Shattered Souls
632 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWhat happens when a double homicide case lands in your lap? What if it is the oldest active cold case in the history of American true crime? What if your father held a family secret for fifty years before he confided in you that one of the victims was your great-great uncle and that your grandfather had been held as a suspect? What if the murders happened during the most corrupt era our nation has ever known? And what if you are a retired detective, like me, with the unique skill set needed to figure out an 87-year-old family mystery? Well, you put everything else on hold and set out to solve it. This is my story.
Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders is presented by CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts.
Music by Sam Johnson
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Episodes
Episode 17: "Fait Accompli"
July 12, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBKaren wraps up this part of the Car Barn Murders series with her assessment of accomplices Walter Oliver and Robert Janney along with a breakdown of the statement of Francis Gregory. Please go to the Shattered Souls Facebook page for insider details and to render your verdicts on the case. Stay tuned for future episodes and a few surprises! Thank you for listening! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Sixteen: "DC Unconfidential"
July 05, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBAfter handing off her findings on William Clarke to you, the public jury, Karen details every factor and Clarke's criminal intent to put the final pieces together. She also uncovers the identity of Captain Vollten's confidential informants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Fifteen: "We, the Jury..."
June 28, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBKaren makes her opening argument against her primary suspect, William Clarke, based on the information provided in the 1935 reports and from Captain Vollten's confidential informants from 1954....but, who were the informants? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Fourteen: "The Greene Nexus"
June 21, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBKaren's friend, Stephanie White, cracked the identity of DC Metro Police 'ex-Sergeant Greene", named numerous times in Captain Vollten's 1954 Addendum report. Who was this man and how did he play a role in the murders of Emory Smith and James Mitchell? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Thirteen: "Confidential Squared"
June 14, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThe 1954 Addendum report written by Captain Vollten provided all of the details needed to crack the case, but there were still unidentified persons involved in the murder that Karen has to identify to come to a conclusion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Twelve: "Beauty School Dropout"
June 07, 2022 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBAs Karen continues putting the pieces together, she finds out about an addendum report that was not included in the original files. She also discovers that there may have been evidence tampering by one of the original detectives. William Clarke's friend and alibi, James Weir, goes on the run. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Eleven: "Cloak and Swagger"
May 31, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBPrison letters between William Clarke and Mary Branch tell a sordid story of love and hate. Clarke also wrote to several other people from his prison cell, including a U.S. Senator and one woman who proved to be pivotal regarding a solution to the case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Ten: "The Patapsco Incident"
May 24, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBThe lid finally blows off of the case when Karen discovers a related crime that was not mentioned anywhere in the case file. Dead men tell no tales. Dead women, too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Nine: "Matinees and Madness"
May 17, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBKaren delves into the police interviews of William Clarke and Mary Branch and finds marked discrepancies, an unnamed DC cop, as well as a direct link to another person of interest -- the only person left alive after the murders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Eight: "Dear Lil"
May 10, 2022 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBAs the political machine churned in the background, Detectives Vollten and Rodgers follow up on the information from DC Jail inmate Horace Davis and his claims about Walter Oliver's confession. Another name was dropped by Davis and Karen finds a treasure trove of information and a link that sets her wheels spinning toward a solution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Seven: "Pants on Fire"
May 03, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBDC Jail inmate Horace Davis provided the first solid lead to investigate, but was he telling the truth? Karen has more names to investigate and finds the first bombshell from an unlikely source. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Six: "Burlesques and BS"
April 26, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBDetective Vollten kept interviewing suspects after breaking away from the investigation of Tony The Stinger Cugino, but nothing was panning out. Almost a year to the day after the Car Barn Murders, Vollten got a letter on his desk from a con who said he had intel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Five: "Undercover Blue"
April 19, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBA wormhole in Philadelphia? Gangsters are on the forefront of Detective Vollten's investigation and Karen follows their leads down a rabbit hole to find out if the Car Barn Murders were a gang hit. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Four: "Den of Duplicity"
April 12, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBThe District of Columbia was dealing with rampant illegal rackets and Karen finds out just how much corruption was going on. The detectives start working with an informant, who finds out key information about the Car Barn Murder case. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Three: "Distraction and Discombobulation"
April 05, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBAs the detectives followed lead after lead, nothing seemed to be panning out. Karen starts following leads of her own, including an attempted robbery of another ticket office that provided a suspect description. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Two: "Seeing Can Be Deceiving"
March 29, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBKaren begins reconstructing the moments of the murders of James Mitchell and her great uncle, Emory Smith, which leads to difficult questions. Was it really an inside job like everyone thought? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode One: "The Oldest Cold Case"
March 22, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBRetired detective Karen Smith discovers that her father kept a family secret for decades. In 2002, her father revealed that Karen's great uncle, Emory Smith, was the victim of a heinous murder and that her grandfather had been held as a suspect. Karen begins her journey to solve her great uncle Emory's murder. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Introducing Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders
March 15, 2022 12:00 - 1 minute - 1.76 MB'Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders' premieres March 22nd! What happens when a double homicide case lands in your lap? What if it is the oldest active cold case in the history of American true crime? What if your father held a family secret for fifty years before he confided in you that one of the victims was your great-great uncle and that your grandfather had been held as a suspect? What if the murders happened during the most corrupt era our nation has ever known? And what if you are a...
