Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast

True Crime stories can move fast sometimes and while we prefer to focus on unsolved cases sometimes you need to put out some info on current cases.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez lost her life in a terrible way at the age of 14.

Rex Heuermann confessed to killing 8 women even though he was under suspicion of only 7.

What is happening to our scientists and astrophyicists?

The updates are here.

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We started with the episode about the murder of Carl Grillmair on his front porch a few weeks back. We then covered the disappearance of Major General Neil McCasland into thin air.

We are now following the lead of a few agencies and listing ALL of the scientists who have died, were murdered or just plain vanished in the last four years. What do they all have in common? Space exploration, inventors of rocket material, astro physics, and research into life on other plants.

Coincidence? There is no such thing.

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New York in the 1840's was a wild and fascinating burgeoning metropolis with many opportunities, not all good. Mary Rogers was known as "The Beautiful Cigar Girl,' working at a local smoke shop as the owner said her beauty brough in many customers. Mary's mother had opened up her house to boarding after Mary's father died in a tragic steamboat accident. It was mother and daughter trying to get along doing what they needed to do.

Mary's beauty was so renowned at the time that James Fennimore Cooper wrote a poem about her that was published...

Neil McCasland, astronautical engineer, retired US Air Force Major General and former Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory is missing. Not your average 68 year old, an avid hiker and outdoorsman Neil had ridden in a 60 mile bike race a few weeks before going missing. He was home in his main residence in Albuquerque on the morning of February 27, 2026 while his wife was running some errands. His wife returns home around Noon to find Neil gone, but his phone, prescription glasses and other "wearable" devices were left behind.

Searches began immediately with some sleuths believing his disappearance...

Sometimes law enforcement handles cases differently depending on a missing persons vocation. It shouldn't matter that Sara was an exotic dancer for a living. She was a working mother, sister, daughter, friend. Disappearing after work one night was unusual for her normal pattern. There are more than one persons of interest in her case but it appears very clear, she did NOT leave her daughter, her family her friends on her own. Her sister Michelle Tullis is a force to be reckoned with and will not stop until Sara is found and her family sees justice. Her main worry...

When a brilliant scientist/astrophysicist buys land in the outskirts of LA County so he can see the stars and planets without light pollution from his homemade planetarium, he thinks he is safe. Carl Grillmair, a 67 year old genius of world renown was found deceased from a gunshot to his upper torso on the front porch of his remote home. One of the foremost authorities on whether there is water on other planets he helped redefine how we think about the potential of life outside of Earth.

Was a young husband, father, son whose family lived with...

It may have taken 20 years to find Mary Alice Maloney but she has been identified. How she got to La Vergne Tennessee from Connecticut is a mystery but what happened to her and why is the biggest puzzle. Her beautiful mixed races of Puerto Rican and African descent made it a challenge for genetic genealogists from the DNA Doe Project to build out a family tree. But they found her extended relatives and gave her back her name.

Now we need to know who took her life. If you have any information on what happened to Mary...

15 Year old Sebastian Rogers lived with his mother and stepfather and Hendersonville Tennessee. February 26 of 2024 was a regular day for Sebastian according to his mother. Katie Proudfoot said that she and her son had a wonderful day. Did some shopping, played some video games, had dinner out, came home and watched television and went to bed. Around 10 PM Katie heard a very loud thud from Sebastian's bedroom. When she called out to ask if he was all right he answered he was fine. And Katie left it at that. When she woke up the next day, Sebastian was gone...

Forensic pathologists in the Pacific Northwest want to reopen Kurt Cobain's suicide due to their suspicions it wasn't what it seems. Food Network's judge on "Worst Chef's in America," died on June 2025 of an overdose. But some find it hard to believe she would have taken her own life. Amazing character actor, Peter Greene died in December of 2025 of a most unusual gun shot wound classified as a "accidental suicide by gunshot..."

And some updates on Nancy Guthries kidnapping.

