The best podcasts for true crime lovers, who can't find time to read crime books and want to know who, what, where & why!

Host of the Murder Shelf Book Club podcast, Jill is a retired high school history and psychology educator, she has loved true crime since before 'true crime' existed! Believing in giving back to her community, after studying at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust education institute of Israel, Jill served on the Bd of Directors at CHHANGE, the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education Center at Brookdale Community College for 25 years, teaching teachers and presenting workshops for the community. Her areas of expertise are Holocaust education, Balkan ethnic cleansing of the 1990s, terrorism, and international relations. Jill works with the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe as an election observer, evaluating the legality and quality of elections across Europe and central Asia. Her deployments include Croatia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine. Growing up during the 'Golden Age of Serial Killers', Jill was baffled, repulsed, wanting to know WHY such terrible crime occur! After 30 years of teaching AP Psychology, Jill retired. Today, she is the host of the Murder Shelf Book Club true crime podcast. She tells the author's story, with her analysis and updates, delving into the case. Passionate about accuracy and integrity, Jill's research is unmatched, ensuring that what she says is truthful, while being sensitive to the victims, their families and the families of perpetrators. Every other week, a new episode posts here! https://linktr.ee/murdershelfbookclub Teaching psychology while reading voraciously any book on serial killers, Jill created an age-appropriate unit on the types of serial murderers, begun for graduating students. Fascinated, her students insisted on do the project, even if they'd already earned an "A" for the year. After retiring, Jill joined a true crime book club, taking over as organizer. She also began teaching two serial killer courses for a continuing adult education program. Eager to learn more herself, she began working on her certification as a criminal profiler. Her interest became further heightened after attending CrimeCon, a convention for serious true crime fans. There, Jill met P.I. Sheila Wysocki, and began working on a series of cases with her, applying her skills as a researcher and her psychology background. Jill also investigated and reported on the missing person case of indigenous woman, Kristyn Sue Richerson in Muskogee, Oklahoma, missing since Memorial Day weekend 2018.

The Murder Shelf Book Club is named for host Jill's literal 'murder shelf', where she keeps all of her crime, serial killer, missing persons, and criminology books and textbooks. Frankly, it's daunting and has terrorized any number of electricians and workers, who jerked back, fearing where they had wandered into. Jill selects books about a poignant true crime case, while weaving into the story the lessons that may be extracted, identifying red flags, and promoting safety. Compassionate, Jill does not hesitate to condemn the guilty. She often suggests reforms that would strengthen the judicial system, using common sense in her approach, Jill subscribes to a number of true crime podcasts that she appreciates, who subscribe to her philosophy of respecting victims, their families as well as innocents impacted by the cases.

Jill has created a playlist of quality true crime podcasts who have an important role to play in educating the public about the judicial system, specific cases, and heighten awareness.