Forensic Tales

The verdict is in.

In this special episode of Forensic Tales, we take a closer look at the trial of Gerhardt Konig, the Hawaii doctor accused of violently attacking his wife during a hike earlier this year.

Prosecutors argued that the assault was deliberate and brutal, pointing to physical evidence and testimony presented during the trial. The defense, however, painted a very different picture, suggesting the events unfolded in a far more complicated way.

Over the course of the trial, jurors heard testimony about the timeline of the attack, the injuries involved, and the forensic evidence that investigators used to reconstruct what happened that day.

Now, after days of testimony and deliberation, the jury has reached its decision.

In this episode, we’ll break down the key moments from the trial, the arguments from both sides, the forensic evidence presented in court, and the verdict that ultimately decided Gerhardt Konig’s fate.

Forensic Tales is a Rockefeller Audio. The show is written and produced by Courtney Fretwell.

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#327 - For years, prosecutors across the United States relied on a diagnosis known as Shaken Baby Syndrome to explain the sudden deaths of infants and toddlers. In many cases, that diagnosis became the foundation for criminal convictions.

But over time, some doctors and forensic experts began questioning the science behind it.

In 2002, a two-year-old girl in Texas died after being rushed to the hospital. Her father was later accused of shaking her to death and was ultimately sentenced to death.

More than twenty years later, his case has become part of a growing debate over whether some convictions may have relied on flawed or misunderstood evidence.

Forensic Tales is a Rockefeller Audio production. The show is written and produced by Courtney Fretwell.

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#326 - When a 17-year-old beauty school student went missing in February 2010, the residents of a small Washington town were left stunned. Then just days later, the teen's body was discovered by a passerby on the banks of the Columbia River. What began as a desperate search quickly turned into something far more disturbing—an investigation filled with false leads, unsettling rumors, and a suspect hiding in plain sight.

Because in this case… the answers weren’t just buried in secrets.

They were written in the forensic evidence. 

This is the murder of Mackenzie Cowell.

Forensic Tales is a Rockefeller Audio production. The show is written and produced by Courtney Fretwell.

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Five years ago, I covered the murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson, the case often referred to as the Lovers Lane Murders.

At the time, the case remained unsolved and was widely considered one of Houston's most notorious cold murder cases.

But this week, more than thirty years later, investigators announced something that many people thought might never happen: an arrest.

This is a Forensic Tales Bonus Episode on the Lovers Lane Murders.

a Rockefeller Audio production. The show is written and produced by Courtney Fretwell.

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#325 - When the body of a 19-year-old mother was discovered murdered inside her apartment in 1988, the residents of Three Rivers, Michigan, were shocked. But the brutal details of her murder weren’t the one thing that left people in the community on the edge. It was the fact that when the young mother’s body was discovered by her fiancé, the victim’s eight-month-old daughter was found still sleeping in her crib in the bedroom next door. But without any solid leads, the investigation quickly turned cold. And the victim’s family would have to wait over three decades and new advancements in forensic science technology to finally get justice.

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