The Hillside Strangler terrorized the city of Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978, killing 12 innocent women throughout the sunny California south land. Forensic evidence eventually tied the killer (or killers!) to the hillside murders and began the longest criminal trial in California’s history.
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Best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing from a family barbecue in August 2002 and they were never seen again. How could a forensic botanist help police solve their murders?
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Krystal Baslanowitch, 17-years old, went missing in December 1995. The police had 2 main suspects in her disappearance: her boyfriend, Chris, and a local taxi driver, Herb Fry. It would take police over 17 years to finally catch Krystal’s killer.
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In November 1971 John List murdered his mother, wife, and 3 children in cold blood. He left the bodies inside the family home where they were discovered over a month later. By then, John list was long gone. It wasn’t until the popular show America’s Most Wanted featured the case nearly 18 years later that…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! January 14, 1947, in a South Los Angeles neighborhood known as Leimert Park, a woman, Betty Bersinger, is walking with her 3-year-old daughter around 10:00 in the morning when she discovers the dead body of a woman. Not only is the woman dead, her body…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Missy Bevers was born on August 9, 1970, in the city of Graham, Texas. The middle child in the family. She was born Terri Leanne Strickland but went by the nickname Missy for most of her life. Missy met her husband, Brandon Bevers, and the couple married on June 20,…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Leanne Tiernan was a beautiful 16-year old teenager from the large city of Leeds, England, a place only about 170 miles north of Central London. On November 26, 2000, Leanne Tiernan went for a shopping trip in downtown Leeds with her 15-year old friend Sarah Whitehouse. The…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! *Shout out to a Forensic Tales listener, Ariel, for requesting this story. If you would like to submit your favorite true crime case for a chance to have it featured on the show, send me an email: courtney@forensictales.com The Hillside Strangler is responsible for terrorizing the city…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were two 10-year old classmates who had been friends since they were only four years old. Even at four years old, the two girls instantly became best friends, practically joined at the hip, and looked more like sisters than merely best friends. …
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On December 14, 1995, Tracy Beslanowitch told her boyfriend, Chris, that she was going to grab some food at a local Circle K near Salt Lake City, Utah. She never returned home. Around 11:00 p.m., Chris started to worry about his girlfriend because it…
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