True Crime Campfire - Introducing: Shadow of Truth

Episode Date: October 27, 2021

It’s one of the most haunting murder cases you’ll ever hear about, and it takes place in a small town in Israel. Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a locked bathroom stall. She was viciously murdered during a school day, and yet no one saw or heard a thing. The police arrested the janitor, Roman Zadorov, and he eventually confessed, but this was far from being the end of it. Based on the hit true-crime series from Netflix, the podcast "Shadow of Truth" will take you on a journey into one of the wildest and most contested murder cases in the history of Israel, as it reaches its final resolution, 15 years after it all started. Listen to Shadow of Truth http://wondery.fm/SOT_TrueCrimeCampfirBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support.

Hey, campers, I'm here to tell you about a new true crime podcast, Shadow of Truth, a mini-series which explores a haunting murder that left investigators searching for a killer and on a mission for the truth. Police found Taira Rada's dead body hidden behind a locked bathroom door. As investigators began to pull together evidence, one person of interest became their focus. Roman Sodorov quickly became the prime suspect. And within days, he confessed to Tairir's murder. Police considered the case closed, and Zedorov was locked up.

However, new evidence recently revealed there was a lot more to this story. With new DNA results in shocking witness testimony, Shadow of Truth exposes never-before-heard evidence. I'm about to play you a preview of Shadow of Truth. While you're listening, make sure to follow Shadow of Truth on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you're listening right now. You can also binge all six episodes early and add-free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.

What you're hearing is a crowd of protesters in Tel Aviv. Unlike most protests in Israel, this one isn't about politics. It's about a verdict in a murder case that happened 15 years ago. The murder. of 13-year-old Tair Rada has become a national obsession here in Israel, unlike any other. Our story begins on the 6th of December, 2006, a day that Teir's mother, Ilana Rada, will never forget. She just came home from work when she noticed something was off. I got here in.

I walk in. and see that her backpack isn't there. I look into the sink and see that Tahr isn't eaten. I go through the rooms and I realized that Tahr didn't even come home. Ilana called Tair's phone, but no one answered. She then called her husband, Shmuel, who left work immediately to start searching around town for the missing girl. I call out to Tahrir among the bushes, rocks, boulders, and I start crying.

I came home empty ended. By then, it was already dark outside. Rumors about the missing child spread like wildfire, and it wasn't long before people from throughout the community organized search parties. Tzvi, a neighbor of the family, was in one of them. one of them. It was a very cold evening and I went out with a military coat. Tzvi and his friends decided to go into the school, the same one Tahr attended. When you go into an unfamiliar building, some of the rooms are dark and it's silent.

I already had a strange feeling. We went through one hallway, then another, one classroom, then another, until we reached the bathroom. When we went into the bathroom, there was no sign of anything. It was spotless. The first door looks normal. The second door looks normal. The third door?

It's locked. My friend peeks through the door and says, wow, there's something here. I totally froze. Svi climbed up on a toilet seat to peek into the locked stall. What he saw there almost made him fall off his feet. I saw a girl. It was clear to me that it's her. Ta'ir lived and died in Katsrin, a small, secluded town situated in the northern tip of Israel,

not far from the Syrian border. It's an eerie place, surrounded by lakes, and forests, and has been known since this murder as the Israeli Twin Peaks. The whole town, as well as the rest of the country, was shocked to the core. The idea that a girl could be viciously murdered in school, which should be the safest place, was every parent's worst nightmare. Ta'i'r became everyone's child. The police commander of the northern region made it very clear.

He wanted the murderer arrested within 24 hours. We paint the walls and search for fingerprints and take blood samples. We take pictures of everything we sample and we move forward from there. It didn't take long for the police to understand that their way forward led to a dead end. of Truth. Follow Shadow of Truth on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you're listening right now. You can also binge the entire series early and ad-free when you subscribe to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.