True crime meets forensic science
What Remains Podcast

With no identification, human skeletal remains often end up at medical examiners’ offices where they sit in storage closets for years, gathering dust as evidence slowly disappears. These are some of the most difficult cold cases to crack.

What Remains explores the science that helps solve the oldest cold cases.

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Episodes

June 8, 2022

Introducing What Remains | TRAILER

Using forensic science to connect unidentified human remains to the missing and murdered

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June 22, 2022

E1 Forensic Science Solves The Mystery of Baby Michael

The new approach to solving the most difficult cold cases

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June 22, 2022

E2 What is Forensic Anthropology?

How forensic anthropology helped convict Grant Hayes of Laura Ackerman's murder

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June 29, 2022

E3 The Body Farm

Inside the science of human decomposition

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July 6, 2022

E4 Cold Case Solved | The 30-Year Mystery of Tent Girl

One man's obsession changes the way cold cases are solved

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July 13, 2022

E5 Cold Case Solved | The Boy Under the Billboard

Forensic genealogy helps solve a cold case just in the nick of time

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July 20, 2022

E6 Part 1 DNA Profiling | The New Tool in Solving Cold Cases

Online ancestry paves the way for forensic genealogy

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July 20, 2022

E7 Part 2 DNA Profiling | Forensic Genealogy Dream Team Solves First Case

Skeletal remains found 16 years ago identified by Cold Case Coalition

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July 27, 2022

E8 The Art of Facial Reconstruction

From nothing but bones, forensic artists give a face to the unidentified

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Aug. 3, 2022

E9 Missing in NC | What Happened to Cole Thomas?

In 2016, Cole Thomas became a North Carolina missing person. His father is still searching for answers.

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Recent Blog Posts

Seeking Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

At some point in life we have to look to younger generations to take the wheel when it comes to systemic problems in our communities. They are the ones who will lead the charge to create cultural shifts, shifts in mindsets and real and lasting chang…

Crowdfunding Cold Case DNA Analysis

There are plenty of worthy causes here in the United States and abroad that you can donate your money to. So, why would anyone donate money for DNA testing in cold cases? Well, there’s an entire online community dedicated to helping solve thes…

The Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel

The Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel  Episode 18 of the What Remains podcast is about the murder of Brittanee Drexel, a young woman who disappeared during a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach in 2009. Despite national attention, the case went …