Criminal Notes

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Every crime leaves a trail. Criminal Notes invites you to decipher the dark stories hidden within the evidence. We meticulously unpack real-life criminal cases, from unsolved mysteries and chilling serial killer sagas to shocking murder investigations, providing a deep dive into the human psyche and the justice system. Go beyond the headlines with us as we explore forensic details, investigative twists, and the profound impact of these events. Criminal Notes offers a fresh, analytical perspective on true crime, ensuring every case is presented with respect and thorough research, uncovering the complexities behind each tragic event. New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 9:00 AM, guaranteeing a consistent stream of compelling content to fuel your curiosity. Each episode is a standalone exploration, perfect for your daily commute or a deep dive into the shadows. This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the intricacies of crime, seeking to understand the 'why' behind the 'what', and those who appreciate detailed storytelling in the true crime genre. If you're a fan of investigative journalism and real crime documentaries, Criminal Notes is your next essential listen. Subscribe now and let Criminal Notes be your guide into the compelling world of criminal investigations.

  1. 18 hr ago

    He Kept Their Diaries: The Murder of Ruth Mitchell

    He Kept Their Diaries: The Murder of Ruth Mitchell A missing green spiral journal turned up three years and seven months after Ruth Mitchell vanished, slipped in a padded envelope on Sycamore Terrace - nine inches by twelve, return address Columbus, name worn in gold: Ruth. Ruth’s Honda Accord was found abandoned in Carver Park two days after her last confirmed sighting on July 22, 2003; the journal’s last entry was dated July 21 - who kept her planner, and why did it return so late? In this episode, we follow the timeline from Ruth’s routine life and divorce to the day she disappeared, the early investigation, and the puzzling reappearance of the diary that had been missing since 2003. What does the journal reveal about her last days, and can the note Detective Zimmerman wrote - "the planner is somewhere" - finally be explained? Person: Ruth Mitchell Date: July 22, 2003 (last confirmed sighting) Location: Carver Park (Honda found), Fenwick Court (home), Sycamore Terrace (journal delivered) Investigator: Detective Grant Zimmerman, Linden Falls Police Department Journal last entry: July 21, 2003 - Ruth Mitchell was 38 years old and lived in Linden Falls for 11 years. - She worked as an administrative clerk at a pediatric dental clinic on Caldwell Avenue, typically 8 to 6, and stayed 20 minutes past closing on July 22, 2003. - Her two daughters were Maya (9) and Grace (6) at the time of her disappearance. - Eleven male users interacted with Ruth’s NeighborLink account between January and July 2003; Zimmerman interviewed nine and two accounts were untraceable. - The green spiral journal was received as a birthday gift in April 2003 from her sister Carol and had been missing for 3 years and 7 months before being left by a mail carrier on March 14, 2007. 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: business@obomedia.com.

    He Kept Their Diaries: The Murder of Ruth Mitchell

  2. 1 day ago

    Footprints in the Mud: The Murder of Alice O'Connor

    Footprints in the Mud: The Murder of Alice O'Connor A set of small, female footprints stopped abruptly at the lip of a drainage ditch on Ridgeline Spur Road - and for weeks investigators read them as the trail of a woman who walked away. That reading changed when a forensic analyst measured the angle and depth of those prints and concluded something no one had expected: the person who made them had already been dead for three days. How did ordinary traces become the proof of a very different story? In this episode, we lay out the timeline from Alice O'Connor's last ordinary text about a soup recipe to the half-completed passport on her desk and the moments that shifted the investigation from voluntary absence to something far more sinister. We follow Detective Dennis Erickson's decision to pull at the threads the initial classification left untouched and ask what the footprints really reveal. Person: Alice O'Connor Age: 61 Location: Ridgeline Spur Road, Whitmore County, Washington Date last seen: Between October 11 and October 14 Investigator: Detective Dennis Erickson - Alice sent a last message to her daughter Renee about a soup recipe before disappearing. - Alice had lived in Dunmore for 22 years and worked mornings as a property appraiser. - Footprints matching a woman's shoe size were found in mud on October 14, a Tuesday. - The footprints tracked north along the road's eastern edge and stopped at the lip of a shallow gully with no prints beyond. - A forensic analyst later determined Alice had been dead for three days when those prints were made. 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: business@obomedia.com.

