Culpable Returns

To Live and Die in LA

Tenderfoot TV

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Documentary

4.6 • 31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this new season of Culpable, host Dennis Cooper investigates a bizarre case in a small Ohio town. In the fall of '98, 17-year-old Danny Violette ran away from home and never returned. 11 days later, his body was found in a cornfield with a ligature mark around his neck and a tire impression across his bare torso. More than 25 years later, the question remains, what happened to Danny? From Tenderfoot TV, a new installment of Culpable begins. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, live and I in LA listeners. This is Dennis Cooper, host of Culpable.
0:06.0	You may remember my investigations into the suspicious deaths of 21-year-old Christian
0:10.5	Andriaccio and 22-year-old Britney Stikes. Now, I'm back with an all-new case.
0:16.0	In the fall of 1998, 17-year-old Danny Violet went missing from his home in the small town of Willard, Ohio.
0:23.9	Eleven days later, his body was found in a nearby cornfield,
0:27.6	with a ligature mark around his neck and a tire impression across his bare torso.
0:32.5	Danny's case remains unsolved, but a fresh look at this 25-year-old cold case could help change that.
0:39.3	Check out this trailer.
0:41.3	You know where I am?
0:46.3	I'm going to go right back, don't it?
0:50.3	In the fall of 98, a sleepy Ohio town grew restless when one of their own vanished without a trace.
0:58.0	When's the last time you saw a day in?
1:00.0	Friday, about five.
1:03.0	What Friday? The day before you speak.
1:06.0	The locals searched tirelessly for 11 days until a farmer happened upon a rather gruesome scene.
1:13.6	What rumors that you heard about us finding the body out the form filter?
1:17.6	The enemy has been very badly assaulted.
1:20.6	I've been lost out there.
1:25.6	For more than a quarter of a century, authorities and loved ones have tried to unravel
1:30.3	this mystery.
1:31.3	May Mark's 26 years since 17-year-old Danny Violet went missing. His family still wants to know
1:37.3	how he ended up dead in a Huron County cornfield.
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