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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Yesterday · 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....
Thursday · 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...
Wednesday · 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...
Tuesday · 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...
Monday · 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...
Sunday · 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...
September 12 · 21 min
Farmer Finds a Buried Jar - Then a Body: The Douglas Simmons Case
Farmer Finds a Buried Jar - Then a Body: The Douglas Simmons Case A sealed Mason jar buried eight inches deep in a soybean field broke open a month after a twenty-six-year-old farmer vanished; inside was a folded note naming Douglas Simmons and...
September 11 · 21 min
She Placed a Hot Coffee Next to His Body: The Murder of Glenn Murphy
She Placed a Hot Coffee Next to His Body: The Murder of Glenn Murphy A warm twenty-ounce foam cup sat on the hood of a Kenworth T680 at 6:14 a.m., seven hours after a driver was last seen alive - a trivial, impossible detail that would become the...
September 10 · 22 min
A Killer Leaves the Diary Behind: The Ross Harrison Case
A Killer Leaves the Diary Behind: The Ross Harrison Case A five-by-eight black journal sealed with a red elastic band appeared inside a locked bait shop at 5:41 a.m., its inside cover bearing the name of a man who had vanished: Ross Harrison. The...
September 9 · 23 min
The Dry Coat on the Hook: How Teresa Vanished and Why
The Dry Coat on the Hook: How Teresa Vanished and Why A dry burgundy wool coat hung on a hook in a locked utility closet four blocks from the river the morning after Teresa Murphy vanished - and it showed no sign of ever being outside. Who hung...
September 8 · 23 min
Locked From Outside: The Boathouse That Shouldn't Hold a Body
Locked From Outside: The Boathouse That Shouldn't Hold a Body The padlock was closed - and that single, ordinary detail turned a lakeside boathouse into an impossible crime scene. A 44-year-old bookkeeper found dead inside a building with no...
September 7 · 22 min
He Printed the Label Before She Was Dead: The Tracy Porter Case
He Printed the Label Before She Was Dead: The Tracy Porter Case A baggage handler smelled something at a carousel and found a suitcase tagged to go to Phoenix - inside was a woman who had been dead since early Sunday morning: twenty-eight-year-old...
September 6 · 21 min
She Left Her Bag Behind: The Murder of Pamela Perry
She Left Her Bag Behind: The Murder of Pamela Perry A neatly placed green canvas bag with a cardinal embroidered on the side stood upright against a stop sign at 7:22 AM on October 14, 2009 - inside was a phone, a half-eaten granola bar, hand...

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