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Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast

Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast

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YOUR true crime book club podcast. Each month Jill tells the true crime author’s story in 3 parts. Dive deep into the criminal psyche, updates, and outcomes with the greatest respect for accuracy, victims, & families!
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What is Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast about?

Jill features the best true crime books, sharing these cases and providing criminal and psychological analysis and the latest updates. In her exclusive interviews with authors, law enforcement, and experts, she delves into the WHY of criminal behavior while respecting the victims and families. As a book club, be prepared for her pairing of a regional appetizer, dip, or dessert and a perfect selection of wine to accompany her book club. When you do not have time to read, let Jill do it for you! Jill showcases the best true crime books, sharing detailed accounts of various cases while providing criminal and psychological analyses along with the latest updates. In her exclusive interviews with authors, law enforcement officials, and experts, she explores the underlying reasons for criminal behavior, all while honoring the victims and their families. As part of her book club, she thoughtfully pairs a regional appetizer, dip, or dessert with a perfectly selected wine to complement the reading. And when you don’t have time to read, let Jill do it for you!

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Part 1: This is YOUR tri-monthly True Crime Book Club, centered around your favorite obsession, where Jill and Tara take a deep dive into the case, discussing the story from the author's point of view. In this episode, Tara and Jill review Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark, on the massive hunt to identify the rapist-serial killer she named the Golden State Killer, the new remastered version is available now!

Expect analysis and updates- including the memoir by the GSK's 5th victim, Jane Carson-Sandler, Frozen in Fear, Ep 80-83, including Jill's exclusive interview with Jane!

What’s our next book? Listen now!

Sources, wine and snack information for Episodes 1 and 2 are found on Jill's blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Jan. 2020.

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

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Pt 3: What happens when you are on Death Row? How does the appeal process work? What is the human toll? Is it justice? We will follow Velma’s loved ones as they struggle with new revelations and hear from the families of the victims as human endurance is tested. Jill walks you through Velma Barfield’s maze of appeals, arguments for a new trial, and the final emotional outcome. And Jill tells you what she thinks of Velma Barfield, the Death Row Granny (of course she does!)

Sources, show notes, photographs, recipe and drink information are found on Jill’s blog: www.murdershelfbookclub.com, May 2023.

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

"Trust your gut!"

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Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast - Mini-Cast Lost Girls Update: Let the Games Begin, Spota & McParland
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09/27/21 • 18 min

In the Lost Girls trilogy, we learned how the Suffolk County police department on Long Island struggled to investigation the Long Island serial killer case, falling victim to internal scandal and administrative hijinks by the top echelon of law enforcement. Arrests, prosecutions, and convictions of the former police chief, district attorney and anti-corruption bureau chief (seriously, I KNOW) in 2016 and 2019 followed. However, former DA Thomas Spot and former bureau chief Christopher McParland were not sentenced—until three years later in August 2021, a three-year delay! GET the UPDATE on these ONGOING cases as Jill fills you in on the latest, that makes your blood boil!

Sourcing for this story is found on Jill’s blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com

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Part 3: We see Connie Quedens ensnaring Fred Wilderson in her web, entangling finances, escalating demands, culminating with Fred abruptly vanished, leaving his beloved daughter and son behind. Who had a life insurance policy on Fred? Connie. But nothing tied her to his disappearance. 17 yrs later, Clay Bryant begins to investigate this cold case, and he finds a witness that sets the case on fire! Hear justice arrive in all it’s glory, and the truth of who Connie Quedens is comes out, with many wondering what else she did.

Sources, snack recipe, wine recommendation and show notes are found on Jill’s blog www.murdershelfbookclub.com, July 2023.

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

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1986: Growing up in Tacoma, Washington, 11 yr. old Lindsey Jackson (Wade) remembers no longer being allowed to ride her bike, and the fear of walking home from the school bus after two girls were brutally murdered, Michella Welch and Jennifer Bastian.

An adult Lindsey joined the Tacoma Police Dept, honing her investigative skills in patrol, then as a detective in sex crimes, dealing with terrible, frustrating cases, and putting bad guys behind bars, as DNA evidence begins to play a role in investigation. Raw, respectful of the victims and their families, this is Lindsey’s story, poignant, powerful and not to be missed.

