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At Cardinal Crimes, we want "true crime" to have a purpose. Here, we aim to raise awareness of cases, deepen understanding of various types of crime and the psychology driving them, and explore ways to prevent future crime—whether through individual actions, community efforts, societal change, or policy reform. We do this by speaking with survivors, victims, experts, policymakers, offenders, and more to learn all that we can about crime and how to stop it.
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In December of 1993, two senior citizens - Gladys Held and Jacob Biretz - were murdered within one day and three blocks of one another, and their cases remain unsolved to this day. Residents of Waterloo, Iowa in the 1990’s were frustrated with what they perceived to be rising rates of violent crime, and specifically crimes targeting seniors. Who mu…
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INTERVIEW: Julia Cowley, Former FBI Profiler, Forensic Scientist & Host of The Consult Podcast
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Support the show by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube. Leaving a five star review also helps us reach more listeners! Watch this episode on YouTube! In this episode, I chat with Julia Cowley, a former FBI Profiler and forensic scientist with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the host of The Consult podcast. We talk a…
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Subscribe to Cardinal Crimes on YouTube! On May 26, 1998, Patricia Jauron, a middle school secretary beloved by her community, was found brutally murdered outside of her old home in Sioux City, Iowa. Patricia had reportedly gone to her old home to meet someone interested in purchasing an old bed, that person, and the red car seen near her home, wer…
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INTERVIEW: Brett Talley from The Prosecutors Podcast, Rehabilitation Programs, Sexual Assault Conviction Rates, and True Crime Ethics
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In this episode, I talk with Brett Talley from The Prosecutors Podcast. Brett knew early on that he wanted to be a lawyer. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he decided against the “standard” law firm track and went into public service as a prosecutor in 2018. We talk about sexual assault conviction rates and rehabilitation programs, and I g…
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SURVIVOR: Janine Latus, Domestic Violence, Self Worth, and the Subtle Red Flags We Need to be Talking About
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In this episode I sit down with Janine Latus, an award-winning journalist, domestic violence survivor, and author of the New York Times and Internationally bestselling book If I am Missing or Dead: a Sister’s Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation. In April 2002, Janine received a call that her younger sister, Amy, was missing. Janine’s response was…
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In this episode, we dive into the tragic murder of Mary Bernice Lange, a mother of three and respected clerk with the Burlington, Iowa Municipal Court. We review the timeline of her last known movements, discuss the evidence in the case, and discuss her relationships. Despite investigators at the time indicating they had a clear suspect who could b…
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Jodi Huisentruit was abducted from her apartment complex parking lot on June 27, 1995, in Mason City, Iowa. Her case is well known among many Iowans because of her profession as a morning news anchor and because of the dedication of the journalists who run FindJodi, a nonprofit organization that aims to keep her case out in the public. In this epis…
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INTERVIEW: Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, Domestic Violence Homicide Risk Factors, the Violence Against Women Act, Abuser Interventions
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, a national leader in research and advocacy in the field of domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV). She has authored or co-authored more than 230 publications and seven books on violence and health outcomes. Her studies paved the way for a growing body of interdisciplinary investigations by…
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The murder of Dorothy Miller is Burlington, Iowa’s oldest cold case. Dorothy was a 48-year-old real estate agent who was brutally murdered while showing a prospective client a home in August of 1969. The man she showed the home to was never seen again, despite Dorothy’s own husband and many witnesses seeing him the day and evening of the murder. Th…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Missing Children, Michael Miske, Hannah Kobayashi, Sarah Boone, and the new Netflix JonBenet Ramsey Docuseries
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In this bonus episode, I give a quick rundown of some current missing children cases: Leland Buchanan, a 16-year-old male, was last seen on 11/25/24 in Louisville, KY. Iris Olivia Mae Frederick, a 5-year-old female, was last seen on 9/20/22 in Barnardsville, NC. Andreas Enriquez, a 9-year-old male, and Lilyanna Enriquez, an 11-year-old female, were…
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SURVIVOR: Leah Zeiger, Teenage Intimate Partner Abuse, Youth Prevention Work, The Sunflower Project
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In this episode, I speak with Leah Zeiger, a survivor of teenage intimate partner violence and the founder of The Sunflower Project. Her organization uses art to heal and build community for young survivors of abusive relationships. In this conversation, we discuss the impact her experience had on her friendships, how the criminal justice system ca…
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On May 5, 2011, 50-year-old Dawn Allen failed to show up for work at Subway in Carroll, Iowa. Days later, the man investigators believed held the key to her disappearance, James Snovelle, took his own life in Kansas, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions and unsettling revelations about his double life. If you have any information about Da…
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**The beginning of this video has slight audio/video synch issues, but they improve after just a minute!** I have a conversation with Jennifer Santanello, whose 20-year-old daughter, Layla Santanello, has been missing since June 27, 2023. She was last seen walking barefoot out of a patch of woods around 6:15 a.m. near the Americourt Hotel in Kingsp…
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