    Footprints in the Mud: The Murder of Alice O'Connor

  3. 2 days ago

    Farmer Finds a Buried Jar - Then a Body: The Douglas Simmons Case

    Farmer Finds a Buried Jar - Then a Body: The Douglas Simmons Case A sealed Mason jar buried eight inches deep in a soybean field broke open a month after a twenty-six-year-old farmer vanished; inside was a folded note naming Douglas Simmons and accusing a contractor of falsifying a drainage completion. Who knew the land and the equipment well enough to bury a signal timed for harvest, and why was Douglas found three feet deep just 230 yards away two days later? In this episode, we lay out the timeline from Douglas's last confirmed sighting on September 25, 2011 to the discovery on October 4, 2011, including the note in the jar, his confrontation over a drainage project, and the people who knew his routine. Could the jar have been placed to ensure discovery only during harvest, and who would benefit from silencing a farmer? Person: Douglas Simmons Date: September 25, 2011 (last confirmed sighting) and October 4, 2011 (jar and body found) Location: Delaney Road, northwest corner of a soybean field; body found 230 yards from the jar Age: 26 Investigator: Detective Kimberly Dixon - The combine struck a sealed Mason jar buried eight inches underground at approximately 6:40 AM on October 4, 2011. - The jar contained a folded, legible note identifying Douglas Simmons and alleging a falsified drainage completion document. - Douglas was found buried three feet deep, 230 yards from the jar, in the margin between two parcels of farmland. - The last confirmed image of Douglas was from a grain cooperative security camera at 8:47 PM on September 25, 2011. - Douglas had confronted Melvin Myers about a drainage project he believed was unfinished days before he 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: business@obomedia.com.

    Farmer Finds a Buried Jar - Then a Body: The Douglas Simmons Case

  4. 3 days ago

    She Placed a Hot Coffee Next to His Body: The Murder of Glenn Murphy

    She Placed a Hot Coffee Next to His Body: The Murder of Glenn Murphy A warm twenty-ounce foam cup sat on the hood of a Kenworth T680 at 6:14 a.m., seven hours after a driver was last seen alive - a trivial, impossible detail that would become the key piece of evidence in a murder case. Who returned to a covered truck lot to place a fresh cup of hot coffee beside a dead man, and why? In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events from the last confirmed sighting of Glenn Murphy to the discovery that focused the investigation: a warm coffee cup found on his truck. We trace Glenn’s routines, the scene at Sageflat Travel Plaza, and the investigative choices that turned a simple cup into a pivotal lead - but who does that cup point to? Person: Glenn Murphy Location: Sageflat Travel Plaza, mile marker thirty-one on Route Eighty-Four Age: 48 Time of death (medical examiner preliminary): between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m. Item preserved as evidence: twenty-ounce foam cup of drip coffee - Glenn Murphy was last confirmed seen buying coffee and a sandwich at 1:52 a.m., per cashier Deb Calloway. - Bobby Reese found the upright twenty-ounce foam cup at 6:14 a.m. and felt the heat through the foam. - The lot’s single camera had been broken since the Thursday before Murphy’s death, leaving no usable footage between midnight and six a.m. - Glenn’s truck carried sixteen pallets of citrus fruit, all found sealed and untouched after his death. - Glenn’s wallet contained $63 and a graduation photo of his daughter Cassie; his phone and wallet were later found discarded near mile marker thirty-one. 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: business@obomedia.com.

