Dog Days of Murder

Bonus Episode Dale from ‪@PawWatchLive‬ joins me to talk about the registry and everything he's doing to combat animal abuse and hold abusers accountable. A national registry for animal abusers could change the landscape in this country in how we care for and protect animals. If you had to hire a pet sitter, take your dog to the groomer, or had kittens to rehome, wouldn't you want to kno...

When Wisconsin brothers Nick and Justin Diemel traveled to Missouri in July 2019, they were expecting to settle a business dispute involving their family's cattle operation. Instead, they vanished. Their disappearance launched a complicated investigation involving an abandoned rental truck, a troubled cattle farmer, and a financial arrangement that was far more sinister than anyone initially...

Chris Lambert of Your Own Backyard Stops by Dog Days of Murder! What happens when two podcasters get together to talk about music, murder, and everything in between? A conversation that lasts over an hour! I'm thrilled to welcome Chris Lambert, creator and host of the acclaimed true crime podcast Your Own Backyard , to Dog Days of Murder . We start with a side of Chris that some true crime fa...

In July 2000, a young Florida woman named Misty Morse vanished under circumstances that left investigators searching for answers. As detectives began piecing together her final hours, they encountered conflicting accounts, complicated relationships, and questions that seemed to lead in more than one direction. In the Season 3 premiere of Dog Days of Murder , an unusual piece of evidence would ulti...

Bonus Episode In this special episode of Dog Days of Murder , Paula sits down with Emily Bernie, founder of LIFE Animal Rescue. Emily shares how one pregnant dog changed the course of her life when she was just 17, leading to the creation of LIFE— Living Is For Everyone . They talk about more than three decades of animal rescue, international rescue efforts, the heartbreaking realities rescuers fa...

Hansel's life could have ended before it really began. Seized as a puppy from an alleged dog-fighting operation in Ontario, Hansel became one of a group of pit bulls caught in a years-long fight over whether they could—or should—be saved. But when rescuers were finally given the chance to find out who these dogs really were, Hansel showed them something nobody expected. His second chance woul...

In January 2013, a five-year-old girl disappeared from her Philadelphia elementary school after being released to a woman claiming to be her mother. When the child was found the next morning, she had survived an unimaginable ordeal—and remembered far more than her captor could have expected. Among the details she gave investigators were pieces of a neighborhood, a house she couldn't see…and a...

When police in New Lenox, Illinois, began investigating a man suspected of downloading child sexual abuse material, their search led them to Timothy Mol—and eventually to his home. But investigators didn’t arrive alone. With them was Boone, a three-year-old Labrador with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and a nose trained to find the things people don’t want found. What Boone discovered that day w...

When 22-year-old Raquel Rivera and her boyfriend, Jay Johnson, are murdered inside their South Park home in Seattle, their six-month-old puppy, Chief, is found gravely wounded nearby. Police soon identify suspects, but an unusual piece of evidence raises a question investigators have never faced before: Can the blood of a dog help identify a killer? What follows will put Chief at the center of a g...

When Davenport police begin investigating suspected drug activity at an apartment complex, two K9s—Kurly and Dawn—are called in to put their noses to work. What follows becomes much more complicated than a narcotics investigation. The dogs' work raises a Fourth Amendment question that makes its way through the federal courts, forcing judges to consider where the protections of a home begin wh...

A respected California vice principal appears to have the perfect alibi after his wife, three young children and mother-in-law are found murdered in their Bakersfield home. As detectives begin pulling at loose threads, an unlikely clue emerges from insects crushed into the radiator of a rental car. What follows is one of the most unusual forensic investigations ever presented in a courtroom, provi...

When a former boxer is abducted from his home and brutally murdered, detectives in West Yorkshire are left with a case built almost entirely on circumstantial evidence. Then they discover a few seemingly insignificant dog hairs on the victim's clothing. What follows is a groundbreaking investigation that stretches from England to California and changes forensic science forever. But just when...

 This week on Dog Days of Murder , a 19-year-old woman vanishes on her way to work, leaving behind more questions than answers. Investigators piece together a case using groundbreaking image enhancement, forensic entomology, and an unlikely source of evidence hidden in the trunk of a car. It's the story of Lori Auker—and how some of the smallest clues became impossible to ignore.  Sources Com...