Shattered Souls BONUS: Tips for the Surfer
September 10, 2020 23:03 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MBKaren shares two fun, strange, and lighthearted cases from Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, including an encounter with a "Jeff Spicoli in the flesh" surfer dude. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls BONUS: "Play along with me."
August 14, 2020 02:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this surprise lighthearted bonus episode, Karen recounts one of the more straightforward cases in which a perp discovers the hard way that she isn't as smart as Karen and her colleagues. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BONUS with Nancy Grace: Broken Glass
July 30, 2020 19:48 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBKaren talks with longtime friend and prosecution powerhouse Nancy Grace about the most emotional moments of her prosecution career.
Shattered Souls BONUS with Nancy Grace: Broken Glass
July 30, 2020 19:48 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBKaren talks with longtime friend and former prosecutor Nancy Grace about the most emotional moments from her career. Nancy is now the host of the podcast Crime Stories with Nancy Grace and the founder of CrimeOnline.com. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls: Kim Dorsey
July 25, 2020 16:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWho killed Kim Dorsey? As Karen and her co-workers forensically reconstructed the crime scene, the homicide detectives ran down lead after lead until they found the suspect and arrested him. Who was he and how did the crime really happen? What was the suspect’s story when he took the stand at the trial? Interviews with Detective Kim Long, Prosecutor London Kite, Detective Larry Kuczkowski and Sergeant Karen Dukes. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See...
Shattered Souls: Breakdown
July 18, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBKim Dorsey was found bludgeoned, stabbed and sexually assaulted in her own bedroom. The crime scene had been assigned to two new crime scene investigators the day before Karen and her co-worker, Kim Long, were summoned to help sort out the details of what happened to Kim early in the morning of October 28, 2012. It would prove to be the most challenging case of Karen’s career. Interviews with Detective Kim Long, Prosecutor London Kite, Detective Larry Kuczkowski and Sergeant Karen Dukes. L...
Shattered Souls: Jessie Bracelett
July 11, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBJessie Bracelett was brutally murdered in the pre-dawn hours of December 17, 2012. As Karen and other detectives investigated the crime scene and related items they discovered bloodstain evidence that would reveal, indisputably, who murdered Jessie on that cold December morning. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls: Pain
July 04, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBTwenty two-year-old Jessie Bracelett was stabbed and left for dead in a dark parking lot in 2012. His friend, Maurice Johnson, also suffered a stab wound and called 911. . . and so did several eyewitnesses. Detectives would rely on the forensic reconstruction to detangle this twisted case. Detective Kim Long discusses the case with Karen. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls episode 9: Pain
July 04, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBTwenty two-year-old Jessie Bracelett was stabbed and left for dead in a dark parking lot in 2012. His friend, Maurice Johnson, also suffered a stab wound and called 911. . . but so did several eyewitnesses. Detectives would rely on the forensic reconstruction to detangle this twisted case. Detective Kim Long discusses the case with Karen.
Shattered Souls: Trina Joseph
June 27, 2020 16:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBAubrey Joseph turned himself in after murdering his wife — but he told a much different story than the one told by evidence he left behind. It’s up to the detectives to make sense of the details, follow the evidence to find the lies, and give Trina Joseph a chance at justice. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls BONUS: The Prosecution Speaks
June 24, 2020 17:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBKaren speaks with prosecutor Janeen Kirch who details her experiences in the State Attorney's Office and her most heartbreaking moment while working the Alexandria Williams case. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls: Anger
June 20, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBTrina Joseph’s tragic murder revealed a history of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband Aubrey. It’s not a whodunit, but the evidence from the crime scene would show the calculated, deliberate way that Aubrey killed her—especially one crucial piece of evidence that multiple officers, detectives, and forensic investigators nearly missed. Music: The New Real by Sam Johnson at www.samjohnsonlive.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudi...
