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Estimated from 7 chart positions in 7 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · True Crime#1565K to 30K
- 🇮🇹IT · True Crime#1121K to 10K
- 🇸🇬SG · True Crime#2910K to 30K
- 🇳🇬NG · True Crime#593K to 10K
- 🇵🇱PL · True Crime#683K to 10K
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13K to 52K🎙 Weekly cadence·58 episodes·Last published 2w ago - Monthly Reach
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26K to 103K🇺🇸29%🇸🇬29%🇮🇹10%+4 more - Active Followers
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7.7K to 31K
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Introducing: Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry
Jun 10, 2026
3m 08s
The Bodies Were Shaking
Dec 24, 2025
56m 55s
Oh My God... What Kind of Mess is This?
Dec 17, 2025
54m 40s
Frosty the Ice Man
Dec 10, 2025
46m 11s
He Went to Sleep Forever
Dec 3, 2025
44m 53s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/10/26 | ![]() Introducing: Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry✨ | true crimewrongful convictions+4 | — | Rolling StoneLava for Good | Putnam County, New York | true crimeHoward Gombert+5 | — | 3m 08s | |
| 12/24/25 | ![]() The Bodies Were Shaking✨ | murder investigationfamily connections+3 | — | — | — | Texas Teen MurdersShelly Colliflower+5 | — | 56m 55s | |
| 12/17/25 | ![]() Oh My God... What Kind of Mess is This?✨ | investigationmurder+3 | — | — | — | Texas Teen MurdersPhelps+3 | — | 54m 40s | |
| 12/10/25 | ![]() Frosty the Ice Man✨ | murder investigationsmall-town rumors+3 | — | Phelps | Weatherford | Wendy RobinsonVincent+5 | — | 46m 11s | |
| 12/3/25 | ![]() He Went to Sleep Forever✨ | murder investigationteen murder+3 | — | — | — | murderinvestigation+4 | — | 44m 53s | |
| 11/26/25 | ![]() Like Bodies Through a Meat Grinder✨ | teen murderstrue crime+3 | — | — | Weatherford | Texasmurders+6 | — | 55m 53s | |
| 11/19/25 | ![]() Bump Monkeys✨ | Weatherford teen murderslaw enforcement+3 | — | WeatherfordBreaking Bad | — | Weatherfordteen murders+3 | — | 54m 56s | |
| 11/12/25 | ![]() Until My Last Dying Breath✨ | investigationtrue crime+3 | — | — | Weatherford, Texas | Texas Teen MurdersWeatherford+3 | — | 49m 59s | |
| 11/5/25 | ![]() Piss Hill✨ | teen murdersinvestigation+3 | — | local private investigator | — | Texasteen murders+7 | — | 52m 41s | |
| 11/5/25 | ![]() The Preacher's Daughter✨ | teen murdersmissing persons+4 | — | — | TexasWeatherford, Texas | Texasteen murders+5 | — | 55m 52s | |
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| 10/29/25 | ![]() Introducing: Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders✨ | true crimemurder investigation+3 | — | — | Texas | Texas Teen Murders1983+5 | — | 3m 57s | |
| 4/10/24 | ![]() Episode 8: “The Boogeymen” | In this final episode of season 4, Phelps interviews a suspected serial killer, who he believes could be responsible for Dana Stidham’s murder—the first time anyone has spoken to the suspect about the case in 33 years. After confronting him with the evidence, Phelps implores law enforcement to knock on the suspect’s door and interview him. A final call is made about the connection between the two murders - and who, ultimately, is to blame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 08m 25s | ||||||
| 4/3/24 | ![]() Episode 7: “Killer Confrontation” | With investigative pressure mounting on the Benton County Sheriff’s Office’s suspect in Dana Stidham’s murder, Phelps uncovers a disturbing phone call made to a local woman in charge of Dana’s tip-line. Meanwhile, Phelps continues to make connections to his new suspect. Phelps uncovers an old tape of a revealing interview with the man’s ex-wife. Armed with new evidence, Phelps finally convinces the suspect to agree to an interview, a man he now believes is likely behind Dana Stidham’s murder, with jaw-dropping revelations made.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 51m 24s | ||||||
| 3/27/24 | ![]() Episode 6: “Spawn of Hell” | The second female victim, known only as “Grace Doe” for nearly 30 years, is identified as Shauna Garber. Phelps’s investigation turns toward a new suspect in the murder of Dana Stidham (and possibly Shauna), while uncovering a revealing, lost recording of a new suspect - unheard until now. Phelps teams up with the detectives investigating the Shauna Garber case, evaluating similarities between her and Dana Stidham’s death. All of it leads Phelps to the doorstep of a potential killer walking the streets a free man, confronting the man some think is a prolific serial killer who has eluded law enforcement for some 34 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 47m 34s | ||||||
| 3/20/24 | ![]() Episode 5: “Grace Doe: Shauna Garber” | With the discovery of a second young female murder victim just over the Missouri border, 20 minutes away from where Dana Stidham’s body was found, a new suspect seems to be playing cat-and-mouse with law enforcement. Phelps drills down and compares the similarities in the cases—as infamous serial killer Dennis “BTK” Rader enters the narrative as a major suspect in both homicides.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 48m 01s | ||||||
