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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Introducing American Hostage
Introducing American Hostage
4 min
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Case Updates: Where Have You Been?:
It’s a question the families of the missing dream of asking. The families of homicide victims, too, but for very different reasons.
44 min
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Introducing Twin Flames
Introducing Twin Flames
7 min
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You Don’t Know My Name: The Murder of ‘Sebastia...
In Collier County, Florida, investigators are working to identify a murder victim found in 1986--one whose only known name, ‘Sebastian Pasqual,’ was a pseudonym.
53 min
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Encyclopedia of the Unidentified
We explore one of the world’s most thorough indexes of Doe cases: Unidentified Wiki--and speak with its creator, who hadn’t finished high school when he began to compile information on both the most well-known and the most obscure cases of the unidentified in the United States and beyond.
42 min
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Give It 10 Years: The Murder of Moses Williams ...
Timica James promised local authorities that should keep her family from conducting their own investigation into the death of her son, Moses “Fat Man” Williams Jr., if local authorities solved his case within ten years.
40 min
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Fat Man: The Murder of Moses Williams Jr. Part 1
On Super Bowl Sunday, 2012, a gunshot rang out across the darkened streets of Aiken, SC--and 19-year-old Moses “Fat Man” Williams Jr., a popular former high-school football star, slumped in the driver’s seat of his car.
42 min
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Introducing Killer Psyche
Introducing Killer Psyche
8 min
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The Murder of Xiaojia Grace Chen: Don’t Let It ...
After her 2014 murder, on a bright weekday afternoon, the family of Grace Chen, the Austin community that had embraced her, and local investigators attempt to puzzle out her case--even as an art theft adds levels of complexity, and more questions tha answers.
48 min
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The Murder of Xiaojia Grace Chen: A Dream in Au...
In Febuary of 2014, Grace Chen--mother, small-business-owner, talented teacher, and active member of her Austin community—was murdered just steps away from her own language school.
42 min
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Reframing the Victims of Jack the Ripper
In over a century’s worth of investigation into the unsolved murders attributed to the unknown killer called “Jack the Ripper,” little real attention has been paid to the five canonical victims--they’ve been treated as objects for dissection, not human beings with full lives
46 min
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The Murder of Wilma June Nissen Part 2 : A Name...
The identification of the Lyon County Jane Doe as Wilma June Nissen was only the first step in unraveling a complex crime; once her identity was known, investigators began to piece together who had left her in a ditch along Iowa’s Highway 182, in 1978--and why.
38 min
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Introducing Operator
Introducing Operator
6 min
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The Murder of Wilma June Nissen Part 1: There ...
In October of 1978, when the body of an unknown woman was discovered off a highway in rural Iowa, local authorities had no idea it would take 28 years to identify the victim—or that her identification would also connect them to a daughter, determined to solve her mother’s murder.
41 min
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Cold Case Project
We dive into Georgia and South Carolina’s cold cases with investigative reporter Renetta DuBose, whose grandmother’s unsolved murder is the driving force behind her own passion to help solve the Southeast’s forgotten cases.
42 min
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Two Hundred Year-Old Bones: The Cadaver Dogs — ...
We continue to explore the fascinating world of K-9 cadaver, search and rescue missions–both training and the ins and outs of how the dogs work in the field–with one of the nation’s leading experts, Trace Sargent-- including water searches, centuries-old battle fiends, and some of her most memorable cases.
45 min
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Introducing Over My Dead Body: Fox Lake
Introducing Over My Dead Body: Fox Lake
6 min
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Cadaver Dogs: K-9 Search & Rescue — Part 1
We explore the fascinating world of K-9 cadaver, search and rescue missions–both training and the ins and outs of how the dogs work in the field–with one of the nation’s leading experts, Trace Sargent.
47 min
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Introducing This Is Actually Happening
Introducing This Is Actually Happening
9 min
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The Atlanta Lover’s Lane Murders: Killer Profil...
In 1977--before the Atlanta Child Murders would grip the city--an unknown gunman stalked Atlanta's parks, looking for couples who'd sought the privacy of unofficial 'lover's lanes.'
42 min
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The Atlanta Lover’s Lane Murders: Set a Trap — ...
In 1977--before the Atlanta Child Murders would grip the city--an unknown gunman stalked Atlanta's parks, looking for couples who'd sought the privacy of unofficial 'lover's lanes.'
42 min
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Introducing 9/12
Introducing 9/12
6 min
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The Atlanta Lover’s Lane Murders: The Park Kill...
In 1977--before the Atlanta Child Murders would grip the city--an unknown gunman stalked Atlanta's parks, looking for couples who'd sought the privacy of unofficial 'lover's lanes.'
37 min
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Preview: The Atlanta Lover's Lane Murders
On September 8th, The Fall Line begins a 3-part miniseries on an unsolved string of cold cases known as the Atlanta Lover's Lane Murders.
3 min
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Introducing Suspect
Introducing Suspect
6 min