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. 15 小時前

    The Thermos on the Breakwater: How Routine Made Melissa an Easy Target

    The Thermos on the Breakwater: How Routine Made Melissa an Easy Target A capped stainless steel thermos stood upright on the breakwater path forty yards from where Melissa Dixon’s body was pulled from the water, with no footprints leading to it and no one who saw anyone leave it there - a detail that would break the case open. How did a woman who arrived seventeen minutes early to everything end up dead by manual strangulation with a thermos as the only odd clue? In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the local setting, and the investigative threads that followed Melissa’s disappearance and death, focusing on the thermos, her fixed routine, and the man investigators later searched twelve miles down Route Nine. What single misstep in a life organized around punctuality made her an easy target? Person: Melissa Dixon Age: 26 Location: Harwick Point, Maine Date of disappearance report: October 14 Cause of death: Manual strangulation - Melissa ran three miles along the harbor path every morning, leaving her cabin at exactly 6:15. - Phil Corso found the sealed stainless steel thermos on the breakwater path at approximately 7:00 AM on October 14. - Melissa’s body was recovered at Pier Seven before noon on October 14 and had been in the water less than 24 hours. - The thermos had no complete fingerprints, had been rinsed, and contained a partial palm print consistent with Melissa’s hand. - Investigators searched a storage unit twelve miles down Route Nine belonging to a man who had lived in Harwick Point for six 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: business@obomedia.com.

    The Thermos on the Breakwater: How Routine Made Melissa an Easy Target

  2. 1 天前

    Folded Shirt, River Ice: Why Kevin White Never Saw It Coming

    Folded Shirt, River Ice: Why Kevin White Never Saw It Coming A perfectly dry, carefully folded blue Oxford shirt sat on river ice in January while Kevin White lay forty yards downstream with blunt-force trauma to the back of his skull and drowning as the official cause of death-so who folded the shirt, and why leave it as a marker? The shirt was found within sight of where Kevin ran the same three-mile route every Sunday for four years, and his missing phone later revealed a note about "a shirt someone lost near the south bank" written six weeks earlier; what connection ties the note to the folded shirt on the ice? In this episode, we walk through the timeline from the shirt's discovery to the medical examiner's findings and the digital traces investigators recovered, focusing on the single detail that kept resurfacing: the folded, dry shirt. How did Kevin's routines, his fitness app notes, and the evidence at the scene converge to point toward a planned act? Person: Kevin White Date found: January 9 (shirt discovered shortly before 7 a.m.; body found within the hour) Age: 47 Occupation: Financial compliance officer at Harmon Freight Items in wallet: $31, license, bank card - Shirt found: blue Oxford, folded flat with deliberate creases, dry on river ice - Body location: forty yards downstream from shirt, partially submerged at the bank in shallows - Cause of death: blunt-force trauma to back of skull followed by drowning - Phone recovery: retrieved from river on January 20, water-damaged with partial data recovery - Fitness app record: four years of routes and a note six weeks before death mentioning "a shirt someone lost near the south bank" 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.

    Folded Shirt, River Ice: Why Kevin White Never Saw It Coming

  3. 2 天前

    A Cup of Coffee Still Warm: The Murder of April White

    A Cup of Coffee Still Warm: The Murder of April White A coffee cup measured at approximately 95°F when first discovered suggests someone returned to the locked grain elevator after sunrise - even though the medical examiner estimated April White had been dead for at least two hours by then. Who closed the Brinks padlock from the outside, left no sign of forced entry, and then walked away while a cup of coffee and a warm temperature told a different story? In this episode, we lay out the facts of April White’s death and the anomalies that stalled the Harmon County investigation. You’ll hear how a routine morning - a turkey sandwich in a blue nylon bag, a weekly Sunday call that never came - turned into a locked-room mystery centered on a warm coffee cup and three accounted-for keys. Person: April White Date: June 13-14 (last seen June 13; discovered June 14) Location: Grain elevator on Kettle Marsh Road Discoverer: Firefighter Roy Simms (arrived 7:54 a.m.) Investigator: Detective Carol Edwards (Harmon County Criminal Investigation Division, 17 years) - Coffee temperature measured at approximately 95 degrees Fahrenheit when Roy Simms opened the elevator door at 7:54 a.m. - Medical examiner estimated April had been dead for at least two hours by the time she was found. - April’s last recorded sighting was on the exterior camera at Kettle Marsh Fuel Mart at 9:47 p.m, on June 13, buying coffee and gum. - April’s car (2019 gray Hyundai Elantra) was found parked in its usual spot with keys on the hook and her phone on the kitchen table. - Three keys existed for the Brinks padlock; one key was later found sealed inside an envelope in Doyle Agricultural Supply’s transferred files. 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 Cup of Coffee Still Warm: The Murder of April White

