Who Killed Strawberry?

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A story about how the mayor of one of America’s largest towns – Detroit -- got connected by rumor to the death of an exotic dancer. Tamara ‘Strawberry’ Greene’s murder remains unsolved.

  • 28 minutes 11 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Do we take stalking seriously enough?
    In this episode, we’ll cover crimes to keep an ear on, including an update to the Kada Scott case. We’ll also hear two interviews – one about an app that could leave children vulnerable to sexual exploitation and another with longtime DJ Mary Lucia, who wrote the book “What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To” about her experience with a stalker.
    13 December 2025, 11:00 am
  • 27 minutes 29 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: The latest on Luigi
    This week, we’re focusing on two crimes: the shooting of National Guard members last week in Washington, D.C. and the ongoing case of Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    6 December 2025, 11:00 am
  • 26 minutes 54 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: It’s all about the evidence
    This week, we’re talking about evidence. Fingerprints, Ring doorbell camera footage, witness testimony, DNA, all those clues that eventually lead investigators to perpetrators – and alleged perpetrators of crimes. Finding the evidence and using it to piece together how crimes were committed is complicated in and of itself. Things get even more complicated in the courtroom, where prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and jurors pore over it. And administrative issues like DNA testing backlogs can snarl the process. We’ll cover several cases today where we can see how evidence, or the lack of evidence, has played a role in the search for justice. We’ll also focus on one type of evidence in particular -- DNA evidence – and efforts to improve how it’s collected and how it’s tested.
    29 November 2025, 11:15 am
  • 32 minutes 45 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Abusers in our midst
    This week, we’re covering stories that touch on red flags of abuse that are overlooked. In one case, alleged warning signs may have been glossed over due to a family connection. In another, a faith community reportedly allowed a system of abuse to go unchecked.
    22 November 2025, 11:15 am
  • 34 minutes 18 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Teens who kill
    Today, we’re taking a look at teens who kill, in particular teen mass shooters. Since teen assailants Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed their fellow Columbine High School students in 1999, these criminals have faced increased public attention. According to the Violence Prevention Project at Hamline University, shooters between the ages of 11 and 19 have conducted 19 mass shootings in the US since 1966, killing 162 people and injuring 145. This episode will address four of these shooters: Payton Gendron, Salvador Ramos, Colt Gray and Ethan Crumbley, and the devastation they have left behind.
    15 November 2025, 11:03 pm
  • 21 minutes 53 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Crimes you may have missed
    This week, we are catching up on several cases you may have missed this month. First, we’ll get an update on the case of a nurse in the Detroit area who has been accused of sexually abusing patients for years after a whistleblower complaint. Then, well look into two cold cases – one in Minnesota that’s still open and one in Pennsylvania that authorities say has been solved after more than 60 years. Finally, we’ll return to both of those states to check in on a number of cases currently under investigation, from two bodies found dead in a Best Buy parking lot to a shooting on the campus of Historically Black College.
    8 November 2025, 11:00 am
  • 37 minutes 20 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Cases that haunt us
    This Halloween weekend, we’re focusing on cases that haunt us. These include unsolved crimes that sleuths are still investigating and atrocious acts that leave their imprint on the places where they were committed: the Black Dahlia murder in Los Angeles, the disappearance of University of Minnesota student Mike Olson in Florida, the horrors of Pennhurst asylum and the haunting of Detroit’s Cadieux Café.
    1 November 2025, 10:00 am
  • 26 minutes 57 seconds
    Halloween Eve True Crime Bonus: Black Dahlia case solved and here's who investigator says did it
    Eli Frankel, award-winning documentarian, spent five years investigating the Black Dahlia case, where a 22 year-old Elizabeth Short was sawed in half and left in a field outside Los Angeles. He believes the case is solved, alongside a much-lesser known cold case in St. Louis. Frankel, author of 'Sisters in Death,' discusses his findings here with Christy Strawser.
    30 October 2025, 2:02 pm
  • 26 minutes 13 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Tip revives 40-year-old disappearance investigation & more
    This week, we’re covering news of a tip that reopened the 40-year old disappearance of Cherrie Mahan, an eight-year-old who vanished from the driveway of her own home in Pennsylvania We’re also checking in on another Pennsylvania case that’s currently under investigation, the murder of 23-year-old Penn State graduate Kada Scott. Her remains were found this month after left home to go to her overnight job at an assisted living facility and never returned. While one suspect in the case has been arrested, authorities are searching for another. In Minnesota, we’ll also get the latest updates in the Annunciation Catholic Church mass shooting that claimed two lives and inured two others in August. A girl who shot in the left frontal lobe during the attack went home this weekend in time for her 13th birthday. As she heals, so does the community shocked by the tragedy. We’ll hear from the father of girls who witnessed the shooting and a state lawmaker on efforts to move forward.
    25 October 2025, 10:30 am
  • 14 minutes 52 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: A mother and son charged for murder, the Dallas ICE shooter and the Ellen Greenberg case
    This week, we’re focusing on updates to three cases. One is the 2011 death of Ellen Greenberg in Pennsylvania. This case been covered in the Hulu documentary series “Death in Apartment 603”.
    18 October 2025, 10:15 am
  • 35 minutes 18 seconds
    TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Are there signs that a perpetrator is about to strike?
    This week, we’re taking a look at cases that bring up questions about the signs leading up to crimes. Are there ways for us to predict when a perpetrator will strike, ways to prevent crimes from happening? Are we doing enough to make sure perpetrators won’t strike again? You’ll hear from KNX News’ the LA Local podcast about the man arrested for starting the massive Pacific Palisades Fire that claimed 12 lives while also ruining homes, businesses and more. You’ll also hear from a crime expert in New Orleans about a carjacker with a frightening past and from the legal team of a woman who claims she was sexually abused by a nurse in Michigan about that nurse’s alleged history of assault.
    11 October 2025, 10:00 am
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