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5 min readTrue Crime Deep Dive ft. Ashley Flowers
Ashley Flowers, host of Crime Junkie, says she was born into true crime, not made. "My mom was a crime junkie, her mom before her," she explains. "So I generational." For Flowers, the obsession started with Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie, then shifted to real cases when she and her co-host Britt were the same age as JonBenét Ramsey. That realization—that something terrible could happen to someone who looked like her—opened a door that never closed.
The Psychology of the Obsession
Flowers distinguishes between two pulls. Solved cases offer education: "We have a saying, crime junkies are not paranoid, we're pro-paranoid." She studies what led up to the crime, what red flags were missed, and how she might protect herself. Unsolved cases tap into something else entirely—the brain's hunger for order where there isn't any. "Our brains love a mystery," she says. "I'm like, if I can get the right case file, if I can talk to the right person, surely I can solve the mystery."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:13) **How Ashley Got Hooked on True Crime** - Ashley explains that crime junkies are born, not made, describing the generational obsession passed from her mother and grandmother.
- 2 (02:22) **Becoming a Parent Changes Your Relationship with True Crime** - Khloé and Ashley discuss how having a daughter shifted their tolerance for certain cases.
- 3 (05:37) **Solved vs. Unsolved: The Two Draws of True Crime** - Ashley breaks down why she's drawn to both types of cases for completely different reasons.
- 4 (06:34) **The JonBenét Ramsey Rabbit Hole** - Both hosts share their obsession with the unsolved case and why they believe the public hasn't been told the whole story.
- 5 (08:15) **Solving Cold Cases Through Season of Justice** - Ashley reveals how her nonprofit has helped solve over 20 cold cases by funding DNA testing.
- 6 (10:14) **The Nick Cordova Case: A Current Deep Dive** - Ashley shares a recent Arizona case she's deeply embedded in, describing the bizarre details.
- 7 (18:48) **Losing Faith in the Justice System** - Ashley explains what truly depresses her about working in true crime content.
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Show Notes
Consider this your official invitation to Conspiracy Corner. This week Khloé sits down with Ashley Flowers, the host of Crime Junkie and the woman who has helped solve over 20 cold cases, and they go full crime junkie for an entire episode. The cases they can't let go of, the theories they both believe, the scam targeting families right now that everyone needs to know about, and one catfishing story so unhinged Ashley bought the rights to it. Buckle up.
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