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.

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October 2 · 21 min
A Dead Man in Dry Clothes: The Murder of George Rice
A Dead Man in Dry Clothes: The Murder of George Rice A twenty-four-year-old line cook was found sitting upright in a folding chair inside a locked boathouse, fully clothed and completely dry, with zolpidem in his system at a dose sufficient to...
October 1 · 21 min
The Olive-Green Suitcase: How a Routine Trip Hid a Methodical Murderer
The Olive-Green Suitcase: How a Routine Trip Hid a Methodical Murderer A woman's checked luggage arrived on schedule, folded clothes and a sealed birthday card addressed "Mom" tucked inside-yet the owner never retrieved it; a suitcase present and a...
September 30 · 22 min
She Planned Every Detail: The Murder of Denise Foster
She Planned Every Detail: The Murder of Denise Foster A woman's planner mailed to a neighbor after five years finally arrives on a porch - color-coded tabs intact, neat handwriting, and a single appointment with one name and phone number written...
September 29 · 21 min
Footprints That Appeared From Nowhere: The Murder of Amy Vaughn
Footprints That Appeared From Nowhere: The Murder of Amy Vaughn A single set of size-seven footprints began forty yards below a trailhead, walked uphill eighteen steps across frost formed between 2-4 a.m., and then vanished - while the woman they...
September 28 · 22 min
The Running Watch: How a Buried Hand Solved Three Murders
The Running Watch: How a Buried Hand Solved Three Murders A left hand, fingers curled, emerged from a soybean field wearing a copper-banded watch that was still running-its display frozen at 7:22 and the battery reported new. That single concrete...
September 27 · 21 min
He Had $1,100 and a Playlist-Who Wanted Randy Dead?
He Had $1,100 and a Playlist-Who Wanted Randy Dead? A man found dead beside a truck stop dumpster, earbuds in and a phone playing for nine hours straight - Randy Stevens had $1,100 saved and a playlist that stopped at 4% battery; who decided $400...
September 26 · 23 min
He Turned On the Light: How a Neighbor Became a Killer
He Turned On the Light: How a Neighbor Became a Killer A single light burning in a locked fisheries building stopped a dockworker cold at dawn and, tucked beside it, a still-warm mug led to a dead woman found sitting in a chair - eight blocks from...
September 25 · 20 min
Coat Left at the River: The Valerie Rogers Case
Coat Left at the River: The Valerie Rogers Case A navy wool coat was found folded neatly across a metal railing at Garrison Landing eight days after twenty-three-year-old Valerie Rogers vanished - clean, dry, and with no river water or soil on it....
September 24 · 23 min
The Locked Boathouse, the Seiko, and a Name Scratched In Time
The Locked Boathouse, the Seiko, and a Name Scratched In Time A locked boathouse that had sat sealed for eleven months contained a Seiko wristwatch with the name "Teresa" scratched into its back - found the morning after Teresa Brooks was reported...
September 23 · 24 min
A Suitcase Arrives Alone: The Murder of Crystal Cooper
A Suitcase Arrives Alone: The Murder of Crystal Cooper A retired freight dispatcher disappeared after boarding a train with a burgundy suitcase and a paperback open to page 211; four days later that suitcase arrived alone at Union Station with...
September 22 · 21 min
She Vanished in 2004: The Planner Returned in 2009
She Vanished in 2004: The Planner Returned in 2009 A day planner ordered in September 2004 showed up on a doorstep five years later with a short blue-ink inscription that did not match the missing woman's handwriting - and the note would point to...
September 21 · 22 min
She Found the Fraud: The Murder of Diane Hamilton
She Found the Fraud: The Murder of Diane Hamilton The prints in the mud were size eleven, driven deep into clay that meteorological records show did not exist at the time of death - a physical impossibility that points to a return to the body. Who...
September 20 · 22 min
Buried by the Harvest: The Soybean Field That Revealed Her
Buried by the Harvest: The Soybean Field That Revealed Her A soybean field returned a body whole enough to show that the harvester blade never touched her, and a text message kept her disappearance hidden for thirty-two days. What did the ground, a...
September 19 · 22 min
Phone Plays Itself: The Murder of Brenda Smith
Phone Plays Itself: The Murder of Brenda Smith Cold, pre-dawn details: a phone playing a bright cooking video, an empty battery compartment, and a woman found slumped against a trailer bumper at 6:14 AM in a 38-degree Nevada truck lot. Who moved...
September 18 · 21 min
A Watch Stops at 9:51: The Murder of Paul Larsen
A Watch Stops at 9:51: The Murder of Paul Larsen The watch stopped at 9:51 on October 13, its crystal cracked and the clasp bent from a summer accident - yet by morning it lay on a weighing table inside a locked Ice House that, by every record and...
September 17 · 24 min
He Folded Her Coat and Came Back to Check: The Jennifer Walsh Case
He Folded Her Coat and Came Back to Check: The Jennifer Walsh Case The coat was folded, dry, and placed with near-precision on a levee railing after two days of freezing rain-an ordinary object that became the clearest clue in a murder. How does a...
September 16 · 21 min
The Yellow Boot on the Boat: Inside a Perfectly Sealed Murder
The Yellow Boot on the Boat: Inside a Perfectly Sealed Murder A single size seven yellow women's boot sat in an aluminum boat beside a man whose wrists were bound with electrical cable-inside a boathouse with one padlock, no forced entry, and gaps...
September 15 · 24 min
She Boards the Train Alone: The Murder of Amanda Duncan
She Boards the Train Alone: The Murder of Amanda Duncan A twenty-three-year-old with a color-coded planner, a domed olive-green trunk, and $4,200 in cash vanished between Portland and Sutter Falls on a night the train passed through a canyon where...
September 14 · 21 min
He Kept Their Diaries: The Murder of Ruth Mitchell
He Kept Their Diaries: The Murder of Ruth Mitchell A missing green spiral journal turned up three years and seven months after Ruth Mitchell vanished, slipped in a padded envelope on Sycamore Terrace - nine inches by twelve, return address...
September 13 · 20 min
Footprints in the Mud: The Murder of Alice O'Connor
Footprints in the Mud: The Murder of Alice O'Connor A set of small, female footprints stopped abruptly at the lip of a drainage ditch on Ridgeline Spur Road - and for weeks investigators read them as the trail of a woman who walked away. That...

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