Disappearance at the Vatican: The Orlandi Case
What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance r...
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Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories
Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories is a podcast drama with a modern twist on old time radio that delves into the mystery of true cold cases and unsolved murders. With the help of an ensemb...
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20 of 388 episodesThe Black Dahlia Murder Pt. 2
Elizabeth Short’s gruesome murder is the LAPD’s most infamous unsolved case. But there’s one person who thinks he’s cracked it — the alleged...
The Black Dahlia Murder Pt. 1
In 1940s Hollywood, a 22-year-old aspiring actress is found mutilated and drained of blood. Her body is posed, and her mouth has been carved...
Jane Stanford Pt. 2
In early 1905, Hawaiian police opened—and quickly closed—an investigation into Jane Stanford’s mysterious death. A century later, an amateur...
Jane Stanford Pt. 1
She became one of the most influential people in California when she co-founded Stanford University in 1891. Jane Stanford was widely belove...
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? Pt. 3
During World War II, two bizarre murders in the West Midlands region of England became linked by speculations of witchcraft and black magic....
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? Pt. 2
Two years after the unidentified skeleton known as Bella was found in a hollow tree in Hagley Wood, a second bizarre murder struck the West...
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
On April 14th, 1943, four boys discovered the skeleton of a woman in a hollow tree while exploring the woods near Hagley, England. Investiga...
Body on the Beach: Starr Faithfull Pt. 2
After a beachcomber discovered Starr’s body, it took two autopsies to determine foul play. Was Starr’s childhood abuser — and former mayor o...
Body on the Beach: Starr Faithfull Pt. 1
In 1931, the body of a young woman washed up on the shores of Long Island. Starr Faithfull had spent the Roaring Twenties chasing glamor, pa...
The Wanda Beach Murders Pt. 2
The murders of teenagers Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt shocked the community of Wanda Beach. Police announced more than 5000 perso...
The Wanda Beach Murders Pt. 1
Australian teens Christine Sharrock, Marianne Schmidt, and Marianne's four younger siblings set out for the beach. When the younger siblings...
Dead on the 4th of July: Marilyn Reese Sheppard Pt. 2
After a lengthy appeals process, Sam Sheppard was set free in 1964, ten years after his wife Marilyn’s murder. Two years later, he would be...
Dead on the 4th of July: Marilyn Reese Sheppard Pt. 1
Prestigious doctor Sam Sheppard woke up in the middle of the night to find his wife Marilyn dead from a gruesome murder. His account of what...
“The Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski Pt. 2
By the 1980s, Ted Kaczynski had set off several bombs, causing only minor injuries — but for him, it wasn’t enough. What had started as a pl...
“The Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski Pt. 1
Spotting his genius at a young age, Ted Kaczynski’s parents pushed their son to academic excellence — but Ted never found a true home in the...
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Virginia Carpenter
In the 1940s, a young woman returns to her college campus before vanishing seemingly into thin air. Her mother keeps up the investigation fo...
Bobby Donati & The Gardner Museum Heist
In 1991 a man was found dead in the trunk of his car. He’d been brutally slain, and despite obvious foul play, leads were hard to come by —...
The Missing Dead: Sarah Stern
On a December evening in 2016, a man called 911 when he spotted an abandoned car on a bridge. Police discovered that 19-year-old Sarah Stern...