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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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...
September 5 · 22 min
The Man Who Left No Return Prints: Inside a Timberland Secret
The Man Who Left No Return Prints: Inside a Timberland Secret A line of size eleven boot prints led forty yards up a frozen logging road and then stopped - no return, no tire marks, and a twenty-three-year-old man dead thirty feet away in a...
September 4 · 22 min
Six Feet of Nebraska: The Farm That Hid Megan Brooks
Six Feet of Nebraska: The Farm That Hid Megan Brooks A water-stained tote bag found six miles from Megan Brooks’s abandoned car held her library card - and nothing that explained how she got there. Six miles, no road, no witnesses, and a county...
September 3 · 20 min
The Watch That Recorded a Killer: Mile 9's Last Hour
The Watch That Recorded a Killer: Mile 9's Last Hour A cracked Casio ProTrek quietly recorded a barometric trail that captured the last hour and a half of Jeffrey Hamilton’s life, logging a sharp pressure drop nineteen minutes before he left the...
September 2 · 22 min
One Shoe Left Behind: The Murder of Kenneth Walsh
One Shoe Left Behind: The Murder of Kenneth Walsh A single clean white Nike sneaker, size 10 left, double-knotted, was placed on a bait table inside a locked shed while the padlock showed no sign of being opened - and two days later Kenneth Walsh’s...
September 1 · 22 min
The Dry Red Coat: How a Changed Door Code Betrayed a Killer
The Dry Red Coat: How a Changed Door Code Betrayed a Killer A dry red coat hung on a locked service promenade railing after a night of nonstop rain - completely free of moisture, soil, or river residue. That impossible detail forced investigators...
August 31 · 22 min
The Locked Pump House, a Shoe, and a Notebook of Secrets
The Locked Pump House, a Shoe, and a Notebook of Secrets A single shoe inside a padlocked pump house broke every assumption about Angela Berry’s disappearance and helped put Jerry Hoffman behind bars for life. The locked room, an intact padlock,...
August 30 · 23 min
She Vanished Mid-Journey: The Murder of Patricia Fisher
She Vanished Mid-Journey: The Murder of Patricia Fisher The suitcase appeared at 6:14 a.m., leaking a steady drip from a reset triple-zero lock and a name tag that read FISHER P.; the owner, 52-year-old Patricia Fisher, had boarded the Sunset...

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