The Fall Line: True Crime

Two-part miniseries covering the story of a young man who was killed in Atlanta in 1987 -- just hours after Thanksgiving day. The episodes explore far-reaching effects on his family, their history in Atlanta, and why the suspect in the case has never been prosecuted. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd Monthly donations are currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just a note: the host was ill during the weeks of recording. We apologize for any remaining hoarseness. Two-part miniseries covering the story of a young man, killed in Atlanta in 1987 -- just hours after Thanksgiving day. The episodes explore far-reaching effects on his family, their history in Atlanta, and why it seemed that the suspect in the case had never been arrested or prosecuted. In Part 1, we discuss what we then believed to be the facts of the case--until new information came in 24 hours before the recording of Part 2. Be sure to listen next Wednesday to hear about what we found out. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd Monthly donations are currently going to Sovereign Bodies Institute--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final episode of this four-part series, we discuss where the case stands now and how social media might help Shy'Kemmia's case. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd Monthly donations are currently going to the DNA Doe Project--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode three of this four-part series, suspects and other area predators--and victims--are examined. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd Monthly donations are currently going to the DNA Doe Project--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode two of this four-part series, the investigation and the immediate aftermath of Shy'Kemmia Pate's disappearance are examined. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd Monthly donations are currently going to the DNA Doe Project--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On September 4, 1998, Shy'Kemmia Pate vanished from her hometown of Unadilla, Georgia. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd Monthly donations are currently going to the DNA Doe Project--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this remastered re-release of our 2019 episode on the 1988 Ware County Jane Doe known as "Christmas Doe" and the now-identified former John Doe known as "Dennis Doe," William DaShawn Hamilton, found in Dekalb County, GA, in 1999. Listen for just-released updates in his case and the full details of both investigations. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Remastered by Scott Stronach Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Submit a case to The Fall Line: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/case-submissions Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Update 2022: We provide updates on our coverage of Julie Doe, an unidentified decedent and probable homicide victim found along a Florida highway in 1988. Julie was a trans woman assumed to be cisgender until 2015; since its inception, the Trans Doe Task Force has worked to amplify her case and actively seek her loved ones and chosen family in hopes of resolving her case. In addition, The DNA Doe Project is actively seeking volunteers to upload their DNA to GEDmatch in hopes of identifying Julie—particularly those who live in the Southeast. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/

Two unsolved murders, two counties 20 minutes apart, two years in between--and no answers into the hallmark "overkill" beatings of two members of the LGBTQ+ community--including a trans woman and a gender-nonconforming gay man. Special content advisory by Jadzia Axelrod. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR Monthly donations are currently going to the DNA Doe Project--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the days before January 1st, 1996, a housekeeper at a luxury Atlanta hotel was murdered—in broad daylight. Just months later, a guest is beaten to death, in the same hotel, also during the day. Housekeeping staff are the invisible gears that keep hotels running smoothly—but at what cost? *Note: after the recording of this episode, a new suit was filed in the Mangham case. Content advisement by Dr. Marcela Fuentes. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR Monthly donations are currently going to the DNA Doe Project--please consider supporting their work! 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheFallLine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens if a person believes they are a missing child--or pretends to believe? And for children who are recovered: what comes next? Stories from recent and not-so-recent history are interlaced with stories of the men who have come forward to say they might be Raymond Green. Carlina White, Kamiyah Mobley, and other recovered abductees and their families are discussed, and Donna Green returns to reflect on her experiences with a German man who believed he was Raymond. Thanks to Josh Hallmark: Check out his new true crime show True Crime Bullsh**, a long-form focused on Israel Keyes. This episode explores the psychology and motivations of infant abductors, and expands to discuss both Grady cases and others in our nation. Fetal abduction is discussed, so listener discretion advised. Thanks to forensic psychologist Dr. Jenny Johnson and NCMEC's Angeline Hartmann for participating. *The Reward Fund GoFundMe has been closed, since it's been 5 years. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Donna Green, Brandy C. Williams, and Winter Wheeler/ Theme music by RJR 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show?

This episode explores the psychology and motivations of infant abductors, and expands to discuss both Grady cases and others in our nation. Fetal abduction is discussed, so listener discretion advised. Thanks to forensic psychologist Dr. Jenny Johnson and NCMEC's Angeline Hartmann for participating. Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Donna Green and Winter Wheeler/ Theme music by RJR *The Reward Fund GoFundMe has been closed, since it's been 8 years. 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC

Episode four details kidnappings that took place in 1989 and 1993; one of the infants is still missing today. Bibliography for this episode available on website. For more information, support, and resources for persons affected by mental illness, visit https://www.nami.org. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast *The Reward Fund GoFundMe has been closed, since it's been 6 years. Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Donna Green, Brandy C. Williams, and Winter Wheeler/ Theme music by RJR 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC

This episode details the kidnapping--and eventual recovery--of Shanta Alexander, kidnapped from Atlanta hospital Grady Memorial when she was just 12 hours old. *The Reward Fund GoFundMe has been closed, since it's been 5 years. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Donna Green, Brandy C. Williams, and Winter Wheeler/ Theme music by RJR 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC

Episode 2: Raymond focuses on the 1978 kidnapping of a five-day-old infant, Raymond Green, whose kidnapper gained his mother's trust when she managed to sneak onto the Grady maternity ward. His mother, Donna Green, has been searching for him ever since. Thanks to Donna Green for background on her early life from her nearly completed book, Coming From a Place. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Merch can purchased here: https://onestrangething.threadless.com/collections/the-fall-line-podcast Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Donna Green, Brandy C. Williams, and Winter Wheeler/ Theme music by RJR 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC

This episode introduces the season's cases and the city of Atlanta circa 1978-1996, where seven babies born at Grady Memorial Hospital would kidnapped--beginning with Raymond Green, son of Donna Green. Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Fall Line Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast Find our sources here: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Haley Gray and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studios/Content advisors are Donna Green, Brandy C. Williams, and Winter Wheeler/ Theme music by RJR 2021 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show?

Episode 4: wraps up our four-part series on the disappearance of Monica and Michael Bennett, who went missing in Brunswick, GA on the evening of June 21st, 1989. We speak to the siblings' sister, a criminology professor and student who looked into the case, and reflect on the current status of the case. Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studio/Music by RJR/Content advisement by Winter Wheeler/remastered by Scott Stronach Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 3 details theories and rumors in the case of Monica and Michael Bennett, the Brunswick, GA siblings who disappeared in 1989 and who have not been seen since. Could drug dealers have been involved? Is there a connection to the death of Christopher Barrios, Jr.? Could the answer lie closer to home? Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studio/Music by RJR/Content advisement by Winter Wheeler/remastered by Scott Stronach Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode details the case of Monica and Michael Bennett, the Brunswick, GA siblings who disappeared in 1989; this episode focuses in particular on the events that occurred on June 21st, the day the brother and sister went missing Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studio/Music by RJR/Content advisement by Winter Wheeler/remastered by Scott Stronach Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 1: Monica and Michael details the case of the Brunswick, GA siblings who disappeared in 1989, and covers both the essentials of their case and the secret that allegedly drove Monica and Michael from their parents' home. Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studio/Music by RJR/Content advisement by Winter Wheeler/remastered by Scott Stronach Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where twins' case stands, 27 years after their disappearance. Season Engineered by Encompass Podcast Studio Content advisement by Winter Wheeler 2017 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers. Learn more about our cold-case coverage at our Episode Guide

The Millbrook twins' family reflects on the concept of damages, and gets updates on the Aiken County Jane Doe. All Rights Reserved 2017 The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers. Learn more about our cold-case coverage at our Episode Guide

We sort through the plausible and possible, examine possible involvement by local offenders like Joseph Patrick Washington, and look at some of the more popular internet discussions concerning the case of Jeannette and Dannette Millbrook. Content advisement by Winter Wheeler 2017 All Rights Reserved Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers. Learn more about our cold-case coverage at our Episode Guide

In this episode, the concept of "hearsay"—and all of the rumors, gossip, and misinformation that has floated around the twins' case—is addressed. The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers. Learn more about our cold-case coverage at our Episode Guide 2017 All Rights Reserved

This episode examines the events that occurred on the day of the disappearance of Augusta, GA twins Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook. 2017 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers. Learn more about our cold-case coverage at our Episode Guide

This prologue introduces the city of Augusta and some important aspects of Jeannette and Dannette's case: why their case was closed, the neighborhood in which the girls disappeared, and questions regarding the the runaway theory. 2017 All Rights Reserved. The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers. Learn more about our cold-case coverage at our Episode Guide

The Fall Line Podcast investigates the March 18, 1990 disappearance of Augusta, GA twins Dannette and Jeannette Millbrooks. The twins, who were fifteen at the time, were treated without cause as runaways and their case was closed less than week after their seventeenth birthday. Their family worked tirelessly to get the case reopened, and finally managed to attract the notice of a newly elected sheriff in 2013. Now, the podcast works to amplify the voices of the twins' family and to uncover facts, explore and dispel rumors, and develop theories in their case. Listen as we work to find Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook.