A prison guard disappears amidst allegations of corruption and murder inside Frontera Prison. CASE DETAILS Frontera Prison, in California, is one of the largest penitentiaries in America for women. Its maximum-security wing houses some of the state’s most dangerous female offenders. But it’s the alleged criminal activities of some guards and administrators that have drawn […]

A woman is abducted by a man who pretends to be a Good Samaritan. CASE DETAILS On March 2nd, 1996, Alicia Showalter Reynolds of Baltimore, Maryland, said good-bye to her husband and left her home. It was a Saturday at about 7:30 A.M. Alicia planned to drive more than 150 miles to spend the day […]

An Illinois police officer is gunned down in his kitchen and his partner vows to catch the killer. CASE DETAILS On April 10, 1967, Ralph Probst and his wife, Marlene, settled down in front of the television at their Cook County, Illinois, home to watch the Oscars. According to Marlene: “I must have dozed off. […]

A psychic investigator uses her abilities to find the killers of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom. CASE DETAILS Nancy Myer is a psychic who has been working with police around the country for decades. According to Nancy, she’s consulted on more than 300 criminal investigations and has turned up critical clues more than 80% of the time: […]

Two women, both named Mary Morris, are murdered in the same town within 72 hours. CASE DETAILS In a remote area outside Houston, Texas, a passerby made a gruesome discovery. Inside a smoldering car, he found a body burned beyond recognition. The C.S.I. unit was called and began searching for clues. The car belonged to […]

A 1965 drive-by shooting that killed a black sheriff’s deputy is still unsolved. CASE DETAILS In the early 1960s, the American South was at a crossroads. With segregation starting to crumble, blacks and whites faced off in tense, often violent confrontations. In Washington Parish, Louisiana, the black community began to push for integration of the […]

An attorney is found murdered in an elevator. CASE DETAILS On February 9, 1995, at 7:00 A.M., attorney Clint Blackman arrived at his office building in Dallas, Texas. He bypassed the notoriously slow elevator and took the stairs to the third floor. At 7:30, Juanita Lackey arrived without her keys. Secretary Roxanne Lederman let her […]

Two Catholics priests are connected by a violent and unexpected fate. CASE DETAILS On the evening of August 7, 1982, a call was placed to the rectory of the St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The caller needed someone to administer last rites. Father Patrick Gerard was unable to leave the rectory and […]

Months after a motorcyclist disappears, his bones are found 500 miles away. CASE DETAILS Tom Roche and Barbara Rondeau of Burbank, California, loved nothing more than to hit the road on their Harley-Davidson. Barbara says that after 15 years together, cycling was a passion that they shared: “We’ve known each other since ’76. And all […]

A mother is convicted of murdering her two young boys but she says the killer is still at large. CASE DETAILS On the night of June 6th, 1996, Darlie Lynn Routier made a frantic call to 911. She told the dispatcher that she and her two sons had been stabbed. Five minutes later, police arrived […]

A series of incriminating letters put a man in jail for attempted murder, but his confinement does not stop the letters from arriving. CASE DETAILS In December of 1993, a post card arrived at the Unsolved Mysteries offices that stood out from the rest. It was a threat designed to keep us from telling the […]

The murder of an airport worker may be connected to a stolen credit card ring among employees. CASE DETAILS Twenty-four year-old Su Taraskiewicz was a trailblazer. She was a woman working in a man’s world, on the tarmac of Boston’s Logan Airport. Her mother, Marlene Taraskiewicz, said Su loved her job: “Sometimes she’d come home […]

When a business consultant is murdered, the key evidence goes up in smoke. CASE DETAILS Hood River, Oregon. After Eric Tamiyasu and Diana Anderson had been “just friends” for years, but had decided to take their relationship to the next level. Diana recalled: “It was just kind of, you know, checking each other out, and […]

A man driving from Oregon to Wisconsin is found murdered in a Montana landfill. CASE DETAILS In November 1985, Dexter Stefonek was about to leave his son’s farm near Corbett, Oregon, for a long road trip. Dexter was a 67-year-old widower from Wisconsin. He had come to stay with his son a few months earlier, […]

A man on a road trip is found bludgeoned to death near Twin Falls, Idaho. CASE DETAILS On May 16, 1987, at two in the morning, two vehicles collided on a downtown street in Denver, Colorado. One driver fled the scene, leaving his pickup truck. A few minutes later, police arrived. When they searched the […]

Does an anonymous 911 caller hold the key to solving a murder? CASE DETAILS On October 28, 1991, an emergency operator in Wheeling, Illinois, received a troubling call. The caller gave the operator the address of a young woman who wasn’t breathing. However, he refused to give his name and said he was calling from […]

Was a rookie police officer’s apparent suicide really murder? CASE DETAILS Everybody who knew Steve Sandlin said he was born to be a policeman. His father was a career law enforcement officer and Steve planned to follow in his footsteps. In March of 1988, when he was 21-years-old, Steve announced to his family that he […]

A trucker’s random murder puzzles investigators. CASE DETAILS On November 12, 1988, in Chandler, Oklahoma, an anonymous caller reported a body lying beside a phone booth at a highway rest stop. At approximately 8 PM, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrived on the scene. The man had been murdered. Coins were scattered around his body. The […]

A woman disappears the night after her son’s wedding and is found murdered. CASE DETAILS In Reno, Nevada, 38-year-old Tim McClure lived with his mother Terri off and on throughout his twenties. Tim and his mother were often seen together at the slot machines or dining out. Even after Tim moved away, he remained close […]

A popular theater student disappears from a party and is later found dead. CASE DETAILS The University of Idaho sits in the picturesque rural setting of Moscow, Idaho. Little happens out of the ordinary here, so when a local university student suddenly disappeared, the town was in shock. On an early January morning in 1999, […]

A 19-year-old woman is killed after returning home from a Christmas party. CASE DETAILS During the holiday season, office Christmas parties are a traditional way of easing into the festive spirit. The night of December 22, 1981, marked the first company Christmas party for a 19-year-old girl named Rhonda Hinson. Rhonda had recently graduated from […]

The sons of a missing woman believe her ex-husband had something to do with her disappearance. CASE DETAILS On August 5th, 1994, 19-year-old Nick Owsley arrived at his mother’s house in Ruxton, Maryland. They had planned to spend the evening together. The door was partially open and she was nowhere to be found. Her car […]

Twin sisters are murdered and their brother is the prime suspect. CASE DETAILS Willow Creek, California, is about 250 miles north of San Francisco. Hans and Betty Hansen moved to this quiet community in 1971, three years after they were married. Hans operated a logging supply business in a warehouse next to the couple’s mobile […]

A former college football star is shot by a stalker. CASE DETAILS Dick Hansen was a former college football star from Sunnyvale, California. He was just getting over a tough divorce when he decided he needed a night out. So on April 29, 1991, he asked a friend, who we’ll call Jean, to meet him […]

When a police chief dies in a high speed chase, his family suspects he was actually murdered. CASE DETAILS In the late 1960s, a group of young men began terrorizing the quiet and peaceful community of Rock Creek, Ohio. According to former Police Chief Andrew Ceder of neighboring town Jefferson Village: “They were involved in […]

A businessman’s murder leaves behind several unanswered questions. CASE DETAILS For almost 20 years, Stanley Gryziec and his brother, Peter, operated a few local businesses, including a gas station and a bar, in Rome, New York. Stanley and his wife, Esther, lived right next door to the station. According to Stanley’s daughter, Sharon Migliaccio, her […]

A man with no known enemies is found riddled with bullets. CASE DETAILS On Lookout Mountain, 12 miles west of Denver, Colorado, there is a shrine dedicated to Mother Cabrini, the first American saint. Her shrine overlooks the city of Denver; it is a peaceful, tranquil place. But on the morning of April 7th, 1984, […]

A motorcyclist’s shooting death leaves investigators puzzled. CASE DETAILS The shimmering lights of San Francisco Bay can be seen from more than a dozen surrounding communities. On the evening of February 24, 1992, one of those communities became the scene of a tragic, unsolved murder. At 8:33 PM, a man slowly approached a gas station […]

A fender bender turns deadly when one of the drivers shoots and kills the other. CASE DETAILS The Hurleys — Pam and David and their sons — shared a normal and happy life in Turtle Creek, PA, until June 13, 1992. David and his brother were going to take a Boy Scout troop on a […]

Two teenagers are murdered and their bodies placed on railroad tracks. CASE DETAILS In the pre-dawn hours of August 23, 1987, a 6000 ton cargo train made its regular night run to Little Rock, Arkansas. The train was just over a mile long and was traveling at a speed of 52 miles per hour. The […]