Catherine Townsend is a true crime journalist, author and licensed private investigator. She is a regular contributor to Investigation Discovery's CrimeFeed website, and her work has appeared in publications including The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Elle, New York, GQ, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, The Independent, the Daily Mail and The Huffington Post. Catherine is the host of the hit podcast Hell and Gone, which takes readers into a real-time cold case murder investigation in the Arkansas Ozarks. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Politics from New York University and an M.A. in International Journalism from City University in London.