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Women and Crime

Samantha Josephson

Women and Crime

Cloud10

True Crime, Science, Society & Culture, Social Sciences

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ep 320: A woman’s phone showed she ordered an Uber. The app claimed the trip never happened. Somewhere in between those two facts a murder forced an entire industry to change This is the Samantha Josephson story. Sources for Today's Episode: People.com Law and crime Medium.com Wistv.com Court Junkie podcast Prosecutors podcast Sponsors: (thanks for using our promo codes, it really does help the show!) Shopify - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify, and start hearing ’CHA CHING’ ! Sign up for your $1 dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/crimewomen Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced by James Varga Script Editor, Abagail Belcastro Music by Dessert Media Get Even More Women&Crime Episodes: Patreon - Ad-free shows starting at $2 a month, or upgrade for $5 a month to get a new extra episode every month, as well as exclusive virtual HappyHours with Meg & Amy. Check-out other tiers for perks such as lectures, true crime book club, and more! Visit our Patreon page for more info: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrime Apple Subscriptions - Exclusive episodes and ad-free regular stories are now available through Apple’s podcast app for only $4.99 a month, or save with an annual membership. YouTube Memberships - Exclusive episode available on YouTube for only $4.99 a month. https://www.youtube.com/@WomenandCrime/membership Help is Available: If you or someone you know is in a crisis situation, or a victim of domestic, or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation. For direct links to these organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you think of Canada as polite and boring, think again, from the case of the notorious Toronto

0:05.7

crossbow killer to the bizarre manhunt for a mysterious fugitive with superhuman abilities

0:11.1

to the controversial trial of Canadian idol Jacob Hogart. Canadian true crime will

0:16.9

immerse you in the most shocking, disturbing, and heartbreaking true crime stories.

0:21.8

Every episode hosts Christy Lee, cuts through the police tape and takes listeners beyond the headlines

0:27.4

for empathetic, deep dive explorations of the most well-known and outrageous crimes and enraging

0:33.9

miscarriages of justice from our neighbors to the north. Find Canadian true crime wherever you listen. A young woman ordered an Uber, but a tragic mistake would force an entire industry to change. This is the Samantha Josephson story. This is the Samantha Josephson story.

1:05.8

Hey, Megan.

1:07.3

Hi, how are you?

1:10.2

Does this case sound familiar to you at all?

1:12.5

It does.

1:13.0

Yes.

1:18.1

I feel like we covered this on campus killings.

1:18.7

Yes.

1:24.2

And this is the first time, at least to my knowledge, that we've ever covered a case on women in crime that we had originally covered on campus killings.

1:27.3

That is one of our other

1:28.7

podcasts. And we covered this story back in September of 2023. And we don't, yeah, we don't usually

1:35.6

cover the same cases, but Samantha's story teaches us so much. And there's so much to dive into

1:41.2

as far as like theory and policy issues that we don't typically explore on campus

1:46.2

killings. Yeah, and there's been people who have written and asked us to cover cases and I'm like,

1:51.1

oh, we covered that on campus killings. But as you point out, it's we do a different angle on

1:55.7

that one. So I think this is probably a good place to explore some of the things we miss on

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