Criminal Notes

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Every crime leaves a trail. Criminal Notes invites you to decipher the dark stories hidden within the evidence. We meticulously unpack real-life criminal cases, from unsolved mysteries and chilling serial killer sagas to shocking murder investigations, providing a deep dive into the human psyche and the justice system.

Go beyond the headlines with us as we explore forensic details, investigative twists, and the profound impact of these events. Criminal Notes offers a fresh, analytical perspective on true crime, ensuring every case is presented with respect and thorough research, uncovering the complexities behind each tragic event.

New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 9:00 AM, guaranteeing a consistent stream of compelling content to fuel your curiosity. Each episode is a standalone exploration, perfect for your daily commute or a deep dive into the shadows.

This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the intricacies of crime, seeking to understand the 'why' behind the 'what', and those who appreciate detailed storytelling in the true crime genre. If you're a fan of investigative journalism and real crime documentaries, Criminal Notes is your next essential listen.

Subscribe now and let Criminal Notes be your guide into the compelling world of criminal investigations.

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Thursday · 20 min
Luggage Arrives Warm: The Murder of Vicki Mills
Luggage Arrives Warm: The Murder of Vicki Mills When a baggage handler felt a Samsonite suitcase that had spent forty-five minutes in a refrigerated cargo hold at three degrees Celsius and found it warm to the touch, it became the first clue in a...
October 21 · 22 min
The Night a GPS Proved Someone Was Waiting in the Dark
The Night a GPS Proved Someone Was Waiting in the Dark A blinking Garmin logged a waypoint at 11:09 PM the night Robert Cole pulled into Crossbow Fuel Plaza, yet the camera covering the propane cage had been sprayed gray at 9:51 - 1 hour 17 minutes...
October 20 · 23 min
A Yellow Boot in a Locked Room: The Judith McCarthy Case
A Yellow Boot in a Locked Room: The Judith McCarthy Case A single yellow rubber boot appeared upright on the interior windowsill of a locked harbormaster's office at 7:02 a.m., with no broken glass and no sign anyone had been inside - fourteen...
October 19 · 23 min
He Folded Her Coat and Left It There: The Angela Snyder Case
He Folded Her Coat and Left It There: The Angela Snyder Case A dry, buttoned coat folded across an iron railing in the snow became the first concrete clue in a disappearance that began with a phone ping at 8:03 PM and stopped four minutes later....
October 18 · 23 min
Locked From Outside: How a Boathouse Padlock Became a Murder Clue
Locked From Outside: How a Boathouse Padlock Became a Murder Clue A brass Master Lock was found still fastened to the boathouse door while its owner lay dead on the floor inside - a key missing, a single fatal blow, and no obvious way the door...
October 17 · 21 min
She Took Her Suitcase-Someone Else Carried Her Body to the Train
She Took Her Suitcase-Someone Else Carried Her Body to the Train A navy-blue hard-shell suitcase was found perfectly centered in train car fourteen, thirty-one inches from each wall, while its owner, twenty-eight-year-old Jean Hughes, was already...
October 16 · 22 min
The Wrong Way Home: What Gary's Locked Journals Hid About Kathleen
The Wrong Way Home: What Gary's Locked Journals Hid About Kathleen A woman was captured on camera driving the wrong way for work - a gray Honda Civic headed north at 6:51 a.m. on October 14, 2009 - and then disappeared; four years later, locked...
October 15 · 20 min
Snow, No Tracks, One Boot Size: How Silence Buried Wendy Bennett
Snow, No Tracks, One Boot Size: How Silence Buried Wendy Bennett Snow showed no tire tracks, no vehicle, and yet at 6:12 a.m. a 22-year-old woman lay dead on a narrow access road - her boot prints the only sign someone had been there. How did a...
October 14 · 20 min
The Wallet in the Cornfield: How a Missing Dad Was Found Buried
The Wallet in the Cornfield: How a Missing Dad Was Found Buried Forty-three dollars, a Missouri driver's license, and two credit cards were found folded inside a leather wallet unearthed by a combine in a Pratt County cornfield - eleven days after...
October 13 · 21 min
He Watched Her for 15 Months: The Murder of Lauren Tillman
He Watched Her for 15 Months: The Murder of Lauren Tillman A dusty pink Motorola pager rang under a desert motel for 47 minutes before a highway patrol officer traced it to a locked room where Lauren Tillman had been dead for at least two days. She...
October 12 · 20 min
The Thermos on the Breakwater: How Routine Made Melissa an Easy Target
The Thermos on the Breakwater: How Routine Made Melissa an Easy Target A capped stainless steel thermos stood upright on the breakwater path forty yards from where Melissa Dixon’s body was pulled from the water, with no footprints leading to it and...
October 11 · 22 min
Folded Shirt, River Ice: Why Kevin White Never Saw It Coming
Folded Shirt, River Ice: Why Kevin White Never Saw It Coming A perfectly dry, carefully folded blue Oxford shirt sat on river ice in January while Kevin White lay forty yards downstream with blunt-force trauma to the back of his skull and drowning...
October 10 · 22 min
A Cup of Coffee Still Warm: The Murder of April White
A Cup of Coffee Still Warm: The Murder of April White A coffee cup measured at approximately 95°F when first discovered suggests someone returned to the locked grain elevator after sunrise - even though the medical examiner estimated April White...
October 9 · 21 min
She Checked a Suitcase After She Was Already Dead: The Lauren Hansen Case
She Checked a Suitcase After She Was Already Dead: The Lauren Hansen Case A senior logistics supervisor was murdered and her own checked bag left town with a timestamp two hours after her time of death - a burgundy hard-shell suitcase that vanished...
October 8 · 22 min
The Blue Bowl on the Table: What Returned to Expose a Killer
The Blue Bowl on the Table: What Returned to Expose a Killer The front door of 44 Sycamore Glen Drive was wide open at 7:40 AM and a small dark blue ceramic bowl, rinsed clean and labeled GINA, sat deliberately in the center of the kitchen table;...
October 7 · 22 min
She Knew Too Much: The Murder of Sarah Stroud
She Knew Too Much: The Murder of Sarah Stroud The body was found face-up in a muddy ditch on Copperhead Road with no footprints leading to or from it - a scene so clean it suggested the impossible. Sarah Stroud, a 28-year-old records clerk at...
October 6 · 22 min
A Hand Reaches Up from the Soil: The Murder of David Underwood
A Hand Reaches Up from the Soil: The Murder of David Underwood A Timex watch kept its second hand moving after eleven months buried in heavy clay - and it surfaced still ticking attached to a human arm in a soybean field. Who buried a farmer on his...
October 5 · 23 min
The 41 Missed Calls That Led To Vernon Fisher's Killer
The 41 Missed Calls That Led To Vernon Fisher's Killer The last thing on Vernon Fisher’s phone before the screen went black was forty-one missed calls from a contact saved as “Mom” - and the final incoming text, at 8:47 PM on October 13, said...
October 4 · 22 min
The Lure Box: How a Fisherman's Locker Exposed a Killer
The Lure Box: How a Fisherman's Locker Exposed a Killer A locked marina building, a pine box with fourteen hand-tied lures, and a photograph labeled "Claire - July 2004" were found in a locker that did not belong to the missing man who kept the...
October 3 · 23 min
The Coat on the Ice: How a Red Wool Exposed a Killer
The Coat on the Ice: How a Red Wool Exposed a Killer A woman’s burgundy wool coat was found perfectly flat, buttons fastened, thirty feet from the bank on frozen Corrigan River with no footprints and no disturbance in the snow - a deliberate signal...

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