  4. 3 天前

    She Checked a Suitcase After She Was Already Dead: The Lauren Hansen Case

    She Checked a Suitcase After She Was Already Dead: The Lauren Hansen Case A senior logistics supervisor was murdered and her own checked bag left town with a timestamp two hours after her time of death - a burgundy hard-shell suitcase that vanished after being signed for using her ID. Who used Lauren Hansen’s building, terminal, and route to move that suitcase, and why would someone risk everything to hide what freight manifests can reveal? In this episode, you’ll hear what happened the night Lauren Hansen died and how her work reviewing freight manifests led to a trail from a Montana rail platform to a parking structure in Helena and back again. Follow the timeline of events and the open questions about the suitcase that left two hours after her death. Person: Lauren Hansen Age: 52 Employer: Northern Continental Rail Authority Date of death: March 13 (time of death placed between 8:00 and 10:00 PM) Evidence item: Burgundy hard-shell suitcase with system timestamp 11:47 PM on March 13 - Door to the logistics coordination office was unlocked and slightly open at 7:14 AM on March 14 - Lauren’s time of death estimated between 8:00 and 10:00 PM on March 13 by the medical examiner - The suitcase was checked onto the southbound hybrid train departing at 6:42 AM on March 14 - The baggage tag for the suitcase bore a system timestamp of 11:47 PM on March 13 - By 11:08 AM on March 14 the suitcase arrived at Platform Nine in Portsmith Junction, New Mexico, and was signed for with a Northern Continental ID bearing Lauren’s name 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 Checked a Suitcase After She Was Already Dead: The Lauren Hansen Case

  5. 4 天前

    The Blue Bowl on the Table: What Returned to Expose a Killer

    The Blue Bowl on the Table: What Returned to Expose a Killer The front door of 44 Sycamore Glen Drive was wide open at 7:40 AM and a small dark blue ceramic bowl, rinsed clean and labeled GINA, sat deliberately in the center of the kitchen table; Gina Williams, 44, had been dead for hours from ligature strangulation with an orange 16-foot electrical cord. Who removed a named bowl from the kitchen, washed it, and placed it upright as if to send a message - and why did that object return years later to change everything? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the morning the neighbor found Gina to the four-year investigation led by Detective Larry Hill, detailing the clues left in the house, the canvas of Sycamore Glen Drive, and the leads that were ruled out; can the meaning of the bowl and the sequence between 11:30 PM and 1:00 AM finally be answered? Person: Gina Williams Date: October 13, 2009 Location: 44 Sycamore Glen Drive, Pallbrook, New Jersey Cause of death: ligature strangulation with an orange 16-foot electrical cord Investigator: Detective Larry Hill - The front door was found wide open at 7:40 AM by neighbor Sandra Okafor who called 911 at 7:42 AM. - The bowl was dark blue ceramic with a small white lighthouse painted on the side and the name GINA written in black permanent marker on the bottom. - Gina worked 11 years as a billing coordinator at Pallbrook Regional Medical Center and had begun paperwork to volunteer as a literacy tutor. - No forced entry, no prints on the cord, door handles wiped, and trace evidence on the body consistent with latex gloves. - A gray or silver sedan was observed parked in front of Gina's house for nearly two hours about ten days before the murder, reported by retired mail carrier Frank Solis. 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 Blue Bowl on the Table: What Returned to Expose a Killer

