The podcast episodes provided illustrate the genre of true crime and investigative journalism, as they explore real-life criminal cases and the efforts to uncover the truth and seek justice.

The first episode, Introducing: Murder in the Hollywood Hills, follows the story of a predator who lured young women with promises of fame, leading to the murder of Kristi Johnson in the Hollywood Hills. The podcast investigates how he evaded justice for years until his former targets came together to put him behind bars.

The second episode, How Ancestry Websites Solved a Cold Case, details how two cold case murders from 1980 involving unidentified victims, known as Jane Doe Kern and Jane Doe Ventura, were eventually linked to the same perpetrator through DNA evidence. The episode explores the use of genetic genealogy and the DNA Doe Project to identify one of the victims and return her remains to her Cree community, while the other victim's identity remains unknown.