In this episode Elisha gets the word out about the mysterious unsolved murder of a 19-year old woman who turned up dead after failing to enter a Cincinnati disco in 1978. Emily discusses the double murder of two women who were found stuffed into trunks in their New Orleans apartment in 1927.

Photos from both cases are up on our social media if you’re a visual person (like we are) and need to see where the crime went down. You can also find them on our website, in the Episode Discovery file.

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Source material for the Cheryl Thompson case

Ohio Attorney General - Submit a Tip
Victim name: Cheryl Thompson
Case number: 66
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Individuals-and-Families/Victims/Submit-a-Tip/Unsolved-Homicide-Tip.aspx

Post about Cheryl Thompson on the Loveland Ohio Police Department Facebook page

42 years later: Loveland detectives use DNA technology in hopes of finding killer in unsolved murder

Loveland investigators pursue 42-year-old unsolved homicide case with new DNA technology

Ohio AG announces new cold case unit that will take look at Chelsea Johnson, 3 other local homicide victims

Cheryl Thompson’s Unsolved homicide listing on the Ohio Attorney General’s website

Information about the Cold Case Unit

The Gatsby’s listing in Cincinnati Magazine, September 1978

Source material for The NOLA Trunk Murders case

Atlas Obscura article discussing the crime

Article from The Historic New Orleans Collection

Article from the NY Daily News

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