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The first episode in our intermittent National Series covers the unsolved murder of Leon Laureles, who was living and working in Brown County, TX, at the time of his 1996 murder. Though it has never been officially labeled as such, many view his unsolved homicide as a hate crime. If you have any information in his case, call Heart of Texas Crime Stoppers at 800-222-847. Find our sources here. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance frm Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie DoddJoin the Fall Line Patreon and help us fund projects! Better Help: 10% off your first month with our sponsor when you use our link!Care/Of: For 50% off your first Care/of order, enter code FALL50 at checkout!NuCalm: Go to FALLNUCALM.COM and get 50% off your 30-day subscription of NuCalm and their money-back guaranteeMerch can purchased here Monthly donations are currently going to Black and Missing Foundation--please consider supporting their work!  2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLCWant to advertise/sponsor our show?We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Laurah interviews Josh Hallmark (True Crime Bulls**t) and Anna Priestland, both of whom are writer-researcher-producers, about their experiences tackling longform and complex podcast projects. Josh is well-known for his in-depth coverage of Israel Keyes and Kelly Cochran. Anna wrote many of the best-known and most popular Casefile podcast series, including the show’s coverage of EAR/ONS/GSK, and has gone on to a successful career as a leading independent podcast writer-producer-researcher. Josh Hallmark: Find all Josh’s shows here. Anna Priestland: Murdertown, Letters of Love in World War II Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie/Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Brooke interviews Monica Caison about what brought her to found CUE, one of the most hands-on missing persons organizations in the nation. Learn more about CUE here. Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie/Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final installment in this four-part series covers unresolved and closed cases in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and discusses the survivors who testified at Samuel Little’s Los Angeles trial. A number of the Southeastern victims discussed in this series are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” and the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The third episode in this four-part series covers cases in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, and Kentucky, and includes an interview with a family member of Macon-area victim Fredonia Smith. We also speak with SAKI (Sexual Assault Kit Initiative) Task Force member Amy Hutsell, who has been helping to connect Samuel Little’s Georgia confessions to the state’s cold cases.  A number of the Southeastern victims discussed in this series are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” and the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode.  Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  The Fall Line is featured on Stitcher’s first True Crime Week. You can listen to our show and see all the other TCW pods on Stitcher or at http://stitcherapp.com/truecrimeweek 2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second in this four-part series covers Samuel Little’s Florida confessions: the resolved, the unmatched, and the unidentified. A number of the Southeastern victims are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” and the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode. You can find the archival tape transcript mentioned in the episode here. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first episode in this four-part series begins with serial killer Samuel Little, and how he nearly got away with four decades of murder. Law enforcement is seeking public assistance in identifying Little's "unmatched confessions" and Jane Doe victims. Visit our website or our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode. If you have information, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here. Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2012, a 72-year-old man named Samuel Little was charged with three Los Angeles murders, dating back to the 1980s. Since then, it’s become clear: he is the most prolific serial killer the United States has ever seen.  Roughly half his victims were living in the Southeast at the time of their murders, and many of those cases still need closure--either because the victims are Jane Does, or the confessions haven’t been matched to cases. From The Fall Line comes a special limited series: The Victims of Samuel Little.  We’ll cover both the solved and unresolved Southeastern cases, and how you can help the victims still waiting for justice. The Fall Line is created by Laurah Norton and Brooke Hargrove/Engineered and produced by Maura Currie. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The conclusion to Laurah’s interview with UNH lecturer and forensic anthropologist Dr. Amy Michael, who talks about some of her biggest cases, search and recovery, and how she uses cold-case investigation in the classroom. The Fall Line is created by Laurah Norton and Brooke Hargrove/Engineered and produced by Maura Currie. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first of two episodes, Laurah interviews UNH lecturer and forensic anthropologist Dr. Amy Michael about her field, popular misconceptions, the state of forensic science, and how cold cases might be solved. The Fall Line is created by Laurah Norton and Brooke Hargrove/Engineered and produced by Maura Currie. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 3 concludes the story of Salvador “Chava” Sanchez Azcona, a popular 30-year-old who moved to East Naples, Florida in search of strong job prospects. After seven years in the area, he’d built a strong network of friends who viewed him as family--and who would stop at nothing to find him after he disappeared in March of 2016. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 begins the story of Salvador “Chava” Sanchez Azcona, a popular 30-year-old who moved to East Naples, Florida in search of strong job prospects. After seven years in the area, he’d built a strong network of friends who viewed him as family--and who would stop at nothing to find him after he disappeared in March of 2016. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode explores the 2001 murder of Terrianne Summers and the 2002 murder of Deasha Andrews, both trans women who were part of Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ community. We speak with community advocate and friend of Terrianne, Rusty Mead, who also served as a liaison to the police in Deasha’s case. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Support our show by using our promo codes and supporting our sponsors! Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In season 10, we cover the cases of two murdered women--both members of Jacksonville’s LGTBQ+ community--and the disappearance of a well-loved resident of Collier County, Florida, whose case is complicated by immigration status and alleged local drug activity. Hear the stories of Terrianne Summers, Deasha Andrews, and Salvador “Chava” Sanchez Azcona this season on The Fall Line. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work!  2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final episode in our three-part series covering the historical Atlanta Ripper murders, a little-known series of homicides attributed to a person--or persons--operating in Atlanta, GA between 1911-1914. . . and possibly beyond. Thanks to Dionne Clark of the SAGE Podcast for reading the epigraphs at the top of each episode, JV Hampton Van-Sant for voice acting, and Shannon Geary for months of archival research. Thanks to Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder podcast, and Josh Hallmark of True Crime BS. You can buy Jeff Wells’ book, The Atlanta Ripper, on Amazon or anywhere you shop. Writing, additional research, and hosting by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Researched by Shannon Geary/ content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second episode in our three-part Atlanta Ripper murders coverage, covering a little-known series of homicides attributed to a person--or persons--operating in Atlanta, GA between 1911-1914. . . and possibly beyond. Thanks to Dionne Clark of the SAGE Podcast for reading the epigraphs at the top of each episode, JV Hampton Van-Sant for voice acting, and Shannon Geary for months of archival research. You can buy Jeff Wells’ book, The Atlanta Ripper, at Amazon or anywhere you shop. Writing, additional research, and hosting by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Researched by Shannon Geary/content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy /Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Find source information at our website. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work! Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first episode in our three-part series covering the historical Atlanta Ripper murders, a little-known series of homicides attributed to a person--or persons--operating in Atlanta, GA between 1911-1914. . . and possibly beyond. Thanks to Dionne Clark of the SAGE Podcast for reading the epigraphs at the top of each episode (her first episode was delayed due to the pandemic, but it's coming soon!), JV Hampton Van-Sant for voice acting, and Shannon Geary for months of archival research. You can buy Jeff Wells’ book, The Atlanta Ripper, on Amazon or anywhere you shop.  Writing, additional research, and hosting by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Researched by Shannon Geary/content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.  Subscribe to One Strange Thing now!  Find our sponsor links and promo codes here  Find source information at our website. Neima Abdulahi’s reporting here. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conclusion to Season Nine, we learn how Candace and Ameera’s citizen detective work closed one cold case, and re-opened another. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. To support justice-centered organizations: a developing list. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work! 2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 2 of Season Nine, we explore the life of LeRyan Nicholson, who was born--and disappeared in--Nashville, TN. LeRyan’s sisters, Ameera and Candace, reflect on their relationship, their brother’s struggles, and how little they understood when he vanished. This led Ameera and Candance to begin their own investigation.   Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, mixed, and mastered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd. Subscribe to One Strange Thing now! Find our sponsor links and promo codes here Find source information at our website. To support justice-centered organizations: a developing list. Monthly donations currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work! 2020 All Rights Reserved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices