MURDERISH

What would you be willing to do for your best friend? Tell a lie? Keep their darkest secret? Commit a crime? What if your best friend asked you to take their life? What would you do then?   Trevor Bartlett and Mario Mills were best friends. On cold Wyoming nights, the pair would escape to Mills’ garage to drink, smoke and play cards until they could barely stand. Most times, the worst damage was some vomit and a splitting hangover. But on the evening of March 25, 2020, the result was far different. An early morning 911 call drew police to the nondescript home in a quiet residential neighborhood. Inside the garage cops found 37-year-old Trevor Bartlett, a loving father and loyal friend, shot through the head, dead on the cold concrete floor.   Was it a suicide? Murder? Or something else?   Become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic member and get access to bonus episodes, ad-free episodes and many other exclusive perks. Visit https://www.patreon.com/Murderish to sign up.   Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami.   Follow us @MurderishPodcast on Instagram & TikTok, and Facebook.   Sponsors: BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/MURDERISH and get 10% off your first month. MasterClass: Visit MasterClass.com/MURDERISH to give one annual membership and get one free. Rocket Money: Visit RocketMoney.com/murderish - it could save you hundreds per year. Everlywell: Visit Everlywell.com/murderish for 20% off of an at-home lab test. Shopify: Visit Shopify.com/murderish (all lowercase) to sign up for a free trial and start selling today.   Subscribe to Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime in your favorite podcast app! Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092   Follow Dirty Money Moves on Instagram & TikTok @DirtyMoneyMoves.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 | iHeartRadio to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH or Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime, send an email to Sahiba Krieger mailto:[email protected] with a copy to mailto:[email protected]   Sound design: Justin Hellstrom.   Music: Some of the music featured in this podcast was composed by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams.   Research & Writing: K. Brant.   Remember, listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer - it just means you’re murder...ish.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When a 25 year old Jessica McCormack and her three young daughters disappeared suddenly in July of 2019, Jessica’s closest friends thought she was taking time away to decompress. They had conversations with her on Facebook while she was gone, but it soon became clear that the person on Facebook was just an imposter who’d hacked into Jessica’s account. Several weeks later, Jessica’s body was found on a highway in the Ozarks after apparently falling out of a suitcase that she’d been stuffed into. The shocking discovery prompted a search for Jessica’s three daughters. This would mark the beginning of an ongoing fight to find answers: who killed Jessica McCormack?   To report information regarding the murder of Jessica McCormack, please contact the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office at (417) 223-4319, or try calling the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. To contribute to Jessica’s GoFundMe, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/JUSTICEFORJESSICAMCCORMACK?qid=e56944f9e6e128883db7ab671be0e9ff.   Become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic member and get access to Patreon-only episodes, ad-free episodes and many other great perks. Visit https://www.patreon.com/Murderish to sign up.   Check out Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami.   Follow us @MurderishPodcast on Instagram & TikTok, and Facebook.   BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/MURDERISH and get 10% off your first month. Function of Beauty: Visit FunctionofBeauty.com/MURDERISH for 20% off your first order. Stamps.com: Visit Stamps.com, click the microphone at the top of the page, and enter code MURDERISH for a 4-week trial, plus free postage, and a free digital scale. Firstleaf: Visit TryFirstleaf.com/MURDERISH to get your first 6 bottles for $39.95 plus free shipping. Ethos: Visit EthosLife.com/MURDERISH to get your FREE life insurance quote today.   Subscribe to Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime in your favorite podcast app! New episodes drop every Thursday. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092   Follow Dirty Money Moves on Instagram, TikTok & Twitter @DirtyMoneyMoves.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 | iHeartRadio to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger mailto:[email protected] with a copy to mailto:[email protected]   Sound design: Justin Hellstrom.   Music: Some of the music featured in this podcast was composed by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams.   Research & Writing: Gina Mazzolini.   Remember, listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer - it just means you’re murder...ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When heading out to run errands, you fully expect to make it home safely. In June of 2007, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith went to the store, but she never made it home. No one could’ve predicted that less than two weeks after high school graduation, Kelsey’s life would come to a violent end. Outside a Target store less than 10 minutes from her childhood home, Kelsey was forced into her car and abducted. As Johnson County detectives frantically searched for the missing teen, the community struggled to understand how something like this could’ve happened in broad daylight.   