130: The Morgan City Murders: Mary Rodermund, Bertha Gould, and the Teens Who Never Came Home
About this episode
This episode examines the disappearances and murders of several young women in Morgan City, Louisiana, in 1978, and the investigation that followed.
In 1978, a series of disappearances and murders terrified Morgan City, Louisiana. Sixteen-year-old Mary Rodermund vanished after leaving home to run a simple errand. Hours later, her parents received a phone call—it was her kidnapper. He forced Mary onto the phone, where she told her parents she was okay. It would be the last time anyone ever heard from her. Weeks later, nineteen-year-old Bridget Cantrell Sons disappeared from the grocery store where she worked. When police arrived, her cigarette was still burning. Seventeen-year-old Gordon Canella Jr., who had been with her, was also missing. Then, in May, fourteen-year-old Bertha Gould and fifteen-year-old Judy Ann Adams left a school fair together. A witness saw the girls get into a car with a man. Authorities eventually connected the cases to Robert Carl Hohenberger, a former California sheriff’s deputy living in Louisiana under an alias and with a history of violent assaults. Investigators believe he used his position and perceived authority to gain the trust of his victims. In this episode, we examine the disappearances of Mary Rodermund and Bertha Gould, the murders of Judy Adams, Bridget Cantrell Sons and Gordon Canella…
More episodes of She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast
- 133: Honolulu Jane Doe: The Unidentified Woman Found Alive in Hawaii | Unsolved Case with guest reader Louise Penny
- 131: The Texas Killing Fields Update: Clyde Hedrick, Laura Miller, and New Charges in the Calder Road Murders
- 129: A Fatal “Accident”: The Disappearance of Leslee Larson
- 128: She Went for a Morning Run: The Unsolved Disappearance of Elizabeth Miller (1983) with guest reader Chrissy Champagne
- 127: The Disappearance of Charlotte Lysdale: Minnesota’s First Murder Trial Without a Body
- 126: The Identification of Ventura County Jane Doe: The Story of Maricela Rocha Parga
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast podcast page.