Forensic Tales

#174 - A six year old, missing for just 15 minutes, is found dead just a few houses away from her own in Elder Circle, Texas.   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 would like to get early AD-free access to new episodes, have acces...

#173 - In 1980 a young woman was found murdered inside her Sacramento, California, apartment. With very few investigative leads, the case quickly turned cold despite having her killer's DNA.   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 w...

#172 - The identity of a man dressed in a suit found dead on Australia's Somerton beach has baffled investigators for over 70 years. Can the use of genetic genealogy finally identify him?   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 woul...

#171 - A Chicago man mysteriously died just hours after he win a million dollars playing the lottery,. His family is now searching for answers. Can forensic science help explain what happened to Urooj Khan?   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. Pa...

#170 - In 1999, a young rookie cop from Bald Head Island, North Carolina was found mysteriously shot to death while on duty. The local DA was quick to rule the incident a suicide, but the forensic evidence pointed toward something else. Something far more sinister.   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...

#169 - During a seven year period, at least eight men mysteriously disappeared from Toronto's gay village between 2010 and 2017. For many years, investigators feared their disappearances were linked to a cannibal stalking the Toronto streets.   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...

#168 - A Wisconsin stay at home wife and mother is arrested after a neighbor's six month old baby dies after spending the morning in her care. The medical professionals say Audrey Edmunds shook the baby causing severe head trauma but Audrey claims she's innocent.   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 a...

#167 - The life of a young Washington D.C. federal employee was cut short when she mysteriously disappeared after a night out with friends. Even after years of investigating, her sudden death remains a mystery.   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...

#166 - In 2019, Angel Bumpass was charged with first-degree murder for a crime committed when she was only a teenager. Prosecutors alleged that her fingerprints at the crime scene proved she was the killer. Is Angel Bumpass a cold-blooded killer? Or did someone set her up?   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....

#165 - On September 20, 1988, Tara Calico left her home in New Mexico to go on a bike ride she took almost every morning. When she didn't return home, her mom anxiously looked for her, but never found her. Over three decades later, Tara is still missing with little forensic evidence in the case.   Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positiv...

#164 - In November 1981, actress Natalie Wood mysteriously drowned off the coast of Southern California during a boating trip with her husband and friends. Her death was ruled as an accidental drowning, but rumors swirled that something far more sinister happened to the Hollywood star.   Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating w...

#163 - A young college student was found murdered inside her North Carolina off-campus apartment in September 2012. The more the police released about the investigation, the more questions everyone had about what happened to Faith Hedgepeth. Explicit language used in this episode. Please take care while listening.   Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by l...

#162 - In July 2014, 52year old Lynn Messer mysteriously disappeared from her family's 260-acre farm in Bloomsdale, Missouri. After searching for Lynn for days, the official search was called. And for the next two years, everyone wondered where Lynn Messer was. But when her body was eventually discovered, this led to more questions than answers. What happened to Lynn Messer?   Support My Work If y...

#161 - In December 2010, a 24-year-old woman was mysteriously found dead at the bottom of a trash chute inside an Australian apartment building. Foul play was quickly ruled out, but her loved ones believe the police conducted a botched investigation. What happened to Phoebe Handsjuk?   Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating wit...

#160 - In 2004, 22-year-old Leonila Stickney left poverty behind in the Philippines. She dreamed of her slice of the American dream. Shortly after arriving in the U.S., she met a much older man who promised to care for her and her family. But only five years later, her American dream ended when she was tragically shot and killed during a hunting accident. Although her death was ruled an accident,...

#159 - In April 2016, Jessica Boynton, the wife of a Griffin police officer, was found with a gunshot wound to the head inside her apartment. The case appeared to be a simple case of suicide. But almost three weeks after the shooting, everything changed. Was this a self-inflicted gunshot? Or was someone else responsible for shooting Jessica that night?   Support My Work If you love the show, the e...

#158 - On November 13th, 2022, four University of Idaho students were murdered in their off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho. All of them had been fatally stabbed to death. After a seven week investigation, the police arrested a suspect in the murders. A 28-year-old Ph. D student. The suspect is currently being held in jail without bail and has been charged with four counts of first degree murder. Wi...

#157 - In December 1982, a toddler's body was discovered in the Escatawpa River in Moss Point, Mississippi. With water in her lungs, investigators believed she was smothered before she was thrown off the eastbound Interstate-10 bridge into the river. But the toddler's identity baffled investigators for decades, and she became known as Delta Dawn.   Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest...

#156 - In October 1980, a young college student was discovered brutally murdered inside her southern California condo. Although the police had several suspects early on, the murder investigation eventually went cold. It would take investigators decades and new forensic testing to finally figure out who murdered Michelle Wyatt.   Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show your su...

#155 - A few days before Christmas in December 1959, four members of the Walker family were brutally murdered inside their home in Osprey, Florida. The victims were Cliff Walker, his wife, Christine, and the couple's two young children. The ensuing investigation into their murders led the police to an endless search for their killers.   Support My Work If you love the show, the easiest way to show...

#154 - On April 22, 2022, twelve-year-old Sean Daugherty unexpectedly passed away at his home in Yorktown, VA. The young boy was found hanging from a swing set in his family's back yard. He was dressed in men's clothing, a bag was wrapped around his head, and his hands were bound. After a quick investigation, the police ruled his sudden death a suicide, but his family and forensic evidence disagre...

#153 - On May 11, 2011, six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen disappeared three days after his mom mysteriously pulled him out of school and took him on a three-day trip to multiple water parks and a zoo. Timmothy's mom, Amy Fry-Pitzen, was found dead inside a motel room alongside a suicide note saying that Timmothy was with people who would care for him but would never be found. Forensic evidence points t...

#152 - On June 17, 2013, Odin Lloyd was gunned down inside an industrial park in North Attenborough, Massachusetts. Within hours of the murder, the police identified a possible suspect, but it wasn't someone anyone expected.   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...

#151 -The badly decomposed body of a young woman was discovered in the Race Point Dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in July 1974. The woman had been strangled, beaten, and sexually assaulted. Her killer removed her hands and several teeth to make it difficult for investigators to identify her. Without an identity, she became known as the Lady of the Dunes.   S upport My Work If you love the sh...

#150 - A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a Houston nightclub in front of a dozen eyewitnesses. Shortly after the murder, the eyewitnesses identified the attacker as a convicted felon, Lydell Grant. But when the police tested DNA on the victim's fingernail scrapings, the DNA couldn't include Lydell as the contributor. Despite the inconclusive DNA testing, Lydell grant was arrested and...