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
Framed: An Investigative Story - Hosted By Aaron
Aaron from Generation Why presents Framed: An Investigative Story. An unsolved crime has divided a community for more than a decade. This season on Framed we will go beyond the narratives and attempt…
00:08:52 |
Mon 20 Aug 2018
The Night Stalker Part 1 - 226
The Night Stalker Part 1. April, 1984. Los Angeles, California. A home intruder is raping, robbing, and killing residents in the Los Angeles area. A 79 year-old woman who lived in a Glassel Park apar…
00:57:12 |
Sun 26 Mar 2017
Kansas City Firefighters Case - Part 1
Kansas City Firefighters Case Part 1. We revisit one of our first cases by conducting interviews and discussing the various aspects of the case. The 1988 arson fires and subsequent explosions cost th…
00:23:38 |
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Trayvon Martin - 119
Trayvon Martin. When a self-appointed neighborhood watchman pursues a suspicious young man no one could have predicted that it would end with a death, a trial, and a national debate on race & profili…
00:46:52 |
Mon 04 May 2015
The Zodiac Killer - 118
The Zodiac Killer. His attacks were accompanied by phone calls & letters that taunted police and threatened harm on others. Just what do we really know about these killings? What evidence have invest…
01:29:45 |
Mon 27 Apr 2015
Madeleine McCann - 113
Madeleine McCann. In May of 2007, a young English girl, on holiday with her parents in Portugal, would go missing. There were no witnesses as she and her younger twin siblings had been left alone in …
00:56:23 |
Mon 23 Mar 2015
D.B. Cooper: A Skydiver’s Analysis - 111
D.B. Cooper: A Skydiver’s Analysis. David Robinson, a USPA licensed skydiver, joins the podcast to analyze D.B. Cooper’s jump and assess whether he could have survived. We discuss the parachutes, the…
00:25:25 |
Tue 10 Mar 2015
Dixie Shanahan - 110
Dixie Shanahan. Author, and investigative journalist, John Ferak, joins the podcast to discuss the murder of Scott Shanahan by his wife, Dixie. The Iowan wife and mother had suffered domestic abuse f…
00:52:54 |
Mon 09 Mar 2015
D.B. Cooper - 109
D.B. Cooper. Thanksgiving Eve, 1971. An average looking man in a suit, a tie, and an overcoat pays for a one-way ticket at the Northwest Orient counter for flight 305 out of Portland, Oregon. The fli…
01:21:17 |
Mon 02 Mar 2015
Marjorie Caldwell - 108
Marjorie Caldwell. A wealthy heiress decides to adopt a young girl named Marjorie in 1934 and moves her into her mansion in the hopes of giving her a good life. Unbeknownst to her the young girl is t…
00:35:42 |
Mon 23 Feb 2015
Oak Island Money Pit - 105
Oak Island Money Pit. What began in 1795 as a simple discovery of a circular depression in the ground has led, over the years, to many excavations made of the money pit on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, …
00:44:38 |
Mon 09 Feb 2015
Nikola Tesla - 104
Nikola Tesla. We discuss Tesla, his achievements, his rivals, & the many myths that surround him. Does he deserve greater credit than history has bestowed upon him thus far? Or was he just another in…
00:51:30 |
Tue 03 Feb 2015
The Elkhart 4 - 102
The Elkhart 4. In October of 2012, three teenagers and an adult decided to rob a house. Another teenager in the group stayed across the street. Either as a lookout or because he lost his nerve. Findi…
00:45:20 |
Sun 18 Jan 2015
In Broad Daylight - 101
In Broad Daylight. Author Harry MacLean joins the podcast to talk about Skidmore, Missouri and the man who terrorized its citizens for years unabated. At least until the town had enough of the rapes,…
01:08:20 |
Mon 12 Jan 2015
Death of Princess Diana - 98
Death of Princess Diana. On August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, suffered traumatic injuries and later died after the Mercedes-Benz she and her entourage were traveling in struck a concrete pil…
00:53:03 |
Tue 23 Dec 2014
Lori Erica Ruff - 93
Lori Erica Ruff. In 2010, a woman in Texas named Lori Ruff parked her Tahoe in the driveway of the house where her estranged husband Blake had been living since he had walked out on her after their r…
00:53:19 |
Tue 25 Nov 2014
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