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When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…

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She Goes by Jane tells the stories of America's missing and unidentified women through episodes that honor women and their lives without focusing on gratuitous violence or perpetrators. Each episode features an original poem by Aimée Baker read by a special guest.

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Episode 77: Heather Elvis 47:40

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On the night of December 17, 2013, 20-year-old Heather Elvis goes on a first date with a former high school classmate. The two eat dinner, look at Christmas decorations together, and he tries to teach her to drive a stick shift. And then, after he says goodnight to her, Heather gets a call. It’s her ex. He says he’s leaving his wife and he wants her back. Within hours, Heather goes missing. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our February 2025 selection is Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 76: Audrey Moate with guest reader Janet Kidder 43:19

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In 1956, the brutal murder of family man Thomas Hotard at a Louisiana lover’s lane leaves a trail of unanswered questions. Investigators quickly discover a mysterious connection to Audrey Moate, a woman whose sudden disappearance raises even more chilling suspicions. Was Audrey a victim, or does her vanishing hide a darker secret? As the investigation unfolds, shocking revelations about Audrey’s life come to light—secrets she tried desperately to keep hidden. Join hosts Aimee and Vanessa as they delve into this haunting case of murder and missing persons. This episode includes a powerful tribute in the form of an original poem, read by special guest Janet Kidder, honoring Audrey’s story. Listen now to explore the mystery of Audrey Moate's disappearance, the untold secrets, and how this case remains unsolved to this day. We’re thankful to be joined by guest reader Janet Kidder. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our February 2025 selection is Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 75: Paula Weldon 47:41

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Summary In 1946, Paula Welden, a college student at Bennington College, mysteriously disappears, leaving behind a chilling unsolved case that has haunted the region for decades. As her disappearance unfolds, it sparks a dark fascination that even inspired famous writers like Donna Tartt and Shirley Jackson as well as spurred the creation of the Vermont State Police. But who was Paula Welden, and what truly happened to her? Dive into the eerie mystery of the Bennington Triangle and the haunting legacy of a missing woman whose story still remains a puzzle. Was Paula’s disappearance linked to other unexplained events in the area, or is there something more sinister at play? Join us as we explore the chilling details of one of the most baffling disappearances in U.S. history. Join Aimee and Vanessa for this week’s episode of She Goes By Jane as they highlight the story of Paula Welden. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our February 2025 selection is Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 74: Barbara Newhall Follett (Ep 2) with guest reader Kerry O'Malley 1:07:32

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Barbara Newhall Follett had published her first novel at 12, traveled the world by 14, and regularly corresponded with scientists, artists, and sailors. So at age 15, when she ran away for the first time, it was because she couldn’t understand why she would be forced into a life not created wholly on her own. It won’t be the first time, Barbara disappears because in 1939, at the age of 25, she does it again. Join Aimee and Vanessa for this week’s episode of She Goes By Jane as they finish the story of the mysterious disappearance of child prodigy Barbara Newhall Follett. This week they’re joined by Kerry O’Malley whose recent film credits include her scene-stealing role as Dolores in David Fincher's The Killer , Mother's Mother in Marielle Heller's Nightbitch , Azalia in Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa , and Mildred in Tyler Perry's Six Triple Eigh t. Recent television credits include her recurring roles as Megan in A Man on the Inside on Netflix, Samantha Miles on SEAL Team , first class passenger Lilah Folger on TNT's Snowpiercer , and Mavis in the second season of Marc Cherry's Why Women Kill for Paramount Plus. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our February 2025 selection is Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 73: Barbara Newhall Follett (Ep 1) with guest reader Kerry O'Malley 57:04

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By age 9, Barbara Newhall Follett had written her first novel draft. By age 12, she’d published it with a major publishing house, selling out of the initial print run before it even made it to stores. By age 14 she left her Connecticut home to travel to Barbados, Tahiti, and Samoa chasing new story ideas and escaping the turmoil of her parents’s divorce. And by age 15, she’d disappear. Barbara Newhall Follett never did anything by half measure. Join Aimee and Vanessa for this week’s episode of She Goes By Jane as they dig into the first episode about the disappearance of child prodigy Barbara Newhall Follett. This week they’re joined by Kerry O’Malley whose recent film credits include her scene-stealing role as Dolores in David Fincher's The Killer , Mother's Mother in Marielle Heller's Nightbitch , Azalia in Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa , and Mildred in Tyler Perry's Six Triple Eigh t. Recent television credits include her recurring roles as Megan in A Man on the Inside on Netflix, Samantha Miles on SEAL Team , first class passenger Lilah Folger on TNT's Snowpiercer , and Mavis in the second season of Marc Cherry's Why Women Kill for Paramount Plus. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our January 2025 selection is T here is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 72: Etta Riel with guest reader Marsha Mason 56:56

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In November 1934, new mother Etta Riel mysteriously disappears just hours before she’s set to attend a crucial paternity hearing. Her family believes she was preparing to reconcile with the man she claimed was the father of her baby, and that they were planning to elope to New York for a fresh start. But the man in question insists they were never intimate and that he was ready to expose her supposed lies. Join hosts Aimee and Vanessa as they dive deep into this chilling true crime case of betrayal, mystery, and disappearance and hear a special performance by four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Masonis. Was Etta’s disappearance a planned escape, or did something darker unfold? Tune in to She Goes By Jane for a gripping true crime investigation into one of the most baffling unsolved cases of the 1930s. This week we’re joined by Marsha Masonis, a four-time Academy Award nominee for her starring roles in The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, Only When I Laugh and Cinderella Liberty. Mason has received Golden Globe Awards for her film roles and an Emmy Award nomination for “Frasier”. TV credits include “Grace and Frankie”, “The Middle”, “The Good Wife” and “Madam Secretary”. Broadway roles: Impressionism with Jeremy Irons, Steel Magnolias, The Night of the Iguana, King Richard III, and Cactus Flower. She has directed productions of Steel Magnolias, An Act of God, Chapter Two as well co-directing and starring in Lost In Yonkers at Hartford Stage. On Broadway, she was Associate Director with Jack O’Brien for All My Sons starring Annette Benning and The Roommate starring Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow. Marsha recently starred in All My Sons at Hartford Stage and as Madame Armfeldt in the Lincoln Center production of Steven Sondheim’s A Little Night Music in Concert, and she briefly stepped in for Mia Farrow in The Roommate on Broadway while Farrow was sidelined with Covid-19. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our January 2025 selection is T here is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 71: Olga Schultz Mauger with guest reader Susan Ruttan 53:05

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September 1934, a 21-year-old newlywed, Olga Schultz Mauger, heads to Togwotee Pass in Wyoming to hunt elk on her honeymoon with her new husband. He says he last saw her sitting on a boulder in the mountains when they stopped to rest. Then, she simply vanished. Now, 90 years later, Olga is considered Wyoming’s oldest known missing persons case. This week we’re joined by Susan Ruttan. Known for her role for her role of ‘Roxanne’ on the acclaimed “L.A. Law”, for which she was nominated for Emmys on four consecutive seasons, she has seamlessly moved between television, stage and film through her career. She has many memorable television appearances on shows like “Bosom Buddies”, “Newhart”, “Grey’s Anatomy” “Mom” and most recently a recurring role on the Netflix hit series, “A Man on the Inside” starring Ted Danson”. She teamed with Brian Dennehy and Treat Williams in several NBC ‘Jack Reed’ movies for television. Other television movie roles included “Helter Skelter”, “Terror in the Towers”, a recounting of the 1993 terrorist bombing under the World Trade Towers in Manhattan and was ‘Mrs. Claus’ in “The Ultimate Christmas Present” for the Disney Channel. Susan has appeared in the feature films: “The Sure Hand of God”, “Love Kills”, “Honky Tonk Freeway”, “Independence Day”, and portrayed Gene Wilder’s stepmother in Paramount’s “Funny About Love”. Born in Oregon, she started her career as a costume designer in the theatre in Santa Cruz, then moved to Los Angeles and worked as an assistant casting director At Universal and Paramount before landing her first professional acting job. Susan lives in Los Angeles with her son Jackson. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our January 2025 selection is T here is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 70: Stepha Henry 48:31

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Memorial Day weekend in 2007 was supposed to be a weekend of celebration for the Henry sisters. They traveled from New York City to Miami to see friends, family and celebrate the younger sister’s birthday. But by the weekend’s end, only one of them would return home. The other, 22-year-old Stepha Henry, an aspiring lawyer, would be missing. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our January 2025 selection is T here is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari. Join Aimee and Vanessa on the app StoryGraph for a new readalong feature for this month’s selection! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 69: Special Episode, Behind the poem - Battle Lines from episode 13 16:31

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Special Episode, Behind the poem - Battle Lines from episode 13. Aimee and Vanessa talk about the inspiration and process of writing the poem Battle Lines, about the unidentified person known as Bitter Creek Betty.

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Episode 68: God of the woods, Book Talk 37:37

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Special episode, Vanessa and Aimée discuss God of the woods, by Liz Moore.

