The Generation Why Podcast
Since its debut in June 2012 with the episode Jury Duty, Generation Why Podcast has been your source for gripping true crime, intriguing mysteries, and fascinating conspiracies every week. Hosted by Justin and Aaron, the podcast combines in-depth research and discussion to bring you cases that challenge your perspective and keep you hooked. Whether you're a longtime fan or just starting your true crime journey, Generation Why offers a large catalog of true crime tales. Don’t miss out—tune in and join a community passionate about uncovering the truth.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 156
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Anne Marie Fahey - 607
June 27, 1996. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anne Marie Fahey was last seen alive at dinner with Tom Capano, a wealthy attorney with political connections in the state of Delaware.
Bonus episodes visi…
00:50:40 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
Christopher Benedetto and Janette Piro - 606
November 16th, 1998. Singer Island, Florida. Neighbors of Christopher Benedetto and Janette Piro called the police to report the couple missing after they hadn’t been seen for several days. Later tha…
00:42:18 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
Jesse Valencia - 605
June 5th, 2004. Columbia, Missouri. 23-year-old college student Jesse Valencia was murdered a block away from his apartment. Within days, the Columbia Police Department received tips that Jesse was i…
00:55:02 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Richard McCoy Jr. - 604
April 7th, 1972. Denver, Colorado. An armed man hijacked a passenger plane and escaped with $500,000. After receiving a tip from a Utah Highway Patrolman, Richard McCoy Jr. was arrested and charged w…
00:41:13 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Into The Fire - 603
Aundria Bowman, a.k.a Alexis Badger, went missing on March 11, 1989. Her case went cold for 20 years until her birth mother, Cathy Terkanian learned of her disappearance. With the help of internet sl…
00:59:58 |
Mon 30 Dec 2024
Casey White & Vicky White - 602
When inmate Casey Cole White confessed to the 2015 unsolved murder of a woman in Rogersville, Alabama, and was transferred to Lauderdale detention center to await trial for capital murder, no one cou…
00:51:27 |
Mon 23 Dec 2024
Manuel Ellis - 601
March 3, 2020. Tacoma, Washington. On March 3, 2020, three months before George Floyd was killed, Manuel Ellis found himself in a similar situation at an intersection in Tacoma, WA. He was tased, on …
01:09:48 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
The Death of Chuck Morgan - 600
Chuck Morgan disappeared for 3 days in March 1977 and claimed he was abducted and tortured. Two months later he disappeared for a second time and was found 11 days later dead with a shot to the back …
00:40:28 |
Mon 09 Dec 2024
Pete Coones - 599
April 7th, 2008. Kansas City, Kansas. In the early morning hours of April 7th, 2008 Kathleen Schroll called her mother and told her that Pete Coones, whom she was in a legal battle with, had broken i…
00:56:45 |
Mon 02 Dec 2024
The Disappearances of Christopher Dansby & Shane Walker - 598
1989. New York City, New York. Two toddlers, Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, vanished from the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers playground in Harlem, just three months apart, leaving a community wr…
00:41:52 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
Keith Green - 597
April 29th, 2016. San Mateo County, California. Keith Green, a young father of two, was reported missing. He was last seen with his former partner Tiffany Li. Tiffany told the police that she and Kei…
01:04:49 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
Autumn Pasquale - 596
October 20th, 2012. Clayton, New Jersey. Autumn Pasquale left home to meet an acquaintance who was going to repair her BMX bike. She never came home. Two days later, her body was found near an abando…
00:48:50 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
David Ridgen
Aaron spoke with David Ridgen, the host of Someone Knows Something, about the murder of Christine Harron in 1993. The case was mishandled and the suspect got away initially. Ridgen spent 15 years wor…
00:35:29 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
The Death of Karlyn Ramirez - 595
When a newlywed first-class Military officer, Karlyn Ramirez, is found shot dead in her home, with her 4-month-old daughter in her arms, police are baffled.
With no known enemies, and no clues to g…
00:46:04 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
Sallie House - 594
A little brick house on 2nd street in Atchison, Kansas may not look haunted, but stories have been told over the years that the house is inhabited by the ghost of a young girl who died a violent deat…
01:05:40 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
The Murder of Anjelica Hadsell - 593
March, 2nd, 2015. Norfolk, Virginia. As a young girl, AJ Hadsell found herself in the rare situation where two different men vied for the opportunity to officially be considered her father. But was o…
00:47:37 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Ben Novack Jr - 592
July 12th, 2009. Rye Brook, New York. 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., the son of a famous Florida hotelier, was beaten to death in his hotel room at a convention in upstate New York. His wife Narcy Novac…
00:55:22 |
Mon 14 Oct 2024
The Alcatraz Escape - 591
In the late hours of June 11, 1962, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin executed an elaborate escape plan and vanished from Alcatraz Island. 60 years later, the case remains open, and spe…
00:44:54 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
The Murder of Lisha Gayle and Conviction of Marcellus Williams - 590
Dr. Daniel Picus arrived home from work on August 11, 1998 to find his wife, Lisha Gayle Picus, murdered. Police had no leads until a $10,000 reward brought forward a man who claimed a fellow inmate,…
00:53:32 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Death of Amanda Antoni - 589
October 26, 2015. Calgary, Canada. When a phone call Lee Antoni had with his wife, Amanda, was cut short while he was over 400 miles away visiting family, he didn’t expect the worst. When she failed …
00:43:14 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
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