Feed drop: Introducing Firecracker

Father Wants Us Dead

NJ.com

News, True Crime

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

“Firecracker, a new true crime podcast from NJ.com's sister news site Syracuse.com, is a deep dive into a horrific 27-year-old crime. When police saw what was left of Carol Ryan’s body, dumped in the driveway of a suburban compost site in September of 1996, they wondered what weapon could cause that level of devastation. The truth was grislier than anyone imagined. Carol’s only son blames police. After hundreds of interviews, investigators couldn’t make any leads stick. Three cops believe they know the man who killed Carol. He’s still out there. But they haven’t been able to prove it. The lead detective calls it the greatest regret of his career. This six-part podcast from syracuse.com explores the death and life of Carol Ryan and the chilling effect her unsolved murder had on a community. Reporter Katrina Tulloch spent over a year digging into the case, interviewing 30 people including law enforcement, medical professionals, industry experts, witnesses and people who knew Carol. The podcast outlines how Carol spent the hours leading up to her murder, how first responders bungled the crime scene, the challenges police have faced in trying to find her killer, and how DNA technology could break open the case any day. “Firecracker” is available exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+, the premium podcast subscription from Wondery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi Father Wantsist Dead Listeners, Rebecca Everett here and I want to tell you about a new podcast called Firecracker.
0:06.8	Firecracker is an investigative true crime podcast about Carol Ryan,
0:11.1	a 42 year old mother who was found on the side of the road outside Syracuse, New York in
0:15.8	1996, viciously beaten and brutalized by an explosive device.
0:21.8	The story has never been told in this depth before.
0:24.6	Journalist Katrina Tullick and a team of reporters at Syracuse.com
0:28.8	spent a year digging into the case.
0:30.8	Talking to investigators and experts, learning about Carol from her only son and even
0:35.9	confronting potential suspects. Carol's son feels like her story has been
0:40.4	forgotten as her killer walks free, but Firecracker, available now on
0:45.0	Wundry Plus, is bringing her case to a national audience and asking the
0:49.5	question, can Carol Ryan's attacker be found and brought to justice?
0:55.0	Listen to the entire podcast exclusively and ad free on Wonder Plus Now.
1:01.7	I'm Katrina Teller, a journalist and host of the new podcast Firecracker.
1:07.2	The story is a deep dive into a horrifying 27-year-old crime.
1:11.8	When police saw what was left of Carol Ryan's body, dumped by Route 91 near
1:16.2	Syracuse, New York, they wondered what weapon could cause that level of devastation. The
1:21.6	truth was grislier than anyone could have imagined.
1:25.6	The unsolved mystery of Carroll's murder has haunted Central New York for decades.
1:30.7	Carroll's only son blames police.
1:33.0	After hundreds of interviews, investigators couldn't make any leads stick.
1:37.0	Three cops believe they know the man who killed Carol,
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