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  Weighted Evidence: How a Fishing Sinkerd Framed an Innocent Seamstress 20.09.2026 21мин

  Weighted Evidence: How a Fishing Sinkerd Framed an Innocent SeamstressA creek held a sealed plastic bag with forty-one pills, a pharmacy receipt, and a state ID-items that led police straight to a forty-four-year-old seamstress and landed her in handcuffs the same day. How did a fishing weight, a recalled lab kit, and a small-claims grudge combine to nearly send Janet Lee Taylor to prison?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that began before six in the morning on May 9, 2017 and unfolded across Dunmore, Tennessee, tracing how physical evidence, a forensic test, and prior conflict intersected to create a case against Janet-what exactly went wrong that day?Person: Janet Lee TaylorDate: May 9, 2017Location: Dunmore, TennesseeItem: 41 tablets with diamond stampTool: Veridian CAMP-Series field kit, lot number 4471C- A fisherman, Tracy Sheridan, found a sealed plastic bag in the creek before six a.m. on May 9, 2017.- The bag contained forty-one pills, a pharmacy receipt bearing Janet's name, and her state-issued ID.- Janet had lived at 114 Corder Lane for eleven years and was forty-four years old at the time.- The Veridian CAMP-Series field kit, lot number 4471C, produced a blue-purple color within forty seconds, logged as a presumptive positive.- Janet had a prior small-claims court dispute with Angela Cole in 2016 over an $800 dress alteration claim.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Drowned Where There Was No Water: The Reclaimed-Tank Murder Revelation 17.09.2026 22мин

  Drowned Where There Was No Water: The Reclaimed-Tank Murder RevelationA drowning confirmed by the medical examiner, diatoms in the lungs, and treated municipal water in her lungs - yet Angela Purvis was found in a dry field forty miles from any open water. How could a death by drowning occur where there was no water, and what secret tank sixty feet underground did investigators later uncover?In this episode, we follow the timeline from Angela's last confirmed sighting on April 2, 2019 to the discovery of her body on April 9 and the rushed prosecution that followed, asking whether crucial lab evidence was overlooked and how that omission shaped the case. What changed when page 41 of the medical file was finally read?Person: Angela PurvisDate: April 9, 2019 (body found); April 2, 2019 (last confirmed sighting)Location: Pembrook Road field behind equipment shedCause: Drowning (medical examiner conclusion)Case: Steven Harris convicted October 2019, sentenced to 35 years- Angela Purvis was 24 years old and worked as a billing administrator at the Sutter County water reclamation plant for 14 months.- She was last seen leaving a ceramics class at approximately 8:15 PM on April 2, 2019; her roommate filed a missing persons report on April 3.- Dale Bailey, a 53-year-old county surveyor, found her arranged in dry grass behind an equipment shed on April 9, 2019.- Forensic findings included petechial hemorrhages and diatoms in lung tissue; the mineral profile of lung fluid matched treated municipal water from a reclamation facility.- Steven Harris, 28, who worked maintenance at the same plant and owned the Pembrook Road property, was arrested April 13 and convicted of second-degree murder in October 2019; the supplemental lab report (page 41) was not used by the defense.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Glasses, the Key, and the Surveyor's Silent Yard 15.09.2026 17мин

  The Glasses, the Key, and the Surveyor's Silent YardA meter reader found a pair of eyeglasses at 7:41 AM on a Tuesday in March, frames clean though the ground was soaked from two days of rain - one lens intact, the other replaced by a small brass key on a red nylon cord. Who placed those glasses on Curtis Sullivan’s drainage easement, and did that deliberate placement link him to Connie Marsh’s death?In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events from Connie Marsh’s disappearance on February 14, 2017 through the discovery of her body and the evidence that went to trial, asking whether the glasses and key were the careless clue or the deliberate connection everyone assumed.Person: Connie MarshDate: February 14, 2017Location: Fenwick Road drainage easementPerson: Curtis SullivanCause of death: Asphyxiation- Glasses found at 7:41 AM on a Tuesday in March, frames clean despite ground soaked from two days of rain.- One lens intact; the other lens replaced by a small brass key threaded on a red nylon cord.- Connie Marsh had been missing for 21 days when the glasses were found.- Connie Marsh was 38 years old and worked 14 months as a home health aide, including visits to Norma Sullivan.- Curtis Sullivan was a 54-year-old former county road surveyor who owned the property and had lived on Fenwick Road for 11 years.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Dry Shoe That Sent a Man to Prison 13.09.2026 22мин

