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What the Lyon Sisters’ disappearance taught me about cold cases.

I came of age in the shadow of a shocking crime. Nearly 40 years later, a dedicated cold case team finally brought the unspeakable to…

Nov 23, 2022

Sheila and Katherine Lyon

Nov 23, 2022

5 Spookiest Spots on the Erie Canal

For 200 years, America’s famous waterway has borne silent witness to murder, disease outbreaks, unexplained vanishings, and grisly…

Oct 24

5 Spookiest Spots on the Erie Canal

Oct 24

Why did 5 young men drive 50 miles in the wrong direction, only to abandon their car on a mountain…

More than 40 years ago, five young men from California’s Central Valley left home on a winter night and vanished into legend.

Jun 1

Why did 5 young men drive 50 miles in the wrong direction, only to abandon their car on a mountain…

Jun 1

Why did 9 campers flee their tent in a raging blizzard, in the middle of the night?

May 6

Why did 9 campers flee their tent in a raging blizzard, in the middle of the night?

May 6

My theory about the 1996 murder of Carol Ryan.

Sep 2, 2024

Dryden cheerleader murders, 1996

Sep 2, 2024

Horror at Hinterkaifeck — Part II

In March of 1922, five members of a family ranging in age from two to 72, along with their maid, were murdered at their farm in Bavaria…

Mar 4, 2024

Horror at Hinterkaifeck — Part II

Mar 4, 2024

Horror at Hinterkaifeck — Part I

Feb 8, 2024

Hinterkaifeck

Feb 8, 2024

The Erie Canal Song Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does

The complicated, unsettling truth behind one of America’s most beloved folk songs.

Dec 29, 2022

Hoggee and Mule outside Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY. Photo by Kim Parr.

Dec 29, 2022

5 Disturbing Facts About The Erie Canal

What‘s the deal with low bridges? What’s the REAL reason mules were used instead of horses? And what’s up with those red-light districts…

Oct 29, 2022

1857 woodcut of an unexpected encounter with a low bridge. Source: Bottoming Out, Vol 1, No 3–4, July 1957.

Oct 29, 2022

The Sadistic Sexual Assault and Murder of Carol Ryan

She was found on the side of the road, horrifically wounded, and died five hours later, unable to say what had happened to her.

Oct 9, 2022

Carol Ryan, murder victim 1996

Oct 9, 2022

Kimberly Parr

Kimberly Parr

Civil Servant by day, Crime Writer by night. I like my cases cold and old. Check out my website at IceColdCases.com

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