Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast

Booking Overview

This is a true-crime book club show focused on criminal cases, investigative methods, victims, and the books that examine them, with recurring external interviews featuring true-crime authors, former law-enforcement professionals, and criminal-justice specialists. PR agencies could credibly pitch authors, retired investigators, forensic or cold-case experts, and victim-centered criminal-justice professionals; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need direct case experience, research expertise, or relevant published work.

Metrics

Episodes: 193

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 44.3k subscribers

Instagram: 17.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jill@murdershelfbookclub.com

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Host

Jill - Hosts the Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast and presents true-crime book stories in three parts, with a focus on criminal psychology, accuracy, and respect for victims and families. The episode text a...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published true-crime authors, reporters with firsthand case knowledge, former law-enforcement investigators, FBI personnel, and specialists in forensic or cold-case investigations.

Required Achievements:

Published books about criminal cases or investigative work, Firsthand law-enforcement or investigative experience, Long-form reporting or specialized cold-case research, Articles or other public work on criminal-justice topics

Recent Guest Discussions

Carlos Rodriguez - Child-exploitation Investigations, Undercover Operations, Online Predators, Human Trafficking, Investigative Trauma, And Protecting Endangered Children.

Kathryn Canavan - The 1976 Abt Family Murders, Eyewitness Reporting, Survivors, Community Trauma, Historical Investigative Methods, And Honoring Victims.

Neil Moran - Organized Crime, The Etan Patz Investigation, TWA Flight 800, Long-term Investigative Work, And The Psychological Impact Of High-profile Cases.

Jennifer Bucholtz - Ancestry Database Restrictions, Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Identifying Unknown Remains, Missing-person Investigations, And Cold-case Work.

Recent Topics

True Crime, Criminal Investigations, Cold Cases, Criminal Justice, Victim Advocacy

Episodes

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Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast

Special Ep 182: Protecting children from Predators- RAVEN's Executive Director Jenny Dutton Speaks

September 09, 2026

In this powerful special episode, Jill continues an urgent conversation sparked by EP 180, Carlos Rodriguez's The Ugly Underneath, by sitting down with Jenny Dutton, executive director of Raven. A former Florida prosecutor with decades of experience in special victims, homicide, sex crimes, and technology-facilitated child exploitation, Dutton pulls back the curtain on the fight to protect children in a rapidly changing digital world. Together, Jill and Jenny explain how Raven is working on C...

Ep 181 Pt 1- A Monster in Mt. Pleasant by CJ Williams 'Something has happened"

September 02, 2026

Part 1: Author and Mount Pleasant native CJ Williams transports listeners to the seemingly safe and close-knit town of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in 1978. This was a place known for its unlocked doors, high school sports, family businesses, church gatherings, and neighbors who knew each other by name. However, that sense of security is shattered when the brutal murders of Karol Beavers and her mother, Clementine, upend the entire community. Through Williams's perspective as Karol's classmate, this...

Special Ep 180 The Ugly Underneath by Carlos Rodriquez

August 26, 2026

In this special episode, Jill chats with retired Washington State Patrol Detective Sgt. Carlos Rodriguez, author of The Ugly Underneath: Navigating the Emotional Toll of Investigating Crimes Against Children, for a conversation that goes far beyond the usual true crime case file. Rodriguez pulls back the curtain on the world of child exploitation investigations—where undercover operations, online predators, human trafficking, and the relentless pursuit of offenders collide with the heavy psyc...

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jill@murdershelfbookclub.com

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