In Cold Theory

Audrey Smith
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In Cold Theory with Audrey Smith is a true crime podcast that examines the psychology behind the crime. Every episode looks into a new case by exploring the facts of the crime, followed by its underlying psychology, explaining what drives people to cross the line, and what the science actually says about the minds behind the headlines. Look for new cases every week for a better understanding of what makes people capable of the unthinkable.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    Golden State Killer - The 4-Decade Mystery

    For twelve years, a masked man climbed through California's windows in the dark. He tore apart homes but stole almost nothing. He raped more than fifty women and murdered thirteen people, and for decades, no one realized they were hunting a single man. Then, in 1986, he simply stopped. And vanished. When they finally caught him thirty-two years later, he wasn't a drifter or a phantom. He was a grandfather in the suburbs, a retired mechanic, a former police officer, arrested at the age of seventy-two. The thing that undid him wasn't a witness or a confession. It was a distant cousin who had never met him, and a genealogy website neither of them ever meant to share. This week, we go over three aliases, forty-four years, and the DNA breakthrough that changed how cold cases are solved forever. Content warning: this episode discusses sexual violence and murder.

    Golden State Killer - The 4-Decade Mystery

  2. Jul 18

    JonBenét Ramsey - The Unsolved Murder

    The day after Christmas, 1996, a six-year-old girl is found murdered in the basement of her own home, hours after a bizarre three-page ransom note appears on the stairs, demanding money for a child who was never actually taken. Was the killer inside that house all along? Or did a stranger slip in on the worst possible night and vanish before sunrise? Thirty years later, JonBenét Ramsey's murder remains unsolved, and the single piece of evidence that should end the argument is the one thing everyone still argues about. A crime scene contaminated before noon. A ransom note with no kidnapping. A secret grand jury. Suspects who confessed, then didn't fit. This week, we walk through all of it, and the theory of what really happened that night. Content warning: this episode discusses the assault and murder of a child.

    JonBenét Ramsey - The Unsolved Murder
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About

In Cold Theory with Audrey Smith is a true crime podcast that examines the psychology behind the crime. Every episode looks into a new case by exploring the facts of the crime, followed by its underlying psychology, explaining what drives people to cross the line, and what the science actually says about the minds behind the headlines. Look for new cases every week for a better understanding of what makes people capable of the unthinkable.

Information

  • Creator
    Audrey Smith
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Audrey Smith
  • Show Website
    In Cold Theory