{"podcast":{"title":"Scams, Money, & Murder","slug":"scams-money-murder-7008396","podcast_index_feed_id":7008396,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/moneycrimes","website_url":"https://www.pavestudios.com/crimehouse","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8476766.jpg","author":"Crime House","episode_count":216,"summary":"Your daily front-row seat to Crime House. Every day, we bring you episodes covering true crime, scams, cults, conspiracies, and the cases that pull you past the headlines into the darkest corners of greed and deceit. One feed, a new story every day.This is a Crime House Original powered by PAVE Studios. Follow now so you never miss an episode. For ad-free access, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T14:19:08.169140+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396"},"episode":{"title":"Jelani Day: The River Never Gave Him Back","slug":"jelani-day-the-river-never-gave-him-back","published_at":"2026-05-26T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/jelani-day-the-river-never-gave-him-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396","url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8386380/8386380_2026-05-15-210720.256.mp3?rssID=6041","audio_url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8386380/8386380_2026-05-15-210720.256.mp3?rssID=6041","summary":"In August 2021, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was last seen leaving a dispensary in Bloomington-Normal, far from his apartment and with no clear reason to be there. His car was found abandoned miles away. Weeks later, his unclothed body was recovered from the Illinois River. The coroner ruled accidental drowning, but his mother refused to accept that answer. She launched a relentless public campaign that put a spotlight on how missing Black men are treated by investigators and the media. How did a focused, driven graduate student end up in a river with no explanation? For more, follow The Final Hours wherever you listen to podcasts: https://pod.link/1872821250 For Ad-free listening to episodes, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts. 🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Crimes Of…, Crime House 24/7, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts! Follow me on Social Instagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudios X: @crimehousemedia YouTube: @crimehousestudios","meta_description":"In August 2021, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was last seen leaving a dispensary in Bloomington-Normal, far from his a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3029,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scams-money-murder-7008396/episodes/jelani-day-the-river-never-gave-him-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/jelani-day-the-river-never-gave-him-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}