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Jenny Lin – Queen of Hearts, California, Part 1

Jenny Lin – Queen of Hearts, California, Part 1

by Ashley Flowers | Aug 24, 2022 | California Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

In 1994, the brutal murder of a 14-year-old inside her parents’ safe suburban house left a community shaken to its core, because not only had a bright and talented life been suddenly snuffed out, but police struggled to find a motive. And the more clues they...
Marjorie Sue Fithian – Wild Card, Colorado

Marjorie Sue Fithian – Wild Card, Colorado

by Ashley Flowers | Aug 17, 2022 | Colorado Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

On the morning of June 24, 1975, Marjorie Fithian and her 18-month-old son were supposed to be taking a bus from Denver to Greeley, Colorado. However, just hours after Marjorie was seen waiting for the bus in Denver, she was found with her son alongside a dirt road in...
Rachael Runyan – 5 of Clubs, Utah

Rachael Runyan – 5 of Clubs, Utah

by Ashley Flowers | Aug 3, 2022 | Episode, Utah Cold Case, Western U.S. Cold Cases

When Elaine Runyan called her three children in for lunch on August 26, 1982, from the playground right across the street from their home in Sunset, Utah, only two came running. When she asked her eldest son Nathan where his little sister Rachael was, he told her that...
Melissa Mason & Nicole Glass – 6 of Hearts, Arizona

Melissa Mason & Nicole Glass – 6 of Hearts, Arizona

by Ashley Flowers | Jul 27, 2022 | Arizona Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

On the afternoon of December 3rd, 2010, police in Phoenix, Arizona found the bodies of friends Melissa Mason and Nicole Glass, both 27, in the home they shared. Both women, who were killed in different parts of the house, had been strangled. What’s more, Melissa was...
Darwin Vest – King of Hearts, Idaho

Darwin Vest – King of Hearts, Idaho

by Ashley Flowers | Jul 20, 2022 | Episode, Idaho Cold Case, Western U.S. Cold Cases

On a quiet summer night in 1999, a 48-year-old man disappeared after what appeared to be a normal night out with friends in the sleepy town of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Darwin Vest, known to many as “spiderman” thanks to his unparalleled knowledge of spiders, left a local...
Anthony Adams – Ace of Hearts, Utah

Anthony Adams – Ace of Hearts, Utah

by Ashley Flowers | Jul 13, 2022 | Episode, Utah Cold Case, Western U.S. Cold Cases

In November 1978, 25-year-old Anthony “Tony” Adams was found viciously murdered in his Salt Lake City apartment. For more than 40 years, Tony’s case has remained unsolved, but not for lack of theories about what might have led up to his slaying. Was Tony targeted for...
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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

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...

Jodine Serrin – 7 of Diamonds, California (Part 2)

In 1995, Marisa Patti met David Mabrito on the beach in Oceanside, California – it was love at first sight. Twenty-three years later, he would be found responsible for the brutal murder and desecration of 39-year-old Jodine Serrin in her own bedroom.  In the wake of...

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