Ben Novack Jr - 592

Ben Novack Jr - 592

Author: Audible October 14, 2024 Duration: 55:22
July 12th, 2009. Rye Brook, New York. 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., the son of a famous Florida hotelier, was beaten to death in his hotel room at a convention in upstate New York. His wife Narcy Novack, who stood to inherit his estate, was one of the first suspects. Get bonus content from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhy Listen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/generationwhy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Generation Why: True Crime
Podcast Episodes
Barbara and Gary Loesch - 618 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:33
January 11, 1998. Post Falls, Idaho. Barbara Loesch, a widow who lived alone, was found dead in her hot tub with a TV set in the water next to her body. The case was immediately classified as a suspicious death and the p…
The Disappearance of Heidi Planck - 617 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:52
October 17th, 2021. Los Angeles, California. 39-year-old Heidi Planck abruptly left her son’s football game on a Sunday afternoon. A few hours later she was spotted by security cameras in Downtown LA, walking her dog out…
The Murder of Holly Maddux - 616 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:39
Holly Maddux disappeared in Philadelphia in 1979 after seeing a movie with her ex-boyfriend, Ira Einhorn. 18 months later, her mummified body was found in a steamer trunk at the bottom of Einhorn’s closet. Einhorn, a pro…
Norco 80 - 615 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:40
May 9th, 1980. Norco, California. Four armed robbers entered the Security Pacific Bank and stole $20,000. A bank employee tripped a silent alarm, and the police arrived at the scene within minutes. A shootout and police…
Jessica Funk-Haslam - 614 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:48
Sacramento, CA. On March 6, 2012, the body of 13-year-old Jessica Funk Haslam was found in a locked baseball dugout in Rosemont Park. She was stabbed twice, asphyxiated, and suffered a severe head wound. Investigators st…
Michael Bayer of True Case Films - 613 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:41
Vanished: The Heather Elvis Case will be released March 10th, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV. Producer Michael Bayer and his team at True Case Films created this series to illuminate Heather's case as well as th…
Daniel Brophy - 612 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:54
June 2, 2018, Portland, OR. Dan Brophy was found dead at the Oregon Culinary Institute from two gunshots. His wife and amateur romance novelist, Nancy Brophy, wrote a blog post titled “How to Murder Your Husband” years b…
Carol Ryan - 611 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:27
September 1st, 1996. Jamesville, New York. A fisherman driving near the Jamesville Reservoir found a woman lying on the ground with massive injuries to her pelvic region. She was still alive, but unable to speak. She die…
Melissa Calusinski - 610 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:39
January 14, 2009, Lincolnshire, IL. At the Minee Subee Daycare, 16-month-old Ben Kingan crawled to a bouncy chair, fell asleep, and never regained consciousness. The cause of death was ruled a homicide due to a skull fra…
Chiefsaholic - 609 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:08
One fan’s seemingly harmless obsession with the Kansas City Chiefs begins to spiral out of control, transforming into dangerous and risky behavior. Soon, the fan realizes that his lifelong dream of being recognized by Ch…