Cold Case Murder Mysteries

By Ryan Kraus

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A Weekly True Crime Podcast Exploring the Unknown

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08.04.2020 Special Announcement Join Cold Case Murder Mysteries host Ryan Kraus for a special announcement.
07.27.2020 TOMB RAIDER: Carl Tanzler Join host Ryan Kraus for a very special episode as we delve deep into the darkest recesses of the human mind to uncover the truth about who we are. First is an extensive, in-depth discussion of the evolutionary trajectory of ...
03.06.2020 Metaphorical Plans for Unused Gas Cans: Mapping the Mind of Chris Watts In August 2018, 33-year-old Chris Watts, a young father with a seemingly perfect life, found himself the subject of sensational headlines around the world when he viciously murdered his 34-year-old pregnant wife, Shanann, along with the couple's daughters, 4-year-old Bella ...
03.05.2020 Wondery presents The Dating Game Killer In 1978, Rodney Alcala won a date on the popular TV show, The Dating Game. What no one knew was that he was a prolific serial killer in the middle of a cross-country murder spree. In this six-part series, co-hosts ...
12.05.2019 Invisible Intruders, Empty-Handed Looters & The Perfect Occasion for Planning a Home Invasion: Sandy Melgar *Please enjoy this free episode from the back catalog of premium episodes available only on coldcasemurdermysteries.com. Please remember to rate/review the podcast with 5 stars, and also hit the "subscribe" button wherever you listen. Doing this allows CCMM to offer ...
11.19.2019 Introducing Detective Trapp Anaheim investigator Julissa Trapp is not like other detectives. She’s the only woman on the homicide squad, and a skilled chameleon: undercover cop in vice stings, crime-scene commander, patient confidante of killers. A master interrogator, she invokes her personal experience ...
11.12.2019 PSYCHO On the evening of November 16, 1957, Deputy Sheriff Frank Worden entered a Plainfield, WI hardware store owned by his mother, Bernice, only to discover the woman was missing. After finding blood all over the floor, his initial investigation revealed ...
08.08.2019 Q&A with Ryan Kraus: Part II Enter the strange mind of Cold Case Murder Mysteries host Ryan Kraus for the fascinating final episode of a two-part series in which he answers questions posed by listeners. SPONSOR: CDL.com With plenty of new jobs and schools around the ...
08.01.2019 Q&A with Ryan Kraus: Part I Enter the strange mind of Cold Case Murder Mysteries host Ryan Kraus for the fascinating first episode of a two-part series in which he answers questions posed by listeners. SPONSOR: CDL.com With plenty of new jobs and schools around the ...
07.25.2019 The Devil in the Details: Diane Downs At 10:40pm on the night of May 19, 1983 a young mother named Diane Downs pulled her Nissan Pulsar up to the ER entrance of a hospital near Springfield, OR and informed the staff her children had been shot by ...
04.20.2019 COLUMBINE April 20, 1999. Seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold enter Columbine High School armed with bombs and guns, murdering twelve students and a teacher, while injuring dozens more in what becomes the most iconic school shooting in US history. In ...
02.21.2019 A Table for Two at Folie à Deux: The Eriksson Twins In May 2008, Swedish-born twins Ursula and Sabina Eriksson fled Sabina's home without warning in the middle of the night, leaving her partner and two children ignorant of their whereabouts. Later that day, they arrived in Liverpool, England, presumably by ...
01.09.2019 Introducing Monstruo The heart of a man is darkness… No person, place or culture is immune to extreme violence. Be prepared to take a journey, a tour of the world, where the most horrible atrocities have occurred. Murder, rape, incest, dismemberment, & ...
12.11.2018 Lizzie Borden: Anatomy of a Sociopath On August 4, 1892, the town of Fall River, MA became witness to one of the more horrifying, yet fascinating crimes in modern history, the gruesome axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, which remain unsolved to this day. At ...
12.03.2018 Introducing: Generation Why The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Sit down with two friends, Aaron and Justin, who break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, ...
11.27.2018 DAHMER: DEMON RISING On the night of July 22, 1991 Milwaukee police entered the apartment of 31-year-old Jeffrey Dahmer in response to a complaint by a man who said he'd been handcuffed and held hostage there only minutes earlier. Having been to the ...
10.24.2018 Pet Sematary Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating journey through the terrifying psychology embedded in Stephen King’s horror classic Pet Sematary. Sponsor: Green Chef Visit www.GreenChef.us/ccmm to get $50 off your first box.
10.24.2018 Introducing Blackwood Five years ago, three teenagers set out to investigate the local legend of their small town, The Blackwood Bugman, and the mysterious disappearances and murders connected to him over the years. But as they soon come to find out, getting ...
09.18.2018 Dahmer: Descent to Darkness On May 21, 1960, proud parents Lionel and Joyce Dahmer welcomed their baby boy Jeffrey into the world. By 1991, he would become one of the more notorious serial killers of all time. Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological ...
09.02.2018 Der Tod Kommt: Hinterkaifeck On the night of March 31, 1922, six members of a rural Bavarian family were viciously murdered inside their farmstead with a weapon believed to be something akin to a pickaxe. In the aftermath, many suspects came to light, as ...
08.23.2018 Stayin’ Alive: Inside the Beehive with the Yuba County 5 On the evening of February 24, 1978, four mentally challenged men set off on a road trip fifty miles from their homes in the Yuba City, CA area to watch a college basketball game in Chico. Expected back only hours ...
08.16.2018 Dependent Upon the Defendant & Lies About a Superintendent: The Circleville Letters Circleville, OH. 1976. A local woman begins receiving threatening letters in the mail that instruct her to end an extramarital affair she swears is a fabrication. But when the letters continue, and the threats grow stronger, things finally come to ...
07.31.2018 How to be Civil at Candlelight Vigils & Other Great Ways to Get in Her Pants While Making Concrete Plans to Spend Christmas in France: The Scott Peterson Story On December 24, 2002, a young pregnant woman named Laci Peterson seemingly vanishes from the face of the earth while walking her dog. In the aftermath, media attention turns to her husband, Scott, who embarks on a series of odd ...
07.31.2018 New Show: I, Survivor - Cold Case Murder Mysteries Women get assaulted. Women get attacked. Women get harassed, manipulated, intimidated, but women are survivors. Time and time again, she persists, even against all odds. Hosts Jenna Brister and Wagatwe Wanjuki share their stories, and those of the men and ...
07.22.2018 ‘Twas a Dark & Stormy Night When Asha Dressed in White to Escape the Fright of the Monster Lurking in the Light Sometime after 2:30am on February 14, 2000, a 9-year-old girl from Shelby, NC named Asha Degree left her parents home in a rainstorm and began walking Highway 18 south toward an unknown destination. 1.3 miles later, and in temperatures barely ...
07.11.2018 Searching for Lies in How Max Shacknai Died & Other Anecdotes About What Really Happened When Rebecca Met the Tugboat Captain When 6-year-old Max Shacknai, son of wealthy pharmaceutical executive Jonah Shacknai, plummets to his death in a mysterious fall over a second-floor banister at the Spreckels mansion in Coronado, CA, the family is left in a state of shock. But ...
06.20.2018 Phantom Intruders, Sock-Drawer Looters & How to Behave When Hosting a Birthday Party at Your Son’s Grave: The Darlie Routier Story In the early morning hours of June 6, 1996 a frantic young mother of three from suburban Rowlett, TX makes a frantic call to 911 to report an intruder entered her home and viciously stabbed two of her sons to ...
06.14.2018 Trouble With a Two-Couple Throuple & Other Reasons Robert Eric Wone Got Killed at 1509 Swann On the night of August 2, 2006 a 32-year-old Washington, DC-area attorney named Robert Wone went to the home of a college roommate with plans to sleep at the residence in anticipation of arriving at work early the next day. ...
06.05.2018 Haters, Gators, and Short Male Perpetrators: How Things Got Messy in the Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse On the morning of January 24, 2006 a young Orlando, FL woman named Jennifer Kesse failed to show up for work, causing concern among her family, friends, and employer. Hours later, it was apparent nobody could account for her whereabouts, ...
05.29.2018 Hit the Deck: How Corazon Amurao Survived Richard Speck On the night of July 13, 1966 career criminal Richard Speck knocked at the door of a townhome on E. 100th St. in Chicago, IL with bad intentions. What followed changed the psychological landscape of American society forever.
05.21.2018 Changing Seasons & Other Reasons for Examining the Endgame of Emma Fillipoff On the evening of November 28, 2012 two police officers discovered a distressed 26-year-old woman named Emma Fillipoff sitting outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC clutching her shoes. After a 45-minute interview in which she barely spoke, they decided ...
05.14.2018 Breaking & Entering The Basement of Byron Smith’s Brain On Thanksgiving Day 2012, 65-year-old Little Falls, MN resident Byron David Smith fatally shoots two burglars in his home, seemingly enacting his right to protect his property by use of deadly force. But when the police arrive, the crime scene ...
04.30.2018 Morgan Ingram & The Magical Mystery of Munchausen in the Making In the early morning hours of December 2, 2011 a young woman named Morgan Ingram was found dead inside her parents’ Carbondale, CO home after several months of reporting terrifying encounters with a vicious stalker. But when the toxicology report ...
04.22.2018 How to Hinder Your Game on Tinder & Other Fantastic Fables from the Rise & Fall of Gold Coast Gable BONUS EPISODE: In the early morning hours of August 8, 2014 a young woman named Warriena Wright plunged to her death from the hi-rise balcony of an apartment building located along Australia's Gold Coast. In the aftermath, her date for ...
