How police in US are using the power of podcasts to crack unsolved murders
US police departments are increasingly producing true crime podcasts to generate new leads on cold cases. While experts note the potential for misinformation, law enforcement views the medium as a way to control the narrative and engage the public.
Why it matters
This trend represents a shift in investigative tactics, leveraging the popularity of true crime media to solve long-standing criminal cases.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Sheila Flynn Colorado Getty Images Peter Chadwick with the wife he killed, Quee Choo Chadwick Peter Chadwick had been on the run for nearly four years, charged with murdering his wife, when California police launched a podcast about the crime.
He was captured in Mexico 10 months and 20 days later.
Karen Schepers had been missing for more than four decades when another police force, in Illinois, debuted the first episode of a podcast last year about the cold case - and her body was found at the bottom of a river within weeks.
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