Dog Days of Murder
Dog Days of Murder is a true crime podcast where the animals aren’t just part of the story — they help solve it. Hosted by Paula Quintana and cohosted by Ein the corgi, each episode explores real cases where animals played a role in uncovering the truth.
Episodes
19 episodes
Episode 8 - Trust The Dog
When police in New Lenox, Illinois, began investigating a man suspected of downloading child sexual abuse material, their search led them to Timothy Mol—and eventually to his home.But investigators didn’t arrive alone.With them wa...
Episode 7 - Blood Will Tell
When 22-year-old Raquel Rivera and her boyfriend, Jay Johnson, are murdered inside their South Park home in Seattle, their six-month-old puppy, Chief, is found gravely wounded nearby.Police soon identify suspects, but an unusual piece of...
Episode 6 - Paw & Order
When Davenport police begin investigating suspected drug activity at an apartment complex, two K9s—Kurly and Dawn—are called in to put their noses to work.What follows becomes much more complicated than a narcotics investigation. The dog...
Episode 5 - The Long Way Home
A respected California vice principal appears to have the perfect alibi after his wife, three young children and mother-in-law are found murdered in their Bakersfield home.As detectives begin pulling at loose threads, an unlikely clue em...
Episode 4 - Who Was Sasha?
When a former boxer is abducted from his home and brutally murdered, detectives in West Yorkshire are left with a case built almost entirely on circumstantial evidence. Then they discover a few seemingly insignificant dog hairs on the victim's ...
Episode 3 - All She Ever Wanted
This week on Dog Days of Murder, a 19-year-old woman vanishes on her way to work, leaving behind more questions than answers. Investigators piece together a case using groundbreaking image enhancement, forensic entomology, and an...
Episode 2 - Where The Trail Ended
Episode SummaryWhen six-year-old Kinzleigh Reeder vanished from rural Tennessee, hundreds of volunteers, law enforcement officers, helicopters, drones, and search teams spent days combing miles of rugged terrain with no sign of her.<...
Episode 1 - One Strand of Truth
In September 1996, 23-year-old Karyn Slover left work expecting an ordinary Friday. She planned to pick up her young son, stop at the mall to shop for a dress, and celebrate a friend's upcoming wedding.She never made it.
The Calm in The Chaos
Bonus EpisodeWhen we think of first responders, we often picture the police officers, firefighters, or paramedics who arrive on scene. But before any of them get there, someone answers the phone.In this special episode of <...
Episode 10 - Buddy
We have a special guest cohost this week!In 2012, 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith vanished after leaving a friend's home in Oak Park. A devoted father of three, Gavin was the kind of man who always showed up—until one morning he d...
Episode 9 - The Woods Gave Him Back
When 25-year-old National Guard veteran Tony "Bubba" Procell disappears from his Louisiana home, investigators quickly focus on a fellow Guardsman and police officer whose obsession had been growing for months.What begins as a missing pe...
Episode 8 - What Was In The Drawer
In December of 1974, Patricia “Annie” Ross was preparing for a night out with friends in the quiet Orange County, California suburb of La Palma. But when she never arrived with the pizza she promised to bring, concern quickly turned into horror...
Episode 7 - Murder Most Fowl
Dog Days of Murder — Episode SummaryWhen a duck repeatedly disappeared beneath a trailer in Candler, North Carolina, renters eventually followed it underneath the home to see what kept drawing it there.Hidden beneath the trailer w...
Episode 6 - One Missing Thing
In the early hours of May 31, 2024, a violent collision on England’s A1(M) left two people dead.Investigators believed the driver responsible might walk away without enough evidence… until a rescue police dog named Louie found the one mi...
Episode 5 - Found In A Ditch
Episode 5: Found in the DitchSome mornings begin like any other.Until something shifts.In Rapid River, Michigan, a dog named Peanut refused to settle—and what she led her owner to find in a nearby field would uncover...
Episode 4 - A Snowball's Chance
Episode SummaryIn October of 1994, 32-year-old mother of five Shirley Ann Duguay disappeared from her home on Prince Edward Island. What began as a missing person case quickly turned into a homicide investigation when her abandone...
Episode 3 - Because He Stayed
It’s a story of movement. A quiet stretch of highway. And a dog who refused to leave.Episode Summary:This episode examines the 2023 murder of Mandy Reynolds in Robinson, Texas.What began with a brush fire on the side of a r...