40 episodes

In recent years law enforcement agencies have been utilizing a new tool to track down violent offenders and identify Jane and John Does - the family tree. With the help of DNA technology and investigative genetic genealogy, cases that have been cold for decades are now being solved. Victims and their families are finally getting answers and justice. The Ties That Find is a true crime podcast that showcases these victories.

The Ties That Find Rachel Cocco

    • True Crime
    • 4.3 • 26 Ratings

In recent years law enforcement agencies have been utilizing a new tool to track down violent offenders and identify Jane and John Does - the family tree. With the help of DNA technology and investigative genetic genealogy, cases that have been cold for decades are now being solved. Victims and their families are finally getting answers and justice. The Ties That Find is a true crime podcast that showcases these victories.

    The Show Takes a Hiatus

    The Show Takes a Hiatus

    The Ties That Find takes a hiatus.

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    • 5 min
    Sarah Yarborough

    Sarah Yarborough

    In December of 1991 a high school student was killed right on the grounds of her high school campus. Twenty years later, detectives and genealogists attempted the first genealogy investigation. But the science wasn’t there. Twenty-eight years later, an arrest would be made. This is the case of Sarah Yarborough.
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    • 58 min
    Doe Victims of Serial Killers

    Doe Victims of Serial Killers

    Gacy. Ridgway. Hansen. All POS. None of them cared enough to get their victims' names. Among them, they left 11 Does in their wake. But thanks to forensic genealogy, we have been able to identify 3 of them in 2021. These are the Doe victims of Serial Killers.

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    • 58 min
    Rachel Reads The Tell-Tale Heart

    Rachel Reads The Tell-Tale Heart

    Happy Halloween. We have a bonus today, enjoying a classic scary story from the Godfather of the Gothic, Edgar Allan Poe.

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    • 14 min
    Vicky Dana Doe and the Victims of Shawn Grate Part 2

    Vicky Dana Doe and the Victims of Shawn Grate Part 2

    Today we finish up the case of truly evil Shawn Grate.

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    • 40 min
    Vicky Dana Doe and the Victims of Shawn Grate

    Vicky Dana Doe and the Victims of Shawn Grate

    On September 13, 2016, 911 dispatch received a call from a woman who was being held captive and pleading for help. Fifteen minutes later, she would be rescued, and a serial killer’s crimes would soon enough be revealed. This is the case of Vicky Dana Doe and the Victims of Shawn Grate.
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    • 42 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

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Fabulous

Thank you for your pod

DrProctor ,

Hmmm…

I found the storytelling to be somewhat disorganized, with some rambling and side commentary.

JR from Papillion ,

Awesome!

This podcast is fascinating and I really appreciate the host’s no nonsense approach.

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