HeyJaredThe Prime Detective
True crimes, strange coincidences, and cultural controversies collide with the Final Frontier.
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Solving the Coldest Case (opens the original)
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More than 180 years after the doomed Franklin Expedition vanished into the Canadian Arctic, DNA is giving names back to sailors lost in the ice. As scientists connect human remains to descendants living today, a 25-year-old episode of Star Trek: Voyager offers an unexpected parallel. What happens when the dead aren't quite finished telling us who they are?
The Missing Bullet: The Murder of General Motog (opens the original)
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For nearly a decade, actor Tom Deishley helped bring Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas to life as the imposing Klingon General Motog. Five years after the attraction closed, Deishley was found shot to death in his home. What followed was an investigation involving a missing bullet, an alleged million-dollar financial scheme, murder charges that ultimately fell apart, and a legal case that continued for more than a decade. In this episode, The Prime Detective looks at the murder of Tom Deish
Season Two, Episode Zero: Origin Story (opens the original)
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Before season two officially begins, I thought it was time to properly introduce myself. From small-market radio, to more than two decades at CNN and HLN, to my lifelong love of Star Trek, this is the unlikely, abridged, story of how a podcast about the moments when real life harmonizes with science fiction came to be. Plus, a preview of the stories ahead in season two. Related listening: This episode mentions the Star Trek connection found in the official record of the JonBenét Ramsey investiga
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