If YOU know ANYTHING about what happened to Nancy or where she is PLEASE contact

Just The Tip-Sters typically does not cover timely cases unless its requested by law enforcement or family members of a missing or murdered loved one. Savannah Guthrie has taken to her Instagram account to ask for the publics help. So many of us are glued to this case and while there are many ethical reporters giving this case the coverage it needs there are bad actors out there who are reckless with information and accusations. Think of us as your clearing house. We gather all of the information we can and dispense it here.

Let's get Nancy...

With the abduction of Nancy Guthrie the mother of Today Show host, Savannah Guthrie, all eyes have been on Tucson AZ and where can Nancy be? With a deadline looming from supposed kidnappers asking for millions in BitCoin Crytopcurrency, time is of the essence. A special episode of JTT with hopes someone, somewhere comes forward and/or lets Nancy come home.

If YOU know anything about what happened to Nancy, please CALL 1-520-882-7463 or 1-800-CALL FBI

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With the abduction of Nancy Guthrie the mother of Today Show host, Savannah Guthrie, all eyes have been on Tucson AZ and where can Nancy be? With a deadline looming from supposed kidnappers asking for millions in BitCoin Crytopcurrency, time is of the essence. A special episode of JTT with hopes someone, somewhere comes forward and/or lets Nancy come home.

If YOU know anything about what happened to Nancy, please call 520-882-7463 or 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324)

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In this month's special, Melissa from Just The Tip-Sters shares a case close to her heart with Cam & Jen. It's a head-scratcher. In May 2011, Bill and Peggy Stephenson, a kind, generous, and deeply loved couple from Florence, Kentucky, were brutally murdered inside their own home. Both were 74 years old. Their deaths sent shockwaves through Northern Kentucky and left family, friends, and an entire community searching for answers. More than a decade later, this horrific double homicide remains unsolved. There was no obvious motive, no clear suspects, and no explanation that made sense. Even seasoned detectives and the FBI have...

Tanya Denise Jackson was a hard working woman who entered the military for work and education. She became and Army Medical Assistant. She had a beautiful baby daughter named Tatiana while in a relationship with Army Anatomy Instructor, Andrew Dykes. So how did both Tanya and Tatiana end up murdered and thrown into the brush and a storm drain of Nassau County, NY in 1997? Known until Othram Labs identified Tanya and Tatiana as "Peaches Doe," due to a tattoo on Tanya and Baby Doe for 2 year old Tatiana.

Long though of as victims of the Long Island...

When the youngest of the 8 Sniegowski kids goes missing no one is worried...at first. All of Maggies older siblings has left home at 18 or 19 to start their adult lives. While Maggie was the extrovert and most outgoing of the kids she was 17 and not going to leave the house for awhile. She had plans. How did she end up getting from Toledo, Ohio to the east side of the Northbound entrance ramp from Indiana State Road 46 to Interstate 65? A young girl was found there and not identified until 2022, 30 years later, through genetic genealogy. Who did this to her?<...

Just the Tip-Sters doesn't usually cover cases in progress or cases this recent. But Ms. Rivas death once covered up and attempted to be swept into a trunk is unfurling like a large flag.

It is fairly clear that more than one person has been involved in this case and it is going to be revealed like pulling a loose thread on a sweater.

If YOU know anything about what actually happened to Celeste Rivas Hernandez please contact the LAPD Hollywood Division of Major Crimes (213) 486-7220

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When a beautiful French TV producer heads to her country home in West Cork Ireland shortly before Christmas in 1996 there is never a doubt she will be back in France by Christmas day. But that did not happen. A neighbor finds her badly beaten body in the dirt driveway to her cottage.

So many suspects, so little connection, so much time to have gone by and yet Sophie's case has been recently made public again with a new DNA extraction method from the US, the M-VAC System.

Here's hoping the new evidence retrieved can help...

Fredericksburg Texas Police are once again asking for the public’s help in solving the brutal 2007 murder of 55-year-old Linda Muegge.

Back in May of that year, Muegge was found dead inside her burning home on Franklin Street. Investigators say she had been stabbed multiple times and bludgeoned before the fire and suffered severe burns.

Despite efforts from the Texas Rangers and FBI, no arrests were ever made.

This year, Muegge’s mother passed away at the age of 100 never knowing who killed her daughter.

If you have any information, call the...

Wayne Nance did not have a perfect childhood but neither do a lot of us. He was smart and somehow got himself through highschool and graduated. He joined the military but was "generally" discharged due to having contraband like drugs and knives. Little did we know he had already commited one of the most brutal murders of the mother of a friend. After his own death evidence connecting him to this murder was found in his possessions.

His victims some of which he is only the person of interest due to not having enough evidence include but...

Rural Oklahoma in 1985 and hitchhiking had not fallen out of favor. Rozlin and Fawn Abell two sisters were walking into town to apply for jobs....maybe. Their older brother Otto heard one of them say "Hurry up, they are waiting for us down the road..." 18 year old Rozlin and 15 year old Fawn were never seen again.

There was much gossip, theories and rumors over the years including stories of bad behavior very close to home. But there has been nothing, no sign of the girls since the beautiful summer day of July 25, 1985 when the girls walked away.<...

Lots of teenagers have drama and high emotions. Some teenagers run away from home and in some cases they stay away. It is an unusal case when a 13 year old go goes missing in spring of 2024 from her family home a few hours east of Los Angeles and then is found one day after what would have been her 15th birthday, decomposed so badly in a bag in the front trunk of a Tesla sedan in the tony neighborhood of Hollywood Hills, it was at first thought she had been dismembered. The abandoned and multi ticketed Tesla was left...

In 1987 Stephen Pandos was in college happy to put some distance between he and his abusive father and passive mother. But he did not expect to find out that his sister had gone missing in the middle of the night.

A weird letter with strange demands, suspicious people in Jennifers life, odd behavior from those involved including her parents make for a truly bizarre missing person story.

IF you know ANYTHING about the where abouts of Jennifer Pandos please contact the Williamsburg VA PD (757) 220-2333

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I cannot imagine the deepest pain of losing ones child. It is difficult to dispute video camera footage but Haley's family still has questions. They do not believe she would leaver her 6 month old son motherless.

Haley's mother is looking for an attorney to file a wrongful death lawsuit. Hear Haleys story here and if you have any information on this case or a way to be of service and help her family please reach out to Haley's family at:

justiceforhaleycheney12323@gmail.com

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Since November of 2022, the country has been mesmerized by the events in the small town of Moscow, Idaho. Four well loved, beautiful young people had their lives not only taken from them but they were scrutinzed, turned upside down, investigated and doubted only to find out that a demented murderer decided to enact his own twisted desires. There are many outlets who have produced great content about the case. I have never wanted to cover something so big when other creators have more resources, time, access. But here is our story about the Idaho Four: Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves...

When a upper middle class family of four in the Setagaya District of Japan are slaughtered in their home everyone wonders what could be the motive? The family are well loved and having no known enemies could this be a random robbery gone bad? Except money was left, the killer stayed for hours after killing father Mikio, mother Yaskuo, daughter Ninna and son Rei, ate food from their kitchen, used their bathroom leaving excrement in the toilet, left a duffel bag with evidence which leads back to a military base in California, used the families knives to kill them...

When a responsible, caring, much loved mother, sister, daughter, friend does not show up after a "camping" trip with a co-worker to pick up her only beloved daughter Patti's sister knows something is very, very wrong.

Patricia Adkins was a motivated, ambitious single mother who had a supportive family to help out with child care occasionally and a house full of pets she treated better than most people treat their human family. She rose through the ranks at Honda of America in Central Ohio to become a shift supervisor and treated everyone like a mother hen. Patti...

Jennifer Kesse was a beautiful, brilliant recent graduate from university who was beloved and climbing the ladder of her first job out of school. She had managed to be so valuable that the worldwide company created a new position for her so the whole company could benefit from her acumen. Not a lot of early 20 somethings can afford to buy their own home. But hard work and some help from her very close family helped her get a condo on her own.

If anyone was prepared for a violent attack or assault of any kind it was...

When a family from Pittsburgh, PA moves across the country for an employment opportunity in 1982 the last thing they worried about was their daughter Karen fitting in. Pittsburgh was a world away from Palo Alto, CA but 15 year oldl Karen was a spitifire. She was athletic and creative, made new friends easily and even had a high school crush on a boy named Michael who was crushing back on her. She had learned the bus system to get the ten miles to Michael's house in Sunnyvale since neither were old enough to drive. They had plans on September 3, 1982 to...

HE CASE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CLOSED BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 18TH OF 1970 PLEASE CONTACT THE TOLEDO POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 419-936-3800

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If YOU know anything about the murder of David Grubs in Ashland Oregon in November of 2011 please contact the Ashland Oregon Police Department and Chief Tighe O'Meara at 541-488-2211

If YOU know anything about the murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson in Florence, KY please contact the Boone County Sheriff's office at 859-334-84796 or toll free at 844-210-1111 You can also email the department on this specific case at: stephensontip@boonecountyky.org

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If YOU know anything about the unsolved homicide of Leon Laureles in May of 1996 in Brentwood Texas, PLEASE contact the Brown County Sherriff’s Department at 325-646-5510.

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If YOU know ANYTHING about Peggy Beck's case or the whereabouts of James Redmond Taylor, suspected to be in Mexico from his last residence in Las Vegas, PLEASE contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867); reference case 63-10335.

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A retired chemist, from a family that had immigrated to the US from Lebanon, she and her older sister shared a home and the LTD convertible as well as a sisterly friendship that was a beautiful bond. Aggie was a nightowl and would volunteer at the church that her family had belonged to for decades, Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Main Street in Covington. on July 2, 1992. 69 year old Aggie Albert went to Sacred Heart with her keys and spent some time cleaning up after a church event. She was excited to participate in the upcoming Fourth of July parade...

A young beautiful free spirited girl is waiting at a local Wal-Mart for a work shuttle that picks up hard-working people like herself - every day. What could be more safe than riding with a group of professionals every day to your industrial center office, all together? On March 12, 2022 Naomi disappeared from the parking lot waiting for her work shuttle. The Monster who did this believed he had thought of everything. Not even close, loser. Hear Naomi's story here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...

Money makes people do awful things sometimes. Very rarely do you hear about a son torturing his mother to ger the combination to her safe by starting with cutting his elderly mothers little finger before bludgeoning her and cutting her throat. Lets not forget about killing his two half brothers including one who was special needs. "Pink Moon," Nick Drake - Island Records, 1972 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A young women, the youngest of 12 kids from an upstanding and well loved Indiana family finds herself pregnant and hoping to find a solution. The alleged father of the baby found a solution...for himself.

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A man who is intelligent, highly educated, seemingly personable should have no problem with a wonderful hard working, legal advocate working towards the same goal, right? So why did Roy Den Hollander show up to Marc Angelucci's home with a Fed-Ex truck, uniform and package to shoot him as he answered his front door? Hear Hollander's twisted story and the nightmares he wrought from the West Coast to the East.

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How do you come from Africa, become a health care worker in the US and then resort to killing over 20 elderly women for their jewelry? People Magazine dubbed Billy Chermirmir's tactics from The 'Serial Killers Playbook." He got away with so much for so long preying on the most vulnerable population: Elderly women. But he messed up and left ONE victim alive. Hear the story here... Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sgt Christian's K9 partner Mozart has been the literal hero of many cases. He is a specially trained KP officer who can sniff out specific odors emitted from digital and electronic items, SIM cards, flash drives, hard drives, smart phones, smart watches, lap tops, iPads, GPS trackers, and more. Sgt Christian and Mozart work together to find evidence on pedophiles, crimes against children and more that are often stored on offenders digital storage. Who knew? Not me. Hear their story here and I bet you will fall in love as fast as I did.

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When hard working, loyal, salt of the Earth guy like Jimmy Tidwell goes missing in February of 2012 after finishing his regular shift at work, no one can imagine what could've happened. After friends and family members were suspected but no evidence of involvement was found, some questions might be closer to being answered. While random abductions and murders are relatively rare, Jimmy could have crossed paths with the devil - Israel Keyes. A late 2024 discovery in an area close to where Jimmy was last seen could have been used in his disappearance and likely murder. Could Jimmy be another...