BONUS: Firsts in Crime: DNA Breakthroughs, a Talking Parrot, and the Body Farm

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

We're going to dive into some of the most shocking "firsts" in true crime history. From the groundbreaking use of DNA to convict a killer, to a parrot’s surprising role in a murder case, and the infamous Golden State Killer finally being caught—this episode has it all. Plus, we explore the fascinating origins of the Body Farm and how it changed forensic science forever.

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hey, Mandy. How are you? I'm doing great. Good. Long time. No see. Long time. Maybe not long time enough.
0:17.6	Hours. It's been mere hours. Yeah. Mandy stopped by today and we got to hang out for a few minutes to take care of business, in-person business, which is so weird. We never have in-person business.
0:29.2	Everything can be done online except some very small things. Yes. Um, yeah, so that was fun. Always good to see you. Mandy, we are doing a bonus episode then very excited about
0:38.5	today. Me too. This is a very unique, well, is it unique the word I'm looking for? Niche.
0:45.0	Niche. Let's go niche. It's very niche. Yes. It's a very interesting set of stories, if you will.
0:51.2	Absolutely. So the idea behind this is we're going to share one story each really about
0:55.9	a first in the world of true crime, a first conviction, a first time something like DNA is used,
1:03.8	but even kind of absurd stuff. So it should be. So it's kind of like documenting your baby's
1:09.7	firsts, first rolling over first, but not quite.
1:14.2	Oh my gosh. I would not have gotten there at all. And also, even my daughter, I stopped documenting after a month. So I couldn't. Yeah. I couldn't. Yeah. You know, my firstborn's baby book is unfinished and my seconds is unstarted.
1:27.5	Yeah. Well, it's hard to not finish when you don't even finish. baby book is unfinished and my seconds is unstarted.
1:27.9	Yeah.
1:31.8	Well, it's hard to not finish when you don't even start.
1:32.7	There you know.
1:34.3	We both want on that one.
1:36.4	I knew that wasn't even a thing to try to do.
1:39.0	Okay, so we will start doing these stories.
1:44.0	This is a way for us to have a little bit of a lighter conversation and a little bit of fun doing this.
1:44.7	I even got a couple of trivia questions for Mandy at the end that she doesn't know about.
1:48.1	Oh, I always have a surprise.
1:50.7	Well, and I know now enough to give you multiple choice, so it will be helpful.
1:55.2	Thank you so much.
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