Speculating Wildly About Crime

Jamie and Kristy discuss the 2000 disappearance of Colleen Wood, an Akron, Ohio native who moved to South Florida in 1998 after a layoff and breakup, took a marina job in Fort Lauderdale, and pursued her dream of sailing the world. In 1999 she answered a personal ad from John Paul, a charming man with a boat, “Island Girl,” who claimed wealth and a racing background but becam...

Jamie shares an update that SWACPod will not release its planned episode on Charlie Stahl after his family requested privacy, and instead re-releases the team’s prior coverage of missing college student Jason Landry, posting Part 1 and Part 2 together to align with a recent Swack Snack update. Jamie and Kristy reiterate the podcast’s mission to help victims and families throu...

Jamie and Kristy share a SWAC SNACK update on the Jason Landry case, which they previously covered in episodes 94 and 95. Jason, a Texas college student, went missing on December 15, 2020 while driving home late at night; his car was found on rural Salt Flat Road, with his backpack and all his clothing strewn nearby, but no sign of him. They report that human skeletal remains...

Jamie and Kristy revisit the disappearance of Alexandria “Ali” Lowitzer with her mother, Jo Ann (Hope for Ali),Help Find Alexandria Lowitzer - Missing Person emphasizing that Ali has been missing since April 2010 from Spring, Texas. They recap that 16-year-old Ali left home after school ...

Jamie and Kristy return for part two of their Willie Pickton series, recapping his Port Coquitlam pig farm, Piggy’s Palace parties, and the failed attempted-murder case involving survivor Sandra Gail Ringwald. They discuss decades of missing women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and highlight several victims’ backgrounds, including Andrea Jones-Berry, Serena Abbotsway, Mar...