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  • New Forensic Details From the Idaho Student Murders - Part 3

    September 24, 2025 · 49 min

    Weeks after the violent murders of four University of Idaho students, investigators followed a trail of DNA evidence from Moscow to Pennsylvania. A midnight police stakeout tied a graduate student to the brutal stabbings. Now the question…

  • New Forensic Details From the Idaho Student Murders - Part 2

    September 17, 2025 · 38 min

    When four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered in their Moscow home, investigators faced a nightmare. DNA evidence from the crime scene pointed nowhere, leaving the case cold. Detectives turned to a surviving roommate’s…

  • New Forensic Details From the Idaho Student Murders - Part 1

    September 10, 2025 · 42 min

    The brutal murders of four University of Idaho students in Moscow stunned the college town and launched a nationwide search for answers. Detectives uncovered a crucial piece of DNA evidence at the crime scene. But with the clock ticking…

  • The Disappeared Part 2

    September 3, 2025 · 40 min

    Nearly thirty years after gay men go missing from nightclubs in Indianapolis, one man’s call to the new coroner in town sets off an investigation into what happened at Fox Hollow. Now, there’s a desperate push to excavate the remains of…

  • The Disappeared Part 1

    August 27, 2025 · 33 min

    Young gay men begin disappearing from downtown Indianapolis. One by one, missing persons fliers go up, and rumors spread about a serial killer. Families are frustrated by a lackluster investigation. And then a killing field is discovered…

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  • Candy Rogers, Part 2: DNA Solves Spokane’s 62-Year Mystery

    August 20, 2025 · 28 min

    The search for nine-year-old Candy Rogers haunted Spokane for generations. Could the killer’s family hold the final clue to solving the case? And just how far would detectives need to dig for the truth? After decades with no answers…

  • Candy Rogers, Part 1: Spokane’s Missing Persons Cold Case

    August 13, 2025 · 36 min

    In 1959, nine-year-old Candy Rogers went missing while selling mints in Spokane, Washington. The city mounted one of the largest missing persons searches in state history, yet the case remained unsolved for more than 60 years. This episode…

  • What Remains: DNA Identifies the Victim in a Boat Fire Cold Case

    August 6, 2025 · 30 min

    Emergency crews responding to a boat fire discovered human remains, but the case quickly went cold. For decades, investigators had no answers. Using advanced forensic DNA, Othram scientists were able to identify the victim and reveal the…

  • Carla Walker, Part 4: A Confession and the Power of DNA Evidence

    July 30, 2025 · 36 min

    In the final chapter of Carla Walker’s story, detectives sit down with their prime suspect. What follows is a slow, tense interrogation, and a long-delayed confession. Host Elin Lantz Lesser and producer Catherine Fenollosa bring together…

  • Carla Walker, Part 3: DNA Evidence Identifies a Suspect

    July 23, 2025 · 29 min

    In Part 3 of our Carla Walker investigation, a decades-old DNA sample is reexamined at Othram’s lab, leading to a breakthrough. Host Elin Lantz Lesser and producer Catherine Fenollosa walk us through the science behind the profile, the…

  • Carla Walker, Part 2: A Cold Case Reopened by DNA Evidence

    July 16, 2025 · 36 min

    Nearly 50 years after Carla Walker’s murder, Fort Worth detectives decide to reopen the case. In Part 2, host Elin Lantz Lesser and producer Catherine Fenollosa trace how a persistent cold case investigator begins to reexamine the original…

  • The Case of Carla Walker: How DNA Evidence Revived a 46-Year-Old Murder Investigation

    July 16, 2025 · 30 min

    Carla Walker’s brazen abduction after her high school Valentine’s dance shocked Fort Worth. The case went cold for decades. In Part 1, host Elin Lantz Lesser and producer Catherine Fenollosa walk through the early investigation, and why…

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About the show

Welcome to Othram aka "America's Crime Lab." Each week, we meet weary detectives and family members working an unsolved case that has wrecked a community and seemingly hit a dead end… until, in a last-ditch effort, the evidence is mailed to Othram.