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The Toll

The Toll

Written by: Nancy Simpson
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 The Toll focuses on the effects a violent crime or traumatic event has on a family and community. Season 1 focuses on a cold case from Springfield, Missouri; the 1975 murder of 9-year-old Shirley Jane Rose. Our host, award winning journalist Nancy Simpson, interviews investigators and family members, taking the listener on a journey of what ends up being not just one, but many tragedies intertwined.Nancy Simpson True Crime
Episodes
  • Bonus Episode, Play the Part: Season 2, Poison Control

    Bonus Episode, Play the Part: Season 2, Poison Control
    Aug 27 2025

    Jeanette shares, in her own voice, the mental anguish and bouts with self doubt she had leading up to and after the discovery that maybe her mom, Jeanne, was hurting family members.

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    17 mins
  • Bonus Episode, Trust Issues: Season 2, Poison Control

    Bonus Episode, Trust Issues: Season 2, Poison Control
    Jul 22 2025

    Nancy Simpson, with special guest Emily Wilson, dives into poison cases that ring a little too familiar.

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    28 mins
  • Bonus Ep 4, Thought Trees: Season 2, Poison Control

    Bonus Ep 4, Thought Trees: Season 2, Poison Control
    May 25 2025

    Jeanette was well known for her "thought trees" in college. Later though, she'll use this same tool of reasoning in the fight for her life.

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    3 mins
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