#056 - On September 13th, 2006, the body of a female victim washed ashore in the upscale city of Newport Beach, California. The victim had 52 stab wounds across her entire body. The knife was found still plunged into one of her eyes. Unable to identify the victim through fingerprints, police looked to the serial number found on her breast implants to make the identification. Police quickly zeroed in on their prime suspect, but as the investigation progressed, the forensic evidence seemed to poin...
Jan 25, 2021•58 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast #055 - Over the course of 48 hours in February 2007, decorated U.S. Astronaut and Navy Officer, Lisa Nowak, destroyed the life she spent 43 years meticulously crafting.Lisa Nowak was accused of driving 900-miles cross country from Texas to Florida to confront a woman, who she saw as her rival. She took with her what many would describe as a “kill kit”. Gloves, a BB-gun, rubber tubing, a knife, and a pair of adult diapers.What caused Lisa Nowak to go from a NASA Astronaut, to a convicted felon? A...
Jan 18, 2021•58 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast #054 - In 2008, 2-year old Caylee Anthony from Orlando, Florida was reported missing by her grandmother, Cindy Anthony. The missing toddler hadn't been seen for 31 days. Her mother, Casey Anthony, claimed her daughter had been kidnapped by the babysitter.Within hours of the missing persons report, Casey Anthony was arrested in her own daughter's disappearance. What happened next turned Case Anthony into America's most hated mom. Support My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to show your s...
Jan 11, 2021•59 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast #053 - In 2014, 12-year old Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were charged with attempted first degree intentional murder. The girls plotted their attack for months. On the day of the attempted murder, Morgan and Anissa lured their friend, Payton Leutner into the Wisconsin woods and stabbed her 19 times with a kitchen knife. Morgan and Anissa said it was "kill or be killed". They claimed they needed to kill their fellow 12-year old in order to please the fictional character Slender Man. Support My ...
Jan 04, 2021•54 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast #052 - Part 2 - The brutal murder of kid beauty pageant contestant, JonBenet Ramsey inside her Boulder, Colorado home on Christmas 1996 sent shock waves felt around the country. Her killer left behind a 3-page ransom letter demanding $118,000. Quickly into the investigation, her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey came under an umbrella of suspicion as possibly being involved in JonBenet's murder. But as the years turned to decades, without an arrest, the murder of JonBenet Ramsey has become one of t...
Dec 28, 2020•48 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast #051 - Part 1 - The brutal murder of kid beauty pageant contestant, JonBenet Ramsey inside her Boulder, Colorado home on Christmas 1996 sent shock waves felt around the country. Her killer left behind a 3-page ransom letter demanding $118,000. Quickly into the investigation, her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey came under an umbrella of suspicion as possibly being involved in JonBenet's murder. But as the years turned to decades, without an arrest, the murder of JonBenet Ramsey has become one of t...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast #050 - On May 29, 2016, eyewitnesses watched as a SUV drove off a 200-foot cliff on the winding Hana Highway on the island of Maui. The SUV was seen accelerating towards the cliff with no signs of breaking.Inside the SUV were two identical twin sisters, Alexandria and Anastasia Duval. The terrible crash left one twin injured and one twin dead.The police believed the crime scene evidence pointed to a botched murder-suicide attempt. Support My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to show your...
Dec 14, 2020•48 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast #049 - On January 26, 2011, 27-year old elementary school teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead inside her locked Philadelphia apartment. She had a total of 20 stab wounds to her chest, stomach, and back of her neck. The initial autopsy ruled her death a homicide until the ruling was reversed a few weeks later to suicide. For over 9 years, the Greenberg's have fought to get their daughter justice and have her manner of death changed back to homicide. Support My Work If you love the show, the ea...
Dec 07, 2020•59 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast #048 - Christian Andreacchio, a 21-year old from Meridian, Mississippi, was found dead inside his apartment from a single gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled a suicide but the circumstances surrounding his death left his family wondering what really happened inside that apartment in February 2014.Was this a tragic suicide? Or was there more to the story?For a complete list of sources used in this episode visit forensictales.comSupport My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to sh...
Nov 30, 2020•51 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast #047 - On Thanksgiving day 2009, four members of the same family were shot and killed by another family member. Following the murders, the shooter evaded police capture for five weeks.What caused the shooter to turn the gun on his very own family?For a complete list of sources used in this episode visit forensictales.comSupport My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a rating with a review. You can also tell your family and friends about Forensic Tales....
