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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: A Deadly Affair

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When a bank cashier is brutally murdered in his own bed, initial evidence points to a bank robbery plot. But as investigators follow the trail, they discover that the perpetrator might be much closer to home. Check out our great sponsors! Cold Case Files is sponsored by BetterHelp! Learn more and save 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/coldcase KiwiCo: Get your first month of ANY crate line FREE at KiwiCo.com/coldcase Progressive: Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 27 million drivers who trust Progressive!

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you.

0:03.3

We're bringing you double the episodes every week.

0:06.0

We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes.

0:09.9

So every Thursday, we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons.

0:15.2

Let us know which classic episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments.

0:18.8

And don't worry, we'll see you back here every Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Vials too.

0:23.8

Now onto the episode.

0:25.6

This episode contains descriptions of violence.

0:28.2

Use your best judgment.

0:35.3

David and Melinda Harmon lived in a duplex in Olathe, Kansas in 1982.

0:40.8

He was 25 and she was 24.

0:44.4

David worked as a cashier at a local bank.

0:47.3

His co-workers described him as easygoing.

0:50.3

His friends said he was active in church.

0:52.0

Gail Berkstren lived with her husband on the other side of the Harmon's duplex.

0:57.7

The two families shared a wall.

0:59.6

On February 27th, Gail heard loud noises coming from the Harmon's home around 2.30 a.m.

1:06.5

This is Gail Berkstren.

1:08.4

I mean this was the kind of a loud noise that just wakes you from a deep sleep.

1:14.0

You sit up in the bed, just hold upright and you just look at each other and say, what was that?

1:19.6

I told my husband I said I'm going to call the police and he said, well what are you going to tell him

1:25.3

that you heard thumping in our neighbors duplex and I said, oh you're right.

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