About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "The Unsolved Murder of Joann Bartholomew - October 21 2026" from Morning Cup of Murder covers Joann Bartholomew Killed, the 1987 killing of a woman in a case that, on the surface, seemed like it should be easy to solve. There was no elaborate setup, DNA was left behind, and there was no sign of real premeditation or the work of a criminal mastermind. Despite those seemingly straightforward circumstances, the case has never been resolved, and decades later there are still no answers.
The episode frames this as The Unsolved Murder of a case that defies the usual expectation that simple crimes get solved quickly. It raises the question of how a killing with physical evidence left behind and no apparent complexity could still remain open for so long, leaving the circumstances of Joann Bartholomew's death unresolved to this day.
Hosts and release
Korina Biemesderfer hosts Morning Cup of Murder, the daily true crime podcast that looks back each day at a criminal case tied to that exact calendar date, drawing on a catalog of over 2000 episodes. This episode, released on October 21, 2026, runs 8 minutes and revisits the unsolved 1987 murder of Joann Bartholomew as part of that daily format.
