Forensic Tales
A True Crime Podcast
Our Episodes
Susan Schwarz
Over 40 years ago, Susan Schwarz was found bound and shot to death inside her own Washington home. At first, the police suspected this was somehow a robbery gone wrong. But over the years, that theory fizzled out, and they began looking at someone...
Lucille Johnson
A 78-year-old grandmother was found dead inside her Salt Lake City, Utah, home in February 1991. But for years, her brutal murder baffled investigators. Who would want to kill an elderly lady inside her very own home? The case remained a mystery for two...
Janet Abaroa
In April 2005, 25-year-old Janet Abaroa was discovered stabbed to death inside her North Carolina home – she had been found by her husband, Raven. Nothing else in the home was disturbed, and the couple’s 6-month-old son, Kaiden, was found unharmed in another bedroom....
Jeanne Childs
It’s a case that haunted the authorities for decades. A woman is stabbed to death a total of 65 times inside her Minneapolis apartment. Although the scene overflowed with physical and forensic evidence, the case eventually turned cold. It wasn’t until the police collected...
Holly Bobo
A beautiful young nursing student is abducted from her parent’s house in Tennessee, sparking a nationwide manhunt. But even after six people are arrested, is there enough forensic evidence to explain exactly what happened to Holly Bobo? Episode Sources: Jackson Sun article AP News...
Brown’s Chicken Massacre
In January 1993, seven people were shot and killed inside a Brown’s Chicken fast-food restaurant in Chicago, becoming one of the deadliest mass shootings in the area at the time. For years, the case was cold, with very few leads. It wasn’t until evidence...
Lane Bryant Shooting
On February 2nd, 2008, a man posing as a delivery driver walked into a Lane Bryant clothing store in a Chicago suburb with a gun. He ordered the six women inside the store to the back room, where he duct-taped their hands behind their...