Murder in the Hudson Valley looks into notorious homicide cases from around the region. Award-winning author and historian Linda Zimmermann and police officer Brian Horowitz follow the case from the moment the crime scene is discovered, up to the final verdict. They discuss the suspects, evidence, forensic techniques, and legal battles used to identify and convict the guilty.
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Sep 29, 2026 · 20:56
DNA solves a cold case in Orange County, New York.
Sep 15, 2026 · 37:39
For decades, there was a terrible misconception about the January 1964 murder of Carole Hughes of Pearl River, NY.
Sep 1, 2026 · 17:24
April Parker was found dismembered in the woods behind her Monticello, New York, apartment complex.
Aug 18, 2026 · 23:40
A confession pops up 35 years later and 700 miles away.
Aug 4, 2026 · 44:04
Neil Richter from The Rock & Roll History Show joins Linda and Brian for a special rock and roll episode.
Jul 21, 2026 · 31:12
16 year old Sheri Jo Elliot was murdered in Flint, Michigan, in 1983. Her case wasn't solved until earlier this year.
Jul 7, 2026 · 22:33
Greg Fleniken was killed while relaxing in his Beaumont, Texas, hotel room. The cause of death was hiding where the sun don't shine.
Jun 23, 2026 · 30:00
Concetta Morton was tortured and murdered by her girlfriend Kenya Tilford in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. Tilford asked her cousin to help dispose of the body.
Jun 9, 2026 · 17:08
Kandis Fitzpatrick and Rori Hache both went missing in Ontario, Canada, almost a decade apart. They both turned up in the same place.
May 26, 2026 · 43:59
17 year old Mike Mansholt was traveling alone in Malta and went missing. Law enforcement showed a shocking level of incompetence and dishonesty during the investigation.
May 12, 2026 · 38:01
Radiology technician Carl Tanzler was a bit too obsessed with one of his patients.
Apr 28, 2026 · 17:43
Teresita Basa was stabbed to death in Chicago. Did her spirit return to identify her killer, or was it just revenge?
Apr 14, 2026 · 27:57
Murderer Adam Sheafe targeted priests and pastors.
Mar 31, 2026 · 37:01
The Candy Man, Dean Corl, was the most prolific serial killer in America before John Wayne Gacy.
Mar 17, 2026 · 29:29
Teenagers Lloyd Bogle and Patricia Kalitzke were murdered in 1956. Their case was finally solved in 2021, thanks to a sheriff's department that never gave up.
Mar 3, 2026 · 35:51
Garnett Spears became the victim of his mother's mental illness in 2015.
Feb 17, 2026 · 25:23
Cynthia Gonzalez was murdered and dumped by the side of the road in Texas in 1991. Her case went cold until 2025, thanks to help from the University of Texas at Arlington's…
Feb 3, 2026 · 40:41
A young man from Buffalo, New York, had investigators believing they were looking for three different serial killers.
Jan 20, 2026 · 54:25
JFK's mistress, Mary Pinchot Meyer, was murdered while taking a walk in a Washington, D.C., park. Apparently the CIA wanted her diary.
Jan 6, 2026 · 43:38
Lt. Commander William Bruce Pitzer died at Bethesda Naval Base under suspicious circumstances three years after the JFK assassination.
Dec 23, 2025 · 36:50
In 1914, high school teacher Lydia "Lyda" Beecher was murdered by one of her students in Poland, New York. The trial dubbed the student a "high grade imbecile."
Dec 9, 2025 · 22:21
There are surprisingly few details available about the murder of Lionell Pittman, Jr., in Beacon, New York, on May 14, 2022.
Nov 25, 2025 · 29:48
Old Orchard Beach, Maine, is usually a quiet little town. That's where Derek Rogers was murdered in 2002. One of the killers is now on the Bangor City Council.
Nov 11, 2025 · 24:55
Lorenz Kraus is awaiting trial in Albany, New York, for killing his parents and keeping their Social Security checks.
Oct 28, 2025 · 42:13
Carl Panzram traveled all around the world racking up a very impressive criminal history. He even spent a good amount of time right here in the Hudson Valley.
Oct 14, 2025 · 27:16
Ronald Exantus killed 6 year old Logan Tipton by stabbing him in the head with a butcher knife. He also stabbed Logan's two sisters. He has been released from prison after…
Oct 1, 2025 · 18:23
Ten year old Candace Elizabeth Newmaker died during a controversial therapy session.
Sep 23, 2025 · 28:42
Known as The Giggling Granny and The Lonely Hearts Killer, Nancy Hazle committed at least 11 murders over 27 years.
Sep 9, 2025 · 26:13
Take a trip down under, but watch out for the snakes.
Aug 26, 2025 · 19:39
Aurora Rodriguez Carballeira considered her daughter, Hildegart, to be a science project in eugenics. One that she felt was a failure.
Aug 15, 2025 · 27:33
***The silent audio has been fixed. Thanks for notifying us!*** It's not what you think. Or maybe it is.
Jul 29, 2025 · 28:43
Glen Rogers traveled the United States killing people while driving a stolen car and using his real identity.
Jul 15, 2025 · 30:10
You can fit a lot of body parts in a 150 square foot apartment in Japan.
Jul 1, 2025 · 20:11
Two cold cases from the Hudson Valley. The murders of L. Richard Rosenberg and Richard Aderson have still not been solved.
Jun 17, 2025 · 41:14
Paul John Knowles killed at least 18 people in 6 short months across the United States.
Jun 3, 2025 · 14:01
Gangster Dutch Schultz may have left someone a big surprise in the woods.
May 20, 2025 · 32:22
Israel made one of his murder victims appear alive in order to get ransom money.
May 6, 2025 · 47:52
Linda loves digging into the JFK conspiracies.
Apr 22, 2025 · 25:10
Two shockingly similar murders happened around the same time in Krakow, Poland.
Apr 8, 2025 · 36:58
Fall River, Massachusettes, was a scary place for a while in 1979.
Mar 25, 2025 · 27:37
John List was a meliculous planner. He almost got away with murdering his whole family.
Mar 11, 2025 · 31:00
Kaliek Goode-Ford murdered three people and injured a child in Newburgh, New York, in 2000.
Feb 25, 2025 · 34:23
Guests at the Coogee Aquarium near Sydney, Australia, got a big surprise during their visit.
Feb 11, 2025 · 31:10
A bad diet does not lead to bad behavior. Or does it?
Jan 28, 2025 · 30:26
Mary Schlais was murdered and dumped in a ditch in 1974. Her case may have just been solved.
Jan 14, 2025 · 32:59
William Dale Archerd was a hospital orderly, a salesperson, and a serial killer.
Dec 31, 2024 · 28:50
You'll need a scorecard to keep up with this case in Dover, New York, in 2018.
Dec 17, 2024 · 38:46
Sometimes New Year's Eve isn't so much fun. We do, however, wish you a Happy New Year!
Dec 3, 2024 · 33:24
Oh, yes she could.
Nov 19, 2024 · 28:39
Another episode to help you become afraid of everyone.
Nov 5, 2024 · 33:49
Wonder how a fortune teller would know about so many murders in advance...
Oct 22, 2024 · 1:02:11
Some people did not get to enjoy their Halloween.
Oct 8, 2024 · 30:58
Arthur Shawcross terrorized upstate New York from 1988 to 1990.
Sep 24, 2024 · 32:24
14 month old Malia "Peanut" Williams was killed during a drive-by shooting. The intended target was not at the scene.
Sep 10, 2024 · 31:06
Three cases of horrible mothers.
Aug 27, 2024 · 40:20
Let's all go "down the shore" in New Jersey to investigate Kathleen Dorsett and her lovely family.
Aug 13, 2024 · 35:49
Serial killer Peter Kürten was born in Germany in 1883. His crime spree rivals that of American serial killer Albert Fish. Was Peter the most depraved killer ever?
Aug 6, 2024 · 41:37
Check out this bonus episode from November 27, 2018, about American serial killer Albert Fish. Next week we will be covering German serial killer Peter Kürten. Which one was worse?
Jul 30, 2024 · 49:35
Twelve year old Garrett Phillips was strangled to death in the village of Potsdam, New York, in 2011.
Jul 16, 2024 · 34:31
Mary Binford was gunned down by Lizzy Brooks in the middle of the day at the Fair Department Store in Forth Worth, Texas, in 1911.
Jul 2, 2024 · 33:40
Paul Curry was a Jeopardy champion, and he almost got away with murder.
Jun 25, 2024 · 28:06
Sandra Pagniano disappeared from her Prescott, Arizona, home in 2017. She had been buried alive.
Jun 11, 2024 · 29:35
Half and Susanne Zantop, both professors at Dartmouth, were stabbed to death by two teenage boys who were looking for money.
May 28, 2024 · 22:52
Brian Dorsey was executed in Missouri by lethal injection over the objection of 70 corrections officers and a former warden.
May 14, 2024 · 28:12
Colleen Drummond and Holly Kayson, both 13 years old, were murdered in Fishkill, NY, in 1984. The case is either 100% solved, or 100% not.
Apr 23, 2024 · 28:18
James Donald French requested the death penalty, and made up his own headline for the execution.
Apr 9, 2024 · 40:17
Maybe you should buy your own lawn mower?
Mar 26, 2024 · 34:06
Radio station intern Helene Pruszynski was brutally stabbed to death in 1980. Her killer was brought to justice 40 years later.
Mar 12, 2024 · 47:40
Megan McDonald was murdered on March 14, 2003, in Orange County, New York. Linda shares updates on the case, including some shady actions by the District Attorney. Plus, two…
Feb 27, 2024 · 28:54
Fred and Rosemary West were two of the most prolific serial killers in U.K. history. Their victims included their own children.
Feb 13, 2024 · 48:24
Open wide and say, "Ahhh!"
Jan 30, 2024 · 52:35
It's Linda's turn to make you scared to go outside.
Jan 28, 2024 · 1:09:08
On Thursday, January 25, 2024, Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith became the first person to be executed using nitrogen hypoxia. On this bonus episode, Linda covers the case that…
Jan 16, 2024 · 51:29
Shocking stories about murderous electricians. Pun intended.
Jan 2, 2024 · 35:26
You'll never guess where the murderers hid the body.
Dec 20, 2023 · 31:24
New Years Eve in 1990 was not fun for everyone in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Dec 5, 2023 · 54:30
The horrific story of Joel Stenberg and Hedda Nussbaum grabbed all the headlines in 1988, except CNN.
Nov 21, 2023 · 52:35
Diane Delia was born John Delia in 1957. She became the murder victim of a very strange love triangle.
Nov 7, 2023 · 46:36
* Not necessarily in that order. The 1906 murder of celebrity architect Stanford White was considered "The Trial Of The Century" at the time.
Oct 24, 2023 · 45:22
Maybe it's time to learn some DYI plumbing...?
Oct 10, 2023 · 40:56
Six defendants were exectued in Old Sparky at Sing Sing for the murder of Anna Griffin at the Griffin Homestead dairy farm in Yorktown, New York, in 1911.
Sep 26, 2023 · 52:13
Artist Robert George Irwin killed three people in New York City on Easter Sunday in 1937, including model Veronica "Ronnie" Gedeon.
Sep 12, 2023 · 57:26
Some cases where the butler (or maid) actually did it!
Aug 29, 2023 · 34:33
Telephone operators help solve the murder of millionaire John Williams Schatz in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1931.
Aug 15, 2023 · 58:40
Gulielma "Elma" Sands was murdered in Manhattan, NY, on December 22, 1799. Her body was found submerged in the Manhattan well. This was the first murder trial in the United…
Aug 1, 2023 · 41:17
Robert Chambers, the "Preppy Killer," was convicted of killing Jennifer Levin in New York City's Central Park in 1986. He served his time, but hasn't been able to keep himself…
Jul 18, 2023 · 42:51
Michelle Castillo was found hanging in a bathroom of her Loudoun County, Virginia, mansion in 2014. Did she commit suicide, or was she murdered by her estranged husband Braulio?
Jul 4, 2023 · 36:28
Gregory Thayer was convicted of shooting his lifelong friend, Bruce Swierc.
Jun 20, 2023 · 52:35
The Soviet Union had their own version of Jack the Ripper, known as The Butcher of Rostov, who was active from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Jun 6, 2023 · 38:41
You may want to choose your business prospects carefully...
May 23, 2023 · 53:59
What makes for a successful serial killer? When the victims don't appear to be victims at all.
May 9, 2023 · 34:04
This is the true story behind the novella and film titled "Double Indemnity." It was named "The Dumbell Murder," by journalist Damon Runyon because the people involved were...…
Apr 25, 2023 · 34:03
Kitty Genovese's murder was allegedly witnessed by dozens of people in Queens, NY, who "didn't want to get involved." It was all a myth perpetuated by The New York Times.
Apr 11, 2023 · 1:00:17
The Boston Strangler probably had more victims than anyone realized.
Mar 28, 2023 · 37:40
In 1989, Brian Britton murdered his parents and his younger brother, and attempted to murder his sister, in Poughkeepsie, NY. He is scheduled to be released on parole on April…
Mar 14, 2023 · 46:16
The first murder via U.S. Mail was committed in August 1898 using a box of chocolates laced with arsenic.
Feb 28, 2023 · 1:02:17
Dr. Sam Sheppard was accused of murdering his wife, Marilyn, and spent over 10 years in prison before being exhonerated. His story was the basis for TV series and movie, "The…
Feb 14, 2023 · 42:01
Dorothy Kilgallen, the most influential person you've never heard of.
Jan 31, 2023 · 36:44
Jesse Pomeroy tortured and killed several children in the Boston area in the 1870s. He was just a child himself.
Jan 17, 2023 · 51:06
Roxalana Druse was found guilty of killing her abusive husband in Herkimer County, New York, in 1884. She became the last woman to be hanged in the state of New York because of…
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