IRE Radio Podcast | The Forgotten Dead

Every reporter has their own version of the story bucket list – a collection of ideas or issues they can’t die without covering. On this episode, we’ll hear how G.W. Schulz of The Center for Investigative Reporting crossed one off of his. G.W. spent nearly eight years reporting on America’s missing and unidentified dead, unearthing stories about the victims, their loved ones and the sleuths trying to close their cases for good.

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EPISODE NOTES 

Looking for links to the stories, resources and events we discussed on this week's podcast? We've collected them for you.

• Read “Left for dead: How America fails the missing and unidentified” on Reveal’s website.
• Explore “The Lost & The Found,” a tool built by CIR/Reveal to help amateur sleuths match Jane and John Does with missing persons.
• Watch “The Dead Unknown,” a three-part documentary on the Mountain Jane Doe cold case.
• Listen to the radio stories/Reveal podcast episodes.
• Browse all of the stories, videos, audio and apps in the “Left for Dead” series.
• Listen to Michael Corey of The Center for Investigative Reporting talk with IRE’s Shawn Shinneman about "The Lost & The Found"

CREDITS

Shawn Shinneman reported and produced this episode. IRE Web Editor Sarah Hutchins edits the podcast.

MUSIC

“You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive" is performed by the Ruby Friedman Orchestra
Cylinder Six (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0
Strange Bird (Instrumental) (Lisa Germano) / CC BY-NC 3.0
Jettisoned (Podington Bear) / CC BY-NC 3.0
IMF (Dot) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0