The Podcast
New cases every week. Hear from the investigators, the witnesses, and the families hoping to solve a mystery.
Highway Homicide
Late one hot summer night in 2009, Simpson County, MS firefighters respond to the report of a truck burning on the side of the highway. When an investigation ensues, it appears an accelerant was used to set it ablaze. The following day, the truck’s owner, Flynt Lee, is found floating in the Strong River a few miles from his charred…
Pets and the Afterlife
Recruiter on the Run
After 22-year-old Cati Blauvelt is found stabbed to death in the basement of an abandoned party house in Simpsonville, SC, her estranged husband, Army Recruiter John Blauvelt, swears he hasn’t seen her in months. Weeks later, John is AWOL, with his new teenage girlfriend in tow. The girlfriend eventually turns up in Oregon but, six years later, John Blauvelt is…
Why Kill Betty Jane?
In March of 2009, Betty Jane McClellan is shot and killed in her Greene County, Pennsylvania trailer during a home-invasion robbery. Her husband, Jake, survives the attack but questions swirl around his possible involvement. With little evidence for the police to build on, the case goes cold, leaving Betty’s children with only grief and questions. Who would want to kill…
Body of Evidence
When Corey Scherbey's mom finds him dead in his apartment, kneeling face down on his sofa, she's horrified. Police rule his death an accidental cocaine overdose but Corey’s parents insist their son was a hard-working logger who didn’t do drugs. And they're baffled about the bloody footprints on the stairway, a bloody fingerprint on his wallet, and the cardboard box…
Sunshine on the Run
Between 1996 and 2001, a tight-knit cell of radical environmentalists executes a campaign of eco-terrorism across the Western U.S. The group is responsible for nearly $50 million dollars’ worth of destruction. All members have been apprehended with the exception of one: America’s least known, most wanted fugitive, Josephine Sunshine Overaker.
Who Killed Kia?
When 36-year-old Markia Benson fails to show up for work, both her co-worker and boyfriend are concerned. They drive to her apartment where they find Markia has been beaten to death and placed in the bathtub, with scalding hot water running over her body. Since 2016, Markia’s family has pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.
The Girl with the “S” Tattoo
On October 5th, 1980, Detective John Williams responds to the scene where a young woman has been found, raped, murdered, and discarded on the side of a remote Nevada road. Investigators have no clue to her identity. With no leads and very little evidence, the case goes cold for 30 years. Now, Detective Joseph Ebert and famed genetic genealogist Barbara…