Nov 23, 2020•42 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast #046 - Between September and October 1982, seven people throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area were killed after ingesting the over-the-counter painkiller Tylenol. The pills were discovered to have been laced with cyanide. Their deaths sent shock waves throughout the country and forever changed the way we take medicine in the United States. The person behind the Chicago Tylenol murders remains a mystery. For a complete list of sources used in this episode visit forensictales.comSupport...
Nov 16, 2020•45 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast #045 - In November 1978, four employees of a Burger Chef fast food chain in Speedway, Indiana were murdered in cold blood. A poorly investigated crime scene led the murders to become a cold case lasting over 4 decades. Will forensic science be able to finally solve the Burger Chef murders? Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating with a review. You can also tell your family and friends about Forensic Tales. Patreon - If you wou...
Nov 09, 2020•40 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast #044 - In January 2013, 17-year old high school student Kendrick Johnson didn't return home from school. The following morning, his parents learned that their son missed class the day before. Something that was completely out of character for the student.Nearly 21 hours after Kendrick Johnson was last seen, a couple students made a shocking discovery inside the high school's gym. A discovery that would leave everyone wondering... What happened to Kendrick Johnson?Support My WorkIf you love the s...
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast #043 - For three weeks in October 2002, the areas of Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia were terrorized by a series of coordinated shootings. Innocent people were being gunned down at gas stations, bus stops, and while just walking down the street. At the end of the rampage, 17 people would be murdered and 10 people would be seriously injured. The killers became known in the media as the D.C. Snipers, and their attacks would forever be remembered as the Beltway Sniper Attacks. Support My Wo...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast #042 - A 24-year old Washington D.C. intern and graduate student, who has hopes and dreams of working for the FBI, suddenly vanishes. Disappears from her apartment, leaving behind her ID, purse, cell phone, and dirty dishes in the sink. The investigation into her disappearance would uncover a romantic affair involving a well-respected U.S. Congressman. A Congressman, who was married and almost 3 decades her senior. It would take investigators over a year before they had any solid answers in the ...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast #041 - On April 1st, 2014, Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers from the Netherlands went missing while hiking a trail in Panama. Their remains were discovered months later after an international manhunt didn’t turn up any leads. Without a proper cause of death, was this a tragic hiking accident, or did the girls become victims of foul play?Support My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating with a review. You can also tell your family and frien...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast #040 - A 16-year old high school student from Washington is savagely raped and brutally murdered just yards away from her classmates.With dozens of potential eyewitnesses, and 2 boys who saw the suspect, it seemed like it was an open and shut case.But it would take investigators almost 3 decades before they had a potential suspect in the murder. Was a killer about to get away with the perfect murder, or could the advancements in genetic genealogy crack a cold case? Support My WorkIf you love the...
Oct 05, 2020•38 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast #039 - A 34-year old wife and mother of 2 young children is kidnapped in Redding, California while out for a jog. Her cell phone and headphones are discovered less than a mile from her house, with a clump of her long blonde hair. Her disappearance was dubbed as the kidnapping of ‘Super Mom”. A beautiful woman simply vanished. After 22 long days, Sherri Papini, Super Mom, was discovered on Thanksgiving morning wandering near a California Freeway. Her nose was broken, she was covered in bruises, h...
Sep 28, 2020•40 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast #038 - On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, carrying 38 passengers and 5 crew members, departed from Los Angeles for what should have been a short flight to San Francisco. Moments after reaching the standard cruising altitude of 22,000 feet, the pilots inside the aircraft signaled distress, telling air traffic controllers that shots had been fired. The airplane was sent falling down to the ground almost breaking the speed of sound. All 43 people on board Flight 1771 were ...
Sep 21, 2020•54 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast #037 - In June 2017, a young Chinese scholar, Yingying Zhang, was abducted in broad daylight while she waited at a bus stop near the University of Illinois campus. The entire encounter was caught on nearby surveillance cameras.With no body, could forensic science and good old fashioned detective work put a wannabe serial killer behind bars?Support My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating with a review. You can also tell your family and ...
Sep 14, 2020•54 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast #036 - In the summer of 1977, over 140 young girls attended Girl Scout Camp in the remote woods of Oklahoma. Lori Farmer, Michelle Guse, and Denise Milner were among the girls who attended camp that summer.On the morning of June 13,1977, only the second day of the 2-week long camp, the bodies of 3 young girls were discovered brutally murdered, sexually assaulted, and stuffed inside their sleeping bags. The murders left everyone wondering what kind of person could do something so terrible to girl...
Sep 07, 2020•46 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast #035 - In November 2006, assistant truck driver and 2-time felon, Abraham Shakespeare turned $2 into over $30 million by winning a Mega Millions Jackpot. The money didn’t just have a profound impact on his life, and the lives of his family and friends. But, did becoming a Mega Millions jackpot winner also cost him his life? Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating with a review. You can also tell your family and friends about F...
Aug 31, 2020•36 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast #034 - During the early 2000’s, Mexico City was terrorized by a serial killer targeting elderly, single women. From 2002 until 2006, almost 50 elderly women had been brutally murdered inside their very own homes.But, what was even more terrifying than a serial killer on the loose, was that police started to suspect that the killer they were hunting, was a female herself. Support My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating with a review. Yo...
Aug 24, 2020•41 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast #033 - In January 1969, 23-year old Harvard graduate student, Jane Britton failed to show up to take an important exam. Her boyfriend and friends were immediately alarmed because this was completely out of character for the high performing student.Jane's body was discovered later that afternoon. She had been brutally raped and savagely beaten to death inside her own Boston apartment, just blocks away from campus.It would take almost 5 decades, 50 long years, for advancements in DNA testing to fi...
Aug 17, 2020•52 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast #032 - In 2005, 18-year old Noura Jackson was arrested and charged with stabbing her mother, Jennifer Jackson, over 50 times. Jennifer was found inside her Memphis, Tennessee home brutally murdered. Although there was no forensic evidence linking Noura to her mother's murder, she did have a large cut on her hand on the night of the murder. Is Noura Jackson a wrongfully accused teenager, charged with killing her own mother? Or is she a cold, blooded killer, guilty of committing one of the most he...
Aug 10, 2020•55 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast #031 - On April 5, 2015, experienced free-fall instructor Victoria Cilliers, was set to complete her 2,650th jump. The jump was a gift from her husband, Emile, to celebrate the birth of their 2nd child. At 4,000 feet, both her main chute and reserve failed. Sending her falling to the ground over 100 miles per hour, without a working parachute. Miraculously, she survived. Was this some freak accident? Or was there someone behind the cut wires of her parachute? Support My WorkIf you love the show,...
Aug 03, 2020•49 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast #030 - In 2020 there are only 53 women on Death Row in the United States. Darlie Routier from Rowlett, Texas is one of those women.In 1997, she was convicted of murdering her 2 sons, Devon and Damon and sentenced to death. Devon and Damon were stabbed to death with a kitchen knife while Darlie sustained stab wounds on her arms and across her throat.Darlie said it was an intruder who broke into the house, killed her boys and stabbed her. But, the prosecution said she's a stone-cold killer. Suppor...
Jul 27, 2020•57 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast #029 - September 11, 2001 is a day all Americans will forever remember. But the 9/11 terrorist attacks weren't the only thing that happened. While the world watched the World Trade Center buildings crumble to pieces, the family of missing 31-year old Sneha Philip were busy searching for her. The missing doctor hadn't been seen or heard from since the day before the attacks, September 10, 2001. Was she one of the thousands of victims to lose their lives that day? Or as Sneha watched the towers fa...
Jul 20, 2020•42 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast #028 - Oscar Pistorius, also known as "Blade Runner", is a South African former professional sprinter who competed in 3 Paralympic Games and the 2012 Olympics as a double amputee. He was celebrated as the first amputee runner to ever compete at an Olympics Games. But, blade runner won’t just be remembered for his athletic achievements. He will also be remembered as a murderer.In 2015, he was found guilty for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentines Day 2013. He claimed he thought i...
Jul 13, 2020•53 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast #027 - The man simply known as B.T.K, Bind Torture and Kill, has become known as one of America’s most notorious serial killers. From 1974 until 1991, BTK was responsible for murdering 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas metro area. Including 4 members of the same family. After selecting and killing his victims, he taunted the police by sending letters and poems, detailing the events of the murders. After remaining silent for nearly a decade, BTK resurfaced again in 2004, and this time, he wanted t...
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast 
