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One case a week, told carefully, with the porch light on
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A new case every Thursday.
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The motel on Route 20
What the first night of the investigation looked like on paper.
Fog on the county road
A timeline, three witnesses and one detail that was never followed up.
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The way we work, for anyone who wants to try it.
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A recording in front of an audience: your questions, and no case at all.
The schoolhouse on Quarry Road
A closed file, a hand-drawn map and two people who were never interviewed.
The night shift at the depot
A file from the nineties, read slowly, with the family's wishes first.
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We are Farida and Dariusz
Farida reads the court files and arrives with the timeline. Dariusz spent thirty years as a court reporter and still asks the dull questions that matter.
Every Thursday we go through one unsolved case from the Midwest, with respect for the people it happened to, and we leave the porch light on for anyone who knows more.
Find us as @porchlightcoldcases
co-host, the researcher
Farida Sultani
Farida reads the court files and arrives with the timeline.
co-host, the retired court reporter
Dariusz Wolak
Dariusz spent thirty years in courtrooms and still asks the dull questions that matter.