Episodes

  • S2E6: Stabbed In The Alley (1977)

    S2E6: Stabbed In The Alley (1977)
    Oct 9 2025
    It was a warm, summer evening when 68-year-old Cayce D. Kyles strolled down an alley behind the Douglas Hotel in downtown Elgin on July 21, 1977. Moments later, he was attacked and stabbed to death less than a block from the Elgin Police Department. Detectives Andrew Houghton and Chris Hall from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit revisit the Cayce’s case and seek information from the public in his cold case murder.
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    28 mins
  • S2E5: Missing In Kane County (1976) – Part 2

    S2E5: Missing In Kane County (1976) – Part 2
    Sep 24 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Chris Hall from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit continue their investigation into the disappearance of Barbara Glueckert as they meet with retired Mount Prospect Detective Mike Nelson who worked on Barbara Glueckert’s case for over two decades. They also speak with a listener who contacted the cold case tip line to report an experience she had with Thomas Urlacher when she was just 16-years-old in the early 1970’s for the first time in over 50 years.
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    45 mins
  • S2E4: Missing In Kane County (1976) – Part 1

    S2E4: Missing In Kane County (1976) – Part 1
    Sep 24 2025
    During “Season One: Where Is Karen?” Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian researched the previous tenant of Karen Schepers’ apartment, Thomas Urlacher. They found that while he was not involved in Karen’s disappearance, he was the prime suspect in the disappearance of 14-year-old Barbara Glueckert from nearby Huntley, Illinois on August 21, 1976. In Part 1 of this two-part investigation, Detectives Andrew Houghton and Chris Hall from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit discuss Urlacher’s links to Karens’ case and meet with Barbara Glueckert’s family to learn about her and the impact that her disappearance has had on her family and on her community.
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    37 mins
  • S2E3: The Girl In The Grass (1976)

    S2E3: The Girl In The Grass (1976)
    Sep 8 2025
    On the morning of June 22, 1976, 16-year-old Lori Jean Bolger left a summer driver’s ed class at Larkin High School to walk home to South Elgin, Illinois. She planned to meet friends to swim, but she never made it. Less than two hours after she left the school, two workers found her body lying in a grassy field near Randall Road in Elgin. Detectives Andrew Houghton and Chris Hall from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit reopen Lori’s case file to discuss her life, her murder, and to seek answers in her case.
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    32 mins
  • S2E2: The Yellow Cab Murder (1975)

    S2E2: The Yellow Cab Murder (1975)
    Aug 25 2025
    It was a cold, winter night when 47-year-old Maynard Chester Holley left his wife and children to head to work at the Yellow Cab Company in downtown Elgin on February 18, 1975. Hours later, he was murdered in the office as he sat dispatching taxis. Detectives Andrew Houghton and Chris Hall from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit remember Maynard and review his case to seek new information.
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    21 mins
  • S2E1: Murder at the Foundry (1971)

    S2E1: Murder at the Foundry (1971)
    Aug 11 2025
    On June 30, 1971, a 35-year-old foreman at the Woodruff and Edwards Foundry, Guadalupe Alanis, was murdered while working in downtown Elgin. Detectives Andrew Houghton and Chris Hall of the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit review Guadalupe’s case and discover that it has links to two other Elgin murders.
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    23 mins
  • S1E12: (Bonus Episode) Reflections & Future Plans

    S1E12: (Bonus Episode) Reflections & Future Plans
    Jul 30 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit make an announcement for Season Two and introduce a new detective, Chris Hall, as Matt is promoted and leaves the unit. Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley also joins the episode to reflect on Season One and to discuss the future plans for the Cold Case Unit.
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    37 mins
  • S1E11: Remembering Karen Schepers

    S1E11: Remembering Karen Schepers
    May 12 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit reflect on the past 6 months of this investigation with Karen’s family, friends, and coworkers as Karen finally comes home and is laid to rest.
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    43 mins