A Lasting Legacy: The Murder of Rose Goodman

The Fall Line: True Crime

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We continue our coverage of the story of 80-year-old Rose Goodman, who was a fixture of her Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. She was a mother and grandmother who’d been a leader in the church and community, and who’d volunteered with the schools her three children attended. Her close-knit block on Broomall Street looked after each other, and lived quietly in the bustling city—so it was shocking when in September of 2023, Rose was found shot in the home she’d lived in for 50 years.

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Season 23 covers unsolved homicides in Dallas, Texas and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in cooperation with the family member-advocates seeking resolution—and justice—for their loved ones.

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0:00.0	This is the final episode in our latest season, covering unsolved homicides across the United States, and the second in a two-part series.
0:08.1	The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are solely the interviewee's own.
0:12.1	All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
0:16.4	This series discusses crime scenes, violence, and homicide.
0:20.7	Listener discretion is advised.
0:29.3	This is the Fall Line.
0:32.9	Last time on the Fall Line, we began the story of Rose Goodman, a southwest Philadelphia mother
0:38.3	and grandmother who was shot and killed in her home in September of 2023.
0:43.6	Rose, who was 80, had lived on Brumall Street for 50 years with her husband Butch, who passed
0:49.3	away in 2021.
0:51.3	When her daughter Donna couldn't reach her, on September 7th, the family grew concerned.
0:56.4	Rose's three adult children, Devin, Alan, and Donna had been working to transition their mother's care,
1:02.7	knowing that she felt safest in her longtime home, surrounded by her strong community network.
1:08.9	After the family couldn't reach Rose, a cousin and a neighbor entered
1:12.9	the house during a wellness check, and they found Rose collapsed upstairs. Initially assuming a
1:18.8	medical emergency, they began CPR and called emergency services. Only later did investigators
1:25.4	discover someone had broken in through a secured basement window and shot Rose once in the chest.
1:32.0	The Philadelphia PD have been hard at work on the case.
1:35.2	No one has been arrested in Rose's murder to date.
1:38.2	And authorities and Rose's family need your help bringing in tips and leads.
1:43.6	In our last episode, we spoke with Rose's middle child, her son Alan,
1:47.9	and her youngest daughter, Donna, about their parents and their lives.
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