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50 States 50 Murders

50 States 50 Murders

By: AJ Rutledge Sarah Smyth Dakota Sayre
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Welcome to 50 States 50 Murders! We host a weekly Travel / True Crime Podcast where we are taking you the listener on an auditory road trip across the United States. Each week we will be selecting a new state to talk about fun facts and interesting stats as well as its history. And while we are there we will be discussing a murder that took place in that specific state of the week. Be sure to buckle up and join us each and every week for 50 States 50 Murders!

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Episodes
  • E38 - Arkansas : "Open House, Closed Case" (The Case of Beverly Carter)

    E38 - Arkansas : "Open House, Closed Case" (The Case of Beverly Carter)
    Aug 13 2025
    This week, 50 States, 50 Murders explores the haunting underbelly of Arkansas.We revisit the Christmas massacre committed by Ronald Gene Simmons, the twisted legacy of cult leader Tony Alamo, and a rare case where brain fingerprinting helped convict James B. Grinder.Then we take a chilling deep dive into the 2014 murder of Beverly Carter—a real estate agent targeted while simply doing her job. This case gets personal for Sarah, a Realtor herself, and reminds us that not every horror happens in the shadows—some knock on the front door.


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    46 mins
  • E37 - Vermont : "The Axe That Echoed: Vermont’s Forgotten Massacre" (The Case of Sheldon Miller)

    E37 - Vermont : "The Axe That Echoed: Vermont’s Forgotten Massacre" (The Case of Sheldon Miller)
    Aug 6 2025
    This week, 50 States, 50 Murders ventures into the misty woods and hidden towns of Vermont—
    Where the shadows stretch longer, and the silence sometimes means more than it should.    We cover betrayal, violence, and heartbreak through the murders of Melissa Jenkins, the Essex School Shooting, and the twisted crimes of Donald Fell.
    Then we travel back nearly a century to a night in 1924—when a farmer named Sheldon Miller shattered the peace of West Windsor in one of Vermont’s darkest chapters.


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    43 mins
  • "Killer Couples: Love, Loyalty, and Murder" *Mini-Sode*

    "Killer Couples: Love, Loyalty, and Murder" *Mini-Sode*
    Jul 24 2025

    What happens when a relationship turns deadly? In this special mini-sode of 50 States, 50 Murders, AJ is joined by his wife Alexis to explore the dark world of killer couples — real-life lovers who didn’t just fall for each other… they fell into murder. From elderly con artists to sadistic newlyweds, we cover six chilling cases where romance and bloodshed went hand-in-hand. Some are infamous. Others? Hidden horrors. One thing's for sure: these partnerships were bound by something far stronger than love.

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    27 mins
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