August 26th: Cynthia May Hernandez Killed (1976)
An unsolved case is always one small mistake, one tiny piece of new evidence, one odd new detail, away from being solved. On August 26th 1976 a young girl disappeared and her case went unsolved for decades. A case that, given a few small mistakes and one new piece of evidence, was able to be solved and bring c ... Show More
Feb 2024
203. How Ancestry Websites Solved a Cold Case
In this episode, Payton and Garrett dive into the case of two women who were murdered 100 miles apart. When police can’t identify the women, they turn to an emergent technology to help solve this cold case.
Case Sources:
“Web of Death” Season One, Episode Four
“Cold Case Files” ... Show More
40m 47s
May 2023
#439: Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed | Part 1
<p>There are high profile cases you think you know, but the truth is far more nuance, complicated and terrible than anything the media could ever cover during a headline making trial. On the evening of June 20th 1989, Lyle Menendez (21) and his brother Erik Menendez (18 ... Show More
37m 18s