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Wondery Presents: The Generation Why Podcast

Dark House

House Beautiful/Hearst

Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4757 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

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. One of the longest running true crime podcasts out there, Generation Why has a little something for every true crime listener. Follow The Generation Why Podcast on Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app.  Listen here: http://wondery.fm/DH_GenWhy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

For true fans of true crime, the Generation Y podcast is essential listening.

0:06.8

Hosts Aaron and Justin started the podcast in 2012 to dissect some of the craziest and most notable murders, crimes, and conspiracy theories together.

0:15.7

And 10 years later, they're still at it, unraveling the details of a new case each week.

0:21.2

Aaron and Justin take on infamous cases like the evil genius bank robbery, the Zodiac

0:25.9

killer, and the Tylenol murders. And they also cover lesser known cases like the case of Kimberly

0:31.7

Rico, aka the Valentine murder, where Kim takes her husband on a romantic weekend getaway that

0:37.3

includes a murder mystery play,

0:39.4

that she of course uses as a cover to murder him for insurance money.

0:43.8

And actually, we're about to play you a clip of the Generation Y podcast.

0:47.3

While you're listening, follow the Generation Y podcast on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:52.3

Or you can listen early and ad free by joining Wondry Plus on Apple Podcasts or the Wondry app.

1:02.7

Well, tonight we're talking about a mysterious death that happened April 14th,

1:07.8

2022 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

1:15.3

And the mysterious death was of a young man named Johnny Cashman. I say young man because he's younger than me. He was 38. This was in Lynchburg,

1:21.6

Virginia. I've never been there, but looking at photos and talking to people, it looks, Virginia looks beautiful.

1:28.3

And that town is, you know, it's population of around 80,000.

1:33.9

So I think it's a quaint town where you can still have a small town feel and know people around you.

1:40.9

People help each other out.

1:43.7

But like any town, there is crime and other elements

1:47.8

that happen. So really, this case starts off, Justin, because Johnny's mother, Kim, she hadn't

1:55.4

heard from him since that day. So she spoke to him on April 14th, which was in 2022, but then she hadn't heard from him

2:03.0

for a few days. And that worried her because she was used to getting a text from him or a call

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