E115: “Up In Smoke” - The Sodder Family Tragedy

Elizabeth Short’s gruesome murder is the LAPD’s most infamous unsolved case. But there’s one person who thinks he’s cracked it — the alleged killer’s own son. Today, we reopen the case against George ...

25 Aug 202251min

In 1940s Hollywood, a 22-year-old aspiring actress is found mutilated and drained of blood. Her body is posed, and her mouth has been carved into a permanent smile. The investigation takes police into...

22 Aug 202242min

On July 8, 1918, artist and avid outdoorsman Tom Thomson took his boat onto Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park, Ontario, to go fishing. His body was found floating in the lake three days later. Other commun...

16 Aug 202240min

With the help of a postcard found at the scene of Emily Dimmock's murder, police apprehended a suspect named Robert Wood. Witnesses saw him with Emily the night she was murdered. But was he the last t...

9 Aug 202235min

In 1907, Bert Shaw promised to provide for Emily Dimmock if she quit her job as a sex worker and moved in with him as his girlfriend. But old habits die hard. She went back on her word and saw clients...

2 Aug 202240min

Jim Williams had the money to hire the best attorneys around. After a fourth trial for the same crime, he was finally found not guilty. Was the law truly upheld that day or did a rich man buy his free...

26 Jul 202242min

In May of 1981, shots rang out at a mansion known as the Mercer House. When officers arrived, a young man was dead. The estate’s lone resident, a 50-year-old antique dealer, claimed self-defense. But ...

19 Jul 202249min

The people of Waco wanted justice to be served. Four suspects emerged, but would that be enough to close the case? This is a crossover series with Unsolved Murders, looking at two complicated cases wh...

12 Jul 202252min