657 // Criminalizing Survival w/ Justine van der Leun
27/05/2026 | 42min
Welcome back to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, the great journalist and writer, Justine van der Leun. Justine has written a new book, Unreasonable Women: Three Stories of Violence, Imprisonment and Extraordinary Survival. It is the story of women and violence in America, a wake-up call about a broken system, and the moving narrative of three women who find hope and humanity in the unlikeliest of places.
The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound.
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656 // The Cult of Natureboy w/ Survivor Jenaé Newell & Director Ben Zand
24/05/2026 | 1h 4min
In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with survivor Jenaé Newell and director Ben Zand about their riveting new docuseries, The Cult of Natureboy.
"The Cult of NatureBoy" is a new docuseries examining the dark reality behind online spiritual leader Eligio "NatureBoy" Bishop and his community, Carbon Nation. Promising a liberated "black utopia" through raw living, Bishop lured followers into a manipulative, abusive, and violent sex cult that ended with his life imprisonment.
This episode was previously published on Missing on May 21st, 2026.
Check out it: https://www.hulu.com/series/ce23eaed-d60d-472f-aa32-294619e7f438.
Check out Jenaé Newell's book: https://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Learned-Wisdom-Granted-Divine/dp/B0CVF35Q12.
Zandland: https://www.zand.land/.
Check out Quince: https://quince.com/MISSING.
Check out Mint Mobile: mintmobile.com/missing.
Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at https://incompetech.com/. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at http://williamsflutes.com.
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655 // The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright w/ Casey Sherman
20/05/2026 | 43min
Welcome back to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna are joined again by good friend of the show, Mr. Casey Sherman. Casey sits down to discuss his 20th book, The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright. Casey recounts the horrific murder of Frank Lloyd Wright’s lover, “Mamah” Borthwick in this fascinating work of true crime.
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The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound.
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654 // From Missing - Frederick Valentich - UFO Mystery?
17/05/2026 | 1h 10min
In this new episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna tap into the well of their other show, Missing to bring the fascinating discussing about the mysterious vanishing of Frederick Valentich over the skies of Australia on October 21st, 1978 to their Crawlspace listeners.
In 1978, 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich vanished over Australia’s Bass Strait after radioing that a strange, metallic craft with a green light was hovering above him and was "not an aircraft." His final transmission concluded with 17 seconds of an unidentified metallic scraping sound, after which he and his plane disappeared completely. Despite massive search efforts, no wreckage, oil slicks, or debris were ever found, leaving the case as one of history's most haunting and debated aviation mysteries.
The information discussed is based on official Australian government records, contemporary news reports, and investigative analyses.
Check out Quince: https://quince.com/MISSING.
Check out Mint Mobile: mintmobile.com/missing.
Sources:
Australian Broadcast Company’s podcast episode: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-history-listen/valentich-mystery/10980258.
National Archives of Australia (Official File V116/783/1047): https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=10491375.
The Black Vault (Consolidated Declassified Documents): https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/the-frederick-valentich-disappearance-october-21-1978/.
Skeptical Inquirer (Detailed Scientific Analysis by McGaha & Nickell): https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/11/the-valentich-disappearance-another-ufo-myth/.
National Archives of Australia (UFO Policy & Reports): https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/defence-and-war/unidentified-flying-objects-ufos.
RAAF Unidentified Aerial Sightings (UAS) Reports: National Archives of Australia (Series A9755): https://www.naa.gov.au/blog/flying-saucers-fact-or-fiction.
Internet Archive (OCR/Text Version): https://archive.org/stream/AustralianUFOFiles/B1497_V116-783-1047_10491375_djvu.txt.Unsolved Mysteries: https://unsolved.com/gallery/ufo-disappearance/.
Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at https://incompetech.com/. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at http://williamsflutes.com.
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653 // Stories of the Betrayed w/ Andrea Gunning
13/05/2026 | 39min
Welcome back to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined for the first time by new friend of the show, Andrea Gunning. Andrea Gunning is Glass Entertainment Group’s Head of Podcast Development and Production and is the host and is the heart and soul of the Betrayal universe.
The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound.
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Crawlspace is where crime meets culture.
We host interesting conversations about unsolved murders, serial killers, cold cases and paranormal activity. We go beyond entertainment as we dig deeper to tell stories of crimes, vanished people, and injustices. Our guests include survivors, authors, journalists, podcasters, advocates, and educators.
Starting in 2017 with a deep dive into the disappearance of Brianna Maitland, Crawlspace is hosted by Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna of the Missing Maura Murray and Missing podcasts.
Frequent topics include unsolved murders like the JonBenét Ramsey case, wrongful convictions like John Giuca, serial killers like the Zodiac killer, Christopher Wilder, and Jeffrey Dahmer. We speak with experts in criminal psychology like Dr Michelle Ward, survivors like Jane Boroski, and even Satanist Lucien Greaves. But we also have a lighter side where we discuss ghosts and paranormal activity, weird cryptids like Bigfoot and Mothman, and fun mysteries like the dolls found in a Michigan couple’s mailbox.
Authors like Jon Ronson, Rabia Chaudry, and Daniel Stone have joined us and we’ve even spoken with familiar names in comedy and entertainment like Melissa Rivers, Patrick Hinds, and Dave Holmes.
Crawlspace is a Crawlspace Media production.