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A 33-year-old Connecticut woman is being accused of poisoning iced tea and wine belonging to her estranged husband with an antifreeze ingredient, after he was hospitalized for renal failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year. While some are found alive, others, tragically, are not. In Detroit, Michigan, alone, there are hundreds of unidentified victims of crime buried in unmarked graves. Two women took it upon themselves to unearth these ... Show More

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, avoiding a life sentence from his more severe charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c ... Show More

April 25 marks National DNA Day in the US, and if you’ve been following true crime stories for a while you know how important DNA can be for solving even the most complicated of cases. In this episode, we’re exploring the first murder case ever solved using DNA analysis, and how ... Show More

May, 1985. Two days before her high school graduation, Shari Faye Smith was abducted from her parents’ driveway in broad daylight. Her kidnapper taunted Shari’s family by phone for days, calling in the middle of the night and revealing bone-chilling details of his crime. With lit ... Show More

Amateur internet investigators, new DNA technology and a dogged investigator help police find a killer – and identify an anonymous victim for years known only as "Lavender Doe." Keith Morrison reports. Keith Morrison and Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the making of this ... Show More

Discover the chilling story of the Oakland County Child Killer investigation. Explore the mysterious disappearances and murders of Mark Stebbins, Jill Robinson, Kristine Mihelich, and Timothy King. Was the killer a trusted authority figure or someone the victims knew? Despite ple ... Show More

The Golden State Killer committed at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries during the 70s and 80s, and eluded law enforcement for 32 years. On April 24, 2018, Joseph DeAngelo was arrested. But what tips the scales and makes the difference in finally solving these types o ... Show More

In 1992, the remains of a woman were discovered in north Houston, Texas. For 33 years, she was known only as a Jane Doe. Today, through forensic genetic genealogy, she has finally been identified as Joann Zamora, a mother of six. With the help of Moxxy Forensic Investigations, In ... Show More

DNA has become the gold standard in forensic investigation. As its use is increasing, so is our understanding of its limitations.   Jae Gerhard is the principal forensic scientist at Independent Forensic Services. Starting out as a forensic scientist at the Australian Federal Pol ... Show More

A woman disappears without a trace; even though foul play is suspected, the leads don't pan out and the trail turns cold. Twenty years would pass before police are able to link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with the missing woman. Members of "NecroSearch," a grou ... Show More

Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in ‘Monster Mansion’ for a murder he didn’t commit. How did bite-mark forensics and coerced confessions ruin a life—and who killed Diane Sindall? Sponsor: shopify.com/casual - sign up for your $1 per month trial period today Learn more about your ad ... Show More

When a woman is found dead of a gunshot wound, forensic scientists proved once again that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices