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A Simpler Time True Crime
I’m Megan, your host, and each week I revisit unsolved cases from decades past—stories that have too often been forgotten or overlooked. Together, we examine the facts, question the myths of “the good old days,” and ask whether a simpler time was ever really a safer one.
This podcast honors the people at the heart of each case—focusing not on sensationalism, but on the lives affected and the justice still waiting to be served.
A Simpler Time True Crime
The Mysterious Disappearance and Murder of Judy Smith
A woman travels with her husband from Boston to Philadelphia to attend his work conference. She decides to do a day of sightseeing while he works. When she fails to meet back at the hotel on their agreed upon time, alarm bells go off in her husbands head. Police eager to show that this is a city safe for tourists urgently hit the streets but come up empty, shifting focus back to her husband and even insinuating that she never was in Philadelphia at all. But nobody could prepare for what came next and ultimately the question still lingers: who murdered Judy, how did her body get 600 miles away, and why?
Do you have information? Contact the Byncombe County Sheriff’s Dept at 828-250-6670
Sources:
https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/judy-smith-traveling-or-troubled
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-part-2-of-cove/155805509/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-judy-smith-bac/155783634/
https://unsolved.com/gallery/judy-smith/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Judy_Smith
https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-Bizarre-Murder-of-Judy-Smith-Found-Dead-600-Miles-Away
https://www.instagram.com/simplertimecrimepod/?hl=en