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The Codorus Murders Podcast will be a weekly discussion about cold cases in York Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas. In depth discussion on how the crimes have impacted the community and the families that they have left behind. For any additional information or how you can contribute we can be contacted at [email protected].
A wooden headstone makes you ask who gets to keep York's history.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A rough, unsettling look at the Hex murder's violence and the trials that tried to make sense of it.
The Trials of Hex is strongest when it stays with the way the Hex murder was later pulled apart in court, in Ross McGinnis's book, and in Jim McClure's interview with him.
Kimberly Smith's account keeps Felicia's death focused on the unanswered details around a suicide ruling with no gun present.
Kimberly Smith's conviction that Felicia Smith's death was not suicide gives the episode its center of gravity. Her case rests on the details she cannot reconcile: Felicia's children, the new apartment, the missing gun, and a car where the seat and radio seemed wrong.
Loretta Claiborne revisits Anna Johnson's death and the unanswered question of why the case was not reopened.
Anna Johnson's death anchors this PlayNext episode, which returns to a York cold case shaped by the aftermath of the 1969 race riot. Samantha Dorm speaks with Loretta Claiborne about the 84-year-old's disappearance six weeks after the unrest and her later discovery in Cadoras…
A cemetery and scattered archive show the steady work of keeping overlooked histories from vanishing.
An overlooked cemetery becomes a record of how Black history is found, cared for, and passed toward places equipped to keep it. The episode moves from a traveling museum and Jenny, described as the last surviving wooden headstone known to the speaker, into the physical work of…
A careful, article-led reconstruction of Lily Bell Allen's killing during York's 1969 race riots.
The episode revisits York's 1969 race riots through the killing of Lily Bell Allen, tying a white power rally at Farker Park to the gunfire that followed.
A possible Zodiac-Son of Sam overlap drives a wide-ranging look at motive, accomplices, and claims of a satanic group.
This PlayNext single-episode review draws its momentum from a possible link between two notorious investigations, moving from Son of Sam into the Zodiac trail in Vallejo.
A disputed first shot brings York's police violence and its aftermath back into focus.
Codorus Murders returns after a three-month gap to York, where violence around Penn and College Avenue has drawn crowds and brought Big Al, one of the city's two police armored vehicles, onto the streets.
NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
A former cop's DNA, a dropped case, unreliable memories.
Ross McGinnis, 95, says the Hex murder kept pulling him back after a 1967 Redline Rotary talk turned into more than 100 public talks.
Kimberly Smith says her daughter Felicia Smith was found dead at 410 South George Street on December 7, 2011, and police told the family it was suicide even though she says no gun was recovered.
Anna Johnson, 84, went missing six weeks after the 1969 York race riot, and Loretta Claiborne says the family never accepted the city's heart-attack ruling.
Codorus Murders - Barbara Barksdale centers on Midland Cemetery and Barbara Barksdale's claim that Jenny is "the last of surviving wooden headstones that we know of in the country." She says Jenny and George were found lying underground during cleanup, then later safeguarded after a granddaughter organized a reunion and installed granite markers.
Officers at Farker Park lead boys in a "white power" chant, warn them that the Black Panthers are coming, and help turn North Newberry Street into a siege.
Codorus Murders presents a television-style investigation into alleged connections between the Zodiac Killer, Darlene Ferrin’s death, and the Son of Sam shootings attributed to David Berkowitz.
Codorus Murders returns with "Explaining the Uprising," tracing York, Pennsylvania's July 1969 violence to years of redlining, police brutality, and neighborhood divisions.
Peter Levy, a York College historian who has taught there for 30 years, explains how Karen Rice’s early-1990s oral history introduced him to York’s overlooked revolts.
Retired York Daily Record editor Jim McClure explains how 1999 anniversary coverage of the 1969 York riots drew attention from Assistant District Attorney Tom Kelly and preceded a grand-jury investigation into the deaths of Lily Bell Allen and Henry Chadd.
Codorus Murders hosts Jessica and Megan recommend true-crime books during social distancing, including Zodiac, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, In Cold Blood, and The Stranger Beside Me.
The hosts interview journalist and author James Renner about his career in true crime investigation and his motivation for solving cold cases.
The host discusses cold cases in York, Pennsylvania, with a guest genealogist who explains her work in family history and ancestry.
A journalist discusses his coverage of a cold case murder from the 1980s in York, Pennsylvania.
The hosts discuss listener growth, recap a previous episode featuring an interview with new information about a cold case, and reflect on how their understanding has evolved.
The hosts discuss a favorite suspect in a cold case murder, including his background and connection to another murder.
The hosts discuss a recent interview with retired detective Barry Bloss about a cold case involving a missing mother named Tina, focusing on new details and the impact on her family.
Retired detective Barry Gloss discusses the cold case of Tina Knob's disappearance and murder in York, Pennsylvania.
This episode details the 1984 disappearance of 18-year-old mother Tina Knob in York, Pennsylvania, exploring her relationship and the circumstances leading to her vanishing.