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Episode 67: Judy Martins with guest reader Stephanie Sy-Quia 1:05:10

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How quickly can someone just…disappear? One minute there, the next gone. How could someone leave a dorm party at a busy college campus and not make it to their own residence, just 300 yards away? In 1978, a 22 year old college sophomore, Judy Martins, stepped out of a dorm building at Kent State University and into darkness. This week we’re joined by Stephanie Sy-Quia, a writer and broadcaster based in London. She is the presenter of Eccentric Circles, a podcast about cities and the influential oddballs who lived in them. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our December 2024 selection is Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 66: Ventura County Jane Doe 55:18

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In 1980, a worker at Westfield High School in Thousand Oaks, California, is annoyed when he sees a mannequin on a slope near one of the school’s parking lots. The school had been experiencing vandalism in the recent months and this was yet another example of things being left at the school. But as he drew closer, he realized that what he was seeing was a pregnant woman. She’d been brutally stabbed, her body left in the dirt. Without identification on her, investigators set to work to find out who she was and who murdered her, but the answers wouldn’t come readily or easily. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our December 2024 selection is Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly. a…

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Episode 65: Texas Killing Fields: Michelle Doherty 43:54

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Michelle Doherty should have had a lifetime to come into herself. Instead, the 17-year-old mother was pressured into becoming a narcotics informant to help police bust a drug ring. That one decision likely got her killed. Michelle Doherty is one of the missing women of the Texas Killing Fields, but her story is often overlooked. This week we’re joined by Award-winning actress Christine Solomon whose work has been exhibited, showcased, and displayed to millions of viewers in Egypt, Canada, and around the world on major television networks and movie studios such as HBO Canada, The Movie Network, Rotana Group (the Arab World's largest entertainment company owned by the Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talat), Ubisoft, as well as in print, online, and other advertising media. Solomon has received a nationally-recognized Madbakh Awards for her work as an actress; she is also an important contributor for the award-winning productions in which she played a leading or critical role (HELIOPOLIS, BASRA, and BAFTA nominated RAINBOW SIX: SIEGE). The theatre trained actor appreciates the opportunity to work for positive causes. She has joined as the lead host for GMC and renowned actor Josh Duhamelʼs campaign BUILDING FOR AMERICAʼS BRAVEST and has raised over 17 million dollars. The campaign reached an impressive 110 million viewers. She is also the spokesperson for the ACNE AND ROSACEA SOCIETY OF CANADA’s Rosacea Awareness Campaign. Solomon and her work have been the subject of numerous articles in major international publications and media throughout the world, including The National Post (monthly readership 6.95 million), The Globe and Mail (17 million readership), MSN Saudi Arabia (monthly readership 982 million), Variety (monthly readership 31.6 million), and Screen India (monthly readership 53.76 million), among others. On the other side of the camera, Christine has served on the 25TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS (SAG AWARDS) TELEVISION NOMINATING COMMITTEE and has been an official juror at various prestigious film festivals across the country. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our December 2024 selection is Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon . Need more women-centered true crime content? Get Aimée’s newsletter GIRLHUNT delivered to your inbox weekly.…

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Episode 64: Iris Brown with guest readers Marilyn Oliva and Tom Gilroy 57:25

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In 1976, Iris Brown returns to her apartment and learns that her boyfriend is about to be released from Federal Prison the next day. The man who tells her this had been in prison with her boyfriend and he’s received a telegram informing him of this news. He suggests the two of them leave immediately and drive the nearly 300 miles there so they can welcome Iris’s boyfriend as he’s released. But the man is hiding a secret, he wants something else from Iris. This week we’re joined by two special guest readers. Marilyn Oliva is a medieval historian whose research focuses on medieval English religious women—anchoresses, nuns, and vowesses—and the ties these women created with their local communities. She has published on several aspects of religious life for women, including their literacy, the organization and administration of their convents, and the sacred spaces they created within their monastic and parochial enclosures. She is also the co-creator of “The Seventh Circle,” a DIY story published on Instagram about a secret society of women whose mission is to release from oblivion all the lost, forgotten, and ignored women of all the sciences and humanities across all time periods and from every geographical region. Tom Gilroy is an interdisciplinary artist who’s work spans feature filmmaking, music, theatre, and haiku. His work has appeared at Sundance, Cannes, The Toronto Film Festival, and the Berlinale, and he has taught at Columbia and Davidson College. His work can be experienced and explained at www.tomgilroy.net. Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our November 2024 selection is Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon .…

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Episode 63: Mimi Boomhower with guest reader Amber Dawn Fox 1:02:01

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