Interrogation Tapes

The DNA that waited 30 years. A fourteen-year-old girl went out to deliver a birthday card and never returned. For over thirty years, her killer remained free while the crucial evidence incriminating him waited in a lab. What happened to the DNA that could have solved Wendy Jerome's case decades earlier? In this episode, we analyze the brutal murder of Wendy Jerome in 1984 and how the forensic sci...

The note from the girl and the mother who returned. An eleven-year-old girl disappears from a bus stop, leaving a note that says her mother has come back for her. The problem: her mother also disappeared almost a year earlier, from the same place and with the same man as the last witness. What secret does the six-thousand-acre plantation hide? In this episode, the disappearance of Annette and Core...

The 12-Year-Old Who Paid for Another's Crime A five-year-old girl disappears in a quiet neighborhood in Ohio, and her body is found the next day. The only person who would pay for that death was a twelve-year-old boy who should never have been convicted. In this episode, we analyze the case of Devin Dunnever, a five-year-old girl who disappeared in New Philadelphia, Ohio, in 1998. We explore the p...

The Secret of Bowraville: Never Found, Never Convicted. In 1990, three young people from an Australian community disappeared or were murdered over a span of months. A single suspect was tried twice but was never convicted. How is it possible that a town of a thousand inhabitants has kept such a dark secret for over thirty years? In this episode, the series of disappearances and murders in Bowravil...

The Deleted Ad: Kristen Modafferi Disappeared Without a Trace An eighteen-year-old girl disappeared without a trace from her room in Oakland in 1997, leaving all her belongings intact. A key piece of evidence, a cut-out personal ad, was found in her room, but its exact content and origin were erased forever. What did the ad that Kristen Modafferi kept say? In this episode, the disappearance of Kri...

The body in the tank: DNA erased with chlorine. A chemical engineer disappeared from her job at a water treatment plant, only to be found dead inside a one-million-gallon tank. The autopsy confirmed homicide, but the case has remained unsolved for over two decades. Could a television program have taught the killer how to eliminate all evidence? In this episode, we analyze the disappearance and dea...

Blood on the watch, body never found. A woman cried alone in a bar while a man with a history of murder helped her out. No one saw her alive again, but investigators found blood on a watch and a burned seat from the inside. What happened to Carolyn Killaby that night? In this episode, we analyze the disappearance of Carolyn Killaby in Vancouver, Washington, in 1995. We examine the evidence found i...

His wife finds him handcuffed at two in the morning Ruth Morgan found her husband Charles Morgan handcuffed at the back door of their house, mute and with a cuff on his ankle, after three days missing. Weeks before, he had purchased a bulletproof vest and two guns without explanation, and his subsequent death revealed forensic inconsistencies. What secrets was Chuck Morgan hiding that led him to s...

Brad's confession: two hours, two trials, a mistake? A young woman goes for a run in a San Francisco park and never returns. Her boyfriend, the last person to see her, makes an inexplicable decision: to leave without her. Was it a fatal mistake or the beginning of an unjust conviction? In this episode, we analyze the case of Roberta "Bebe" Lee, a Berkeley student whose disappearance in Redwood Par...

Montana: She disappeared in 30 feet. No one saw her again. Barbara Bullock disappeared on a trail in Montana less than thirty feet from the only person accompanying her. There was no trace, no scream, and no sign of struggle, as if the mountain had swallowed her whole. What could have happened in that crucial minute? In this episode, we explore the mysterious disappearance of Barbara Bullock in th...

The man who waited 30 minutes and disappeared with Trevor. A 22-year-old young man entered a vacant office in Dublin soaked and was never seen again. But the most unsettling part is that security cameras recorded a man who waited 30 minutes, followed Trevor, and spoke with him before his disappearance. Who was this man and why has he never been identified in 24 years? In this episode, we analyze t...

The Rolex, the landfill, and the silenced DNA. A man was found dead in a landfill in Delaware with his Rolex, the West Point ring, and money intact. The injuries were not caused by the garbage compactor, but by a brutal beating before being deposited. Who wanted Alvin Ridley dead with such determination, without stealing anything from him? In this episode, we analyze the death of Alvin Ridley, a f...

