house at the center of her story.📍 Manhattan, New York | July 5, 1998 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Kate Hewlett. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook and Patreon. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Kate Hewlett: Kate is a screenwriter, actor and songwriter from Toronto, Canada. Her feature film based on her play The Swearing Jar premiered at TIFF in 2022 and received both a Canadian Screen Award and a Writer’s Guild Award nomination. Kate’s favourite TV-writing credits include: Malory Towers, Corner Gas Animated, The LA Complex, Backstage and InSecurity. As an actor, Kate currently has a recurring role on The Testaments and select screen credits include: The Girlfriend Experience, Degrassi, Stargate Atlantis, Holly Hobbie, Murdoch Mysteries as well as upcoming seasons of St. Pierre, Hudson & Rex and Law & Order Toronto. Kate is a graduate of the National Theatre School (Acting), Queen’s University (BA) and the Canadian Film Centre (TV writing). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  149: Hernando County Jane Doe: The Women Left Behind, Pt 2 25.08.2026 46min

  In 1981, investigators were just beginning to uncover the extent of Billy Mansfield Jr’s violence, and his arrest for the murder of a young mother in California, Rene Saling, was only the beginning. In part 2, we return to the investigation as authorities begin to piece together his possible involvement in the disappearance of Sandra Graham from a bar in Tampa. But when an informant comes forward with new information, the scope of his crimes becomes difficult to imagine. Soon, investigators bring excavation equipment to his yard to uncover long buried secrets, secrets they’re still trying to unravel today.In this episode, we’re tracing the search for his victims, the women whose identities were recovered, and the one woman who remains known only as Hernando County Jane Doe.📍 Florida  | 1975-1981 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Corinna Smith. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook and Patreon. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Corinna Smith: Corinna Smith is a violinist and multi-instrumentalist who has toured with Adam Ezra Group for the past 14 years. With a background in music education, she also maintains her teaching license in her home state of Massachusetts. Beyond the stage, Corinna is passionate about using music as a force for good, helping hundreds of concertgoers register to vote through her "Folkin' Vote!" initiative and supporting RallySound's mission to empower communities through music. Whether performing, teaching, or volunteering, she believes music has the power to connect people and inspire meaningful change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  148: Hernando County Jane Doe: The Women Who Vanished Before Her, Part 1 18.08.2026 38min

  In 1980, Pam Sherrell escaped a violent attack by a man who abducted her and tried to kill her. He evaded capture, but her escape would set off a chain of events that revealed a much darker story unfolding in Hernando County, Florida. Months later and thousands of miles away, two young women crossed paths with the same man at a bar. He tried to get them to leave with him. They refused, but as they watched he left the bar with another young woman: Rene Saling. The next day, Rene was found murdered. Back in Florida, investigators were trying to solve the disappearance of another young woman: Sandra Jean Graham who had disappeared after an ordinary evening playing pool with a stranger. And behind it all was a man whose history of violence stretched back years despite repeated encounters with the criminal justice system: Billy Mansfield Jr. As investigators pieced together what happened to the women, Mansfield was on the run. HIs eventual capture would expose a pattern of violence that stretched far beyond the murder of Rene Saling. And somewhere in the story was a woman whose name investigators would not learn for more than 40 years. She is still known only as Hernando County Jane Doe 📍 Florida  | 1975-1981 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Corrina Smith. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook and Patreon. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Corrina Smith: Corinna Smith is a violinist and multi-instrumentalist who has toured with Adam Ezra Group for the past 14 years. With a background in music education, she also maintains her teaching license in her home state of Massachusetts. Beyond the stage, Corinna is passionate about using music as a force for good, helping hundreds of concertgoers register to vote through her "Folkin' Vote!" initiative and supporting RallySound's mission to empower communities through music. Whether performing, teaching, or volunteering, she believes music has the power to connect people and inspire meaningful change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  147: The Missing Women of Pinellas County, Pt 2: Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson 11.08.2026 35min

