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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: Sex, Lies and Murder

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

John Robinson is a con artist. He has a history of scamming vulnerable women, convincing them that he has the best of intentions, and then taking their money. But over the course of nearly three decades, it isn't just the money going missing, it's also the women themselves. And despite a lack of evidence, or bodies, police begin to suspect that John Robinson might be far more than a con artist. He might be a serial killer. Sponsors:

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you. We're bringing you double the episodes

0:05.2

every week. We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes, so every Thursday

0:11.4

we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons. Let us know which classic

0:16.4

episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments. And don't worry, we'll see you back here every

0:20.7

Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files too. Now onto the episode.

0:30.0

Paula Godfrey graduated from Olathe North High School during the summer of 1984.

0:36.1

She was 19. Like the other graduates in her Eastern Kansas town of Overland Park,

0:42.5

Paula was looking for her first job. She didn't have the benefit of the internet, so Paula responded

0:48.6

to an ad in the help-wanted section of the local paper. Paula felt lucky that she was offered a

0:55.0

position. The prospective employer's name was John Robinson. He tells Paula that she'll need to

1:01.6

attend a training session out of town. Under that premise, John picks Paula up from her home on

1:08.8

August 23rd, 1984. The thing is, there was no training. And that was the last time Paula's

1:20.0

parents saw their daughter alive. One-third of all murder cases in America remain open.

1:29.8

Each one is called a Cold Case. And only 1% are ever solved. This is one of those cases.

1:41.2

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files, the podcast.

1:54.6

The story of Paula Godfrey's disappearance, one that spanned over two decades is horrifying on

2:00.0

its own. However, only four months later, another woman had an unfortunate encounter with John

2:07.7

Robinson. Mr. Robinson, it seems, had an ability to make young women disappear.

2:16.7

Lisa Stasi was also 19 and she had a five-month-old daughter named Tiffany. It was just the two of them

2:23.4

with no outside support. Lisa wanted the best for her baby, and so she looked for a job through a

2:29.7

local outreach group. Instead, Lisa found John. John was nice to Lisa. He offered her some

2:38.4

money and helped her find a place to stay, which in this case was a motel. Lisa checked into the

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