Buy Lindsey’s book on Amazon (highly recommended!) or on Jill’s blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com. ,Sept 2024.

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

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Part 1: The relationship between white man, his government, and the Osage was not easy, fraught with prejudice, broken promises, and 2nd class status. Then, oil was discovered, ‘black gold”, and it brought the oil barons. Oil wealth changed everything for the Osage Nation, money, as well as challenges that disrupted their traditional way of life for the new millionaires.

Nevertheless, Mollie Burkhart, her sisters, Minnie, Anna, and Rita, lived the best they, could mixing tradition with new customs. That is, until the Osage started dying.

Who was killing the Osage? Would anyone figure out the mystery while any remained alive? Who would die next? Was anyone safe?

Jill's cat, Olivia, joins us as our newest "co-host'! She has a lot to say this episode! LOL!

Source material for the Killer of the Flower Moon trilogy is on Jill’s blog www.murdershelfbookclub.com, June 2020.

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

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Part 3: Now deep into the murder motive, each of the suspects are investigated and the evidence scrutinized fully. Who had a motive and opportunity to commit murder? Who benefitted from the death of Amy Robsart? Given the court verdict, what happened to the suspects? And Jill shares her theory on how Lady Dudley, Amy Robsart died!

2nd cast looks ahead to 1567: Seven year later, Elizabeth I’s cousin, the King-Consort of Scotland, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley is found strangled to death. Another cousin, Darnley’s wife, Mary, Queen of Scots, begins an inquiry, with a very, very different outcome from Elizabeth I’s court. Intrigue, conspiracy, betrayal, corruption, and the choices of the two Queens is examined. How did Amy Robsart-Dudley die? Who killed Lord Darnley? Jill shares her conclusions about the suspicious deaths of the 1560s!

Sources, snack recipe, suggestions, show notes plus CRIMECON 2023 PHOTOS are found on Jill’s blog www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Sept 2023.

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

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Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast - Sneak Preview: Episode 3 - The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson
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01/27/20 • 0 min

What did author Cara Robertson think about the Lizzie Borden case as she began looking into the murders? It took over 20 years to answer this question, and a load of others. Separate the myth from the facts with Jill & Tara!

Source, wine and drink information for the Trial of Lizzie Borden trilogy are found on Jill's blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com.

Contact: [email protected]

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Part 2: Ready for trial in just three months, Marion County Arson Prosecutor Diane Marger Moore begins the case against William J. Wise for the murder of his 8-week-old son, Matthew Dean Wise. However, progress in the case is derailed by shocking twists and turns that hinder the pursuit of justice for the newborn. Tensions rise as the determination and grit of everyone involved are tested. Will they be able to secure a conviction and genuinely send a murderer to prison?

Be sure to listen to Pt 1 before this episode!

BUY 16 MINUTES: Was the Death of Baby Matthew an Accident of Murder by Diane Marger Moore on Amazon!

Sources, photographs, recipes and drink information can be found on Jill’s blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com –April 2025.

Contact: [email protected], or X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book!

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Part !: This is Elizabeth Kendall’s story of meeting Ted Bundy, beginning their relationship which would become exceedingly complex, testing Liz’s love many times over the years. Ted the boyfriend, Ted the father-figure to her daughter, Molly, Ted as part of their little family is explored. But Ted is not her Prince Charming, all is not as it seems. As women go missing, as bodies begin to be discovered, Liz begins to slowly connect the dots -- a horrible agonizing, conflicted realization dawns on her

Source material and photographs for The Phantom Prince trilogy are found on Jill's blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, April 2020.

ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025: My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched! Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast!

Share your thoughts with me at [email protected], on X, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST!

Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions.

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How many episodes does Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast have?

Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast currently has 131 episodes available.

What topics does Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, True Crime and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast?

The episode title 'Episode 1: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara- Pt 1- 'The Golden State Killer'' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast?

The average episode length on Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast is 65 minutes.

How often are episodes of Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast released?

Episodes of Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast?

The first episode of Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast was released on Jan 8, 2020.

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