  6. 5 天前

    She Knew Too Much: The Murder of Sarah Stroud

    She Knew Too Much: The Murder of Sarah Stroud The body was found face-up in a muddy ditch on Copperhead Road with no footprints leading to or from it - a scene so clean it suggested the impossible. Sarah Stroud, a 28-year-old records clerk at Halverson Timber, had been quietly cross-checking company logging records against GPS surveys and left a folder in her apartment that held the answer; who moved to silence her, and why? In this episode, we walk through the discovery on October 14th, the missing shift that first alarmed coworkers, and the file Sarah was compiling that would expose discrepancies between internal records and state surveys. How did her routine job put her in the path of someone who knew the forest too well? Date: October 14 Location: Copperhead Road, Creston Gap, Oregon Person: Sarah Stroud, 28 years old Employer: Halverson Timber Distance: Sarah's apartment 3 miles from the ditch - Body discovered early morning in a drainage ditch on October 14 with no footprints between the road edge and the body. - Sarah had worked at Halverson Timber for four years handling permits, compliance records, and logging documentation. - Investigators found a folder in her apartment three weeks later containing her comparisons of company internal logging records to GPS survey data. - Sarah missed her shift on October 13, prompting her supervisor Tom Briggs to call her cell phone twice before 9:00 AM with no answer. - Sarah grew up in Medford, about two and a half hours south of Creston Gap, and had circled the month of May in a savings notebook found in her kitchen. 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 Knew Too Much: The Murder of Sarah Stroud

  7. 6 天前

    A Hand Reaches Up from the Soil: The Murder of David Underwood

    A Hand Reaches Up from the Soil: The Murder of David Underwood A Timex watch kept its second hand moving after eleven months buried in heavy clay - and it surfaced still ticking attached to a human arm in a soybean field. Who buried a farmer on his own land, used a tool he’d borrowed that morning, and then went home to eat dinner with his wife with three disputed acres at the center of the motive? In this episode, we tell the facts of David Underwood’s disappearance, the discovery in Harlan Township, and the slow-building land dispute with his neighbor that became central to the case. What do meticulous notebooks, GPS coordinates, and a small strip of farmland reveal about a killing that started with a Tuesday morning trip to check a drainage tile? Person: David Underwood Age: 54 Location: Harlan Township, Kettrick County, Illinois Date missing: November 9 (found October 14, roughly eleven months later) Dispute: roughly three acres along the north field boundary - A Timex watch was found attached to David’s arm at approximately 6:42 a.m, on October 14 in a soybean field. - David bought coffee and crackers at Casey’s on Route 21 at 7:18 a.m. the morning he disappeared; his travel cup with liquid remained in his truck. - His truck was discovered the same afternoon at the gravel turnout beside his north field with the door unlocked, keys missing, and phone on the passenger seat. - David was killed by two blows to the back of the skull and buried beside a drainage trench on his own land. - The dispute involved roughly three acres that neighbor Roger Murphy had been farming, documented by David with GPS coordinates and notes in his agronomic notebooks. 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 Hand Reaches Up from the Soil: The Murder of David Underwood

  8. 10月5日

    The 41 Missed Calls That Led To Vernon Fisher's Killer

    The 41 Missed Calls That Led To Vernon Fisher's Killer The last thing on Vernon Fisher’s phone before the screen went black was forty-one missed calls from a contact saved as “Mom” - and the final incoming text, at 8:47 PM on October 13, said “parts are here, cash is ready.” He drove to County Road Seven to meet a stranger, his truck and $14,000 worth of hydraulic components were later found, and Vernon was discovered forty yards north of a drainage ditch with two blows to the head. Who sent that text and why did no one connect the warning signs before it was too late? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the 8:47 PM message to the discovery of Vernon’s body the next morning, track the evidence found - including the damaged iPhone bagged with forty-one missed calls - and lay out the sequence that led investigators to a conviction. What details in those final hours revealed the truth behind the meeting on County Road Seven? Person: Vernon Fisher Date: October 13-14 (evening to next morning) Location: County Road Seven, near Sagebrush Fuel and Travel plaza Event: Murder; body discovered with two blows to the head Property: $14,000 worth of hydraulic components and pump parts missing - 8:47 PM: timestamp of the last text to Vernon’s phone that read “parts are here, cash is ready.” - 41: number of missed calls on Vernon’s phone, all from a contact saved as “Mom.” - 4%: battery level when truck driver Doug Ames found the iPhone in a drainage ditch the following morning. - 40 yards: distance north of the drainage ditch where Vernon’s body was found, behind the Sagebrush Fuel and Travel plaza. - Two: number of blows to the head estimated as cause of death; time of death estimated between 10:00 PM and 1:00 AM by the medical examiner. 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 41 Missed Calls That Led To Vernon Fisher's Killer
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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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  • 創作者
    Creator at Obomedia
  • 活躍年代
    2026年
  • 集數
    131
  • 年齡分級
    兒少適宜
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    © 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators
  • 節目網站
    Criminal Notes