In this episode of Grave Whispers, we explore the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia. From her life and final days to the investigation, suspects, and media frenzy that followed, we examine how early failures and lost evidence turned one of America’s most infamous cases into a lasting mystery—one that remains unsolved more than seventy years later.

Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were found in the canals and swamps surrounding Jennings, Louisiana. All were connected by poverty, addiction, and fear—and by their ties to local law enforcement. Despite a multi-agency task force and years of investigation, no one has ever been convicted. This episode explores the tangled web of corruption, drugs, and silence behind the unsolved murders known as the Jennings 8.

This episode examines the victims’ stories, the evolving investigation, and the connection between multiple law enforcement jurisdictions. Between 1983 and 1985, several women with red or auburn hair were found dead along highways in the southern United States. For years, they remained unidentified, their cases linked only by hair color and tragedy. Decades later, DNA testing began giving them back their names—and their stories.

In 1981, 18-year-old Debra Miller was found murdered in her Mansfield, Ohio apartment. Her case remained unsolved for decades until DNA revealed the truth. The man responsible never faced trial, but after 43 years, the case was finally closed.

In 1996, nineteen-year-old Joannie Goodwin vanished after a night out in Pawhuska. Eight days later, her body was discovered in Bird Creek. Decades later, her case remains unresolved—marked by conflicting accounts, a dismissed arrest, and a family still waiting for justice.

In March 1996, Albuquerque was rocked by the Hollywood Video massacre—five lives taken in a single night by two parolees released under New Mexico’s reintegration program. This episode follows Esther Beckley and Shane Harrison from petty crime to murder, exposing the failures that let them back on the streets.

In the summer of 1982, bodies began appearing along a quiet river in Washington. What followed became one of the longest manhunts in American history.

This episode explores the double life of a man who seemed ordinary on the surface, yet carried a darkness that would take years to uncover. The truth was far more unsettling than anyone imagined.

In the spring of 1946, the Willamette River revealed a chilling secret: a body dismembered and scattered, a woman never identified. Known only as the Oak Grove Jane Doe, or the Wisdom Light Murder victim, her case remains one of Oregon’s most haunting mysteries.

This episode traces the fragments left behind—the discoveries, the false leads, and the theories about who she might have been. Decades later, the truth is still missing, but the whispers of her story remain.