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Crime Raven
Retired after a 20-year law enforcement career in one of the most dangerous cities in America, Detective Sergeant Mark Rein brings his perspective to crimes you know and crimes you have never heard of. For years he worked nights in the roughest areas of Anchorage, Alaska. Later, he was a detective in property crimes, then went undercover in Vice. As a Sergeant, he led the Special Victims, Drug, and Investigative Support Units. Listen to his inside perspective and expand your understanding of true crime.Disclaimer: This podcast discusses crimes researched using publicly available information or personal recollections. Content may be graphic, disturbing, or violent and may be upsetting to some. Listener discretion is advised. Suspects are considered innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
Episodes
35 episodes
Love You to Pieces in Wisconsin
The serpent planned her satanic, drug-fueled date night, and a Green Bay family will never be the same.
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Episode 32
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Be Not Deceived: Indecent Murder in Indianapolis
If you betray all those to blame for your problems, who is left in the end?
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Episode 31
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56:06
Looking for Trouble: Cascades Killer
The Cascades provide the endless backdrop for this Oregon serial killer. Back and forth on US Highway 20, the Watcher spends decades looking for trouble. He finds it over and over again until the search for a young girl brings it to a halt....
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Episode 30
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1:08:24
Urban Creeper
When a taillight leads to a hostage recovery, and mom notices the DIY graveyard, it all starts to come apart for the urban creeper. Sources:
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Episode 29
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56:28
The Wizard of MO
The Wizard travels the world and ends up in West St. Louis. But it took too long to expose the seemingly powerful as a murderous fraud.Sources:
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Episode 28
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49:57
Resident Evil in Omaha
When your failures are never your fault, time and distance can’t cool the need for revenge. When your mind continues to tally Shakespearian wounds, naturally, murder follows. Sources:
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Episode 27
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58:43
Friendly Treachery: The Murder of Cynthia Hoffman
How does catfishing lead to murder? How much is a friendship worth? A line of depravities leads to brutality and betrayal for $9 million.Thunderbird Falls video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JTSgku_qY Sources
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Episode 26
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47:39
Big City Danger: Taking Bethany Correira
An adventurous, self-reliant girl moves to Anchorage to start the next stage of her life. Less than a week later, she's gone. It took years and a brother's betrayal for the killer to receive his due.Sources:Klinkhart, G. (2014) Find...
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Episode 25
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59:09
Family Business: Missing in Oregon City
When murder becomes a family business and girls go missing, always look under the concrete slab.Sourceshttps://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-...
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Episode 24
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57:48
Scorpions in Memphis: The Murder of Tyre Nichols
Scorpions of the Memphis Police Department pulled over a vehicle driven by Tyre Nichols. Three days later, Tyre was dead. Sources
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Episode 23
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51:42
Rhode Island Wrath: America’s Youngest Serial Killer
The Warwick Slasher cut class for vicious attacks two years apart. Sourceshttps://web.archive.org/web/200801031520...
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Episode 22
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54:42
Rideshare Rampage in Kalamazoo
In one ordinary evening, a spree killer roamed Kalamazoo, taking six lives and injuring two. Did the app make him do it, or was he just an angry man who couldn’t handle a customer service job? Sources:
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Episode 21
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50:38
A DNA Story: Catching Up to a Midwest Serial Killer
He raped and murdered throughout the Midwest while the system let him loose over and over…until DNA helped trip the snare one final time.Sources: Echols, P. (2011). In Cold Pursuit: My Hunt for Timothy Krajcir – The Notor...
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Episode 20
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46:41
Legend in His Own Mind: Rampage Killer in California
4 murdered. 3 injured. 2 kidnapped. 1 theft victim. A disgraced want-to-be police officer with a death wish declares war on southern California law enforcement. The result? He flamed out and hurt a lot of innocent people in the process.
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Episode 19
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1:21:36
Murders on Main Street Kentucky Re-release
This is a re-release where we reworked some pieces and combined two episodes into one.In November 2015, the bodies of neighbors Pam Phillips and Ed Dansereau were found in a burned-out vehicle. Later the body of Calvin Phillips was found...
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Episode 18
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1:56:42
Stage Dressing: The Murder of Susan Bailey
An Anchorage narcissist thought he could dress the stage to cover murder and fool the cops. Sources:https://www.legalmomentum.org/history-vawa
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Episode 17
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57:26
A Spider on the Web in the Garden State
Laying his trap on social media, this young serial killer thought he could stalk the dark cordiners of the web. Until Tiffany Taylor turned his snare against him and proved she would not go quietly into the night.Sources
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Episode 16
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54:43
Cave Troll: Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
He hid in Oklahoma caves and secreted around Camp Scott until the night the Girl Scouts came. Then this cave troll spirited three little girls out of their tents and to their deaths.Sources:
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Episode 15
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56:49
A Python on the Path: Another Anchorage Serial Killer
Full of unrealized potential, this snake let his anger and envy take over. Slithering through Anchorage’s trails, the serial killer murdered five people and seriously injured another before he was stopped. Resources and Sources<...
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Episode 14
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56:09
Premonition: Vanishing Brittanee Drexel
In the middle of spring break revelry, a mother’s premonition comes true - the beginning of an enduring mystery.SourcesMerchant, E. (2017). Lost and Found https://amzn.to/3BWhcjchttps://www.eonline.com/news/1331722/inside-...
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Episode 13
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1:04:52
Losing Control: Rampage in the Ozarks
When his reign as the master of his domain began to fail, he took a last measure of control. At the end of his rampage, 16 people were dead in a little slice of Arkansas. ResourcesNational Domestic Violence Hotline: Free. Con...
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Episode 12
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1:04:20
Bravery in the Shade of a Powdered Donut
In this all-discussion episode, we bring you lots of cop stories and a free secret family recipe!Homeless Cookie Recipe
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Episode 11
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24:31
Hunting Ground: North Pole's Serial Murders
How many bodies before a connection is drawn? Between 1979 and 1981, 5 young women missing from interior Alaska. The youngest was 11. The oldest, 20. All hunted by the same predator with a signature that finally put him in the crosshairs.
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Episode 10
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