Citizen Detective is hosted by Mike Morford, Alex Ralph, and cold case analyst Dr. Lee Mellor. Each episode of Citizen Detective is recorded live alongside armchair detectives and Citizen Sleuths, and the team is joined by special guests and experts from the world of true crime in an effort to crowd-solve perplexing mysteries and cold cases
Episode 19 Cheri Jo Bates On October 30, 1966, 18 year old college Freshman Cheri Jo Bates was brutally murdered on her college campus at Riverside City College in Riverside, CA. She was savagely stabbed and her throat slashed. Her murder shocked the quiet Southern CA city. Residents wondered who would kill the pretty and popular cheerleader. Polic…
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The Night Marauder
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Episode 18 The Night Marauder Between 1919 and 1926, a serial predator attacked, raped, and murdered a string of victims in the Knoxville and Alcoa areas of Tennessee. Despite people being on high alert, the attacker who came to be known as the 'Night Marauder' slipped through the cracks under the cover of night looking for victims. At first, he ta…
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The Short Family Murders
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Episode 17 The Short Family Murders In August 2002, a brutal double murder shocked the residents of the Oak Level community in Henry County, Virginia. Michael and Mary Short were found dead in their home, the victims of an execution style shooting. There was no sign of robbery as cash and other valuable items were in the home. What was missing howe…
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The Mary Morris Murders
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Episode 16 The Mary Morris Murders On October 12, 2000, Mary Henderson Morris, a 48 year old bank loan officer didn't show up for work. The Baytown, Houston area woman was very professional, and very reliable, so her co-workers were alarmed. When her husband Jay Morris became aware that she didn't show up for work, police were called in to look for…
Episode 15 The Doodler In the late 1960s and well into the 1970s, the historic city of San Francisco, CA was overwhelmed by high profile crimes including the Zodiac murders, the Zebra killings, and the SLA/Patty Hurst crime spree. But one series of murders there in the mid 70s failed to grab the public's attention. From January, 1974 until Septembe…
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The Moscow Idaho Murders
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Episode 14 The Moscow Idaho Murders The college town of Moscow, Idaho a population of 25,000 people was shocked and on edge following the brutal November 13, 2022 quadruple murders of 4 college students in their off campus home. The victims Ethan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were found stabbed to death…
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Cheryl Lynn Tunnell Springfield
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Episode 13 Cheryl Lynn Tunnell Springfield In this episode, the team explores the December 25, 1980 murder of 21 year old Cheryl Lynn Tunnell Springfield. Early that Christmas morning, she was found beaten and strangled to death near the Christmas tree in the Fort Worth, TX home that she had recently moved into. An ironing cord was still wrapped ar…
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Katherine 'Katie' Janness
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Episode 12 Katherine 'Katie' Janness The big city of Atlanta, GA is a melting pot in many ways. With a population of half a million people, it's as diverse a city as you can find. There are countless people of every race, creed, and religion that call Atlanta home, and there is a very proud, and accpeted LGBTQ community there. Someplace in the big …
Episode 11 Janette Roberson In January, 1983, 27 year old mother and wife Janette Roberson was dealing with a lot. She had recently moved to Reed City, Michigan looking towards a brighter future, but as the year began, she found herself facing issues beyone her control. Janette had recently found out that her husband was having an affair, and the c…
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The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run
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Episode 10 The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, AKA the Cleveland Torso Killer, was responsible for a series of brutally horrific and shocking murders in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1930's. While no one is sure of his victim counts, some opinions range between 12 and 20. The killer preyed on the down and out citizens of the…
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Tanya Marie Frazier
