Episode 268: Playing Pretend

Episode 268: Playing Pretend

From Not Today by Not Today

February 17, 2026 · 1h 4m

About this episode

The episode discusses the murder of 19-year-old Jessie Blodgett and the investigation that linked her case to another attack.

In July of 2013, 19-year-old musician, Jessie Blodgett, was found strangled in her own bed, with no signs of forced entry. Jessie was loved by everyone who knew her, so friends and family had no idea who could have committed this intimate crime. The case took a surprising turn when, soon after Jessie’s murder, detectives got a call from a neighboring town that a man wielding a knife attacked a young woman walking her dog in a park, and a clue found at that scene connected both victims to the same killer.

Topics covered

  • murder
  • true crime
  • investigation
  • mystery
  • violence

Keywords

  • Jessie Blodgett
  • murder
  • strangled
  • investigation
  • crime scene
  • detectives
  • knife attack

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