663 // The Coldest Murder Mystery - Who Killed Ötzi?

About this episode

The episode explores the historical murder of Ötzi, the world's oldest documented murder victim, with insights from experts.

In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by Dr. Sarah Schiffecker & Dr. David Perlmutter to try to solve the coldest murder in history. The discussion takes them back 5,300 years to the Italian Alps, where the legendary Ötzi became the victim of the worlds oldest documented murder. This conversation centers around questions of motive, means and opportunity. This episode was previously published on Crawlspace on March 29th, 2026. More on Ötzi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ötzi. Check out Dr. Schiffecker's work: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/faculty/faculty/sschiffecker.php⁠⁠⁠ Check out Dr. Perlmutter's work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/faculty/faculty/dperlmutter.php⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mint Mobile: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/missing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna

Guests: Dr. Sarah Schiffecker, Dr. David Perlmutter

Topics covered

• murder mystery
• history
• archaeology
• true crime
• Ötzi
• Italian Alps

Keywords

• Ötzi
• murder mystery
• archaeology
• true crime
• Italian Alps
• history
• Dr. Sarah Schiffecker
• Dr. David Perlmutter

Sponsors

Quince, Mint Mobile

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crawlspace Media

Books & works: Ötzi

Places: Italian Alps

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