Shattered Souls BONUS: Det. Eileen Simpson
June 16, 2020 17:32 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBKaren speaks with one of her mentors, Detective Eileen Simpson, about her method for dealing with the emotional aftermath, along with more background information on the Roy Andrews and Moussa Maida cases. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls: Moussa Maida
June 13, 2020 16:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBAfter teenager Moussa Maida was gunned down in the cashier’s booth of his family’s store, his mother’s cries haunted Karen. The case languished for two years before investigators received the break they needed — but the cut-and-dried case threatens to crumble in the courtroom when the defense makes an argument that could let a killer walk free. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls: Scratches
June 06, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBWho killed 19 year-old Moussa Maida in his family’s small shop? The killer left behind ample physical evidence. The entire crime was captured on video. It should have been an open-and-shut case, but Karen and the team hit wall after wall in bringing Moussa’s killer to justice. Karen shares the most anguishing moment of her career. Music by Sam Johnson Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls: Roy Andrews
May 30, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBRoy Andrews spent his law enforcement career helping others but after his murder he needed the help of an adrenaline-fueled team of detectives to find the killer. From a callous confession caught on wiretap, to thoughts from homicide detective Eileen Simpson, who was listening as it happened, this episode takes listeners directly inside the investigation as a killer is brought to justice. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Shattered Souls (BONUS): Interview with retired JSO detective Kim Long
May 26, 2020 16:22 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBShattered Souls is about understanding the emotional toll that investigative work takes on those in the trenches. Karen chats with her "work wife," retired JSO detective Kim Long, about their case files and experiences together. Kim details her most heartbreaking cases and explains how she has handled the emotional fallout. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls: Pressure
May 23, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBMotive is the name of the game after the brutal and baffling murder of a long-serving police officer. Karen relives the crime scene, sifts through the evidence, and takes listeners on a roller coaster ride as she and her team meet several dead ends before locking a suspect firmly in their sights. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shattered Souls (BONUS): On the record with Susan Addison
May 19, 2020 19:22 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBKaren speaks with Stacy Replogle’s mother to learn more about her daughter and what life has been like since her brutal murder. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stacy Replogle
May 16, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBAfter Stacy Replogle's nearly decapitated body was found at a remote construction site in Jacksonville, Florida, Karen and her team set out to identify the killer. Exhausted and frustrated, they found a clear link between the victim and the perpetrator in the most unlikely of places. With irrefutable evidence in hand, the race was on to find the suspect. Forensics told a clear story, but what would the alleged killer have to say when the case finally got to court?
Shattered Souls: Stacy Replogle
May 16, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBAfter Stacy Replogle's nearly decapitated body was found at a remote construction site in Jacksonville, Florida, Karen and her team set out to identify the killer. Exhausted and frustrated, they found a clear link between the victim and the perpetrator in the most unlikely of places. With irrefutable evidence in hand, the race was on to find the suspect. Forensics told a clear story, but what would the alleged killer have to say when the case finally got to court? Learn more about your a...
Shattered Souls: Nightmare
May 09, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBOn a cold and rainy morning in February of 2005, Jacksonville, Florida forensic detective Karen Smith responded to a troubling report of a body discovered in a wooded area. The unidentified young woman was in a puddle of mud at the bottom of an embankment, adjacent to a well-traveled road. Karen and her team faced tough terrain, poor weather, and other daunting challenges before they could even hope to identify the victim. Then Karen discovered the key to this case in the strangest of places...
A Note From Thinking Sideways: Introducing "Shattered Souls"
May 02, 2020 19:25 - 3 minutes - 3.5 MBDevin from Thinking Sideways explains why they've partnered with CrimeCon to launch Shattered Souls: A Forensic Detective's Diary from retired detective Karen Smith. An exclusive sneak-peek trailer of the emotional first season follows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thinking Sideways: The Shocking Details!
March 03, 2020 16:58 - 51 seconds - 826 KBA new episode! Joe tells you how to find it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Shocking Details!
March 03, 2020 16:58 - 50 seconds - 789 KBA new episode! Joe tells you how to find it.
Thinking Sideways: Joe's New Podcast
February 25, 2020 21:19 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBThe Arkansas Ghost Trial: When a drifter came to a tiny town in Arkansas, murder followed. Then things got kinda weird. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joe's New Podcast
February 25, 2020 21:19 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBThe Arkansas Ghost Trial: When a drifter came to a tiny town in Arkansas, murder followed. Then things got kinda weird.
The Disappearance of Alfred Loewenstein
February 21, 2020 02:06 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBAlfred Loewenstein, one of the world’s richest men, vanished from his private plane in July 1928 somewhere over the English Channel. And no one aboard the plane even saw him go.
Thinking Sideways: The Disappearance of Alfred Loewenstein
February 21, 2020 02:06 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBAlfred Loewenstein, one of the world’s richest men, vanished from his private plane in July 1928 somewhere over the English Channel. And no one aboard the plane even saw him go. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BONUS: Introducing Audible's "CALL ME GOD: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation"
November 04, 2019 21:10 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBJoe helps you discover your next binge-worthy, must-listen, true crime original: Call Me God: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation. Told firsthand by those key to solving the case, follow FBI agent brothers Jim and Tim Clemente as they lead listeners through the tangled path of discovery and evidence gathering only a select few had the vision to see. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Introducing Audible's "CALL ME GOD: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation"
November 04, 2019 21:10 - 7 minutes - 7.09 MBJoe helps you discover your next binge-worthy, must-listen, true crime original: Call Me God: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation. Told firsthand by those key to solving the case, follow FBI agent brothers Jim and Tim Clemente as they lead listeners through the tangled path of discovery and evidence gathering only a select few had the vision to see.
BONUS: Introducing Factually! With Adam Conover
May 29, 2019 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MBHere’s a new podcast for you! You might know Adam Conover from his hit show “Adam Ruins Everything”, but now he’s going deeper as the host of the new show Factually!, where Adam interviews exceptional experts to reveal shocking truths and thought-provoking new perspectives. It’s a podcast for curious people who never stop asking questions. Factually! is out NOW - listen wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.c...