She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast16 Sep 2025

The Disappearance of Merrian Carver (2004) – Cruise Ship Disappearance

In August 2004, 40-year-old Merrian Carver vanished from a Celebrity Cruise ship traveling from Seattle to Alaska. She was last seen the next day—and then she disappeared without explanation. For a week, no one reported her missing. Her belongings were given away, her absence ignored, and her family left in the dark until they began their own search for answers. Like the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley, Merrian’s case is more than a mystery at sea. It exposed the cruise industry’s troubling lack of accountability and sparked a fight for justice led by her father, Kendall Carver. His relentless advocacy brought international attention to missing persons on cruise ships and pushed for landmark changes in maritime law. In this episode of She Goes By Jane, we look at Merrian’s life, her disappearance, the failures that followed, and the legacy of a family who refused to let her be forgotten. ✨ She Goes By Jane is a true crime podcast about missing and unidentified women. We share the stories of women who vanish—no gore, no sensationalism, just careful, compassionate storytelling. ➡️ Share Merrian’s story to help keep attention on women who are still missing. 📍 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...

22 Sep 51min

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...

1 Sep 44min

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