Episode 3: The Springfield Three

Precision and Instinct is a true crime debate show. Every episode, Eli argues the hard evidence. Simone argues the pattern. Neither one wins — you decide.

Episode Notes

June 6th, 1992. Two friends come home from graduation parties to spend the night at a mother's house in Springfield, Missouri — the safe option, the responsible choice. By morning, all three women are gone. Cars still in the driveway. Purses, keys, shoes all left behind. The only thing broken in the entire house is the porch light.

Over thirty years later, there's still no body, no arrest, and one prime suspect who told a reporter from prison that he knew where they were buried — then called the question "frivolous" when asked directly if he did it. Eli says over five thousand tips and decades of searches have never produced a single piece of physical evidence. Simone says a two-dollar broken porch light might be the most important clue in the whole case.

A note before you press play: this episode covers a real, still-unsolved disappearance. We approach it with the same care we'd want if it were someone we knew.

You'll find the source list here: https://verbeditorial.github.io/precision-and-instinct-notes/episodes/03-the-springfield-three.html

The hosts' voices in this episode are AI-generated. All research, writing, and production are done by a human team.