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Cold Case Files

Brooke's Top 10: Little Girl Lost

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In 1992, Halloween was cancelled in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Just days before, an 11-year-old was kidnapped and brutally murdered. The small town is rocked when Shauna Howe's body is discovered under a bridge, and investigators scramble to figure out what kind of person could have committed such a horrific crime. For two decades, the case goes unsolved despite the killer's taunts, solid DNA evidence, and a haunting copy-cat murder. When one investigator finds a single overlooked detail 20 years later, he discovers who killed Shauna Howe. Love your cat? Make the switch to PrettyLitter! Go to www.PrettyLitter.com and use promo code "COLDCASE" for 20% off your first order! Get a quote online at www.Progressive.com in as little as 5 minutes and see how much you could be saving!

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0:00.0

Texas Ranger James Holland is a legendary interrogator.

0:03.5

They call him the serial killer Whisperer.

0:05.4

You can't hide those indications, and that's why yesterday I knew that you did it.

0:09.5

But now, shocking interrogation tapes reveal how the Super Cup really operates.

0:14.3

And that's why they asked me to come in because I'm special.

0:17.0

From something else, the Marshall Project and Sony Music Entertainment,

0:20.3

this is Smoke Screen. Just say you're sorry.

0:24.3

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to binge all episodes now or listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.2

Thank you for listening to this podcast one production available on Apple Podcasts and podcast one.

0:38.2

Just a quick warning before you begin. This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence

0:43.1

and sexual assault. It might not be appropriate for younger listeners or anyone who might be triggered

0:48.0

by these topics.

0:54.0

What do you see when you think of Halloween? Costumes? Candy? Parties?

1:00.1

When the people of oil city Pennsylvania think of Halloween, they might think of death, sadness,

1:05.8

and loss. How we see things is shaped by our experiences. They color our lenses.

1:12.0

The lenses in oil city were colored by the death of Shauna Howe in October of 1992.

1:20.8

There are 120,000 unsolved murder cases in America. Each one is called a cold case,

1:26.5

and only 1% are ever solved. This is one of those rare cases. I'm Brooke,

1:32.6

and this is Cold Case Files, the podcast, based on the hit show currently airing an A&E.

1:42.4

On this particular Halloween, the one in 1992, there was no candy, no costumes,

1:48.9

and plenty of tears to go around. Halloween was canceled, but it's not like the people in oil

1:54.2

city Pennsylvania would have gone out anyway. Just days before, a little girl only 11 years old

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