True Crime Arizona

By: Briana Whitney
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  • Arizona’s Family journalists Briana Whitney and Serjio Hernandez take a deep dive into both unsolved and solved cases around Arizona — retracing steps, uncovering new evidence, and revealing new theories from those involved in the investigations.

    2024 Gray Media Group
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  • The Stalking Murders
    Feb 5 2025

    It’s a case that involves GPS tracking devices, cryptic messages, and a plan to flee the country. After the State of Arizona files their intent to seek the death penalty against a murder suspect, the True Crime Arizona team learns no media or news outlet has ever reported on this case. How? We take you behind the scenes of uncovering who the two victims are, the details of what happened in this case that led up to their deaths, and the dramatic capture of the man allegedly responsible for it all.

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    https://www.phoenix.gov/law/victims/domestic-violence/resources-and-referrals

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    23 mins
  • A New Cold Case Era
    Jan 22 2025

    For the first time, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has a new cold case unit that’s starting their work with 5 unsolved cases. Who killed these people, and why? We dive into details of each case, where it stands now, and explore the new evidence that’s come to light. The unit also vows to work on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases, and explores how AI could be a way forward with case investigations.

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    19 mins
  • Fall of the new FLDS prophet
    Jan 9 2025

    In the wake of infamous FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs locked up in prison, a new leader emerged: Samuel Bateman. Bateman started his own offshoot of the polygamous religion, taking in multiple wives and child brides as young as 9 years old. An FLDS survivor and advocates tried to sound the alarm to the FBI for years, but it wouldn’t be until a bizarre traffic stop in Flagstaff that Bateman would be caught. From there this story exploded: sex trafficking schemes, naked “sacred ordinances,” kidnapping, and an FBI raid. After years and multiple plea deals, Samuel Bateman learned his prison fate in a Phoenix federal courtroom in December 2024. And for the first time, the once child victims spoke directly to him before the judge had the last word.

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    40 mins

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Very informative ppdcast

I really enjoy listening to this podcast. While I grew up in Arizona and know most of these stories well, the details missed and new to me are very informative.

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Leaves you wanting more

Being from Arizona I really want to like this podcast but it truly comes up lacking every time. The coverage of their mini series zombie killer was unbearable to listen to, the episodes were beyond short and often just repeated themselves from the previous episode so maybe a couple minutes of new updates are given. More in depth investigation and reporting would be so appreciated by your listeners!

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Fantastic podcast!

I'm an Arizona resident and a true crime addict, so this podcast is a perfect mix for me! Great content and great quality audio! Keep it up!

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