Unresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast

"The child is fine. She was in good shape, but she's too young to talk." On the evening of Thursday, December 12, 1985, shoppers at a K-Mart in Spanaway found a toddler loitering outside the entrance. She'd been spotted playing with two other children outside the store, but as shoppers came and went, the little girl remained outside. The store's assistant manager reported a missing child over the...

"Not until those pictures came out... yeah, then the biggest rule was 'no fucking cameras.'" In January 2007, a user named Deathlyillington posted a video to YouTube. Roughly three minutes long, the video didn't feature any visually graphic content. It was just three guys - two in front of the camera, one behind it - chatting about one's experiences over in Iraq. Specifically, during his time stat...

"Somebody needs to pay for what happened. To be disposed of like garbage is so sad." On August 28th, 2019, a construction crew arrived at a property just north of Lake Tapps in Pierce County, Washington, to clear and tear down a dilapidated trailer that had been abandoned for years. The lot had been vacant for some time and the structure was already coming down. It was, by all appearances, routine...

“I try to picture where he was, what it might’ve been like, what circumstances would’ve made him sound like that.” In September of 2015, 30-year-old Henry McCabe was preparing for a massive move. A Liberian immigrant living in Mounds View, Minnesota, Henry worked as a tax auditor for the state and was married with two children. His wife and he were preparing to move to California, and she'd alread...

"The plan is now delayed, but not canceled. Be careful. I can't identify myself because they may find out and stop letting information slip." In April of 2003, 54-year-old Philip Shue was nearing the end of his decorated military career. Having spent more than three decades in the Air Force, Philip and his wife Tracy were already making plans to move to Birmingham, Alabama. In fact, they'd just pu...

"At this point, investigators believe she was taken from her home against her will, possibly in the middle of the night." At 1:47 AM on February 1st, 2026, a doorbell camera in the Catalina Foothills region of Tucson, Arizona transmitted disturbing images. It showed a masked figure wearing gloves, dark clothing, and a backpack approaching the front door. He had a gun holstered awkwardly near his g...

"People heard her screams, saw the car take off afterwards, were able to describe the car and able to provide images of the occupants of the car from their descriptions..." On 24 November 1994, a warm summer evening in suburban Charlestown, New South Wales, a sixteen-year-old girl left a shopping center and began walking down a quiet, tree-lined street toward her aunt's house. She was carrying a p...

"We're talking about Katrina, Sandy, and Andrew combined, times maybe ten." On 10:54 AM on 28 February 2001, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck western Washington. The epicenter was in the southern Puget Sound, but the quake originated roughly 32 miles beneath the surface, mitigating some shaking. While hundreds were injured and a woman even died as a direct result of the quake, many believe that t...

"We know he didn't disappear. He had too much going for him here. It's not like him. It's 100 percent not like him." For a young geologist with the right skills and the right tools, 1970s Wyoming was a place of opportunity. The oil crisis of 1973 had sent shock-waves through the American economy and suddenly, the vast mineral deposits beneath the west's plains and hills were incredibly valuable. I...

There has been an update in the story of the Long Island Serial Killer (episodes #14-16 from 2016). On April 8th, 2026, 62-year-old Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Sandra Costilla, Amber Costello, Jessica Taylor, and Megan Waterman. He also admitted to an eight murder that he hadn't yet been charged with: 34-year-old Karen Vergata, who ha...

"When we told prosecutors we were innocent, they put us in prison for life. Now when we plead guilty, they set us free." On 19 August 2011, three men - Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. - were transported from their respective facilities to a courthouse in Jonesboro, Arkansas. They were there to plead guilty to a crime they had spent the better part of two decades denying. At...

"When we saw Damien and Jason being chained up and taken off, it was just so emotional, because we felt the wrong guys were being carted off." In June of 1993, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were two young filmmakers coming off their acclaimed breakthrough and looking for a new opportunity. That's when an executive from HBO told them about a new story that had just taken place down in West Memph...

“I think I was the closest thing he could come to conceiving of what he thought a Satanist would look like. All black was the only thing I ever wore. Ridiculous hairstyles. I was a stupid teenager.” On May 6th, 1993 - the same day the bodies of three boys were found in West Memphis, Arkansas - a juvenile probation officer was standing at the crime scene as authorities gathered to process the evide...

"One of my officers found a tennis shoe, and, inquisitive, he just jumped in the water and felt one of them." On the evening of May 5th, 1993, three eight-year-old boys - Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers - went out to play in the neighborhood around Robin Hood Hills in West Memphis, Arkansas. They were supposed to be home by dark but never came home. By 8:00 PM, their families h...

"As we face this shock... there's something that rises up and says it can't be, it shouldn't have happened." West Memphis, Arkansas was, in a lot of ways, the kind of American small town that people often romanticize. And like all romanticized places, it had its dark spots - such as poverty, underfunded social services, domestic troubles, and a police department under investigation by the Arkansas...

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There has been an update in the story of Morgan Violi (episode #252 from 2023). After nearly three decades, an arrest has been made in the July 1996 abduction and murder of 7-year-old Morgan Violi from Bowling Green, Kentucky. The suspect, 62-year-old Robert Scott Froberg, has been linked to the case through DNA evidence and has already confessed... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Mic...

After wrapping up the Epstein scandal series last week, a couple of things continued to irk me. So I’m back for an epilogue of sorts… an episode that may be the end of my take on the Epstein story for good, or maybe just for now. Only time will tell. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved-a-true-crime-mystery-podcast--3266604/support .

"If we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those three million files." Between his release from jail in 2009 and his arrest in 2019, Jeffrey Epstein maintained relationships with some of the most powerful people in the world. He traveled freely and regularly hosted gatherings at his properties. He gave money to institutions that accept...

"The evidence points to a combination of negligence and misconduct." In the early hours of 10 August 2019, correctional officers at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan began their rounds. Shortly after 6:30 a.m., officers approached a cell on the ninth floor of the facility’s Special Housing Unit, a segregated area used for inmates who require administrative separation. Inside...

"We told the truth back then. They just didn't care." Following his release from prison in 2009, Jeffrey Epstein set out to re-enter the inner circle of high society. Having been branded a sex offender by federal prosecutors, Epstein quickly found that there was little resistance to him moving around in the same crowd of wealthy and influential people he'd spent the past three decades cultivating....

"Every day that passes makes it harder to hold him accountable." In the spring of 2008, inside the offices of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, a document was finalized that brought an end to the federal government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The document was a Non-Prosecution Agreement, a type of agreement used to resolve cases without a trial. But this NPA...

"I believed in the process. I thought that if we did our jobs the right way, the outcome would take care of itself. I learned that isn't always true." In October 2005, detectives from the Palm Beach Police Department arrived at 358 El Brillo Way. Residents assumed its owner, Jeffrey Epstein, was just another wealthy resident, but officers had been keeping tabs on the mysterious financier for month...

There has been an update in the story of Tanya Jackson & Tatiana Dykes ("Peaches" and "Baby Doe" from the Long Island Serial Killer episodes back in 2016). After using genetic genealogy to identify both victims earlier this year, authorities charged 66-year-old Florida resident Andrew Dykes with their deaths... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to su...