Whether we want to or not, we create records of our lives everywhere we go. Phone calls, emails, even credit card purchases can be used to pinpoint where we were at a certain time. When we touch a door knob, the oil from our hands leaves fingerprints, and our skin sheds tell tale DNA. If we drive by a security camera, our license plate can be scanned and entered into a database.
But despite all this information we're creating, storing, sorting all of this power that we're giving the government and police, the United States isn't getting better at solving serious crimes like homicide. In fact, we're getting worse. Murders were solved in today. That number has dropped dramatically. One of every three murders goes unsolved. One reporter found those stats on acceptable,
so he built an algorithm. Algorithm Algorithm. This software analysis could accurately find serial killings, but can it help police? Here from My Heart Radio and Tenderfoot TV, this is Algorithm, a podcast investigating a modern serial killer and how he could have been stopped. Algorithm launches June fift Subscribe today on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows,