Paint the Town Dead

Caitlin tells us the story of Christi. Spoilers: She lives! There is still death, sadly, but that's kind of what we all agreed on when we came up with the podcast's name.

Things get weird and sad in …

This week we cover the story of Dominic Whitaker, who went missing on July 4, 2010, but wasn't reported until five days later. Clues as to his whereabouts were few and far between. Whitaker didn't se…

We're back and late again! Was it Caitlin's fault yet again? No, but let's pretend it was because Andrew is the one writing this. Regardless, we've got a heck of a story for you this week. Larry Port…

June 1, 1979, Mary Lou York was murdered in her grocery store. The culprit was never in question, as York was able to identify her killer as Charles Laverne Singleton before she died. Singleton would…

We're a little late this week, but we're back. Caitlin tells us the tragic story of Jersey Bridgeman, who was abused by her father and stepmother, being chained to a dresser. The two of them would be…

Nannette Krenzel went missing on May 12, 1995. She was last seen leaving a Chicago bar after an altercation with her boyfriend. The next morning she would be found dead. Was it the obvious answer tha…

Leslie Ballard came from a loving family and had a nice, cushy job. Then she met Mike MacKool, a former Marine with a checkered past. Leslie was enamored with Mike, but her family did not approve of …

In 1993, Debra Reese was found murdered in her Jacksonville, Arkansas home. Police quickly zeroed in on Ledell Lee as her killer. As time has marched on, Lee's guilt has come under intense scrutiny. …

In 1995 fear gripped the state of Arkansas. A man driving a white car and utilizing a blue light to impersonate a police officer began pulling over women in remote areas, taking them hostage, and the…

A woman is found murdered in Blytheville, Arkansas and is unrecognizable. Police work quickly to determine the woman's identity and find her killer. On her body are several puzzle pieces which will b…

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Late at night, six-year-old Isaiah Torres stopped breathing and was rushed to the hospital. His adopted parents said that they had no idea why this had hap…

In 1995, Jack Harold Jones Jr. robbed, raped, and murdered Mary Phillips and attempted to murder her 11-year-old daughter, Lacy. Lacy would somehow survive and be able to identify Jones as the killer…

This week we have a pair of stories. To kick things off, we go to southern Arkansas to talk about Nena Bolton, who was the granddaughter of a prominent figure in McNeil, Arkansas named Ralph Ward. He…

Wayne Eugene DuMond spent years just barely avoiding jail. From participating in a murder, being charged with sexual assault and rape, and still getting away with it. He was finally caught and charge…

We travel back to 1976 in this week's episode of Paint the Town Dead! A single mother of three, Linda Edwards found work with the Garland County Sheriff's Department. Around this time she had also be…

Maurice Clemmons began his run-ins with the law from a young age, bringing a gun to school. He was sentenced to 108 years for his many crimes. He would have his sentence reduced and be let out on par…

This week's episode marks one full year's worth of Paint the Town Dead, so we decided to do something weird. We take a look at some cases from Turkey, Japan, and South Korea as well as sampling some …

Dawna Natzke was going through a divorce and looking for a new start. Things were looking up as she had just started a new job and began dating again. After a Christmas party, Dawna disappeared and a…

It's a special Black History Month episode, in which Caitlin recounts one of the darkest moments in race relations to take place in Little Rock.

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In the rural Arkansas Delta, Helen Ruth Spence grew up living in a houseboat on the White River during the Great Depression. Helen’s father was murdered right before her eyes, and her mother taken an…