Cold Cases

In the aftermath of the fire, a startling number of tips, twists, and witnesses came forward regarding the fate of the Sodder children. Their father, George, followed the clues for decades, driven by a suspicion of the “official” story and a belief that the blaze was no accident. This episode originally aired in December 2020. 

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Early Christmas day in 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to her house on fire. The blaze consumed her home, and five of her children. Or did it? A series of strange events before, during and after the incident leave room for more nefarious — though no less tragic — possibilities. This episode originally aired in December 2020.

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After a lengthy appeals process, Sam Sheppard was set free in 1964, ten years after his wife Marilyn’s murder. Two years later, he would be retried on second degree murder charges. New evidence would surface, but would it be enough to convict him? This episode originally aired in July 2018. 

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Prestigious doctor Sam Sheppard woke up in the middle of the night to find his wife Marilyn dead from a gruesome murder. His account of what happened early that morning was shaky, and it was no secret that Sam had been sleeping around. Did the murderer break into the house to steal prescription drugs, or did Sam kill his wife in order to end the marriage? This episode originally aired on Unsolved Murders in June 2018.

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In the spring of 1971, a killer begins kidnapping young Black girls off the streets in Washington, D.C. He taunts their families and the police in a grim game of cat-and-mouse—then, just when it seems he’s gone for good, he returns.

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Cold Cases is coming to an end. 

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Just a mile off Interstate 45 in League City, Texas, an abandoned oil field holds the weight of a community’s grief. This is where the remains of four young women were found over the course of seven years. Today we follow the disappearance of 16-year-old Laura Miller to its gruesome end, and trace her father’s crusade to catch an elusive killer. This episode originally aired in September 2022.

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When Nejdra “Netty” Nance couldn't find her birth certificate, her mother had to come clean: Netty was adopted. Unable to find any adoption records, she called the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's hotline in 2010. And that's when she learned she hadn't actually been adopted.

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It was 1957 when the body of an unidentified, malnourished boy was found in a bassinet box In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For decades, police and community members worked to find his identity and killer. In 2021, they finally got an answer to one of these questions.

If you’d like to learn more about the cases covered in this episode, or learn more about Missing and Unidentified Persons Awareness Month, head to www.spotify.com/disappearances.

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It was 1971 when two 17-year-old girls hopped into a Studebaker Lark to drive to a party in Vermillion, South Dakota, and went missing. For over 40 years, the families of Pamella Jackson and Cheryl Miller clung to the hope that the girls would one day come home. Then in 2013, investigators finally discovered what really happened.

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