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Summary
 Cold Case Stories pulls back the curtain on unsolved murders and mysteries where DNA, genealogy, and forensic science finally rewrite the ending. Each episode pieces together case files, lab breakthroughs and court records to give a clear, evidence-focused narrative that honors victims and tracks the trail of cold-cases-adn investigation.

Expect methodical storytelling driven by forensic detail rather than sensationalism. We explain how DNA databases, genetic genealogy and laboratory work intersect with police procedure, showing what changed in the case and why it matters now. The tone is calm, precise and investigative—built for listeners who want clarity, not conjecture.

New episodes release every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 9:00 AM. Episodes range from concise case briefings to deeper multi-part investigations, always citing sources and timelines so you can follow the evidence yourself.

This podcast is for attentive True Crime listeners, genealogy enthusiasts and anyone frustrated by unresolved cases who wants factual updates on cold-case DNA breakthroughs. If you care about justice, scientific method and the real human stories behind unsolved files, Cold Case Stories is made for you.

Subscribe now to get daily forensic reporting and follow the science that closes cold cases.

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Episodes
  • The Man Next Door: How a Coffee Cup Solved a 31-Year Murder

    The Man Next Door: How a Coffee Cup Solved a 31-Year Murder
    27 Oct 2026
    The Man Next Door: How a Coffee Cup Solved a 31-Year Murder

    A small-town murder sat cold for three decades with a DNA profile untouched in a state evidence repository while the sprinkler ran all night and a door stood unlocked. The missing piece was a discarded coffee cup that finally closed the six-block gap between victim and neighbor-so who left it, and why did it take 31 years to connect the dots?

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the morning Peggy Griffin found Marcia Carter face-down on her kitchen floor to the long trail of evidence, retired detectives, and exclusions that left more questions than answers; how did a single coffee cup break the silence?

    Person: Marcia Carter
    Date: August 5, 1992
    Location: 412 Ashford Drive, Kellerton
    Cause of death: Manual strangulation
    Investigator: Detective Arthur Vance

    - The sprinkler outside 412 Ashford Drive ran for eleven hours starting around 8:30 PM on August 4, 1992.
    - Marcia Carter was 28 years old and had lived in the rear unit for fourteen months.
    - She was last seen alive the Tuesday before August 5 and was estimated to have died between 10 PM and midnight.
    - Investigators collected a DNA profile from the scene that remained unmatched for thirty-one years.
    - Dennis Fowler dated Marcia for seven months, ended the relationship six weeks before her death, and his 1993 DNA sample excluded him on every locus.

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    19 min
  • The Mason Jar Finger: How a Ring Broke a 30-Year Silence

    The Mason Jar Finger: How a Ring Broke a 30-Year Silence
    26 Oct 2026
    The Mason Jar Finger: How a Ring Broke a 30-Year Silence

    A preserved severed human finger, an opal ring, and a mason jar found on a grain elevator shelf in 1992 sat in a freezer for thirty years before a consumer DNA kit finally broke the silence-how did a routine jewelry repair receipt and a distant maternal match close a case gone cold? What connection tied a Scottsbluff kit to a jar on Hendricks Road?

    In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events from the discovery at the Hendricks Road grain elevator to the retired technician’s solo cold-case work, describing the evidence, the gaps that persisted for decades, and the single line of DNA that produced the breakthrough-could a mitochondrial match and a family receipt be the key?

    Person: Tammy Romano
    Date: July 9, 1991
    Location: Millhaven (car found in Millhaven Public Library parking lot)
    Investigator: Detective Warren Pruitt
    Technician: Curtis Jensen

    - The mason jar with the severed finger was found on a shelf at the Hendricks Road grain elevator in the summer of 1992 and was placed in an evidence freezer.
    - Tammy Romano was fifty-six, worked nineteen years at Calloway Farm Supply, and left work at 5:15 p.m. on July 9, 1991; her car was found the next morning with keys in the ignition and purse on the passenger seat.
    - On July 7, 1991 Tammy had a ring resized; a receipt in her name recorded the date, cost, and adjustment and was kept by her daughter for thirty years.
    - Detective Warren Pruitt worked the case for eighteen months, interviewed Dale Fichter three times, retained biological evidence indefinitely against standard protocol, and retired without an arrest.
    - In early 2020 a private lab produced a complete mitochondrial DNA sequence (Haplogroup H1e) from the jar’s tissue after retired technician Curtis Jensen commissioned new testing.

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    17 min
  • The Woman's Hand in Wet Concrete: 29 Years of Silence

    The Woman's Hand in Wet Concrete: 29 Years of Silence
    25 Oct 2026
    The Woman's Hand in Wet Concrete: 29 Years of Silence

    A woman’s right hand lay pressed into wet concrete for twenty-nine years before a dog found it - a thirty-inch square block with an eight-inch depth bearing a perfect fingerprint that matched a 1992 courthouse record. How did Tammy Hamilton’s print end up in concrete poured the summer before she vanished on June 8, 1993, and what secret kept that impression hidden until 2022?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from the day Tammy disappeared through decades of investigation, the overlooked evidence, and the breakthrough link made when a fingerprint and a preserved hair were finally re-examined - could those details finally answer why the hand was there?

    Person: Tammy Hamilton
    Date: June 8, 1993
    Location: Calloway State Recreation Area; parcel purchased February 1993
    Status: Disappeared; fingerprint matched 1992 courthouse filing
    Investigator: Pete Shanahan (forensic officer); Detective Steve Pulaski

    - The concrete block measured approximately thirty inches square and eight inches tall.
    - The handprint had been in the concrete for twenty-nine years before being found on June 8, 2022.
    - Tammy Hamilton was twenty-three years old when she disappeared on June 8, 1993.
    - A gas station receipt was generated at 8:47 PM on June 8, 1993, two miles from the shelter route.
    - A single hair with its follicle was preserved in a freezer in evidence storage from 1993 until 2019.

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    16 min
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