After a hard day fighting crime, Michael Franke walked to his car in the night’s shadow. His footsteps echoed in the empty lot. Michael possessed an incredible work ethic. Coupled with a burning desire for positive change. A modern-day superhero. As Michael opened his car door, horror struck.  An attacker pierced a knife through our champion’s…

Subscribe to Forensic Tales so you don’t miss an episode! Christmas time, the most wonderful time of the year. Children laugh. Families bond. Christmas joy lives everywhere. Everywhere, except Fort Worth Texas. Two days before Christmas, three innocent girls went shopping at the mall, then mysteriously disappeared. No clues. No suspects. Nothing. Could forensics give…

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In a Georgetown cemetery, a young, unidentified female was buried. No family, no services, and no speeches. Nobody knew anything about her. Except she was dead. Her grave read: “Tent Girl. Found May 17th, 1968.” The horrific tragedy told and retold by the town’s…

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In April 2001, Susan married the man of her dreams. A man who gave her two beautiful boys, and her perfect little Mormon home. So why would the faithful Susan run away? Her quick-tongued husband possessed all the answers. She had an affair. She…

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In 2005, Kimberly Long was convicted of second degree in the 2003 murder of her boyfriend, Oswaldo “Ozzy” Conde. She was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for Ozzy’s murder. On October 6, 2003, Kimberly returned home and discovered Ozzy had been…