MURDERISH Creators & Guests

Jami Rice is host of the MURDERISH podcast.

Christie Wallace is a comedian and co-host of Sinisterhood.

Terra Newell is known for her part in Dirty John.

Matthew Shaer is the author of Among Righteous Men and writer for The Times Magazine. He also hosted the first season of Over My Dead Body Podcast.

Amy Shlosberg, Ph.D , Amy received her PhD and Masters from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She teaches at Fairleigh Dickinson University and college-credited courses to inmates in prisons where she teaches courses on Wrongful Conviction, Offender Reentry and Reintegration, Race and Crime, Penology, Comparative Justice Systems, and Research Methods. Her primary research focuses on miscarriages of justice, and issues surrounding reentry, with an emphasis on justice reform.

Meghan Sacks, Ph.D, a former US Probation Officer in New York City then left to earn her PhD from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Now part of the Criminology department at Fairleigh Dickinson University, she teaches classes on Women and Crime, Serial Killers, and Crime Policy at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her research interests include bail reform, plea bargaining, sentencing policy and corrections. She has published her work in several journal articles and periodicals, co-authored two books and contributed to several more.

Jess Weiner is an educator, advocate, activist, storyteller, consultant, philanthropist, and founder and CEO of Talk to Jess.

Heather McKinney is an attorney, writer, and co-host of Sisterhood.