When 32-year-old Javed Akhtar was fatally shot outside his convenience store in East Windsor, Connecticut, on a cold winter night in 2007, his wife, their two young children, and a community of loyal customers were desperate for answers. Police soon found the murder weapon, but solving the case wouldn’t be simple, and the investigation stalled for years. Now ... Show More
Feb 4
Rose Burkert and Roger Atkison (9 of Diamonds, Iowa)
In September 1980, a Holiday Inn hotel in rural Iowa became the scene of a shocking double murder: a couple was found dead in their hotel bed, covered in lacerations. And the scene around them is one of the strangest and most puzzling I’ve ever come across in all my work. It’s on ... Show More
43m 58s
Jan 28
Tangie Sims (9 of Diamonds, Colorado)
Our card this week is Tangie Sims, the 9 of Diamonds from Colorado.When a young woman was found brutally murdered in an Aurora, Colorado alleyway in October 1996, one eagle-eyed detective zeroed in on forensic evidence he hoped would lead him to her killer. But one by one, that e ... Show More
32m 34s
Jan 21
Thomas Mather (Seven of Diamonds from Iowa)
Our card this week is Thomas Mather, the Seven of Diamonds from Iowa. Nothing causes the true crime community to stir more than a case with the open-ended question of did he? Or didn’t he? Well, except that is, when the question is did SHE?For longer than 32-year-old Thomas Mathe ... Show More
45m 21s
Sep 2024
Ada Haradine (3 of Clubs, Indiana)
<p>Our card this season is Ada Haradine, the 3 of Clubs from Indiana.</p><p>"The Deck Investigates" returns with Season 2, delving deep into the perplexing case of Ada Haradine, a 40-year-old mother of two who vanished without a trace from her Elkhart, Indiana home on a seemingly ... Show More
4m 46s
Oct 2025
INFAMOUS: The Murdaugh Family Murders
<p>When Maggie and Paul Murdaugh are killed on their family’s estate in 2021, the investigation unravels a history of privilege, corruption, and suspicious deaths tied to one of South Carolina’s most influential families. But beneath the headlines and courtroom drama are stories ... Show More
56m 1s
Apr 2025
MURDERED: Solomon Robinson
<p>A young soldier, home on leave, should have been safe in his own neighborhood. Instead, 19-year-old Solomon Robinson was murdered in a park full of people — but no one has ever come forward to say what really happened. Decades later, his family is still searching for justice, ... Show More
39m 1s
Aug 2025
MURDERED: Jodine Serrin Part 1
<p>On Valentine’s Day in 2007, 39-year-old Jodine Serrin was brutally murdered and desecrated in her own bed – while her parents were just down the hall. Over the next 10 years, using new forensic techniques, the Carlsbad Police Department identified her killer. But when they did ... Show More
42m 1s
Jul 2023
EP. 118 TEXAS - She Killed Her Best Friend & Stole Her Baby
At the end of 2019, a puzzling crime rocked the community of Austin, Texas. A mother, Heidi Broussard, had gone missing, along with her daughter... and nobody had a clue where she had went. But when the facts of the case began to emerge, an extremely dark picture was painted... a ... Show More
1h 10m
Feb 2025
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 1
<p>In 2021, we set out to cover the case of Rhys Pocan, a 35-year-old indigenous woman who was murdered in Wisconsin in the ‘80s. But while we were in the field, we uncovered a disturbing pattern of murders with similarities to Rhys’ that were just too blatant to ignore. So, we s ... Show More
50m 9s
Jul 2025
EP. 208 - TEXAS: The Killing Of 11-Year-Old Audrii Cunningham
In February of 2024, a young girl disappeared in the deep, dark heart of Livingston, Texas. And when the full story was eventually investigated and revealed, the story took a darker turn than the people involved could possibly imagine. In today's episode, we spoke with Cassie Cun ... Show More
1h 37m