    She Placed a Hot Coffee Next to His Body: The Murder of Glenn Murphy

  5. 4 days ago

    A Killer Leaves the Diary Behind: The Ross Harrison Case

    A Killer Leaves the Diary Behind: The Ross Harrison Case A five-by-eight black journal sealed with a red elastic band appeared inside a locked bait shop at 5:41 a.m., its inside cover bearing the name of a man who had vanished: Ross Harrison. The diary’s last entry was routine, but a September note about a metal cage on the seafloor tied Ross to a salvage operator with a changed name - so who left the book, and why was it placed where someone would find it? In this episode, we follow how Detective Craig Henderson responds to a missing-person report, the discovery of Ross’s journal, and the threads that link Ross to a decades-old disappearance; what starts as a found notebook quickly raises the question of whether curiosity about the seabed cost a life. Person: Ross Harrison Date: Journal found October 14 at 5:41 a.m. Location: Packard's Bait and Tackle, Wharf Street, Gallows Neck Detective: Craig Henderson, assigned October 14 at 7:00 a.m. Suspect alias: Stanley Keller (formerly Stanley Kellerman) - The journal was described as black, cloth-bound, five by eight, sealed with a red elastic band. - Ruth Packard unlocked the door and found the journal at exactly 5:41 a.m.; she had last locked the store at 6:18 p.m. the previous evening. - Ross’s last journal entry was dated October 11 and noted a falling barometer and a forecast for mackerel. - A late-September entry described finding “a metal cage. rigged with cable, sitting in the ledge system at depth,” which Ross photographed. - Phil Garber reported seeing Ross on the morning of October 13 talking with a salvage operator known as Stanley Keller, age fifty-three, who had legally changed his name in 2017 from Stanley Kellerman. 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: business@obomedia.com.

    A Killer Leaves the Diary Behind: The Ross Harrison Case

  6. 5 days ago

    The Dry Coat on the Hook: How Teresa Vanished and Why

    The Dry Coat on the Hook: How Teresa Vanished and Why A dry burgundy wool coat hung on a hook in a locked utility closet four blocks from the river the morning after Teresa Murphy vanished - and it showed no sign of ever being outside. Who hung Teresa’s coat there, why was it perfectly dry on a sub-19°F week, and what did a buried steel lockbox later reveal about a man named Frank Mueller? In this episode, we follow the timeline from Teresa’s last call at 7:00 p.m. on January 11 to the discovery of the coat on January 14 and the forty-three-day investigation that connected her disappearance to two murders and a decade of movements across four states. How did access logs, a Tuesday phone call by a county detective, and a ceramic bowl in Teresa’s handwriting become the keys that opened the case? Person: Teresa Murphy Date: January 11, 2009 Location: Portsmith Municipal Water Authority utility closet, fourth floor Status: Disappeared; investigation revealed two murders Investigator: Detective Gina Hansen - Teresa Murphy was 53 years old and had lived on Whitfield Street in Portsmith for 26 years. - Teresa’s last outgoing call was to her daughter Michelle at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 11; the phone went silent afterward. - A maintenance worker, Dale Pruitt, found a size medium burgundy J.Crew wool coat hanging in a locked closet on January 14 with a CVS receipt dated January 11 in the right pocket. - The outside temperature had not risen above 19°F since January 9, yet the coat was dry and showed no signs of snow or ice. - The investigation lasted 43 days and led detectives to a steel lockbox buried behind a water heater in a house in Kellum Park containing items linked to Frank Mueller. 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: business@obomedia.com.

