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A Simpler Time True Crime

A Simpler Time True Crime

By: Megan Storm
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 I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past—stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of “the good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one.
This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case—focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served.

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Episodes
  • Payphone Call at 1:58 AM: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dr. Cherryl Lamont Pearson

    Payphone Call at 1:58 AM: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dr. Cherryl Lamont Pearson
    Dec 15 2025
    A treasured pediatrician from Tennessee spends the night out at an NBA basketball game. She calls her mom from the game and mentions to her that she isn’t feeling well. After she gets home, she hosts a couple of girlfriends at her place to finish out the evening as a quiet night in before heading to bed. What happens to her after they leave her home is a mystery, but her family began to worry when she wasn’t around early the next morning to babysit her sister’s children, something she was scheduled to do and would never miss. In the days following, alarming clues would point to her meeting with foul play and circumstantial evidence would cast suspicion and shift public opinion on those closest to her. Still, almost everything in her case is surrounded by mystery. She was known to love jigsaw puzzles, meticulously working on them and then gluing and framing the finished product to display. A puzzle seems like the perfect metaphor for this case, with little pieces everywhere, that all must fit together somehow but that authorities and her loved ones have not been able to connect at this point. Is the mysterious phone call to her house at 1:58 AM the missing piece?

    TIPS:Bartlett Police Department at (901) 385-5555.
    Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
    IG: @simplertimecrimepod
    Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/


    Source Material:
    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12756112
    https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/tennessee-cold-case-the-disappearance-of-dr-cherryl-pearson-bf8f643964b8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppdGbsWLQn0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PetQ2W9FJK4
    https://circuitdata.shelbycountytn.gov/crweb/ck_public_qry_doct.cp_dktrpt_docket_report?case_id=CT-000624-01&begin_date=&end_date=
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-charlton-hildreth/186806654/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-cherryls-father-obituar/186803141/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-jackson-family-searches/186632772/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-remains-not-cherry/186802465/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-14-homicide-cases/186802126/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-no-fresh-tips/186801865/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-reward-up-to-41k/186801770/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-4-year-anniversary/186801582/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-spotlight-on-witho/186800464/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-probe-stalls-22/186800080/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-probe-in-case-stal/186799137/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-doctor-missing-sin/186799010/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-fbi-adds-her-to-th/186798833/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-family-adds-5k/186798743/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-bartlett-police-ne/186798662/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-police-continue-search-f/186798480/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-candlelight-vigil/186798296/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-police-continue-search-f/186797934/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-car-found-no-othe/186797839/


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    37 mins
  • Special Updated Episode: Judy Lord's Case Is Solved

    Special Updated Episode: Judy Lord's Case Is Solved
    Dec 12 2025
    UPDATED EPISODE: When I first covered this case in October 2025 the case was unsolved. As of November 24th, 2025 a suspect was confirmed in the case with advanced DNA evidence and NHSP Closed the case. Today I go through the evidence police have released after their big press announcement. This is the full original episode with an updated ending.

    Rest Peacefully, Judy. The truth is known.

    A young woman is living in a small Concord, New Hampshire apartment with her husband and their little boy. Their marriage is rocky, and he comes and goes often, leaving Judy alone with their toddler. During those stretches, she was said to have been uneasy and fearful, convinced someone might break in. Neighbors didn’t quite understand her worry until one summer day in 1975, when Judy was found dead inside her apartment. In the decades since, investigators have looked closely at several suspects, some of whom have since passed away. Yet nearly fifty years later, hope remains that modern technology might finally reveal the truth about who killed Judy.

    TIPS: Cold Case Unit at (800) 525-5555 or by e-mail at coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov

    Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
    IG: @simplertimecrimepod
    Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

    Source Material:
    https://www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/24/judy-lord-feared-her-next-door-neighbor-he-was-the-one-who-killed-her-50-years-ago-in-concord/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-slaying-no-ar/182374894/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-first-article-with-detai/182374730/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-back-history/182375106/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-judy-lord-back-history/182375106/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-hair-samples-refused/182377586/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-court-hears-case/182380244/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-blood-and-hair-studied/182381237/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-news-many-unsolved-cases/182381436/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-new-details/182381875/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-details-on-physical-evid/182382155/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-time-technology-could-he/182382251/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-new-technology-22/182382312/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-earnest-stanberry/182382630/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-old-complex-new-attitude/182382701/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-all-about-the-complex/182383157/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-5k/182383209/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-reward-in-place-2022/182383292/ https://www.wmur.com/article/concord-new-hampshire-judy-lord/64828305
    https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/still-unsolved-judy-lord-was-killed-concord-gardens-50-years-ago



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    30 mins
  • Wedding Dress For Sale: The Unsolved Murder of Patricia "Denise" Palmer

    Wedding Dress For Sale: The Unsolved Murder of Patricia "Denise" Palmer
    Dec 8 2025
    On a Tuesday morning in late November of 1981, a newlywed met up with a man she thought was purchasing her wedding dress from her. She was scraping together any cash she could for a down payment on a house. Little did she know, the man had no intention of buying her dress. Her murder has stuck with the Tulsa community for over four decades, but with DNA advancements there is still hope.

    TIPS: https://www.tulsapolice.org/cold-cases
    Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com
    IG: @simplertimecrimepod
    Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1
    Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/

    https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/10/27/tulsa-man-has-record-of-violence/61918519007/
    https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/oklahomas-cold-case-files-denise-palmer
    https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1981/11/19/similarity-of-slayings-draws-the-attention-of-tulsa-police/60364788007/
    https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1982/01/06/tulsa-police-check-leads-in-drowning/62898218007/
    https://www.tulsapolice.org/cold-cases/pamela-tollett
    https://www.tulsapolice.org/es/cold-cases/lisa-henderson
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-wedding-dress-ad/186317803/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-woman-found-in-bathtub-12/186340645/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-body-found-in-bathtub-22/186340698/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-new-home-goals/186355674/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-police-release-description-o/186375029/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-suspect-composite/186375199/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-answers-elusive-in-old-killi/186375575/
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-reenactment-on-ktul/186375924/





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    37 mins
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