On an August night in 1952, a blue Chrysler raced down a hill, hit a barrier, and flipped onto its side. Nearby police officers rushed to help the driver, 33-year-old Dorothy May Grammer, but it was too late. A few days later, the autopsy revealed it was no accident. It was a homicide.
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Feb 2021
E234: “The Green Bicycle Case” Bella Wright
On July 5th 1919, 21-year-old Bella Wright was found dead in the English countryside, her bicycle strewn across the road beside her. Investigators thought her death was accidental, until new evidence revealed she had been murdered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc ... Show More
46m 13s
Sep 2021
NEW ZEALAND: The Parker-Hulme Murder
A mother, her teenage daughter, and her daughter’s friend went on a hike on a warm summer day in 1954. One of them never returned. As police investigated the site of her so-called accident, they came to a harrowing conclusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic ... Show More
33m 8s
Jan 2021
“Black Dahlia Murderer” Dr. George Hodel Pt. 1
In 1999, a former homicide detective flipped through a photo album belonging to his late father. One face stood out above the rest: Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress whose gruesome murder decades earlier was still unsolved — but not, perhaps, for long. Learn more about your ad ... Show More
54m 13s
May 2023
The Missing Dead: Sarah Stern
On a December evening in 2016, a man called 911 when he spotted an abandoned car on a bridge. Police discovered that 19-year-old Sarah Stern of Neptune City, New Jersey, usually drove the vehicle. She was now missing, and police needed to determine if she had left the car volunta ... Show More
37m 37s
Aug 2020
E211: Agents Dale Kearney & Ray Sutton Pt. 2
While investigating the murder of colleague Dale Kearney, prohibition agent Raymond Sutton vanished on August 28, 1930. Despite strong leads for both of their murders, misfortune, missteps, and the sobering end to prohibition brought their investigations to ruin. Learn more about ... Show More
41m 4s