Cold case investigations
Subject in True Crime
Cold case investigations has come up in 20 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including Crime Junkie, Morbid, 20/20. 6 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Ashley FlowersCreator and host of the true crime podcast Crime Junkie and founder of Audiochuck
Flowers credited the original investigators for working the case hard from the start and relayed Sheriff Myers's view that modern methods would have caught the killer.
“Sheriff Myers told us that if Joyce had been killed today or even in like this decade, there is no doubt in his mind that they would have caught her killer”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2 (Jul 27, 2026) · Listen from 43:13
Flowers said Joyce's letter alleging Mark Wadley had a history of strangling people was apparently never investigated.
“From what we can tell, no past or present investigator has even looked into this”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2 (Jul 27, 2026) · Listen from 12:47
Flowers argues that investigators' early assumption that Rucci ran away did lasting damage to the case.
“I cannot help but believe that the early assumptions that they made did like irreparable damage to Cheryl's case”
Crime Junkie: WARNING: Roger Hueber (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 30:37
Flowers argued that Bill Carter's personal motivation distinguished him from previous detectives on the case.
“Unlike previous detectives, he's not looking into this case because he has to. He is looking into it because he wants to”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Carmen Van Huss (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 27:16
Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels
Urquhart reports that Wendy Stevens's remains went unidentified for nearly 40 years until a 2021 DNA database match.
“these remains would sit unidentified and unclaimed for nearly 40 years. Oh, my God. Until 2021”
Morbid: The Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway (Part 3) (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 12:30
Urquhart said she wanted the case solved regardless of whom it ultimately identified.
“Regardless of who is the person they identify, I would like it to be solved”
Morbid: The Murder of Martha Moxley (Part 2) (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 51:12
Urquhart argues that the Bundy identification proves cold cases are never truly closed.
“this is why we always say like a cold case is never cold”
Morbid: The Rescue of Baby Jessica McClure (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 7:27
Kathleen ZellnerAmerican criminal defense and wrongful-conviction attorney
Zellner argued Scott Eby displayed numerous red flags that Wilmington police should have caught on the day of the murder.
“from the burglary convictions to the suicide attempts to the inquiries about Riley. I mean, he did everything but set a siren off at his house”
20/20: True Crime Vault: The Accused (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:30
Ash KelleyCo-host of the true crime podcast Morbid
Kelley called for investigators to re-examine the golf club used as the murder weapon.
“And they need to look at that golf club. Did fingerprinting ever fucking happen on that thing?”
Morbid: The Murder of Martha Moxley (Part 2) (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 49:47
Bill PridemoreDetective in the Metro Nashville Homicide Cold Case Unit
Pridemore says March underestimated the detectives and tried to learn what evidence they had during the flight back.
“I thought we were just two country cops, country hit cops, going to pick him up”
48 Hours: Endgame (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 21:20
Mickey MillerNashville detective who led the original missing persons investigation
Miller explains that the two-week reporting delay gave the killer time to dispose of the body and caused evidence loss.
“It gives somebody, whoever committed this crime, a chance to dispose of the body. It would make it difficult to locate”
48 Hours: Endgame (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 12:13
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Crime Junkie · 8 episodes
- Morbid · 6 episodes
- 20/20 · 5 episodes
- 48 Hours · 1 episode
Episodes
Home Alone20/20 · Oct 3, 2026 · 1 h 26 min
John Quiñones reports on the 2015 murder of Allison Feldman in Scottsdale, solved through Arizona's first use of familial DNA and contested in court.
The Salem Strangler20/20 · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 27 min
20/20 recounts the 1986 strangling of Salem State student Claire Gravel and how a similar 2007 attack and DNA led to John Carey's conviction.
True Crime Vault: The Accused20/20 · Sep 22, 2026 · 1 h 24 min
David Muir revisits the 2004 murder of three-year-old Riley Fox, her father's coerced false confession, his DNA exoneration, and the FBI's identification of killer Scott Eby.
MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2Crime Junkie · Jul 27, 2026 · 47 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the remaining suspects in the 1971 murder of WSU student Joyce LePage, including her roommate Bruce Bierbaum.
First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast)20/20 · Jul 25, 2026 · 1 h 23 min
20/20 recounts the 2001 murder of Leslie Prier in Chevy Chase, Maryland, solved 23 years later when genetic genealogy and an airport DNA sting identified her daughter's ex-boyfriend.
Where Are You Jacob?20/20 · Jul 18, 2026 · 1 h 27 min
Deborah Roberts revisits the 1989 abduction of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling with his parents, survivor Jared Scheierl, blogger Joy Baker and investigators who ultimately identified Danny Heinrich.
The Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway (Part 4)Morbid · Jul 16, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley conclude their series on Gary Ridgway, covering his later victims, DNA identification, arrest, plea deal, confessions and sentencing.
- The Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway (Part 3)
Morbid · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Morbid hosts Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley continue the Green River Killer case, covering 1984–85 victim discoveries, Ted Bundy's consultation, and recent DNA identifications.
WARNING: Roger HueberCrime Junkie · Jul 13, 2026 · 46 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat recount the 2005 disappearance of Cheryl Rucci, a witness against corrections officer Roger Hueber, and a previously unreported sighting.
MURDERED: Carmen Van HussCrime Junkie · Jul 6, 2026 · 49 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat recount the 1993 Indianapolis murder of Carmen Van Huss and the decades-long investigation that led to Dana Shepard's guilty plea.