Unsolved Mysteries Podcast

On November 12, 2013, Chelsea Small, 30, agrees to trade shifts with another co-worker at Advance America Cash Advance. Around noon, a man enters and guns down Chelsea, who is working behind her desk. Was Chelsea targeted? Was this a random killing? Or could this be a case of mistaken identity? Security footage and spent shell casings are among the clues to the murderer’s identity, but Chelsea’s killer has yet to be brought to justice.

In the early hours of April 9, 1886, Tillie Smith, an 18-year-old who lived and worked at Centenary Collegiate Institute, was raped and strangled, her assaulted body left in an open field. Many have claimed Tillie still haunts the grounds of Centenary College, and that the man convicted of her murder was actually innocent of the crime. An investigation by a local historian and a paranormal investigator leads to a new suspect in Tillie’s murder.

After 40 years, Detective Joseph Ebert has finally discovered the identity of a young girl who was murdered and left on the side of a road outside of Henderson, Nevada. Dubbed “Jane Arroyo Grande Doe,” by John Williams, the original investigator on the case, it has been confirmed that “Jane” was actually 17-year-old Tammy Tarrell of Artesia, New Mexico. But part of this mystery remains unsolved: Who killed Tammy Tarrell?

Ruth Gotliebson thinks she has found the ideal husband in Charles Vosseler. But as the couple start a family, chilling clues begin to surface that “Charlie” might have a dark side. Then, when their two boys are just toddlers, he abducts them, taking every photo and scrap of information that might help to identify them. Thirty years later, Ruth and the FBI are still searching for CJ & Billy Vosseler, who would now be adults.

In 2004, 31-year-old Kevin Clewer goes out for a night on the town in an area near Chicago called “Boystown.” The next day, his father finds him dead in his apartment--he has been stabbed over 40 times. New developments in the case have led investigators to focus on a possible suspect, code name “Fernando,” who was the last person to be seen with Kevin.

In May of 2011, high school sweethearts and avid church-goers, Bill and Peggy Stephenson, are found dead in their condo in Florence, Kentucky. The crime scene is so bizarre that the FBI has stated that the perpetrator has a pathology they only see in 1% of criminals. Detective Coy Cox has been on the case since Day One — he has interviewed over 250 people and visited 14 states to try to solve this murder. And he won’t stop until the killers are behind bars.

Elizabeth Salgado has only been in the United States for three weeks when she vanishes in broad daylight on April 16, 2015, from the tightknit Mormon town of Provo, Utah. When her skeletal remains are found three years later and over a dozen miles away, her family and investigators are left with more questions than answers.

In 2008, Faye Winward, a single mother of four, finds the perfect condo for herself and her children. But shortly after the Winward family moves in, the children begin hearing terrifying, demonic laughter and are haunted by the spirit of a small child. When Faye has her own terrifying paranormal experience, she takes action to keep her family safe.

On a cold January day in 2007, brothers Ankur and Pulkit Singh return home from school to find their parents, Jaspal and Geeta, brutally murdered in the family’s upscale, suburban New York home. The couple is well-liked and respected in their close-knit Indian American community and have no known enemies. Was it a random home invasion, or were the Singh’s targeted?

In 2007, a woman’s naked body is discovered on the side of the road in Thurston County, Washington, neatly arranged with her head resting gently on a discarded car seat and a ligature around her neck. When she is identified as local mother Karen Bodine, investigators are frustrated to find that every witness has a different story to tell.

On June 16, 2011, a fire destroys the North Carolina home of Daniel Moses, the beloved “BBQ Man” and he is nowhere to be found. Now, almost eleven years later, Daniel is still missing, and investigators still cannot say whether or not the fire and Daniel’s mysterious disappearance are related. Where is the BBQ man?

When Terry Sullivan, a likable Tennessee logger, misses the weekly Saturday breakfast with his family, police report that Terry fell, hit his head, and died in his kitchen the night before. However, the news reports a different story —Terry was shot execution-style and his killer is still at large.

Russell (88) and Shirley (87) are living the retirement dream in the gated community of Great Waters on Georgia’s Lake Oconee—until Russell is found decapitated in his garage and Shirley is located days later floating in the lake. Years later, investigators still can find no motive or suspects in this bizarre murder mystery.

