663 // The Coldest Murder Mystery - Who Killed Ötzi?

Missing

Crawlspace Media

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

3.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by Dr. Sarah Schiffecker & Dr. David Perlmutter to try to solve the coldest murder in history. The discussion takes them back 5,300 years to the Italian Alps, where the legendary Ötzi became the victim of the worlds oldest documented murder. This conversation centers around questions of motive, means and opportunity. This episode was previously published on Crawlspace on March 29th, 2026. More on Ötzi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ötzi. Check out Dr. Schiffecker's work: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/faculty/faculty/sschiffecker.php⁠⁠⁠ Check out Dr. Perlmutter's work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/faculty/faculty/dperlmutter.php⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mint Mobile: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/missing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think it was revenge.
0:01.6	I feel like I can send some emotional connotations here.
0:05.4	I have this picture in my head
0:06.9	where somebody just pops up behind the mountain range
0:09.8	and just shoots that arrow and then just takes back off. I'm I'm I'm
0:21.6	The In today's episode of Missing, we are replaying a fantastic episode from our other show, Crawl Space.
0:49.7	We speak about one of the oldest murder mysteries in human record. And our guests tonight are
0:57.6	frau, Sarah Schiffacher and Dr. David Perlmutter, both from Texas Tech University. Lance,
1:05.7	would you make of this conversation? I was thrilled to have Dr. Schaefecker back on the show
1:10.3	joined again by Dr. Perlmutter because there's been this unexpected Austrian takeover and we kind of chuckle about that in the beginning of this show.
1:19.2	So I think we might need to start a new crawl space feed perhaps or like crawl space global or crawl space Austrian or something because they have such great stories over
1:28.5	there. And Sarah is a great storyteller. She brings a lot of passion to all of these stories that
1:33.8	she believes would make for a really great episode. And they do. I didn't realize how fascinating
1:38.8	this was. Utsi, the Iceman, 5,300old copper-aged mummy that was discovered in 1991.
1:47.0	It is apparently the oldest murder on record in the world.
1:52.0	And I remember hearing about this as a kid, but I didn't realize how interesting it was until we got into the conversation,
1:58.0	and it got more and more interesting.
1:59.0	They're both really great storytellers. They work really well with each other. So I can't wait to have them back on again.
2:04.8	I say, keep the Austrian stories coming. What'd you think of it? Yeah, same. No, I love this
2:09.4	conversation. This mystery is hugely satisfying as far as something that scratches that psychological
2:16.3	itch because there are so many questions
2:18.5	that we have. And there are more questions that keep coming up as you talk about it. So yeah,
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