A new true-crime podcast by Lemonada Media is revisiting a string of 1970s-era killings linked to Warren Forrest and features a survivor’s account of an abduction in which she said she chewed through her bindings to escape.
Host Carolyn Ossorio’s Stolen Voices of Dole Valley centers on the case through interviews with loved ones and investigators and includes the testimony of Norma Countryman, who says she was abducted at age 15 and freed herself by gnawing through the restraints. Countryman told the podcast she is sharing her memories in the hope they will prompt new leads for families still seeking answers.
Warren Forrest has been in custody since 1974, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. He was convicted in 1978 in the killing of 20-year-old Krista Blake and, in 2023, was found guilty of killing 17-year-old Martha Morrison in 1974. Investigators have reexamined other unsolved cases that may be connected to Forrest, including the 1974 death of 20-year-old Carol Valenzuela, whose remains were found near Morrison’s.
The podcast frames its reporting around the perspective of survivors and family members as well as law enforcement, exploring both the details of individual incidents and the broader investigation. Countryman’s account is presented alongside law-enforcement efforts to connect Forrest to a series of homicides in the early 1970s that have remained unsolved or only partially resolved for decades.
Forrest’s alleged offenses and subsequent prosecutions have drawn renewed attention as investigators apply modern forensic techniques and review cold cases. Authorities have said they continue to evaluate physical evidence and witness accounts as part of that effort. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies have periodically issued appeals for information that might help close outstanding files tied to the period and region in question.
True-crime podcasts have increasingly been used as platforms to reintroduce cold cases to the public and encourage tip submissions. Producers and hosts say the medium can amplify family pleas and surface previously overlooked details, while law-enforcement officials caution that such coverage does not replace formal investigation.
Listeners to Stolen Voices of Dole Valley will encounter recorded recollections, interviews with investigators, and accounts from relatives of victims as the series traces events and timelines from the early 1970s. Countryman’s narrative is a rare first-person survivor account in the body of work reviewing Forrest’s alleged crimes and has drawn attention to the persistence of witnesses and relatives seeking resolution.
Officials have not said the podcast has produced new evidence leading to charges beyond those for which Forrest has already been tried and convicted. Investigations into possible links between Forrest and other murders remain active, and authorities have encouraged anyone with relevant information to contact local law enforcement.
The series adds to a continuing public conversation about unsolved homicides from the era, and the program’s producers say the aim is to keep public focus on the cases in the hope that renewed attention may yield information useful to investigators and families still awaiting closure.