  The Dry Shoe That Sent a Man to PrisonA single dry tan suede ankle boot, size seven, sat upright on a wet, icy gravel bar the morning of February 9 - a small, concrete detail that helped send an innocent man to prison for four years. How did one shoe, a badge clipped to a jacket, and two cell-tower pings become the fulcrum of a wrongful conviction?In this episode, we lay out the timeline and evidence: where Carla Denton worked and when she left, the discovery of her body, the witness who saw a gray hatchback, and the technical records that tied a phone - and a suspect - to the scene. Which piece of evidence was misread, and how did a late-night phone call change everything?Person: Carla DentonAge: 28Location: Sable Creek culvert, 80 yards from gravel barDate: February 9 (body found), time of death estimated between Feb 8 9:00 PM and Feb 9 1:00 AMDetective: Marcus Webb, 17-year veteran- A tan suede ankle boot, size seven, was found dry on a wet, icy gravel bar on the morning of February 9.- Carla Denton left Westfield Care side door at 11:46 PM according to side-door camera footage and a badge exit log.- Carla’s body was found in a culvert beneath the service road, 80 yards from where the boot was photographed.- Medical examiner estimated time of death between 9:00 PM Feb 8 and 1:00 AM Feb 9; cause of death was manual strangulation.- Cell-tower logs showed two pings from Dennis Rice’s phone to tower CAV-7 at 11:51 PM and 12:18 AM, a key piece of evidence used by investigators.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Open Door, the Shoe, and the Will Signed by a Dead Man 10.09.2026 20мин

  The Open Door, the Shoe, and the Will Signed by a Dead ManThe morning a paperboy found a size eleven brown dress shoe in an open doorway, an eighty-one-year-old man had already been dead for days - and a new will had been filed naming a witness who had died three days before the document was dated. How did a will dated December 19, 2010, bearing a dead man's name as witness, nearly redirect nearly two million dollars away from the decedent's named heir?In this episode, we present the sequence of events from the open door on Crestfall Avenue to the probate contest, following the people, the documents, and the forensic work that exposed the contradiction at the heart of the case. What forensic detail unspooled a carefully positioned fraud and proved the will could not be genuine?Person: Walter PryceDate: January 9, 2011Location: 412 Crestfall Avenue, DunmoreCase: 2011-PR-0047Person: James Cutter (deceased December 16, 2010)- The front door at 412 Crestfall Avenue was standing open at 6:14 AM on January 9, 2011.- Walter Pryce, age 81, had been dead for three or four days when found by the paperboy.- A will dated December 19, 2010, was filed on January 12, 2011, by a man named Frank Seward.- The filed will named James Cutter as a witness, but Cutter died on December 16, 2010, three days before the will's date.- Examiner Carol Hutchins compared the will signature against 47 authenticated Pryce exemplars from 2004-2010.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Hammer That Convicted Him - Evidence No One Read 08.09.2026 20мин

  The Hammer That Convicted Him - Evidence No One ReadA discarded hammer found in a roadside ditch after a December storm carried blood that matched a murdered 61-year-old teacher - and a single partial fingerprint that matched the county's own evidence technician. How did one exhibit, logged as Exhibit 14 in Harwick County Superior Court case CR-7741, become the hinge for an arrest, a dismissal, two convictions, and a destroyed object that nobody read closely enough?In this episode, we walk through the timeline from the plow blade striking the tool on the morning of December 9, 2011 to the hammer sitting on the defense table during eleven days of trial in October 2013, and we ask how a forensic evidence log could hold the question that decided the case.Person: Deborah VanceDate: December 9, 2011Location: County Road 18; 4 Millstone Court, FallstonCase: CR-7741Exhibit: Exhibit 14 (hammer)- 7:14 AM on December 9, 2011 - Bruce Burke's plow blade kicked a sixteen-ounce Estwing claw hammer into the ditch.- The hammer was not present when Burke plowed the same stretch two days earlier on December 7, 2011.- Biological material on the hammer head matched Deborah Vance at every tested DNA locus.- A single latent print of eleven ridge characteristics was lifted from the steel collar of the hammer.- The latent print matched Tina Okafor, the Harwick County forensic evidence technician who first processed the hammer at the road shoulder.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Orange Juice That Should Have Freed Her: How Evidence Lied 06.09.2026 18мин

  The Orange Juice That Should Have Freed Her: How Evidence LiedThe glass of orange juice on a cold concrete step never froze even though the temperature stayed below 28°C, and that single, overlooked detail should have upended the case from the start - so how did it get logged, photographed, and then ignored while a young woman went to prison? What other pieces of evidence were misread, and how did a reversed surveillance tape send an innocent person to a 22-year sentence?In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events as recorded in reports and interviews, from the discovery on Teller Road to the forensic review that flipped the key video evidence, and we ask whether routine procedures and unexamined assumptions can cost someone their freedom.Person: Deanna MarshPerson: Kelly WagnerPerson: Raymond O'BrienDate: November 14Location: 42 Teller Road- The orange juice on the concrete step remained unfrozen despite temperatures not rising above 28 degrees since before midnight.- Raymond O'Brien was dispatched before seven in the morning on November 14 and found the back door open about four inches.- Deanna Marsh, age 43, was found strangled with her purse on the kitchen counter and her car in the driveway.- A porch camera recorded a figure at 11:47 PM on November 13 wearing a dark green quilted jacket with a pale stripe.- Kelly Wagner, age 24, was convicted of second-degree murder after six hours of jury deliberation and sentenced to 22 years.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Locked Gates, One Punch Card, and the Confession at Trial 03.09.2026 17мин

  Locked Gates, One Punch Card, and the Confession at TrialFear that someone you trust can slip back into a locked place: at 7:41 a.m. on October 9, 2011 a runner found a silver Buick behind locked gates and Miriam Castillo inside, dead from manual strangulation - and the south gate's punch-card recorded a closing that same night. Who used a legitimate key when only four people were authorized, and why was nothing taken from her car?In this episode, we tell how routine paperwork, a low-tech punch-card, and a duplicate key purchased in cash connected a seasonal contractor to a murder scene, and how one small unreturned object led to a courtroom confession that would decide the case.Person: Miriam CastilloDate: October 9, 2011Location: Fenner Park access road behind the maintenance shedCause: Manual strangulationInvestigator: Detective Marcus Webb- Time of discovery: 7:41 a.m. on October 9, 2011- Victim age: 44 years old, deceased approximately 18 hours prior to discovery- Gate log: two punches recorded on the south gate between approximately 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. on October 8, 2011- Authorized keyholders: four people listed; Richard Olson had returned his key on August 22, 2011- Duplicate key: Richard Olson purchased a replacement key at Denner Hardware on July 30, 2011, paid in cashTo listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Watch That Convicted Her: How One Blood Type Ruined Tammy 01.09.2026 19мин

  The Watch That Convicted Her: How One Blood Type Ruined TammyA stopped Seiko on a dinner plate, a kitchen door left ajar, and a single blood type that sent a woman to prison-could one common antigen decide a life? The pool of B-positive blood found on a kitchen floor, a nine-day trial, and evidence that was visible from day one all point to a case where what everyone saw was not what they asked-so who did Beverly Crane’s blood and the B-positive trace really belong to?In this episode, we lay out the sequence of discoveries from the morning William Rafferty found the watch to the trial that followed, following the physical evidence, witness accounts, and the quiet detail that went unnoticed for fourteen years. How did a B-positive blood type, shared by one in eight people, become the central fact that unraveled-or failed to prove-guilt?Person: Beverly CraneDate: September 9, 1986Location: 714 Orrin Street, Caulfield TownshipCase: Docket CR-87-0341Prosecutor: Vincent Marsh- A Seiko watch with a tan leather strap was found stopped at 11:14 on a white porcelain plate at 8:45 AM on September 9, 1986.- Three blood deposits were collected: a smear on the door frame (matching A-positive), a mixed partial handprint on a refrigerator handle (A-positive and B-positive), and a pooled deposit near the kitchen counter base (B-positive).- Beverly Crane was 38 years old and worked as a billing coordinator at Taft Regional Medical Center in Portsmith.- Tammy Phillips had cleaned Beverly’s house six times between the prior year and March 1986 and had a prior unresolved $20 theft complaint filed in spring 1986.- The nine-day trial opened in February 1987 before Judge Helen Pryce, where a statistician testified that B-positive occurs in approximately 12% of the population (about one in eight people).To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Tote Bag That Convicted One Woman - And Freed Another 30.08.2026 21мин