04.16.2018 Pondering the Precipitous Possibilities Along the Peculiar Path of Peter Porco In November, 2004 somebody entered the home of Delmar, NY residents Joan and Peter Porco in the middle of the night, armed with a fireman's axe and the worst of intentions. By the next morning, local police had arrived at ...
04.11.2018 CCMM Monthly Preview 1 - Cold Case Murder Mysteries Welcome to a preview of this month's premium content available at www.coldcasemurdermysteries.com
04.03.2018 The Inexplicable Hurry of Maura Murray: From Cerebral Cortex to Gravitational Vortex On February 9, 2004, a 21-year-old college student named Maura Murray disappears after a car accident on route 112 in Haverhill, NH and is never seen again. What follows is one of the more baffling mysteries in American true crime ...
04.03.2018 BONUS: New True Crime Show: Felonious Florida - Cold Case Murder Mysteries Leave behind the beaches, the theme parks and the tropical breezes. This is the dark side of the Sunshine State. Listen to Felonious Florida on Apple podcasts, wherever you’re listening to this or go to wondery.fm/cold
03.13.2018 Missing Madeleine McCann & The Meticulous Metaphysical Manipulation of Miscalculated Motion On May 3, 2007, a 3-year-old British girl disappears from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, igniting one of the most infamous missing persons cases in modern history. But in the 12 years since, from allegations of ...
02.21.2018 Villains in Villisca: The Anatomy of an Axe Murder At 10pm on June 9th, 1912, the Moore family of Villisca, Iowa returns home from the Children's Day Program at their local Presbyterian church along with two guests. But as night turns to dawn, the family of six never emerges ...
02.05.2018 The Exorcism of Elliot Rodger Part II: Investigating the Inherent Intricacies of Being Idly Introverted – E027 Join host Ryan Kraus in part II of this series covering Elliot Rodger and the Isla Vista Massacre, in which he takes the audience down the rabbit hole once again for a psychological examination of evolution's war on introversion and ...
01.23.2018 BONUS: LAUNCH - Cold Case Murder Mysteries From Wondery, the content provider for hits like Dirty John and Young Charlie, comes a new podcast by screenwriter John August about what it takes to make your dreams reality. In October 2015, John began writing his first novel, and ...
01.22.2018 The Exorcism of Elliot Rodger Part I: Trajectory from the Old Rectory – E026 On the evening of May 23, 2014, 22-year-old UCSB student Elliot Rodger murdered three students in his apartment near campus before taking his rampage to the streets behind the wheel of a fast-moving car. After killing or wounding more than ...
01.08.2018 Murderous Musings on Marilyn Monroe – E025 On August 5, 1962, the world learned of the death of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, who succumbed to an overdose of barbiturates at age 36. Decades later, however, many still speculate the actress was the victim of murder. Join host ...
12.17.2017 Angie Housman & The Deification of the Devil – E024 On November 18, 1993, 9-year-old Angie Housman vanished after getting off a school bus less than a block from her home. In the following days, terror gripped the residents of St. Ann, MO as police searched desperately for a missing ...
11.26.2017 Gushing Geysers & Emotional Trip-Weiers: The Sickness in Summoning Slender Man – E023 On May 31, 2014, a 12-year-old middle school student from Waukesha, WI was discovered lying on a bike path covered in blood, the victim of a vicious stabbing. Police soon learned the attackers were the girl's best friend Morgan Geyser ...
11.20.2017 Sabrina Aisenberg & The Peculiar Particulars of Passing Polygraphs While Pleading the Fifth On the morning of November 24, 1997, parents Steve and Marlene Aisenberg called 911 to report their 5-month-old daughter, Sabrina, had been taken from her crib in the middle of the night. But the police didn't find any evidence of ...
11.05.2017 Big Fish, Back Doors & Blackouts: The Brian Shaffer Story On March 31, 2006, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student named Brian Shaffer went out for a night of drinking with a friend, one that culminated at the Big Tuna Saloona, where Brian is seen on security footage talking to ...
11.05.2017 Menendez Bros: How We Hired Gordon Gekko to Murder John Candy & Bury Him in The Great Outdoors August 20, 1989 - Two brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, enter their parents Beverly Hills mansion shortly before midnight and execute the couple with shotgun blasts, garnering the suspicion of police in the aftermath as they spend a fortune on ...
10.22.2017 From Cavemen to Combat to Macabre: The Origin Story of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – E019 On October 1, 1974 director Tobe Hooper unleashed a horror film that silenced US audiences from coast to coast with its unflinching look at a group of young people who run out of gas on a road trip and end ...

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Cold Case Murder Mysteries episodes:

Special Announcement

TOMB RAIDER: Carl Tanzler

Metaphorical Plans for Unused Gas Cans: Mapping the Mind of Chris Watts

Wondery presents The Dating Game Killer

Invisible Intruders, Empty-Handed Looters & The Perfect Occasion for Planning a Home Invasion: Sandy Melgar

Introducing Detective Trapp

PSYCHO

Q&A with Ryan Kraus: Part II

Q&A with Ryan Kraus: Part I

The Devil in the Details: Diane Downs

COLUMBINE

A Table for Two at Folie à Deux: The Eriksson Twins

Introducing Monstruo

Lizzie Borden: Anatomy of a Sociopath

Introducing: Generation Why

DAHMER: DEMON RISING

Pet Sematary

Introducing Blackwood

Dahmer: Descent to Darkness

Der Tod Kommt: Hinterkaifeck

Stayin’ Alive: Inside the Beehive with the Yuba County 5

Dependent Upon the Defendant & Lies About a Superintendent: The Circleville Letters

How to be Civil at Candlelight Vigils & Other Great Ways to Get in Her Pants While Making Concrete Plans to Spend Christmas in France: The Scott Peterson Story

New Show: I, Survivor - Cold Case Murder Mysteries

‘Twas a Dark & Stormy Night When Asha Dressed in White to Escape the Fright of the Monster Lurking in the Light

Searching for Lies in How Max Shacknai Died & Other Anecdotes About What Really Happened When Rebecca Met the Tugboat Captain

Phantom Intruders, Sock-Drawer Looters & How to Behave When Hosting a Birthday Party at Your Son’s Grave: The Darlie Routier Story

Trouble With a Two-Couple Throuple & Other Reasons Robert Eric Wone Got Killed at 1509 Swann

Haters, Gators, and Short Male Perpetrators: How Things Got Messy in the Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse

Hit the Deck: How Corazon Amurao Survived Richard Speck

Changing Seasons & Other Reasons for Examining the Endgame of Emma Fillipoff

Breaking & Entering The Basement of Byron Smith’s Brain

Morgan Ingram & The Magical Mystery of Munchausen in the Making

How to Hinder Your Game on Tinder & Other Fantastic Fables from the Rise & Fall of Gold Coast Gable

Pondering the Precipitous Possibilities Along the Peculiar Path of Peter Porco

CCMM Monthly Preview 1 - Cold Case Murder Mysteries

The Inexplicable Hurry of Maura Murray: From Cerebral Cortex to Gravitational Vortex

BONUS: New True Crime Show: Felonious Florida - Cold Case Murder Mysteries

Missing Madeleine McCann & The Meticulous Metaphysical Manipulation of Miscalculated Motion

Villains in Villisca: The Anatomy of an Axe Murder

The Exorcism of Elliot Rodger Part II: Investigating the Inherent Intricacies of Being Idly Introverted – E027

BONUS: LAUNCH - Cold Case Murder Mysteries

The Exorcism of Elliot Rodger Part I: Trajectory from the Old Rectory – E026

Murderous Musings on Marilyn Monroe – E025

Angie Housman & The Deification of the Devil – E024

Gushing Geysers & Emotional Trip-Weiers: The Sickness in Summoning Slender Man – E023

Sabrina Aisenberg & The Peculiar Particulars of Passing Polygraphs While Pleading the Fifth

Big Fish, Back Doors & Blackouts: The Brian Shaffer Story

Menendez Bros: How We Hired Gordon Gekko to Murder John Candy & Bury Him in The Great Outdoors

From Cavemen to Combat to Macabre: The Origin Story of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – E019

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