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Kentucky Case Files

Marcus Roland and Emily Steele

Kentucky Case Files explores infamous and overlooked true crime in the Bluegrass State. Covering tantalizing cases that made headlines large and small throughout Kentucky history, KCF delves deep into the serious, macabre and always fascinating stories that showcase why Kentucky was once called "the dark and bloody ground." https://pod.co/kentucky-case-files

true crime documentary

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00:19:56

The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 3: Lost Girls

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/12/09

Some stories live on through investigation — others through art.In the season one finale of Kentucky Case Files, Marcus Roland and Emily Steele sit down with Louisville author Ellen Birkett Morris, whose short story "Lost Girls" was inspired by Ann Gotlib’s disappearance. Growing up near the mall where Ann was last seen, Morris transformed a city’s grief into a powerful meditation on loss, fear and resilience. Through interview and dramatic reading in The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 3: Lost Girls,

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00:19:02

The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 2: How We Find Missing Kids,...

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/11/25

What did it mean to search for a missing child in 1983 — and how has that changed today?In The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 2: How We Find Missing Kids, Then and Now, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele examine the evolution of missing child investigations, from analog flyers and phone trees to digital databases, Amber Alerts, and social media. They uncover how Ann’s case helped spur reforms, leading to the creation of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and inspiring local

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00:31:23

The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 1: Little Girl, Vanished

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/11/11

June 1, 1983 — a summer day in Louisville turns into every parent’s nightmare. Twelve-year-old Ann Gotlib rides her red bicycle to the mall and never comes home. What follows is one of Kentucky’s most haunting mysteries: a desperate search, countless leads, and decades of unanswered questions.In this first of a three-part season 1 finale, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele retrace the day Ann disappeared, explore the cultural and political backdrop of the early 1980s, and revisit the

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00:24:13

The Eric C. Conn Case, Pt. 4: Guilty Until Proven...

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/10/28

When Eric C. Conn fell, thousands of his clients fell with him. The U.S. Social Security Administration cut off benefits for nearly 4,000 disabled Appalachians, demanding they re-prove their cases years later — or pay back money they no longer had. Families lost homes, lives were upended, and some clients died waiting for help. Attorney Ned Pillersdorf and hundreds of volunteer lawyers waged a years-long battle to restore justice. In the final episode of The Eric C. Conn Case, hosts Marcus

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00:13:43

The Eric C. Conn Case, Pt. 3: Catch Me If You Conn

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/10/23

By 2017, Eric C. Conn’s empire was collapsing. Facing a prison sentence for bribery and fraud, he cut off his ankle monitor and vanished — kicking off one of the most audacious escapes in Kentucky history. From cryptically emailing a reporter, to taunting the FBI, to hiding out in a Honduran beach town, Conn lived as a fugitive until a Pizza Hut dinner finally brought him down.In the third episode of The Eric C. Conn Case, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele tell the story of Conn on the run

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00:13:43

The Eric C. Conn Case, Pt. 3: Catch Me If You Conn

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/10/14

By 2017, Eric C. Conn’s empire was collapsing. Facing a prison sentence for bribery and fraud, he cut off his ankle monitor and vanished — kicking off one of the most audacious escapes in Kentucky history. From cryptically emailing a reporter, to taunting the FBI, to hiding out in a Honduran beach town, Conn lived as a fugitive until a Pizza Hut dinner finally brought him down. In the third episode of The Eric C. Conn Case, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele tell the story of Conn on the

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00:26:19

The Eric C. Conn Case, Pt. 2: The Fraud Factory

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/09/30

How did Eric C. Conn win nearly every case he touched? The answer: crooked judges, compliant doctors, and a bureaucracy that valued speed over scrutiny. With Judge David Daugherty pocketing bribes and doctors signing off on sham medical files, Conn’s fraud machine churned out approvals by the thousands. But then came whistleblowers Jennifer Griffith and Sarah Carver. In the second episode of The Eric C. Conn Case, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele unravel the web of corruption that made

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00:23:03

The Eric C. Conn Case, Pt. 1: The Kingdom of Conn

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/09/16

He called himself “Mr. Social Security,” a small-town lawyer who turned double-wide trailers into a legal empire in Eastern Kentucky. Eric C. Conn built his fortune on outlandish marketing, luxury cars and roadside monuments to himself. But behind the spectacle was something darker: the largest Social Security fraud in U.S. history. In the first episode of The Eric C. Conn Case, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele trace Conn’s rise from humble beginnings to Appalachian celebrity, and how his

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00:24:29

The Steve Nunn Case, Pt. 3: Amanda Ross, Her Law and...

