Podcasts by Tales of True Crime

Genealogy Identified a Killer but Texas Got Him First from 2020-09-15T00:55:23

A murder in Portland, Oregon goes unsolved for decades until a forensic genealogy investigation reveals a Texas killer, executed in 1999 for a triple murder, was responsible for more evil than a...

The New Coldest Case Solved with Genealogy from 2020-08-29T17:47:45

In a new record for forensic investigators, they're able to determine the killer of Peggy Beck with genealogy, 56 years after the crime. A victory for sure, but even though they found their susp...

Coincidence Means Nothing: Serial Killer Caught in 45-Year-Old Cold Case from 2020-08-16T19:53

The murders of Leslie Perlov and Janet Taylor in Northern California would vex investigators for decades and lead some to question whether they might have been ...

Update and New Evidence on the Long Island Serial Killer from 2020-04-20T13:00

In January of 2020, Suffolk County authorities held a press conference to announce a new website about the Long Island Serial Killer case, to share a previously unknown piece of evidence with th...

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Tiger King and Outlandish True Crime from 2020-04-05T22:56:03

The behavior of one person can affect the behavior of another person. And sometimes when a group of people behave in a certain way, it becomes a snowball, rolling downhill.

In 1944, in Ma...

John List and The Watcher of Westfield from 2020-03-23T21:02:17

Even in the suburbs, our neighbors are sometimes strangers, and the horror we dread is often just beneath the surface, waiting to be exposed, like a cemetery where they moved the headstones, but...

DNA Gone Wrong and the Suicide of Kevin Brown from 2020-03-09T10:48

Two murders in San Diego, six years apart, lead to three suicides and a lawsuit against the city of San Diego. DNA evidence can be a dangerous tool in the wrong hands.

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The Serial Killer Who Accidentally Killed Himself from 2020-02-24T10:15

A woman reports she's been raped, but nobody believes her. The perpetrator, who rooms with a police officer, attacks another woman, but she disappears before he can be brought to trial and charg...

The Coldest Case Solved with Forensic Genealogy from 2020-02-10T12:41

A missing woman turns up murdered, a professional clown is the primary suspect, and it takes half a century to solve the crime.

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Jeffrey Lynn Hand: Black Intentions from 2020-01-26T04:28

He got away with murder on an insanity defense... shot to death in 1978 attempting to abduct a woman, and decades after his death, he claimed another victim.

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Did Terrorists Try to Assassinate George W. Bush on September 11th? from 2020-01-18T01:38

When it is a head of state, we use the word assassination, but from a true crime perspective, the question is: Did terrorists attempt to murder George W. Bush, the American President, on September ...

Getting Away with Murder: The Ghoul of Grays Harbor from 2020-01-04T22:56

Dozens of men disappeared in Grays Harbor over a two year period, both strangers and local residents. All of them could be traced back to one terrifying man... the Ghoul of Grays Harbor.

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Is the Long Island Serial Killer a Cop? from 2019-12-18T20:23

A Police Officer in a marked vehicle is the most beyond reproach. Nobody questions why a police cruiser is parked along the road. You just move on with your day, keep a close eye on the rearview mi...

Who is the Long Island Serial Killer from 2019-12-04T19:14

If the murder victims found in the impenetrable marshes off Ocean Parkway were all killed by the same person, it means one faceless serial killer has been stalking New York for more than 20 years u...

The Long Island Serial Killer from 2019-11-17T23:59

The search for Shannan Gilbert would yield unintended results, bodies, or perhaps more accurately, body parts, which would leave authorities no choice but to admit, a serial killer was at work on L...

What is gDNA and Why Would Anyone Object? from 2019-11-05T00:52

Genealogical DNA Analysis is capturing murderers and rapists by the hundreds, so why would anyone object to such an effective new tactic by law enforcement?

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The Strange Tale of the Midnight Rider from 2019-10-31T02:03

To many, he was a strange hermit. To others, he was insane. Years after his death in the state asylum, they would find out just how insane he had been. The Midnight Rider, Eugene Butler.

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A Death on Halloween and the Price of Redemption from 2019-10-18T00:06

A little girl is killed in a hit and run. It takes more than forty years to identify her killer, but the statute of limitations has run out and he cannot be prosecuted... And yet, he will still fac...

No Address: The Search for the Zodiac Killer from 2019-09-20T03:59

In episode 4 we re-examine the crimes of The Zodiac and ponder the chances that the serial killer who terrorized Northern California more than a half-century ago might still be identified.

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The Murderer Who Escaped Execution to Become a Serial Killer from 2019-09-06T02:11:49

A convicted murderer is sentenced to death by hanging, only to escape the hangman's noose through a legal technicality. After serving time at Alcatraz, he's turned loose to become a serial killer a...

A Lifelong Sinner from 2019-08-23T03:29:56

The conclusion to the story of the 1977 Detroit murder of a man named Jack Whiteley, a crime for which the host's uncle was tried and convicted. What led him to a life of crime, and why would he pa...

A Murder in Michigan from 2019-08-13T00:29

The premiere episode of Tales of True Crime, a podcast on capers infamous and shocking, whether solved or yet to be answered. In this first episode, host Troy Larson discusses a case that strikes u...