558 // The Murder of Melissa Jenkins - Part 2 - Insight Into the Prue Crimes

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In this episode ⁠Crawlspace Media⁠'s Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with researcher Maryann Stone White about the horrific 2012 murder of Vermont schoolteacher Melissa Jenkins perpetrated by Patricia and Allen Prue. This episode was previously published on Missing on December 26th, 2022. Sources: ⁠⁠https://www.insider.com/couples-who-killed-together-2018-8⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/single-mom-schoolteacher-melissa-jenkins-taken-killed-vermont-couple-prue-threesome-fantasy⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.wcax.com/2021/12/23/woman-convicted-vermont-teacher-killing-wants-new-trial/⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://vtdigger.org/2014/12/18/allen-prue-gets-50-years-life-killing-melissa-jenkins/⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://thecinemaholic.com/melissa-jenkins-murder-where-are-allen-and-patricia-prue-now/⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://vermont.fandom.com/wiki/Melissa_Jenkins_Case⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2021-12-23/woman-convicted-in-vermont-teacher-killing-wants-new-trial⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.caledonianrecord.com/community/deaths/melissa-jenkins---obituary/article_d3899af7-0e6b-5aab-a418-f8d5ed45ae18.html⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/crime/2016/09/09/supreme-court-upholds-allen-prues-murder-conviction/90123328/⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2795011/wife-invokes-5th-stand-husband-s-murder-trial-killing-schoolteacher-claims-wife-murdered.html⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/report-couple-arrested-for-murder-of-vermont-teacher/⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.raceentry.com/melissa-jenkins-memorial-fun-run/race-information⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MelissaJenkinsScholarshipFund/⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123215/Thousands-gather-memorial-service-murdered-school-teacher-Melissa-Jenkins.html⁠⁠. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance in this re-airing from a part two, an episode that we did with researcher Marianne Stone White, who joins us in this episode to discuss the murder of Melissa Jenkins as perpetrated by Patricia and Alan Prue.
0:53.0	Lance, how are you doing?
0:53.9	I'm doing fantastic today, Tim.
0:55.6	One, because we get to introduce to our listeners for the first time, an amazing researcher
1:01.3	who's worked with us over the past few months and delivered to us research that is thorough,
1:07.8	accurate, and put together in a way where you feel like you're really hearing a story about somebody.
1:14.1	So it comes from this very empathetic place.
1:16.4	But there's a place I want to know where you're coming from, and that is your mood.
1:21.5	Where is this at?
1:23.0	I'm doing great.
1:24.2	Thanks a lot for asking, Lance.
1:25.9	I'm also excited to introduce Marianne Stone White to our audience.
1:30.1	She has been researching for us a little bit and has been doing some great work.
1:35.2	And she's a great background to discuss the psychology of a killer couple like Patricia and Alan Pruh.
1:43.4	And of course, on Thursday's release of missing, we spoke about the murder of Melissa
1:48.8	Jenkins, who was a 33-year-old schoolteacher from St. John'sbury, Vermont, when she was
1:54.9	lured out of her abode and murdered by Patricia and Alan Pruh in March of 2012.
2:02.3	And it's just such an incredibly tragic case.
2:05.4	And the psychology of how this could happen was just so fascinating to us that we really wanted to speak with Marianne about it.
2:13.5	And Marianne really knows her stuff.
2:15.0	She is educated in philosophy and most importantly
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