The skull that a man washed with dish soap A human skull was found in an abandoned car, washed with dish soap and placed on a television before being handed over to the police. This skull, which waited ten years to be identified as Kelly Disney, a seventeen-year-old girl who went missing in 1984, reveals a story where the last person to see her alive was someone she trusted. Who was that person an...

Missing in the Darkness: The Mystery of Ruby and Arnold In the early morning of December 12, 1992, Arnold Archambault's car was found overturned in a frozen ditch. Inside were two passengers, but Arnold, the driver, had vanished without a trace. Months later, the bodies of Arnold and his girlfriend Ruby Bruyere were discovered in that same ditch, in an area that had already been searched. How coul...

Carla: The accomplice who delivered her wedding monster. One night in December, a fifteen-year-old girl stopped breathing with inexplicable marks around her mouth, a case that the pathologist closed as an accident. What he didn't know was that she had been drugged and assaulted in her own living room, with the active participation of her older sister. How did this story come to exist, culminating...

The ex-husband lied: Robin and her dog were found On March 2, 2013, Wayne Pope reported the disappearance of his wife Robin from their home in Stevensville, Maryland. In Robin's car were her keys, wallet, cell phone, and daily medication, but there was no trace of her or signs of a struggle. Why did Wayne Pope's story have a hole that his own daughter could refute? In this episode, we examine the...

The forced door and the husband who waited 15 minutes. The door of a rural house in Wisconsin was forced, and inside, a 30-year-old woman lay dead from a gunshot to the head. Her new purse was beside her, but nothing was missing. What did her husband do during the 15 minutes it took him to call 911? In this episode, the case of Jane Newman is examined, a story that a civil jury resolved in one dir...

Tied, drugged, and she did it herself. The body of a nurse was found tied hand and foot, with drugs in her system, but no trace of how they got there. The most unsettling part: a knot expert suggested that she might have tied herself up. Was she a victim of a crime or self-imposed torment? In this episode, we analyze the enigmatic case of Cindy James, a woman who reported unexplained attacks for s...

The Black Mustang and the Bullet That Wasn't Used A man bought a gun to protect himself from a threat, but he was found shot in his home in Easley, South Carolina. Who wanted to harm him and why was his weapon never used? In this episode, we analyze the case of Brian Nick Moore, a father of two who was murdered in his own home. We explore Nick's meticulousness, the phone threat he received, and th...

The Death Sign: he entered and never came out. A cave with a Death Sign warning "Do not go any further" was the last place Ben McDaniel was seen. He entered without cave diving certification and his body was never found. What mystery lies in the darkness of Vortex Spring? In this episode, we analyze the disappearance of Ben McDaniel in an underwater cave in Florida and that of Kenneth Playstead in...

The envelope that predicted his death. A man is found dead with three gunshot wounds on a remote road in Alaska, with no vehicle or weapon. In his pockets, an unsigned beneficiary change form for a life insurance policy, while his parents keep an envelope with a list of possible killers that he asked them to open only if he was killed. Who executed the plan that Kent LePink had already anticipated...

It rained human flesh in Kentucky. On a clear day in 1876, raw meat began to fall from the sky over a farm in Kentucky. What Rebecca Crouch and her grandson witnessed defied all explanation, leaving pieces of animal tissue scattered across the ground. What could have caused such a macabre rain? In this episode, the inexplicable case of the meat rain in Olympia, Kentucky is examined. Witness testim...

The Raker Sisters: They went out for a coat, never returned. Two sisters went out to buy school supplies and a winter coat in 1974. A month later, their bodies were found, but fifty years later, no one has been convicted for their deaths. What happened in St. Cloud, Minnesota, that left a family without answers for decades? In this episode, we analyze the case of Mary and Suzanne Raker, two girls...

The email from the dead: "I'm in your house. Clean the attic." In November 2011, Tim Hart received an email from his friend Jack Friess, who had been dead for five months. The message contained intimate details that only Jack and Tim knew, such as a conversation about Tim's attic. How could a deceased man send an email with such personal and recent information? In this episode, we analyze the myst...

The Death of Oslo: No One Searched for Her A woman is found dead in room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza Hotel, with fake documents and no one to claim her. Authorities rule it a suicide, but the evidence points to a much deeper mystery. In this episode, we analyze the enigmatic case of the woman known as Jennifer Furgate, found dead in one of the most luxurious hotels in Scandinavia. Who was this woman re...