Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - LISTEN NOW! Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders

Episode Date: July 20, 2022

What happens when a double homicide case lands in your lap? What if it is the oldest active cold case in the history of American true crime? What if your father held a family secret for fifty years before he confided in you that one of the victims was your great-great uncle and that your grandfather had been held as a suspect? Join former detective Karen Smith as she sets out to solve the oldest cold case in American true crime. Binge the full season! Listen on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcast iHeart Spotify Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders is presented by CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Imagine you're a former detective when a double homicide case lands in your lap. Not just any double homicide, but the oldest active cold case in the history of American true crime. And it's a case where a family member was once held as a suspect. That's exactly what happened to our friend Karen Smith, forensic expert and host of Shattered Souls podcast. Karen spends the next two years digging into the Carr Barn murders, but has she finally cracked the case and found the killer? Follow the

investigation now in the Shattered Souls podcast. All new episodes available now if you want to binge. Listen to Shattered Souls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm going to survive whatever it takes. If I got to kill these people, if I got to kill them and dump his body, he may have just enough to get her out where he could get her in a position to kill. The case was forgotten. Why open up this can of worms? On January 21, 1935, two men were brutally murdered. The case went cold, and it became my family's secret. A secret that my father revealed to me over 20 years ago,

that one of the victims was my great-uncle, and my grandfather was questioned about the crime. I don't want a single word written about that case. Do you understand? I'm retired detective Karen Smith. My podcast, Shattered Souls, The Car Barn Murders, delves deep into my great-uncle's case file to find the answers that eluded the detectives in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s.

For 87 years, nobody has cracked this case, the coldest case in American history. She knew too much. She knew everything. There were things that were just best left buried. Shattered Souls, The Car Barn Murders details my journey to finally find the answers and write my family's legacy. Subscribe to Shattered Souls, The Car Barn Murders on iHeart, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast.