On a Tuesday morning in September of 2009, Annie Le walked into a building on Yale University Campus and she disappeared. Her mobile phone and her wallet were still in the office, yet there was no trace of Annie anywhere.  Three days later,  police Lieutenant Lisa Dadio was given the job of discovering what had happened.  It was a literal 'closed room mystery'.  There was intense international media attention, three different police agencies  and no clues... 

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It’s 2:00 in the morning and you get a call from your partner telling you a body has been found, what do you do? Our guest, the brilliant policeman turned professor, Peter Valentin, joins us this week to discuss crime scene analysis. From surveying the land, collecting evidence to dealing with non-homicide police departments, not everything is chalked up to be what it seems. What does it really take to investigate these often brutal cases? Find out this week on Crime Waves…

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For over a decade a killer stalked the women of Northern California. He raped and murdered dozens of people. And no one was able to catch him. 
Until a new technology of investigative forensics was invented and - finally - the police had him in their sights….

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TO CATCH A KILLER.  

ITS THE SUBJECT OF COUNTLESS MOVIES, TV SERIES AND BOOKS… BUT HOW DO INVESTIGATORS ACTUALLY DO IT? 

WHAT ARE THEIR TECHNIQUES, THEIR TOOLS, THEIR TRICKS?

ON THE NEXT MINI-SEASON OF CRIMEWAVES PODCAST WE HAVE A FASCINATING SERIES  OF INTERVIEWS WITH RANGE OF INVESTIGATORS.  

MOST OF THEM ARE MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE CRIMINAL FORENSICS DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN.  BUT THEY ARE NOT YOUR STANDARD ACADEMICS RATHER THEY ALMOST ALL HAVE A BACKGROUND AS POLICE DETECTIVES… LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRIME SCENE AND STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER A CASE.

YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE NEW, INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES OF DETECTION THAT ENDED A REIGN OF TERROR FOR MILLIONS OF WOMEN ACROSS CALIFORNIA.  
 THE CHILLING MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SHOOTING OF POLICE OFFICER’S HOME.  
THE REAL LIFE TECHNIQUES OF ONE OF AMERICA’S TOP CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS. 
THE DIFFICULTIES OF PUTTING TOGETHER A HIGH-PROFILE MURDER INVESTIGATION WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND JURISDICTIONS.  
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO A MURDER CASE WHEN RAIN WIPES THE CRIME SCENE COMPLETELY CLEAN OF ALL THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 

JOIN US CRIME WAVES PODCAST AS WE INVESTIGATE - HOW TO CATCH A KILLER… 

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A dead man is found on a beach.   The detectives arrive.  They begin their investigation - when suddenly a massive storm cloud pours down rain.  It destroys all the evidence. The story of the painstaking two-year investigation and how the police solved the case...

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After listening to this podcast, you will never look at sport in the same way again.

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Tim Donaghy was an NBA referee who gambled on his games with mob-linked bookmakers. 

We asked the question that everyone wants to hear — did he fix?  His answer will shock you.

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Enes Kanter is an international sports star. 

He was a massive presence in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for over a decade. 
He was also under 24-hour protection from the FBI. 
The reason? 
His criticism of the human rights situation in his Turkey and Communist China.

Enes Kanter joins Crime Waves to discuss his journey to becoming an athlete with a conscience — and the price he and his family have paid.

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For the pilot episode of Crime Waves, we are joined by Karim Zidan (@ZidanSports), an investigative journalist who covers the dangerous world of sports, human rights and the mob. 

Crime Waves is hosted by Declan Hill (@declan_hill), international best-selling author of THE FIX and THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO MATCH-FIXING IN FOOTBALL, journalist, and world expert on match-fixing and corruption in sport.

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The guest:

Karim's website: karimzidan.com
Karim's articles:
https://muckrack.com/zidansports/articles 

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/karim-zidan 

The show: Learn more at www.crimewaves.com, you can follow the team on twitter at @declan_hill and @ericjohnkrebs 

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