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.
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Presenting Gone South Season 2: The Dixie Mafia
Welcome to Season Two of Gone South, the Edward R. Murrow-Award winning documentary podcast from C13Originals.
3 min
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New England Cold Cases
We’re a show primarily focused on the Southeastern United States, but this week, Kristen Seavey of Murder, She Told walks us through some of New England’s least-known cold cases that are in most need of advocacy and support--and tells us how a victim’s advocate can participate in the genre of true crime to enact change.
46 min
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The Disappearance of Ricky Lee Franks Part 2: A...
On Friday, June 7th, 1985, Ricky Lee Franks vanished in his hometown of Nashville—but years later, his family would hear startling reports of a stranger, calling himself Ricky Franks, traveling across the Southeast.
37 min
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The Disappearance of Ricky Lee Franks: 1985, Na...
On Friday, June 7th, 1985, Nashville’s The Fan Fair, also known as “The Country Explosion” was days from its grand opening, and the city was flooded with strangers; the same afternoon, a man named Ricky Lee Franks would return to Nashville, his hometown, and see his family—briefly—before disappearing.
38 min
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The Disappearance of Bula Mae Robertson: Octobe...
Mother Bula Mae Robbins disappeared from the central Georgia town of Warner Robins, GA, in 1993; now, her family and local authorities hope a reward will bring forth new tips in her case.
35 min
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The Murders of Jacky Nguyen and Nhut Phan: Twel...
In part two of this two-part series, we cover the cold-case homicides of Birmingham, Alabama nail-salon owners Jacky Nguyen and Nhut Phan, who were killed in their store just after Christmas in 2010; their daughters, Linda and Thao, discuss possible theories in their parents’ case, and what they’ve learned from authorities in the past 12 years.
33 min
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The Murders of Jacky Nguyen and Nhut Phan: Top ...
In part one of this two-part series, we cover the cold-case homicides of Birmingham, Alabama nail-salon owners Jacky Nguyen and Nhut Phan, who were killed in their store just after Christmas in 2010; though their children have long hoped for movement in the case, they’ve been waiting for answers for over a decade.
35 min
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The Murder of Jacob Landin: Opening a Closed Ca...
Eric Carter-Landin didn’t set out to be an advocate; but as the family member of a murder victim whose case was closed, he watched other disturbing cases unfold in his home state of New Mexico, and he felt called to do something about it: to help families, to shine a light on the failings in the system, and, eventually, to seek justice for his own brother, was was killed at only nine months old.
54 min
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The Disappearance of Janice “Becky” LaPlant Par...
After her biological mother, Janice “Becky” LaPlant disappeared in July 2011, her daughter Tracy took her search to social media, and discovered a Jane Doe victim in Knoxville, TN whom she thought might be a match for Becky--and was able to pursue testing in the case.
41 min
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The Disappearance of Janice “Becky” LaPlant Par...
After her estranged biological mother, Janice “Becky” LaPlant disappears during a July 2011 cookout in Lincoln, Alabama, Tracy takes on the responsibility of pursuing Becky’s case--and enlists social media in her search for answers.
39 min
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The Jenkins County Jane Doe
In this updated, new, and compact version of our original telling of the case of an unidentified woman discovered in Jenkins County, Georgia, in February 1988, we release details that, prior to our GBI interview and visit in 2019, had never been shared with the public, discuss possible avenues to identification, and even a suspect who was named early on in the investigation.
49 min
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Introducing Gone Cold Podcast — Texas True Crime
Introducing Gone Cold Podcast — Texas True Crime
8 min
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Dennis Doe: IDENTIFIED — Dennis Doe and Christm...
The former John Doe known as “Dennis Doe" has been identified as William DaShawn Hamilton.
64 min
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Julie Doe — Unidentified
We provide updates on our coverage of Julie Doe, an unidentified decedent and probable homicide victim found along a Florida highway in 1988.
60 min
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Coming This July: Updates and Remasters 2019 Un...
You’ll want to hear what’s happening in the cases of Julie Doe, Christmas Doe, and Dennis Doe, and check out a new presentation of the Jenkins County Jane Doe.
1 min
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Case Update: The Murder of NiShan Huff
Arrests have been made in the 2006 murder of NiShan Huff, whose cold case we covered in the 2020 series Carolina Girls (Episode 3).
7 min
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The Disappearance of Carlos Ariel Delgado Manch...
Carlos Delgado disappeared in 1997, but there’s no formal record of this fact—at least, not one his family can access.
40 min
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Introducing Persona: The French Deception
Introducing Persona: The French Deception
5 min
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Detroit’s Unidentified Dead: Operation UNITED
Across the United States, major cities are faced with dozens, if not hundreds, of cases of unidentified decedents.
56 min
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True Crime Revolution: Sarah Turney Part 2
We continue our fascinating discussion on ethics in true crime with Sarah Turney, on topics ranging from leaks in the Delphi case, parasocial relationships in true crime, web sleuthing, family-member creator content, and the future she envisions for true-crime media.
37 min
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True Crime Revolution: Sarah Turney Part 1
Sarah Turney is the sister of Alissa Turney, an advocate, creator--host of Voices for Justice and Disappearances--and one of the fiercest voices pushing for radical change in true-crime media.
39 min
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The Death of Cherokee Finley, Part Two: MMIW
In Part 2 of this series, Sonia Perez details the troubling discoveries she made that have left her with serious misgivings in the cause-of-death ruling in her mother’s case; after Cheroke Finley was found on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Flathead Reservation on April 29, 1998, hypothermia was listed as the primary cause, but what Sonia saw at the scene—and later heard around town—led her to another possible scenario.
36 min
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The Death of Cherokee Finley, Part One: Case Cl...
Lillie “Cherokee” Squeque Finley was found deceased on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Flathead Reservation on April 29, 1998.
34 min
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Unresolved Mysteries
Where do you go to uncover the details of the world’s cold cases and biggest mysteries?
46 min
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The Victims of Samuel Little, Part 5—The Long S...
In this all NEW episode, citizen Samuel Little expert Bryan Worters updates us on the open cases of Samuel Little—including unmatched confessions, Jane Doe victims, and much more.
51 min