Daily Cold Case
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Storyteller narrating the unsolved and the truly bizarre. New episodes Monday - Thursday! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daily-cold-case/support
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New Orleans Serial Killer/Josiah Lawson
February 16, 2022 03:00 - 12 minutes - 8.34 MBThe heartbeat of the city of New Orleans is its raucous French Quarter, where great music, street celebrations, and Cajun cooking sometimes overshadow a more unsavory side of the city. On August 4, 1991, in Algiers, across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter, a lone recycler gleaned what he could along Nevada Street, a narrow, deserted city road that was often used illegally as a dump site. He had no idea he was about to launch one of the city’s most complex murder investigations. ...
2 Of The Most BIZZARE Cases In True Crime History
February 16, 2022 03:00 - 11 minutes - 7.98 MBThis story takes place in Greensboro, North Carolina. On June 9, 1993, a woman was returning to her motel room at around midnight. As she was entering the door, two men appeared behind her and forced their way into the room. Both men were armed and used the threat of deadly weapons to force everyone in the room onto the floor. Each of the five people in the room was robbed of all of their cash and jewelry. Just minutes later, the horrifying ordeal was over and the men were gone. The occupant...
MLK Murder/O'neal Moore
February 16, 2022 03:00 - 13 minutes - 9.3 MBDr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a very well-loved and respected historical figure. He is widely seen as the leader of America’s Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. Unfortunately, his work surrounding that movement put a target on his back. On April 3rd, 1968, King arrived in Memphis and checked in at the Lorraine Hotel. He was there to show his support for the city’s sanitation workers who were on strike. Across the street from his hotel were a bunch of shoddy, run-down buildings. One of thos...
Jesslyn Rich/Shelly Malone
January 18, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.62 MBTwo "solved" murder cases with VERY questionable outcomes. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 17, 2022 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.84 MBStill to this day, the official accounts of the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is called into question. This episode gives a brief overview of the reasons for that doubt. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Jill & Julie Hansen
January 14, 2022 12:00 - 7 minutes - 4.86 MBFollow me on instagram for more updates @coldcasepodcast! "A few minutes later, a neighbor noticed a body in a field next to the trailer. It was Julie; she was barely alive, bleeding profusely from a gaping wound in her abdomen. Donny informed Hans about Julie, claiming that he had pulled her out of the home. Meanwhile, Betty ran to firefighters, begging to find Jill. Julie was rushed to the hospital; paramedics believed that she had suffered from a fire-related explosion. However, doctors ...
Judy Hyams
January 13, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes - 3.99 MB"Judy Hyams is a live, and she's living in Omaha"....
Cindy James
January 12, 2022 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.81 MB"Ozzie did not believe Cindy would have been able to stage the scene, but others believed it was possible. In Vancouver, the coroner ruled that her death was not suicide, an accident, or a murder. They determined that she died of an "unknown event". Otto and Tillie never doubted that she was murdered. Otto believed the police did not investigate the possibility of homicide or of somebody murdering her, instead zeroing in on trying to prove that she committed suicide. They believe someone in ...
Alonzo Brooks
January 11, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.07 MBWhen Unsolved Mysteries had returned to our tv screens in July of 2020, one of their first cases was a doozy. The Netflix reboot of the show featured the case of a mid-twenties partygoer who may have been the victim of a series of hate crimes that ultimately lead to his death. If it wasn’t for the reboot, however, his case would still be closed. Twenty-three-year-old Alonzo Brooks grew up in Topeka, Kansas. He was the youngest of 5 children, growing up with one older brother and three siste...
Stalking/The Boston Strangler
January 10, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.54 MBFor the first half of this episode, I wanted to do something a little different. Having someone close to me who has been the victim of stalking, I decided to devote part of the episode to the issue itself and what is has caused for some survivors. I hope you enjoy!
Molly Bish/Angela Hammond
January 07, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.15 MBThe murder of Molly Bish & the disappearance of Angela Hammond. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Jack Davis Jr./Russell Evans
January 06, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.53 MBThe very tragic deaths of two teenagers that has still gone unsolved. In both cases, the police firmly believe that nothing nefarious took place. The parents, however, were not in agreement. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Cheri Jo Bates
January 05, 2022 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.71 MBMost of the debate surrounding Cheri Jo Bates' murder is whether or not she was an early (or even the first) victim of the infamous Zodiac Killer. Whether or not that is true, she was still an innocent victim of a madman and her murder needs to be solved. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
New Orleans Serial Killer
January 04, 2022 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.04 MBThere is another serial killer in New Orleans (how crazy is that to say?) who is not the man being spoken about in this episode. The one in this podcast episode has yet to be apprehended. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Black Dahlia/JonBenet Ramsey
January 03, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MBTwo of the world's most notorious true crime cases are still unsolved to this day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
The Circleville Writer
December 31, 2021 12:00 - 7 minutes - 4.97 MBAlthough this case had a conviction, many crucial questions still remain. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Why Hasn't Tommy Burkett's Case Been Reopened?
December 30, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6 MB***The claims of the story are from the perspective of Tommy's parents (RIP to them both). The APD and DEA have denied the allegations made against them. What happened to Tommy Burkett? Suicide doesn't seem likely. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
The Ohio Prostitute Killer
December 29, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.07 MBWas there a serial killer targeting prostitutes in Ohio? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Suspicious Road Rage Murders
December 28, 2021 12:00 - 7 minutes - 5.14 MBAlthough not related, the murders of Richard Aderson and Dick Hansen are the result of road rage turned deadly. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dailycoldcase)
Was This A Case Of Mistaken Identity?
December 27, 2021 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.26 MBKicking off a new season with a new focus, some new background music, and determination to get these cases out there. This episode looks at the case of twins Frederick and Cedric Young. One was arrested and convicted of armed robbery while the other may have been the actual perpetrator.
The Connecticut River Valley Serial Killer
November 11, 2021 21:00 - 6 minutes - 4.42 MBWas there a serial killer in the Connecticut River Valley area? All signs point to “yes”. During the middle of the 1980s, at least six women were found dead along the border of New Hampshire and Vermont. Just to give you an example of this possible serial killer’s brutality, it is theorized that he stabbed a woman named Jane Boroski twenty-seven times. Jane was pregnant at the time of her attack (she also was able to survive that attack by nothing short of a miracle). Support the show (https...
The Seemingly Public Murder of a College Student
November 11, 2021 20:00 - 3 minutes - 2.63 MBOn April 15th, 2017 Josiah and members of the Brothers United were attending an off-campus party when they were approached by a group of white locals and accused of stealing one of their phones. One of the locals demanded that they empty their pockets. An altercation began that left Josiah Lawson pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times. On July 7th, 2021, the Lawson Family and the City of Arcata reached a confidential settlement on a lawsuit. Part of the agreement between the two parties ...
If You Don't Believe In Coincidences, You Will After This Episode
November 09, 2021 17:00 - 5 minutes - 3.72 MBThis case centers around seventy-year-old Dorothy Donovan and her son Charles Holden. Holden was a factory worker and often had long shifts. On the night of June 22, 1991, he ended his shift around midnight. After stopping at a restaurant in Harrington, Delaware, Holden found himself in a precarious situation. As he was preparing to pull off in his truck, a man he had never met appeared in his window and asked him for a ride. The strange man told Holden he needed to get to Georgetown so that...
The Time The Zodiac Was Almost Caught
November 08, 2021 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.14 MB"On Oct. 6, a group of over 40 former law enforcement investigators, journalists and military personnel known as the Case Breakers claimed to have discovered the identity of the infamous Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac terrorized Northern California in the 1960s and sent cryptic, encoded messages to the police describing the murders...The group has now identified the serial murderer as Gary Francis Poste, who had passed away in 2018. They were able to link the original Zodiac killings to anothe...
The Murders of Candy Belt and Gloria Ross
November 04, 2021 22:00 - 4 minutes - 3.13 MBThis case involved the murders of twenty-two-year-old Candy Belt and eighteen-year-old Gloria Ross. The pair were two massage therapists (and escorts) at the New Life Massage Place run by a woman named Tammy Papler. During the early hours of September 20, 1994, Belt and Ross were found shot and stabbed to death in a back room of the building. Right away, the county sheriff determined that the crime scene had been compromised. Unfortunately, the complications fall at the hands of the local po...
