
Forensic Tales
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Not all stories have happy endings... A true-crime podcast with a forensic twist. Each episode features real, horrific, bone-chilling stories to satisfy your inner forensic science itch. From fingerprinting to criminal profiling to familial DNA, we got every investigative angle covered.
Forensic Tales
1w ago
A court reporter is found stabbed to death inside her Sacramento apartment in 1970. With very few investigative leads, the case turns up and became one of Sacramento county’s oldest, unsolved homicides cases. Can advanced DNA testing and the use of forensic genetic genealogy help bring Nancy Bennallack’s killer to justice?
Photo Source: The Daily Beast
Episode Sources:
KCRA Article
Investigation Discovery
The Daily Beast
Newsbreak Article ..read more
Forensic Tales
3w ago
Sixteen year old Carol Sue Klaber left her parent’s house in Boone County, Kentucky, on June 4, 1976, to go out with a friend after dropping her bike off. But after she left her parents house, she was never seen alive again. The hunt for her killer sent investigators on a four-decade long hunt.
PHOTO SOURCE: DNA SOLVES
Episode Sources:
CNS News
NY Times
Newsweek
Law and Crime
article
article
Othram
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Forensic Tales
1M ago
In 1980 a young woman was found murdered inside her Sacramento, California, apartment. With very few investigative leads, the case quickly turned cold despite having her killer’s DNA.
Episode Sources:
Newsbreak
CBS News
Kiro 7
Robin Brooks Foundation
ABC 10 Article 1
ABC 10 Article 2
Oxygen
ABC 10 Article 3 ..read more
Forensic Tales
1M ago
The identity of a man dressed in a suit found dead on Australia’s Somerton beach has baffled investigators for over 70 years. Can the use of genetic genealogy finally identify him ..read more
Forensic Tales
1M ago
A Chicago man mysteriously died just hours after he win a million dollars playing the lottery,. His family is now searching for answers. Can forensic science help explain what happened to Urooj Khan ..read more
Forensic Tales
2M ago
During a seven year period, at least eight men mysteriously disappeared from Toronto’s gay village between 2010 and 2017. For many years, investigators feared their disappearances were linked to a cannibal stalking the Toronto streets ..read more
Forensic Tales
2M ago
A Wisconsin stay at home wife and mother is arrested after a neighbor’s six month old baby dies after spending the morning in her care. The medical professionals say Audrey Edmunds shook the baby causing severe head trauma but Audrey claims she’s innocent.
Episode Sources:
Northwestern Law
The Reporters
Wisconsin Court documents
NBC 15 news
Wisconsin Court documents ..read more
Forensic Tales
3M ago
In 2019, Angel Bumpass was charged with first-degree murder for a crime committed when she was only a teenager. Prosecutors alleged that her fingerprints at the crime scene proved she was the killer. Is Angel Bumpass a cold-blooded killer? Or did someone set her up?
Photo Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press
Episode Sources:
Oxygen
The Midwest Crime Files
Accused: Guilty or Innocent tv show ..read more
Forensic Tales
3M ago
On September 20, 1988, Tara Calico left her home in New Mexico to go on a bike ride she took almost every morning. When she didn’t return home, her mom anxiously looked for her, but never found her. Over three decades later, Tara is still missing with little forensic evidence in the case.
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Forensic Tales
3M ago
In November 1981, actress Natalie Wood mysteriously drowned off the coast of Southern California during a boating trip with her husband and friends. Her death was ruled as an accidental drowning, but rumors swirled that something far more sinister happened to the Hollywood star.  ..read more