Up and Vanished

Published on 17 Apr 2018. Rachel’s Casey’s duplex erupted into flames in July 2001. and her 7-month-old baby died. An arson investigator used a dog to search the fire scene and the dog “alerted” to the possibility that a flammable liquid was used.  But a subsequent laboratory test found the canine was wrong. Despite this, Rachel was prosecuted and found guilty of arson and murder. She had served 14 years of a life sentence when a law professor investigated the case and found the earlier investigation was faulty and relied on “junk science.” Sponsor: RXBar.com/Suspect

Published on 30 Nov 2016. Three months with no new deaths: investigators were beginning to believe that the Boston Strangler’s killing spree had ended. Then, on December 5, 1962, a roommate found the body of 20 year old Sophie Clark, and the case took a terrifying new turn. Had the killer changed his M.O.? Were two or more Boston Stranglers at large? Host Portland Helmich digs into the details surrounding Clark’s murder, and learns much more about the obsessive patterns serial killers usually follow. She also talks to Jane Caputi, an expert who studies the ways in which society turns some serial killers into outlaw heroes.

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Published on 03 Dec 2018. Ten bodies were found on Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in Long Island in 2010 all linked to one person. The killer primarily targeted sex workers who charged about $200 an hour via Craigslist. The Long Island Serial Killer’s murders go as far back as 1982, yet he still hasn’t been caught. Sponsors!Audible - Evil Has A Name: Only on Audible. Listen now at Audible dot com slash EvilKillers or text EvilKillers to 500 500. Caffé Monster - Available in Mocha, Vanilla and Salted Caramel. Caffé Monster: Chill it down, Shake it up, Enjoy!Hunt A Killer - Visit HuntAKiller.com/KILLERS for 10% off your first box.

Published on 09 Jan 2019. The RCP team analyse the disappearance of Lyn Dawson on the 37 year anniversary that Lyn went missing.

Published on 25 Oct 2018. Karen and Georgia cover the murder of George Parkman and the Great Molasses Flood of 1919.

Published on 08 Nov 2016. Investigative reporter Connie Walker tracks down the person police suspected in the murder of Alberta Williams.

Published on 27 Oct 2018. On today's episode, we cover the story of 31 year-old Englishman Michael Taylor, who, following a botched exorcism in 1974, committed a murder so brutal that it may as well have been done by the Devil.

Published on 20 Sep 2016. The Wetterling abduction story kept getting bigger as the case served as a conduit for public fear and grief. Capitalizing on a growing sense that pedophiles lurked in every shadow, the likes of Maury Povich and Geraldo Rivera joined the cause with sensational retellings of the crime and its consequences. Support investigative journalism with a donation to In the Dark.

Published on 21 Dec 2016. What happened to the aquarium? Do you feel like coming to work every day? I’m going to stop you there, okay?Homecoming was created and written by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg; directed by Eli Horowitz; sound design, editing, and music by Mark Henry Phillips; produced by Alicia Van Couvering and Mark Henry Phillips; casting by Henry Russell Bergstein. Homecoming is a production of Gimlet Media. HEIDI BERGMAN -  Catherine KeenerWALTER CRUZ - Oscar IsaacCOLIN BELFAST - David SchwimmerAUDREY TEMPLE - Amy SedarisELLEN BERGMAN - Phyllis SomervilleTHOMAS CARRASCO - Aaron Serotsky

Published on 06 Jan 2017. After young oil heiress Georgette Bauerdorf was found raped and strangled in her Sunset Strip apartment, police turned their attention to the famous Hollywood Canteen, where she volunteered as a junior hostess. A soldier referred to as the Jitterbug Dancer quickly became Suspect #1. But he was just the first of many suspects. Although hostesses were strictly forbidden to socialize with servicemen, it turned out Georgette allowed dozens of men to sleep over and that she'd been generous with both her time and money. Perhaps generous to a fault?

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