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

    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

  2. 1 day 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

  3. 2 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

  4. 3 days ago

    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

  5. 4 days ago

    She Left Her Bag Behind: The Murder of Pamela Perry

    She Left Her Bag Behind: The Murder of Pamela Perry A neatly placed green canvas bag with a cardinal embroidered on the side stood upright against a stop sign at 7:22 AM on October 14, 2009 - inside was a phone, a half-eaten granola bar, hand lotion, a library card, and a planner open to the next day, but no wallet or keys. Who walked away deliberately from a woman on her usual night route and left a staged scene that morning? In this episode, we follow the timeline from Pamela Perry’s last confirmed sighting on the evening of October 13 through the discovery of her bag the next morning and the early investigative conclusions. What happened between the last wave at 7:50 PM and the bag’s placement at 7:22 AM that changed an ordinary walk into a disappearance? Person: Pamela Perry Date: October 13-14, 2009 Location: Orchard Loop and Pembrook Street; Hollander Drive (home) Occupation: Medical billing coordinator at Feltham Family Health Investigator: Detective Grant Donnelly, Franklin County Sheriff's Office - Last confirmed sighting: Norma Aldrich saw Pamela wave at approximately 7:50 PM on October 13, 2009. - Bag discovered: Dale Hutchins found the green canvas bag standing upright at 7:22 AM on October 14, 2009. - Bag contents: phone, half-eaten granola bar (one bite), hand lotion, library card in name Pamela Perry, planner open to October 14. - Missing items: wallet and house keys were absent from Pamela’s possessions, including her unlocked front door and car in driveway. - Pamela’s routine: nightly walk route Hollander → Pembrook → Ridgecrest, taking roughly 45 minutes, walked same direction at roughly the same hour. 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 Left Her Bag Behind: The Murder of Pamela Perry

  6. 5 days ago

    The Man Who Left No Return Prints: Inside a Timberland Secret

    The Man Who Left No Return Prints: Inside a Timberland Secret A line of size eleven boot prints led forty yards up a frozen logging road and then stopped - no return, no tire marks, and a twenty-three-year-old man dead thirty feet away in a drainage ditch. Two missing men, a plastic bin, and a hidden property would later tie together what the trail alone could not explain; what actually happened on Spar Creek Road before dawn remains the central mystery. In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the scene, and the people connected to the case, from the last night Larry Wagner was seen at the Splitlog Tavern to the discovery of his body and the cold footprints on Spar Creek Road. How did investigators go from reading a walk-away to uncovering links to a second disappearance and a concealed container that held the answers? Person: Larry Wagner Age: 23 Date: October 14, 2009 (body found) and October 13, 2009 (last seen at 11:42 p.m.) Location: Spar Creek Road north of Crestfall, Oregon Witness: Norma Doyle saw headlights at approximately 1:15 a.m. - Larry Wagner left the Splitlog Tavern at 11:42 p.m. on October 13, 2009 and was never seen alive again. - Boot impressions extended roughly forty yards north on the gravel logging road and then abruptly stopped with no return tracks. - Ambient temperature was 28 degrees Fahrenheit at 2:51 a.m., and frost had locked the mud surface by 3:00 a.m. - Dr. Faye Ostrander estimated time of death between midnight and 2:30 a.m. - Donald Owens, age 44, lived in a trailer about 0.3 miles north of where the prints ended. 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 Man Who Left No Return Prints: Inside a Timberland Secret

  7. 6 days ago

    Six Feet of Nebraska: The Farm That Hid Megan Brooks

    Six Feet of Nebraska: The Farm That Hid Megan Brooks A water-stained tote bag found six miles from Megan Brooks’s abandoned car held her library card - and nothing that explained how she got there. Six miles, no road, no witnesses, and a county where strangers are noticed quickly; what invisible geography hid the answer in the soil? In this episode, we follow the timeline from Megan’s last confirmed wave on September 20 to the discovery of her car on October 2 and the tote in Field Seven on October 9, tracing the routines and places that defined her life and the baffling gaps investigators faced. How did a woman so exacting in her schedules vanish into the Nebraska fields without a trace? Person: Megan Brooks Location: Field Seven, Whitmore Agricultural Co-op Date reported missing: September 20 Date car found: October 2 Date tote found: October 9 - Megan was missing for nineteen days when the tote bag was found compressed in Field Seven. - The tote contained a set of keys, a cracked phone case, and a library card issued to Megan Brooks. - Megan’s silver Nissan Sentra was found parked on the gravel shoulder of County Road Eleven, roughly four miles east of Deering Falls. - The car’s engine was off, doors unlocked, phone dead on the passenger seat, and keys were in the cupholder. - Deering Falls has a population just under six thousand and Megan ran a Tuesday tutoring session at the public library from 5-7 p.m. 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.

    Six Feet of Nebraska: The Farm That Hid Megan Brooks

  8. 3 Sept

    The Watch That Recorded a Killer: Mile 9's Last Hour

    The Watch That Recorded a Killer: Mile 9's Last Hour A cracked Casio ProTrek quietly recorded a barometric trail that captured the last hour and a half of Jeffrey Hamilton’s life, logging a sharp pressure drop nineteen minutes before he left the diner and three stab wounds that left him dead in a gravel strip. Who - or what - changed the timeline that every witness believed, and how did a wristwatch overturn the only version of events that made sense? In this episode, we follow the facts from the truck stop lot to the forensic lab and explain what the watch’s internal log revealed about timing, location and activity before and after the death. Why did the Casio’s readings contradict the apparent sequence of events outside the diner? Person: Jeffrey Hamilton Age: 61 Event: Found dead with three stab wounds Location: Gravel strip between dumpster corral and cinder block wall at Crossroads 118 truck stop Device: Casio ProTrek with barometric readings stored every 15 minutes - Time found at scene called in by Gary Petrie at 4:51 a.m. - Watch logged barometric data every 15 minutes covering the last 47 hours. - First anomaly on watch occurred at 9:52 p.m., 19 minutes before security footage shows Hamilton entering the diner at 10:11 p.m. - Security corner camera had been offline for six weeks due to a lightning strike and was not repaired. - Watch data sat unread for 11 days before forensic technician Ray Dominguez extracted the internal log. 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 Watch That Recorded a Killer: Mile 9's Last Hour
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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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