Podcast · True Crime

What Happened to Her

by iHeartPodcasts · English · True Crime

Start from episode 1 WhatsApp

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 39 min
Latest: 30 Sep 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

30 Sep 2026 · 41 min

Lisette Johnson

Lisette Johnson survived what almost no one does: her husband shot her, then killed himself. Murder-suicides happen every week in America, and they usually disappear after a local headline — with the perpetrator dead, there's no trial, no unfolding story. Except, Lisette lived, and what she told Melissa Jeltsen has shaped how she's covered these cases ever since. When a murder-suicide made national news this spring — Virginia's former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, then himself — Melissa thought of Lisette. In this first episode of…

Play episode WhatsApp Download

Earlier episodes 29 most recent

S5 · E1 · 23 Sep 2026 · 2 min

Coming Soon … What Happened to Her

For four seasons, investigative reporter Melissa Jeltsen has told the stories of women whose lives — and deaths — were shaped by the failures of the systems meant to protect them. Now she's widening her lens, with new episodes every week. In What Happened to Her, Melissa takes on the stories that won't let her go. Women whose deaths were too quickly ruled suicides. Women no one believed. Cases everyone else called closed. Some weeks, a mystery unfolds across multiple episodes. In others, Melissa sits down with fellow investigative journalists and podcast hosts to go behind the…
S4 · E6 · 17 Dec 2025 · 43 min

Beginnings and Endings — Nashville E6

As new chapters unfold, experts examine whether the law can truly recognize the harm caused when fertility care fails. Former CRH patients are left to reckon with the lives they’re living — and how far some have diverged from what they once imagined. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S4 · E5 · 17 Dec 2025 · 46 min

The Unraveling — Nashville E5

Two former employees describe what they saw as the clinic unraveled. Their stories, and a look into public records, help piece together how CRH fell apart. Plus court documents reveal Dr. Vasquez’s version of events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S4 · E4 · 10 Dec 2025 · 45 min

The Audit — Nashville E4

Months after the shutdown, patients finally hope to reclaim their embryos. But as auditors begin comparing records to what’s actually in storage, they uncover widespread inconsistencies — raising new fears about what may have happened inside the clinic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S4 · E3 · 10 Dec 2025 · 44 min

You Think That's Your Ovary? — Nashville E3

As the fallout widens, patients uncover troubling new information about who was providing their care. Their discoveries trigger a wave of questions — and draw the attention of both state regulators and criminal investigators. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S4 · E2 · 3 Dec 2025 · 39 min

The Stakeout — Nashville E2

Word spreads that the fertility clinic has shut down without warning. As desperate patients band together, they realize their plans to get pregnant are now on hold. What will happen with the embryos stored inside the now shuttered clinic? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S4 · E1 · 3 Dec 2025 · 39 min

The Last Day — Nashville E1

Sydney McDowell walks into her Nashville fertility clinic expecting a routine appointment. Instead, devastating news sends her scrambling to get her embryos out before they’re trapped inside. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S4 · 3 Dec 2025 · 3 min

Introducing: What Happened in Nashville

What Happened in Nashville is a deeply reported investigation into the sudden collapse of a Tennessee fertility clinic, and the patients caught in the fallout. When the Center for Reproductive Health shut down without warning, people lost access to their embryos, their treatments were abruptly cut off, and many were left scrambling to recover money, medical records, and time they couldn’t afford to lose. Through intimate conversations with the patients who lived through it, host Melissa Jeltsen reveals the emotional and physical toll of the clinic’s abrupt closure. But the story…
S3 · 24 Jul 2025 · 36 min

Going to Court - Talina Zar BONUS

Melissa heads to Wisconsin to cover the ricin trial. Jess is there too, determined to come face to face with Kore. We hear powerful firsthand accounts from the victims and key investigators from Oklahoma. In a stunning moment, Kore's ex-husband takes the stand and reveals a shocking confession. As the jury prepares to deliver its verdict, the stakes couldn’t be higher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E8 · 19 Jun 2025 · 39 min

Horizon - Talina Zar E8

In our season finale, five years have passed since Talina disappeared, but Jess continues to obsess over the details. Meanwhile, Talina’s family searches to define closure as a murder trial remains elusive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E7 · 11 Jun 2025 · 35 min

Safe - Talina Zar E7

Uncovering an incident in Wisconsin from 2014 sends Jess chasing a new set of questions. But as COVID stretches into the fall of 2020, the official investigation slows to a standstill…until a momentous discovery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E6 · 4 Jun 2025 · 31 min

One Step Ahead - Talina Zar E6

New evidence is popping up all over town - all over Oklahoma, in fact. The police seem closer than ever to solving the case when a sudden death throws Jess - and the investigation - for a loop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E5 · 29 May 2025 · 41 min

If I Go Missing - Talina Zar E5

Talina’s family gets involved in the search from afar. Meanwhile, the non-stop investigation starts to take a toll on Jess. And the police turn up evidence that upends the whole timeline of events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E4 · 21 May 2025 · 34 min

The Mattress - Talina Zar E4

Weeks pass with no sign of Talina. Her friends, as well as the online sleuths and the local sheriff start to uncover strange clues—a burned mattress, a missing persons poster—all casting suspicion on Talina’s roommate, Kore. As the pressure builds, Kore shares her side of the story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E3 · 14 May 2025 · 45 min

Belonging — Talina Zar E3

Jess discovers Talina Zar isn’t the missing Oklahoma woman’s real name, and the meaning of the moniker unlocks a door to a fantasy world ripped from the pages of 1970s pulp fiction — a fictional world where men reign and women serve and a real-life subculture where people try to live according to the principles in the books. Talina may have found her people in this fringe BDSM community, but was there something more sinister hiding among the kink? And did it have something to do with her disappearance? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E2 · 7 May 2025 · 47 min

