Join Lauren and Bally this week as we dive into the heartbreaking case of the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman. The case that inspired the creation of the AMBER Alert for missing and abducted children, and the subsequent SILVER Alert for missing and vulnerable adults.

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https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-tragic-case-that-inspired-americas-amber-alerts

https://www.ojp.gov/library/publications/amber-advocate-issue-1-2026

https://unquestionablycriminal.medium.com/amber-alert-dna-could-bring-hope-in-the-forensic-hunt-for-amber-hagermans-killer-7007b3974146

https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/emergency-child-abduction-alert-system/

https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/missing-children-statistics/

https://globalmissingkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Child-Alert-Framework_FINAL.pdf

https://www.atg.wa.gov/child-abduction-murder-research

https://www.chp.ca.gov/news-alerts/Success-Stories/

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-child-abduction-rapid-deployment-teams

https://amberadvocate.org/?articles=aa65-amber-alert-timeline

https://amberadvocate.org/?articles=aa65-overarching-lessons-from-the-amber-hagerman-case

https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs/ms-in-criminal-justice/resource/the-history-of-the-amber-alert

https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2021/still-searching-for-ambers-killer

Have you heard about the mysterious death of Cindy James? A 44-year-old nurse from Richmond, British Columbia, Canada who suffered years of torture from a stalker who may or may not have killed her in 1989.

Her death was ruled an ‘unknown event’ after a lengthy inquest. And the case is still debated today - Was this the work of her stalker, or was this a mental illness or breakdown? Join Lauren and Bally this week as we dive into the mysterious death of Cindy James.

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Reynolds, T. (2026) Campaign of Fear: The Controversial Unexplained Death of Cindy James. Medium.

The Cutprice Guignol (2023) “Under Siege”: The Troubled Life and Debated Death of Cindy James.

Unsolved Mysteries (n.d.) Cindy James.

CBC News (2022) RCMP class action: Tiller civilian women final report.

The Trouble with Justice (2014) Who Killed Nurse Cindy James?

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This week Lauren and Bally bring you the case of Lizzie Borden, just in time for the Netflix Monsters series! How she was accused and found ‘not guilty’ of killing her father and stepmother with an axe or hatchet. But the question still remains: was she clever enough to get away with it, or was she completely innocent and in the wrong place at the wrong time?

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https://anacondaleader.com/content/strange-story-bridget-sullivan https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/discover-your-ancestors/bookazine/3/the-many-faces-of-death-7226/ https://lizziebordenwarpsandwefts.com/2022/03/25/the-day-sarah-died-march-26-1863/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lizzie-Borden-American-murder-suspect Robert A. Flynn, Lizzie Borden: Past and Present (Alzach Press, 1999), p. 8 48 Hour Special: Lizzie Borden https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asylum/202409/lizzie-borden-and-victorian-madness https://whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/identities/how-did-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-become-a-household-name/ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/lizzie-borden https://www.birthinjuryhelpcenter.org/birth-injuries/infant-brain-damage/ https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/lizzie-borden-case-images-crime-scene/13/ The Sun, 12 August 1892 — Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030272/1892-08-12/ed-1/