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The Suitcase Murder

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In May 2004, 3 suitcases were discovered floating in Chesapeake Bay near Virginia Beach. Inside the first suitcase, a family discovered 2 human legs that were separated from the rest of the body. The second suitcase contained a male’s torso with the head attached….

Episode #15: Suicide or Homicide: Death of Rebecca Zahau

Rebecca Zahau was found hanging from a second floor balcony in an apparent suicide in 2011. She was completely nude, her wrists and ankles bound, and her mouth gagged. This all happened after her boyfriend’s son, Max, was in a tragic accident while Rebecca was supposed to be babysitting him. Here the story, learn the facts, consider the…

Episode 14: Murder of Karina Vetrano

Karina Vetrano went missing on August 2, 2016 after leaving the house to go out jogging in Spring Creek Park, New York. Her brutally murdered body was discovered along the running path a few hours later. Medical examiners recovered a DNA profile underneath Karina’s fingernails, on her back, and on her cell phone. Did police and…

Episode 12: Christopher Porco

Peter and Joan Porco were brutally attacked inside their Albany, New York home with a 3 foot axe in November 2004. Joan survives the savage attack, but her husband, Peter, does not. Right away, police suspect the couple’s son, Christopher, may have been involved in the attack. Let’s let the forensic evidence decide.

Murder of Karina Vetrano

Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss out on a new episode! Karina Vetrano, 30-years old, went missing while jogging in Queens, New York on August 2, 2016. Her badly beaten, lifeless body was discovered a few hours later by her father, a retired New York Fire Department firefighter. Karina only had some…

Episode 4: Not Another Manson Murder

Jeffrey MacDonald was a decorated U.S. Army Officer and Physician with a wife and children. By all accounts he lived the all-American dream. Until one day, when his entire family was murdered inside their very own home. Was this another Charles Mansion family murder? Let’s let the forensic evidence decide.

Episode 1: Pizza Crust Murders

#001 – The Savopolous Family was an upper-class family from an upscale neighborhood of Washington D.C. They were beautiful, they lived in an incredible mansion, and were well connected in society. This all changed over the course of 22-terrifying ho…

The Suitcase Murder

Episode #15: Suicide or Homicide: Death of Rebecca Zahau

Episode 14: Murder of Karina Vetrano

Episode 12: Christopher Porco

Murder of Karina Vetrano

Episode 4: Not Another Manson Murder

Episode 1: Pizza Crust Murders

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