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True Crime Vault: Do No Harm

November 3, 2026·1h 23m·8-min readnarrativetrue crime
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TLDR
This 20/20 true crime episode reconstructs the 1985 disappearance and murder of Gail Katz-Bierenbaum at the hands of her husband, Manhattan plastic surgeon Robert Bierenbaum — a case with no body, no forensics, and no eyewitnesses that took 15 years to reach a conviction, and 35 years for

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Robert BierenbaumGail KatzElaine KatzMichael StoneAndy RosenzweigLeslie Crocker SnyderJoel DavisKaren Caruana

Companies

Maimonides Medical CenterPace Women's Justice Center

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal JusticeForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue CrimeWomens Health

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