  He was finally caught. Just not for the women.For years, Cleveland Hill Jr. was connected to the disappearances of Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson, three women who vanished from Pinellas County, Florida between 1974 and 1989.Warnings had been made. Allegations had accumulated. Investigators had reason to suspect Hill. But no charges ever came for the three missing women.Then, in the 1990s, federal investigators came for Hill for something else.An unusual undercover operation involving cocaine, Coca-Cola, and a federal sting would finally put him behind bars, but it would not answer the question that had followed him for decades: what happened to Margaret, Retha, and Donyelle?In Part Two of She Goes by Jane, we follow the investigation that finally caught Cleveland Hill, the decades-long efforts to find the three women, and the unanswered questions that remained even after investigators had the opportunity to confront Hill himself.Margaret Dash. Retha Hiers. Donyelle Johnson.Their cases remain unsolved.📍 Pinellas County, Florida, 1974–1989 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Malynda Hale. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook and Patreon. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Malynda Hale: Malynda Hale is an award-winning actress, filmmaker, singer-songwriter, and storyteller based in Los Angeles. Working across film, television, music, and digital media, her work explores themes of identity, humanity, faith, race, and emotional connection through cinematic storytelling and character-driven narratives. Most recently, she starred in the feature film Bull Street alongside Loretta Devine and Amy Madigan and made her directorial debut with the short film Curtain Call, which screened at festivals internationally including Bend Film Festival, GAZE International LGBTQIA Festival, and Middlebury NewFilmmakers Festival. Her second short film, Au Gratin, starring Tiffany Daniels, Loretta Devine, and Jay Donnell, was selected for the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival and Wyoming International Film Festival, and will also screen at the LightReel Film Festival in Washington, D.C. and the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival in August, an Oscar-qualifying festival. She is also the founder of JMV Entertainment, a production company focused on developing film, television, and media projects rooted in meaningful storytelling. Before expanding into filmmaking, Malynda built a career as a singer-songwriter and performer, releasing multiple independent projects and opening for artists including Smokey Robinson and OTOWN. Her music has appeared on television, including CBS and Disney productions, and she has performed for audiences ranging from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the California Democratic Convention. Across every medium she works in, Malynda is passionate about telling stories that create empathy, challenge systems, and connect people more deeply to one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  146: The Missing Women of Pinellas County, Pt 1: Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson 04.08.2026 44min

  Three women disappeared from Pinellas County, Florida over the course of fifteen years.They came from different backgrounds. Their lives followed different paths. But their disappearances would eventually point investigators toward the same man.In 1974, Margaret Dash left home to buy medicine for a sick relative and never returned. In 1982, Retha Hiers drove out to buy laundry detergent and vanished. In 1989, college student Donyelle Johnson left for class but never arrived.Each woman left behind a family searching for answers. Decades later, investigators would come to suspect Cleveland Hill Jr., a married former minister and asphalt contractor with a documented history of violence who was repeatedly investigated but never charged in connection with their disappearances.This week, we examine the lives of Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson, the evidence that links their cases, and the unanswered questions that continue to haunt Pinellas County more than fifty years after Margaret first disappeared. 📍 Pinellas County, Florida📅 1974–1989If you have information about the disappearances of Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, or Donyelle Johnson, please contact the appropriate law enforcement agency. 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Malynda Hale. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook and Patreon. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Malynda Hale: Malynda Hale is an award-winning actress, filmmaker, singer-songwriter, and storyteller based in Los Angeles. Working across film, television, music, and digital media, her work explores themes of identity, humanity, faith, race, and emotional connection through cinematic storytelling and character-driven narratives. Most recently, she starred in the feature film Bull Street alongside Loretta Devine and Amy Madigan and made her directorial debut with the short film Curtain Call, which screened at festivals internationally including Bend Film Festival, GAZE International LGBTQIA Festival, and Middlebury NewFilmmakers Festival. Her second short film, Au Gratin, starring Tiffany Daniels, Loretta Devine, and Jay Donnell, was selected for the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival and Wyoming International Film Festival, and will also screen at the LightReel Film Festival in Washington, D.C. and the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival in August, an Oscar-qualifying festival. She is also the founder of JMV Entertainment, a production company focused on developing film, television, and media projects rooted in meaningful storytelling. Before expanding into filmmaking, Malynda built a career as a singer-songwriter and performer, releasing multiple independent projects and opening for artists including Smokey Robinson and OTOWN. Her music has appeared on television, including CBS and Disney productions, and she has performed for audiences ranging from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the California Democratic Convention. Across every medium she works in, Malynda is passionate about telling stories that create empathy, challenge systems, and connect people more deeply to one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  145: San Diego’s Lost Women, Episode 3: The Jane Does 28.07.2026 1h 2min

  Law enforcement called some of San Diego's missing and murdered women "NHIs," short for No Humans Involved. It was police slang used to describe victims they believed didn't matter.By 1988, the number of women disappearing from San Diego County had become impossible to ignore. Years before, the sheriff had said there was not a disproportionate number of women, but by the time forty-three women were murdered or went missing, the public started pushing for answers. There would be few to find.In the final episode of our three-part series, we examine the investigation that became one of the largest homicide task forces in California history, the competing theories that shaped the search for answers, and the unidentified women who remain without names decades later. We also explore how police culture, public perception, and systemic failures influenced which victims received urgency and which did not.The women of El Cajon Boulevard were never one story. They were daughters, mothers, sisters, and friends whose lives intersected in a city that too often looked away.This is the final chapter of San Diego's Lost Women. 📍 San Diego, California  | 1980s - 1990s 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Jennifer Cox. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Jennifer Cox: Jennifer combines a glowing personality with outlandish humor to invent her own comedic style. She burst on the scene in 1995 with her excellent yet underrated performance as middle child "Jan Brady" in "The Brady Bunch" movies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  144: San Diego’s Lost Women, Episode 2: Mary Colette Rawlinson 21.07.2026 48min

  In October 1985, 19-year-old Mary Colette Rawlinson walked out of a home in San Diego, California, telling her boyfriend she'd be right back. She was never seen again. As more women disappeared from El Cajon Boulevard and the surrounding communities, investigators struggled to answer a troubling question: were these isolated crimes, or was someone hunting women across San Diego County? In Part Two of our three-part series, we widen the lens beyond a single case to examine the growing pattern of disappearances and murders targeting women living at the intersection of addiction, poverty, and survival sex work. Through the stories of Mary Colette Rawlinson and the women who vanished alongside her, we look at how fear spread through the community while families fought to convince authorities that their daughters deserved to be searched for. The mounting number of victims would eventually force law enforcement to confront the possibility that the cases were connected, but by then, many women were already gone. This is Part Two of our three-part series, San Diego's Lost Women. 📍 San Diego, California  | October 1985 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Lahna Turner. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Lahna Turner: Lahna Turner is a comedian, filmmaker, writer, producer, co-director, and published comic book author whose work spans stand-up, television, film, music, publishing, and documentary storytelling. For more than two decades, Lahna has built a loyal following with fearless comedy, sharp observations, and an unfiltered perspective on relationships, motherhood, grief, family, and the messy realities of life. Her credits include NBC, Comedy Central, Netflix, Hulu, VH1, Animal Planet, CMT, truTV, and SiriusXM. Known for blending stand-up with original music, Lahna’s one-hour special A Song About It and albums including If These Lips Could Talk, D!@k Jokes and Other Assorted Love Songs, and Limeade showcase her ability to find humor in life’s most uncomfortable truths. She is also the creator and published author of the four-book Pounds of Power comic series, and the producer and co-director of Come What May, the documentary chronicling the life, legacy, struggles, and impact of comedian Ralphie May. Whether on stage, on screen, or on the page, Lahna Turner tells stories that make people laugh, think, feel, and connect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  143: San Diego’s Lost Women, Episode 1: Cynthia Maine 14.07.2026 1h 2min

  In the 1980s, dozens of women disappeared from San Diego, California. One of them was 26-year-old Cynthia Maine. Cynthia was a daughter, sister, mother, and woman trying to survive addiction while working along El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego’s notorious red light district. By 1986, she was rebuilding her life. She had found work as a waitress, but she was also serving as a police informant. Just months before she vanished, she had allegedly begun an affair with one of her police contacts.  Late in February, she told her family she was going to watch a movie.  She never came home. As investigators searched for Cynthia, few realized they were witnessing the beginning of one of the largest unsolved series of murders and disappearances in California history.  In the first episode of this three-part investigation, we examine Cynthia's disappearance alongside the murder of her friend Donna Gentile. Together, their stories reveal a hidden world of vice squads, confidential informants, police corruption, and the extraordinary risks faced by women living on the margins of San Diego in the mid-1980s. This series asks how so many women could disappear from one city and why so many of their cases remain unsolved decades later. 📍 San Diego, California  | February 1986 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Aimee Baker. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  142: The Only Missing WASP: The Disappearance of Gertrude Tompkins Silver 07.07.2026 48min

  On October 26, 1944, Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins Silver took off from Mines Field in Los Angeles in a P-51 Mustang on what should have been a routine ferry flight. She never arrived. Gertrude was one of the pioneering Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), the civilian women who flew military aircraft during World War II so male pilots could be sent overseas. She was also the only WASP to disappear during the war whose aircraft has never been recovered. In this episode, we explore Gertrude's extraordinary life, from a childhood marked by a debilitating stutter and an unlikely love of goats to world travel, flight, and a quiet wartime marriage just weeks before she vanished. More than eighty years later, the fate of Gertrude Tompkins Silver remains one of the last great mysteries of the WASPs. In this episode we talk about women in aviation, World War II history, and the enduring search for one remarkable pilot who never came home. 📍 Los Angeles, California  | October 26, 1944 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Aimee Baker. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  141: The Disappearance of Ilonka Cann: A Coroner’s Jury Speaks 30.06.2026 53min

  On May 26, 1970, twenty-six-year-old Ilonka Cann vanished from the rural Pennsylvania farmhouse she shared with her husband and fifteen-month-old son. The day before, she had spoken with her parents in Ohio and talked about coming home for a visit that summer. She never made that trip. In the weeks and months that followed, investigators searched fields, ponds, and woodlots surrounding the isolated property where Ilonka was last believed to have been seen. Her family spent decades searching for answers as the case slowly faded from public memory. More than fifty years later, renewed interest in Ilonka's disappearance led to new searches, a coroner's inquest, and testimony that cast the events of May 1970 in a very different light. In 2024, a coroner's jury concluded that Ilonka Cann died by homicide at the hands of another person. This episode examines the disappearance of Ilonka Cann, the decades-long search for answers, and what it means when official recognition arrives generations after a woman goes missing. 📍 Huntington Mills, Pennsylvania  | May 26, 1970 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Aimee Baker. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  140: The Empty Seat: The Disappearance of Thora Chamberlain 23.06.2026 59min

  On November 2, 1945, fourteen-year-old Thora Chamberlain left school in Campbell, California, expecting to attend a football game that evening. Her friends saved her a seat. Thora never arrived. Witnesses later reported seeing her speaking with a man dressed as a serviceman before getting into his vehicle. Within weeks, investigators focused on Thomas McMonigle, a local laborer with a history of violence. Over the course of the investigation, McMonigle gave multiple confessions, led authorities to key pieces of evidence, and was ultimately convicted of Thora's murder. But investigators never found the one thing that mattered most. Thora herself. More than eighty years later, Thora Chamberlain remains one of California's earliest no-body homicide victims. Her body has never been recovered. In this episode, we examine the disappearance of Thora Chamberlain, the investigation that followed, and the evidence that secured a conviction despite the absence of a body. This is a story about loss, memory, and the empty seat left behind when a child never comes home. 📍 Campbell, California | November 2, 1945 📖 Featuring an original poem written and read in her honor by Aimee Baker. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  139: The Women Who Talk to the Dead: A Conversation with Katherine Schweit 16.06.2026 55min

  Most people assume that unidentified persons' cases are actively investigated, that somewhere, someone is still working to restore a name to the dead. But the reality is often far more complicated. This week, She Goes by Jane presents a special interview with author and former FBI agent Katherine Schweit about her new book, Women Who Talk to the Dead: The True Story of 200 Forgotten Murder Victims and the Relentless Pursuit of Justice by an FBI Agent and a Detroit Police Detective. Together, we discuss the unidentified dead of Detroit, the challenges of solving decades-old cases, and the investigators who refuse to let victims disappear into forgotten file boxes and evidence rooms. We also explore media neglect, institutional barriers, and the quiet, persistent work required to restore names and histories to those who have been lost. At the end of the episode, actress Mary Lynn Rajskub reads Aimée Baker's poem "Detroit, and Other Sorrows," a meditation on memory, absence, and the lives that remain even when names are forgotten. Because every unidentified person was once known. And every name returned is a story reclaimed. 📍 Detroit, Michigan  | 1950s-Present 📖 Featuring an original poem written in honor of one of Detroit’s formerly unidentified Jane Does read by Mary Lynn Rajskub. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Katherine’s book,The Women Who Talk to the Dead, now at Bookshop.org. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Katherine Schweit: Katherine Schweit is an author, attorney, former Chicago prosecutor, and career Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent who helped jail bank robbers, kidnappers, and domestic terrorists, while working daily with local police investigating and responding to mass casualty and active shooter incidents. A native of Detroit, Ms. Schweit earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University. She earned a law degree at DePaul University and joined the Cook County prosecutor’s office as an assistant state’s attorney. More about Mary Lynn Rajskub:Mary Lynn Rajskub is a comedian, actress and writer, best known for playing ‘Chloe’ on the Fox drama 24 and ‘Gail the Snail’ from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  This spring, Mary Lynn will co-star in the Netflix series, North of North, and she premiered her second hour-long stand-up special, Mary Lynn Rajskub: Road Gig, on YouTube in December.  Her book, FAME-ISH: My Life At The Edge Of Stardom, is a comedic look at Mary Lynn’s awkward and endearing missteps on the road to becoming fame-ish.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  138: Lois and Karen Williams: A Mother, Daughter, and the Shadow of Melvin Chelcie Carr 09.06.2026 54min

  In January 1967, Lois Williams and her 17-year-old daughter Karen disappeared from their apartment on East 21st Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Inside, everything appeared untouched: coats hanging in the closet, a lamp left burning, and Karen’s schoolbook still open where she had been studying the night before. Neither woman was ever seen again. Years later, investigators would begin to suspect local service station owner Melvin Chelcie Carr — a man accused of violence against women and girls spanning decades, including rape, coercion, kidnapping, and sexual assault. After Carr’s shocking death in 1977 alongside the bodies of three murder victims, authorities reopened older disappearances connected to him, including the case of Lois and Karen Williams. Police excavated Carr’s garage and backyard searching for evidence. They never found Lois or Karen. In this episode, we examine the disappearance of Lois and Karen Williams alongside the disturbing pattern of violence surrounding Melvin Chelcie Carr, a man some investigators feared may have been responsible for far more crimes than were ever proven. More importantly, we remember Lois and Karen themselves: a mother and daughter whose lives were interrupted, whose absence was deeply felt, and whose story deserves to be told with care. This episode contains discussions of sexual violence, coercion, violence against women and children, and suspected serial violence. 📍 Indianapolis, Indiana | January 25, 1967 📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by Megan Storm, host of the podcast A Simpler Time.  ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Megan Storm: Megan is the creator and host of A Simpler Time True Crime, a podcast that revisits unsolved cases from decades past and challenges the idea that a simpler time was necessarily a safer one. Through thorough research and a victim and survivor-centered approach, Megan explores forgotten mysteries, overlooked victims, and the lasting impact these cases have on families and communities. Her interest in true crime began long before she ever picked up a microphone. Growing up, Megan spent evenings watching true crime shows with her mom while her dad worked night shifts, an experience that sparked a lifelong fascination with criminal investigations, unsolved mysteries, and the pursuit of justice. One of Megan's favorite parts of podcasting is partnering with victims' families, survivors, and advocates to help tell stories with care and accuracy. She is passionate about amplifying voices that might otherwise go unheard and working alongside those closest to a case to support their shared goal of keeping stories alive and answers within reach. In addition to hosting the podcast, Megan has spent more than 15 years working in human services leadership. Her background in advocacy, investigation, and problem-solving informs her approach to storytelling, helping her examine cases with both curiosity and compassion. When she's not researching a case, Megan can usually be found training for a race, trying a new recipe, planning her next trip, cheering on Buffalo sports teams, or driving her two kids from one activity to the next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  137: Clackamas County Jane Doe: The Victim Richard Marquette Said No One Would Remember 02.06.2026 1h 4min

