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JonBenet Ramsey Part 1

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old child beauty pageant competitor, JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered inside her Boulder, Colorado home. Before her body was discovered in the basement, her mom, Patsy Ramsey found a nearly 3-page ransom letter on a back staircase in the home….

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Yoga Twins Murder

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On May 29, 2019, eyewitnesses watched as a SUV drove off a 200-foot cliff on the winding Hana Highway on the island of Maui. The SUV was seen accelerating towards the cliff with no signs of breaking. PHOTO SOURCE: ABC News Moments before the…

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Episode 50: Yoga Twins Murder

On May 29, 2016, eyewitnesses watched as an SUV drove off a 200-foot cliff on the winding Hana Highway on the island of Maui. The SUV was seen accelerating towards the cliff with no signs of breaking. Inside the SUV were two identical twin sisters, Alexandria and Anastasia Duval. The terrible crash left one twin…

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Episode 49: Suicide or Homicide Ellen Greenberg

On January 26, 2011, 27-year old elementary school teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead inside her locked Philadelphia apartment. She had a total of 20 stab wounds to her chest, stomach, and back of her neck. The initial autopsy ruled her death a homicide until the ruling was revered a few weeks later to suicide….

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Suicide or Homicide: Ellen Greenberg

Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year old teacher at Juniata Park Academy in Philadelphia was found dead inside her apartment with 20 stab wounds. The medical examiner initially ruled her death a homicide but was changed to suicide after pressure from the police. PHOTO SOURCE: CBS News Ellen had 10 stab wounds to the back of the…

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Episode 48: Death of Christian Andreacchio

Christian Andreacchio, a 21-year old from Meridian, Mississippi, was found dead inside his apartment from a single gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled a suicide but the circumstances surrounding his death left his family wondering what really happened inside that apartment in February 2014. Was this a tragic suicide? Or was there…

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Death of Christian Andreacchio

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On February 26, 2014 in Meridian, Mississippi, 21-year old Christian Andreacchio was found dead inside his apartment from a single gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide. Andreacchio worked on a tugboat and was on his way to becoming the youngest captain….

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Episode 46: Chicago Tylenol Murders

Between September and October 1982, seven people throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area were killed after ingesting the over-the-counter painkiller Tylenol. The pills were discovered to have been laced with cyanide. Their deaths sent shock waves throughout the country and forever changed the way we take medicine in the United States. The person behind the…

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Episode 47: Thanksgiving Day Killer

On Thanksgiving day 2009, four members of the same family were shot and killed by another family member.  Following the murders, the shooter evaded police capture for five weeks. What caused the shooter to turn the gun on his very own family?

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Thanksgiving Day Killer

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On Thanksgiving Day 2009, four members of the same family were shot and killed after eating dinner in Jupiter, Florida. Paul Michael Merhige, 35-years old, sat down for Thanksgiving dinner with his family. After the family cleared their plates, they gathered together around the…

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