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The Most Insane Ways Killers Tried To Hide A Body _ The New Detectives
Season 4
Episode 3
Published 5 months, 1 week ago
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A trash barrel on a remote embankment. A military parachute cord tied in a knot only a paratrooper would know. A body hidden for nearly three years, just 75 feet from the road.
In this episode, I uncover the most insane ways killers have tried to hide their victims — cases featured on The New Detectives, the groundbreaking Discovery Channel series that aired from 1996 to 2004 and inspired the creation of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation [citation:9]. One case follows Hal Karen, a former paratrooper who claimed his wife Tammy walked out on him and vanished. Her body was found stuffed in a trash barrel, secured with a green cord tied in a distinctive cinch knot — the same military parachute cord used only where Karen had been stationed [citation:10].
Other killers have tried fire to destroy evidence, believing flames would erase all traces. But arson investigators can pull evidence from scorched rubble [citation:5]. Some buried victims in shallow graves, only to have cadaver dogs detect the scent of decomposition years later [citation:4]. Others dumped bodies in water, assuming currents would scatter remains forever [citation:6]. But forensic science always finds a way.
Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play — because no hiding place is safe from The New Detectives.
In this episode, I uncover the most insane ways killers have tried to hide their victims — cases featured on The New Detectives, the groundbreaking Discovery Channel series that aired from 1996 to 2004 and inspired the creation of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation [citation:9]. One case follows Hal Karen, a former paratrooper who claimed his wife Tammy walked out on him and vanished. Her body was found stuffed in a trash barrel, secured with a green cord tied in a distinctive cinch knot — the same military parachute cord used only where Karen had been stationed [citation:10].
Other killers have tried fire to destroy evidence, believing flames would erase all traces. But arson investigators can pull evidence from scorched rubble [citation:5]. Some buried victims in shallow graves, only to have cadaver dogs detect the scent of decomposition years later [citation:4]. Others dumped bodies in water, assuming currents would scatter remains forever [citation:6]. But forensic science always finds a way.
Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play — because no hiding place is safe from The New Detectives.