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Episode 9 Tanya Marie Frazier On July 18th, 1994, 14 year-old Tanya Marie Frazier of Seattle, Washington, left school. She was scheduled to work at a local thrift shop, but never showed up, and she disappeared. Five days later, a dog walker found her partially nude body in an upscale neighborhood, about 10 blocks away from where she was last seen. …
Episode 8 Barbara Nantais In the early morning hours of August 13, 1978, 15 year-old Barbara Nantais and her boyfriend, 17 year-old James Alt were brutally attacked as they slept in their sleeping bag on Torrey Pines State Beach in San Diego, California. Barbara was sexually assaulted, and her breast mutilated. She was strangled and beaten to death…
Introducing Campus Killings from AbJack Entertainment Introducing Campus Killings From AbJack Entertainment AbJack Entertainment, the network that brings you Citizen Detective, is proud to announce a new podcast; Campus Killings, a Bi-Weekly true crime podcast that debuts on September 17, 2022, and releases new episodes every other Saturday. Campus…
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The Hopper Road Murders
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Episode 7 The Hopper Road Murders On December 9, 2006, 34-year-old Curtis Francis and 30-year-old Jennifer Burgette were shot to death as they slept in their bed in the home they shared on Hopper Road in Piketon, Ohio. Despite potential motives, and witnesses who pointed out obvious suspects, the case remains unsolved. The possible murder weapons a…
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The Colonial Parkway Murders Part 2
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Episode 6 The Colonial Parkway Murders Part 2 In this episode, we wrap up our coverage of the collection of murders known as the 'Colonial Parkway Murders' focusing on the final 3 cases. They include, the September, 1987 murders of David Knobling and Robin Edwards, the April, 1988 disappearance and presumed murders of Keith Call and Cassandra Haile…
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Episode 5 The Colonial Parkway Murders Part 1 When 27 year-old Cathy Thomas, and her girlfriend 21 year old Rebecca Ann Dowski were found brutally murdered in October, 1986 inside Cathy's White 1980 Honda Civic along Virginia's idyllic Colonial Parkway, police were at a loss over the brutality and senselessness of the murders. Both women had been b…
Introducing; Pretend A True Crime Documentary Podcast From Javier Leiva's newest season of Pretend; What if I told you that 90% of Frank Abagnale's claims are totally made up? Yeah, that's right. The most extraordinary con man in the world never actually did the crimes he claims he did. In the new season of PRETEND, host Javier Leiva debunks Frank …
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The Scrum Episode 4 Free Preview
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The Scrum Episode 4 Welcome to a free preview of 'The Scrum', the Citizen Detective after-show usually reserved for Patreon supporters of the podcast. After every live recording of Citizen Detective wraps up, we hit the record button once again and have an extended behind the scenes discussion about the case we just explored to share more ideas and…
Episode 4 Catrina Mowrey On June 25th, 1985 police in Dallas, Texas received a phone call from a concerned citizen who reported an abandoned car in an alley with a foul smell coming from it; a car that had been in the same spot for days. When police investigated and opened the trunk, they found a dead woman inside the trunk. She was nude and wrappe…
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The Scrum Episode 3 Free Preview Welcome to a free preview of 'The Scrum', the Citizen Detective after-show usually reserved for Patreon supporters of the podcast. After every live recording of Citizen Detective wraps up, we hit the record button once again and have an extended behind the scenes discussion about the case we just explored to share m…
Episode 3 Dale Williams 42 Year-Old husband, and Father Dale Williams was a well-liked, and well-known around the town of Nucla, Colorado; a town of less than 1,000 people. Dale, the owner of a body shop, had the reputation as someone who would help anyone in need. After Dale and his wife helped a friend move away from her abusive husband, Dale fou…
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Episode 2 Rachael Runyan In this episode, the panel examines the heartbreaking August, 1982 abduction and murder of 3 year-old Rachael Runyan in Sunset, Utah. Rachael was playing at a park alongside her brothers, just feet away from her home. Their mom Elaine, watched from the window as she prepared a meal for the family. Although Elaine was nervou…
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Episode 1 Russell and Shirley Dermond In the premiere episode of Citizen Detective, hosts Mike Morford, Naama Kates, and Dr. Lee Mellor explore the truly bizarre double murder of Russell and Shirley Dermond. In May of 2014, 88 year old Russell Dermond, and his 87 year old wife Shirley Dermond, were enjoying retirement in their gated waterfront home…