  The Tote Bag That Convicted One Woman - And Freed AnotherFear that a single overlooked object can upend a life: a pale green Harwick Farm Supply tote with a cut wristwatch and license plates was found behind Calvary Lutheran Church five days after a reported burglary, and within two weeks the homeowner was arrested - but whose prints were on the strap, and where did the bag really come from?In this episode, you’ll hear the sequence of discoveries from the morning the tote was found through arrests and defense review, and how one partial fingerprint and a thirteen-week gap between readings of the same evidence changed the case. Which reading was right, and how did the same evidence both convict and clear a person?Person: Frances HunterDate: August 3-9, 2011 (burglary night to tote discovery)Location: Whitmore Drive (home) and Calvary Lutheran Church (tote found)Item: pale green Harwick Farm Supply canvas tote with Harwick logoCharge: evidence tampering and theft by deception- Tote was found at 7:20 AM on August 9, 2011 behind Calvary Lutheran Church.- Items inside the tote: two license plates on a sheared steel bracket and a silver Citizen wristwatch with its band cut.- Frances reported a burglary the night of August 3 into August 4 with missing items including a Citizen quartz wristwatch, laptop, and $200 cash.- Frances was arrested on August 17, 2011, thirteen days after her burglary report.- The tote strap carried a partial fingerprint that did not match Frances Hunter.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Rain Gauge That Sent a Woman to Trial - Then Freed Her 27.08.2026 20мин

  The Rain Gauge That Sent a Woman to Trial - Then Freed HerFear that a single overlooked object can decide a life: a plastic rain gauge found eleven feet off Azalea Creek Trail became State's Exhibit Fourteen, helped send Judith Nelson to trial after a body was found beneath the pine duff, and later opened the path to her freedom-so who really placed it there and why?In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from Alice Turner's July 9, 2019 discovery through the arrest and trial that followed, tracing evidence around a rain gauge, a deleted text, payroll discrepancies, and a late confession that reshaped the case-how did one small object change everything?Person: Renata VossPerson: Judith NelsonDate: July 9, 2019Location: Azalea Creek TrailEvent: Rain gauge found eleven feet off trail, water column still reading- The rain gauge was located eleven feet off Azalea Creek Trail, pressed into dry Tennessee soil.- Alice Turner discovered the gauge and disturbed earth at 7:40 AM on July 9, 2019.- Renata Voss was last confirmed at work on June 28, 2019 and reported absent by June 30, 2019.- A message from Judith Nelson's number on June 24, 2019 read: "We should talk somewhere quiet. I know where you walk."- Judith Nelson's E-ZPass registered a toll on Route Nine at 11:58 AM on June 29, 2019.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Door That Didn't Lock: The Timestamp That Broke a Trial 25.08.2026 21мин

  The Door That Didn't Lock: The Timestamp That Broke a TrialA wrong camera timestamp off by exactly fifty-eight minutes turned a single photograph into the hinge of a murder trial that deadlocked a jury. Who was standing in the doorway before Melissa Tran left work, and how did a maintenance work order timestamp change everything?In this episode, you will hear the timeline of Melissa Tran’s disappearance, the discovery of her body in the Aldine River, and the three pieces of evidence that focused suspicion on maintenance technician Kenneth Johnson - but left crucial questions unresolved. How could a completed work order stamped at 4:17 p.m. place Johnson at an apartment he never entered?Person: Melissa TranPerson: Kenneth JohnsonDate: June 1, 2011Location: Aldine RiverCause of death: Manual strangulation- Melissa was twenty-six and had called her mother every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m, for three years.- Gas station cameras recorded Melissa at 9:47 p.m. on Birch and Colton the night she disappeared.- Kenneth Johnson had worked six years for Harmon Property Group with master keys for fourteen buildings.- A DNA match from a hair in Melissa’s tote was reported by Dr. Carl Weston as one in four hundred billion.- A work order for apartment 4-C was timestamped 4:17 p.m. on June 1, 2011, but the tenant Howard Bell heard no knock and no one entered.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Glasses in the Woods: The Receipt That Convicted Jennifer Wells 23.08.2026 22мин