The Kelsey Smith Foundation: KelseysArmy.org   Become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic member. Members can get access to exclusive, ad-free episodes & many other great perks. Visit https://www.patreon.com/Murderish to sign up.   Check out Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami.   Follow us @MurderishPodcast on Instagram & TikTok, @MurderishPod on Twitter, search “Murderish podcast” on Facebook.   Advertisers:   Function of Beauty: Visit FunctionofBeauty.com/MURDERISH for 20% off your first order. Rocket Money: Visit RocketMoney.com/murderish …it could save you hundreds of dollars per year. Firstleaf: Visit TryFirstleaf.com/MURDERISH to get your first 6 bottles for $39.95 plus free shipping. Shopify: Visit Shopify.com/murderish (all lowercase) for a free trial and to start selling online today.   Subscribe to Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime in your favorite podcast app! New episodes drop every Thursday. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092   Follow Dirty Money Moves on Instagram, TikTok & Twitter @DirtyMoneyMoves.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 | iHeartRadio to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger mailto:[email protected] with a copy to mailto:[email protected]   Sound design: Justin Hellstrom.   Music: Some of the music featured in this podcast was composed by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams.   Research & Writing: Alison Schwartz.   Remember, listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer - it just means you’re murder...ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entering the spring of 1986, Margo McKee’s story could’ve been ripped from a Hallmark movie. Despite losing her mother and father to cancer when she was 12, she’d blossomed into a straight-A student who attended church and volunteered around town. Her foster parents, Ross and Wyona Sterling, were satisfied they’d delivered on the promise they made to Margo’s dying parents five years earlier ..that they would raise the brown-eyed girl as their own. But by summer’s end, Margo would be dead ..her beaten and battered body buried in a shallow grave beneath a foot of sand, driftwood and dirt. Gone, too, was the baby inside her womb. How does such a promising young life take such a dramatic and dark turn?   Become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic member. Members can get access to exclusive, ad-free episodes & many other great perks. Visit https://www.patreon.com/Murderish to sign up.   Check out Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami.   Follow us @MurderishPodcast on Instagram & TikTok, @MurderishPod on Twitter, search “Murderish podcast” on Facebook.   Advertisers:   Stamps.com: Visit Stamps.com, click the microphone at the top of the page, and enter code MURDERISH for a 4-week trial, free postage and a digital scale.   Ethos: Visit EthosLife.com/MURDERISH to get a free personalized life insurance quote today.   Subscribe to Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime in your favorite podcast app! New episodes drop every Thursday. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092   Follow Dirty Money Moves on Instagram, TikTok & Twitter @DirtyMoneyMoves.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 | iHeartRadio to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger mailto:[email protected] with a copy to mailto:[email protected]   Sound design: Justin Hellstrom.   Music: Some of the music featured in this podcast was composed by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams.   Research & Writing: K. Brant.   Remember, listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer - it just means you’re murder...ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

November 12, 2013 probably started out like any other for 78-year-old Joe Gatto, who lived in a modest home in Silver Lake, California. Although Joe was retired, he was far from inactive. The energetic and talented man created artwork, jewelry and tended to his garden among other hobbies. By the evening, a day that began typically would end tragically ..with a single gunshot. Almost a decade later, loved ones still do not have answers and his murder investigation has gone cold.   Become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic member. Members can get access to exclusive, ad-free episodes & many other great perks. Visit https://www.patreon.com/Murderish to sign up.   Check out Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami.   Follow us @MurderishPodcast on Instagram & TikTok, @MurderishPod on Twitter, search “Murderish podcast” on Facebook.   Advertisers: -      Shopify: Visit Shopify.com/murderish (all lowercase) to sign up for a free trial and start selling online today. -      Rocket Money: Visit RocketMoney.com/murderish to cancel unwanted subscriptions and start saving money.   Subscribe to Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime in your favorite podcast app! New episodes drop every Thursday. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092   Follow Dirty Money Moves on Instagram, TikTok & Twitter @DirtyMoneyMoves.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 | iHeartRadio to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger mailto:[email protected] with a copy to mailto:[email protected]   Sound design: Justin Hellstrom.   Music: Some of the music featured in this podcast was composed by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams.   Research & Writing: Catherine Devine.   Remember, listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer - it just means you’re murder...ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices