'Bear Brook' Podcast: How Genetic Genealogy Is Transforming Murder Investigations




Vermont Edition show

Summary: Four victims. Their bodies found in two barrels. No trace of their identities. No suspects in their murders. That's how the investigation at the heart of New Hampshire Public Radio's recent true crime podcast Bear Brook begins. But over the course of six episodes, and several forthcoming updates, cutting-edge forensic testing and genetic genealogy provides answers to some of those questions—while raising new ones.