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The Fall Line: True Crime
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The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, and missing persons. We shine a light on what's been under-investigated, under-covered, or both — diving deep into unsolved homicides, disappearances, and unidentified John and Jane Does. Through interviews with law enforcement, forensic experts, victim advocates, and families, we investigate what happened and why these cases remain unsolved. We dig into current issues in forensic science, DNA evidence, and criminal justice — and confront the disparities that leave underrepresented victims, including those lost to serial killers, without headlines or justice. Every episode is victim-centered, not drama-driven. Real cases. Real families. Real justice.
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Lonely Morning Hours: The Death of Shawna Toya
Nov 1200:38:53Tap to summarizeJemez Pueblo artist Shawna Toya was found unresponsive in her car at an Albuquerque, New Mexico park on August 1, 2021, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family discovered evidence—another person's ID in Shawna's vehicle, missing rent money, and undocumented trauma on her body—that they believe warrants further investigation. Our coverage features interviews with Shawna's mother, renowned traditional potter Geraldine Toya, and MMIWR/MMIP advocate and lawyer Darlene Gomez as the family continues seeking answers about her death. Season 24 of The Fall Line covers missing persons, unsolved homicides, and unresolved deaths across the United States. If you have any information that you feel could aid in a reinvestigation of Shawna Toya's death and the circumstances surrounding it: reach out to Darlene Gomez at the Law Offices of Darlene Gomez https://dargomezlaw.com or the Albuquerque Police Department at 505-843-STOP. Darlene Gomez's non profit: https://www.mmiwr.org/ Submit a case to The Fall Line: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/case-submissions Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Join us on Patreon to fund therapy initiatives: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com 2025 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® Podcast LLC
Transcribe →Missing Twice: No Body Homicides
Nov 500:43:24Tap to summarizeForensic anthropologists Dr. Amy Michael and Dr. Jen Bengtson reveal a critical gap in missing-persons databases and unidentified-remains cases. No-body homicide victims—those identified as murdered, but without recovered remains—may not appear in forensic identification databases, creating problems for cold-case investigations and forensic anthropology work. Their research examines how missing persons cases, forensic databases, and unidentified human-remains investigations may be disconnected, which can in turn affect victim identification efforts nationwide. Season 24 of The Fall Line covers missing persons, unsolved homicides, and unresolved deaths across the United States. Help SEMO solve cold cases (specify gift to anthropology program): https://semo.edu/giving/ Help FAIR Lab solve cold cases: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/34914/donations/new?designation=forensicanthropologylab Submit a case to The Fall Line: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/case-submissions Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Join us on Patreon to fund therapy initiatives: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com 2025 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® Podcast LLC
Transcribe →Killer Data: Serial Killers in the Modern Age, Part 2
Oct 2800:31:35Tap to summarizeOur platform is having ongoing technical issues causing episodes to disappear and reappear. We appreciate your patience as we have this fixed and apologize if episodes hit your queue multiple times. Part 2 of our re-release of our interview with Enzo Yaksic. Atypical Homicide researcher Enzo Yaksic shares his perspective on cultural myths regarding the "average" serial killer, what—and who—has skewed our perceptions of serial killers, and why it's so important that experts, law enforcement, and consumers begin to understand what serial murder is, and how serial murderers operate in the modern age. Buy Enzo Yaksic's Killer Data from any retailer or directly from the publisher: https://www.routledge.com/Killer-Data-Modern-Perspectives-on-Serial-Murder/Yaksic/p/book/9780367672706 Submit a case to The Fall Line: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/case-submissions Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Submit a case to The Fall Line: Submit a case here Join us on Patreon to fund therapy initiatives: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com 2025 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® Podcast LLC
Transcribe →Listen Now: Scamfluencers "Pharmacist Femme Fatale"
Oct 2000:05:22Tap to summarizeYou never really know someone…especially online. In today's world, the power of influence can be the quickest path to money and fame, and it often ends in ruin. These are the stories of the world's most insidious Scamfluencers. And we are their prey. On Wondery's new weekly series, join co-hosts Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi as they unpack epic stories of deception from the worlds of social media, fashion, finance, health, and wellness. These influencers claim to be everything from charismatic healers to trusted financial insiders to experts in dating. They cast spells over millions. Why do we believe them, and how does our culture allow them to thrive? From Black Swan Murder to a fake social media influencer to an audacious Hollywood Ponzi schemer, each season will take the listener along the twists and turns, the impact on victims, and what's left when the facade falls away. Listen to Scamfluencers: The Fall Line: https://Wondery.fm/Scam_TFL
Transcribe →Killer Data: Serial Killers in the Modern Age
Oct 1400:36:06Tap to summarizeA re-release of our classic interview with Enzo Yaksic. Part two will be out tomorrow. Atypical Homicide researcher Enzo Yaksic shares his perspective on cultural myths regarding the "average" serial killer, what—and who—has skewed our perceptions of serial killers, and why it's so important that experts, law enforcement, and consumers begin to understand what serial murder is, and how serial murderers operate in the modern age. Buy Enzo Yaksic's Killer Data from any retailer or directly from the publisher: https://www.routledge.com/Killer-Data-Modern-Perspectives-on-Serial-Murder/Yaksic/p/book/9780367672706 Submit a case to The Fall Line: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/case-submissions Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Submit a case to The Fall Line: Submit a case here Join us on Patreon to fund therapy initiatives: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com 2025 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® Podcast LLC
Transcribe →The Murder Of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty: New Mexico, Part 2
Aug 21, 2024Tap to summarizePart two of our coverage of the unsolved murder of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty. Zach, a 23-year-old beloved father, son, and brother was murdered on July 21st, 2020. His body was discovered on July 25th, in a remote field on the Navajo Nation reservation. His mother, Vangie Randall Shorty, had been desperately searching the area for him for those four, long days—and she's been demanding answers ever since. Season 19 focuses on New Mexico and on the cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons/Missing/ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIP/MMIWR) whose loved ones are still fighting for resolution in their cases. Justice for Zach: https://www.facebook.com/p/Justice-for-Zachariah-My-Mom-is-My-Voice-100030412008026/ Angels' Voices Silenced No More: https://www.angelsvoicesnm.org/ Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Submit a case to The Fall Line: Submit a case here Join us on Patreon to fund therapy initiatives: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine 2024 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC
Transcribe →The Murder Of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty: New Mexico, Part 1
Aug 14, 2024Tap to summarizeLaurah was recovering from an illness during the recording of this episode. Zachariach Juwaun Shorty, a 23-year-old beloved father, son, and brother was murdered on July 21st, 2020. His body was discovered on July 25th, in a remote field on the Navajo Nation reservation. His mother, Vangie Randall Shorty, had been desperately searching the area for him for those four, long days—and she's been demanding answers ever since. Season 19 focuses on New Mexico and on the cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons/Missing/ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIP/MMIWR) whose loved ones are still fighting for resolution in their cases. Justice for Zach: https://www.facebook.com/p/Justice-for-Zachariah-My-Mom-is-My-Voice-100030412008026/ Angels' Voices Silenced No More: https://www.angelsvoicesnm.org/ Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Submit a case to The Fall Line: Submit a case here Join us on Patreon to fund therapy initiatives: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine 2024 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC
Transcribe →Fat Man: The Murder of Moses Williams Jr. Part 1
Jan 19, 2022Tap to summarizeOn Super Bowl Sunday, 2012, a gunshot rang out across the darkened streets of Aiken, SC--and 19-year-old Moses "Fat Man" Williams Jr., a popular former high-school football star, slumped in the driver's seat of his car.Though his girlfriend and her sister were no more than a hundred feet away, and he was parked in a busy neighborhood, no one could—or would—say who'd shot the young father, who worked seven days a week to support his family. But his mother, Timica James, was determined to find out. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Go to babbel.com and get six months of Babbel for the price of three! Use code FALLLINE. Go to Truebill at https://truebill.com/fallline to start canceling unneeded subscriptions today! Download June's Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Submit a case to The Fall Line: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/case-submissions Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Kim Fritz, and Kyana Burgess/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, scored, and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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