She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast12 Nov 2024

Morgan County Jane Doe (1950): Unidentified Woman Found Murdered in West Virginia

In 1950, a mushroom hunter discovered the body of an unidentified woman along a remote road in Morgan County, West Virginia. She had been murdered and left alone in the woods.Within the first year of the investigation, authorities believed they had identified her at least seven different times. Every lead proved wrong. Nearly 75 years later, the Morgan County Jane Doe still has no name—and her killer has never been identified. In this episode of She Goes by Jane, we examine one of West Virginia’s enduring unidentified persons cases, exploring the investigation, the repeated misidentifications, and what it means for someone’s identity to remain perpetually out of reach. We also consider the limitations of mid-century forensic investigation and how some victims disappear not only from public view, but from cultural memory itself. 📍 Morgan County, West Virginia | May 1950➡️ Share Morgan County Jane Doe's story to help her get her name back. ➡️ Join us on Patreon! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. 📍 Find us on⁠ Instagram⁠ & ⁠Facebook⁠.📚 Get Aimee’s book, Doe, now available via ⁠University of Akron Press⁠, ⁠Bookshop.org⁠, and ⁠Amazon⁠.📰 For more women-centered true crime content, subscribe to Aimee’s newsletter, ⁠GIRLHUNT⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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155: Barbara Kelley: A Murder on the California Coast

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154: Bonus Episode with Jami Rice of Murderish - Serial Streamer’s Club | Death of a Pastor’s Wife

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153: Jacqueline Levitz: A Disappearance in Vicksburg

On November 18, 1995, Jacqueline “Jackie” Levitz spent two hours choosing wallpaper for the new home she was renovating in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She had only recently moved back to the area to be cl...

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152: Still Missing: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 3

Irene Silverman was missing. And by the time Sante and Kenneth Kimes went to trial for her murder, there was still no body, no murder weapon, and no definitive account of what happened to her the day ...

15 Sep 59min

151: The Man in the Mansion: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 2

By the summer of 1998, Irene Silverman was becoming increasingly uneasy about her new tenant.Manny Guerin had only been a tenant for a few days when he started making her uncomfortable. He would avoid...

8 Sep 39min

150: The White Elephant: The Disappearance of Irene Silverman, Pt 1

Before Irene Silverman was a missing woman, she was a ballerina, a wife, a hostess, and the owner of one of Manhattan's most unusual homes: a home that would become the centerpiece of her missing pers...

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149: Hernando County Jane Doe: The Women Left Behind, Pt 2

In 1981, investigators were just beginning to uncover the extent of Billy Mansfield Jr’s violence, and his arrest for the murder of a young mother in California, Rene Saling, was only the beginning. ...

25 Aug 46min

148: Hernando County Jane Doe: The Women Who Vanished Before Her, Part 1

In 1980, Pam Sherrell escaped a violent attack by a man who abducted her and tried to kill her. He evaded capture, but her escape would set off a chain of events that revealed a much darker story unfo...

18 Aug 38min