True Crime Scholars: The Maura Murray Case

We have the evidence—now how do we think about it? In this episode, we move into Chapter 7 of The Case of Maura Murray to introduce the core of the Scholar’s toolkit: Logic, Reason, and Critical Think...

18 Maalis 21min

To understand why the Maura Murray case became a global digital obsession, you have to look at the work of author and investigator James Renner. In this episode, the hosts go beyond the headlines to d...

18 Maalis 19min

Before you can solve a mystery, you have to find the signal buried beneath two decades of noise. In this episode, we introduce the first tool in our scholarly toolkit: the Systematic Literature Review...

17 Maalis 19min

We’ve walked the road, heard the witness accounts, and felt the weight of the mystery. Now, it’s time to change the lens. In this episode, we introduce Part Two of The Case of Maura Murray, transition...

17 Maalis 23min

In this finale to Part 1 of our series, we dive into the "Investigative Purgatory" that has kept the Maura Murray case alive in the public imagination for two decades. Having reconstructed the timelin...

17 Maalis 19min

Episode 11: New Eyes — The Oxygen SpecialThirteen years after Maura Murray vanished, the Oxygen Network assembled a team to re-examine the case from the ground up, bringing the mystery of Route 112 to...

17 Maalis 23min

What happens when the first burst of investigative momentum fades? In this episode, we move into Chapter 4 to look at the Maura Murray case through the cold, objective eyes of a veteran police officer...

16 Maalis 18min

How do you reconstruct the final days of a life? You look for the earliest reports, where memories are raw and the mystery is just beginning to take shape. In this episode, we step away from the book ...

16 Maalis 18min