Evidence Locker True Crime

On a winter evening in 1931, a soft-spoken insurance agent was lured from his Liverpool home by a strange telephone message. The address he searched for didn’t exist. By the time he returned, his wife had been brutally murdered. Who was the caller? Was the alibi a masterstroke of deception? Or did someone exploit the perfect opportunity? Tried. Convicted. Acquitted.  Nearly a century later, the murder of Julia Wallace remains one of the most baffling cases in British criminal history. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources Book Jonathan Goodman – The Killing of Julia Wallace Web The Julia Wallace Murder Foundation Wikipedia – William Herbert Wallace Wikipedia – R v Wallace (1931) Articles The Unredacted – The Killing of Julia Wallace: An Impossible Murder Chess Notes by Edward Winter – Wallace Case The Spectator Archive – "The Wallace Case" Murder Archives: Liverpool Echo Retrospectives Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

Every December, thousands of letters addressed to Santa are sent to North Pole, Alaska. Boxes full of letters are then sent to North Pole Middle School, where they are included in the 6th Grade curriculum: North Pole’s 11 and 12-year-olds are nominated as Santa’s little helpers and reply to all the letters on Santa’s behalf. But in April 2006, the peace in this snow globe of a town was shattered when six 7th Graders hatched a plan to kill their classmates. The would-be attackers had drawn up a “naughty list” of kids at school that they wanted to murder in one violent, coordinated attack. Just the previous year, they were acting as elves, writing letters to other children all over the country. A couple of months later, they were gearing up to be monsters. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources  YouTube Tour of North Pole Alaska Articles Last night’s TV: Death in Santaland Alaskan boys planned school massacre North Pole, Alaska Bad tidings A man named Santa Claus was elected to city council in North Pole, Alaska Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

In May 1999, three members of the Orderud family were found shot to death in their home in rural Norway. The victims — Kristian and Marie Orderud and their daughter Anne — had been killed in the dead of night in what appeared to be a cold and calculated execution. Despite four people being convicted of complicity, no one has ever been held legally responsible for pulling the trigger. What followed was one of the most controversial criminal cases in modern Norwegian history. In this episode, we unpack the family tensions, forensic mysteries, legal battles, and lingering questions that still surround the Orderud case today. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources NRK – Orderud: Det uløste trippeldrapet (Full archive) VG Special – Bevisene etter trippeldrapet på Orderud gård Store norske leksikon – Orderud-saken News in English – Orderuds seek reopening of triple murder probe News in English – Orderud convicts released Wikipedia – Orderud Case Global Freedom of Expression – Egeland and Hanseid v. Norway (re: trial publicity) HubPages – The Orderud Case: Triple-Murder in Norway Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

Between 1970 and 1971, a series of brutal murders terrified the streets of Bucharest. The victims were mostly women — attacked at night, bitten, and mutilated. Their killer became known as The Vampire of Bucharest. His crimes were frenzied and disturbing, leaving investigators to wonder whether they were dealing with a deranged killer or a man driven by superstition and obsession. He broke into homes, assaulted his victims, and sometimes drank their blood. When police finally caught him, the case exposed deep social anxieties in communist Romania — about violence, repression, and the darkness beneath a society that demanded silence. Listen now to uncover the true story behind Romania’s most infamous serial killer. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources Documentaries Web Wikipedia – Ion Rîmaru Articles “Tatăl și fiul – criminali în serie” – Libertatea.ro (RO) “Vampirul din București” – Realitatea.net (RO) Interview with Dr. Tudorel Butoi – TVR Info “Ion Rîmaru – the Vampire” – Evenimentul Zilei (RO) Historic Mysteries – The Vampire of Bucharest Romania Insider – "The Butcher of Bucharest" Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

In 1994, a custody dispute in South Carolina ended with a mother vanishing with her infant daughter. Dorothy Lee Barnett, accused of violating a court order, disappeared without a trace — along with 11-month-old Savannah. For nearly two decades, the pair lived under new identities across the world — first in Europe, then South Africa, then Australia — as authorities searched for clues. In 2013, an international investigation finally uncovered the truth. Dorothy had been living as Alexandria Maria Canton, and Savannah, now a young woman, had grown up unaware of her past. The case became one of the most remarkable parental abduction stories in modern history — a tale of love, fear, deception, and the long reach of justice. Listen now to hear the full story of the mother who fled across the world — and the daughter who never knew. Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files, available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 25% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources Documentaries NBC Dateline: "Finding Savanna"  CBS 48 Hours: "Dear Savanna"  Web Family Abduction Watch Articles Dorothy Lee Barnett: Where is the Kidnapper Today? Savanna Todd: Where is Dorothy Lee Barnett's Daughter Today? Woman who kidnapped her own daughter during bitter divorce shares tales of nearly 20 years on the run 48 Hours' to feature baby Savanna abduction from Isle of Palms Unsolved Mysteries Wiki: Dorothy Barnett Case Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe Narrated by Noel Vinson Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.