Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast

Ep 52 2ndCast- A Death in White Bear Lake by Barry Siegel, Pt 3: “Your Loss is our Gain”

Part 3: The fate of the five Jurgens kids falls to the court to determine, as another trial that creates the legal foundation of battered child syndrome takes place. This eases the way for murder charges against Lois Jurgens, as family ties and memories are tested. Does justice for Dennis Jurgens happen after 22 years?  How has society changed after all this? Has it?
 
Sources, notes, photographs, links, recipe and drink info are found on Jill’s blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Nov 2022.
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Ep 51- A Death in White Bear Lake by Barry Siegel, Pt 2: ”The Revolution”

Part 2: With Lois's mental health deteriorating, a hearing explores the question, should Lois and Harold Jurgens keep custody of their 5-year-old adopted son, Robert after the death of this brother, Dennis.  Meanwhile, as more children die, three medical professionals' team up to try to understand why children were being killed by their seemingly loving parents, founding the medical concept of “battered child syndrome” as Lois and Harold adopt again. What could possibly go wrong? 
Sources, photographs, diagrams, food and drink pairings are found on Jill’s blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Nov 2022.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at  jill@murdershelfbookclub.com, on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
"Trust your gut!"

Ep 50 A Death in White Bear Lake by Barry Siegel, Pt 1-“All-American City”

Part 1: White Bear Lake, a picturesque American town where kids freely ride bikes, play two-square and parents throw neighborhood BBQs—and where 3 ½ year old Dennis Jurgens died on Palm Sunday 1965. WHAT happened?  Family members immediately begin whispering “she killed him”, referring to his adoptive mother, Lois Jurgens.  Others ask how Lois and Harold Jurgens were ever allowed to adopt a child, let along two! The silence is profound, until as Dennis’ birth mother, Jerry Sherwood, presses police to reinvestigate:  What happened to the little boy she never forgot?
Sources, photographs, links, food and drink information for A Death at White Bear Lake is found on Jill's blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Nov 2022.
 
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
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Ep 49 “Interview with retired FBI Diver, Bobby Chacon” American Predator by Maureen Callahan, Pt 4

Part 4: In 2012, serial killer Israel Keyes confessed to investigators he’d disposed of a body in a frozen Lake in Alaska, a dangerous recovery.  FBI Agent Bobby Chacon and the underwater forensics team he founded were notified. On the case, Bobby now shares the behind-the-scenes story with Jill of how this occurred, plus insight into the investigation, and much more. Listen in to get the details that left Jill speechless in admiration and appreciation.
 
Source material for the American Predator series is found on Jill's blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Sept 2022.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
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Epi 48 “Macabre Chitchat” 2ndCast- American Predator by Maureen Callahan Pt 3

Part 3: 1996, Colville, Washington, 12 yrs. old Julie Harris went missing, and then, the following year, 12 yrs. old Cassie Emerson--with 18 yrs. old Israel Keyes living nearby. The investigation expands overseas as the police and FBI interview those who knew Keyes. But did anyone know Keyes, who was determined to maintain control over these proceeding, using any and all methods, no matter what the cost was.
 
Sources, notes, photographs, links are found on Jill’s blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com Sept 2022.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at  jill@murdershelfbookclub.com, on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
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Epi 47 “Meticulous Methods” American Predator by Maureen Callahan, Pt 2

A killer in custody toys with law enforcement, who are desperate to locate missing Samantha Koenig, taking them into unchartered waters. As they begin to unravel the ‘who is’ Israel Keyes, his childhood rearing takes center stage, as the teenage Izy begins to understand, he isn’t like everyone else.  Keeping Keyes’s transitory cooperation in finding other victims, scattered across the United States, is a battle, as horror after horror is revealed and victims are identified. Be warned, this is a -difficult- story, tough to hear, but valuable in understanding this meticulous serial killers of the 21st century.
Sources, notes, photographs, links, recipe and drink info are found on Jill’s blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com
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Epi 46 ”Killer Thaw” on American Predator by Maureen Callahan, Pt 1

Part I: February 2012 in Anchorage, Alaska, a mystery unfolds as a young barista goes missing.  Where was Samantha Koenig?  The search for the truth takes us to Lufkin, Texas, where an enigmatic suspect, Israel Keyes, begins telling a horrendous tale of violence, rape, and murder at a level never seen before by the FBI profilers. 
 
Sources, notes, photographs, links are found on Jill’s blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Sept 2022. VERY GLAD to be back, Murder Bookies!
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at  jill@murdershelfbookclub.com, on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
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A Wilderness of Family Annihilators: Mini-Cast Update The SAID Case

UPDATE #2- Ep 21-23- A Wilderness of Errors:  On New Years Day 2008, Amina and Sarah Said were gunned down in the their father's taxi, Sarah calling 911 and saying "My father shot me!".  Twelve years later, we have a verdict in his trial. Don't miss the update on this tragic example of a family annihilator, and the fight for justice. From The Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris trilogy, episodes 21, 22 & 23, plus the May 14, 2012 mini-cast update #1.
Sources, photographs, charts, diagrams, food and drink pairings are found on Jill's blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com Feb. 2021.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at  jill@murdershelfbookclub.com, on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
"Trust your gut!"
 
 

Ep 45: Special Episode - Conversation w. a Murder Bookie!

Ep 45: Jill and special guest, one of our own Murder Bookies, Rebecca Rae Catalfu, reflect on Bone Deep and our favorite true crime podcast- the Murder Shelf Book Club!   Articulate, insightful, Rebecca and Jill do not hold back as they discuss the case, delve into past book episodes, and what the future holds for Jill's podcast! Fun, pithy, and something not to be missed! ENJOY! 
All sources, photographs, links, and show notes are posted on Jill's blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at  jill@murdershelfbookclub.com, on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

Ep 44: From CrimeCon 22! Bone Deep! The interview w. Russ Faria, Carol McAfee & Mary Anderson

Part 5: Recorded at CrimeCon 2022, Jill chats with Russ Faria, fiancée Carol McAfee, and cousin, Mary Anderson, who detail what went on in the background after Betsy Faria’s murder, and how wrongful arrest and conviction impacts a family. Open, honest, passionate, holding nothing back, the conversation just ROLLS!
WHAT can you do to help? Russ, Carol and Mary make some excellent suggestions!
 
Source material, photographs, show notes, and snack and wine recommendations are on Jill's blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2022.
ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!
Share your thoughts with me at  jill@murdershelfbookclub.com, on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!
Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.
 
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