Crime Junkie

MURDERED: Joan Webster & Marie Iannuzzi

March 2, 2026·1h 10m·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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This episode investigates the unsolved 1981 disappearance and 1990 discovery of Harvard graduate student Joan Webster and the 1979 murder of Marie Iannuzzi, exploring whether the man convicted of Marie’s murder, Leonard Lenny Paradiso, was wrongly blamed for both crimes. The hosts questio

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Ashley FlowersBrit PrawatJoan WebsterMarie IannuzziLeonard Lenny ParadisoTim BurkeDavidRobert BondEveJonah Churgin

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsMissing PersonsTrue CrimeUnsolved MysteriesWrongful Convictions

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