    The Dry Coat on the Hook: How Teresa Vanished and Why

  7. 6 days ago

    Locked From Outside: The Boathouse That Shouldn't Hold a Body

    Locked From Outside: The Boathouse That Shouldn't Hold a Body The padlock was closed - and that single, ordinary detail turned a lakeside boathouse into an impossible crime scene. A 44-year-old bookkeeper found dead inside a building with no interior latch, no other exit, and a combination lock that should have made escape impossible; who sealed the door and walked away? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from discovery to the earliest investigations, laying out the small town routines, the precise habits of the victim, and the forensic clues that puzzled investigators. How did a perpetrator engineer a locked-room killing at Tanner Lake, and what mechanical mistake left a trail? Person: Lori Coleman Age: 44 Location: Tanner Lake boathouse, Weller's Bend, Kessler County Date of discovery: September 14, 2004 Cause of death: Manual strangulation - Lori left home for work at 7:52 AM every morning and was not at her desk at 8:00 AM on September 14, 2004. - The Kessler County Sheriff's Office received the boathouse call at 6:41 AM; Deputy Seth Cord arrived within twenty minutes and Investigator Tammy Armstrong was on scene before 8:00 AM. - Time of death was estimated between 11:00 PM and 1:00 AM on September 13, 2004; toxicology was clean and no sexual assault was found. - The boathouse door used an exterior hasp-and-padlock assembly with a standard combination padlock placed through the hasp but not snapped shut, allowing the door to open inward. - Under Lori’s right fingernails investigators recovered skin cells and trace fiber that did not match any profile in available databases. 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: business@obomedia.com.

    Locked From Outside: The Boathouse That Shouldn't Hold a Body

  8. 7 Sept

    He Printed the Label Before She Was Dead: The Tracy Porter Case

    He Printed the Label Before She Was Dead: The Tracy Porter Case A baggage handler smelled something at a carousel and found a suitcase tagged to go to Phoenix - inside was a woman who had been dead since early Sunday morning: twenty-eight-year-old Tracy Porter. The routing label on the bag had been printed the Saturday before she died, and a depot employee who printed it was logged into a separate freight system; who printed the label, and why was she already in that suitcase before anyone noticed? In this episode, we present the sequence of events from the printed routing label to the discovery of the body, detailing timelines, personnel actions, and investigative leads as they unfolded. What do the timestamps, system logins, and missed calls reveal about when and how Tracy Porter was placed into the freight network? Person: Tracy Porter Age: 28 Date found: Monday (body discovered on Monday) Cause of death: asphyxiation - manual strangulation Suspect logged activity: George Whitaker logged into depot system and printed a routing stub on Saturday - Curtis Odom had been loading cargo at Meridian Junction Station for eleven years and smelled the suitcase seam that led to the discovery. - Tracy Porter made weekly Sunday calls at eleven in the morning for six consecutive years and did not call the Sunday she died; her mother waited past eleven-fifteen. - The thermal adhesive routing label on the suitcase was printed the Saturday before Tracy Porter died. - George Whitaker, 34, was logged into Borderline Transit Solutions' depot system on the Saturday he printed a routing stub while not scheduled to work. - Detective Erin Campbell, five years into violent crimes, was assigned the case on Monday and built a chronological corkboard timeline starting with the missed Sunday call. 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: business@obomedia.com.

    He Printed the Label Before She Was Dead: The Tracy Porter Case
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Every crime leaves a trail. Criminal Notes invites you to decipher the dark stories hidden within the evidence. We meticulously unpack real-life criminal cases, from unsolved mysteries and chilling serial killer sagas to shocking murder investigations, providing a deep dive into the human psyche and the justice system. Go beyond the headlines with us as we explore forensic details, investigative twists, and the profound impact of these events. Criminal Notes offers a fresh, analytical perspective on true crime, ensuring every case is presented with respect and thorough research, uncovering the complexities behind each tragic event. New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 9:00 AM, guaranteeing a consistent stream of compelling content to fuel your curiosity. Each episode is a standalone exploration, perfect for your daily commute or a deep dive into the shadows. This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the intricacies of crime, seeking to understand the 'why' behind the 'what', and those who appreciate detailed storytelling in the true crime genre. If you're a fan of investigative journalism and real crime documentaries, Criminal Notes is your next essential listen. Subscribe now and let Criminal Notes be your guide into the compelling world of criminal investigations.

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    2026
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