
Cardinal Crimes
At Cardinal Crimes, we want "true crime" to have a purpose.
Here, we aim to raise awareness of cases, deepen understanding of various types of crime and the psychology driving them, and explore ways to prevent future crime—whether through individual actions, community efforts, societal change, or policy reform.
We do this by speaking with survivors, victims, experts, policymakers, offenders, and more to learn all that we can about crime and how to stop it.
Podcasting since 2024 • 24 episodes
Cardinal Crimes
Latest Episodes
MURDERED: Corinne Perry, Creston, Iowa, April 17, 1983
Corinne Perry was last seen at the Highlander Laundromat on April 17, 1983. Her car was left abandoned in the laundromat parking lot, with her clothes folded neatly inside of it. Days later, her purse was found miles away on a bridge. Despite m...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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16:47

UPDATE: Jodi Huisentruit, Abducted June 27, 1995, Mason City, Iowa
This June is the 30-year anniversary of Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance and abduction. She was abducted from her apartment complex parking lot on June 27th, 1995. I covered this case in a different episode when we sat down with Scott Fuller fr...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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37:06

MURDERED: Nohema Graber, November, 2021, Fairfield, Iowa
On November 2nd, 2021, two 16-year-old boys beat their 66-year-old Spanish teacher, Nohema Graber, to death. The reasoning? They were getting bad grades in her class. The murder of Nohema Graber stunned the community of Fairfield, Iowa, and the...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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39:19

MURDERED: Tristyn Bailey, May 2021, Florida
In this episode, we discuss the tragic murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey by 14-year-old Aiden Fucci. I wanted to cover this case after watching the Netflix series Adolescence, a four-part series that dives into the epidemic of violence again...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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55:17

MISSING: Denise Fraley, Last seen September 12, 1982, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
When Denise Fraley went missing in 1982, her husband was immediately suspected of having been involved. Not only because of his bizarre and changing stories about what happened to her, but because of a history of domestic violence in their marr...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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25:31
