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Crooked City: Dixon, IL

A Small Town With a Deadly Mystery - Who Killed Denise Fallasca?

Crooked City: Dixon, IL

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Documentary, History, True Crime

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

From the same team that brought you Crooked City comes a new true crime podcast, Denise Didn't Come Home. Karen Falasca last saw her 15 year old sister Denise on July 14, 1969, when they parted ways not far from their Bergen County home.  The next day, Denise’s body was found strangled next to a cemetery.  For almost 50 years, Karen searched for her sister's killer. In Denise Didn’t Come Home, host Anthony Scalia joins her in her search and discovers an shocking and unexpected truth. Listen to Denise Didn’t Come Home wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes right now, completely ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi Crooked City listeners, Mark Smirling here to tell you about our brand new true crime series that just dropped on the Binge channel.

0:07.0

From the same team that brought you Crooked City comes Denise didn't come home.

0:11.0

Available now wherever you get your podcast and if you're a

0:14.1

subscriber to the binge you can listen to all episodes ad free today.

0:18.3

Karen Velasco last saw her sister Denise on July 14th, 1969 when they parted ways not far

0:26.1

from their Bergen County home. The next day, Denise's body was found next to a

0:30.5

cemetery. She had been beaten and strangled.

0:33.2

For almost 50 years Karen searched for her sister's killer.

0:36.7

Then in 2017 host Anthony Scalia joined Karen in a relentless pursuit for answers and eventually Anthony discovered

0:46.3

an unexpected truth. Over several years Anthony gained unique access to this case.

0:52.8

So you'll hear some unbelievable recorded conversations,

0:55.8

including an interview with Denise's killer.

0:58.4

It's a kind of reporting you just don't find

1:00.6

in most true crime podcasts, revealing twists and shocking secrets that had been

1:04.9

buried for years.

1:06.8

Who really killed Denise Velasca?

1:09.3

Find out on Denise didn't come home.

1:12.2

Search for Denise didn't come home. Search for Denise didn't come home

1:13.9

wherever you get your podcast to start listening today.

1:17.2

Here's a sneak peek.

1:22.4

This is gonna sound crazy.

1:24.0

It really seems to me like I saw colors brighter before Denise died.

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