Chasing Crime

He vanished without a trace… but someone knows what happened. In August 2004, Billy Smolinski Jr. disappeared from his home in Waterbury under suspicious circumstances. His truck was left behind. His belongings were untouched. And the only clues? A series of strange, unsettling phone calls that didn’t quite make sense. At first, it looked like a missing person case. But as investigators dug deeper...

He walked into a bar… and was never seen again. In this episode of  Chasing Crime , we break down the chilling and still-unsolved disappearance of  Brian Shaffer , a 27-year-old medical student who vanished without a trace after a night out in Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus. Surveillance cameras captured Brian entering the bar. But what they  never captured…  was him leaving. No body. No confirmed...

Can a person truly vanish into thin air?  On October 24, 1961, Joan Risch disappeared from her quiet suburban home in Lincoln, Massachusetts, leaving behind a blood-spattered kitchen, a telephone ripped from the wall, and a mystery that has baffled forensic experts for over 60 years. In this episode of  Chasing Crime , we dive deep into the cold case of Joan Risch. We move past the sensationalism...

Wait... stop what you’re doing. Do you know that feeling? The one where you’re staring at a  cold case  file, and something in your gut is just screaming that the "official" story isn't right? If you’re the person who stays up until 4:00 AM researching cases from states you’ve never even been to, then you’ve finally found your people. Welcome to  Chasing Crime , the  true crime podca...