The Fall Line: True Crime

True crime podcasting often forgets that, underneath the gore and sensationalism, there are real people, real families, and real justice waiting to be served. 

The Fall Line® is an antidote to that oversight — focused on ethical, deep-dive coverage of missing people, unsolved homicides, and unidentified persons called John and Jane Does. 

We present carefully crafted true crime stories, thorough research and in-depth interviews with families, law enforcement, and experts. And we bring calls to action, so engaged true crime listeners can do their part to resolve cold cases.

Join us to learn about victims and survivors you’ve never heard of. . . and why their cases were ignored in the first place.

True Crime
Society & Culture
Documentary
1
The Fall Line and the Future
Unsolved Georgia, Tennessee Does, an Idaho drowning, the science of identification, a controversial serial killer conviction, and what comes next.
5 min
2
Introducing Crimelines and Consequences
We're bringing you a clip of a show that we think you'll enjoy.
18 min
3
Introducing Married to Death from My Life of Cr...
12 min
4
The Disappearance of Shy’Kemmia Pate Part 3: Th...
In episode three of this four-part series, suspects and other area predators--and victims--are examined.
47 min
5
The Disappearance of Shy’Kemmia Pate Part 4: Th...
The final episode of this four-part series, we discuss where the case stands now and how social media might help Shy'Kemmia's case.
33 min
6
The Disappearance of Shy’Kemmia Pate, Part 2: N...
In episode two of this four-part series, the investigation and the immediate aftermath of Shy'Kemmia Pate's disappearance are examined.
41 min
7
The Disappearance of Shy’Kemmia Pate Part 1: Se...
On September 4, 1998, 8-year-old Shy’Kemmia Pate vanished from her hometown of Unadilla, Georgia.
38 min
8
Missing Persons Day: Disappeared & Unidentified
Across the country, medicolegal officials have begun to organize “Missing Persons Day” events to help families submit new cases or add to old case files, in hopes of both finding the missing and identified Doe victims.
55 min
9
Introducing: Freeway Phantom Episode 1 - Forgot...
On April 25th, 1971, 13-year-old Carol Spinks mysteriously disappeared from her neighborhood in southeast Washington D.C
1 min
10
The Disappearance of Brian Wehrle, Part 2: The ...
A re-release of our two-part series covers the disappearance of 39-year-old Brian Wehrle; part two digs into the investigation--including the discovery of Brian’s car in Tennessee, a search of his parents’ property, and discoveries made by a famous K-9 search and recovery team’s dogs.
53 min
11
The Disappearance of Brian Wehrle, Part 1: Afte...
This two-part series covers the disappearance of 39-year-old Brian Wehrle, who drove through the great Atlanta Flood of 2009 to be in his hometown of Carrollton, GA for a court date—one he never made.
47 min
12
The Murder of Matthew Rattlesnake Grant Part 2:...
Part two of our coverage of the disappearance and death of Matthew Rattlesnake Grant, whose family has been seeking justice since 2016.
37 min
13
Update: The Disappearance of Brian Wehrle
There is a new push for coverage and investigation in Brian Wehrle’s case, but his niece, Amanda, needs your help today.
3 min
14
The Murder of Matthew Rattlesnake Grant: MMIP
Matthew Rattlesnake Grant disappeared and was murdered on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in December of 2016. His family in the United States and Canada now push for media coverage of missing and murdered Natives as part of the MMIP (Missing and Murdered Indigenous People/Persons) movement and for arrests in Matthew's case.
38 min
15
The Disappearance and Murder of Susana Morales
The disappearance and homicide of teenage Susana are presented differently by police and family members. But when an off-duty officer is charged with her murder, the details of his behavior paint a startlingly clear picture.
50 min
16
Introducing: Morbidology - Jordyn Dumont
At 3:30PM on August 15th, 2016, a call came in to police in Bessemer City, North Carolina, that would set off a chain of events that shook the community to its very core.
6 min
17
The Disappearance of Patrick “Pat” Allen Guild ...
Patrick “Pat” Allen Guild came to Nashville seeking his fortune, but things did pan out; he spent his time in the city living in its unhoused community, and around December 1991, disappeared.
39 min
18
The Disappearance of Patrick “Pat” Allen Guild ...
Patrick “Pat” Allen Guild moved to Nashville with dreams of making it big in the songwriting business. But things didn’t work out as he planned.
39 min
19
The Disappearance of Victor Greenwood, Part 2: ...
This two-part series explores the disappearance of Victor Greenwood from the small town of Atoka, Oklahoma; since 2002, his story has been clouded by rumor, misinformation, and questions that lead investigators, and his family, down a number of paths of possibility.
42 min
20
The Disappearance of Victor Greenwood, Part 1: ...
This two-part series explores the disappearance of Victor Greenwood from the small town of Atoka, Oklahoma.
44 min
21
Introducing Dark Downeast
Introducing Dark Downeast
13 min
22
The Kidnapping of Raymond Green: A New Campaign
Raymond Green was kidnapped after his birth at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA in 1978, and his mother, Donna Green, has been searching for him ever since—and helping the families of other missing children along the way; now, a new NCMEC campaign to find Raymond brings Donna a chance that she’s been hoping would come for 44 years.
38 min
23
“Sherry or Cheryl” Jane Doe: The Nashville Jane...
In March of 1976, a young woman was discovered, with no obvious trauma, in the Harpeth River in Nashville; she carried on her a picture of a little boy, and a trail that led to witnesses who said she’d hitchhiked with a mysterious friend, all the way from Minnesota—but that trail led nowhere.
45 min
24
“Leo” Jane Doe: The Nashville Jane Does—Cumberl...
In March of 1998, a homicide victim was recovered from Nashville’s Cumberland River, with nothing to indicate who she might be, and the best clue to her identity a “Leo” astrological charm; now, investigative genetic genealogy is the best path toward her name, but the trail has stopped short in an Alabama county, and investigators are seeking your help.
46 min
25
The Twiggs County John Doe, Part 2: The Road to...
Part two offers a deep dive into the science behind the cutting-edge--and most fascinating--techniques used in the identification of Does, and how these forensic advances can help bring resolution in the case of the Twiggs County John Doe.
43 min