490 episodes

The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron & Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries and conspiracies.
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    • True Crime
    • 4.5 • 16.2K Ratings

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The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron & Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries and conspiracies.
All episodes are available for free, with ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers.

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    Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy

    Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy

    Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder case that could be ripped from the pages of her novels.




    From Wondery, this is a story about what happens when the line blurs between fiction and reality. 




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    • 5 min
    The Deaths of David Anderson and Sarah Majoras

    The Deaths of David Anderson and Sarah Majoras

    In the summer of 2000, 31-year-old musician, David Anderson, went missing after a night out in New Hope, PA. He disappeared after crossing the bridge from New Hope to Lambertville. In 2013, 39-year-old bartender, Sarah Majoras, went missing after a night out in New Hope along the same route that Anderson had mysteriously disappeared from almost 13 years earlier. She was on route to the home she shared with her boyfriend, Adam Baker, who just so happened to be David Anderson’s roommate in the summer of 2000.

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    • 44 min
    Jessica Chambers

    Jessica Chambers

    December 6th, 2014. Courtland, Mississippi. Firefighters responded to a report of a burning vehicle on a rural road. They found 19-year-old Jessica Chambers nearby. She was still alive but severely burned. Jessica identified herself and told first responders that someone named “Eric” or “Derek,” set her car on fire. She died from her injuries the next day.

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    • 52 min
    Listen Now: Blame it on the Fame: Milli Vanilli

    Listen Now: Blame it on the Fame: Milli Vanilli

    When Frank Farian first laid eyes on Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, he saw everything he wasn’t. They were handsome, young, and Black. But Frank had something they didn’t. He had power.




    So, Frank offered them a devil’s bargain. Almost overnight, Milli Vanilli’s debut album went five times platinum and scored a Grammy nomination. But when the lie at the center of their success started to unravel, Rob and Fab would discover the hard way the difference between star power and real power.




    From Wondery, Blame It on the Fame is a story about the lie that shot to #1 and what it cost to tell the truth. Hosted by Amanda Seales.




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    • 4 min
    The Murder of Shaima Alawadi

    The Murder of Shaima Alawadi

    March 21st, 2012. El Cajon, California. Shaima Alawadi was attacked inside her home and died from her injuries three days later. Shaima was a Muslim woman and because a threatening note was found next to her body, investigators initially considered the possibility that her death was a hate crime.




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    • 45 min
    Megan Parra

    Megan Parra

    June 28, 2014. Cottonport, Louisiana. When 29 year old kindergarten teacher and mother of two, Megan Ducote Parra, is found on the floor of her living room in a pool of her own blood with a gunshot wound to the head, detectives quickly rule it a suicide. But after some investigation of their own, Megan’s parents became suspicious that she may have been murdered.

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    • 55 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
16.2K Ratings

16.2K Ratings

4jacksandaqueen ,

Smooth voices!

Justin and Aaron have the best voices for podcasters~ great stories too!

mysterymach ,

kind of weak

These guys were OGs, i have listened on and off for years, but now i find them kind of stale. The Murder Mountain episode, how many times can Justin say "when its illegal" when, dude, WEED IS LEGAL. ITS LEGAL. It may not be in your state but please catch up. Annoying.

SilverDollar007 ,

I just can’t…

I have listened to a number of episodes and I finally had to unfollow. It is hard to follow the storylines; they ramble off onto multiple tangents. Get to the point already! I don’t need all your speculation and what ifs. Don’t waste your time.

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