Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes
244 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20.2K ratingsOn Buried Bones, journalist Kate Winkler Dawson and retired investigator Paul Holes dissect some of history’s most compelling true crime cases from centuries ago. Together, they explore these very old cases through a 21st century lens. With their years of expertise and knowledge of modern forensics, they reflect on how far science has come and bring new insight to old mysteries.
Together, Kate and Paul have examined many cases including the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the first time fingerprinting was used as evidence in a courtroom and a possible serial killer in 1960s Nashville. They ask, was the right person convicted or was someone wrongfully accused?
See pictures, diagrams and evidence from each case on Instagram @buriedbonespod.
Buried Bones is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews, news, science, pop culture and more. The network is home to My Favorite Murder hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, This Podcast Will Kill You, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, Tenfold More Wicked and more.
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Episodes
Death Did Us Part PT 1
April 10, 2024 07:01 - 57 minutesIn this week's episode, the first half of a two-parter, Paul and Kate head to 1870s Connecticut where a bride-to-be goes missing the day before her Big Day. When her body is discovered in a creek, the crime scene investigation becomes as important as ever in finding a cause-of-death and a suspect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Concentrate
April 03, 2024 07:01 - 54 minutesOn today’s episode, Kate and Paul head back to 1974 Long Island, New York where two sisters fall ill after a 4th of July party. With time ticking away, the medical examiner hopes to find a cure and a suspect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Horse Thief PT 2
March 27, 2024 07:01 - 1 hourIn this second part of a two-parter, Paul and Kate return to 1846 upstate NY where a suspect is apprehended. The ensuing court case becomes one that changes US law forever in its implementation of a first-time defense strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Horse Thief PT 1
March 20, 2024 07:01 - 44 minutesIn this week's episode, the first part of a two-parter, Kate and Paul head to 1846 upstate New York where an offender with a knife attacks a family in their home. After the murderer flees the scene on horseback, the manhunt begins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Murder Creek
March 13, 2024 07:01 - 56 minutesOn today's episode, Paul and Kate head to 1890 Akron, NY. When two young sisters go missing, a suspect is immediately identified. Looking at the circumstances of their disappearance and the testimony of experts in their field, this case's outcome is quite unpredictable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Place Your Bets PT 2
March 06, 2024 08:01 - 56 minutesIn this week’s episode, the second of a two-parter, Kate and Paul return to 1937 Chicago. Investigators are baffled by a puzzling ransom note with convoluted instructions for the money drop-off. With a massive effort from the FBI, this becomes a manhunt for the ages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Place Your Bets PT 1
February 28, 2024 08:01 - 58 minutesOn today’s episode, the first part of a two-parter, Paul and Kate head to 1937 Chicago where a wealthy man is abducted from his car. After a ransom note arrives, red flags start to pop up for the authorities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Boy Genius
February 14, 2024 08:01 - 58 minutesIn this week's episode Kate and Paul take us to a town outside of Pittsburgh in 1902 where multiple murders take place in a single-family home. The suspect is caught in the act. But did they act alone? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bedside Manner
February 07, 2024 08:01 - 1 hourOn today's episode, Paul and Kate head to 1975 New Jersey where a hospital sees a string of unlikely deaths in their patients. After some interesting toxicology and an eventful trial, is it enough to hold the suspect accountable? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
High School Sweethearts PT 2
January 31, 2024 08:01 - 54 minutesIn this conclusion of a two-part episode, Kate and Paul return to Lane County, Oregon to discuss DNA collection and analysis. Could that possibly be how the perpetrator of this double-murder is finally apprehended? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
High School Sweethearts PT 1
January 24, 2024 08:01 - 58 minutesIn this week's episode, the first part of a two-parter, Paul and Kate head to 1970s rural Oregon where a young couple has gone missing after a trip to the river. After a harrowing search, bodies are found, but far more questions than answers emerge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Smoke and Shadows
January 17, 2024 08:01 - 1 hourOn today's episode, Kate and Paul travel to 1845 Boston where a hysterical man emerges from a burning house leaving behind a single dead body. What should be a simple case becomes a wildly unique one thanks to a strategy by the defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gone Astray
January 10, 2024 08:01 - 1 hourOn this week's episode, Paul and Kate head back to 1903 Fairfield, CA where a wealthy woman doesn't return home from a hike, alarming her staff. After a long search and possible sightings along the coast, was foul play involved? Or was this an escape? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If There's a Will PT 2
December 13, 2023 08:01 - 49 minutesIn this second part of a two-part episode, Kate and Paul return to 1830 Salem, Massachusetts to unravel the murder of a mogul in his mansion. Those who stand to inherit his wealth and the staff closest to him are all theoretically implicated, but who actually committed this heinous crime? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If There's a Will PT 1
December 06, 2023 08:01 - 1 hourIn this week’s episode Paul and Kate head back to 1830 Salem, Massachusetts for the first part of a two-part episode where an elderly man as wealthy as he is reviled is found dead in his mansion. With a long list of family and staff under suspicion, you'll be wise to get out your pen and paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Family Affair
