Digging Deep into Cold Cases: Research and Writing with Josh Hallmark & Anna Priestland

October 21, 2020 / Laurah Norton

Laurah interviews Josh Hallmark (True Crime Bulls**t) and Anna Priestland, both of whom are writer-researcher-producers, about their experiences tackling longform and complex podcast projects. Josh is well-known for his in-depth coverage of Israel Keyes and Kelly Cochran.

Anna wrote many of the best-known and most popular Casefile podcast series, including the show’s coverage of EAR/ONS/GSK, and has gone on to a successful career as a leading independent podcast writer-producer-researcher.

Josh Hallmark: Find all Josh’s shows here.

Anna Priestland: Murdertown, Letters of Love in World War II

Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie/Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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No Stone Unturned: Interview with CUE Missing Persons Director Monica Caison

October 21, 2020 / Laurah Norton

In this episode, Brooke interviews Monica Caison about what brought her to found CUE, one of the most hands-on missing persons organizations in the nation. Learn more about CUE here.

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The Victims of Samuel Little, Part 4: What Remains

October 08, 2020 / Laurah Norton

The Victims of Samuel Little, Part 4: What Remains

The final installment in this four-part series covers unresolved and closed cases in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and discusses the survivors who testified at Samuel Little’s Los Angeles trial.

A number of the Southeastern victims discussed in this series are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” and the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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The Victims of Samuel Little, Part 3: Across the South

October 05, 2020 / Laurah Norton

The third episode in this four-part series covers cases in Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and includes interviews with a family member of Macon-area victim Fredonia Smith. We also speak with SAKI (Sexual Assault Kit Initiative) Task Force member Amy Hutsell, who has been helping to connect Samuel Little’s Georgia confessions to the state’s cold cases.

A number of the Southeastern victims discussed in this series are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” and the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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The Victims of Samuel Little, Part 2: Florida

September 23, 2020 / Laurah Norton

Fort Myers Woman, about 26 years old, was murdered in Florida, approximately in 1984. Little said that Jean and him dined with her and her family on a couple of occasions before he killed her.

Linda, about 23 years old, was murdered in Miami-Dade, Florida in approximately 1971; said to have “reminded you of a girl, a child really” per Little’s word.

Airforce Base Girl, about 26 years old, was murdered in Miami-Dade, Florida in approximately 1971-1972; may have worked at an airforce base.

Marianne/Mary Ann, about 18 to 19 years old, was a trans woman whose life was cut short by Little in 1971 or 1972, on the outskirts of Miami-Dade.

Plant City Girl, age unknown, was estimated to have been killed in approximately 1977 or 1978, and met Little in Clearwater before he killed her in Plant City.

Tampa Dope Girl, adorned with a matching red headband and choker, may have had ties to the local drug scene and was allegedly killed in 1984.

Sarah, also possibly named Donna, was found on April 19th, 1971 in Miami. She appeared to have died several weeks prior, may have been of Cuban descent, and had a “congenital deformity of the neck vertebrae”, which could have affected her neck’s mo

Karen O’Donoghue, an Air Force Nurse, appears to have left her fiancé behind in Springfield, Massachusetts for Florida. Little killed her in 1971 or 1972.

Miriam “Angela” Eileen Chapman relocated from Indiana to Florida after her parents had both passed. After a year of residing in Miami, she confided in her motel’s manager that she thought “about her family (...) and about going home.” She was onl

Rosie Hill was 21 and single mother to a two-year old boy, described as having a “beautiful personality” by her own mother, Minnie. She would continue to contact her mother through phone calls until one day in 1982, when Minnie picked up a call fro

Patricia Ann Mount’s “staggering” moves on the dance floor at a Gainesville juke joint caught the attention of Little the night of September 11th, 1982. He whisked her away after only 15 minutes with the promise of alcohol, and she was then found un

The second in this four-part series covers Samuel Little’s Florida confessions: the resolved, the unmatched, and the unidentified.

A number of the Southeastern victims are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” and the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode.

You can find the archival tape transcript mentioned in the episode here.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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The Victims of Samuel Little, Part 1: Out of Focus

September 16, 2020 / Laurah Norton

The first episode in this four-part series looks at who serial killer Samuel Little is, how he got away with murdering nearly a 100 women over four decades, and provides scaffolding for the what’s to come: an exploration of the more-than-50 Southeastern cases.

Because a number of the Southeastern victims are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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Identity After Death with Forensic Anthropologist Dr. Amy Michael, Part 1

August 26, 2020 / Laurah Norton

In the first of two episodes, Laurah interviews UNH lecturer and forensic anthropologist Dr. Amy Michael about her field, popular misconceptions, the state of forensic science, and how cold cases might be solved.

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Florida’s Missing and Murdered: Chava Azcona Part 2

August 19, 2020 / Laurah Norton

Part 3 concludes the story of Salvador “Chava” Sanchez Azcona, a popular 30-year-old who moved to East Naples, Florida in search of strong job prospects. After seven years in the area, he’d built a strong network of friends who viewed him as family--and who would stop at nothing to find him after he disappeared in March of 2016.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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Florida’s Missing and Murdered: Chava Azcona Part 1

August 12, 2020 / Laurah Norton

Part 2 begins the story of Salvador “Chava” Sanchez Azcona, a popular 30-year-old who moved to East Naples, Florida in search of strong job prospects. After seven years in the area, he’d built a strong network of friends who viewed him as family--and who would stop at nothing to find him after he disappeared in March of 2016.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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Florida’s Missing and Murdered: Deasha Andrews and Terrianne Summers

August 05, 2020 / Laurah Norton

This episode explores the 2001 murder of Terrianne Summers and the 2002 murder of Deasha Andrews, both trans women who were part of Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ community. We speak with community advocate and friend of Terrianne, Rusty Mead, who also served as a liaison to the police in Deasha’s case.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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The Atlanta Ripper: Part 3

July 22, 2020 / Laurah Norton

The final episode in our three-part series covering the historical Atlanta Ripper murders, a little-known series of homicides attributed to a person--or persons--operating in Atlanta, GA between 1911-1914. . . and possibly beyond. Thanks to Dionne Clark of the SAGE Podcast for reading the epigraphs at the top of each episode, JV Hampton Van-Sant for voice acting, and Shannon Geary for months of archival research. Thanks to Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder podcast, and Josh Hallmark of True Crime BS. You can buy Jeff Wells’ book, The Atlanta Ripper, on Amazon or anywhere you shop.

Writing, additional research, and hosting by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Researched by Shannon Geary/ content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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