The Unlovely Truth
Exploring the intersection of faith and true crime.
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Business is booming in the true crime genre. But is this growth a good thing? Listen to top content producers from some of your favorite podcasts, tv shows, and the publishing industry discuss the pros and cons of being inundated with true crime all the time. You decide if our national obsession with these stories is healthy, or if we need to look for new ways to spend our time.
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
There are over 40 million victims of human trafficking across the world. They generate annual profits for their abusers of over 30 billion dollars. That’s more than the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and the National Basketball Association combined. But the issue of slavery is much more than the statistics that help us quantify its reach. It’s about the people who are caught up in what is arguably the greatest evil of modern times.
If you need help, please call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1 (888) 373-7888, or text HELP or INFO to 233733
To be an advocate for victims, explore the resources of the following organizations:
Polarisproject.org
Missingkids.org
Ourrescue.org (Operation Underground Railroad)
Deliverfund.org
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
With tens of thousands of unidentified human remains in police storage across the U.S., officials do not have the resources to clear the backlog of cases. But a group of so-called cyber-sleuths does. Learn how and why they do it, and you may just get the itch to try it yourself.
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
We all have dreams for our lives. Larissa Sam dreamed big – she was days away from auditioning for the TV show American Idol when she vanished. Police are out of leads to pursue and need fresh information. When you listen and share this episode, you join the Journey for Justice for Larissa. Help her family finally know what happened to the young woman they love so dearly. For more information about Larissa, please access the following sources:
https://fox59.com/news/crimetracker/mother-suspects-human-trafficking-connected-to-daughters-disappearance/
http://charleyproject.org/case/larissa-marie-sam
https://www.facebook.com/Bring-Larissa-Sam-home-909497312445343/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Missing.Indiana
https://www.namus.gov/
https://warinternational.org/
If you know anything about the disappearance of Larissa Sam, please reach out to the Missing Persons Branch of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department 317-327-6160, or 317-262-TIPS if you wish to remain anonymous.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
What we don’t know CAN hurt us. Axton Betz-Hamilton didn’t know who her mother really was when she and her dad weren’t looking. Years of financial struggles brought on by identity theft taught her that a person can get away with a lot if no one is watching. They may even cause the people they say they love the most enormous amounts of pain, if it gets them what they want.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of identity theft, you can find resources here: https://www.identitytheft.gov/
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Why would an Australian journalist spend a year in America following the case of a black man who had killed a white supremacist? What would he find when he interviewed people who knew them, who loved them, and who hated them? The answers might shock you as much as they did me.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Detectives should pursue justice for every victim with equal diligence. Meet a group from South Central Los Angeles who take their mission to heart, especially when their victim is the son of one of their own. Why is there so much murder in some communities? This week’s author has some surprising ideas.
frankbyers.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cyclebreaking
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Every year in the United States, over 600,000 people go missing according to the website namus.gov. Most are found very quickly, but tens of thousands will remain missing for a year or more. “The sheer volume of missing and unidentified person cases poses one of the greatest challenges to agencies tasked with resolving these important cases.” This is the story of two of those people, missing now for over 31 years.
To provide information to authorities, please call:
F Kingsland GBI office 912-729-6198
Glynn County Police Department 912-554-7800
For more information on Monica and Michael’s case, you can check the following resources:
http://charleyproject.org/case/michael-anthony-bennett
http://charleyproject.org/case/monica-renita-bennett
https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/sister-searching-for-missing-family/article_88ba7479-545d-5305-a165-ca808a3cd4bd.html
https://craftonmegan.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/michael-anthony-and-monica-renita-bennett/
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
When a real-life vigilante takes down the town bully, was that man a hero - or a criminal just like the man he killed? If the criminal justice system can’t deal with a man who has dozens of felony arrests, should citizens take matters into their own hands, and impose the harshest sentence of all? Join my fascinating discussion with my special guest Aaron Hanbury.
aaronclinehanbury.substack.com
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
It’s no crime to be a widow, but how many women have lost two husbands to violence? Investigators know to follow the money when they suspect foul play. And Raynella had inherited two small fortunes from her dead husbands. Guest Diane Fanning, author of Her Deadly Web, gives special insights to one of the strangest cases she has ever covered.