Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep19: A Formidable Enemy

The veteran journalists and investigators on our team have always endeavored to work responsibly with law enforcement. In this case, we have waited more than 2 years to release an episode of our podcast that might have had an effect on a pending case. This is another example […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep18: Suspect #2

When a cold case is “on ice” for a half century, you can expect long lulls in the investigation. But our Genuine Human team is committed to keeping the tips and analysis alive. After we were informed that our final suspect, the “last man standing” would be potentially talking to […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep17: Last Man Standing

Our list of known living suspects has now dwindled to one. In this episode we focus on the Last Man Standing, who at one point offered to tell all , but McLean county authorities refused his request for immunity. Was he the “lookout”, waiting for Carol to return home from […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep16: BREAKING NEWS: Gone, but not forgotten

15 months after admitting he was on the crime scene the night Carol was attacked, and after calling Genuine Human’s lead investigator George Seibel twice, we learn that suspect #1 has gone permanently silent. Rest assured, this does not mean an end to the investigation. It might encourage long locked […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep15: I Had Trouble With A Guy In Class

Just how often were women being attacked in the 1970’s at or near Illinois State University? The Genuine Human team explores crimes that were reported to police but largely unknown to the public. And some are strikingly similar to the fatal attack on Carol, including an another assault with a […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep14: Let’s Get Back in the Game

After a 15 month production hiatus (requested by law enforcement,) the Genuine Human team is back on the case. And you won’t believe what we’ve been sitting on! Persistence leads the prime suspect to make phone calls…old habits are hard to break. Normal police are dealt a blistering blow for […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep13: She was my buddy

An ISU alum plugged in to campus politics has remarkable recall of 1975 and the events before and after Carol’s murder. He’s kept a detailed scrapbook with names, dates and facts. He also had personal run-ins with one of the principal suspects. And we hear from yet another sorority sister […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep11: I’ll take a Polygraph Tomorrow

In this episode we hear directly from the ISU professor who used the murder weapon as a teaching tool. Did he know that the case was still open? And to say that there’s a surprise ending is an understatement. Have we solved the case .We’ll let our listeners decide and […]

Carol’s Last Christmas – Ep10: Where Do We Go From Here?

Front page coverage of Carol’s Last Christmas in the Suburban Chicago Daily Herald and Bloomington/Normal Pantagraph has led to some exciting new leads. And the Genuine Human team has jumped on them. In this episode, we learn more about one of the Tennessee suspects from the child he fathered […]

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