UNSOLVED: The Murder of Jeannette DePalma 2
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 766 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
After the discovery of 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma’s body in a New Jersey quarry, investigators were left with more questions than answers. With no clear cause of death and a crime scene that some believed pointed to something ritualistic, rumors of the occult quickly took hold and began to shape both public fear and the direction of the case. In Part 2 of Murder: True Crime Stories, Carter Roy examines how speculation and early theories may have derailed the investigation, the suspects who emerged as detectives searched for answers, and the possible connections to other murders in the area. As the case grew more complex, one man came under increasing scrutiny, but proving his involvement would be far more difficult. Decades later, Jeannette’s murder remains unsolved, and the truth of what happened to her is still out of reach.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, listeners, it's Carter Roy. |
| 0:02.8 | Real quick before today's episode of Murder, True Crime Stories, |
| 0:07.5 | I want to tell you about another show from Crime House that I know you'll love, |
| 0:11.6 | America's Most Infamous Crimes. |
| 0:15.0 | Hosted by Katie Ring, each week, Katie takes on one of the most notorious criminal cases in American history. |
| 0:22.5 | Serial killers who terrorized cities, unsolved mysteries that keep detectives up at night, |
| 0:28.8 | and investigations that change the way we think about justice. |
| 0:33.1 | Listen to and follow America's most infamous crimes, Tuesday through Thursday on Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:40.4 | Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:53.5 | This is Crime House. |
| 0:57.0 | In the early 1970s, America was consumed by thoughts of the occult, stories of secret rituals and hidden symbols of dark forces operating out of sight. |
| 1:15.1 | For some, it was entertainment. |
| 1:18.4 | For others, it felt very real and very terrifying. |
| 1:23.8 | In August 1972, 16-year-old Jeanette De Palma went missing in New Jersey. Six weeks later, |
| 1:31.8 | she was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a location known as Devil's Teeth Cliff. |
| 1:38.8 | The crime scene was strange. It looked like two sticks had been placed above her head in the shape of a cross. |
| 1:45.8 | There were also stones arranged around her in a semicircle, almost like a halo. |
| 1:50.8 | Because of those details, many people, including some members of law enforcement, |
| 1:56.7 | believed Jeanette was a victim of the occult. |
| 2:00.7 | Suddenly, the name Devil's Teeth had taken on a whole new meaning. |
| 2:06.0 | But more than five decades later, we're still not sure what actually happened to Jeanette, |
| 2:13.2 | which begs the question, were all those people onto something? Or did the satanic panic stop the authorities from looking in the right places? |
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