Podcasts by Bear Brook

Bear Brook: The Trailer from 2022-04-22T04:38:15.185859

Two barrels. Four bodies. And the decades-long mystery that led to a serial killer.

Bear Brook: A podcast about a cold case that's changing how murders will be investigated forever.

Bear Brook: The Trailer from 2022-03-07T11:00:46.142977

Two barrels. Four bodies. And the decades-long mystery that led to a serial killer.

Bear Brook: A podcast about a cold case that's changing how murders will be investigated forever.

EP 1: Hide and Seek from 2022-02-22T03:05:08.068482

Three boys kick over a mysterious barrel in the woods. A small town cop fishes for answers. Evidence is buried, and the case goes cold.
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EP 6: Chameleon from 2022-02-22T03:05:08.062309

The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy? Listen

EP 7: The In-Between from 2022-02-22T03:05:08.059569

A clue is found buried on an internet message board. DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference.
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Event: Behind the Scenes of Document with Jason Moon from 2022-02-22T03:05:08.056545

Join NHPR's Jason Moon for a conversation about the reporting and production of Death Resulting, the latest season from NHPR's Document podcast.

Preview: Death Resulting Ep 1 - The Crime from 2021-12-17T05:00

For Bear Brook listeners, a full episode preview of Jason Moon's latest reporting project, Death Resulting.

Introducing Document S3: Death Resulting from 2021-11-24T05:24:29

In 2018, Josh Cook sold his friend some drugs. They shot up together. His friend overdosed and died.

Some people see that as an accident. The government treated it as a homicide. So which...

Introducing Supervision: A Privilege, Not A Right from 2021-04-13T06:00:10

When Emily Corwin was a reporter at NHPR covering jails and prisons, she wanted to tell a story about what happens next - a story about parole. Four and half million Americans are on p...

Introducing Document Season 1: The List from 2020-10-26T05:00:10

Bear Brook was a story about how amateur investigators and new forensic techniques are remaking the way we solve murders in America. Now, Jason Moon wants to tell you a different story...

EP 8: The In-Between from 2019-06-07T08:41

A clue is found buried on an internet message board. DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference.
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Update: Ripple Effects from 2018-11-15T21:34

This is the first in an unknown number of short updates to the story of the Bear Brook murders that we’ll be producing to let listeners know about any breaking news in the case. 
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EP 7: Chameleon from 2018-11-07T11:06

The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of geneti...

EP 6: Bloodline (PART 2) from 2018-10-31T10:06

This is part two of episode 5. A child is abandoned. Timelines come together. A family tree begins to take shape. A chameleon is revealed. 
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EP 5: Bloodline (PART 2) from 2018-10-31T10:06

This is part two of episode 5. A child is abandoned. Timelines come together. A family tree begins to take shape. A chameleon is revealed. 
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EP 5: Bloodline (PART 1) from 2018-10-31T09:06

A child is abandoned. Timelines come together. A family tree begins to take shape. A chameleon is revealed. 
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EP 4: Eunsoon Jun from 2018-10-24T10:06

An ominous New Year’s party introduction. An estranged cousin goes missing. Police question a man with multiple identities. A search leads authorities to his basement.
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EP 3: A Smaller Haystack from 2018-10-17T10:06

After 30 years of torpor, investigators finally inch the Bear Brook case forward. A geologist uncovers the history buried in human teeth and hair. The faces of the victims are reconstructed.
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EP 2: Known Only To God from 2018-10-10T10:06

The discovery of a second barrel raises questions. A stalled investigation churns back to life and then stalls again. An amateur sleuth takes Jason into the forest.
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