November 29, 2023 08:01 - 56 minutesOn today's episode, Kate and Paul begin in Atlanta, Georgia in 1952 where a woman's husband is found dead shortly after the death of her child. Once she remarries and life insurance policies are taken out, can anything be done to keep her family safe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Manhunt
November 22, 2023 08:01 - 1 hourIn this week's episode Paul and Kate head back to turn-of-the-century Northern California, where a suspicious man enters the picture of a well-off farming family. A single evening becomes the focus of our attention as tensions come to a head between everyone involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Murder in Notting Hill PT 2
November 08, 2023 08:01 - 54 minutesIn the second part of this two-part episode, Kate and Paul are back in 1931 London trying to narrow down suspects in the murder of a 10-year-old girl. Under the forensic guidance of the legendary Bernard Spilsbury, the body and the evidence are expertly analyzed in this tragic case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Murder in Notting Hill PT 1
November 01, 2023 07:01 - 48 minutesIn this first part of a two-part episode, Paul and Kate head to 1931 London where a 10-year-old girl goes missing after running a quick errand at her aunt's home. After her body is found, the police do a thorough investigation uncovering much more than first meets the eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Murder on the Menu
October 25, 2023 07:01 - 51 minutesIn this week’s episode, Kate and Paul head to 1950s Georgia where a string of deaths seems to surround an industrious young woman. Will the ensuing investigation prove they were coincidences or is something more malevolent going on? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Check the Fine Print
October 18, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourPaul and Kate head to early 1900s England where a shopkeeper and his wife are found brutally beaten to death. After the investigation leans heavily on very nascent fingerprinting evidence, would the jury convict? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Sausage King
October 11, 2023 07:01 - 57 minutesIn this week’s episode, Kate and Paul head to 1897 Chicago where a sausage kingpin has engaged in some risky business and his wife has gone missing. Biology and science play huge roles in a trial that features the first testimony of a forensic anthropologist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Meeks Family Murder
October 04, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourOn today’s episode, Paul and Kate travel to 1894 Lynn County, Missouri where a young girl's story of survival after the murder of her family sets the stage for this episode. As an investigation seeks to verify her story, details emerge that make this an almost movie-like thrilling case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No Reservations
September 27, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourOn this week's episode, Kate and Paul head to Soho, NY in 1885 where a restaurant owner is found dead in the middle of the day. Beyond a very robust crime scene, the investigation uncovers the interesting history of the victim and immigration in the US at the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Dayton Strangler
September 20, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourIn this week's episode Paul and Kate go to early 1900s Ohio where a young girl sneaks out of a family gathering and doesn't return. After her body is found and the circumstances are weighed a massive manhunt uncovers some disturbing patterns. Is there a Serial Killer in Dayton? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
House Calls PT 2
September 13, 2023 07:01 - 51 minutesIn this second part of a two-part episode set in the Northeast in 1937, Kate and Paul explore the investigation that sees a suspect apprehended AND THEN some truly unexpected accusations are made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
House Calls PT 1
September 06, 2023 07:01 - 59 minutesPaul and Kate travel all over the Northeast in 1937 for the first part of a double-header. A man is awoken in his car and soon after not one, but two bodies are found inside. But the driver's arrest is only the start of this very involved case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bugged
August 30, 2023 07:01 - 49 minutesIn this episode, Kate and Paul go to 1958 Canada where a young girl doesn't come home when expected and soon after is found dead. An equally young suspect was quickly apprehended in a historic case that changed the Canadian legal system forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hannah Mary Tabbs
August 23, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourIn this week’s episode, Paul and Kate travel to late 1897 Pennsylvania where a torso is discovered on a shore and a suspect is named soon after. But when more characters come to light surrounding the suspect, the picture gets complicated very quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Look Out
August 16, 2023 07:01 - 51 minutesKate and Paul head way back to 1700s London where a robbery gone wrong ends up becoming a triple homicide. When someone involved confesses limited involvement, circumstantial evidence plays a pivotal role in their sentencing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Off to the Races
August 02, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourIn this episode, Paul and Kate travel to 1840s England where a man with a winning ticket at the racetrack dies suddenly under very suspicious circumstances. When the detectives follow the money, a horrifying realization leads them in the right direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Somerton Man
July 26, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourOn today’s episode, Kate and Paul go to 1948 Australia where a man is discovered alive one day and dead the next in the very same place. After quite some time, a determined professor shows us the value of good evidence preservation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crumbles Beach
