Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories

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March 15, 2022 E288: The Rainbow Murders Pt. 2
After Jacob Beard became a suspect in the Rainbow Murders, investigators received word that Joseph Paul Franklin, already in jail in Wisconsin, confessed to the murders. But with little evidence and now multiple suspects, investigators didn't know who to believe.
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1 hr
March 08, 2022 E287: The Rainbow Murders Pt. 1
In 1980, 26-year-old Vicki Durian and 19-year-old Nancy Santomero hitchhiked across the country to attend the Rainbow Gathering in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Their bodies were found just miles from the festival. Years later, a concerned resident came forward with information about the murders but instead became the number one suspect.
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57 min
March 01, 2022 E286: Clara Olson Pt. 2
Three months after 22-year-old Clara Olson vanished, her body was discovered in a shallow grave. With her were two letters from Erdman Olson. Authorities had a suspect in her murder, but suddenly, Erdman was nowhere to be found.

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36 min
February 22, 2022 E285: Clara Olson Pt. 1
In May of 1926, 21-year-old Clara Olson realized she was pregnant with her boyfriend Erdman Olson’s child. He felt he was too young to get married and didn't want to tarnish his reputation. So he hatched a plan to make sure nobody in his Wisconsin community would ever find out about his unborn child.

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41 min
February 08, 2022 E284: “Hollywood's Father Confessor” Paul Bern Pt. 2
MGM executives manipulated the crime scene before police arrived, so it was no surprise that investigators ruled Paul Bern's death a suicide. But the more that reporters dug in, the more evident it became that Bern was not alone the night he died.

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47 min
February 02, 2022 E283: “Hollywood's Father Confessor” Paul Bern Pt. 1
He spent the 1920s becoming one of Hollywood's most sought-after filmmakers. His professional success and love for his wife, actress Jean Harlow, were everything he ever wanted. So when Paul Bern was found dead in his home with a suicide note nearby, friends wondered if there was more to his story.

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47 min
January 25, 2022 E282: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders Pt. 2
Investigators needed to close the case, so they charged a 27-year-old sailor named John Williams who had loose connections to both murder sites. But when it was time for his trial, Williams didn't show up.

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51 min
January 18, 2022 E281: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders Pt. 1
On a December morning in 1811, Londoners awoke to news of a massacre at a local linen shop. Twelve days later, another gruesome murder occurred just down the road. With no viable suspects and public pressure increasing, police were desperate to arrest anybody they could build a case around.

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44 min
January 11, 2022 E280: Maria Ridulph Pt. 2
Over fifty years after Maria Ridulph was kidnapped and murdered, a suspect was put on trial. Jack McCullough faced charges in September 2012, in the oldest cold case trial in American history. His conviction seemingly laid the question of Maria’s killer to rest. But one attorney wasn’t so sure.

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51 min
January 04, 2022 E279: Maria Ridulph Pt. 1
Two young girls play in their snowy Chicago suburb in December 1957. Only one of them comes home. Even with the FBI on the case, the leads run cold — until a deathbed confession nearly forty years later changes everything.

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51 min

About Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories

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Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories is a podcast drama with a modern twist on old time radio that delves into the mystery of true cold cases and unsolved murders. With the help of an ensemble cast,…