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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: The Final Fare

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

A taxi driver is dispatched on his last call of the night outside Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Hours later, the driver’s body is found face down by the side of the road, and forty years will pass before the murderer is brought to justice.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What do you get if you listen to Small Town Dicks? Real stories of big time crimes happening in

0:05.6

Small Town, USA. Small Town Dicks is an original take on the True Crime podcast hosted by

0:11.0

Yardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson, identical twin detectives Dan and Dave, and starting this

0:17.1

season, veteran cold case detective Paul Holes, who helped catch the Golden State killer. While Dan

0:22.8

and Dave anchor the podcast, Paul offers deep forensic and psychological analysis. In Yardley,

0:28.4

ask the questions that you wish you could ask if you had a seat at the table. Though the cases

0:33.3

they cover take place in towns off the beaten path, the crimes are no less depraved and brutal

0:38.9

than those we associate with big cities. 911 calls and suspect interviews add to these gripping

0:45.1

cases, which are told as always by the detectives who investigated them. So don't miss season 11

0:51.6

of Small Town Dicks out now wherever you get your podcasts. And if you want to go back to the

0:56.5

beginning, you'll find over 130 episodes ready for you to binge.

1:04.3

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

1:09.6

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

1:15.7

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

1:20.8

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

1:25.0

Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files 2 now onto the episode.

1:32.8

An A&E original podcast. This episode contains descriptions of violence. Use your best judgment.

1:45.6

In February of 1961, John Orner was in his 60s and worked the evening shift as a taxi driver.

1:52.0

A March 1st, the company that he worked for, State Cab, dispatched him to the officers club

2:00.8

right outside Fort Jackson, South Carolina. It was near the end of a shift, so he likely believed

2:07.4

it would be his last fare of the night. He wasn't wrong. It was the last fare of the night.

2:13.6

It was also his last fare ever. From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

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