21-year-old Tammy Zywicki was an ambitious, upbeat, creative young woman who was about to start her senior year of college. She dreamed of being a professional sports photographer, or a Spanish teacher — she wasn't sure yet.
But in August 1992, Tammy was driving back to college after summer break when she had car trouble on the highway. The next day, her v ... Show More
Oct 2
Solved: The Yogurt Shop Murders
In Austin, Texas, in 1991, the city was on the verge of becoming the place we know today, a tech hub, a cultural destination. But back then, it was still a big town that felt small, a place that believed itself safe from the kind of darkness that haunted bigger cities. At the Hil ... Show More
58m 4s
Oct 2
From Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders
We're sharing a preview of a new podcast we think you'll enjoy. It's from the new season of Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast, The Alabama Murders. Florence, Alabama. 1988. A preacher has an affair. A woman is murdered. One death cascades into more, stretching across ... Show More
34m 39s
Jun 2024
State of North Carolina v. Joan Little
When Karen Bethea-Shields was in college, she heard a judge say, “No way in the world a Black woman can get raped.” A few years later, in 1975, she helped successfully defend Joan Little—a Black woman—who became the first woman in the U.S. to be found not guilty of murder using t ... Show More
37m 11s
Feb 2024
The Callous Killing of Sylvia Fleming
This week, in a listener-researched and written episode, we head to Omagh in Northern Ireland, as we take a look at the brutal 1998 murder of 17-year-old Sylvia Fleming.On the cusp of adulthood, and with a difficult childhood now behind her, Sylvia thought she had struck gold whe ... Show More
1h 12m
Jun 2023
The Murder of Marlene Warren
This week we are discussing Marlene Warren, a beloved mother whose murder went unsolved for 33 years, even after multiple witnesses saw someone dressed as a clown shoot her in broad daylight. Research by Haley Gray with Haley Gray Research. Check-out the Promo for Murder, She T ... Show More
1h 25m
Feb 2024
SERIAL KILLER: The Alphabet Murders Part 2
Dozens of commuters see a young girl fleeing a car on the side of the expressway in Rochester, NY, but no one pulls over to help. The community is devastated when her body is discovered just days later, but it’s assumed to be a tragic but isolated incident. But when more young gi ... Show More
49m 11s