Bear Brook host Jason Moon and the NHPR newsroom have been working on a new podcast - and this time it's political. 
Introducing Stranglehold, an investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. Find out what happens when one small state gets its hands around our presidential elections and won't let go. 
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and learn more about Stranglehold at https://www.strangleholdpodcast.com.
Stranglehold is co-hosted by Lauren Chooljian and Jack Rodolico
Original music by Jason Moon and Lucas Anderson
Stranglehold reporting/production team:
Lauren Chooljuan, Jack Rodolico, Jason Moon, Casey McDermott, Josh Rogers and the NHPR newsroom.

INTRODUCING: Stranglehold

A clue is found buried on an internet message board. DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference. 
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EP 7: The In-Between

A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. A conversation with one of Terry Rasmussen's surviving children.

Update 2: Eric Rasmussen

This is the first in an unknown number of short updates to the story of the Bear Brook murders that we’ll be producing to let listeners know about any breaking news in the case. 
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Update 1: Ripple Effects

The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy? 
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EP 6: Chameleon

A child is abandoned. Timelines come together. A family tree begins to take shape. A chameleon is revealed.  
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EP 5: Bloodline (PART 1)

This is part two of episode 5. A child is abandoned. Timelines come together. A family tree begins to take shape. A chameleon is revealed.  
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EP 5: Bloodline (PART 2)

An ominous New Year’s party introduction. An estranged cousin goes missing. Police question a man with multiple identities. A search leads authorities to his basement.
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EP 4: Eunsoon Jun

After 30 years of torpor, investigators finally inch the Bear Brook case forward. A geologist uncovers the history buried in human teeth and hair. The faces of the victims are reconstructed. 
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EP 3: A Smaller Haystack

The discovery of a second barrel raises questions. A stalled investigation churns back to life and then stalls again. An amateur sleuth takes Jason into the forest. 
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EP 2: Known Only To God

Three boys kick over a mysterious barrel in the woods. A small town cop fishes for answers. Evidence is buried, and the case goes cold. 
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EP 1: Hide and Seek

Two barrels. Four bodies. And the decades-long mystery that led to a serial killer.
Bear Brook: A podcast about a cold case that's changing how murders will be investigated forever.
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