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/09/02

The murder of Amanda Ross sent shockwaves through Kentucky and beyond. In The Steve Nunn Case, Pt. 3: Amanda Ross, Her Law and the Limits of Justice, the final installment of our three-part series, we look beyond the crime itself and examine the lasting impact of Ross’s death — and the fight for change that followed.Ross's mother turned grief into advocacy, pushing for stronger protections for victims of domestic violence. The result was Amanda’s Law, a measure designed to use GPS monitoring

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00:13:27

The Steve Nunn Case, Pt. 2: From the Statehouse to...

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/08/19

By noon Sept. 11, 2009, police had tracked former legislator Steve Nunn — accused of killing his ex-fiancée, Amanda Ross — to a rural Kentucky cemetery. What followed was a tense armed confrontation, a mounting pile of damning circumstantial evidence, and a legal case shaped by the very laws Nunn helped pass. In The Steve Nunn Case, Pt. 2: From the Statehouse to the Jailhouse, hosts Emily Steele and Marcus Roland trace Nunn’s arrest, the twists and turns of his prosecution, his surprising

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00:19:38

The Steve Nunn Case, Pt. 1: The Governor's Son, His...

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/08/05

In this gripping first episode of a three-part chapter, Kentucky Case Files unpacks The Steve Nunn Case. In Part 1, The Governor’s Son, His Obsession and Her Fear, we meet Amanda Ross — a bright, beloved young woman gunned down outside her Lexington home in September 2009. Her killer? Steve Nunn, a former state legislator and the son of a powerful Kentucky governor.Hosts Emily Steele and Marcus Roland trace Nunn’s fall from political royalty to convicted murderer, revealing a harrowing story

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00:22:33

The Clay Shrout Case, Pt. 4: That Was How, This Is Why

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/07/22

In The Clay Shrout Case's final episode, Pt. 4: That Was How, This Is Why, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele explore the deeper psychological and emotional factors behind one of Kentucky’s most shocking family murders. Through discussion, parole hearing audio, and expert analysis from psychologist Dr. Peter Langman, this episode examines Clay Shrout’s conflicting motives — from claims of parental control to a late-stage allegations of abuse — and his disturbing lack of remorse. The hosts

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00:19:41

The Clay Shrout Case, Pt. 3: Inside the Mind of a...

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/07/08

IIn The Clay Shrout Case, Pt. 3: Inside the Mind of a Psychopath, Kentucky Case Files hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele speak with Dr. Peter Langman, a psychologist and leading expert on school shooters, to delve into the psychological profile of Clay Shrout. Langman examines possible motivations behind Shrout’s 1994 familicide, discusses the traits of psychopathy, and questions the credibility of Shrout’s late-stage claims. With insights into psychopathic behavior, fame-seeking violence,

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00:20:20

The Clay Shrout Case, Pt. 1: 'I'm Going to Be on CNN'

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/06/24

In the premiere episode of Kentucky Case Files, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Beaulieu Steele examine The Clay Shrout Case, the shocking 1994 story of a high-achieving high school senior from Florence, Kentucky, who murdered his parents and two younger sisters before heading to school armed with a gun. With firsthand insights and local context, Pt. 1 explores Clay’s descent into darkness, marked by depression, obsession with violence, and disturbing behavioral changes—all culminating in one of

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00:16:13

The Clay Shrout Case, Pt. 2: Guilty but Mentally Ill

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/06/24

In The Clay Shrout Case, Pt. 2: Guilty but Mentally Ill, hosts Marcus Roland and Emily Steele follow the aftermath of Shrout’s horrific 1994 familicide, tracing his legal journey from juvenile hearings to a plea of “guilty but mentally ill.” The episode explores the courtroom decisions that spared him the death penalty, his turbulent years in Kentucky’s prison system marked by violence, escape attempts, and solitary confinement, and his eventual transfer to a lower-security facility. As Shrout

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00:00:42

Season 1 teaser

Kentucky Case Files ·

2025/06/12

Coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts, Kentucky Case Files, where we dive into the true crime stories that showcase why the Bluegrass State was once called "the dark and bloody ground."

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