{"podcast":{"title":"Cardinal Crimes","slug":"cardinal-crimes-7111220","podcast_index_feed_id":7111220,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2427664.rss","website_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2427664","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/1ecraetytdmm53we3h54yyyha29d?.jpg","author":"Cardinal Crimes","episode_count":67,"summary":"Cardinal Crimes is a true crime podcast that explores cold and unsolved cases, criminal behavior, and crime prevention. The host, Becca, is a former Intelligence Analyst interested in the \"why\" behind crime, the systems that shape it, and the ways we can prevent it.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T06:21:00.261652+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cardinal-crimes-7111220"},"episode":{"title":"MURDERED: Michelle Steele","slug":"murdered-michelle-steele","published_at":"2026-01-19T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cardinal-crimes-7111220/murdered-michelle-steele","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cardinal-crimes-7111220","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2427664/episodes/18342289-murdered-michelle-steele.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2427664/episodes/18342289-murdered-michelle-steele.mp3","summary":"Last week, we continued examining serial killer Charles Hatcher’s crimes, focusing on the murder of Eric Christgen and the wrongful conviction of Melvin Reynolds. So what was Hatcher doing while law enforcement pursued the wrong man? He was moving across the Midwest, committing additional crimes, and eventually returned to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he murdered another child, 11-year-old Michelle Steele, whose case we’ll be discussing today. In this episode, we look at Michelle’s disappearan...","meta_description":"Last week, we continued examining serial killer Charles Hatcher’s crimes, focusing on the murder of Eric Christgen and the wrongful conviction of Melvin R…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1798,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cardinal-crimes-7111220/episodes/murdered-michelle-steele/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cardinal-crimes-7111220/murdered-michelle-steele.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}