meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Criminology

Lauren Giddings

Criminology

Emash Digital

True Crime

4.77K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In 2011, 27-year-old Lauren Giddings was studying for the bar exam. She had told friends and family that she would be out of contact during this time so she could give her full attention. For this reason, it took everyone in her life longer than it normally would have to realize she was missing.

Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murder of Lauren Giddings. Police eventually began to zero in on one of Lauren's neighbors, Stephen McDaniel. Stephen was a 25-year-old law student who was described as odd and a loner. What police uncovered would shock everyone.

 

You can help support the show through Patreon.

We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:

Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 

Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford. 

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Do you want to sneak past the crime scene tape to explore the key evidence behind some of the most gripping true crime cases?

0:07.1

I'm Morgan Apscher.

0:08.0

And I'm Kaelin Moore.

0:09.0

And we'd love for you to check out our new show, Clues.

0:11.8

Each Wednesday, I piece together the timelines and break down the hard facts, digging into forensic details, investigative techniques, and everything that led to justice or didn't.

0:21.3

And while Kalyn dives into the facts, I'm pulling at the threads, digging through the

0:24.7

internet theories and looking at the details that may or may not add up.

0:28.9

From serial killers to shocking cold cases, we shine a light on the stories that have

0:33.7

been waiting, sometimes for decades, to finally be heard.

0:37.0

So join us as we uncover the breakthroughs, the heartbreak, and the relentless pursuit of answers

0:41.7

behind the world's most unforgettable investigations.

0:45.0

Come open a case file with us every Wednesday and listen to Clues, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:59.3

Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics.

1:37.0

Listener discretion is advised. Hello. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 367 of the criminology podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson.

1:38.8

And this is Mike Morford.

1:40.5

Morph. How you doing, buddy?

1:47.2

I'm doing pretty good. How you doing? I'm doing really well. I'm enjoying this fine weather that we're having up in Ohio. My wife and I are getting out. We're taking walks. It's just nice, man, not to not to be cooped up in the house all the time.

1:57.2

Yeah. It's funny. We're in rainy season. This is the time of year where it rains every day and then it usually does it in the morning, the afternoon and all of a sudden it's nice the rest of the day.

2:06.8

As soon as we hit the record button now, it started pouring. I can hear it outside. So one of those days.

2:12.5

Well, that's the thing about Florida. Every time I've gone to Florida, you have like these five minute rain showers,

2:18.0

seems like, but they'll happen a couple times, but they don't seem to last that long,

2:23.8

at least the times that I've been down there. Yeah, we need it because we've been a pretty bad

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Emash Digital, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Emash Digital and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.