Aug 1, 2026 · 46 min · 16 segments
What does investigating cold cases really involve? The conversation reveals cold-case investigation not as a self-contained event, but as a continuing process shaped by time, technology, professional…
Howard AtkinHost
Mark LockwoodHost
Any homicide investigator worth their salt, if they fail, if they either don't bring somebody to justice and, you know, basically satisfy the victim's family so they can grieve and move on and, and know that the f- the police know they've protected society, or they get it wrong, they will carry that to their grave.
I've been retired from the police well over a decade, going to on, towards two decades now, and I still think about the cases that I was working on and/or hadn't solved today.
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Any homicide investigator worth their salt, if they fail, if they either don't bring somebody to justice and, you know, basically satisfy the victim's family so they can grieve and move on and, and know that the f- the police know they've protected society, or they get it wrong, they will carry that to their grave.
I've been retired from the police well over a decade, going to on, towards two decades now, and I still think about the cases that I was working on and/or hadn't solved today.
