#371: Interview with Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes

Real Crime Profile

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.2 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Guess who stops by Real Crime Profile? Paul Holes! Paul is a scientist, and seasoned investigator, well known for using advanced methods of identifying a killer with DNA and genealogy technology. Since retiring in March 2018, he has contributed to books, television, and podcasts about true crime. He has a new book coming out called “Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases”. Paul tells us what surprised him the most about writing this book…and who was really “unmasked” in the process.

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You can watch the clip used in this episode its entirety here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNXbNCxouk

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:08.0	Detectives, Dan, members, Susan asks, do you have any thoughts about why Northern California's
0:13.4	Bay Area had so many serial killers and serial rapists in the 1970s?
0:18.8	She also indicates that she's a Bay Area native.
0:21.2	Third generation and was a teenage female during the late 1970s.
0:24.9	It was a super creepy time.
0:27.2	I'm sure the local news during the era contributed to her obsession with true crime.
0:33.2	Susan, that has been a big puzzle.
0:35.6	I can tell you I dug into all these cases within the Contra Costa County area that were
0:42.4	occurring in the 1970s.
0:44.2	And there was a spike of serial predator crime, both killers as well as rapists.
0:49.7	In fact, that extends outside my jurisdiction, but into neighboring jurisdictions in the
0:55.2	1970s.
0:57.1	I have no idea why that happened during that time.
1:00.3	At this point in time, I have no correlation with anything as to why there was such an
1:06.6	uptick in serial predators back in the 1970s in the Bay Area.
1:30.6	Obsessed with true crime.
1:32.4	So away.
1:33.4	So, pick up the remote and tune in to CBS Reality, the true crime content every night from
1:54.6	nine.
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