| 3/13/24 | ![]() Episode 4: “The Cave” | The investigation by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office heats up in Dana Stidham’s gruesome murder, zeroing in on one particular suspect. Phelps digs deeper, speaking to the suspect and wonders if law enforcement has been chasing the wrong man. Just over the Missouri border, not far from the Dana Stidham crime scene, a second young woman’s body is discovered. Are the cases linked? Phelps uncovers several exclusive, recorded interviews never-before-heard, speaks to several sources who claim that not only are the cases the work of one killer, but the suspect has been hiding in plain sight, taunting police, all along.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 38m 00s | ||||||
| 3/6/24 | ![]() Episode 3: “The Skull in the Creek Bed” | As the 1989 holiday season looms, Dana Stidham’s body is discovered by a local hunter in a Bella Vista creek bed. Law enforcement shifts its focus from missing person to murder… and begins to zero in on a suspect after he is arrested for a bizarre theft. Phelps’s contemporary, real-time investigation branches out and he questions whether the evidence against the chief suspect supports law enforcement’s push to arrest him – and whether Dana’s case is part of a more widespread series of murders by a serial killer targeting victims throughout the Ozarks during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 47m 20s | ||||||
| 2/28/24 | ![]() Episode 2: “The Evidence of Things Not Seen” | As the search for Dana Stidham continues, her sudden disappearance baffles family, friends, and police, as everyone grows increasingly alarmed that Dana has met with foul play. Then, a break in the case comes as Paper Ghosts executive producer, host and investigative journalist M. William Phelps heads to Bella Vista to meet with a source who helps him unravel several potential new threads—including, perhaps, a secret life Dana lived that no one knew about. New suspects emerge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 47m 51s | ||||||
| 2/21/24 | ![]() Episode 1: “Forever Pain” | In the heat of the Ozarks summer, 1989, an 18-year-old woman goes missing. Dana Stidham vanishes in the middle of the day, from the parking lot of a local supermarket. Everyone in the small town of Bella Vista, Arkansas, is seemingly searching for her. Law enforcement receives scores of sightings and potential leads. Dana’s family is frantic, concerned, but also hopeful… that is, until her car and clothing are found, several early suspects emerge, and a mystery 34 years in the making begins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 44m 53s | ||||||
| 2/14/24 | ![]() Introducing - Paper Ghosts Season 4: The Ozarks | Summer 1989: in the heart of the Ozarks. A young woman goes missing before a body is found, not far from the Missouri border. Soon, a second body is discovered nearby. The hunt for a possible serial killer heats up as investigator M. William Phelps arrives on the scene to reinvestigate a once-cold case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 3m 21s | ||||||
| 3/29/23 | ![]() Is Serial Killer Larry Hall Connected to Tammy’s Murder? | Law enforcement investigating Tammy Zywicki’s murder spent decades looking into known and suspected serial killers operating in the Midwest. Among them was Larry Dwayne Hall, who authorities have long suspected may be responsible for kidnapping and murdering more than 50 women in the '80s and early '90s. Was Tammy one of them?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 19m 43s | ||||||
| 3/22/23 | ![]() Remembering Tammy Zywicki | Tammy Zywicki was more than just a headline. In this bonus episode, hear friends and loved ones share their favorite memories of the playful, strong-willed soccer player who was obsessed with cats and knew how to break the ice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 21m 05s | ||||||
| 3/15/23 | ![]() One of Their Own | A bombshell revelation upends long held speculation about Tammy’s killer, as the most promising suspect yet is revealed. Phelps discusses everything he’s learned about Tammy’s case thus far, and explains why an arrest could be imminent. Plus, Tammy’s friends and loved ones reflect on the significance of 30 years after her murder, and share what they think she’d be doing today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 33m 15s | ||||||
| 3/8/23 | ![]() The Reckoning | Investigators working Tammy’s case take a big risk in an effort to match her killer’s DNA. Phelps and former Master Sergeant Marty McCarthy have a heated conversation about the issues with his prime suspect, as a former detective comes forward with a troubling new claim. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 39m 20s | ||||||
| 3/1/23 | ![]() A New Investigation | Tammy’s case gets a second look from a seasoned group of exclusive investigators, who cast doubt on several core theories and point the Illinois State Police in a new direction. Phelps digs further into two key suspects, and pushes law enforcement on why they didn’t do more to exonerate an innocent man. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 38m 46s | ||||||
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7 placements across 7 markets.
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