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America's Crime Lab
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Welcome to Othram aka "America's Crime Lab." Each week, we meet weary detectives and family members working an unsolved case that has wrecked a community and seemingly hit a dead end… until, in a last-ditch effort, the evidence is mailed to Othram.
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The Idaho Student Murders: DNA in Real Time Part 1
Sep 1000:42:12Summary readyThe brutal murders of four Idaho college students shock a college town and send police on the hunt for a killer. Investigators discover one key piece of evidence at the crime scene. Will it be enough to lead them to the killer?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Disappeared Part 2
Sep 300:40:15Summary readyNearly thirty years after gay men go missing from nightclubs in Indianapolis, one man’s call to the new coroner in town sets off an investigation into what happened at Fox Hollow. Now, there’s a desperate push to excavate the remains of dozens of suspected murder victims whose bodies were burned and crushed beyond recognition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 8 - The Disappeared Part 1
Aug 2700:32:42Summary readyYoung gay men begin disappearing from downtown Indianapolis. One by one, missing persons fliers go up, and rumors spread about a serial killer. Families are frustrated by a lackluster investigation. And then a killing field is discovered in a shocking location.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 7 - The Mount Everest of Cold Cases Part 2
Aug 2000:28:15Summary readyThe search for nine-year-old Candy Rogers became the Mount Everest of cold cases in Spokane. Could the killer’s family hold the final clue to solving the case? And just how far would detectives need to dig for the truth?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 6 - The Mount Everest of Cold Cases Part 1
Aug 13, 202500:35:31Summary readyWhen nine-year-old Candy Rogers went missing, the entire city of Spokane went looking for her. A search party tragedy added to the community's grief when Candy’s battered body was discovered. Now, one final piece of evidence is all that’s left to reopen the case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 5 - What Remains
Aug 6, 202500:29:35Summary readyEmergency crews responding to a boat fire discover the badly burned remains of a person onboard. With little evidence and no identification, the remains are buried in an unmarked grave. Years later, DNA gives cold case detectives hope to identify who he was and to track down his family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 4 - Abduction Part 4
Jul 30, 202500:36:27Summary readyFor nearly 50 years, Carla Walker’s family hunted for the person who raped and murdered the high school cheerleader. When police finally make an arrest, everyone is left to wonder, how did the killer hide in plain sight?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 3 - Abduction Part 3
Jul 23, 202500:28:43Summary readyFor the first time in decades, detectives have a solid lead on who killed Carla Walker. Forensic DNA testing of her powder blue dress is pointing to a surprising suspect. But authorities need one more DNA sample to close the case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 2 - Abduction Part 2
Jul 16, 202500:36:22Summary readyAfter 46 years, detectives reopen Carla Walker’s murder, and an investigator who helped find the Golden State Killer wants in on the case. But will DNA testing of the cheerleaders' clothes help solve the case or kill it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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S1:EP 1 - Abduction Part 1
Jul 16, 202500:30:22Summary readyCarla Walker’s brazen abduction after her high school Valentine’s dance shook Fort Worth, TX. Suspicion swirls around her boyfriend, while others are convinced of his innocence. Who could have raped and murdered the cheerleader? Everyone thinks they know.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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