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Episode 64: The Night Stalker

During the 1980’s Los Angeles was the place for glitz, glamour, and terror. A shadow in the night was killing Angelinos with reckless abandon. People feared they would be next. On March 27th, destiny struck an innocent couple. The night stalker performed his evil ritual. The couple lay dead, with the wife missing her two…

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Death of Elisa Lam

Subscribe to Forensic Tales so you don’t miss an episode! On January 26, 2013, 21-year-old Elisa Lam rode an Amtrak train to Los Angeles. She dreamt her entire life of visiting LA-LA land. She dreamt of new friends, a happier life, and maybe even love.  Her chance finally arrived. She somehow convinced her protective parents…

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Episode 62: Lonnie Kocontes

 In May 2006, 52-year old American Micki Kanesaki was reported missing while on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea just off Italy’s coast. Lonnie Kocontes, her ex-husband, sweet-talked her into a romantic getaway, to fix their broken relationship. Micki trusted Lonnie, and after a romantic wine-filled evening. Micki just disappeared. Two days later, a…

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Lonnie Kocontes

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In May 2006, 52-year-old American Micki Kanesaki was reported missing while on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea just off Italy’s coast. Lonnie Kocontes, her ex-husband, sweet-talked her into a romantic getaway, to fix their broken relationship. Micki trusted Lonnie, and after a…

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Episode 61: Nose Job Murder: Shayna Hubers

On October 12th, 2012, 28-year old Ryan Poston, a successful attorney from Kentucky was found dead, shot 6 times in his condo. He’d been shot to death by his girlfriend Shayna Hubers. According to Shayna, she wasn’t some sort of cold blooded killer. She said she shot him out of self-defense. It was either kill or…

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Nose Job Murder: Shayna Hubers

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On October 12th, 2012, 28-year-old Ryan Poston, a successful attorney from Kentucky was found dead, shot 6 times in his condo. He’d been shot to death by his girlfriend Shayna Hubers. According to Shayna, she wasn’t some sort of cold-blooded killer. She said she…

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Episode 60: Lululemon Murder

On the morning of March 12th, 2011, the opening employee to the Lululemon store in Bethesda, Maryland, walked into a bloodbath. Inside the store, 2 of her coworkers were found bound and gagged. One of employees, 30-year old Jayna Murray had been stabbed over 330 times. Her coworker, Brittany Norwood was somehow able to survive…

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Lululemon Murder

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! *Warning: This post contains graphic images.   On the morning of March 12th, 2011, the opening employee to the Lululemon store in Bethesda, Maryland, walked into a bloodbath. Inside the store, 2 of her coworkers were found bound and gagged. One of employees, 30-year-old…

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Episode 58: Wrongful Conviction: Kimberly Long

In the early hours of October 6, 2003 Kimberly Long came home and discovered her boyfriend, Oswaldo “Ozzy” Conde’s dead body. He’d been bludgeoned to death in the living room. Police questioned Kimberly and a friend she was with the night of the murder, Jeff Dills. Kimberly and Jeff provided conflicting stories about exactly what…

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