About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Traci Lynn Rataczak: The Question an Acquittal Couldn't Answer" covers the 2013 death of Traci Lynn Rataczak, a 43-year-old mother of three found dead in the basement of her Wyocena, Wisconsin home on April 8, 2013. Her boyfriend, Patrick Kraemer, told investigators he found her hanging from an extension cord, but investigators believed there was more to the story. The episode traces the final hours of Traci's life, examines the physical evidence uncovered after her death, and lays out allegations of coercive control alongside conflicting accounts from those involved. It follows the case prosecutors built against Patrick, a case that ended when a jury found him not guilty — leaving Traci's family, as the title of this Acquittal Couldn't answer, with unresolved questions about what really happened that night. Drawing on court records and testimony obtained through the Columbia County Clerk of Courts, investigative documents, and information shared directly by Traci's family, the episode moves beyond the courtroom outcome to remember Traci as a mother, sister, and friend whose family maintains her death was not a suicide.
Hosts and release
The host of this episode is not specified in the available information. The episode runs 90 minutes and was released on September 21, 2026, as episode 17. Listeners can find flere episoder af showet for additional cases covered by the same production. The episode carries a content warning for discussion of domestic abuse, suicide, hanging, and graphic details surrounding a death, and includes crisis resources for anyone affected by these topics.
