DNA: ID
We all hear stories almost daily now about cold cases being solved by investigative genetic genealogy. This new crime-solving tool answers the "who" question about these often decades-old crimes... but what about the why? This podcast will look at crimes solved by genetic genealogy, and examine the connection - if any - between the victim and the killer, and why the crime occurred. Each case is unique, and has its own story behind the headline. Join us for DNA: ID. New episodes will come out every other week on Mondays.
Episodes
Episode 211 Caroline Bolen
Caroline Bolen’s 1988 death in Silsbee, TX presented a real conundrum to investigators. No one, including the pathologist, was even certain that her death was a homicide. “Carol” had been found dead in her bed, nude and posed, with blood on the bedding and her young son alive next to her. The bizarre case had suspects coming out of the woodwork, but police followed the evidenc...
Episode 210 Doe ID Mary McLeod Davidson Moffatt
In 1995, a violently murdered Jane Doe who came to be known as the Danforth Lady was found under a building excavation at the old Robertson Motors in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. TPS efforts to identify her went nowhere, even when they finally obtained DNA, which was degraded and heavily contaminated due to the age of the remains. Earlier this year, a final attempt to extract ...
Episode 209 The Four Sexual Assault Survivors of Unknown John Doe Offender
*This episode carries a trigger warning* In 2001, an 84 year old woman was raped in her home in Manchester, CT. In 2004, another Manchester woman was raped. In 2007, another. In 2008, a fourth woman from the neighboring town of Vernon was victimized. A recognizable pattern emerged, and investigators knew they had a serial rapist on the...
Episode 208 DOE ID: Sadie Belle Murray AKA Sarah Sharkey
In July 1971, a living Jane Doe was found beaten and unconscious on a rural dirt road in Howard County, MD. The woman lingered for nearly two months before succumbing to her injuries, but was never able to communicate, so her identity remained unknown. Not until a determined investigator applied IGG to her case was her name revealed: Sarah Sharkey. While news...
Introducing The Consult: Real FBI Profilers — The Tylenol Murders
In the fall of 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been deliberately laced with cyanide. The poisonings triggered a nationwide panic, an enormous investigation, and changes to product packaging that are still with us today. More than four decades later, no one has ever been charged with the mur...
Episode 207 Patricia 'Patsy' Barnes Part 2 of 2
This is part 2 of the Patricia 'Patsy' Barnes case. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first.
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Episode 207 Patricia 'Patsy' Barnes Part 1 of 2
In the summer of 1995, Patricia “Patsy” Barnes was a fixture in the Seattle, WA transient community. Patsy never met a stranger, and when she disappeared, police had a lot of work to do to try to figure out who shot her, wrapped her nude body in an old sleeping bag, and dumped her in a ditch in a residential neighborhood in Kitsap County. Despite their best effo...
Introducing Campus Killings Season 5 premiere; Episode 79 The case of Haley Anderson
When Binghamton University student, Haley Anderson, stopped answering her friends’ texts, they knew something was very wrong. A subsequent search revealed Haley was dead in a mutual friend’s apartment. But this friend was nowhere to be found. An investigation would reveal a murder, a runaway to Nicaragua, and justice that would span two ...
Episode 206 DOE ID Gary Herbst
In 2017, a dog in rural Barron County, WI found a human skull with a bullet hole in it. The find led investigators to the remains of a murdered man whose body bore no identification. When IGG identified him as Gary Herbst, it appeared no one had reported him missing. Interviews with his family soon raised questions about what had happened to Gary – questions that investiga...
Episode 205 Eileen Zarlenga
Single mom Eileen Zarlenga disappeared from her home on a cold night in March 1988, taking her coat, boots and purse, but leaving behind her three year old daughter. Eileen remained missing for 4 days, and when she was found, it was not good news. The question of who stabbed the young mother over and over and left her body in a remote patch of woods in Mahoning County, OH would haunt generations of inv...
Introducing Morbidology and the case of the 2022 Raleigh Shootings
On the evening of 13th October 2022, in the Hedingham neighbourhood of northeast Raleigh, North Carolina, residents heard shots. Those who stepped outside saw a figure moving through the quiet suburban streets - dressed head to toe in camouflage, carrying a long gun, walking with slow and deliberate purpose through a neighbourhood he had known his entire life. Nobod...
Episode 204 DNA ID Replay Deborah Dalzell
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Deborah Dalzell which originally aired back in episode 15. New episodes of DNA ID return next week on 8/31/26!
In 1999, 47 year old lawyer and businesswoman Deborah Dalzell was found murd...
Episode 203 DNA ID Replay Michelle Wyatt
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Michelle Wyatt which originally aired back in episode 38.
In 1980, college student Michelle Wyatt was living in Santee, outside San Diego, California. Her boyfriend visited with her at her...
Introducing THE FIRST 48, a new A&E and Crime House podcast!
For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder is cut in half if they don't get a lead within the first 48 hours.
Adapted from the hit A&E true crime series The First 48, Crime House Studios brings you the podcast that drops you inside that critical window: the interrogations, the dead ends, and the breakthroughs that crack a case wide open. Each week, ...
Episode 202 DNA ID Replay Cliff and Linda Bernhardt
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Cliff and Linda Bernhardt which originally aired back in episode 35.
In 1973, a double homicide shocked Billings, Montana. A young couple was found murdered in their locked home...
Episode 201 DNA ID Replay Kelly Ann Prosser
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Kelly Ann Prosser which originally aired in episode 25.
8 year old Kelly Ann Prosser set out to walk home from school on September 20th, 1982 in Columbus, Ohio. She never made it home. ...
Episode 200 DNA ID Replay Le Bich Thuy
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Le Bich Thuy which originally aired in episode 19.
In October 1994, Le Bich Thuy's coworkers at a medical research institution in the Washington, DC area called police for a welfare check. T...
Episode 199 DNA ID Replay Holly Cassano
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Holly Cassano which originally aired in episode 17.
In 2009, young single mother Holly Cassano shared a small home with her young daughter Alexis in Mahomet, Illinois. On a night when Alexi...
Episode 198 DNA ID Replay Rhonda Chantay Blankinship
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Rhonda Chantay Blankinship which originally aired in episode 10
In 2016, in the small, tight-knit town of Brownwood, Texas, everyone knew Chantay Blankinship. She was a develop...
Episode 197 DNA ID Replay Christy Mirack
While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Christy Mirack which originally aired in episode 3.
In 1992, beloved young teacher Christy Mirack was brutally slain in her own home. Although police investigated thoroughly, and there wer...
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