Riddle Me That! True Crime Creators & Guests

Dustin is an educator, podcast enthusiast, word nerd, and trivia holic. He has a calm voice and a knack for finding interesting stories in the public domain and recording them for you.

Dani began delving into the world of true crime podcasts in 2014-2015. Since then, and her passion has grown to helping inform listeners about Oklahoma true crime and help families find justice for their loved ones who were stolen from them.

Lauren Bright Pacheco is a New York City-based writer and producer who started out in news radio. Over the years she’s worked as a reporter, on-air television talent, newspaper columnist, magazine writer and has received three Emmy Awards for her efforts as a daytime television producer. She co-hosted, narrated and produced the critically acclaimed first season of Happy Face, Murder in Oregon and The Murders at White House Farm podcasts.She’s been researching her latest podcast, Murder in Illinois, for the past two years. It involves the heartbreaking 2007 murders of the Vaughn family and the subsequent arrest, trial and conviction of the lone survivor- the father- Christopher Vaughn. Murder in Illinois follows the complicated circumstances that led to Vaughn’s conviction, as well as the forensic evidence his supporters believe proves his innocence-in attempt to answer one question: Who killed the Vaughn family?She also is the executive producer of Speed of Sound, the podcast that breaks down the stories behind the pop songs - and Wholly Human with LeAnn Rimes.

Lindsay Valenty Loves All Things True CrimeLike seriously — it’s a bit of a problem.Since discovering podcasts such as Lore, My Favorite Murder, Criminal, and And That’s Why We Drink, she’s been hooked on learning more about all things true crime and paranormal.Her obsession with all things strange started as a free-range 80’s kid, reading books on aliens, Mothman, and other cryptids at the local library. Of course, being able to see ghosts might have also had something to do with it.Nowadays her passion for reading (like, a lot of reading - so much reading) and history has become a Venn Diagram with true crime to form this pet project.When not talking into the void, she spends time with her family, gardens, reads (I know, shocker), leads Girl Scouts, attends book club, and overall just the usual things a stressed and coffee obsessed 30-something Mom does.