Colored Red

A podcast about the lesser known murders and crimes that have shaped the history of Colorado. Learn about dark tales from Denver and the murderous past of the Mile High City. Contact the host at: coloredredpodcast@gmail.com and find the show on Facebook at Colored Red: A Colorado Crime podcast to see photos associated with each case.

December 05, 2018
Laura

The Murder of Al Kite

Al Kite answered his door in Aurora, Colorado in 2004, to let in a prospective renter who he had met before. He had just finished talking with his girlfriend on the phone and it...
November 15, 2018
Laura

Minisode: The Abduction of Christopher Abeyta

Bernice Abeyta put her son to sleep in his crib then woke up on July 5, 1986 to find the crib empty. The family has their own theory and the police aren't as keen to entertain i...
October 30, 2018
Laura and Denver Orbit Podcast

Colorado Cannibal Alfred Packer, Story from Denver Orbit Podcast

Today I tell the story as told on the Denver Orbit Podcast about Colorado Cannibal Alfred Packer. Alfred wandered into the woods with 5 men in the winter of 1874 and he was the ...
October 13, 2018
Laura

Historical Murders: The Lumber Baron Inn Murders and Haunting

On October 13, 1970, Kara Lee Knoche and her friend Marianne Weaver were brutally murdered in Kara's apartment in what is now the Valentine Suite of the Lumber Baron Inn. Their...
September 30, 2018
Laura

The Death of Morgan Ingram

Morgan Ingram was only 20 years old when she was found deceased in her bedroom on December 2, 2011. The police would determine that she committed suicide but her parents insist ...
September 18, 2018
Laura

Historical Murders: Jim Gordon, The Man Who Died a Dozen Deaths

Denver's first decade as an official city was rough and saw mayhem and murder during the initial years that there was no, or little, established law. Within one year the murder ...
September 03, 2018
Laura

The Black Widow: Jill Coit

On October 31, 1993, a hardware store owner from Steamboat Springs, Colorado named Gerry Boggs was found dead in his home. He was struck with a shovel and shot several times in ...
August 15, 2018
Laura

Historical Murders: Assassination at the Altar

Father Leo Heinrichs was shot during morning mass in front of a full congregation. The man who murdered him would turn out to be an estranged radical. Father Heinrichs was a cha...
August 01, 2018
Laura

The Bombing of Flight 629

The first ever bombing of a commercial airliner happened over Longmont, CO in 1955. The case was tragic and investigators paved the way for investigatory methods used to analyze...
July 17, 2018
Laura

Historical Murders: The Happiest Man Who Ever Lived on Death Row

Joe Arridy was a mentally disabled man who was coerced into a confession and wrongly convicted for the murder of Dorothy Drain in Pueblo, CO in 1936. Despite the real killer alr...
June 25, 2018
Laura

The Murder of Alie Berrelez

May 18th, 1993 was one of the first warm days kicking off the start of summer in Colorado. Alie Berrelez played outside with her brother, only feet from their own front door. Wh...
June 09, 2018
Laura

Historical Murders: Poisoned Punch, Bonus Killdozer Discussion

In this episode I bring you a case of potential insurance fraud and an original Denver black widow from 1901. I also talk a bit about the Killdozer incident.
May 31, 2018
Laura

William Lee "Wild Bill Cody" Neal

William Lee Neal went on a killing spree and murdered three women in the Lakewood, CO townhome of his first victim in 1998. He strapped another woman to a mattress and she witne...
May 12, 2018
Laura

Historical Murders: The 10 Year Old Murderer

Anton Woode was just 10 years old when he fatally shot his hunting buddy and took his watch and gun. He left his friend bleeding out while on his back in the middle of a prairie...
April 28, 2018
Laura

The Murder of Nancy Pfister

Aspen's Golden Girl was found murdered in her locked bedroom closet. The story that unfolded about her life was full of fun parties, reckless abandon and plenty of drama. The st...
April 13, 2018
Colored Red

Historical Murders: The Smiling Stepmother

In the second episode of the Historical Murders segment, I cover the case of Pearl O'Loughlin. Ten year old Leona O'Loughlin, daughter of a Denver Detective, was found dead in B...
April 01, 2018
Laura

The 1975 Killing Season

1975 might have been the most gruesome year in Grand Junction's recent history. That year saw the arrival of a serial killer, a family murder and a home invasion that would not ...
March 16, 2018
Laura

Historical Murders: Strangler's Row

The Denver Strangler lurked the streets of Denver in 1894 and killed three women. We look at Denver at the time and what the Tenderloin district was all about.
February 28, 2018
Laura

The Unsolved Hammer Murders

In January of 1984 a man mysteriously attacked several families in the metro area of Denver with no known motive. This man entered the home of the Bennett family and killed thre...
October 26, 2017
Laura

The Denver Spiderman

October 1941, a mysterious murder in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, CO leaves police baffled. A deceased man is found murdered in his home with all the doors and windows l...