{"podcast":{"title":"Women and Crime","slug":"women-and-crime-430444","podcast_index_feed_id":430444,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DIR9134059435","website_url":"https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/episodes/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6d691d6e-6b27-11eb-a910-83382efbd095/image/81c73efd7bac61c2749e3b5449e3fb1f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cloud10","episode_count":386,"summary":"Two Criminologists cover a new female-focused case each episode. You’ll hear the stories of these women, paired with the science that tells you where it all went wrong. We’ll explore the causes of female crime, victimology, the legal system, as well as celebrate heroines who have left their mark on the criminal justice system. Dr Meghan Sacks and Dr Amy Shlosberg are both Professors of Criminology at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Both have years of first-hand experience working with offenders and professionals in the criminal justice system. They teach classes covering topics such as: Women & Crime, Race & Crime, Criminology, and Serial Killers.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T12:18:05.382969+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-and-crime-430444"},"episode":{"title":"Melissa Herstrum","slug":"melissa-herstrum","published_at":"2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-and-crime-430444/melissa-herstrum","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-and-crime-430444","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/204/clrtpod.com/m/traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL8633056001.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/204/clrtpod.com/m/traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL8633056001.mp3","summary":"Melissa Herstrum: A Campus Killing Revisited This week on Women & Crime, we’re sharing a case from our sister podcast, Campus Killings, while we take a short holiday break. In January 1992, 19-year-old Melissa Herstrum was a nursing student at the University of Toledo with her whole life ahead of her. But when her body was discovered in a campus parking lot, the investigation quickly revealed something deeply unsettling, In this episode, we revisit Melissa’s story and the shocking betrayal at the center of her murder. We look at campus safety, institutional trust, power, authority, and what happens when the person wearing the badge becomes the threat. Sources note: Core case details verified against contemporary reporting and later parole coverage, including reports that Melissa Herstrum was a 19-year-old University of Toledo nursing student killed in 1992 by University of Toledo police officer Jeffrey Hodge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Melissa Herstrum: A Campus Killing Revisited This week on Women & Crime, we’re sharing a case from our sister podcast, Campus Killings, while we take a sh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2236,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/women-and-crime-430444/episodes/melissa-herstrum/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-and-crime-430444/melissa-herstrum.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}