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Murder of Yara Gambirasio

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! The disappearance of 13-year old Yara Gambirasio became known as the murder that obsessed Italy for years. The teenager disappeared on November 26, 2010 just a few hundred yards away from her house. Yara Gambirasio, 13-year old girl goes missing from Brembate di Sopra…

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Episode 21: A Cereal Killer

In early 1999, the small lake town of Newman Lake, Washington, experienced a string of crimes that almost seemed more fiction than reality. They involved murder, arson, fraud and embezzlement, and… it involved suicide. How might the popular choice of breakfast, cereal, help forensic scientists bring a cold  blooded killer to justice?

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A Cereal Killer

Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In 1999, Robert “Bob” Wood and his two children, 16-year old Teresa Wood and 11-year old Christopher Wood lived in Newman Lake, Washington. Bob worked for Crown West Realty and made a salary well over $100,000 a year. On February 9th, 1999, 16-year old…

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Episode 20: Jodi Arias: Murder of Travis Alexander

What happens when you mix religion, with sex, with jealousy, with lies. You get the perfect combination that leads to not only murder, but one of the most highly followed criminal trials in history. It’s a case that instantly became a media sensation. Millions tuned in daily to watch live courtroom footage of the trial, the testimonies,…

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Jodi Arias: Murder of Travis Alexander

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! The story of Jodi Ann Arias and the murder of Travis Victor Alexander is known as one of the most highly followed criminal trials in the history of the United States. Millions tuned in daily to watch live courtroom footage of the trial, the…

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Episode 19: Case of Dr. John Schneeberger

A well respected Canadian doctor is accused by one of his patients of rape in October 1992. The only problem is, the patient doesn’t remember anything the night of the assault. The doctor voluntarily takes 3 separate DNA blood samples, each time proving his innocence. His DNA did not match the rape kit. Years would go by…

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Case of Dr. John Schneeberger

Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Halloween night, October 31, 1992, Candice “Candy” Fonagy went to Kipling (Canada) Medical Center looking for her best friend after a terrible fight with her boyfriend. After finding out her best friend isn’t working, she becomes hysterical. The nurses suggest that she stay and…

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Episode 18: The Delphi Murders

Best friends Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” Rose Lynn German were murdered while hiking near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana in February 2017. Before their murders, Libby secretly recorded the killer on her cell phone. Police have the suspect’s voice, photo, and even have him on video. But as of today, the…

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The Delphi Murders

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! The Delphi Murders turned the small town of Delphi, Indiana from a place no one has heard about, to the place of one of the nation’s most heinous, unsolved murders. Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13-years old, and her best friend Liberty “Libby” Rose Lynn German,…

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Episode 17: The Suitcase Murder

Three suitcases are discovered floating in the Chesapeake Bay in May 2004. The first suitcase contained 2 human legs that were severed from the rest of the body. The second contained the torso. And the third suitcase held the rest of the body. The discovery of the suitcases take police investigators on a wild ride. From…

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