Criminally Curious

In July 1992, the Army declared Specialist Chad Langford’s death a suicide. For the public, that sounded like the end. For his father, Jim Langford, it was the beginning. In Part III of our deep dive into A Death on Redstone Arsenal , we examine what happened after the headlines said “case closed.” A second Army process — a Line of Duty investigation — quietly raised questions about the suicide ru...

In Part II of A Death on Redstone Arsenal , the Army’s initial investigation moves into its most critical phase. As CID agents continue their work beyond the first days after Specialist Fourth Class Chad Langford’s death, the picture becomes more complicated—not clearer. Additional interviews begin to fracture the image of who Langford was in the weeks leading up to March 12, 1992. Stories collide...

In March 1992, Specialist Fourth Class Chad Langford, a 20-year-old Military Police officer, was found dead beside his patrol car on a remote stretch of road inside Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The Army would later rule his death a suicide. His father would never accept that conclusion. In Part I of this investigation, Criminally Curious examines who Chad Langford was and the military...

In Echoes Across Charlottesville , DNA linked crimes years before investigators could identify the person responsible. What was missing wasn’t evidence—it was a tool. That tool is Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) . In this special episode of Criminally Curious , host Michael Fleming sits down with Katie Thomas , co-founder and president of Moxxy Forensics , to explore how IGG works, where its...

In September 2014, the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham shook Charlottesville—and reopened wounds that had never fully healed. Five years earlier, Morgan Harrington vanished after a concert just blocks away. At the time, the cases seemed separate. They were not. In this premiere episode of Criminally Curious , host Michael Fleming examines how a single predator operate...