A few months ago I received an email from a high school teacher in Hartwell, Georgia, named

Leanne.

Leanne explained that she was using true crime to teach a freshman and sophomore course in world literature in a very out-of-the-box way.

She was requiring her students to investigate an unsolved local case and develop a podcast episode

presenting their findings.

In her email she explained she learned of me

from my work with another high school teacher,

Alex Campbell, from Elizabethton, Tennessee on the Redhead Murders case.

She asked for any advice I could throw her way.

I responded immediately saying that I and our audio engineer

would travel the 11 hours down to Hartwell, Georgia from our studio

in Wabash, Indiana to help teach our students how to create a true crime podcast.

Hartwell, Georgia is east of Atlanta,

and is pretty much on the border of Georgia and South Carolina.

During our two days with the students,

we shared what works and what doesn't work, and what information

they can access on their own online and in person.

We started from the

beginning of the investigation process and walked them through it.

I explained that if detectives will work with them, great.

If not, do it anyway.

The student's cold case involved a Jane Doe, so I shared my knowledge of Jane Doe cases

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