Episode Summary When six-year-old Kinzleigh Reeder vanished from rural Tennessee, hundreds of volunteers, law enforcement officers, helicopters, drones, and search teams spent days combing miles of rugged terrain with no sign of her. As hope began to fade, one decision changed everything. Sources  Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI)   DeKalb County Sheriff's Department   Rutherford County...

In September 1996, 23-year-old Karyn Slover left work expecting an ordinary Friday. She planned to pick up her young son, stop at the mall to shop for a dress, and celebrate a friend's upcoming wedding. She never made it. SOURCES Herald & Review (Decatur, Illinois) – contemporary reporting on Karyn Slover's disappearance, investigation, trial, and appeals. Journal Gazette (Mattoon, I...

Bonus Episode When we think of first responders, we often picture the police officers, firefighters, or paramedics who arrive on scene. But before any of them get there, someone answers the phone. In this special episode of Dog Days of Murder , I'm joined by my friend, Joanne Wilson, a recently retired police dispatcher for a candid conversation about a profession most of us only encounter on...

We have a special guest cohost this week! In 2012, 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith vanished after leaving a friend's home in Oak Park. A devoted father of three, Gavin was the kind of man who always showed up—until one morning he didn't. As investigators searched for answers, years passed with no sign of the missing father. Then, in a remote stretch of California desert, an ordina...

When 25-year-old National Guard veteran Tony "Bubba" Procell disappears from his Louisiana home, investigators quickly focus on a fellow Guardsman and police officer whose obsession had been growing for months. What begins as a missing person investigation soon becomes a desperate search spanning multiple parishes, a high-speed chase, and a tense standoff. But even after a suspect is in...

In December of 1974, Patricia “Annie” Ross was preparing for a night out with friends in the quiet Orange County, California suburb of La Palma. But when she never arrived with the pizza she promised to bring, concern quickly turned into horror. Inside Annie’s apartment, investigators discovered a brutal crime scene, a terrified little dog locked inside a dresser drawer, and a mystery that would h...

Dog Days of Murder — Episode Summary When a duck repeatedly disappeared beneath a trailer in Candler, North Carolina, renters eventually followed it underneath the home to see what kept drawing it there. Hidden beneath the trailer was something investigators had been searching for since 2020: 90-year-old Nellie Sullivan. As detectives worked to unravel Nellie’s disappearance, the investigation wid...

In the early hours of May 31, 2024, a violent collision on England’s A1(M) left two people dead. Investigators believed the driver responsible might walk away without enough evidence… until a rescue police dog named Louie found the one missing thing that changed everything. 🎧 Episode 6 — Source List 📰 Primary News Sources BBC News   “Hero dog found vital evidence in baby crash death” By Jonny Ma...

Episode 5: Found in the Ditch Some mornings begin like any other. Until something shifts. In Rapid River, Michigan, a dog named Peanut refused to settle—and what she led her owner to find in a nearby field would uncover a situation far more serious than anyone expected. This is the story of instinct, intervention, and a moment that changed everything. Sources This episode is based on official law...

Episode Summary In October of 1994, 32-year-old mother of five Shirley Ann Duguay disappeared from her home on Prince Edward Island. What began as a missing person case quickly turned into a homicide investigation when her abandoned car was discovered—covered in blood. As investigators worked to piece together what happened, they uncovered physical evidence that pointed toward a violent attack. Bu...

This is a story of loyalty. A man attacked in his own home on Christmas Eve. And a companion who refused to stay silent. Episode Summary: This episode examines the 2001 murder of Kevin Butler in Dallas, Texas. What began as a dispute over a check escalated into a violent attack inside his home. We follow the investigation as detectives piece together the crime scene — from scattered feathers to a...

It’s a story of movement. A quiet stretch of highway. And a dog who refused to leave. Episode Summary: This episode examines the 2023 murder of Mandy Reynolds in Robinson, Texas. What began with a brush fire on the side of a rural road quickly turned into a multi-state investigation — one that followed a timeline of surveillance footage, cell phone data, and a vehicle moving north along Interstate...