True crime podcast investigates 1969 murder in Bergen County, New Jersey

Denise Didn’t Come Home, is a new podcast investigating the story behind a small-town murder that left one family seeking answers for decades.

From Sony Music Entertainment and Emmy Award- winning and Academy Award nominated storyteller Marc Smerling’s Truth Media, the series is hosted by New Jersey native Anthony Scalia.

The story is set just outside of New York City in Bergen County, New Jersey, a safe and serene community where people move to raise their families. That is, until one day in 1969 when a young girl’s body is found strangled in the brush along the roadside.  A crime that remains unsolved to this day.

Never before heard interviews with family members of the victim and law enforcement investigating the case are featured in the podcast, as Scalia begins a personal journey to find out how this violent murder could have happened in his community and who is responsible for this crime.

In partnership with the victim’s sister, Karen Falasca, who claims to have been the last person to see her sister alive, Scalia eventually uncovers the truth of a cold case that’s haunted local law enforcement for decades. 

Anthony Scalia says: “I was fresh out of college when I heard about the 1969 murder of Denise Falasca, which happened close to my hometown.

“I had no formal training or investigative skills, but I reached out to her sister Karen because somehow, I wanted to help.

“I had no idea how far our partnership would take us. Not only would we get the answers to all of Karen’s questions, I would also be able to provide Denise’s family and friends with the peace that they so desperately needed for nearly 50 years.” 

You can subscribe to Denise Didn’t Come Home on The Binge today to listen to all episodes, all at once, or find it on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.