  Glasses in the Woods: The Receipt That Convicted Jennifer WellsA pair of folded reading glasses sat on a concrete survey monument east of Hallet Creek on May 9, 2011, lenses clean and centered - they belonged to Sandra Metz, who had been missing for eight days. Within 600 feet, investigators found a three-foot-deep disturbed hole with trace decomposition and a single blouse button; how did Sandra’s glasses end up there, and who bought a receipt from a Packer Lane Quik Mart at 11:44 p.m. the night she vanished?In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries from the surveyor’s find through the expanding search and the evidence that tied the scene together, focusing on the receipt that prosecutors said connected the pieces. What did that 11:44 p.m. Quik Mart purchase reveal about who was with Sandra the night she disappeared?Person: Sandra MetzAge: 44Date found (glasses): May 9, 2011Location found (glasses): concrete survey monument east of Hallet CreekReceipt time: 11:44 p.m.- Sandra Metz clocked out at 11:22 p.m. the night she disappeared after staying 25 minutes late.- The surveyor Thomas Johnson found Sandra’s glasses folded on a monument on the morning of May 9, 2011, about 600 feet from a later search area.- Investigators found a hole roughly three feet deep and four feet long off Packer Lane with packed soil and trace amounts consistent with decomposition.- A small, flat blouse-compatible button was pressed into the dirt at the edge of that disturbed hole.- The Quik Mart receipt from Packer Lane was for two bottles of water and a box of vinyl gloves, printed at 11:44 p.m. on the night Sandra disappeared.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Dry Purse, Sewn Alibi: How One Bag Convicted Her 20.08.2026 21мин

  Dry Purse, Sewn Alibi: How One Bag Convicted HerA dry leather purse sealed underground for six days became the single object that sent a twenty-two-year-old to trial: it contained her ID, forty-three dollars, a lip balm and a gasoline receipt dated April 3, 2011 - yet the one alibi that might have mattered was never presented. How did a paralegal find an untouched lead - and why did the defense never call the witness whose text placed the accused forty minutes away?In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the discovery at a septic lift station to the courtroom evidence and the later review of the file, asking whether the right questions were ever asked about that dry purse and the uncontacted alibi witness.Person: Darlene DixonDate: April 3, 2011Location: 4 Pryor LanePerson: Sandra ColePerson: Warren Jensen- Purse was found zip-tied to the pump housing inside a septic lift station and had been there for six days yet was bone dry.- Inside the purse: Darlene Dixon's Wisconsin driver's license, $43 cash, a lip balm, and a gasoline receipt dated April 3, 2011.- Darlene Dixon was arrested on April 4, 2011 and charged with second-degree homicide before Sandra Cole's body was officially discovered.- Sandra Cole was 41 years old in spring 2011 and owned 4 Pryor Lane, having renovated the second floor and rented the spare bedroom.- A law student flagged "alibi witness not contacted," leading paralegal Warren Jensen in spring 2015 to discover Jennifer Ramsey had sent a text at 8:52 PM from Linda Dixon's address placing Darlene in Portell that night.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Glove That Proved He Lied: The Weston County Secret 18.08.2026 19мин

  The Glove That Proved He Lied: The Weston County SecretFear tightens when a single glove appears upright on an ice shelf with no footprints and no explanation: a burgundy leather glove, size small, photographed 41 times, found 18 inches above the waterline and 112 yards upstream from where the body surfaced-how did it get there and who put it in that exact position? What specific human act, direction, and time could place a murderer at the levee?In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries and records that shifted suspicion from absence to proximity, from a disputed alibi to physical clues that aligned a man with the scene-could those facts be the thread that unraveled the truth?Person: Linda BarrettDate: March 2-4, 2011Location: Cassidy River leveeCase: Missing person later homicidePerson: Charles Holmes- Glove: burgundy leather with cream fleece lining, size small, photographed 41 times from six angles.- Body recovery: Linda Barrett’s body surfaced five days later, 112 yards downstream.- Timeline: Linda last called her sister between 8:00 and 8:30 pm while walking the levee; she worked 11 pm-7 am shifts.- Alibi contradicted: Sunoco gas receipt timestamped 9:47 pm on March 2, 2011, charged to Charles Holmes’s debit card at a station 4.3 miles from the levee.- Witness detail: Dog-walker George Abbot reported his beagle froze and stared toward the bank near the ice shelf at approximately 10:00 pm on March 2.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Toolbox on the Porch: How a Hidden Forceps Exposed A Killer 16.08.2026 19мин

  Toolbox on the Porch: How a Hidden Forceps Exposed A KillerA red metal toolbox sat open on a porch railing at 5:40 a.m. on February 9, 2011, holding surgical forceps, latex gloves, and an unlabeled amber prescription bottle - and it took six weeks in an evidence locker before anyone asked why. What connects that toolbox to three other elderly women who died alone after visits from an unidentified repairman, and who finally noticed the pattern?In this episode, we follow the trail from a paper carrier’s call to 9-1-1 to the small notations in a handwritten investigator’s ledger that opened the case, and we ask how routine medical deaths hid a deliberate poisoning until someone read the evidence twice.Person: Norma ElginDate: February 9, 2011Location: 44 Canfield Spur, Kellwick, OhioAge: 67Drug: Digoxin- A paper carrier, Donald Bishop, discovered the toolbox on the porch railing at 5:40 a.m, on February 9, 2011.- The red metal toolbox contained surgical forceps, a pair of latex gloves, and an amber prescription bottle with its label removed.- Norma Elgin had atrial fibrillation and was on a blood thinner and a rate-control medication when she died between 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.- Two other women in the area had similar deaths within the prior 14 months, and one survivor, Claire Morrow, showed elevated digoxin after a home visit by a man posing as an inspector.- The toolbox remained logged in the Kellwick evidence room for six weeks before an investigator’s handwritten ledger entry prompted further scrutiny.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Shoe on Callender Road: How a Bus Schedule Lied 13.08.2026 21мин

  The Shoe on Callender Road: How a Bus Schedule LiedA single light-blue, size seven canvas sneaker found upright in gravel at 6:58 AM became the hinge of a nine-month trial - and the case turned on a bus timetable that had changed eleven days earlier. Who stepped out of that double-knotted shoe, why was there no sign of a fall, and how did one altered schedule flip an acquittal into a later confession?In this episode, we lay out the timeline and the documents that shaped the investigation and courtroom battles, following the shoe, the bus stop routine, the phone pings, and the receipts that both implicated and defended a suspect. Which piece of paper - and whose schedule - rewrote the meaning of where Marilyn Sawyer was and when she disappeared?Person: Marilyn SawyerDate: January 9, 2019Location: Callender Road bus stopPerson: Ronald MitchellTime: 6:58 AM- Shoe found upright in gravel at 6:58 AM, January 9, 2019, double-knotted, light blue, size seven.- Mark Tillman reported the shoe at 7:03 AM after spotting it while driving west on Callender Road.- Marilyn Sawyer left her apartment at 6:15 AM, normally caught the number seven eastbound bus she believed departed at 6:41 AM.- Ronald Mitchell had a fuel receipt timestamped at 6:45 AM at a station 12 miles from the bus stop.- Leon Grady logged a stop at Callender Road at 6:31 AM on the morning in question.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Dry Sneaker: How One Shoe Sent a Man to Prison 11.08.2026 20мин