Paranormal investigator Walter Padilla is traumatized when he comes face to face with a nine-foot creature that he believes to be the infamous Bigfoot. Subsequent investigations at the same location uncover compelling evidence that there is something, or possibly a pack of “somethings,” lurking in the brush in the forest outside of Willis, Texas.

In 2017, popular college professor Matthew Lange is rebuilding a life for himself and his son after a contentious divorce and custody battle. On January 27th, when Matthew is picking his young son up from school, he is ambushed in the parking lot and shot execution style. Who would want Matthew dead?

Every day, 13-year-old Tabitha Tuders leaves her home in East Nashville, Tennessee, and walks a few blocks to catch the school bus. But the morning of April 29, 2003, is different. Somewhere between her home and the bus stop, Tabitha vanishes. Did she run away? Was she abducted by a stranger? Or kidnapped by someone she knew? And why, after 19 years, has no trace of the teen ever been found?

When police discover 18-year-old Brittany Phillips brutally murdered in her apartment on September 30, 2004, they hope DNA samples collected from the scene will lead them to the man who sexually assaulted and strangled the Tulsa Community College student. Nearly 18 years and hundreds of suspects later, Brittany’s mother has taken to the road in search of the killer.

When 26-year-old Desiree Gibbon’s brutalized remains are found in the bushes four miles from Montego Bay, Jamaica, her mother is convinced the killer was someone she knew and trusted. But in a small, poor country where the sheer number of homicides overwhelms law enforcement, the Jamaican investigation has turned up few clues. Who killed the young model and what was their motive?

When a life-long abduction experiencer, going by the alias “Suzie” to protect her privacy, was just fifteen, she began having unexplainable dreams of alien encounters. Decades later, she meets Abduction Researcher and Counselor John Budrys, who has spoken to many people with stories just like hers. For the first time, Suzie is ready to share her experiences.

In the summer of 1996, the tightknit community of Cumberland, Rhode Island, is shocked when beloved police Detective Corporal James “Jimmy” Grimes is found murdered in a downtown Providence parking lot. Surveillance video shows an unidentified man exit Jimmy’s car and soon after Jimmy was found dead, his neck broken, military-style. Who killed Jimmy Grimes?

On September 23rd, 1998, 19-year-old University of Wisconsin junior Amber Wilde disappears from her off-campus apartment, never to be seen again. At the time, Amber is 4.5 months pregnant and has a troubled relationship with the baby’s father. Will the discovery of her secret diary be the key to solving her disappearance?

The day after Thanksgiving 1999, in the quiet town of Lansing, Illinois, 44-year-old Sharon Miller is found dead at the dry cleaners where she works after what appears to be a robbery. But investigators soon realize the robbery was likely staged and Sharon was targeted for execution. Many suspects emerge but investigators are still searching for a motive and the killer.

Local celebrity DJ Juan Gatti, aka Stephon Edgerton, is ambushed outside of a Valdosta, Georgia radio station just before midnight on January 20, 2012. Before succumbing to his injuries, he describes the gunman in a heart-wrenching 911 call, but the details are not enough to capture his killer. Who killed Juan Gatti and why?

After a woman’s body is found floating down the peaceful Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware, she is eventually identified as Susan Ledyard, a brilliant and beloved high school English teacher. At first, her family believes Susan’s death was a tragic accident, then months later her autopsy reveals that she was murdered. Surveillance footage around Susan’s neighborhood shows Susan’s car leaving her home at 3am, the night of her death. But was Susan driving? And what happened between the hours of 3am and 7am when Susan’s Fitbit reported that her heart stopped? Investigators and Susan’s family need answers to this complex mystery.

In December 1997, a young mother disappears three days before Christmas and is never heard from again. Did Beth Ann Ricketts run away from her life? Was she abducted? Does her fiancé know more than he’s saying? Twenty-five years later, Beth Ann’s daughter wants to know what happened to her mother.

Bob Cranmer, a well-known local politician, fulfills a life-long dream when he purchases 3406 Brownsville Road, a house he’s been fascinated by for as long as he can remember. But when a dark entity begins to terrorize his family, living in his dream home becomes a nightmare. Bob Cranmer and his son Robert “Bobby” Jr. share their harrowing, years-long ordeal of living in a haunted house, and their efforts to free their family, and their home, from the clutches of a demon.

