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Viola Pendergrass – Wild Card, North Carolina

Viola Pendergrass – Wild Card, North Carolina

by Ashley Flowers | Nov 16, 2022 | Episode, North Carolina Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases

In the early morning hours of February 7, 1992, a 79-year-old woman was brutally murdered in the Charlotte, North Carolina, apartment where she’d lived for two decades. Viola Pendergrass — who neighbors called “ma” and was revered as the matriarch of her own sprawling...
Rachel Hurley – 9 of Hearts, Florida

Rachel Hurley – 9 of Hearts, Florida

by Ashley Flowers | Nov 9, 2022 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases

Rachel Hurley, a whip-smart eighth grader on the verge of young-adulthood, spent the afternoon of St. Patrick’s Day 1990 out on a boat with friends. She was last seen headed down the beach on her way to meet her mother at a pick-up spot … but she never made it. That...
Roberta Johnson – 10 of Diamonds, Florida

Roberta Johnson – 10 of Diamonds, Florida

by Ashley Flowers | Oct 5, 2022 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases

In April 1999, U.S. Army veteran Roberta Johnson was joyfully anticipating some major milestones for her family, including the imminent birth of her son who was due any day as well as watching her then-17-year-old daughter, Arkeisha, collect her high school diploma at...
James Rowe, John Spivey & Nancy Spivey- Jack of Spades, Florida

James Rowe, John Spivey & Nancy Spivey- Jack of Spades, Florida

by Ashley Flowers | Sep 14, 2022 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases

James Rowe, 60, and his roommates, married couple John and Nancy Spivey, 33 and 37 respectively, spent their last night alive, January 9th, 1991, hosting friends for drinks and card games at their apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida. The three were found bludgeoned...
David Comparetto – King of Hearts, Florida

David Comparetto – King of Hearts, Florida

by Ashley Flowers | Jun 8, 2022 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases

When a 30-year-old man with disabilities is brutally murdered, stuffed into the trunk of his car, and set on fire, law enforcement in Southwest Florida is left in horror and with few clues to follow. For 29 years the crime has gone unsolved but now could be the season...
Kétie Memory Jones – 5 of Clubs, North Carolina

Kétie Memory Jones – 5 of Clubs, North Carolina

by Ashley Flowers | Jun 1, 2022 | Episode, North Carolina Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases

In October 2016, a 26-year-old restaurant hostess in Charlotte, North Carolina, was walking home after a night out with friends when she was gunned down on a sidewalk about half a mile from her house. For years, detectives have explored every possible avenue trying to...
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About The Deck

State prison systems and local law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces traditional playing card decks with images of missing and murdered people and then distributed those cards throughout prisons, hoping someone will recognize a case and come forward with information. In Audiochuck’s weekly show, host Ashley Flowers is revealing the stories behind some of the cards with the help of detectives and victims’ family members who have gone on record hoping to see justice served.

Recent Episodes

Jaklyn Baccoli – 5 of Clubs, New York

When demolition workers entered a vacant home in Rochester, New York, they expected asbestos—not a crime scene. But hidden inside was the body of 44-year-old Jaklyn Baccoli, a woman whose final moments were marked by unimaginable violence. As detectives dug into her...

REMEMBERING: Valaine Briggs – Ace of Spades, Utah

Our card this week is Valaine Briggs, the Ace of Spades from Utah. When 19-year-old Valaine left her Salt Lake City apartment and walked to class one spring morning in 1977, her carefully planned future was full of promise. And though she was in a time of transition...

Andrew Moore – 6 of Clubs, California

This week marks the 25th anniversary of Andrew “Andy” Moore's murder. 26-year-old Andy was killed in September 2000 while sleeping in his San Diego, California, apartment. The scene left behind was confounding to detectives; the weapons are missing, odd items...

Patricia Allen – Queen of Hearts, Washington

On October 3, 1995, Patricia Allen was asleep on her couch when she was stabbed once so precisely that it nearly cut her heart in half. So begins one of the most mysterious homicide cases out of Yakima, Washington. With no shortage of suspects – including a woman who...

Audio Extra: Interview with Barbara Rae-Venter

Our reporter, Nicole Kagan, sits down with renowned Investigative Genetic Genealogist, Barbara Rae-Venter to talk about the beginnings of her career in genealogy, her groundbreaking role in solving the Golden State Killer case, and the techniques that set her apart...

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