  The Dry Sneaker: How One Shoe Sent a Man to PrisonDanger and doubt collide: a single child's sneaker, laces tied, sat on a six-inch circle of dry pavement after 4.5 inches of rain - and a photograph would become Exhibit Seven in a murder trial that ended in life without parole. How did one shoe, its match never found, become the hinge of a conviction that still sparks questions?In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the people, and the evidence that connected a dry sneaker to the Linden County case number 12-CR-0041, and we follow how a jailhouse conversation and a televised broadcast resurfaced years later to challenge what that evidence proves.Person: Tessa MorrowAge: 9Date: December 2011Location: Dunmore Street, Kellum, OhioCase: Linden County 12-CR-0041- The alley behind the Dunmore Street property had absorbed 4.5 inches of rain over the three days before the sneaker was found.- Gina Weber found the upright sneaker at 7:14 AM on a Tuesday in December 2011 and photographed it before calling 911.- Tessa Morrow's body was recovered roughly 40 yards north of the utility pole, beneath a collapsed corrugated culvert pipe; cause of death: asphyxiation.- Edward Miller was 48, a warehouse shift supervisor with 11 years at the company, no prior convictions, and owned a 2007 diesel pickup.- William Padgett, 41, shared a jail pod with Miller in August 2012 for 11 days and testified Miller described placing the sneaker on a dry spot so it would be found in that condition.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Cake on the Mailbox: How a Dish Fueled an Arson Trial 09.08.2026 21мин

  The Cake on the Mailbox: How a Dish Fueled an Arson TrialThe first thing anyone saw was a perfect two-layer cake in a vintage amber glass baking dish perched on a mailbox post while the house behind it was a gutted, smoking shell - and the dish showed no soot or cracks. A jury would later spend days on accelerant patterns, cell tower data and a backdated insurance endorsement, only for the case to hinge on a single inventory line: Item 31 - Vintage amber glass baking dish, replacement value $60, marked destroyed - so who put the cake on the mailbox and why?In this episode, we lay out the timeline from the November 4 morning discovery through the insurance adjuster’s internal note and the backdated policy change, and we follow the investigator who traced the seam between physical clues and underwriting decisions. How did a cake and a dish come to carry the weight of a criminal case and an insurer's exposure?Person: Julie EvansDate: November 4 (discovery at 6:47 AM) and November 3 (fire evening between 8:00-9:00 PM)Location: 2240 Dellwood Avenue, Carver FlatsCase: Meridian Indemnity claim MI-7740-EV for $63,000 contents and $14,000 relocationItem: Item 31 - Vintage amber glass baking dish; replacement value $60; inventory listed as destroyed- Cake was a frosted two-layer cake with white icing and sugar roses resting in an amber glass baking dish with no soot or cracks- Fire cause: mineral spirits poured on subfloor near the water heater in a utility room off the kitchen, per burn-progression and 9-1-1 timing- Julie Evans had a policy taken out five months before the fire (policy MI-7740-EV) and filed a contents claim for $63,000 within 72 hours- Adjuster Kevin Marsh emailed underwriting on November 6 noting risk: "Policy taken out five months prior... Claimed contents value inconsistent with income profile" and flagged "Coverage gap - EV claim"- Meridian amended and backdated the deliberate acts exclusion on November 7 to apply upon a probable cause finding, with a note saying "Clarifying language. no material change."To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Sealed Bottle, Stolen Pills: How a Dispatch Log Exonerated an Innocent Man 06.08.2026 18мин

  Sealed Bottle, Stolen Pills: How a Dispatch Log Exonerated an Innocent ManA sealed amber bottle of sixty clonazepam tablets labeled to a Crestline supervisor was found on the concrete meter pad two feet from Deborah Nall’s back door, despite the prescription fill date being September 9 and the lower unit vacant since July. How did a full, child-safe bottle end up at a murder scene and nearly send an innocent man to prison?In this episode, we tell the story of Deborah Nall, the forensic trail that began with a prescription bottle, and the overlooked dispatch log entry whose device ID mismatch ultimately cleared a suspect. What detail hidden in routine paperwork changed the course of the case?Person: Deborah NallDate: September 9 (prescription fill date)Location: Fenner Lane, Calverton, Dellwick, OhioPerson: Raymond FisherEvent: Found sealed bottle of 60 clonazepam tablets on concrete meter pad- The bottle contained sixty clonazepam tablets with a fill date of September 9 and a child-safety cap still sealed.- Deborah Nall was thirty-one years old in autumn 2011 and had a seven-year-old daughter named Paige.- Raymond Fisher, age fifty-two, had been prescribed clonazepam since 2008 and refilled sixty tablets monthly.- Warren Green discovered and photographed the bottle at 8:40 AM on a Tuesday while walking the Calverton meter route.- Melvin Hansen, age thirty-eight, had temporary dispatch authority in August and later stole a month's supply of clonazepam from Fisher's truck in September.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].