It’s Memorial Day weekend 2020, and SPC Enrique Roman-Martinez, along with seven other paratroopers, break Fort Bragg’s Covid protocols to go camping on North Carolina’s Cape Lookout National Seashore. Enrique disappears the first night, and a week later, only his head washes ashore — the rest of his body is never found. Enrique’s family believes his fellow campers know more than they are saying about what happened to the 21-year-old soldier. They are desperate for answers.

Regan Wheeler was the last person anyone would expect to be gunned down in his driveway, executed at point blank range. His passions were supporting his family, caring for his elderly mother, and ministering to society’s outcasts as a volunteer prison chaplain. The FBI, GBI, and Regan’s son, a Homeland Security agent, are hoping that a $100,000 reward will shake loose leads to help solve this mystery.

On September 19, 2019, 14-year-old gamer Alicia Navarro goes missing five days before her Quinceañera. Other than a cryptic note, Alicia leaves few clues as to where she could have gone. Six months after her daughter’s disappearance, Alicia’s mother, Jessica Nunez, contacts Trent Steel, a PI and former CIA member who specializes in cases of online human trafficking. Who lured Alicia from her home, and where is she now?

Tyler Smith is just weeks away from realizing his dream of becoming a police officer when he is found dead, face down in a drainage ditch in Galesburg, IL. Local police say the 23-year-old National Guardsman passed out and drowned, but his parents believe Tyler was murdered, and have spent hundreds of hours investigating the case themselves.

A motorcycle accident turns into a homicide investigation when Robert Kope is found strangled to death on a rural road in LaGrange, California. The murder weapon — a zip tie — is strange enough, but the crime scene is inexplicable. Who murdered Robert and why was his body found a quarter of a mile from his motorcycle?

On July 27, 2020, Diana Davis texts her boyfriend a photo of a tomato from her Tacoma community garden and says she’s bringing it home for dinner, but Diana is never heard from again. Two days later her car is torched in Tacoma and eight days after that, her body is located in a wooded area near Seattle. Diana’s killer, who she might have met on a dating site, is still at large, and police warn he could strike again.

On April 15, 2004, Ronli Ratliff’s body is discovered in a burning house in Mooresville, IL. Investigators quickly realize that the 24-year-old woman was brutally murdered before the fire was set. Eighteen years later Ronli’s killer remains at large, and the community is left to wonder if her killer was a cold-blooded stranger or one of their own.

Kanika Powell is a hard-working, young military vet with a top-secret government job in Washington, D.C. After a week-long series of strange, anonymous visitors knocking on her front door – including a man claiming to be with the FBI – she’s gunned down at her doorstep in broad daylight. Who wanted Kanika dead and why?

On November 2, 2015, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office responds to a 911 call and walks into a horrific scene. The bodies of Mike and Cathy Scott, and their two elderly mothers, are sprawled across the blood-soaked floor of their Pendleton, SC home. Seven years later, the brutal quadruple homicide remains unsolved, and the family fears their killer will strike again.

Amber Jackson is living her dream life on Kauai when she suddenly disappears. Nine days later, a wild hog hunter discovers her body in a ravine on a remote part of the island — she has been brutally murdered. Twelve years after the tragedy, Amber’s loved ones still demand justice for the woman they say was a free spirit and guiding light.

Brittany Stykes and her 14-month-old daughter, Aubree, are on their way to her family’s farm in Ripley, Ohio on August 28, 2013, when someone fires five shots into her vehicle. The 22-year-old mother, who is four-months pregnant, is killed, and Aubree is critically injured. Investigators believe Brittany was targeted, but who would want her dead?

On the evening of March 31, 2010, 31-year-old Jacob Cabinaw suddenly disappears from Traverse City, Michigan, after playing a game of frisbee golf with friends. Police trace the single father and Army National Guardsman’s route across several states to Sweetwater, Texas, where he vanishes completely, along with his car. Twelve years later, his disappearance remains a mystery.

Just before Mother’s Day 2018, 62-year-old Ana Del Valle is found in her Brooklyn apartment with her hands bound and a gunshot wound in her head. A few days later, her next-door neighbor Basil Gray, 54, is also discovered dead inside his apartment with multiple gunshot wounds. Police say the same gun was used in both murders, but who killed the neighbors and what was the motive?

What started out as the cross-country road trip of a lifetime for 29-year-old Philip Reagan and his 39-year-old brother Matthew ended in tragedy just a day later when their bodies were discovered on a remote road on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Authorities believe it was a tragic case of “wrong place, wrong time,” but a vicious killer is on the loose and justice needs to be served.