{"podcast":{"title":"Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald","slug":"juicy-crimes-with-heather-mcdonald-7261763","podcast_index_feed_id":7261763,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/juicycrimes","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4daa5780-ee2d-11ef-acb4-7fcaa53d727a/image/8ef489e884b1749cab6efa6dad27eb65.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Heather McDonald & Studio71","episode_count":48,"summary":"Love true crime but yearn for something a bit less dark? You're in luck. Heather McDonald brings you the lighter side of true crime in the Juicy Crimes podcast! Along with special guests from the legal, journalism, comedy, and celebrity worlds, she explores the greed, the grift, and the gruesome in the juiciest crimes of all time! For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:20:26.011678+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/juicy-crimes-with-heather-mcdonald-7261763"},"episode":{"title":"Nolan Wells and The Pastor’s Fatal Hike","slug":"nolan-wells-and-the-pastor-s-fatal-hike","published_at":"2026-07-15T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/juicy-crimes-with-heather-mcdonald-7261763/nolan-wells-and-the-pastor-s-fatal-hike","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/juicy-crimes-with-heather-mcdonald-7261763","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/135/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/i7NUCPwi3tJP053nG6mP/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/STU3479022924.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/135/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/i7NUCPwi3tJP053nG6mP/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/STU3479022924.mp3","summary":"I am joined by everyone’s favorite sister and attorney at law, Shannon McDonald Goldstein, to break down some of the most baffling and heartbreaking cases making headlines. First, we dive into the tragic Fourth of July disappearance and confirmed death of 18-year-old college football player Nolan Wells on Horn Island, Mississippi, exploring the highly suspicious social media blackouts by his friends and the racial elements surrounding the case. Then, we dissect the chilling \"alpine divorce\" of former pastor David Vandermeer, who pushed his showgirl wife to her death at Zion National Park, only to take his own life in a jail cell decades later before facing justice. Plus, we cover the wild jurisdictional battles of the Bahamas murder-for-hire plot involving Lindsay Shiver, and a shocking update on the California radiologist who drove his Tesla off a 250-foot cliff with his family inside. It’s an packed, legally-minded episode you absolutely cannot miss! -Go to RO.CO/JUICYCRIMES to see if you qualify. -Shop now at Fabletics.com/juicycrimes to get 70- 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP Subscribe now to Juicy Crimes so you don't miss an episode!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/juicycrimes⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald on iTunes, the podcast app, and get extra juice on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop⁠⁠⁠⁠ See me Live: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://heathermcdonald.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heathermcdonald/⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherMcDonaldOfficial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"I am joined by everyone’s favorite sister and attorney at law, Shannon McDonald Goldstein, to break down some of the most baffling and heartbreaking cases…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4221,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/juicy-crimes-with-heather-mcdonald-7261763/episodes/nolan-wells-and-the-pastor-s-fatal-hike/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/juicy-crimes-with-heather-mcdonald-7261763/nolan-wells-and-the-pastor-s-fatal-hike.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}