All The World's A Stage

This episode originally aired March 4, 2019. Police exhume the body of a murdered woman to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired February 28, 2019. Police arrive at a shooting, and discover the victim's husband is a homicide detective who says his wife shot herself. Investigators turn to a forensic scientist and ballistics expert to learn what really happened and who was responsible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired February 25, 2019. The assistant manager of the restaurant had been stabbed to death. Police knew why he'd been killed: $8,000 was missing from the safe. As to who was responsible, his family and friends couldn't even imagine who'd want to hurt him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired February 21, 2019. The woman was dead. The man had been shot four times but he survived. When the man's version of events was at variance with the evidence, investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to determine if this was a botched robbery, or cold-blooded murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired February 18, 2019. A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she'd been dead for 18 months, they knew it would be difficult to find out who she was, much less who killed her. A forensic anthropologist was able to determine the victim's race, age and height, but it would take an inventive computer consultant to give her a face and a name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired February 14, 2019. Eileen and Derrick Severs disappeared from their home in the small village of Hambleton in Great Britain, and police found evidence which suggested foul play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired February 11, 2019. When a Massachusetts man dropped dead of an apparent heart attack, no one thought foul play was a possibility until police looked into his girlfriend's odd behavior in the days before his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired February 7, 2019. Emelita Villa came to Arlington, Texas from the Philippines as a shy, impoverished, 18-year-old mail order bride for Jack Reeves, a man almost 30 years her senior. Six and a half years later, Emelita disappeared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This episode originally aired February 4, 2019. A woman is found dead in a ravine near a jogging path. Crucial crime scene evidence had been washed away by severe thunderstorms. Then, almost 20 years later, two pieces of newly-discovered evidence brought the killer to justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices