The Search Podcast

In Episode 23 of The Search, Marc and Al sit down with Spirit Tiff (Tiffany Rice), a professional spirit medium with over a decade of experience, for an in-depth and honest conversation about what mediumship actually is—and what it isn’t.

Tiff breaks down the difference between psychics and mediums, explains how intuition works, and addresses common misconceptions about ghosts, future-telling, and “Hollywood” portrayals of the paran...

🔍 The Search — Episode 22: The Disappearance of Jennifer Fay

In Episode 22 of The Search, hosts Marc Lewis and Al Gaetano examine the haunting disappearance of Jennifer Fay, a Massachusetts teenager who vanished after leaving her home and was never seen again.

What began as a normal night quickly turned into a decades-long mystery. With limited physical evidence, conflicting accounts, and long stretches of silence from key figures, ...

Who Killed Karina Holmer? | The Search Podcast Ep. 21

In the early morning hours of June 23, 1996, Karina Holmer, a 20-year-old Swedish au pair living in Massachusetts, disappeared after a night out in downtown Boston.

She was last reliably seen in Boston’s Theatre District near Tremont Street and Boylston Place shortly after midnight. Witnesses reported that she appeared intoxicated but not incapacitated. After separating from her f...

In May 2001, 24-year-old federal intern Chandra Levy vanished from Washington, D.C. What began as a missing persons case quickly became a national obsession—entangling politics, media hysteria, and one of the most infamous scandals of the early 2000s.

In Episode 20 of The Search, hosts Marc Lewis and Al Gaetano break down the full timeline of Chandra Levy’s disappearance, the investigation into Rock Creek Park, and the powerful figu...

Episode: Melanie Melanson — Renewed Search in a 30-Year-Old Cold Case 

In this episode, we explore the decades-long mystery of Melanie Melanson, a 14-year-old from Woburn, Massachusetts who disappeared on October 27, 1989 after attending a party in the woods. Despite extensive searches over the years — from police teams to volunteer K-9 units — Melanie has never been found, and no suspects have ever been charged.  

Recently, the case...

In 1989, Boston was turned upside down when Charles Stuart claimed a Black man had shot him and his pregnant wife during a carjacking in Mission Hill. The city launched an unprecedented manhunt, innocent men were accused, and racial tensions exploded — all before the truth finally came out.

In Episode 18, hosts Marc Lewis and Al G walk through the full timeline: the 911 call, the rescue footage, the police response, the media frenzy...

Marc Lewis and Al break down one of the North Shore’s most well-known unsolved cases — the 1992 murder of 27-year-old Susan Taraskiewicz.
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Susan was found in the trunk of her car behind an auto body shop near Logan Airport, and her story became a fixture on Route 1 billboards for decades. In this episode, the guys dive deep into her background, the workplace harassment she fa...

Episode 16 of The Search dives into one of Massachusetts’ most mysterious locations — the Bridgewater Triangle.

Marc Lewis and Al explore the strange stories, paranormal reports, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and eerie history tied to this 200-square-mile region in southeastern Massachusetts — including the Hockomock Swamp, unexplained lights, Bigfoot-like creatures, and decades of local legends.

Is this just folklore and coinci...

Two of Boston’s most talked-about cases — Zachary Marr and Michael Kelleher — disappeared after nights out near Faneuil Hall and were later recovered in the Charles River. In Episode 15, Marc Lewis and AL — with producers Jack and Pat — break down both timelines, the surveillance footage, the police conclusions, and why so many people connect these cases to the Smiley Face Killer theory.

Quick, direct, and one of the most important ...

The viral abandoned red house on Rt. 1 in Saugus has been tied to countless rumors, theories, and TikTok videos. But how much of that story is true? In this episode, we break down the real history behind the property and walk through the case of Valarie Fiorenza, a Medford woman whose death in 1993 left behind questions, controversy, and decades of lingering speculation.

Marc Lewis and the rest of the crew go through the timeline, t...

Marc, Al, and the crew dig into three chilling Boston cases — Eric Scott Munsell, Josue D. Quispe-Almendro, and Dennis Njoroge — all young men who vanished and were later found in or near the water. From a bar ejection on a freezing night to cars turning up miles away, each story adds another layer to a mystery that still grips the city.

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On April 1st 2006, Ohio State med student Brian Shaffer walked into the Ugly Tuna Saloon bar in Columbus…and was never seen leaving.
No footage. No body. No answers.

In this episode, we break down one of the most haunting disappearances in modern U.S. history — the night out that turned into a national mystery. From security-camera blind spots to a cell phone that rang months later, and theories ranging from accident to abducti...

In Episode 11 of The Search, we continue examining Boston’s string of water-related deaths — from Justin Leo Marshall in Charlestown to David Mark in East Boston and Boston College student Franco Garcia.

Were these coincidences, or is there a deeper pattern? We analyze timelines, police reports, and public theories behind Boston’s “Smiley Face” drownings.

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He taunted police. He sent cryptic letters to newspapers. And more than fifty years later, his identity remains one of true crime’s greatest mysteries.

In this episode of The Search, we break down the Zodiac Killer’s timeline — from his first murders to the coded letters that baffled investigators for decades. We dive into the theories, suspects, and the eerie legacy that still haunts Northern California and true crime fans everywhe...

Presented by Dave’s Hot Chicken, this episode of The Search investigates the chilling mystery behind the so-called “Smiley Face Killer” theory — a string of unexplained drownings and disappearances of young men found in and around waterways across the country, including several cases in the Boston area.

For more than two decades, investigators, journalists, and online communities have debated whether these incidents are tr...

On a quiet Sunday morning in 1982, 12-year-old paperboy Johnny Gosch left his home in West Des Moines, Iowa—and never returned. His disappearance shocked the nation, launched one of America’s first milk carton missing child campaigns, and still leaves more questions than answers over 40 years later.

In this episode of The Search, we trace the morning Johnny vanished, the desperate search that followed, and the rumors that spiraled i...

In the late 1980s, fear gripped the South Coast of Massachusetts when nine women vanished and were later found murdered along highways near New Bedford. The case remains unsolved to this day. Known as the “New Bedford Highway Killer,” this series of crimes devastated families, rattled an entire community, and has left investigators searching for answers for more than three decades.

In this episode of The Search, we dive de...

The Disappearance of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia | The Search Podcast Ep. 6

Presented by Dave’s Hot Chicken, this episode of The Search dives into one of the most infamous unsolved cases in American history: the brutal murder of Elizabeth Short, known worldwide as the Black Dahlia.

In this episode, we cover:

• Who Elizabeth Short was before the headlines

• The discovery of her body in Los Angeles in 1947

• The flood of suspects, f...

In March 2004, 17-year-old Brianna Maitland vanished after leaving her shift at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont. The next day, her car was found backed into an abandoned farmhouse — driver’s door open, headlights still on, and no sign of Brianna.

Despite searches, interviews, and countless theories, her disappearance remains one of New England’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.

In this episode of The...