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Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald

Kate Casey on Andrea Yates, Elizabeth Smart and Amanda Knox

Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald

Heather McDonald & Studio71

True Crime, History

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

I am so excited to welcome my friend and fellow podcaster, Kate Casey, to the show today! We are diving deep into three documentaries that completely changed how the world views true crime: the heartbreaking tragedy of Andrea Yates, the incredible survival story of Elizabeth Smart, and the international media circus surrounding Amanda Knox. Kate helps me break down how these films shifted public perception, the failure of the media in the early 2000s, and what we learned from re-watching these pivotal moments in criminal history. Subscribe now to Juicy Crimes so you don't miss an episode!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/juicycrimes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald on iTunes, the podcast app, and get extra juice on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See me Live: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://heathermcdonald.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heathermcdonald ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherMcDonaldOfficial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Pack your body bags. We're going on a slaycation. Now, a slocation is what we call a murder,

0:05.9

mysterious death, or disappearance that happens while you're on vacation.

0:10.3

Hosted by a true crime loving wife, her comedy writer husband, and their longtime friend

0:15.1

who actually produces true crime TV, Slakation explores the sinister side of travel, and why sometimes when you cruise,

0:23.8

you lose.

0:24.8

From a mysterious hotel room fire during a murder mystery weekend, to a woman who, quote, unquote,

0:30.9

fell off a cliff while taking a selfie, to a man who spent Thanksgiving weekend dismembering

0:35.6

his own parents, these are some of the weirdest, wildest, most what-the cases you'll ever hear.

0:41.4

All told in a dark, gripping way, with just enough gallows humor to help it go down a little easier.

0:48.0

You'll never look at vacations or the people you travel with the same way again.

0:51.9

Was it just an accident, your cold-blooded murder?

0:54.4

That might depend on how much life insurance was just taken out on you.

0:57.7

Tune in to Slaycation wherever you get your podcasts and find out why getting away can be murder.

1:17.1

Hello. Hello and welcome to Juicy Crimes. Well, I got a good one because sitting next to me is my very good friend, famed podcaster, mother of five, from reality shows to a lot of crime as well, which is why I want

1:30.7

to hear a Juicy Crimes. Welcome back to the show, Kate Casey from the hit podcast,

1:36.8

Reality Life with Kate Casey. Welcome. Thank you. Very happy to be here. We are good friends.

1:43.3

We talk a lot on the phone.

1:44.6

I love that you do such a variety of things on your podcast.

1:49.5

You do incredible interviews with some of the juiciest crime podcasts out there.

1:54.9

So that's why I thought this would be great to talk about some of these hot crime

1:59.2

podcasts that are out right now.

2:04.2

Also, you are very giving with your time because you also let us know what to watch every week. What is juicy? What's worth it?

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