Episodes

  • Bear Brook: The Trailer
    Aug 7 2018

    Two barrels. Four bodies. And the decades-long mystery that led to a serial killer.

    Bear Brook: A podcast about a cold case that's changing how murders will be investigated forever.

    From New Hampshire Public Radio.

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    2 mins
  • EP 1: Hide and Seek
    Oct 3 2018

    Three boys kick over a mysterious barrel in the woods. A small town cop fishes for answers. Evidence is buried, and the case goes cold.

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    31 mins
  • EP 2: Known Only To God
    Oct 10 2018

    The discovery of a second barrel raises questions. A stalled investigation churns back to life and then stalls again. An amateur sleuth takes Jason into the forest.

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    41 mins
  • EP 3: A Smaller Haystack
    Oct 17 2018

    After 30 years of torpor, investigators finally inch the Bear Brook case forward. A geologist uncovers the history buried in human teeth and hair. The faces of the victims are reconstructed.

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    26 mins
  • EP 4: Eunsoon Jun
    Oct 24 2018

    An ominous New Year’s party introduction. An estranged cousin goes missing. Police question a man with multiple identities. A search leads authorities to his basement.

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    45 mins
  • EP 5: Bloodline (PART 1)
    Oct 31 2018

    A child is abandoned. Timelines come together. A family tree begins to take shape. A chameleon is revealed. 

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    40 mins
  • EP 5: Bloodline (PART 2)
    Oct 31 2018

    This is part two of episode 5. A child is abandoned. Timelines come together. A family tree begins to take shape. A chameleon is revealed. 

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    24 mins
  • EP 6: Chameleon
    Nov 7 2018

    The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy?

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    1 hr