Kentucky Case Files

Kentucky Case Files is a podcast that explores infamous and overlooked true crime in the Bluegrass State, aka "the dark and bloody ground."

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Art as investigation. Grief as story.

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— from Lost Girls by Louisville writer Ellen Birkett Morris, her work inspired by Ann Gotlib’s case.

The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 3: Lost Girls — the finale of season 1 of Kentucky Case Files — is streaming now at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Coming Tuesday on Kentucky Case Files: The Ann Gotlib story didn’t just shape investigations — it shaped art. Louisville author Ellen Birkett Morris shares how Ann’s story helps us process trauma and inspired her haunting play.

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The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 3: Lost Girls — the finale of season 1 of Kentucky Case Files — drops Tuesday at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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If a child goes missing, every second counts. Immediately call 9-1-1.

Contrary to what you might think, there is no waiting period anywhere in the United States to report a missing child. The sooner you call, the sooner investigators can issue alerts and begin the search.

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The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 2: How We Find Missing Kids, Then and Now, is streaming now at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every other Tuesday.

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In 1983, when Ann Gotlib disappeared, America was in the grips of the "missing children panic." Stories about missing kids were everywhere in the media. Photo of vanished children were on milk cartons in every fridge. The stories were real ... but was the panic based in reality?

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Streaming now at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every other Tuesday.

📸 : A March 1984 cover of Newsweek captured the "missing children panic" sweeping the country.

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📸 : An age progression of what Ann Gotlib might look like today. https://t.co/Md9FSgp20O

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Coming next on Kentucky Case Files: In 1983, a missing child case meant flyers, phone calls and sorting through paper. Today, it means DNA evidence, alerts that light up our phones within minutes, and sophisticated technology like age progression. How did we get from then to now?

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The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 2: How We Find Missing Kids, Then and Now, drops Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Stream at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every other Tuesday.

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📸 : Ann Gotlib's case was one of the first in the nation to use billboards as part of the investigation. 1983 photo by The Courier Journal.

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1983 was a different world. No cell phones. Few security cameras. No Internet. When 12-year-old Ann Gotlib vanished on June 1 that year, police had to rely on techniques and technology that seem so antiquated by today's standards.

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Go inside the investigation in The Ann Gotlib Case, Pt. 1: Little Girl, Vanished. Streaming now at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every other Tuesday.