July 19, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourIn this week’s episode, Paul and Kate head to 1920 England where a 17-year-old typist has taken herself on vacation and subsequently goes missing. When her body is found on the outskirts of town, a legendary investigator is brought in to help assess the evidence and find her possible killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Warning Bell
July 12, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourOn today's episode, Kate and Paul go back to late 1800s Virginia where a farmer finds his wife murdered. After ringing the bell to alert the neighbors of the incident, does the killer return to the scene of the crime or will an investigation produce a suspect? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Black Widows of Liverpool
July 05, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourIn this episode, Paul and Kate head to Liverpool in the late 1800s where guests at a boarding house are dying in suspiciously similar circumstances. Add in the element of life insurance and a case starts to form that makes for a very captivating journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Bridge Too Far PT 2
June 21, 2023 07:01 - 54 minutesIn this week's conclusion of a two-part series, Kate and Paul return to Dayton, Ohio in 1896 for the complicated investigation around an alleged suicide. More evidence and additional characters emerge surrounding the death of a young woman. It all leads to some courtroom theatrics and a harrowing verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Bridge Too Far PT 1
June 14, 2023 07:01 - 52 minutesOn today's episode, Paul and Kate head to 1896 Dayton, Ohio for the first part of a two-part series. A woman is found in the river after a suspected suicide, but a persistent police chief starts to uncover concerns as he investigates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Family Ties
June 07, 2023 07:01 - 58 minutesIn this episode, Kate and Paul head to 1984 Iowa where a mobile home is engulfed in flames, but the owner's body is found four days later unburnt. As more people turn up murdered, can investigators find enough of a thread between the cases? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Make it a Double
May 31, 2023 07:01 - 56 minutesIn this week's episode, Paul and Kate travel to 1922 San Francisco to discuss a suspected suicide. When the body is found with several gunshot wounds, the ballistics and circumstances surrounding those involved make this a fascinating case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sounds Guilty
May 24, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourOn today's episode, Kate and Paul take us to 1883 Long Island where a murder and a string of robberies confound police. Voice recognition from a blind victim leads police on a manhunt that takes them far from where they first were looking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Game's Afoot PT 2
May 17, 2023 07:01 - 46 minutesIn this second part of a two-part series, Paul and Kate return to 1936 Boston to complete their analysis of a wealthy heiress and the disappearance of her boyfriend. A violent figure from the victim’s life appears, and the subsequent court case displays some of the more complicated elements of our legal system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Game's Afoot PT 1
May 10, 2023 07:01 - 47 minutesIn this week's episode, Kate and Paul head to 1936 Massachusetts to learn about the murder of a woman whose severed legs were discovered in a river. In this first part of a two-part series, we learn about the suspects and the discovery of a crime scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Ties That Bind
May 03, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourIn this week's episode, Paul and Kate go to 1967 Scotland where a young woman is found murdered in a small cemetery. Using the unique evidence found at the scene and testimony of some of the locals, a suspect is found. But is it enough for a conviction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bad Reputation
April 19, 2023 07:01 - 56 minutesIn this episode, Kate and Paul are in 1882 Sioux Falls looking at a murder victim within a very suspicious crime scene. With multiple suspects, one person’s character is weighed heavily on the scales of justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Great Sheedy Murder Trial
April 12, 2023 07:01 - 58 minutesOn today's episode, Paul and Kate head to 1891 Lincoln, NE to discuss the case of a murder victim who was notorious city-wide. As the investigation unfolds, the multiple attempts on the victim's life paint a truly remarkable picture that leads to a grueling trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fare Shot
April 05, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourKate and Paul look to South Carolina in 1961 where a cab driver is shot while behind the wheel. We learn about some fascinating ballistics work and keen crime scene methodology en route to closing the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Woman in the Well PT 2
March 29, 2023 07:01 - 53 minutesIn this conclusion of last week's case, Paul and Kate return to 1799 Manhattan for a legal battle involving some of the most famous names of the era. After 75 witnesses take the stand, the outcome of the case is as shocking as the case itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Woman in the Well PT 1
March 22, 2023 07:01 - 55 minutesIn this episode, Kate and Paul go to Manhattan in 1799 to analyze the curious circumstances of the death of a newlywed woman. In this first part of a two-part story, we learn about boarding houses and how culture and society played a part in this case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sacred Heart
March 15, 2023 07:01 - 1 hourIn this week’s episode, Paul and Kate go back to 1960 McAllen, Texas where a young churchgoing woman goes missing after attending confession. A suspect is implicated but unique circumstances lead to this case staying open for far too long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
March 08, 2023 08:01 - 1 hourOn today’s episode Kate and Paul go to WWI era France to discuss the case of a prolific conman. While he successfully defrauded many people, forensic evidence and victim statements play a key part in identifying this week's subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices