Cold Case Kansas: A Social Detective Podcast
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Join MaryAnne retired Criminologist, with 20 years of experience as we investigate over 200 unsolved crimes across Kansas & bordering states. Behind every podcast there is a victim, their families, friends & loved ones. They are left looking for answers. On our podcast we believe it’s our job to treat their cases with respect, integrity & compassion. Cases get solved by keeping the victim & details of the case active on social media & crowdsourcing information. Our purpose is to bring widespread visibility to every case to bring answers and potentially stop additional crimes.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
Cold Case Kansas gives patient attention to cold cases and related public-safety conversations, with family questions, practical details, and unresolved names kept in view.
Cold Case Kansas: A Social Detective Podcast works in the true crime and cold case lane, but its focus is less on shock than on what remains unsettled.
You get the case file, the family ache, and the host's red-flag siren.
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A clear-eyed look at Kansas police misconduct and the slow work of accountability.
The episode tracks Jen and Cam as they confront the fallout from Kansas police misconduct tied to Roger Golubski. It stays close to the hard work of reviewing 150 cases, follows the Midwest Innocence Project's review of 40 inmates in Wyandotte County, and keeps the focus on what…
A restrained missing-person story that stays with the facts, the family, and the uncertainty.
This episode treats Faseka Tadell's disappearance as a case shaped by clashing accounts, and it keeps close to what the record can actually support.
A sober reminder that evidence matters more than speculation.
Cold Case Kansas: Justice By Proxy keeps its focus on the tension between speculation and proof. It follows the pressure points around Kendra Botello and Shepard, and it keeps circling back to police statements, an affidavit, and the discipline of checking what can actually be…
A direct tribute to the search dogs who worked through 9/11 and the handlers beside them.
This episode serves as a memorial for the dogs who worked in the aftermath of 9/11, making room for them as more than a footnote to the human story.
A steady cold-case account that keeps Jennifer Judd and the evidence at the center.
Cold Case Kansas keeps this installment grounded in Jennifer Judd's murder, and that is where it works best. The home, the autopsy, and the early evidence carry the story, while Marianne stays on the purse that was left untouched, the missing knife, and the blood evidence that…
A local cold case update that stays focused on families, facts, and the cost of silence.
The episode centers the 20th-anniversary KBI update on the Dolly Madison Bakery murders and keeps the focus on the loss of Mary Drake and Mandy Alexander, along with the family's concern that the KBI had not stayed in contact.
A plainspoken local case file that keeps Ricky Nelms, Punky Harrod, and the family account in view.
Cold Case Kansas treats this as a plainspoken true-crime case, built around the effort to keep Ricky Nelms and Punky Harrod from fading into the background.
A survivor-centered look at support that stays practical, plainspoken, and human.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this episode centers the careful, hands-on work behind supporting survivors during forensic exams.
NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
Payne Lindsey's season-long investigation into two disappearances from Nome, Alaska.
CBC's true crime feed tracing Cleo's case into cold cases across its investigative podcast network.
Journalists chase a decades-long trail through a coronial inquest and Rick Bloom's dozens of aliases.
A New York Times reporter reinvestigates Laramie's unsolved 1985 murder of Shelley Wiley.
This episode of Cold Case Kansas investigates the 1998 unsolved murder of 20-year-old Cassandra Jones, exploring her life, the primary suspect Sinclair Duncan, and the two dominant theories behind her killing.
This episode investigates the cold case of Yolanda Hernández, a 24-year-old mother from Garden City, Kansas who disappeared in 1992 amid an abusive marriage.
The host investigates the 1987 disappearance and murder of Roberta Mae Klotz in Great Bend, Kansas, criticizing police handling of the case while urging listeners to help solve this cold case.
This episode investigates the 2005 murder of 18-year-old Lakota Renville, an indigenous woman whose body was found in Independence, Missouri.
This episode of Cold Case Kansas investigates the hidden crisis of runaway youth and human trafficking in Kansas, examining how predators target vulnerable children through case studies, alarming statistics, and the harmful impact of social media speculation.
This episode investigates the disappearance of Kendra Botello, a 24-year-old Indigenous woman from Oklahoma, and how her case spiraled into vigilante violence when her uncle allegedly orchestrated the murder of her boyfriend.
This episode investigates the 1992 murder of Jennifer Bryan Judd, a newlywed killed just nine days after her wedding in Baxter Springs, Kansas.
True crime podcaster Mary Ann teams up with guest Patrick Hassen (Not Adding Up) to cover the 1995 cold case disappearance of 15-year-old Rachel Geraldine Pratt of Garden City, Kansas — a case brought to the podcast's attention by the Garden City Police Department itself via Twitter.
This episode investigates the suspicious death of Daniel Little in Washington County, Kansas, featuring interviews with his sisters who share his story and their struggles with law enforcement communication.
This episode investigates the unsolved 2016 murder of Lori Heimer, a mother and poodle breeder in rural Kansas.
The episode centers on two Butler County missing-person cases.
The host of Cold Case Kansas returns after a health hiatus to investigate the 2000 disappearance of 16-year-old April Wiss in Wichita, Kansas.
This episode of Cold Case Kansas focuses on the disappearance of 22-year-old Ethiopian immigrant Faseka Kinfei Tadal, who vanished in April 2022 while driving from Orlando to Wichita.
The episode remembers the dogs who helped after the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11.
This episode shifts from unsolved crimes to analyze violence in hospitals, using real cases and the TV show 'The Pit' to explore assaults on healthcare workers, security failures, and systemic issues in the healthcare system.
Marianne opens with her own search for answers and the grief that helped start the show.
April frames the conversation.
The episode opens on a KBI update tied to the 20th anniversary of the deaths of Mandy Alexander and Mary Drake at the Dolly Madison Bakery Outlet Store in Great Bend, Kansas.
This episode investigates the 1984 disappearance of Kevin Collins, a case that spurred national missing children awareness.
Mary Ann investigates cases of police officers committing sexual assaults and misconduct, focusing on predators like Todd Allen, Brock England, and Roger Golubski in Kansas and beyond.