  In June 1975, investigators followed serial killer Richard Marquette into the woods near Oregon’s Clackamas River. There, buried beneath the soil of a popular campground, they uncovered the remains of an unidentified woman—a victim Marquette reportedly claimed no one would ever look for.More than fifty years later, she is still known only as Clackamas County Jane Doe.In this episode, we examine women whose lives were taken by Richard Marquette, one of Oregon’s lesser-known serial killers, who was once added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List after the murder of 23-year-old mother Joan Caudle. We also examine the story of Betty Wilson, a woman who traveled across the country hoping to build a safer life before becoming one of Marquette’s victims.But at the center of this story is the unidentified woman buried near the Clackamas River in 1975—a woman whose name, family, and history remain unknown.This episode explores violence against women, institutional failures, parole decisions, unidentified homicide victims, and what it means for a woman to remain unnamed for more than half a century. 📍 Oregon | 1961-1975 📖 Featuring an original poem written in their honor, read and written by our host, Aimee Baker ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. ➡️ Support our work by joining us on Patreon where you’ll get exclusive benefits 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  136: Patricia Weeks & Cynthia Jabour: The Unsolved Mysteries Case of Robert Weeks 30.05.2026 51min

  Patricia Weeks, Cynthia Jabour, and Carol Ann Riley disappeared years apart after ending relationships with the same man: Robert Weeks, whose case would later be featured on Unsolved Mysteries. In 1968, Patricia Weeks vanished from Las Vegas shortly after divorcing Robert Weeks and gaining custody of their four children. More than a decade later, Arizona real estate agent Cynthia Jabour disappeared after telling friends she planned to leave him as well. Then, in 1986, it happened again. Nurse Carola Ann Riley went missing after trying to end her relationship with Robert. Their cases shared disturbing similarities: planned dinner dates, abandoned vehicles, missing personal belongings, and a man who repeatedly claimed the women had disappeared on their own. Their stories are about coercive control, violence against women, and what it means when justice arrives long after someone is gone. If you have information related to these cases, please contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at (702) 828-2907. 📍 Las Vegas, Nevada | 1968 and 1980 📖 Featuring an original poem written in their honor, read by Ruby Wilde and Melissa Mae, hosts of the Bloody Besties podcast. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women — subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Ruby Wilde and Melissa Mae:Bloody Besties is your true crime podcast with best friends who have known each other since elementary school. Hosts are Forensic Scientist Ruby Wilde presenting little known cases to Melissa Mae, the daughter of police officers and true crime addict who will be the one to bring you fun facts about our episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  135: The Evidence Left Behind: The Disappearance of Toni Bachman (Part 2) 30.05.2026 46min