A Confession To Kaitlyn Arquette's Murder After 32 Years
November 03, 2021 22:00 - 7 minutes - 5.23 MBOn the night of July 6th, 1989, Kaitlyn was shot a mysterious man in an adjacent vehicle while stopped at a traffic light. As the story continued to develop, so would the theories about what happened. The most prevailing theory was that Kaitlyn was murdered due to the illegal activates of her boyfriend at the time. He was involved in a pretty extensive car insurance scam. It would involve staging car accidents, having a corrupt paralegal assume the case, and then collecting the money from t...
Was Mario Amado's Death A Coverup?
November 02, 2021 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.7 MBJoe was told that Mario killed himself. By hanging. With his sweater. He tied his sweater around his neck and hung himself from a bar that was three feet off the ground. Joe, being reasonably skeptical, asked the detectives why no one stopped him. They claimed that everyone at the station was asleep while all of this was going on — forgetting the fact that this apparent suicide occurred at 5:00 PM, a time where most likely none of these people were sleeping. Mario’s brother wasn’t buying thi...
Who Killed This Texas Billionaire?
October 27, 2021 22:00 - 7 minutes - 5.45 MBThis story sees the mixture of money and murder. Ed Baker was a wealthy millionaire from Houston, Texas who was able to amass his wealth using the oil industry. Ed Baker was a wealthy Texas millionaire who had made his fortune in oil. His multi-million dollar business — Vanguard Groups International, Inc. — specialized in oil investments throughout the country. Running the business alongside his wife Mary Walker, Vanguard became one of the fastest-growing businesses in the country. Baker was...
Why Are We Still Talking About Ted Bundy?
October 24, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.54 MBI’m sure I am not the only one who has noticed the recent uptick in Ted Bundy-related material. I’m also sure that I’m not the only one who is sick of it. I’ve known of Ted Bundy for a while — just like I’ve known of Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Raider, David Berkowitz, Ed Gein, and John Wayne Gacy for a while. All of them (including Bundy) are serial killers and all of them took the word “heinous” to a shockingly dangerous level. Yet — for some reason — it is Ted Bundy that has remained in the pu...
The Disappearance of Dale Kerstetter
October 24, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MBThe police had the initial thought that Dale suffered from some sort of stroke or medical issue (which is weird because they searched the building and couldn’t find his body) so they brought in a dog to track his scent. Dale’s scent was tracked throughout the plant — even deviating from his usual security route and ending up at the glass furnace. Of course, the immediate thought was that Dale’s body was incinerated in the furnace — especially because the dog picked up no further trace of Dal...
The Mysterious Death of Blair Adams
October 24, 2021 13:00 - 4 minutes - 2.84 MBThe majority of us go through entire days without knowing when our time will come. Now, there is always that little nagging fear of death, but otherwise, we are able to live our days feeling relatively sure of our presence in the days to come. Imagine, though, if you were to lose that peace of mind. What if you knew that your time on this earth was coming to an end in the near future? That, unfortunately, is the story of Blair Adams’ final days. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dail...
Did Greed Lead To This Millionaire's Death?
October 11, 2021 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.46 MBUnfortunately for Ed, his business partners were starting to see the writing on the wall. In October of 1985, the investors of Vanguard Groups International were asking for the return on their investments. Unbeknownst to them (though I’m sure some of them suspected it), the once multi-million dollar business was swiftly approaching bankruptcy. Rather than having to face his investors with that devastating information, Ed resorted to an arranged cash bailout with a man of suspicious origin (a...
When A Man's Paranoia Ends In Murder
October 09, 2021 22:00 - 4 minutes - 2.84 MBThe majority of us go through entire days without knowing when our time will come. Now, there is always that little nagging fear of death, but otherwise, we are able to live our days feeling relatively sure of our presence in the days to come. Imagine, though, if you were to lose that peace of mind. What if you knew that your time on this earth was coming to an end in the near future? That, unfortunately, is the story of Blair Adams’ final days. Blair Adams was a thirty-one-year-old Canadia...
The Questionable Disappearance of Dale Kersetter
October 09, 2021 22:00 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MBThe police had the initial thought that Dale suffered from some sort of stroke or medical issue (which is weird because they searched the building and couldn’t find his body) so they brought in a dog to track his scent. Dale’s scent was tracked throughout the plant — even deviating from his usual security route and ending up at the glass furnace. Of course, the immediate thought was that Dale’s body was incinerated in the furnace — especially because the dog picked up no further trace of Dal...