Borderline

About Borderline

In 1985, in Texas, Jayson Woodward stepped outside of her home and was abducted, raped, and held hostage, until she managed to escape her assailant. He was captured on the border between the United States and Mexico. Three unknown armed men would later kidnap Jayson's rapist from a Mexican jail, and bring him back to Texas, where he was found in a park, in his underwear, by Texas law enforcement. An incredible true crime story of a terrible crime that became an international incident, as well as a remarkable portrait of courage and an unexpected spiritual awakening, as Jayson went through it all and came out the other side. Hosted by Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds).

Publisher

Voyage Media

Category

history · society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jan 2022

Latest episode

25 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 21 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   25 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Sneak Peek - Episode 1 of Murdered by Mistake

   Here's a sneak peek of the first episode of Murdered by Mistake. Look for Murdered by Mistake, from Voyage Media, anywhere you get your podcasts. Jill Houston's neighbor Pearl died tragically, in what the police ruled an accident, but Jill has spent decades trying to prove was a murder. Did men looking for Jill's home go into the wrong house? Was a fire set to cover their crime? This true crime miniseries presents the facts from both sides, and leaves it up to you, the listener, to decide. All episodes of Murdered by Mistake are available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   25 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Murdered by Mistake - New True Crime Miniseries From Voyage Media

   Jill Houston's neighbor Pearl died tragically, in what the police ruled an accident, but Jill has spent decades trying to prove was a murder. Did men looking for Jill's home go into the wrong house? Was a fire set to cover their crime? This true crime miniseries presents the facts from both sides, and leaves it up to you, the listener, to decide. All episodes of Murdered by Mistake are available now, anywhere you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3. 

   18 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   My Best Friend's Killer - New Long-Form True Crime Miniseries

   This episode explores the tragic story of Lynn's murder-suicide in suburban Utah, examining the factors that led to the demise of a seemingly perfect romance through the eyes of her best friends.

Inside a recent episode

Sneak Peek - Episode 1 of Murdered by Mistake

Published 25 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So, And unlike so many other ways to commit crime, there's always an elusive mystery to fire. I can tell you that every death in a fire, you can make it seem suspicious because fire does what it's going to do. There's so many components, oxygen and, you know, what kind of things were the kindling for the fire and all those sorts of things. So fire deaths... They're very tricky. It's not like you can ever say 100%, unless you have a video of videoing someone, you know, when the fire occurs and them going down, you're always going to have people say, well, there's a chance that someone else started this fire. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

482 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

309 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

95

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