Why Can't We Talk About Amanda's Mom?

In November 1993, a veteran discovers the body of a woman on a dirt road near Interstate-10 in Mobile, Alabama. She’s nude, drained of blood, and decapitated. But despite the horrific nature of the murder, it garners little sympathy in the press and detectives fail to close the case. Over the course of 8 episodes, host Sarah Cailean recounts her three-year investigation into this unsolved and perplexing murder that seems to leave more questions than answers. With the full support of the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, she revisits the original investigation, digs up new evidence, and interviews new suspects - recording every step of the way. Cailean hopes to rectify the mistakes of the past and bring some answers to a family still struggling to make sense of what happened – and uncover just why it has been so hard to talk about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep.8: Traces of Truth

Episode Date: October 2, 2024

Investigator Sarah Cailean is determined to figure out why the Kansas Bureau of Investigation dismissed Jeremy Jones’s confession to the murder of Jen...

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Ep.7: Redneck Bundy

Episode Date: September 25, 2024

Investigator Sarah Cailean narrows her list of suspects in the murder of Jennifer Judd. While in Missouri, she meets with the family of another potent...

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Ep.5: 99% Certain

Episode Date: September 11, 2024

After weeks of failed attempts, investigator Sarah Cailean sets up an interview with the person who knew Jennifer most intimately: her husband, Justin...

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Ep.4: Suspect No. 1

Episode Date: September 4, 2024

After securing access to the case files, investigator Sarah Cailean narrows in on the original suspect: Chuck Chance. Thirty years later, police still...

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Ep.2: Old Friends

Episode Date: August 21, 2024

Investigator Sarah Cailean heads to the intersection of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri to to begin to untangle the many rumors swirling around the murd...

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Ep.10: Back to Mobile

Episode Date: July 24, 2024

Sarah Cailean heads back to Mobile, Alabama, to investigate a new suspect who she thinks might finally help solve the question of who killed Amanda’s...

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Ep.9: Anonymous Tip

Episode Date: July 17, 2024

An anonymous tip in the Renee Bergeron case points to a new suspect, and Sarah Cailean attempts to fit this new piece into the puzzle of who killed Am...

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Ep.8: Less Dead

Episode Date: April 12, 2023

In any cold case, three theories circulate among the public: the victim was a snitch; there was human trafficking; or the police did it. As Sarah’s in...

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Ep.7: Theories

Episode Date: April 5, 2023

Sarah’s investigation has turned up two different theories of the case, and with that, two very different suspects. So, now, she’s left asking: could...

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Ep.6: Drunk Talkers

Episode Date: March 29, 2023

Is a distressing 1993 tip made about Renée's murder merely the result of a drunk talker… or something far more sinister? Drunk talkers are dime a doze...

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Ep.5: Maria

Episode Date: March 22, 2023

When the Sheriff’s Office first processed the dead body found along Interstate-10, they identified her as Maria Martinez - not Renée Bergeron. This wa...

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Ep.4: Friend or Foe?

Episode Date: March 15, 2023

As Sarah tries to further understand the life Renée led in Mobile, she learns of a close friend of hers named David. But she doesn’t know if he is dea...