About this episode

The episode explores the murder of Brittany Zimmermann and the subsequent investigation that led to the discovery of the truth twelve years later.

In 2008, University of Wisconsin–Madison student Brittany Zimmermann was murdered in her apartment in the middle of the day, and then the trail went cold. An unlikely informant leads the police to search for two mystery men, a theory that would steer the investigation for years. As time passed and leads fell apart, the case slowly faded from view. Twelve years later, detectives discovered the truth wasn’t buried; it had been right in front of them all along. Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com

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Topics covered

• murder
• investigation
• true crime
• cold case
• university student
• mystery

Keywords

• Brittany Zimmermann
• murder
• cold case
• investigation
• true crime
• University of Wisconsin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Wisconsin–Madison

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