Algorithm

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Weekly podcast.
When Afrikka Hardy was strangled in 2014 it seemed completely random, but it wasn’t. It was part of a pattern.

Four years earlier, reporter Thomas Hargrove had created an algorithm to detect serial killers and flagged Gary, Indiana as the site of an unusual number of strangulations.

But when Hargrove reached out to warn local police, he was ignored -- until Afrikka Hardy was murdered, and those cold cases suddenly didn’t look so cold.

Algorithm follows the investigation into Afrikka’s murder, exposing the warnings that police ignored, and uncovering more than anyone expected -- that a serial killer was strangling women in Gary, Indiana could've been stopped. And that Afrikka Hardy should be alive today. 

This podcast will explore how technology can be used to identify and track serial killers, and how an algorithm can influence the way homicides are investigated all across the country.
15 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
DNA
Sep 1, 2021
Sep 1, 2021
45 mins
Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 2021
33 mins
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
30 mins
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 2021
22 mins
Aug 3, 2021
Aug 3, 2021
32 mins
Jul 27, 2021
Jul 27, 2021
29 mins
Jul 20, 2021
Jul 20, 2021
28 mins
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 2021
29 mins
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 2021
33 mins
Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 2021
33 mins