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While 911 Listened: The Story of Deanna Cook A Daughter, A Mother, A Sister Deanna Cook was more than a headline. She was a loving mother of two daughters, a devoted daughter herself, and a sister remembered for her bright smile and laughter. At 32 years old, she was doing everything she could to create […]
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Frozen in Time: Michelle Martinko’s Case On a frigid December night in 1979, a crime in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, would haunt the community for decades. Eighteen-year-old Michelle Martinko — bright, stylish, and full of promise — left her home to shop for a winter coat at the newly opened Westdale Mall. She never came home.
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Honoring the Idaho Four — A Respectful Look at Our Deep-Dive Episode Why We Delayed Covering This Case By now, most of us have heard a chilling version of this story. Four college students killed in their sleep. A quiet town turned terror-stricken. A suspect arrested weeks later. Why did we wait to cover it?
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The Death of Tamla Horsford: Accident of Answerless? A Night That Raised More Questions Than Answers On a chilly November morning in 2018, what should have been an ordinary Sunday in Cumming, Georgia turned into a scene that friends, family, and an entire online community would never forget. Forty-year-old Tamla Horsford — a vibrant wife,
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Durst Things First: Murder, Lies, and Candy Aisles The complete story behind the bizarre and bone-chilling life of Robert Durst—covered in our two-part Crime Clueless episode: “Durst Things First: Murder, Lies, and Candy Aisles.” What do you get when you cross a New York real estate empire, a dismembered body in Texas, a loyal best
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Who Killed Ellen Greenberg? A beloved teacher. A snowy night. Twenty stab wounds. And a ruling that defies logic. On January 26, 2011, a blizzard swept through Philadelphia, blanketing the city in snow. Schools closed early. Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year-old first-grade teacher, left work around 1:30 PM and headed home to the apartment she shared
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“Jury of Her Peers” — A Conversation with the Cast & Creators of the New Film Rediscovering A Jury of Her Peers: Why a Century-Old Case Still Resonates Today In the middle of a cold Iowa night in 1900, farmer John Hossack was murdered in his sleep—an axe blow to the head, with his wife
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The Psychology of an Alibi: How Liars Cover Their Tracks Behind Every Killer’s Lie Is a Story Waiting to Collapse It usually starts with a question.“Where were you that night?” It’s a simple ask, really. But for someone hiding a dark secret, it’s the start of a high-stakes improv show—and one misstep could unravel everything.
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The Axeman of New Orleans: A Jazz-Age Nightmare Blood in the Bayou: The Jazz-Loving Killer Who Terrorized New Orleans What happens when jazz becomes a lifeline—and silence becomes a death sentence? In the spring of 1919, the people of New Orleans were given an ultimatum. A killer, who had already brutally attacked multiple families with
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One Night in Vermont: The Vanishing of Brianna Maitland The Disappearance of Brianna Maitland Published by Crime Clueless Podcast The car was still running.The lights were on.Her uncashed paycheck was in the passenger seat.And the whole thing?Was backed into an abandoned barn like a scene from a horror movie. But this wasn’t fiction. This was
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