  When Toni Bachman disappeared from White Bear Township, Minnesota in April 1997, investigators initially faced uncertainty. Some believed she may have left on her own. But as police searched the family home, disturbing evidence began to emerge—evidence that challenged the idea that Toni had simply walked away. In Part 2 of this two-part series, we follow the investigation into Toni Bachman’s disappearance as it shifted from a missing persons case to something far darker. Inside the Bachman home, authorities uncovered blood, tissue, and signs of violence. Yet despite mounting evidence, no arrest came for years. This episode explores the long aftermath of Toni’s disappearance: the changing explanations, the pressure placed on Norman Bachman’s children to recount what they witnessed, allegations of violence that followed, and the decades-long wait before charges were finally filed. Nearly eighteen years after Toni vanished, a confession would offer answers—but not closure. Because Toni Bachman has never been found. If you have information about the disappearance of Toni Bachman, please contact the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office at 651-266-9670. 📍 White Bear Township, Minnesota  | April 25, 1997📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by actress Astrid Rotenberry. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook.📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Astrid Rotenberry: Astrid Rotenberry is a New York–based actress best known for her role as Catherine Kelly in Netflix’s His & Hers. Other credits include The Four Seasons, Law & Order: SVU, and the upcoming Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed on Apple TV+. Originally from Tennessee, she holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and is passionate about making the arts accessible and encouraging young artists to pursue their dreams.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  134: Missing After Logging Off: The Disappearance of Toni Bachman (Part 1) 12.05.2026 37min

  In 1997, as the internet connected strangers across state lines, Minnesota-native Toni Bachman formed a close bond with a man in West Virginia. Friends say she was thinking seriously about change. About leaving. About building a future that looked different from the life she had. Then she disappeared. At first, there were questions no one could answer. Did Toni leave her marriage behind? Did she run away to begin a new life? Or did something happen inside the home she shared with her husband and stepchildren? In Part 1 of this two-part series, we explore Toni’s life before she vanished: her marriage, devastating personal losses, career instability, and the online relationships that became a source of comfort during one of the hardest periods of her life. If you have information about the disappearance of Toni Bachman, please contact the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office at 651-266-9670. 📍 White Bear Township, Minnesota  | April 25, 1997📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by actress Astrid Rotenberry. ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—subscribe and share this episode. 📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook. 📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon. 📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, GIRLHUNT. More about Astrid Rotenberry:  Astrid Rotenberry is a New York–based actress best known for her role as Catherine Kelly in Netflix’s His & Hers. Other credits include The Four Seasons, Law & Order: SVU, and the upcoming Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed on Apple TV+. Originally from Tennessee, she holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and is passionate about making the arts accessible and encouraging young artists to pursue their dreams.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  133: Honolulu Jane Doe: The Unidentified Woman Found Alive in Hawaii | Unsolved Case with guest reader Louise Penny 05.05.2026 38min

  An unidentified woman found living in Honolulu in 2004 remains without a name—exploring the rare and overlooked reality of living Jane Doe cases in the U.S. In 2004, an unidentified woman was found living in a beach park in Honolulu, Hawaii—alive, but unable to say who she was.Known as the Honolulu Jane Doe, she was diagnosed with dementia and schizophrenia, leaving her without a name, a history, or a way to return to whatever life she once had. In this episode of She Goes by Jane, we examine her case and the broader, often overlooked reality of living Jane Does in the United States. What happens when someone is found alive but cannot identify themselves? Why are these cases so difficult to resolve? And what does it reveal about the systems meant to protect the most vulnerable? We situate her story within larger conversations around mental health, identity, and the gaps in investigative processes that leave some women unnamed, even in life. 📍 Honolulu, Hawaii | 2004📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by Louise Penny, bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series (Three Pines). ➡️ Help bring attention to missing and unidentified women—follow, rate, and share this episode. ➡️ Join us on Patreon! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women.  📍 Find us on Instagram & Facebook  📚 Doe by Aimee Baker — available via University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, and Amazon 📰 Subscribe to GIRLHUNT for more women-centered true crime About Louise Penny:Louise Penny is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series, adapted into the television series Three Pines. Her work has received numerous awards and is internationally acclaimed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices