Episodes
Highway of Tears
There's a long stretch of Canadian highway that for years has been the scene of many missing and murdered women, many of them Indigenous. We start by telling the story of Jessica Patrick and Canada's reckoning for the MMIW crisis.
Casey Young
Casey Young was a 21 year old Lumbee girl who was found dead under mysterious circumstances In 2009. Was It suicide? Was she murdered? To this day her death provides more questions than answers.
Angela McConnell
26 year old Angela had dreams of becoming a a writer, a journalist, maybe even a nurse...but those dreams were abruptly ended when she was found murdered in a transient camp 2.5 hours away from the reservation where she grew up.
Evelina Dial
How much heartbreak can one family endure in Robeson County? This episode explores generational trauma and tragedy for one Lumbee family.
Michelle Driggers
In March 2003, Michelle Driggers was found dead in the driveway of a rural cemetery in Hestertown, NC. She was naked and her body had been brutalized. Just months later and less than a mile away, Lisa Hardin was found dead in the woods behind a business, also naked and brutalized. Both women were referred to as “prostitutes” by police and in the media despite other contradictory reports.
Kristin Bennett
Rhonda Jones and Kristin Bennett were both in their 30s. They were both intelligent with big hearts. They were both loved. They are forever tied together by tragedy. On April 18, 2017 these two women were found a short distance from each other.
Ronald Locklear
Ronald Dean Locklear was only 31 years old in 2005 when in an instant his life was tragically taken away. He left behind a large, loving family who stills seeks justice today.
Rita Maynor
Rita Maynor and Susie Oxendine were two elders who were found dead under mysterious circumstance in Pembroke, North Carolina. What happed to them and will we ever know the full story.
Kamloops Indian Residential School
A few weeks ago, a mass grave was found outside of the Kamloops Indian Residential school, which was ran by the Catholic Church in Canada until 1978. Native children were forced to go to these schools. They were starved. Raped. Beaten. Forced to cut their hair, speak English, and not be Indian. This school is just one of many in Canada and the US, and the last one didn’t close until 1996.
Kim Smith
Kim Smith was a young Lumbee girl and a mother of two when her life was tragically cut short.
Marcey Blanks
Marcey was only 18 years old when she violently murdered In her home. Years later Marcey's family is still seeking justice for her.
Lauren Holmes
Lauren Holmes was a 23-year old mother of three. She had her whole life a head of her, but a series of events one Easter weekend in 2013 would change her family's life forever.
Lisa Hohman
Lisa was a young Lumbee girl who disappeared from her home three days after her 16th birthday. Just a couple of years later her remains were found right in her own backyard. The question still remains....what happened to Lisa Hohman?
Jessica Lowery
Jessica Lowery was only 25 years old when she went missing in 2005. Troy Jacobs was just 21 years old when he went missing near Red Springs, NC in 1996. Two young indigenous people vanished with concrete evidence of their whereabouts, no physical evidence tying anyone to their disappearance, and no justice for their family all these years later.
Lisa Hardin
In March 2003, Michelle Driggers was found dead in the driveway of a rural cemetery in Hestertown, NC. She was naked and her body had been brutalized. Just months later and less than a mile away, Lisa Hardin was found dead in the woods behind a business, also naked and brutalized. Both women were referred to as “prostitutes” by police and in the media despite other contradictory reports.
Megan Oxendine
The day after Rhonda and Kristen’s deaths, Megan was interviewed by the local news. Just six weeks later, her body was found outside an abandoned house 2 blocks away (0.2 mile) from where the first two women were found.
Cynthia Jacobs is rumored to be the last known person to see Megan alive. Cynthia went missing right after Megan was found. She has not been seen since 2017. Another woman went missing from the same area just 3 months later. All 5 cases remain unsolved. There is a total of $55,000 in reward money for anyone who can help provide answers about these deaths and disappearances.
Katina Locklear
This week’s story is about Katina Locklear, a Tuscarora mother, grandmother, and sister. Katina was murdered by her own friends over $100 that was misplaced by the owner, but later found.
Jimmy Riddle
Two Lumbee men. Both murdered, both cases with no arrests, no justice. Jimmy was a gay man who was brutally murdered in Fayetteville, NC. There was a very specific description of the last man he was known to be with, and yet no arrest. David was a father, an uncle, a brother, and a friend who was hit by a car and he died in a ditch, and wasn’t found for three whole days.
Faith Hedgepeth
Young. Brilliant. Beautiful. So many words could describe Faith, a UNC Chapel Hill student and member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe. On September 7, 2012 Faith was found murdered in her apartment.
Reign of Terror
In the late 1800s oil was discovered beneath the land of the Osage Reservation. This discovery would forever impact the lives of the Osage people and the settlers around them.
Jap Locklear
Jap was a 71 year old Lumbee man found murdered In his neighbor's home In 2012. With no explanation, no arrests, and no information for the family his case has turned cold.
Joyce and Teresa
This is the story of two little girls in one small town that were both involved in horrific hit-and-run accidents 10 years apart. Their deaths were tragic, preventable, and changed their family's lives forever.
Kent Jacobs and Terry Lowery
Two Lumbee men, two different counties, two different decades, two completely different stories with the same lingering question--- Where are they?
Troy Jacobs
Jessica Lowery was only 25 years old when she went missing in 2005. Troy Jacobs was just 21 years old when he went missing near Red Springs, NC in 1996. Two young indigenous people vanished with concrete evidence of their whereabouts, no physical evidence tying anyone to their disappearance, and no justice for their family all these years later.
Rhonda Jones
Rhonda Jones and Kristin Bennett were both in their 30s. They were both intelligent with big hearts. They were both loved. They are forever tied together by tragedy. On April 18, 2017 these two women were found a short distance from each other.
Cynthia Jacobs
The day after Rhonda and Kristen’s deaths, Megan was interviewed by the local news. Just six weeks later, her body was found outside an abandoned house 2 blocks away (0.2 mile) from where the first two women were found.
Cynthia Jacobs is rumored to be the last known person to see Megan alive. Cynthia went missing right after Megan was found. She has not been seen since 2017. Another woman went missing from the same area just 3 months later. All 5 cases remain unsolved. There is a total of $55,000 in reward money for anyone who can help provide answers about these deaths and disappearances.
Susie Oxendine
Rita Maynor and Susie Oxendine were two elders who were found dead under mysterious circumstance in Pembroke, North Carolina. What happed to them and will we ever know the full story.
David Bullard
Two Lumbee men. Both murdered, both cases with no arrests, no justice. Jimmy was a gay man who was brutally murdered in Fayetteville, NC. There was a very specific description of the last man he was known to be with, and yet no arrest. David was a father, an uncle, a brother, and a friend who was hit by a car and he died in a ditch, and wasn’t found for three whole days.
