Echoes of the Unknown

In today's episode, we’re looking back at a haunting case from the emerald green woods of western Oregon. In July 2005, two respected educators — Jeanette Bauman and Steve Haugen — hiked into the pine forest for a peaceful weekend camping trip. They never made it home, and were later found brutally murdered. Two decades later, the tragic case still baffles detectives.

In today's episode, we're traveling back to Christmas Eve 1945, where we'll investigate the baffling disappearance of five children in Fayetteville, West Virginia. What started out as a festive holiday evening for the Sodder family was transformed into an inexplicable tragedy that would haunt generations and become one of the most discussed unsolved cases in American history.

In today's episode, we’re traveling to a resort town on the Black Sea coast of northern Bulgaria, where a young German man named Lars Mittank was enjoying a summer vacation with friends. What followed is one of the strangest disappearances in recent history. In a climactic moment captured on surveillance footage that continues to haunt viewers, Lars sprinted out of an airport in broad daylight ... never to be seen again. 

In today's episode, we’re plunging into a story that’s sticky, sweet, and criminally Canadian. We’re heading to the quiet forests of Quebec, where one of the strangest and most lucrative thefts in modern history took place. Not diamonds ... not art ... not even gold. No, we’re talking about the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.

In today's episode, we’re revisiting the haunting murder of Arpana Jinaga — a young woman whose life was brutally taken in her own apartment in Redmond, Washington, on Halloween night in 2008. This case represents one of the most perplexing crime mysteries in Redmond's history, and it left the community struggling to understand how such violence could occur in their midst.

In today's episode, we’re revisiting one of Canada’s most heartbreaking and perplexing cold cases — the disappearance and presumed abduction of four-year-old Michael Dunahee. The young boy vanished without a trace from a playground in broad daylight, while his parents were just feet away. Michael's disappearance stands as one of Canada's most haunting unsolved mysteries.

In today's episode, we’ll be traveling back more than three decades to revisit one of Austin's most heinous crimes. The 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders has long been seared into the city's collective memory. The deaths of four teenage girls had ripple effects on a tight-knit community that previously had been comfortable leaving their front doors unlocked. This mass murder stands as one of Texas's most haunting unsolved criminal cases.

In today's episode, we’re diving into a chilling case that left an entire town on edge and continues to puzzle investigators 30 years later: the disappearance of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit. This is a story about ambition, community, fear — and a terrifying question: how could someone vanish without a trace, just steps from their own front door?

In today's episode, we're setting sail for a place known as one of the loneliest places on Earth: a rocky island off the coast of Scotland, where three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace. This story stands as one of Scotland's most enduring maritime enigmas, leaving behind questions and unsettling clues that continue to perplex investigators and historians to this day.

In today's episode, we’ll be looking back at a grisly double murder that occurred in Texas one sweltering summer day in 1965. A gruesome discovery in a quiet Houston home sent shockwaves throughout the city. The Icebox Murders stands as one of Houston's most disturbing unsolved cases, featuring a truly grotesque crime scene and a mysterious suspect who seemed to vanish into thin air.

In today's episode, we’re revisiting one of America's most haunting unsolved murders. Some crimes are so brutal, and so confounding, that they transcend time. The Villisca Axe Murders are one such case. It's a story of a peaceful Iowa town that was transformed overnight into the epicenter of a century-old mystery that continues to captivate and disturb to this day.

In today's episode, we’re taking you to the vast, frozen wilderness of northern Canada — far from the bustling cities, deep into a remote area. This chilling story unfolds near Lake Anjikuni, one of several lakes located along the Kazan River, where an entire village of indigenous people vanished many years ago without a trace. This baffling disappearance stands as one of the most perplexing cases in North American history.

In today's episode, we’re traveling back to the 1930s to explore a case that still sends shivers down spines — the unsolved mystery of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. This is the story of one of America’s most elusive serial killers, a specter who haunted Cleveland and baffled investigators, including the legendary Eliot Ness.

Today, we're presenting a special episode that will discuss two separate yet equally perplexing cases that have left communities searching for answers for many years. These intriguing mysteries - one a double murder and the other a disappearance - were brought to our attention by two listeners. Both of them hope we'll receive a tip that could help at least one of these families finally find the closure they've long sought.