True Crime

Case Files Explained

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Thorough, respectful case analyses — the evidence, the investigation, the outcome — without sensationalism.

55 Episodes

Episode Date Duration
The Wildlife Sedative: Suzanne Morphew, BAM, and the Trial Still to Come May 18, 2026 9 min The Death Cap Lunch: Erin Patterson’s Appeals and the Evidence the Jury Heard May 16, 2026 9 min Apartment 603: Ellen Greenberg and the Fight Over Manner of Death May 16, 2026 9 min Who Killed Roxanne Sharp?: The Podcast Tipline That Reopened a 1982 Louisiana Case May 14, 2026 11 min The Baby in the High Chair: 34 Years to Find a Mother's Killer May 10, 2026 10 min The Prophetess and the Missing: Inside the Murder Investigation of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies May 7, 2026 12 min The Lake Lewisville Murder: How a Witness, a .38 Revolver, and a Changed Beneficiary Form Solved a 24-Year Cold Case May 6, 2026 12 min The Backpacker Inquiry: Australia Reopens 50 Cases Potentially Linked to Ivan Milat May 5, 2026 12 min The ATV Path Execution: Issiah Ross, a Self-Defense Claim, and the Jury That Couldn't Agree on a 14-Year-Old's Murder Apr 30, 2026 10 min The Clancy Case: Postpartum Psychosis, 13 Medications, and the Insanity Defense Apr 29, 2026 12 min The Moscow Mule Murder: How Digital Evidence Unraveled Kouri Richins' Perfect Crime Apr 28, 2026 10 min The DNA Revolution: How States Are Deploying Genetic Genealogy to Clear Cold Case Backlogs Apr 27, 2026 12 min The Prince of Scams: Inside the Takedown of Cambodia's Billion-Dollar Fraud Empire Apr 26, 2026 11 min Overboard: The Suspicious Disappearance of Lynette Hooker Apr 23, 2026 11 min The Manifesto in the Backpack: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder That Divided America Apr 22, 2026 10 min The Barbie Delivery: A FedEx Driver, a 7-Year-Old, and a Christmas Package Apr 19, 2026 12 min Two Murders, One Killer, Zero Justice: The Francis Schooley Cold Case Breakthrough Apr 18, 2026 11 min 51 Years of Silence: How DNA Finally Confirmed Ted Bundy Killed Laura Ann Aime Apr 16, 2026 11 min The Fentanyl Widow: Inside the Kouri Richins Trial and the Digital Trail That Convicted Her Apr 15, 2026 10 min A Son's Promise: How Trey Robinson Became a Cop to Solve His Mother's Murder Apr 14, 2026 10 min The Gilgo Beach Confession: Rex Heuermann Admits to Eight Murders Apr 11, 2026 12 min The Texas Killing Fields: 41 Years of Silence Broken Apr 10, 2026 10 min The Spell That Didn't Work: Larry Millete and the Disappearance of Maya Millete Apr 8, 2026 11 min The Uvalde Verdict: When Following Orders Isn't a Defense Apr 3, 2026 13 min The Badass Detective: One Cop's Crusade to Speak for the Dead Apr 2, 2026 12 min The Waldman Case: A Son's Discovery and 52 Years of Silence Apr 1, 2026 13 min The Moscow Mule Murder: How Kouri Richins Poisoned Her Husband and Wrote a Children's Book About Grief Mar 31, 2026 10 min The Gilgo Beach Reckoning: Rex Heuermann's Expected Guilty Plea Mar 30, 2026 12 min The Badge and the Backlog: How 11,000 Abandoned Rape Kits Exposed a Detroit Police Sergeant's Double Life Mar 29, 2026 11 min The Trail of Robert Brashers: Connecting a Serial Killer's Victims Across Seven States Mar 28, 2026 13 min The Search for Nancy Guthrie: Inside the FBI's Ongoing Investigation Mar 27, 2026 12 min Indiana's Genetic Genealogy Unit: Cold Cases Are Falling One by One Mar 25, 2026 13 min The Daughter's Ex-Boyfriend: How a Discarded Water Bottle Cracked a 23-Year Cold Case Mar 24, 2026 11 min 34 Years in the River: How Othram Identified Allan Keener and Closed Allegheny County's Oldest Cold Case Mar 24, 2026 9 min Spell Casters and Silence: The Maya Millete Murder Trial Mar 22, 2026 9 min 52 Years Missing: A Brother's Recognition Ends Dallas's Longest Cold Case Mar 21, 2026 11 min The Duxbury Tragedy: Lindsay Clancy, Postpartum Psychosis, and the Question of Criminal Responsibility Mar 20, 2026 11 min The Skelton Brothers: Murder Charges 15 Years After Three Boys Vanished Mar 19, 2026 10 min Forty-One Years: The Exoneration of Edward Wright and the Hidden Break-In Mar 17, 2026 12 min The 'Badass Detective': How One Investigator Solved Seven Cold Cases in His Spare Time Mar 16, 2026 10 min The Au Pair Affair: Inside the Banfield Double Murder Conspiracy Mar 12, 2026 10 min The Chameleon Killer Unmasked: How DNA Finally Identified All Four Bear Brook Victims Mar 11, 2026 10 min Eighteen Alibi Witnesses Weren't Enough: Scott Minton and the Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction Mar 10, 2026 11 min The Moscow Cocktail: Kouri Richins and the Valentine's Day Poisoning Mar 6, 2026 13 min The Karen Read Verdict: When Reasonable Doubt Meets a Divided Town Mar 4, 2026 9 min The Yogurt Shop Four: 34 Years, Four Wrongful Arrests, and a Serial Killer's Trail Mar 4, 2026 12 min The Catfish Murder: How Brendan Banfield Used a Fetish Website to Frame a Stranger for His Wife's Murder Mar 3, 2026 11 min Murder at the U: The 18-Year Hunt for Bryan Pata's Killer Feb 18, 2026 14 min The Phoenix Killer: Eight Murders in Three Weeks Feb 8, 2026 14 min The Valentine's Day Sandwich: The Kouri Richins Fentanyl Murder Trial Feb 8, 2026 12 min 38 Years in the Wrong Cell: How DNA Cleared Peter Sullivan of a Murder He Didn't Commit Feb 7, 2026 12 min Murder for Hire in Jacksonville: The Jared Bridegan Case Feb 7, 2026 14 min The Gilgo Beach Trial: Can Cutting-Edge DNA Science Convict a Suspected Serial Killer? Feb 7, 2026 15 min The Bear Brook Barrels: Four Decades to Name the Dead Feb 6, 2026 16 min 27 Years on Death Row for a Crime That Never Happened: The Jimmie Duncan Case Feb 5, 2026 16 min