It's hard to believe it's been a whole year since we started CRIME CAPSULE. We've produced 33 shows. To date, we've had 7200 downloads. We've had the chance to reconnect with people we interviewed for cases we covered many years ago. We've peeled back the layers of some of the most high-profile cases we both covered and even learned news details in the process. Crime reporting is the kind of thing that never really leaves you no matter how many years you get away from it. It's like riding a bike—the wheels of curiosity that accompany an investigation start turning the second you hear about a new case that's unfolding. It's a puzzle to be solved, one where lives are forever changed, including ours. We're very proud of what we've accomplished in the past year and we really appreciate your support. That being said, we're not sure where the show goes from here. We're not saying goodbye. We have a few more shows to air before the end of the year. We would love to hear from you about the direction you think we should take! You can reach us at yourcrimepod@gmail.com.

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23 years ago Kathleen Peterson was found dead in a pool of blood at the bottom of a stairwell in her Durham mansion. Her husband, novelist and one-time mayoral candidate, Michael Peterson, was the only other person in the home at the time. He vehemently denied having anything to do with his wife's death saying it must have been an accident, that she fell down the stairs and hit her head after a long night of drinking. What followed was a captivating investigation and case that wound its way through the criminal justice system while the whole world watched…hanging on every detail…details like Michael Peterson's involvement with a male escort and the defense's allegation at one point that an owl had killed Kathleen. It would forever divide the Petersons' blended family. After a 3-month trial in 2003, Michael Peterson was found guilty of beating his wife to death—the alleged weapon a fire poker—and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. But it didn't end there. In this episode, we interview a local reporter who followed the case for 17 years. Julia Sims gives us a behind the scenes peek at one of North Carolina's crimes of the century.

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Picture a grocery store at closing time. The lights were still on. Employees were finishing up, getting ready to lock up, thinking about going home. But on June 6th, 1993, inside a Be-Lo grocery store in Windsor, North Carolina, someone else was already there hiding, watching, and waiting. A killer was already inside waiting for the moment the doors locked and the building became a trap. What happened next wasn't rushed. It wasn't chaotic. It was controlled. Six employees were rounded up, bound with gray duct tape, and forced into the back. They were stacked together. And then—execution-style—the shooting began. When it was over, three people were dead. Somehow, a critically injured man made a 911 call. The killer was gone, vanished into the night. He had made off with just $3,000. The suspect left behind a 22-caliber pistol, but nothing else. The most unsettling detail was survivors say the suspect talked and told them he used to be a police officer but had been wronged and fired. Thirty years later there still have not been any arrests. In this episode, we speak to a member of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation about their efforts to catch this brutal killer.

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