
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 • 26 episodes
Cardinal Crimes
Latest Episodes
ABDUCTED: Johnny Gosch, September 5, 1982, Des Moines, Iowa
Have you heard of the original milk carton kids?In the first episode of this three-part series, we explore the 1982 disappearance of 12-year-old Johnny Gosch, one of the first missing children to appear on a milk carton. Johnny’s case ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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13:04

REVISIT: Janine Latus, Domestic Violence, Self Worth, Subtle Red Flags & Her Award Winning Book
We are revisiting this episode as I was able to clean up the audio that was a little off in the original recording! I hope you enjoy it. In this episode, I sit down with Janine Latus, an award-winning journalist, domestic violence s...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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46:25

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
