Cold Cases

Imagine knowing who a serial killer is for years but not having enough evidence to prove it. This is what happened to police in Sydney, Australia. During the 1980s, Leonard Warwick was angry when he lost custody of his daughter after his divorce, so he targeted employees of the family court system. And the only way to stop the violence was for his ex-wife to surrender custody. Today, Carter is joi...

Fifteen-year-old Sharmini Anandavel left her home on a June morning in 1999 to start her first day at a new job. When she wasn’t home by dark, her parents called the police. Months would go by before they heard any news. And when they did, it was the worst news possible.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In February 1959, nine people disappeared while hiking through the Ural Mountains. When a search team reached the campsite, the tents still had clothes inside, and footprints showed the hikers moved away from the camp in a single file line. Their bodies were found over the next few months, but with no evidence as to what happened. This week, Carter is joined by Sarah Turney from Disappearances for...

In February 1991, 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton disappeared on her way home from her older sister's house. With few leads to go on, the case runs cold, until 15 years later when a brutal murder presents a suspect who may have been connected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the story of a legendary figure of the Wild West… The man widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger… Who was born into slavery — and became one of America’s most revered lawmen. His name was Bass Reeves. Follow Solved Murders to catch the four-part miniseries, Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty. Listen free, only on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

October 9th, 1995, Amtrak's 12-car Sunset Limited train was powering through the Arizona desert with 258 passengers on board when it suddenly separated from the tracks. The horrible derailment left one person dead and dozens of passengers injured and stranded in the desert. But it wasn't an accident. And more than 25 years later, investigators still have no leads. Learn more about your ad choices....

After two teenage girls were murdered in their tiny English village, lead detective David Baker looks to Dr. Alec Jeffreys for help. Less than a dozen miles away from the crime scene, Jeffreys has been studying the human genome and developed a new technology called "DNA fingerprinting." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The body of Joe Grozelle was found 22 days after he first disappeared from Canada's Royal Military College. But the school's response to his death and the medical examiner's autopsy report left the Grozelle family with more questions than answers. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. You'll be hearing from our host Vanessa, joined by Haesue Jo, Licensed Therapist & Head of Clinical Operations...

In 2003, four employees of the Superbike Motorsports dealership were gunned down in cold blood. Investigators cleared a handful of suspects, leaving the case cold. Thirteen years later, authorities pursuing a different missing persons case made a startling discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carter introduces Partners in Crime, a podcast devoted to uncovering the strangest, most bizarre true crime cases, hosted by real-life partners Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling. Listen to their episode on “The Lover in the Attic” about a 1920s murder in LA, then head to Partners in Crime to see what else this duo’s cracked open.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the attacks on September 11th, 2001, five people died from Anthrax poisoning after exposure through mailed letters. The FBI spent years trying to determine if they were random events or if it was bioterrorism. Finally, in 2010, they had an answer. But by 2011, their conclusion was already in doubt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the woods of Kentucky, a young woman’s body is found wrapped in tent material. Police determine her age and cause of death, but without a name, their investigation stalls out. Two decades later, a similar story unfolds in a Florida swamp. Who were these women? An unexpected champion for unidentified victims emerges to help police find answers. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. You'll be...

After an 88-year-old woman is found murdered in her own home, police follow a trail of clues to an unlikely suspect — someone who finds themselves at the center of more than one terrible crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A cache of pornographic photos in a stolen truck is the key to unlocking more than one cold case. And at the center of a span of terrible crimes is a twisted man who skips town as easily as he swaps identities. For police, it will take decades to unravel the horror wrought by Franklin Delano Floyd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the spring of 1986, Cindy Zarzycki is 13 years old and, in so many ways, she’s a typical teen: She loves music, plays softball, and has a crush on a guy named Scott. But when she takes off one weekend to go see him, she never returns home. Discounted as a runaway, police sit on her case for years before realizing — they’d gotten it all wrong. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. You'll be h...

When two young girls are found dead in Brighton, England, a local man does everything he can to avoid suspicion. Four years later, a young girl stumbles naked out of the woods north of Brighton, and police have to ask: Is history repeating itself? And if they can’t secure a conviction, will their prime suspect walk free… again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the summer of 1977, two college roommates are brutally attacked at an Oregon campsite. Fifteen years later, one of them decides to crack open her own cold case in search of answers — and finds that more than two lives were changed that night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carter introduces Spotify’s latest true crime podcast, delving into the case of Kevin Keith. Listen to an exclusive clip from the first episode right here, then head to The System to finish the episode and hear more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1964, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore’s bodies are found in the Mississippi River while authorities are looking for victims of another crime: the Mississippi Burning case. For much of history, Henry and Charles’s story was a footnote to the Mississippi Burning. Forty years later, Charles’s brother Thomas and a Canadian journalist work to change that. Learn more about your ad choices....

In the winter of 1978, a group of friends catches a college basketball game about an hour north of where they live. The game ends, but none of the five men return home. What happens to them next is a complicated mystery that haunts the Sierra Nevadas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The last time Telisa Coggins sees her brother alive, he’s walking out of a nightclub in Griffin, Georgia. Tim’s body is later found under an oak tree, mutilated almost beyond recognition. But just as police begin uncovering solid leads, the investigation grounds to a halt. Decades later, a new investigator will start asking: Why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Halloween 1979, a woman is found dead on the side of a highway in Texas. The only clothing she’s wearing is a pair of orange socks. A year later, her case is running cold — and another woman has been found dead off another Texas highway. Two murders, one year apart. What happened to these women? How did they meet such grisly ends? And, most importantly — who are they? Learn more about your ad c...

In 1991 a man was found dead in the trunk of his car. He’d been brutally slain, and despite obvious foul play, leads were hard to come by — until his name began popping up in another investigation. One that was unraveling the threads of an art heist unlike anything the world had ever seen before.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No one could write a narcocorrido like Chalino Sánchez. His ballads about Mexico’s anti-heroes made him famous. His murder made him legendary. Thirty years ago, he played his final concert in his hometown: Sinaloa, Mexico. He was found dead the next day — whether at the hands of a cartel hitman, or someone from his past seeking vengeance, no one can say for sure.  Learn more about your ad choices....

In the mid-1980s Los Angeles is in the midst of a serial killer boom. But that’s not all. A serial arsonist has been setting blazes across the area, leading to millions of dollars in damage and the deaths of four people. Most of the fires started in bins of pillows, cushion stuffing, or bedding — lending the “Pillow Pyro” moniker to the slippery culprit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...