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True Crime: Cold Cases

True Crime: Cold Cases

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Unsolved DNA clues, cold leads revisited, and justice pursued with meticulous care — Cold Cases Mysteries digs where others stopped. Each episode reconstructs real cold-case investigations driven by forensic DNA, genealogy breakthroughs, and the procedural sleuthing that reopened files once thought closed. Expect clear timelines, source-backed evidence, and interviews with experts who explain how DNA and genetic genealogy changed investigations, without sensationalism or speculation. New episodes drop every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 7:00 PM, with focused 30–50 minute installments that examine one case, the forensic methods involved, and the path toward resolution. This show is for listeners who want precise, evidence-centered storytelling about cold cases solved or advanced through DNA, and for armchair investigators curious about how genetic genealogy, CODIS matches, and mitochondrial and Y-STR analyses work in practice. If you follow true crime for facts, forensic detail, and the real impact on victims’ families, Cold Cases Mysteries gives you the technical context and human consequences that matter. Subscribe now and get a new episode every night at 7:00 PM to stay current with the latest DNA-driven cold-case developments.© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators ノンフィクション犯罪
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  • The Dog, the Garage, and the Hair That Broke a Cold Case
    2026/09/10
    The Dog, the Garage, and the Hair That Broke a Cold Case

    A dog named Copper stopped at the edge of a birch stand and led his owner to human bones that had lain hidden for approximately 20 to 35 years - and a single strand of hair curled inside a skeleton's fingers would be the clue that reopened the mystery. Who did those hairs belong to, and how did a retired sergeant's garage keep them from matching a missing man for decades?

    In this episode, we tell how a routine walk, a long-unopened evidence envelope, and modern DNA testing changed the course of a three-decade search. Listen to how the discovery on Fenwick Loop and the contents of a brown paper envelope finally narrowed the question: who was Wayne Quinn's killer?

    Person: Wayne Quinn
    Date: April 9 (bones found), April 20, 1991 (disappearance)
    Location: Fenwick Loop trail, Millhaven County
    Status: Remains exposed approximately 20-35 years; identified scene linked to 1991 missing person
    Event: Three hairs sealed in brown paper envelope recovered from left hand

    - At 9:52 a.m. on April 9, Copper stopped and Sandra Pruitt found a rotted blue nylon jacket, a single hiking boot, and human bones across a twelve-foot radius.
    - Forensic anthropologist estimated the remains had been exposed to the elements for between twenty and thirty-five years.
    - Wayne Quinn vanished on April 20, 1991, at age twenty-two; his truck was found two days later with keys in the ignition less than a mile from the Fenwick Loop trailhead.
    - Sergeant Morris Patton recovered Wayne's left hand in the culvert in summer 1991 and sealed three hairs in a brown paper envelope that stayed with him until his death.
    - The brown paper envelope containing the three hairs remained in Patton's garage bin for fifteen years before his daughter logged it with the cold-case unit on April 1, shortly before Copper's discovery.

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    19 分
  • The Freezing Watch: How a Trotline Pulled a Killer's Footprint
    2026/09/09
    The Freezing Watch: How a Trotline Pulled a Killer's Footprint

    A fisherman’s trotline dragged up a hand from less than four feet of water on March 11, 2011 - the wrist still wearing a Seiko that had ticked for eight to twelve days in a river cold enough to keep time. The watch went into a freezer and a boot print photographed that morning sat forgotten for eight years; what finally unlocked the case came from an unexpected direction. How did a ticking watch and a neglected size eleven print become the thread that would unravel a thirty-year silence?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from Brian Vaughn’s last confirmed contact on February 28, 2011 to the discovery on March 11, 2011 and the long dormancy of investigative leads, then pick up in 2019 when archived evidence was reexamined and raised new questions. We trace where the physical evidence led investigators and why the case sat unopened for years before a digitization review changed everything.

    Person: Brian Vaughn
    Date: February 28, 2011 (last confirmed contact); March 11, 2011 (body recovered)
    Location: Bridle Creek Inlet; Dellport (residence on Clemmer Street)
    Status: Evidence frozen and unopened for thirty-one years; investigation dormant then revived
    Event: Boot print photographed March 11, 2011 - size eleven, deep-lugged sole

    - Watch brand: Seiko found on Brian Vaughn’s wrist, still ticking after eight to twelve days in river water
    - Time sync: Deputy Ted Hollins’ watch matched the Seiko within one minute upon recovery
    - Distance: Boot print pressed roughly thirty feet from where Brian Vaughn’s body came to rest
    - Boot size discrepancy: Photographed print measured size eleven while prime suspect Greg Tatum’s boot size recorded as nine
    - Evidence gap: Boot print photograph sat in a filing cabinet and was not compared to suspects for eight years until 2019 digitization review

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    21 分
  • The Shoe That Stood Upright: 31 Years to a Confession
    2026/09/08
    The Shoe That Stood Upright: 31 Years to a Confession

    A single size seven black pump was found standing upright in twelve-degree mud, toe pointing north, its interior packed with ice-an act that suggested deliberation, not accident. Who placed that shoe and why would take thirty-one years and a confession hidden under a tarp; what finally closed the loop?

    In this episode, we lay out the timeline from Alice Snyder’s last ordinary day through the early evidence collection and the detective’s sealed note, exploring the unanswered question that haunted the case: who posed as a utility man and walked unchallenged through the diner to the overflow lot?

    Person: Alice Snyder
    Date: February 11, 1987 (shoe found at 8:14 AM)
    Location: Route 31 truck stop, Tipton County, Indiana
    Status: Case cold in August 1987; resolved after 31 years with a later confession
    Investigator: Detective Walt Greer

    - The shoe was a single left low-heeled black pump, size seven, found standing upright in frozen mud at 8:14 AM.
    - Alice Snyder, age 61, finished her shift on February 10, 1987 at 2:00 PM and was last seen fueling at the truck stop that afternoon.
    - Time of death was estimated between 5:00 and 9:00 PM, cause of death strangulation.
    - A fabricated work order logged a "propane-line inspection" by Harmon Utilities from 2:00 to 5:00 PM; the company confirmed it sent no technician.
    - Detective Walt Greer sealed a handwritten note in the evidence bag reading "The shoe was placed. The utility man was not utility. These two things are the same man."

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    21 分
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