Small Town, Big Secrets — Talina Zar E2

Jess and the sleuths connect with people who knew Talina Zar in real life. As the sleuths begin to formulate a picture of who Talina is, and what might have happened to her, they get the sense that not everyone is telling the truth. At the same time, local police begin their own parallel investigation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · E1 · 7 May 2025 · 34 min

Alone Time —Talina Zar E1

Jess Trevino lived a quiet life of true crime fandom - until she stumbled upon Talina Zar’s cryptic Facebook post. Isolated because of COVID, Jess assembles an online team of amateur sleuths determined to find out where Talina went. As they get wrapped up in the lives of total strangers, the sleuths discover that the question of What Happened to Talina Zar ? has no easy answers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S3 · 7 May 2025 · 3 min

What Happened to Talina Zar — TRAILER

It’s April 2020 and the world is locked down. In Oklahoma, a woman named Talina Zar posts a chilling message on Facebook: she’s sick with COVID and heading to a remote lake, alone — to recover, or to die. Then, she vanishes. As days turn into weeks, strangers online — true crime obsessives with time to kill and nowhere to go — begin digging into her disappearance. What they uncover is something far stranger, and far more disturbing, than they could’ve ever imagined.. In Season Three of What Happened To… , investigative journalist Melissa Jeltsen…
S2 · 28 Feb 2024 · 29 min

The Survivors — Libby Caswell BONUS

Libby Caswell is unable to share her experience of domestic violence in her own words. In this bonus episode, four anonymous women tell their stories of domestic abuse- the details they remember, the ones they wish they could forget, and how they eventually got out. If you or anyone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, call the National Domestic Abuse Hotline for help at 1-800-799-7233. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · 8 Feb 2024 · 22 min

Nuisance laws — Libby Caswell BONUS

The nuisance law in Independence, Missouri played a pivotal role in Libby's story. In this bonus episode, hear Melissa's extended conversation with Sandra Park, former ACLU lawyer and current head of the Civil Rights Bureau of the NY State Attorney General’s Office, as they discuss what nuisance laws are, how they're often misused and what's being done about them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · 19 Jan 2024 · 26 min

Melissa in Conversation — Libby Caswell BONUS

Go behind the scenes on the making of What Happened to Libby Caswell. Host Melissa Jeltsen talks to fellow journalist and podcaster Emma Gray (MSNBC columnist, host of the Love To See It podcast, and co-author of the Rich Text Substack) about what drew Melissa to Libby's case, what she looks for when considering a new investigative project, why she focuses on stories about violence against women, and what she hopes both seasons of What Happened To tell us about how we, as a culture, view women's lives and deaths. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E8 · 22 Dec 2023 · 48 min

Epiphany — Libby Caswell E8

In the final episode, a new witness comes forward with details that raise tantalizing questions. Cindy becomes a national advocate for changes in how domestic violence is handled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E7 · 15 Dec 2023 · 44 min

Black Shadows — Libby Caswell E7

Family members defend Libby’s boyfriend and help shed light on his actions over the years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E6 · 8 Dec 2023 · 44 min

The Twist — Libby Caswell E6

A forensic expert discovers evidence that upends the official narrative about Libby’s death and points to a coverup. Local police defend their work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E5 · 30 Nov 2023 · 42 min

The Fight Of Your Life — Libby Caswell E5

Libby’s mom Cindy hires a private investigator to uncover new clues. Investigative journalist Melissa Jeltsen visits the motel for herself. And Libby’s friends open up about the last week of her life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E4 · 22 Nov 2023 · 35 min

Toxic — Libby Caswell E4

We learn more about the secrets in Libby’s life that threatened to endanger it, and the tumultuous cycle that led Cindy to a difficult decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E3 · 16 Nov 2023 · 40 min

Domestic Disturbance — Libby Caswell E3

Investigative journalist Melissa Jeltsen explores Libby’s complicated relationship with her boyfriend and their interactions with police. And, a witness comes forward with a harrowing story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E2 · 9 Nov 2023 · 37 min

Undetermined — Libby Caswell E2

Libby’s boyfriend is interviewed by police. The medical examiner isn’t sure exactly how Libby died — but the police close the case as a suicide anyway. Libby’s mom, Cindy, questions the official report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S2 · E1 · 2 Nov 2023 · 38 min

The Girl In Room 319 — Libby Caswell E1

In 2017, Libby Caswell was found dead in a motel room in Independence, Missouri with her boyfriend’s belt around her neck. Her grieving mom Cindy is left with more questions than answers. Award-winning investigative journalist Melissa Jeltsen digs into the circumstances surrounding Libby’s death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About What Happened to Her

For four seasons, investigative reporter Melissa Jeltsen has told the stories of women whose lives — and deaths — were shaped by the failures of the systems meant to protect them. Now she's widening her lens, with new episodes every week. In What Happened to Her, Melissa takes on the stories that won't let her go. Women whose deaths were too quickly ruled suicides. Women no one believed. Cases everyone else called closed. Some weeks, a mystery unfolds across multiple episodes. In others, Melissa sits down with fellow investigative journalists and podcast hosts to go behind the scenes on the cases — and the women — they just couldn't shake.

What Happened to Her is a English true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: iHeartPodcasts
Language: English
Category: True Crime
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 39 min
Latest episode: 30 Sep 2026
Feed: RSS — paste into any podcast app
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1612441610

RSS feed Apple Podcasts

More English true crime 6

Take it with you

The Melo app keeps playing with the screen off, works in the car and on your watch, wakes you to your station, and browses the whole catalogue offline. Free, no ads, no account.