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Mary & Bill: An Ohio Cold Case

In 1970, Mary and Bill, two university students in love, were brutally murdered in a Columbus, Ohio The case has never been solved. To understand why, Host/Producer Justin Glanville and the sisters of the victims track down friends, witnesses and the Columbus police. They also explore what it takes to bring new attention to a 50-year-old cold case.

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7. The Time to Live

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The approvals process for submitting DNA evidence proves time-consuming, as Columbus Police ready samples for “familial searches” of offender data...
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6. Behind the “Blue Wall” (Sort Of)

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Columbus Police agree to speak with Mary's identical twin sister, Martha Petry, and reveal they are waiting to submit DNA evidence for forensic ge...
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A Crime of Passion?

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Police and family members have long speculated that whoever killed Mary Petry and Bill Sproat may have known them. But Mary and Bill had no appare...
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And She Was Gone

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A woman who shared a ride to Columbus with Mary recalls Mary was adamant about waiting for Bill to pick her up from a hotel lobby, which Mary's br...
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A Dimly-Lit Welcome

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The Columbus police make a surprise visit to Cleveland, and one of the surviving reporters who covered the murders of Mary Petry and Bill Sproat i...
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2. Everybody Isn’t Going to France

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A formal request is made to the Columbus Police Department for documents related to the murders of Mary Petry and Bill Sproat, inspiring an unexpe...
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Their Deaths Still Haunt

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The murders of Mary and Bill were so violent – reportedly involving a kitchen knife, wire hangers and a bowling ball – that they were compared to ...
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1. Their Deaths Still Haunt

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Growing up, I heard my parents talk about the grisly 1970 double homicide of their college friend Bill Sproat and Bill’s girlfriend, Mary Petry, n...
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COMING SOON - Mary & Bill: An Ohio Cold Case

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In 1970, Mary and Bill, two university students in love, were murdered in a Columbus, Ohio apartment, in a crime so brutal it drew comparisons to ...
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