Back to Bardstown

Season four, "Back to Bardstown", is coming Tuesday, March 26. 


A puzzling web of victims and suspects now have more overlap than ever before. In season one, host Shay McAlister investigated five unsolved mysteries in Bardstown, Ky. This season, she takes us back to America's 'Most Beautiful Small Town' where shocking arrests and new developments in one case is linking victims and suspects from other cases in a way many only suspected, but never knew for sure. 

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Bardstown: Listener Q&A
Hosts Shay McAlister and Jessica Noll answer some of your burning questions about the cases in Bardstown.
33 min
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Bardstown: Connections | Ep. 9
In the final chapter of our story, we ask the same question that Bardstown residents have been asking for years: Are these cases connected? 
23 min
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Bardstown: Hunting the Houcks | Ep. 8
The podcast team sets out to find the Houck family and get their side of the story. We knock on doors, including the family farm, the grandmother’s home and Brook Houck’s home that he shares with his girlfriend. 
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Bardstown: The Hunter | Ep. 7
On a crisp Fall day in November 2016, Tommy Ballard set out to go to deer hunting with his 10-year old grandson. What happened that morning is still a mystery and another tragic chapter in Bardstown's history.
28 min
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Bardstown: Prime Suspect | Ep. 6
Weeks and then months go by, but still no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers. It's the fourth tragedy to strike Bardstown in recent years. But then, for the first time, investigators give family and friends hope that there's been a break in one of the...
20 min
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Bardstown: Live Update from the Kentucky Bourbo...
It's Bardstown's annual party with thousands of people flocking into town, and we wanted to be there.  But not just for the festival. There's some recent news in Bardstown that isn't sitting well with a lot of people. Jessica Noll goes back to Bardstown ...
15 min
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Bardstown: The Brothers | Ep. 5
With no leads and no sign of missing mother Crystal Rogers, detectives question her boyfriend Brooks Houck.  But when his interview is cut short by a phone call, a new line of investigation begins and a Bardstown police officer is in the hot seat.
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Bardstown: Missing Mothers | Ep. 4
It's been two years since Officer Jason Ellis was killed in a deadly ambush and fifteen months since Kathy and Samantha Netherland were found murdered in their home.  And another tragedy is about to hit Bardstown.  
37 min
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Bardstown: The Netherlands | Ep. 3
Less than a year after the murder of Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis, a brutal double homicide stuns the community again and leaves residents and investigators looking for answers.  
29 min
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Bardstown: Badge 139 | Ep. 2
What happened on that spring night as Bardstown Police officer Jason Ellis turned off the Bluegrass Parkway? We dig into the investigation, the theories and the evidence. We’ll also tell you who Jason Ellis was: a father, a husband, a baseball player, a ...
34 min
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Bardstown: The Most Beautiful Small Town in Ame...
Bardstown, Kentucky is the Bourbon Capital of the World, with centuries-old history and small-town charm. But just under the surface, there are whispers, secrets and five unsolved murders. The first one to shock the small town was in May 2013 as a police...
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Trailer: Introducing Bardstown
Once dubbed “The Most Beautiful Small Town in America” and considered the Bourbon Capital of the World, Bardstown, Kentucky is like a lot of small, tight-knit communities all across America.But just under the surface, there’s something darker. Not every...
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