Forensic Tales
A True Crime Podcast
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The Wrongful Conviction of David Camm
The Wrongful Conviction of David Camm: When Forensic Evidence Tells the Wrong Story On September 28, 2000, former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm returned home after playing basketball with friends and relatives. When he opened his garage, he discovered a horrifying scene. His...
The Antifreeze Murders of Stacey Castor
When Stacey Castor’s second husband, David, was found dead in 2005, the scene initially appeared to tell a straightforward story. David had ingested antifreeze, and his death was classified as a suicide. But investigators weren’t convinced. The evidence inside the Castor home raised questions...
The Murder of April Tinsley
The Murder of April Tinsley: How DNA Identified Her Killer 30 Years Later On April 1, 1988, eight-year-old April Marie Tinsley was spending Good Friday playing with friends in her Fort Wayne, Indiana, neighborhood. When it began to drizzle, April decided to walk back...
The Murder of Betsy Faria and The Lies of Pam Hupp
The Murder of Betsy Faria and the Lies of Pam Hupp On December 27, 2011, Russ Faria returned home to Troy, Missouri, and found his wife, Betsy, lying on the living room floor. Her wrists had been cut, and a kitchen knife was still...
The Murder of Meredith Kercher: Did DNA Wrongfully Implicate Amanda Knox
The Murder of Meredith Kercher: What Did the DNA Evidence Really Prove? On November 2, 2007, 21-year-old British exchange student Meredith Kercher was found murdered inside the apartment she shared with three other women in Perugia, Italy. What followed became one of the most...
The Florence Salon Murders
L The Florence Salon Murders: Three Women Killed in Broad Daylight On the morning of November 6, 2001, a customer arrived at The Hair Gallery in Florence, Montana, expecting nothing more than a routine nail appointment. Instead, she walked into one of the most...
The Unsolved Murder of Mike Emert
L The Murder of Mike Emert: How DNA Linked an Unsolved Murder to a Suspected Hitman On the morning of January 4, 2001, successful Seattle-area real estate agent Mike Emert left home to meet a prospective buyer for what should have been a routine...