Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast

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.
 
And find Jill on PODCAST ROW AT CRIMECON 2025 DENVER!!!  So EXCITED! Use cod  murdershelf  and save 10% on your badge! 
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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 43- 2nd Cast- Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth, Jr. & Joel Schwartz Pt 4 ‘Karma is a bitch”

Part 4: A free man, Russ Faria moves on with his life, as suspicion is thrown in Pam Hupp’s direction. A twisted plan is unleashed, attempting to prove Russ Faria is a danger to society and certainly to Pam Hupp.  Deadly consequences follow, as Louis Gumperberger is killed. Who is Louis and how did he get thrust into Pam Hupp’s orbit?  What consequences follow? Will a new Prosecutor see the evidence differently?  Where is everyone today?  And Jill’s profile of Pam Hupp! Pam Hupp case updates are included!
Source material, photographs, show notes, and snack and wine recommendations are on Jill's blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com May 2022. 
And find Jill on PODCAST ROW AT CRIMECON 2025 DENVER!!!  So EXCITED! Use cod  murdershelf  and save 10% on your badge! 
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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 42- Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth, Jr. & Joel Schwartz Pt 3- “The bell cannot be unrung”

In Part 3- The Defense presents its case on why it was impossible for Russ to have murdered Betsy, as the Prosecution presents more and more outrageous theories. A painful, wrongful conviction would trigger appeals, with Russ granted a new trial. Defense attorneys, Joel Schwartz and Nate Swanson remain optimistic that without the evidence prohibitions of the first trial, they would prove Russ did not murder Betsy, AND that there was another viable suspect, with motive and opportunity- Pam Hupp.
Source material, photographs, show notes, and snack and wine recommendations are on Jill's blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2022.
And find Jill on PODCAST ROW AT CRIMECON 2025 DENVER!!!  So EXCITED! Use cod  murdershelf  and save 10% on your badge! 
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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.
See you in 2 weeks! 
 
 

Ep 41- Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth, Jr. and Joel Schwart Pt 2: ‘Can’t see the Forest thru the Trees”

Part 2: With all the details you never knew…The State presents its case against Russell Faria, for the murder of his wife, Betsy.  As tension mounts, an inexperienced Judge prohibits the Defense from presenting alternative theories on the killer. Would the airtight alibi hold up?  Leading to more questions than answers; what would the Prosecution’s star witness, Pam Hupp say next?
Source material, photographs, show notes, and snack and wine recommendations are on Jill's blog- www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2022.
And find Jill on PODCAST ROW AT CRIMECON 2025 DENVER!!!  So EXCITED! Use cod  murdershelf  and save 10% on your badge! 
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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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Ep 40- Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth, Jr. and Joel Schwartz, ‘Murder Most Foul” Pt 1

Part 1: On Dec 27th, 2011, the nightmare began for Russell Faria on returning to his Troy, Missouri home after his weekly game night with friends, finding an unthinkable, grisly scene: His wife, Betsy, lay dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. His horror would only intensify when Russ was arrested for Betsy Faria’s murder. Defense attorney, Joel Schwartz would begin the fight of his life to see justice done and the real killer identified. Bone Deep tells the story recently featured on the NBC limited series, ‘The Thing About Pam’, the twists and turns of which can give one whiplash. Don’t miss the new details the series did not include!
And find Jill on PODCAST ROW AT CRIMECON 2025 DENVER!!!  So EXCITED! Use cod  murdershelf  and save 10% on your badge! 
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Sources, photographs, show notes and snack and drink information are on Jill’s blog www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2022.
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!
 
 
 

Interview from CrimeCon with Paula Woodward, author of Unsolved: The JonBenét Ramsey Case 25 Years Later

Part 4: From CrimeCon 2022 Las Vegas, Jill sits down with investigative journalist and author of featured book, Unsolved: The JonBenet Ramsey Case 25 Years later, Paula Woodward, to discuss the myths and misinformation about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey Dec 26, 1996. The women examine the facts that counter the myths, the role Boulder PD played in spreading information, and how to raise our voices to move the DNA portion of the case ahead—Please sign the petition at www.change.org/JusticeforJBR ! Let’s get genetic genealogy done on the remaining DNA! It is TIME!
Sources, photographs, and show notes for the Unsolved series are also on Jill's blog, www.murdershelfbookclub.com March 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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Episode 39 2ndCast: Unsolved: The JonBenét Ramsey Case 25 Years Later by Paula Woodward, Pt 3- ‘Crime of the Century’

In Pt 3, Paula Woodward’s continues to shatter the myths that have grown up around the JonBenét Ramsey case, exposing the truth.  New interviews with John Andrew Ramsey, half-brother of JonBenét, provide us with an update on where the case stands 25 years later. Jill presents her profile of the killer, while delving into another Crime of the Century, the Lindbergh Kidnapping of 1932.  The comparison of two terrible crimes committed against two children, who were just beginning their lives is staggering.
 
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All sources, show notes, photos, snack and drink information are on Jill’s blog www.murdershelfbookclub.com, March 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.
See you in 2 weeks!