Steven Fisher and Melisa Gregory

Description

For over 30 years, a brutal double murder in rural Iowa went unsolved until the television show Cold Justice intervened. After the show’s investigators identified a suspect, the state took that person to trial. But was this prosecution a case of overwhelming evidence or a case of giving Cold Justice a satisfying ending?

Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

Internet

• https://www.scribd.com/document/253430991/Fisher-Autopsy-Report

• https://www.scribd.com/doc/253430999/Fisher-Funeral-document

• https://www.scribd.com/doc/253430975/March-3-2014-news-release

• https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2015/02/04/supino-murder-trial/22870111/

• https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-defendant-theresa-supino-takes-witness-stand-in-murder-trial/article_3a85aac8-5565-5ade-a88a-eb53b33ea0e4.html

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/08/22/tennessee-man-sues-cold-justice/14464363/

• https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/print/volume-102-issue-5/good-tv-makes-bad-justice-how-the-rules-of-professional-conduct-can-protect-fair-trial-rights/

NEWSPAPERS

• Authorities Mum on Causes of Death of 2, The Des Moines Register, 5 Mar 1983

• No Leads in Brutal Newton Slayings, The Des Moines Register, 22 May 1983

• Brutal Double Killed Unsolved After Months, The Des Moines Register, 25 Sept 1983

• Cold Justice, Copper Dollar Ranch, S2 E10

• It’s My Mom and I will Love Her Unconditionally, The Des Moines Register, 5 Mar 2014

• Trial begins in 1983 Copper Dollar Ranch Homicide, The Courier, 5 Feb 2015

  Family Members Testify in Supino Trial, The Des Moines Register, 7 Feb 2015

• Prosecution Continues in Supino Murder Trial, The Courier, 8 Feb 2015

• Testimony Reveals Threast, fight prior to 1983 slayings, The Muscatine Journal, 10 Feb 2015

• Audio may contain murder confession, The Courier, 15 Feb 2015

• Supino Acquitted, The Des Moines Register, 21 Feb 2015