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In 2002, my dad was murdered in the doorway of his home. Now, I am ready to find answers to the coldest case in Belmont County, Ohio. This is the story of a daughter desperate for justice, for closure, for someone to care. It doesn't get more personal than this.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Madison McGee makes one unresolved murder legible through direct interviews, careful distinctions, and sustained scrutiny of the investigation around it.
Ice Cold Case turns Madison McGee's investigation of her father's murder into a close study of what happens when a family keeps pressing an unresolved case.
Madison McGee asks Omar what he saw, not what he heard; bring your patience for the distinction.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A family-centered unsolved-case episode that gets its force from delayed disclosure and the weight of missing details.
Frozen Files treats Megan Trussell's case as something still unresolved and still too easy to overlook. It stays closest to the family's experience and the practical damage of delay, especially when it follows the backpack, the Adderall bottle, and the other missing items.
A bonus episode built around a private medium reading, with its uncertainty left in place.
This bonus episode stays with a private 2023 medium and tarot reading Madison McGee set up before the podcast existed and before there was any press around her dad. McGee comes in curious and skeptical, and that mix gives the episode its shape.
A source-driven cold case episode about keeping an unsolved murder visible.
The episode treats J.C. McGee's unsolved murder as a case that still deserves daylight, moving back through the July 11, 2002 killing, the break-in at Pearl's house, and the effort to keep the investigation from fading out.
A victim impact statement that turns grief into an indictment of neglect.
Madison McGee turns a live CrimeCon 2025 appearance into a public victim impact statement about her father J.C. McGee's case, and the piece sits in the uneasy space where grief meets institutional failure.
A witness-driven true crime story that stays close to uncertainty.
Omar's account of the night his father was killed gives the episode its spine, and the story keeps circling back to what he says he saw rather than what has been repeated around him.
A patient investigation that keeps suspicion, silence, and pressure in motion.
The piece stays strongest when it keeps returning to the same murder, the same names, and the same missing pieces. Its crowded map of connections, the doubt around the informant logic, and the anonymous call all add to the sense that something has been held back for more than 20…
A dating-app romance turns careful and unsettling as charm starts to feel off.
Brittany Ard takes a familiar dating-app setup and gives it a quieter charge. June swipes, a match that kept resurfacing, and a first date that starts to collect telling details: the repeated profile, the quick chemistry, the private nickname, and the slow unease that something…
A patient cold-case return that uses newer testing to keep old doubts alive.
Ice Cold Case revisits the 2002 Belmont County case involving J.C. McGee, and its clearest strength is the steady way it weighs old questions against newer lab work.
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.
Madison, host of Ice Cold Case and daughter of John Cornelius McGee, uses this update to explain why new episodes have slowed, why the show has been financially draining, and why Episode 21 is still unfinished.
Ice Cold Case’s "Behind Closed Doors" focuses on Madison McGee’s search for what Omar told people privately about J.C.
Madison McGee says the Belmont County Sheriff's Department now asks for her notes, transcripts, and interviews from Ice Cold Case while she is still waiting for basic case updates on J.C.
The host argues that Belmont County's case for her father's murder depends on physical evidence, not 20-year-old memories, and says DNA testing can cost $2,000 to $4,000 per sample.
Madison McGee shares a bonus live recording from CrimeCon in Denver, Colorado.
Griff Stark Ennis opens Petty Crimes as a true-crime comedy show about non-crimes.
Ice Cold Case continues a two-part conversation with Haley Gray, the researcher behind Crime Weekly’s coverage of John Cornelius McGee’s case.
Ice Cold Case revisits the 2002 Belmont County case of J.C.
Ice Cold Case introduces Frozen Files as a new show built on the same ethos and energy, centered on unsolved and overlooked cases and on giving more visibility to families affected by crime.
The host introduces her podcast about overlooked cold cases, sharing her personal experience investigating her father's murder.
In this bonus episode of Ice Cold Case, host Madison McGee shares a 2023 medium reading with Kelsey Davies, who had no prior knowledge of her dad's murder.
Ice Cold Case returns to J.C.
In this bonus episode of Ice Cold Case, host Madison McGhee shares a live recording of the victim impact statement she delivered at CrimeCon 2025 in Denver.
Omar's Side follows Omar as he walks through the night before his father was killed and the morning that changed everything.
Ice Cold Case investigator pursuing father's unsolved murder in Belmont County, Ohio navigates police corruption, unreliable witnesses, and complex informant networks.
Brittany Ard shares her true story of meeting Kanan through dating apps in June.
A daughter investigates her father's unsolved murder in Belmont County, Ohio, seeking justice and closure.
A daughter investigates her father's unsolved murder, questioning the justice system's failures.
A daughter investigates her father's 2002 cold case murder in Ohio, and the episode also promotes a true crime show about a 1999 murder in North Dakota.
A daughter investigates the unsolved murder of her father, uncovering police corruption and family secrets.
A daughter investigates her father's unsolved murder in Belmont County, Ohio, seeking justice and closure.
The host interviews a fellow true crime podcaster about her show and the genre's storytelling evolution.
The host introduces a bonus episode featuring an interview with Sarah Turney, discussing her experience advocating for justice in her sister's murder case.
A daughter investigates her father's unsolved murder, drawing parallels to Batman's origin story.
A daughter investigates her father's unsolved 2002 murder in Belmont County, Ohio, seeking justice and closure.